I agree about Ayu's busy stuff back here in the States, some 1300 miles south of Seattle (of course that's LA!).
And on another note, I think of this - the more I don't hear Ayu appearing on TV, the more I actually don't watch Japanese music TV shows (like Music Station or even those annual specials such as FNS, MSSL or even the Kouhaku)...because Ayu has been much of a driving factor just to watch Japanese music TV shows. Now it seems I don't care about it at much (even with AKB48 or Arashi) because it just doesn't feel the same (unless the show has Sayuri Sugawara or Yanawaraba, my more favored artists over the past year, but finding shows with those are more difficult because they're not as looked for as Ayu or other big artists; JPopsuki usually only covers the big ones)...
