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anne : Brand Positioning Statement (3)

anne — Thu Oct 04 17:52:20 UTC 2012

Hi, everyone!
Today, I need a help for my Fashion Marketing assignment.

Which I have to write a brand positioning statement for my made-up brand.

"A Brand Statement is a internal touchstone for employees to communicate the intrinsic value of the brand as well as provide direction for where the brand is going in the market.
A brand statement can motivate employees and define the company's brand promise and message quickly and succinctly.
In other words, a brand statement cuts through the clutter and shouts out loud what the brand stands for in no uncertain terms."

This assignment has to be in my my word.
Craft a brand statement that I feel best describes what my brand stands for.
My statement should be thoughtful and evoke a feeling or response.
It should be 3~4 sentences maximum.

Here is my brand statement.

"For Street style addicted girls, (BRAND NAME) offers soft grundy + punk rock taste apparel line made with with cheaper price.
Our clothing make girls feel sexy and special.
Cheaper, yet Cooler."

Does it sound confident?
Does it sound a kind of funny?

Posted at Thu Oct 04 17:52:20 UTC 2012

anne : Long time no see you guys! (4)

anne — Wed Oct 03 05:09:18 UTC 2012

It's been a while to check my Lang8 account.
Seriously, I hadn't opened my page for last two years.
Last time I opened, and wrote a diary, I was still in high school and wondering where I would be.
But here I am,
now I'm a college student in Los Angeles.
It's been great and feel awesome about this beautiful and gorgeous weather.

Actually, almost a year and half has passed since I came here.
I met this cute, tall French guy and started to date with him,
and he went back to his country and I got alone.
(still dating! #justsaying)
and I was screwed up with my scooter (where I bought it was a big fat scam and got a money problem! ha) then, I got an accident (oops, that was two weeks ago! haha!)
It's been great ha?
I live all by myself and dealing with these shit!

And now, I figured out that I need friends.
"friends!"
Not like, boyfriends/girlfriends or other intimate relationships, but friends.
But my English is not really good enough to make friends.
I mean, I live in the U.S. and can have some little conversations,
and I take classes in English,
but it is not enough.
I still cannot make a long sentences in a moment during a conversation,
and still have a lot of pronunciation problems.
I really need to do something with it, I need to talk with you guys.
Please help me to improve my English!
In exchange, I will do my best to improve your Japanese.

My Skype account is "annetgiwaiter"

Also, native french speakers are welcome too!
This summer, I went to France to see my boyfriend and his family.
And even though I took three semester long French courses,
what I could talk to them was "ta gueule" and "t'es chiant!"
How shameful it is?
My French is still in a low level, but I'm working on it with "French in Action" videos on You Tube.
It's been a great resource for me.
But I love to practice my French conversation.

I have twitter account too.
So please add me if you're interested in having a language exchange with me/

@connard_jeje

Ok.
Hope I will get some message!

chao chao

Posted at Wed Oct 03 05:09:18 UTC 2012

anne : Otaku-girl went to Shimokitazawa (3)

anne — Thu Nov 04 14:32:25 UTC 2010

hey~
this is anne who keep listening 575 by perfume(japanese artist) these days.
welcome to my diary.

11/4 @shimokitazawa

first i went to village vanguard which is a bookstore.
this is one of the most kawaii and useful bookstores ive ever been.
i love their "pop" (btw how can i say the pop?)

well... they put a cool covered cd.

then i went to cafe ordinaire.
i just wanted to get warm.
and i had a banana tart with cream and a cup of soy latte.
i wish that place was non-smorking place and
i wish i could stay more...
(you have to order more if you want to stay there over 2 hours...)

but
anyway,,, i love that place and the tart tasted good.

and this is a kind of book cafe so
so many books are there.
i read the book of movie quotes(interesting)
and the newest one of one piece.
amaaaaazinnng and made me cry.

yep. this is me and this is a day of otaku-girl.

xoxo

Posted at Thu Nov 04 14:32:25 UTC 2010

anne : nana-fun (0)

anne — Wed Oct 20 13:26:32 UTC 2010

Japanese traditional underwear... for girls!??

http://ameblo.jp/anneyano/entry-10682761667.html

Posted at Wed Oct 20 13:26:32 UTC 2010

anne : Starbucks X Bookstore (1)

anne — Thu Oct 07 17:49:57 UTC 2010

There are many comfortable book stores in LA.
That is one of the reasons why I love there so much.

I probably updated the photo of my favorite book store B&N at 3rd st. Santa Monica.
People always relax and sit on floors and by windows
and read their favorite magazines, books, and comics.
They even sit cross- legged on the floor.

There is Starbucks at there.
That meets the need perfectly who wants to have a cup of coffee after reading tons of books and magazines.
It is my dream relaxed book store.

In contrast, bookstores in Tokyo are terrible to me.
They are closed, makes me tired, way to far from relaxed.
However, some of them let me think that they are no too bad.

They are the one with the collaboration of TUTAYA X Starbucks.
One of them are in Roppongi and near the Bajikoen.
The breakthrough chemical reaction made a nice relaxed space of Tokyo style.

Especially, the one in Roppongi is really nice place.
These space are made depend on the types of book.
For example, there is a huge ring-shaped sofa in the main magazine space,
cubby chairs and drink stands are placed with novels and how -to books shelves,
and there are a small table and chairs for kids in the picture book corner.
It's true that what I want to sit on is a kind of depend on what I read.

The one in Bajikoen is different from the one in Roppongi.
There are a lot of students near there, therefore there are plenty of desks for them.
In addition, there are some quite comfortable sofa at the back of the space for various generations.

They, two bookstores/Cafe ,are made to suit for the area.

We need more relaxed bookstores!

By the way, it is really frustrated that most of Starbucks in Japan don't let us to use
wall plug.
I can do it only at the Roppongi one and in LA...

ロスが好きな理由の一つにゆったりできる本屋さんがいっぱい
というのがあります
Santa Monica 3rd st.にあるB&Nの大きな本屋さん

前に写真のせたかも
みんな思い思い床や窓際に座って
好きな雑誌や本やコミックスをひろげて読んでるの
しかもあぐらかいて

その一階にはStarbucks
帰りにちょっとコーヒーでも飲んでいこうかっていうニーズを
満点で答えてる
リラックスした本屋さんの理想そのもの!

そんな光景が好きだったんです

それに比べて東京の本屋さんはなんなんだ!!!
閉鎖的だし立ち読みして疲れてもすわれない
リラックスの"リ"の字のもない空間だわ...
と思ってたけど、最近はちょっと東京の本屋さんも捨てたもんじゃないかも

六本木と馬事公苑のBook Cafeコンセプトのコラボレーションは一役かってる
TUTAYA X Starbucksは本当に画期的すぎる化学反応だと思う
ロスのbook cafeともまた違う東京独自のリラックス空間がうまれてる

特に六本木のBookcafeは中央の雑誌コーナーに大きなリング上のソファ、
それと小説や実用書の棚ごとに設置されたこじんまりとしたイスとドリンクスタンド、
絵本コーナーには子供用の小さなテーブルとイス

本のタイプで空間もわけられてるのがすばらしい
確かに手を取るものによって、座りたいものも違ってくるからね

馬事公苑の方は、学生さんが多いから勉強机が本当に充実してる
かといって奥の方にある個別のソファはいろんな世代の人が何時間も入れる...
ってくらい気持ちいいし、本も読みやすいしね

地域によってよく考えられてます本当
リラックスできる本屋さんをもっと!

もっと、もっとStarbucks X Bookstoreが増えればいいのに
手始めに駒沢大学と駒場東大にいかがでしょうか？笑

そういえばコンセント使えるStarbucksが少ないのが不満
六本木はみんな普通に使ってるけどたいていのStarbucksはコンセントに栓がしてあるし
ロスでは当然のごとくどこも使い放題だったのに...

Posted at Thu Oct 07 17:49:57 UTC 2010

anne : Cons (1)

anne — Tue Oct 05 12:06:43 UTC 2010

I just finishes working and now feeling dead tired.

By the way, this afternoon, two American guys came to have lunch.
They were a kind of funny ones.

Here's the story.
I was asking if they would kline to have some more ice tea,
and one of them asked me what do I work for.

I thought for a little while and answered.
"For money, ofcourse"

Then, they screamed.
"What a waste!!!!"
It was so big that whole restaurant heard that.

"You know what? First people don't understand how impotant and priceless time is."
"when you'll get old, and look back your past, you'll noticed that
you would lost most od time and have little money. How sad it is.
Money doesnt last forever. You can't exchange time for money. How sad it is"
"You are doing wrong. Think about it."

...I was like,
""o... K....? So what should I do?"

"I'm telling you, there's a way to get enough money without working."

O...k...?

"it's depend of each ones. Someone needs $2500 per a month. Someone needs $10000.
And we do help people to get money without working."

"How..? Wait a sec. You guys working for people to get them money.
That's a kind of strange."

"No,no,mo. We don't work. We just help people."

"So... It is volunteering, right?"

"Yeahyeah. Sounds great, ha? Why don't you join us?
You are pretty. So you have to pay us just $3000! Usually $5000.
And you will be fine forever! What do you think?"

.... I knew it! You bitch. Go to hell.

Posted at Tue Oct 05 12:06:43 UTC 2010

anne : Finally...!!! (0)

anne — Sat Jul 31 17:05:23 UTC 2010

Well...quite time have passed...

In June, after deciding where to live in California
all I did was just wandering around LA
and this project is for having some contact with people in LA.
Plus I just wanted to listen a lot of love songs because my friends told me tons of their love stories.

finally! over the 300 people have answered!
Well, I was back in Japan in July
most of answers were from twitter world.

However, I could listen tons of new epic love songs!
And here's your English Love songs!

1. Aerosmith - I don't wanna miss a thing
2. Taylor Swift - Love Story
3. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
4. John Lennon - Love
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Guardian Angel
The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Celine Dion - My heart Will Go on
8. Justin Bieber - Baby
Beyonce - Dangerously in Love
Whitney hoston - I Will Always Love You
Beyonce - Broken Hearted Girl

だいぶ時間が経ってしまいました...

6月、カリフォルニアの生活は部屋が決まってからというもの
街を歩くぐらいしかやることがなくって
とにかくいろんな人に声をかけるために..!!!それとみんなの恋話を聞いて
ラブソングが無性に聞きたくなったので
はじめてみた企画です

やっと300人そろいました!!!
だけど７月には日本に帰ってきてしまっていたので
ほとんどtwitterで世界中の人にコンタクトをとる始末w

でもでもいろんな曲にあえましたよん
ということでまずは洋楽Topを...
随時いろんなジャンルをブログにアップしていきますのでしばしお待ちを

Posted at Sat Jul 31 17:05:23 UTC 2010

anne : The Freedom Writers (1)

anne — Tue Jul 13 17:10:21 UTC 2010

I went to Long Beach the other day.
Technically, I did't went. I just went through there.
"There was LA riots near here. Well, there are still dangerous places. "
The woman who gave me a guide said.
I had no idea what was dangerous out there. And all I said was
"I see..."
and pass through the road.

I watched "the freedom writers" today,
and noticed how I was fool and didn't think that it was very serious problem.
Younger students than me had lost their friends, and had felt dangerous as there were mundane events.

Honestly, I thought color discrimination problems are very old story.
I was wrong.

Because of her, the student felt safety, and had a place like sweet home sweet.
It must be very special for them.

The students who didn't know "holocaust ",are now able to take actions to media and world with their own words.

This movie is a though-proboking documentary and drama.
You must see it at least one.

Anne

この前ロングビーチに行ったわ。
というかほとんど車で通っただけなんだけど。
「この辺はロス暴動があったらへんなのよ。今もまだ危険なところもあるみたい」
案内してくれた人が教えてくれたの。
なにが危険なのかわからなかったけど、とりあえず
「へ〜」
とだけ言って、そこを通り過ぎたわ。

The Freedom Writersをみて、
自分がどんなに『ロス暴動』を軽くみてたのかって思った。
あたしよりももっと年下の子たちが、友達をなくしたり、身の危険を感じるのが当たり前の世界。

正直人種差別なんて昔の話だと思ってた。違うのね。

彼女がいたことで、生徒達が少しでも安心と思えて、『家』だと思える場所が出来たのは本当にすばらしいことね。
『ホロコースト』さえも知らない子たちが、メディアや世界に自分の言葉で訴えたりすることが出来るようになったんだもん。

とても考えさせられる映画だったわ。
皆もみてみてね。

杏

Posted at Tue Jul 13 17:10:21 UTC 2010

anne : ANNIE (2)

anne — Wed Jul 07 16:54:25 UTC 2010

http://ameblo.jp/anneyano/entry-10584572806.html
JAP VER.

Well... Let's say that she is my pretty little sister.

She loves Hannah Montana and is using lip gloss.
Slap Slap.
What a cute a four years old girl.

"Is that good?"
I asked. And She showed me.
"mmm..."

What-are-we-gonna-do-face.

Made a big flower with Alphabet card.
And she jumped into the flower.

tara~!!!(i meant じゃ〜ん!!!how could i write it?)

well... She's a little bit tired for a while.
But, as soon as recovered,
"let's play with this balloon!"
Yah. That smiling balloon was so cute.

After that, she got tired again.

So snack time!
She ate and played with Cheerios.
Actually Cheerios is very good way to improve fingers' mustle.

She's favorite item.
I bought a pink monkey sandal from ¢99shop.
She wear even in a room.

Well.
See you later.

Posted at Wed Jul 07 16:54:25 UTC 2010

anne : Drawing (4)

anne — Wed Jul 07 16:24:12 UTC 2010

Finally, mom promised me to frame the picture I draw two years ago.
So, I redraw these days.
(時間があったらなおしてます)

There are a lot of spots paled out.
There are a lot of spots I want to add.

I'm also drawing the books named "Wild Swan" and "The load of flies".
These are my assigned reading books of high school.
I didn't like those that much because these sounds so philosophy.

I guess it was kind of bother to me.
I drew roughly.

Another picture is about sleeping beauty.lol
Can you see it?

I drew this big picture because my art teacher said
"You gonna be faild".
That's why I drew and I could graduate high school.

P.S. I got A+ for this picture.
What a wonderful school I went.

Well, I have to draw more steric.
Don't be lazy.

http://ameblo.jp/anneyano/entry-10584082410.html#main
this is jap ver.

Posted at Wed Jul 07 16:24:12 UTC 2010

anne : #5favlunsongsever! part2 (5)

anne — Mon Jun 28 03:08:26 UTC 2010

Yay! Already 150 people answered to my question!
Appreciate that!

I've been asking in the Coffee bean, Starbucks, on twitter, mixi, facebook.
Plus, some sweet and kind girls helped me.
I am so glad to see you, guys!

So... kind of sneak peak!

1 Aerosmith - I don't wanna miss a thing
2 Taylor Swift - You Belong with me
3 Taylor Swift - Love Story

Wow! Taylor has been so popular in this scene!

1 久保田利伸 - La La La Love Song, HY - 366日
3 Dream comes true - LOVE LOVE LOVE

What do you think?
366 days by HY is a kind of sad song but very very popular among
high school girls and boys.
I used to repeat endlessly when I broke up with my boyfriend lol

See you later!

Posted at Mon Jun 28 03:08:26 UTC 2010

anne : Safari (0)

anne — Sat Jun 26 01:15:26 UTC 2010

I downloaded the newest version of Safari and man!
Safari didn't work at all.
Then, I went to the Apple Store as soon as possible.

The Apple staff said like
"let's see... mmm... yeah, doesn't work. I guess there's something wrong with this computer. It will cost about $75"
...WTF.
It won't be no charge if I could reinstall by myself...

But I left all install discs in Japan, plus I won't be able to stand without using Internet until I will be back in Japan.

"Ok.Go ahead."
The end of the story...lol
And She said it would take about four hours so that I had to kill time in Santa monica Library and I ate very simple BLT sandwich!

Oh, Btw, there was a loooong line for iphone4.
AGAIN.

This is me, the stuff and another customer's conversation.
Another Customer"I had to line up after all although I tried and tried to access to Apple store on the Internet. And I got black anyway. I wanted White one."
Stuff"Yeah...there's nothing I could do it too. I've worked at this store about three years, but I couldn't get white one either. I'll wait anyway"
Anne"So...what were you doing when you lined up?"
Another"I was just sitting on my chair and stiring it ahead per 1 hour. ...That was a joke. I was working. That was one of the longest lines I ever lined up. I wish I were Japanese sometimes"
Anne "Here is Japanese!!! But I hate lining up."

Posted at Sat Jun 26 01:15:26 UTC 2010

anne : iphone4 (1)

anne — Fri Jun 25 03:09:15 UTC 2010

I was wondering what the looooonnnggg line was for.
Yeah, ofcourse.

iPhone4.

There were tons of American who hate lining in the line.
Today is June 24.
iPhone4 was out today.

Actually, I went to Starbucks before seeing this line and know that
today was the day.

And there was a super-man who has the iPhone!!!
He was talking about new features of it to his partner.

I couldn't staring the beauthiful phone,
of course, he and his partner noticed,
and they were like
"omg... that girl is staring it like crazy"
"Tell me about it"

haha... yes I am...
I couldn't play innocent so I asked him where did he get the beautiful phone.
"mm...m..Mr..? W..Where...Did.. u.."
His answer was simple.
"I just lined up sweetie. I just lined up since yesterday's afternoon. I know it was kind of unbecoming to my age"

Wow. You are my hero.
And also other customers were crush into it.

"That is beauuuuutiful!"
"Wow. You are the man!"

The man who has the iPhone4 is about 55 years old.
Now he is a HERO.

When they left, his partner said "haha~ that's so funny! my hero!"

Posted at Fri Jun 25 03:09:15 UTC 2010

anne : iphone4 (1)

anne — Fri Jun 25 03:09:14 UTC 2010

anne : World Cup! the big game!!! (2)

anne — Thu Jun 24 21:53:59 UTC 2010

anyway...

Woooooooooo!!!!!

we did it!
we didddditttt!

I guess almost all Japanese supporters didn't expect that much for that game.
I was so excited.

The funny thing is...how I watched the game.

Guess what?
I watch the game through skype from japan!
do you know what i mean?

I'm in LA now, so I couldn't watch the game on TV.
but I was so enthusiastic to watch it,
and called mam and dad who are in Tokyo(it was almost 3am),
then had a skype video call!
And I could watch it.

haha....

Such a loser.

anyway! conglatulations Japan!

Posted at Thu Jun 24 21:53:59 UTC 2010

anne : 創聖のアクエリオン (3)

anne — Wed Jun 23 05:41:38 UTC 2010

i think i should have put this in the #5favluvsongsever list...

anyway!
The Most Powereful Song EVER!!!
It's more like beyond-grandiosity-song.

I used to sing everyday when I was in high school.

（live version）

（english ver.）

Beyond Anime song already.

Posted at Wed Jun 23 05:41:38 UTC 2010

anne : I really need your help! (3)

anne — Sun Jun 20 11:20:41 UTC 2010

I really wanna know your five best love songs ever!
Pick five songs!
Five love songs!
Whatever languages, whenever ages...

Just pick up your best songs!

Thanks for your help.

Anne

Posted at Sun Jun 20 11:20:41 UTC 2010

anne : Fair trade trail (1)

anne — Tue May 11 10:28:43 UTC 2010

The other day, May 8th, I went to yhe fair trade day festival in Marunouchi and it was one of the greatest experiences I have ever had.

Honestly, I had not been interested in "green","Eco" and " volunteering" stuff because I thought it would never be profitable for myself and it would be end up as mere gratification of the ego.

However, at the same time, these words sound fashionable and seem tohave their own colors. So I went to the earth day event in Tokyo by wayif experiment and I found myself that I like these kind of movements. Healthy and tastey foods, non-wasteful products, and organic products and cloths were very fascinating to me.

And also I was attracted to fair trade products so hard because most of tem are great quality. Ofcouse, I love cheap fashion, fast fashion like forever21, H&M and so on. Buy it was good oppotunity to think about quality and price.

So let's talk about the conscious about fair trade.
According to the research of People Tree, in England, there are about 5.5 million young people, and 92% of them think it's important to learn about their food. It's pretty high figure. In japan, we don't care about ingredients that much. All we care are prices and tastes. The cheaper of it, the better. On the other hand, british young people care about quality and how products made and who made.

Sometimes, I stare at some clothes and wonder who
made. Maybe these were made by children who cannot be in school. Well... I won't be able to buy anything of I would keep thinking about it. Butit is the big deal problem all the time.

Posted at Tue May 11 10:28:43 UTC 2010

anne : Eco life (5)

anne — Thu May 06 15:30:07 UTC 2010

These days, I have interests for Eco life.
The reason why I started to think about it because I happened to see the label of the body cream of the body shop.
It saids like "it is made by fair trade...".
And I was like... hmmm.. I have no idea what the fair trade is...
Then I started to search about fair trades!

There are a lot of advantages of doing fair trade.
For example, protecting human rights, Getting great products and so on.
However, it is a little bit expensive for young peple like me to follow thesemovements. What do you think?

My mom doesn't follow fair trade products that much.
She says all have to have is balance.
Too much following will makes me Sick and it's gonna be too much pressure.
Do you get what I mean?
But I would like to follow the fair trade movements and Eco life.

P.s.Emma Watson x People tree is the greatst coraboration ever!

Posted at Thu May 06 15:30:07 UTC 2010

anne : I'm totally addicted to twitter... (2)

anne — Wed May 05 17:06:19 UTC 2010

It's 1am and I happened to wake up and can't fall back asleep.
Well, I guess it's time for tweeting!

These days, I'm addicted to twitter.
I tweet all the time.
It's not that bad.
Feel's like I have all informations I want to know.

By the way,
are you interested in learning various languages?
I bet you are.
I wish I could speak four or five languages.
So I decided to tweet in several languages more.
I need your help anyways.

I look for the books which introduce many expressions in a dairy life.
French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean versions.
Like 起きてから寝るまで表現550 日常生活編
起きてから寝るまで英語つぶやきドリル
Any ideas?

My account is
http://twitter.com/Anneyano

thanks for your help!

Posted at Wed May 05 17:06:19 UTC 2010

anne : I was engineered... (0)

anne — Fri Oct 16 06:34:38 UTC 2009

How does it feel to be born to save your sister's life?
I guess I would seriously want to die anyway...

I watched a movie named "My sister's keeper" today.
It is a kind of sad story but great.
And it made me think about human-being's right and genetic engineering.

Cloning is known to the most controversial aspect of genetic engineering. But I was agreed to the thought of cloning before because it could benefit not only endangered animals such as pandas but even species which have already died out like mammoth.

Plus,if we could produce primary organs, we will be able to create patient-specific therapies without rejection by the recipients immune system.
The organs would help better than Chinese prisoners.
(Chinese condemned criminals are killed and be extracted their main organs and these organs will be sold.)

But Anna( the main character of MSK) is a child who was engineered and this fact has annoyed her for a long time.
And probably these children will be increase if Cloning and genetic engineering would complete.

I'm sorry that it's not concise but I had a lot of things to want to tell.

Posted at Fri Oct 16 06:34:38 UTC 2009

anne : WTF (0)

anne — Thu Oct 08 10:23:21 UTC 2009

What makes me always sleepy?
I can't focus even for thirty minutes.
Ouch
I guess I should have ordered coffee instead of
this too-sweet orange juice.

Maybe listening Ne-yo can be the cause.
His voice is so sweet that I cannot study well!

Anyway, I gotta study from now on!

Posted at Thu Oct 08 10:23:21 UTC 2009

anne : Unexpected holiday (1)

anne — Thu Oct 08 05:31:25 UTC 2009

Good afternoon lang-8 users!
I am so grad to see a blue sky finally!

The biggest typhoon 18 have passed away.
But I guess people live in Tohoku are still have to deal with it.
Poor...

and also my little sister is poor.

At 10, she was so happy because she was informed that
there was no classes today.
but, after 10 minutes later,
she was informed that she has afternoon classes!

She had to get ready for school anyway.
So much for your lovely-fake-holiday!

Yet, I have still no classes today.
and I decided to watch all of House season 4!!!
House is the best!

so, bye!

Posted at Thu Oct 08 05:31:25 UTC 2009

anne : One of Typical Boring Days (0)

anne — Tue Oct 06 14:02:23 UTC 2009

Today,I supposed to get up at 9:00 because I had to attend some morning lectures.
But actually, I got up at 1:23 pm.
I know I am such a loser.

So I changed my plan,
and went to Shinjuku to repair my watch's belt which I was given by my ex-boyfriend.(maybe I supposed say that I am a loser, again lol)

Today, it is raining which means it makes me feel so depressed.
And what am I doing?
I am watching Facebook comments and playing "Sunshine farm".

I know I have tons of work today,
like studying vocabs and histories for entrance exams.

Someone help me! Give me some energy of something like that.
God, I wish I were an energetic person.

Posted at Tue Oct 06 14:02:23 UTC 2009

anne : Stupid virtual simulation games (2)

anne — Sun Oct 04 12:28:27 UTC 2009

Why are we keep planting virtual crops and trees online?

To be honest, I am really into those games right now.
Before I played those, I was like...

What's the point of playing such stupid games.
Virtual is always virtual.

But now, look at me. I am so obsessed about growing stupid flowers.

Take "Sunshine farm" from mixi or "Farm ville" of Facebook for example.
In Japan, almost all of my friends enjoy playing these games and they are also obsessed with playing and raising their levels.

I think that there are theree keys of success.
First, a system of helping each other by becoming neighbors.
Second, there are many bonus evernts.
And last, crops might die down if you neglect to take care of.

The constitutions of these games are pretty simple.
Yet we cannot help obsessing about growing crops anywy.

What do you think?
How many people are obsessed with real-time simulation games?

Posted at Sun Oct 04 12:28:27 UTC 2009