2 posts tagged “personal”

After a while, updating this blog became a job. Why?  Not because I didn't like it, but because I had writers block.  I had the perfect subject to write about, but getting it out became impossible.  The blog lost all of it's wit, or anything it had before.  The blog was theoretically sucked dry, and maybe so was I...of inspiration.

This thing is my baby, I love it, I really truely do.  But, certain things have to be done.  I doubt anyone reads here, and for those who enjoyed it, I thank you so much.  And to those who commented, I thank you even more, for the blog wouldn't have made it's way past a month without those random bursts of encouragement.  Thanks to everyone.
If anyone is wondering wether or not I've quit blogging...I dunno.  I love to write, but I guess I'll just have to see if lightning strikes twice.  If you want, PM me your email address and I'll try to contact you if anything starts up (I know, that seems conceited to think people would even care, but I figure, give it a try, right?)

I will miss getting your comments, debating, and overall, seeing what people think.  I tried so hard to keep this thing going, but it seems that the cherry bowl emptied, or, the cherry blossom tree ran out of blossoms and petals...you know, something deep like that. 
I'm sentimental, so for old times sake, lets show some lyrics from the blogs name sake, shall we?

You know, I've mentioned, just in my last entry, I have a shakey past with J-music.
Well, now I'm going to tell you all about it.

Lets take it back a bit, not to far, 2003, ah, just right....

I was about 14 or 15 at the time, and I had recently rekindled my anime obsession in movies such as Totoro and Kiki's delivery service, all childrens movies, but all extremely enjoyable for adults and teens as well, and because of this, I had been looking at anime forums and the like.
Well, one faitful day, I was having an arguement with someone on the anime section of some art board, when suddenly, someone defends me.  I have no idea who this person is, but they're agreeing with me and defending me.
Well, that perked my curiosity and I messaged that girl one day.
That's when we got to talking, about anime, games, stuff like that...And then she askes me if I listen to jpop. I think, "Oh, what is this jpop thou speaks of?"  And, of course, asked this very question, though minus the phony speak.
This lead to her sending me pictures of Mini Moni, and Morning Musume, (Who, I at first, called Morning Museum.  Several times, until she smacked it out of me.  Next time I complain about people mispronouncing and spelling Japanese, just mock me about that XD)
Keep in mind, I had no way to get this music.  I was banned from using Limewire, had no idea if I could buy stuff off ebay (actually, I don't think I even THOUGHT of that, because i figured my mom would never  pay for the shipping of soemthing overseas. (Don't start on me about asking my parents for things...I never ask for anything so when I do she gets it because I don't ask a lot. >.>)) So, that died and the most I did was catch a few of the songs on Japanese fan radio stations, and I stopped talking to the girl aswell...

Fast forward, of course, to last year.

I had downloaded Limewire the night before, and I was anxious to look up some jrock because I'd run into several jrock fans after that.  The first song I downloaded was Color Me Blood Red by Malice Mizer.  This instantly got me HOOKED to MM, and I'm a huge fan now (even though it doesn't seem like it, as this blog has turned 99% jpop.)
I, after this, looked up a list (yes, a list.  I am and was such a dork, it amuses me to death...) and  spotted one name that rang a bell somewhere in the back of my head, this name would be Dir en grey.
I downloaded Pink Killer and Cage.  Both songs are so different, showing just how much Diru has changed over the years, but I loved each song.  Then, after finding Malice Mizer, I looked up information on Mana, which in turn lead to finding out about MDM, so I downloaded some of their songs (Before someones head explodes at the huge use of the word download, I'd just like to clarify that just months after I got into them (them as in all of them), I purchased Nocturnal Opera aswell as Vulgar. Vulgar is still my favorite Diru album, to this day, and it keeps this place also because it was my first Jrock album.)

So, by about December or November, I was a pretty huge jrock fangirl...And I was browsing a jrock yaoi blog (yes, yaoi.  Aren't I predictable?) when someone cracked a joke about Kyo eating Mini Moni.

INSTANT DEJA VU ON THAT ONE.

So this led to me getting curious, and typing Mini Moni into google video.  I found the rollercoaster segment from H!M where Nacchi spazzed and her head nearly exploded.  I also found the lizard clip (that I only learned was from the Christmas special this year.)  this got my interest, and I found Za Peace! video.

This is the short version too!  But every jpop blogge rhas done an entry like this, so this is me jumping on the bandwagon.