'Wanna wait a little more...?
 

Hey! =D

with this announcement of the album, now i'm in peace, knowing the release date, the versions and now that i pre-ordered my copy.

But i wonder if it wouldn't be cool to wait a little more (without getting any news), like, until the release date, until i have my copy in my hands !!!
it would be such a greeeeaaaaat feelings, don't you think ?

i'm preparing myself for this challenge:
J-39 until the release.
39 day without AHS, or any other Ayu's sites.
And discovering the whole thing IN my hands directly :love

Does anybody wanna do the same ? Wewould be the crazy-masochistic-band LMAO :D

lol impossible. i would kill my self by then XD
masochistic is right :P

it does sound like quite a challenge though

I were thinking the same earlier today... but then I reeeaaally have to be strong not checking AHS for so long...

I would if I were excited for the album. I'm sorry but 14 tracks just isn't cutting it for me. Especially when only 10 of those are new and probably 3-4 will be interludes. Not feeling it all. :(

Plus the marketing strategy on it seems absolutely desperate.

yes it IS masochistic and it sounds impossible!
But i want to taste the taste of REAL, TOTAL discovering :D

Haha, totally not possible for me. Maybe a few days without AHS, but anymore and I'd be really miserable with no Ayu news.

Actually, I've experienced that already since I only started visiting AHS after NL release, been a total lurker since then.;) But I kinda already miss the "discovering things on my own without any spoilers or other people's opinions"- time. So I might do it ^ ^

But I would miss Ayu's blog entries............But what a celebration it would be to read them all after getting the album!:luv2 And seeing the album cover and tracklist for the first time in my own hands!
......but it's too hard................I'm too weak!:tired

REALLY MASOCHIST.

No no no, it's impossibile for me.

I'm with you! I'm not even ordering any, but I will not visit AHS until the release date. :D

Wow, 39 days, eh? Maybe AHS will be the thing I give up... because I'm Christian... Um... hm. Thinking...

Yeah, I'll do it. I won't come to this website for 39 days! Starting... now! :P

(sorry for rambling there XD)

^Good luck with that! lol

I'll surely miss your posts...

This time I'm going to see Microphone PV as soon as I can and listen to some songs. The other 3 pv's will be a surprise when my copy will arrive home... well I'll probably see the Album's CM

Good luck. You surely have more willpower than I do!

nah I'd be too bored. I'm gonna try not to listen to ringtone preview this time and only watch the PVs that come out before I get my copy ;D

It's okay if you aren't excited at all. It's not like you'd have purchased it anyway, haha. 14 tracks isn't even 100% confirmed yet.

SHE'S STILL RECORDING.

I had to wait until I got my actual copy with GUILTY and NEXT LEVEL because at that time I knew about YesAsia and bought there but hadn't any news page / forum to check like AHS.
It is a great feeling to wait and be excited and stuff. And then, when the long-awaited CD finally arrives, it is like BOOM! A rush of happiness :laugh
So I guess I will do it again this time. I will still check AHS constantly since I do so since I joined but if stuff leaks I will not listen to / watch it. Except the Album's CM maybe..
(I already did the waiting-for-real-CD with UNIVERSE, so I know how to.. XD Keeps me happy while going to school and stuff since I have smth to look forward to)

I can't do it.. I don't like to torture myself lol

I was thinking about it.. I think I'm gonna try.. not disappearing from here... but like trying not to see covers/photobook/booklet/no previews/no PV nothing...

but I'll still come here...

yeah... I'll try doing that... though I'll have to wait more, not until the 16... but it's ok... XD

YA! when i read that, i was like... MORE TRACKS?? YES!!

Lol I'm gonna try ♥ At least if I'm disappointed, my disappointment won't grow...I would rather just be disappointed when I listen to the songs and that's that~

I can't live without AHS....but from now on....the Ayu News and Ayu Chatroom will be off-limits to me xD

I did it with GUILTY. I meant i didnt download the song until I got my own copy but without AHS seems quite hard to me

REALLY? :scry Haven't had a chance to reply your PM yet XD

I guess, I can do that, haha. The excitement and whatnot was gone faster than I thought, eeeeh. Oh well.

no, I'm gonna check the covers, but I won't listen to any preview from chaku uta, see booklet nor photobook and I won't download leaked album/PV, but I'll see the official CM ^^ Just like if I were in Japan ^^ XD I would see it in TV jajaja

I want to know the feeling of listening for the first time the new album tracks and seeing the PV in HD in my big TV *-* yeah... gonna do that! And I can still check TA ^^

It's impossible to me, the curiosity kills me >.<

This! I'll try my best hahaha.. maybe FFXIII and other games can tied me over. except that I dont have TA..but i'll still read from here..and all other releated news. What i really wan now is a tracklist...maybe there'll be a secret track or something...like RED LINE lol!

I can't live knowing that there WILL be something updated each week lol. I'm sure ONE PV will air..and it'll be hard that..while reading people's comments, it will be spoiled..so watching it+reading comments comes hand in hand. for PVs.

I did this with Secret and GUILTY. No covers. No tracklist. No PVs. No CMs. No leaks. No previews. I think with GUILTY it was still untitled when I ordered it so I didn't even know the title until I got the album. Lol. NEXT LEVEL I didn't listen to any leaks or watch the PVs.

It's hard. I had to turn off all images on AHS (as to not see anyones sigs/avatars and image postings).

Word of advice, don't hype it up too much. Don't think it will be "so" much better if you wait until you get the copy, because it can backfire. The reason why I decided to try this was because with (miss)understood I grabbed every bit of information/leak out there and the album was rather anti-climatic once I got it.

Best word of advice, DO NOT READ SONG DESCRIPTIONS/OPINIONS. I remember reading how Not yet was some trance opener and was completely and totally disappointed in it.

Good luck though! Just try your hardest! I'm still debating whether I am going to not look at the covers or tracklist.

I wish you luck :3
I only can make that with Secret... and it was because I better don't turn on my mac XD

anyway, I know you can ^^

I'll dead without AHS in one day~~ :)

oh yeah true! sigs and avas ¬¬ LOL

hmm but the feeling was better right?? ^^ you know... feel like it was worth it... because had seen/listened everything is like... then you got the copy you payed for and you don't feel like listening to it immediately!

yeah I'll do it this time!! I always say it and never do! but this time.. YEAH!

hahaha

wish me luck!

Okay, okay, okay!

I'll start today...

oh i think that i will visit AHS though, but not the News' section or anything.

btw, thanks for who will follow me ^^
i even installed a Countdown Module on the sidebar of my computer desk lol

haha yeha I'll keep coming on AHS... and as I said I won't do a complete bye bye XD I'll do like if I were in japan and I didn't know what are leaks, scans or chaku uta LOL

I don't think I'd be able to stay away from this place; I probably wouldn't make it. I probably won't download the tracks this year, since I pre-ordered and with CDJapan it may be here by the release date but I can't say this for sure.

A lot of the fun of all this is talking about the tracklist and the covers and all that, so I don't want to miss out on it by not coming on here or not looking at anything.

I made one on Facebook LOL

http://apps.facebook.com/countdowns/...4637718?ref=mf

ya imma try some abstaingin toooooo no song previews except maybe microphone pv LOL

I didn't watch any of the new NEXT LEVEL PV's before I got it, and didn't listen to the chaku-uta's either, and that was really good! :) I was so freaking excited and surprised when I got that album! Listening to it for the first time was amazing (much more amazing than the album turned out to be after a dozen listens, imho)

I'm not sure if I could do without any information for so long though! I think I'll keep visiting here, but turn off the pictures? Cause I don't mind knowing the tracklist and talking about it. But not knowing the cover, PV's and chaku-uta's althogether would be even more fun Ithink :D

I could never do this, lol :laugh I don't have enough willpower... And I'm impatient :P

I'm too weak for doing this lol.
Well goodluck guys :D

That would be imopssible.

Well... I have to say I lost all the pleasure to be happy from new releases of my favourite artist because of following news, previes, PVs and so on. I would be glad to get new album and to everything there be a surprise for me: cover, bonus, booklet, songs, PVs... I guess I'll try this time to be strong and not downloading any previews and promotional PVs. I'll concentrate on other things and I hope month will pass fast ^_______^

Wow loads of people just got the courage to do this! ...I still can't though hehehe

Good luck guys!!

Omg I was planning on doing the exact same thing haha!

I was considering making this the first Ayu album I buy and if I decide to, I don't want to know anything about it except covers until I get it in my hands.

No tracklist, no PVs, no previews. I want it all to be a surprise.

Those damn chaku-uta previews ruined NEXT LEVEL for me :(.

hmmm I do this anyways... I don't listen to the album or watch the PVs until I get my album... but the covers... that might kill me... but maybe I'll try!

You guys have to add not watching any live performances, reading about her new album from her interviews hahaha..
I tihnk this would be reallly fun AND fnny if you set your heart to it. And reading how u gus did it makes me want to do it too...
all.night.raver, u are amazing! hahaha

i will see the cover, officially know the tracklist and that's probably the end of AHS till then LOL..I mean, we've already gotten some sneakpeaks of ViVi..so..my as well
im hoping that with CDJapan, the usually ship out earlier than before..so I should get my CD near the 14th itself..

I had this same incident, My excitement for the release and having the copy of NL was totally spoiled. :(

That's why I'll avoiding any kinds of previews whenever its available.

oh yes~

same with me~

hate the chaku-uta... :(

why did japanese people do this before the album release~~~??

No. Thanks. :P lol

I do my own form of waiting by not touching the leak. I will not listen to the album until I have my copy in my hands. Everything else is fair game, though.

Mission: failed. :P

oh i can't do it!!!

Man, speaking of waiting, I had a dream that would probably make a lot of you feel glad that it was only a dream. :laugh

I had a dream that the release date of the album was announced, and it was still April 14th (even though in my dream it said 3/14, it was still really 4/14; I don't know, you know how dreams are lol). But! The announcement of the release date was made on April 13th, the day before the album release! And it was done this way on purpose so that no one could post any "previews" and leak the full tracks. Ah, it was all done so that avex could make more money. :P Pretty clever, I'd actually say! But oh, fans would be so on the edge of their seats that they'd probably be on the floor! x)

i was actually expecting that too ^^ it would soooooo cool i think, to tell yourself, "what?! it'll be realesed on tomorrow ?! WTF?? O__o"

EDIT: for me, there're 34 days left =D

I'll declare my hiatus and 'abstinence' once the tracklists and covers are out. hehe. then I'll go to my gaming

Haha no, I'm fully stressed out when I didn't open AHS during exams x_x

I'm always curious about the tracklist and the covers, so I want to see them as soon as they are out!

BUT I'll not download the songs or the PVs. I never do this! I know, that Ayu will not disappoint me (she never did before and I'm sure she will not do it in the future!).
I've already pre-ordered the CD+DVD and the "Arena Tour", so I don't have to wait too long after they are released.
It's true, that I'm VERY curious, but I can wait, because my biggest joy is to hold a new Ayu release in my own hands and discover it like this and not through the internet! ^.^

i agree- and I'll do it too!

but i'll do it a bit differently

i'm letting myself see the tracklist, listen to Microphone and Don't look back
and watch the Microphone pv

but then that's it!! these things will be my album promo, can't waiiiiiit

i feel like don't want to come to AHS but everytime when i online,i couldn't stop myself from typing ahsforum.com/forum on the address bar XD
i'll try to stop myself from downloading the album but i don't know if i can wait till my copy to arrive or not because it will reach my hand 1 week after the release date o.O

wo.. I didn't tink about the TV lives O____O

what to do... hmm.. it' snot the same as listening the song... but... no... T_____T I won't see TV lives until I get my CD... OMG this is gonna be hard T_____T

I have to find another thing to do until then to not see anything... (well, covers and tracklist and official CM yes)

And I also hate chaku-uta ¬¬ almost the full osng is there only the instrumental parts are left... and you have the full song in parts and it ruins the feeling when lsitening the full song for the first time... not gonna listen to them again >.<

the CD+DVD case is put inside teh box, so you'll get the cover of whatever they put on the box, and teh CD+DVD cover

It's a good idea. I think I'm gonna try XD

^I remember talking about it with you in London LOL

i'm feeling the same, but my challenge is to discover the WHOLE piece of art in one time ^_^
i know that i'm crazy but i know that i'll not be unsatisfied, and it's like buying a CD in a store and wonder " humm, interesting... i'll try =) ", and then, while listening, to say "OMFG !!!! O.O "

:D

Nah then suspense would kill me lol xD!

*killing myself*

i saw the covers D:

I know I would never be able to wait till release! I'm such a curious person!As soon as I see a preview I can't hold myself back from listening to it. I even think myself that waiting would be pretty cool but geez, i'm a weak person xD

Do not worry, I did, too. :laugh And I did so with GUILTY and NEXT LEVEL, too. The important things are the songs themselves imo.
To look at covers and tracklist just makes me await the album more, but in the end, the songs and PVs are what matter. If I listened to the songs or watch the PVs before that would spoil the suprise for me but covers and tracklist are ok!

I kinda wanna do this... But knowing my nerves I could not just watch as everybody else gets to hear previews xD But then again, since I started listening to every little preview before the real thing I haven't been as excited about the songs as I was before. :P But then I should probably stop coming to AHS which might be impossible since it's a habit of mine to automatically come here when I'm online. Uwahh should I try to do this... Maybe when I know there are many others suffering like me I can handle. :laugh

I'll have to shut down internet at home the days before the album will be released - cause I know I will download before I receive my copy ~

I saw the covers as well and I think I'll try not to download the songs *if I'm strong enough*

:no I doubt I'll be strong enough to wait for my os version to be out....
Hopefully my exams will keep me away from the internet

I tried...I honestly did... But when I saw the thread labled "Rock 'n' Roll Circus COVERS" I couldn't help it... I opened it up as fast as I could :laugh

I have no control over these things :thud

^Lol that's what I fear, if I'm really going to avoid leaks I'll have to stop coming here completely.. Otherwise if one day there's a thread like "ROCK 'N' ROLL CIRCUS PREVIEWS LEAKED!!" I'll totally lose control of my hand that moves the mouse until I've heard them all. :laugh

Did anybody NOT look at the covers!?
I hope someone was strong enough. It's quite a remarkable feeling when you actually have the strength and self-control to wait until the whole package arrives at your doorstep! I looked at the covers but no more leaks/previews/PVs and such for me.

about 23 days are left... :D

everyday is more difficult....

yes, especially the day when Microphone PV or song will leak XD ...

So brave!!!!!!

honestly I couldn't wait without any news, but this time I would like not to watch the PVs before I receive my CD+DVD copy.

It's gonna be pretty hard

THE RESISTANCE TROUPE!!!!!!!!
now Microphone's tune is stuck in my head...i mean, i forgot about that twist for a while..but the moment i logged in here without even watching the utube video again, i recalled the melody..omg

I used to not watch any album PVs (except those that were on promotion) for m-u to GUILTY...but I did for NL because of someone's plea...lol.this time, not gonna happen...

actually Im not sure if Im gonna get the leak because I've always did...i ALREADY bought the album..I probably just need good speakers to enjoy the most out of the album..and the download is for my com anyway

So...that's it guys? hahaha

LOL you know... that Microphone preview is gonna be my drug for the next weeks... XDD I'm not gonna listen anything more, only the official CM (cause when I'll enter TA website they will play it so I can't avoid T____T)

this is the first time I'm doing it, though I wanted in previous albums, but failed!

today I was depressed... cause it's like 3 weeks for the release.. but after that I though, NOO!! with YA my things arrive 14 days after!!! so... 5 weeks!! T___________T

even though the CD+DVD&CD only I bought in TA will arrive to Tenso on the 13/14, and they ship with EMS... so I can get them faster right?? T_____T

well... we have to stay strong LOL

I'm totally gonna have an Ayu listening party when my copy arrives. Solo I might add. Lol. But I'm just gonna sit down and enjoy the hell out of it! Maybe drive around and see the scenery.

Dang...I looked at the covers and the previews....*throws Ayu isolation idea to the side*

^ Do you have no self-control?!

LOL j/k I always look at the covers.

Well I'm putting a stop to this before my curiosity gets the best of me! Just changed my homepage from AHS to facebook. Also changed the countdown on my desktop to the latest estimated arrival date of my BOX SET order from amazon.co.jp: April 19,2010. 28 Days, 11 Hours, 40 minutes...

No more AHS for me. I'll spoil everything!
Good luck to everyone else. Stay strong! :thumbsup

LOL...so the has everyone hear heard Microphone??? Hhahaha...IM HOLDING OUT! umph! but its really nice to read so many good comments..makes me smile..this time I know im going do it...I JUST PRAYYY my anticipation wont die out in the next 3 weeks LOL..that'll be lame (someone should advise me)

IMO, I can't control myself LOL I listened to Mircophone's leak already but yeah I'M NOT downloading any of the previews or leaks... it's the least I could to resist lolol

21 more days to wait :D
my copy comes in at 7 am on April 13th haha :D

but i listened to microphone, so i'm out haha.

Yeah I listened to Microphone. Just deleted it off my hard-drive and gonna delete it of my iPod tonight.

I... already failed at that. haha. Maybe if i read this before I checked up on everything but yeah... i failed haha.

Good luck though!!! :D

It's not too late to join us! Just don't listen to anymore ringtones/PVs/CMs/leaks!

I failed. :(

I can't resist myself when it comes to previews, or maybe PVs~

Good luck for you guys doing this, Ayu will proud of you~ *perhaps*

oh...

I'd really love to do this but I'm failed... :(

yeah.. the Microphone leaked song is so freaking awesome that I can't help myself to download it~~~

so I'm out guys~~

sorryy... :(

haha yea...u guys still can avoid what's to come..I think DLB is gonna preview somehow..
i still havent heard Microphone! woots...(i honestly dunno how i can be so...resistant LOL...but really, reading these stuff, I just smile and feel that Im so proud of Ayu who has delivered this song, which i'll hear in 3 weeks time)

btw, Im definitely going for a CM...I dont think I can go for 3 weeks.because then I would be disinterested LOL..
it'll act as a preview :P

I never have any patience to wait until my copy arrives (as it's usually a week after release), I'm too weak and want to hear the album as soon as it's up for download, and songs when they're up before that. Other things I have strong will with, but not music, I have to have it.

Did everybody here listen to the Microphone leak?
I did not so far and I guess it will be really strange when you all are used to the song already in late April (which is the time when I will get my copy from YesAsia) and I start to freak out about how great Microphone is!

EDIT:
Just saw you did not listen to it, too. Ah, great :laugh I am not alone..

hehe, yeah I failed yesterday, but I'm so happy cause Microhone is so great... but I wouldn't have downloaded it if it wasn't the full song... because I don't want to listen to parts ¬¬

so... this is gonna be my drug until I get my copies LOL also the official CM will be usefull to not fail again LOL

No seriously, now seriously XDD I won't lsiten to anything except for Microphone and the official CM LOL

I really wish the copies from TA that will arrive to Tenso on the 13th will arrive here earlier than the box from YA LOL anyone knows how much takes an EMS from Japan? XD

I did once the same thing you are trying, when (miss)understood was announced, I avoided totally the Ayu forums and fansites, since I wanted to have the album and enjoy the feeling, I held through that time. One time I almost watched JEWEL, but I immediatly closed it.

Was great feeling when I got the album, and my torture was over, since back then, all people had sets of JEWEL and Ladies Night, so only solution was avoid or temporary put the settings in not showing sigs and avatars of other people XD

It would be difficult to NOT to look at the cover, sometimes when AHS crashes, i wonder what is leaked and i go for some Ayu~Fansite~that~is~recently~updated too look what have been done last hours and in 3/4 of them the banners are from the covers or they got information on the top of the layout like "R'N'C REALESE DATA + small/medium cover" there xD