2012 General Election

I woke up at 4:10am today (after going to bed at 2am) to watch the AKB48 2012 General Election live.  It started at 4:30am and ended around 9am.  It was pretty long watching the top 64 members being selected out of 237 members.

This year Kasai ranked in at #12 with 27005 votes.  Last year she was #16.  She ranked higher than I thought she would :) and she made Senbatsu (top 16).  This was her speech:

The top 10:
10 Matsui Rena (SKE Team S)
09 Matsui Jurina (SKE Team S)
08 Itano Tomomi (AKB Team K)
07 Kojima Haruna (AKB Team A)
06 Takahashi Minami (AKB Team A)
05 Shinoda Mariko (AKB Team A)
04 Sashihara Rino (AKB Team A)
03 Kashiwagi Yuki (AKB Team B)
02 Wantanabe Mayu (AKB Team B)
01 Oshima Yuko (AKB Team K)

Yuko's Inauguration Speech here (dub in English).
All member ranks, number of votes, and speeches here (Japanese).
There is a huge jump in votes between #12 Kasai and #11 Sae.

LOL Momemt: #58 "Fresh Lemon" speaks with a really high pitched voice and when she gave her speech, the english dub translator suddenly started speaking in a higher pitched voice too.
LOL Moment 2: #15 Yuihan's speech was just like last year, where she was hyperventilating/crying.
Note: Akicha dropped to #17 (out of Senbatsu) from #12 last year.  She totally looked NOT happy at all.
Note 2: Sasshi got #4!
Note 3: I'm so surprised that Mayuyu beat out Yukirin for #2.

Lunch today -> McDoubles
After watching the election, I went to sleep til 1pm.  I got up and headed off to the Stittsville Ontario Services branch.  Since my birthday is coming up, I needed to get my Health Card and Driver's License renewed.  The Stittsville branch is small but there is almost no waiting in line.
I McDonalds to go for a late lunch: 3 McDoubles.

3 McDoubles.

Dinner today -> Steak with Grape Tomatoes and Zucchini Squash.