Saturday, August 21, 2004

   Japanese Letters

Hiragana A I U E O is now available on my deviantart account. Just click my website, and in my gallery there should be a bunch of little tutorial thingies... pretty soon i'll zip all of them and make one big file with all the letters, but i'm slow and have only finished those five.

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   Japanese 1-2

my friend is feeling a lot better now... which is good because usually when he is depressed it lasts for a few days... ^_^

i started japanese yesterday. it was pretty easy. i already knew everything for that day so homework wasn't a problem (memorize how to write a i u e o and 'greetings')

i think i'll write everything i learn here, is that ok with you?

so.... if you want to learn how to write you'll have to go to my deviantart where i am also putting these up just for something to write in the journals there XDDD but i will also be making animated gifs about how to write each letter.

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1. Hajime mashite (Hahjeemeh mashteh) *the i gets lost in there somewhere*
"How do you do?"

2. Watashi wa ______ desu. (Wahtahshee wah ______ dess) *the u gets lost also... ^^;*
"I am _____./My name is _____."

NOTE: it is also acceptable for boys to use "boku" (bohkoo). i figured out that watashi is actually for both, while boku is only for boys.

3. Doozo yoroshiku. (DOHzoh yohrohsheekoo)
"Nice to meet you."

NOTE: i can't do pronounciation guides right when it comes to things like this, so i'll try to explain it here.

the "a" makes an "ah" sound.

the "i" makes an "ee" sound.

the "u" makes an "oo" sound.

the "e" makes an "eh" sound.

the "o" makes an "oh" sound.

ALSO: the "r" is kind of a mix between "r" and "l", so it may be hard for english-speaking people to get that at first, i'll try to find a way to explain it.

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Friday, August 20, 2004

   ...

um well my friend is depressed again... i don't really know if he's suicidal-depressed or just depressed... but i hate it when he gets these "attacks" or whatever...

TT-TT

he always gets really really depressed and says that his friends are taking advantage of him and all that... and i don't really know how to stop him from saying things because i don't know him in person and i can't exactly go visit him (different countries here...)

and then he starts to put himself down and that he's not worth anything to anyone and that he will never be...

but i can't really convince him on that either because... well he doesn't really listen to me sometimes ;_;

...well as long as he doesn't do anything drastic it'll be ok i guess...

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Thursday, August 19, 2004

   Wow I'm a Freshy

...ya... today was the first day of school, and i survived! well i hope i can get through a friday, weird schedule then.

i've never been on a block schedule before, so i'm probably gonna end up bringing books for 1 3 and 5 on tuesdays instead of mondays or whatever and look like an idiot.

i'm taking the bus since school is kind of far away... there are different routes since people come from all different areas. so going to the school was no problem, but when i was going to go back home, i almost got on the wrong bus! XD but i found someone in the same bus as me and followed him around until he found the right one... XP

as for the classes my main concerns would be study skills ("bad posture and you get 10 points marked down!) and engineering... the only problem with engineering is that our teacher talks A LOT. and then we never get any time to work... XP

i really need to keep a 4.0, so i can get a scholarship. i have almost no money saved, with what i have i can get through maybe one semester XD...

i'm not allowed to get a job yet, but as soon as i am i better start working... or else i'll have no money left for college... XP

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Wednesday, August 18, 2004

   ...

school starts tomorrow. i am kind of looking forward to it but also dreading it. if i can survive that first week... i will be happy. kind of. i might stress myself and give myself a heart attack, or maybe use the kitchen knife if i'm not careful. but i'll try not to do anything drastic. ^^; just as long as i get through the first week... well actually the first 2 days, since i start on a thursday, but maybe i'll extend it to the first 7 days? bleh i'm confusing myself

and if i don't kill myself, my study skills teacher will. she scares all of us. she takes off points for EVERYTHING. bad posture= -10 points. leave a pencil on the desk= -10 points for the whole class. and... the class is SO silent...

well you get the idea. the sophmores say that she lightens up after the first semester... but i don't really know about that. and who's to say that we're all gonna survive the first semester?

i heard the japanese teacher is really nice tho... and our science teacher is cool... except the crayfish he made us look at were posessed and tried to kill us ^^;

the one think i'm looking forward to is "adopt a sophie" which is basically a sophmore that helps you with hw or invites you to things or whatever. they try to look for people w/similar interests... so i'm hoping that i can find someone who likes gothic lolita. NO ONE has heard of it in the freshman class ^^;

oh, and i've been drawing a lot of riku lately. his putumayo style is so fun! i've drawn the chibi one of him, a semi-anime style of him that was junk, and i just finished a semi-realistic/semi-anime style of him! all in the same outfit! ^_^ now i have to pick a new brand of gothic lolita clothing to draw him in. ma/mam sounds good

or union jack, but union jack makes him look SO much like a girl. ^^;

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Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Have you noticed...?

has anyone seen revolution?

or popjapan.tv maybe?

or korean music countdown?

if you've seen revolution:
~have you seen the music video for "cry" by wiretap in my ear? and has anyone ever noticed how much he looks like COUNT D???
~have you seen the music video for N E X T's song "growing up"? and did you notice that all the people playing instruments are considerably younger than the vocalist? and how much that one guitarist looks like a girl? and last, but not least, HOW ANNOYING THOSE LITTLE KIDS CAN GET AFTER HEARING "la la la la la" at the beginning and end of the song??

for those of you who watch KMC:
~has anyone noticed that it's pretty much the SAME SONGS every single monday?
~and i haven't been watching lately but i saw a few minutes of it... but did they replace nam?

for those of you who watch popjapan.tv:
~do you like the complimation thing or not?

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Monday, August 16, 2004

   I dare say i'm happy

I went to JTown and bought Laruku's album, "REAL" no gothic lolita bibles tho... -_-;; after coming back from Jtown, my dad took us to barnes and noble. I bought a how-to-draw book. Normally i don't like getting how to draw books, but i needed this one because it had an entire chapter dedicated to photoshop. ^^; i probably just should have bought a photoshop book... ^^;

oh, i also bought under the glass moon v. 1... i had already read the 2nd one but not the 1st... the style is so much different from the 2nd one but that's ok, because it's still a really good book ^_^ and gackt's in it ^__^

LYRICS
i LOVE "stay away" (track 7 on the REAL CD) so here are lyrics and a translation:

J-Pop Lyrics: L'Arc~En~Ciel (Real)
Stay Away
Sung by: L'Arc~en~Ciel
drums: yukihiro, bass-tetsu, vocals-hyde, guitars-ken
words: hyde music: tetsu

Printable Version

Nukedashita taichi de
Te ni ireta no wa jiyuu
Maybe lucky, maybe lucky
I dare say I’m lucky

Reeru(rail) no uwa ni zotte
Dokomade yukeru kara
Maybe lucky, maybe lucky
I dare say I’m lucky

Yaki mashi no sekai ni wa hikara naikara
Kimi no mirai wa acchi so trying trying in yourself

*Causes stain, stay away
Causes stain, stay away (ooh)

Massara na taiyou wa
Dare ni mo furisosogu
Maybe happy maybe happy
I dare say I’m happy

Urusaku iwanaide ne
Shisunde shimau kara
Maybe happy maybe happy
I dare say I’m happy

Karamitsuku sekai ni wa unzari na no sa
Kage fumi shitenaide so trying trying in yourself

*
Causes stain, stay away
Right away, oh! Bother me!
Right away...

Umare nagara boku wa muhou jyoutai sa
Ishikoro korogashi so trying trying in myself

*
Causes stain, stay away
Right away

Ukabu kumo no youni
Dare mo boku wo tsukamenai
Nani mo kamo wo kowashii
Jiyuu no moto ni umareta

TRANSLATION
on a planet that's slipped out
what I got was freedom.
maybe lucky maybe lucky
I dare say I'm lucky

How far can I go, following along on this rail ?
maybe lucky maybe lucky
I dare say I'm lucky.

I'm not attracted by a world made from a copy
but your future is there.
c'mon trying trying in yourself

causes stain stay away
causes stain stay away

brandnew sunlight pours on everyone.
maybe happy maybe happy
I dare say I'm happy.

Don't speak so loudly,
or (that sun) will set.

maybe happy maybe happy
I dare say I'm happy.

I am getting sick of the world twisting me.
don't step on your shadow.

c'mon trying trying in yourself.

causes stain stay away
causes stain stay away
causes stain stay away
right away oh ! BOTHER ME

From birth I've been exempt from laws
rolling pebbles.
c'mon trying trying in myself.

causes stain stay away
causes stain stay away
causes stain stay away
right away...

I'm like a floating cloud that none can catch.
destroying everything, I was born by freedom.

Translated By: Brian Stewart &Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: I haven't read what this song is about but, it seems pretty random. At first glance the chorus seesm like a detergent commercial but the way hyde sings it is seperate so allay your worries (or don't get your hopes up) that Larc is going to start selling cleaning products. Even the line brand new sunlight sounds like an ad for something. I swear he wrote this watching TV commercials. The general consensus among people who have heard it around me, and my own thought is that hyde is lamenting his part in this world. Like he wants to be seperate from all these trying and mundane things. The line "I'm not attracted by a world made from a copy..." is also like a commercial in that it uses the word for a copy print when making photos. There's something here. Like he doesn't want to be part of this big commercial world in particular. The first line has got me intrigued. I think I get it now, he's saying when the world was created, we had freedom. But so many of us have sold our freedom for this instantly gratifying empty happiness. That has rules. That little punk Hyde thinks he's exempt huh? Larc is a product. Maybe that's why he has to say this. Enjoy a refreshing Larc experience. !!

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Saturday, August 14, 2004

300 visits today!!

anyway... i might go to jtown today... and borders or barnes and noble. i'm looking forward to reading petshop of horrors 2 if they have it... if not i don't know what i want to buy yet... heh.

what i REALLY want is a gothic lolita 'bible'

preferably the 6th one because there are lots of pictures of RIKU

do you remember him? if not, i'll show the pictures i found of him ALL IN THE 6TH BOOK. and if you don't believe he's a guy... um... well he is, so just believe it. ^^;


h.naoto blood. wedding style. he is actually looking kind of like a guy here, for those of you who haven't figured it out, he's on the right. sorry if it's blurry... it is on my computer...


Putumayo pic.
this is one of my favorite pictures, i love his hat with the bat on it... ^_^ i drew 3 different pictures of him in this pose/outfit, remember my chibi pic with the legs out of porportion? there are two more... i'll try to scan them later


ma/mam pic.
heh i drew 2 of him like this... he really really looks like a girl here...


ma/mam again. he's in the middle
i love his cape, i want to go to japan and buy a bunch of capes...


union jack.
this one scares me a little...

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Friday, August 13, 2004

SMILE!!!

today i went over to my friend... "sadako's" house, and i was able to work on her website... and then...

we made l'arc~en~ciel stickers!!

they've got the cd cover all over, about an inch long and an inch wide... we each have 82 ^^;

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Thursday, August 12, 2004

If I survive the first week...

well orientation is over.

and i figured out that it will be pretty hard to keep that 4.0...

which will be hard on me since getting a B makes me very upset... a B- will get me to the point of suicidal.

so i decided if i get through the first week without killing myself, i'll treat myself to some more manga... maybe even two. i'm thinking... petshop of horrors #2 and saiyuki #1... any better suggestions?

this is, of course, assuming that i don't kill myself before the first week of school is over. i'm used to being able to get A's, and if not, i am not worthy of life, and i'll quote that "the weak die" so... ya... ^_^

twyl.

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