I don't know how to prepare for my Japanese oral exam. I'll be able to pull it off but I shóuld practice some conversations so I won't enter a "nervewracking-state-of-feeling-unprepared" next Friday. I'm repeating "default sentences" in my head all day, but it feels useless if I don't somehow say it out loud to someone.

失礼ですが、お名前は。
会社はどちらですか。
毎日何時に起きますか。
先週の土曜日何をしましたか。
銀行は５時に休みます。
来年日本へ帰ります。<= lol yeah I wish

Man, I'll be glad when I'm back in class.

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I have my own laptop now, which will stay in Maastricht during schoolperiods. And I have to admit, Microsoft sort of redeemed themselves with Windows 7. I got 7 instead of XP because the shop owner assured me it's working perfectly so far and he's quite impressed. In 2011 Microsoft will stop supporting XP, so starting with 7 now will spare me the trouble of upgrading later. Our home desktop and my dad's laptop still run XP though.. it'll be hard saying goodbye to that. XD

(look at that stunning wallpaper made my the lovely anei_no_tsuki!)

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As the main character Nemuri Kyoshiro of the 'Nemuri Kyoshiro' series GACKT will appear in various media. The stage production written by Koyama Kundo is the first in line of the 'NEMURI×GACKT PROJECT'. After the theater version of 'Nemuri Kyoshiro', the combined character 'NEMURI×GACKT' will be featured in manga, anime, video-games and film.

http://musicjapanplus.jp/news/?action=detail&news_id=3417

. . .

*freezes, crumbles and becomes dust*

So I lost the studio to someone else because I'm still stuck to my current contract. It's ok.. I'll try again in february, when the university is taking in new people and they're in need of rooms again. Then I can end my contract and move into a studio, I'm sure there'll be lots of nice things available.

Today's exam went well. I was done in less than 45 minutes, which gave me the feeling I went through it too quickly as usual, even though I know it'll be fine. *shrugs*

I still have 20 more pages to go in my history book though. Fortunately a classmate passed around a very useful summary of the book which she found on the net.
Friday's exam covers everything from hunter/gatherer Japan up to Edo. I'll manage. Somehow. +__+


You know what? This wins bronze, silver and gold in the olympics for most stunning Gackt single covers.


(click for the full thing)

He's sitting on a throne with fabulous hair and there are like.. candles and sparkles and snowflakes floating around... XD And guess what, the moooooon is back.

Oh, and his face resembles a lightbulb again.

Shisasu, I had a headache nearly ALL day yesterday. It started begin afternoon and didn't go away until I went to bed in the evening. And just now I woke up with another one of those 'too-deep-sleep-headaches'. My left shoulder also hurts.

Yesterday was Riona's birthday party, and on the way to Heerlen the stupidest thing ever happened to me. I sat waiting for the train and this guy (about my age I think) sits next too me, way closer than I'm comfortable with, and he started talking, but my iPod sound was too loud for me to hear what he was saying and to realize he was talking to me. Then an odd pair of people in fantasy clothing walked by and as I followed them with my gaze I noticed he was talking to me so I took my earpieces out.

"Those people look funny, don't you think? But those clothes you're wearing suit you very nicely."

I was wearing a large belt over a ruffle top and ruffle skirt, with a bolero and shiny leggings, all black. Of course I thanked him, and hoped he left me alone after that. He talked in a sugary sweet voice that reminded me of a pedophile.

Shortly after that the train arrived, and to my dismay he followed me and sat in the double seat behind me. Somewhere between Roermond and Sittard, he comes over and sits opposite me, for a short while saying nothing but then going "Excuse me, I have a problem, I wonder if you could help me?". He told some lame story about him miscalculating in his traveling schedule, that he probably missed his bus in Sittard, and that he needed to be somewhere at strictly 2 'o clock. I suggested he take a taxi and hoped to be done with it, but he went on asking to what kind of music I was listening to. By now in my head I was praying for him to leave me the fuck alone, and answered that it was the kind of music he probably would never have heard of. But he grinned and guessed it was probably Japanese music. Ok, wtf. He went on saying that he was half Japanese and going back to Japan in November for a visit to his parents. I gave in and engaged in a quick conversation with him, telling him I'm a student Japanese. When we arrived in Sittard he had to get out (thank goodness). But..

"At home I have a few books lying around that could maybe be of use to you, I'll give you my e-mail adress."

Hey, wait a minute. >_>

But I accepted it and he told me his name was Conan. I replied with my name and wished him good luck getting to his destination. Getting out he smiled back at me and I waved again.


Shisasu, was I glad he was gone.

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Riona's party ended up being fun in the end. I'm glad I went even though the atmosphere wasn't really fit for me (loudness, too many different languages (despite my fluentness in written English, I don't like communicating in spoken English and my German is horrible, and I just can't stand drunk people) but it was fun to see everyone again, even though it was hard meeting Lynsey. Not that I said a lot to her, I just didn't know what to say.. or rather, I didn't have anything to say to her. That may sound cold, but.. I really didn't. I think it's ok for me to confess to that. There were some other people I didn't know, but most of them were nice. I just felt a bit out of place because it was me between people I knew and people I never met, and they all conversated amongst each other in different languages, and my headache wasn't helping much either. And some of the conversations had plain embarassing topics that I wouldn't dream talking about. ^^;;
It took me very long before I loosened up a bit and got conversative, but I was fine in the end, thanks to my friends. :)

Too bad I was plagued by that headache all day, I hope I'm not getting sick. I mean, I just had a cold last week already. =/

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Edit #1:

"Gackt, a former vocalist of Malice Mizer and one of the pioneers of the visual kei movement in Japan, gave one of the most explosive performances of the night. Gackt rocked the festival with his powerful voice, hard-hitting rock tunes, exciting visuals and special effects."

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/09/201_52150.html

Bah, lucky Koreans. :P

Edit #2:



Wow, the drapery. Simply STUNNING. <3

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Edit#3:

Wow. Our yard is like FULL of butterflies right now. I took pics and I have a few where there's 6 butterflies. O_o



Haha, and they're driving the local predators crazy:




Long entry is long, sorry XD

Remember that tiny construction of Japanese sentences I posted yesterday? Well, today I could try them out for real. LOL.

I had a conversation about my Tokyo trip with my teacher Aoi, after she saw the various purikura stickers on my pencase and asked if they were real ones from Japan. It was the first lengthy conversation I ever did in Japanese with a Japanese and it felt so natural, not strange at all. It just rolled off my tongue.

But I refrained from telling her I went to Gackt lives. XD At least for now. I'd have to get to know Aoi and Kana better to pinpoint their reaction, it'd be rather odd to jump to that subject at first contact. I've heard it's rather unusual for Japanese people to openly admit they like Gackt, because of his image/reputation/behaviour which is rather controversial for many Japanese. The "he has a lot of talent and skill but he's so weird and eccentric" thing. And to be truthful I feel the same way; I never mention him unless I'm asked about what music I like or if the opportunity arises in a conversation about Japanese music.

Do you guys feel like that at times? Reluctant to mention you're a Gackt fan because you're afraid of the impression you'll make?

Because of this, these days I often meet Gackt fans without even knowing it at first, simply because we don't speak up freely about it. Hoing for example, the girl in my class I mentioned earlier.

I guess it's not just his reputation and the reputation of his fans (sigh), but largely just to where he stands, as someone who reached that kind of "untouchable" starstatus while not being as obviously "popular" as the popmusic giants he shares the charts with. Respected and yet frowned upon or even rediculed, he's on his own plateau because he doesn't fit in anywhere, and thus so are we, guilty isolated fools. XD
I see lots of people who like "J-rock" and listen to a wide range of bands that I have zero interest in and can't tell apart from each other in neither sound nor looks. They're so into all that Gazette and Alice nine stuff, and when confronted with Gackt they go.. "Hmm.. yeah.. I heard some of his stuff and it's good but he seems so arrogant to me." or something along the lines of that. I've found it's completely normal for a Gackt fan to listen to Gackt only. This makes it less matter-of-fact for us to make contact with the mass that listens to those J-rock bands, or the mass that listens to J-pop. The avarage Gackt fan also seems a few years older than the avarage J-rock fan. Needless to say the only fandoms we fit in with seemlessly is the MALICE MIZER fandom and the Hyde/L'arc en ciel fandom. ^^;;

Last week or so, when I was in one of my crude humor moods, I called Gackt a "visual kei clown blown out of proportion", prompted by re-reading an interview from 2007 in which he clearly states he considers himself a visual kei artist.


He's a weird one alright. The fact he got so far in a land like Japan just puzzles me to no end, but I'm glad he did. XD

         J    aina   Sil         .#     »            Everybody Lies        «        zegt:
O_O I wear MORE EXPENSIVE parfumes than YOUkun???
【†〜Aurora-chan〜†】 【オーロラ】 ☆…何も変わらない同じ空を見る…☆ 【６（＊・Д・）９】 zegt:
hahahhaha
         J    aina   Sil         .#     »            Everybody Lies        «        zegt:
man, come on
【†〜Aurora-chan〜†】 【オーロラ】 ☆…何も変わらない同じ空を見る…☆ 【６（＊・Д・）９】 zegt:
Gackt: "He has cheap taste."
【†〜Aurora-chan〜†】 【オーロラ】 ☆…何も変わらない同じ空を見る…☆ 【６（＊・Д・）９】 zegt:
so do you man
         J    aina   Sil         .#     »            Everybody Lies        «        zegt:
so do
         J    aina   Sil         .#     »            Everybody Lies        «        zegt:
ahahahHAHAHAHAHA
【†〜Aurora-chan〜†】 【オーロラ】 ☆…何も変わらない同じ空を見る…☆ 【６（＊・Д・）９】 zegt:
HAHAHAHAHA
         J    aina   Sil         .#     »            Everybody Lies        «        zegt:
I wear Hêrmes and Fendi and Im a POOR damned banana country person!
J aina Sil .# » Everybody Lies « zegt:
but I still have better taste in parfumes than you moron ¬¬
【†〜Aurora-chan〜†】 【オーロラ】 ☆…何も変わらない同じ空を見る…☆ 【６（＊・Д・）９】 zegt:
Gackt: "Then behave like a poor banana country person and treat your superiors with respect!"
【†〜Aurora-chan〜†】 【オーロラ】 ☆…何も変わらない同じ空を見る…☆ 【６（＊・Д・）９】 zegt:
Gackt: "Go do my laundry!"
         J    aina   Sil         .#     »            Everybody Lies        «        zegt:
oh hmm... ok :D
         J    aina   Sil         .#     »            Everybody Lies        «        zegt:
having the chance to inspect your laundry heheh
         J    aina   Sil         .#     »            Everybody Lies        «        zegt:
HEEEHEHEHE
【†〜Aurora-chan〜†】 【オーロラ】 ☆…何も変わらない同じ空を見る…☆ 【６（＊・Д・）９】 zegt:
Gackt: "Ok hands off"
         J    aina   Sil         .#     »            Everybody Lies        «        zegt:
hehe
         J    aina   Sil         .#     »            Everybody Lies        «        zegt:
I knew it :P

Got back from my hairdresser and YAY I CAN SEE AGAIN!! 8)

I hate it when she takes a holiday; somehow I always end up with a fringe that hasn't been cut for 5 weeks, and with my hair that's too long. My fringe gets a mind of it's own when it grows to a certain length, so I have to keep it where it just touches my eyebrows. Once it grows past that hairs get stuck in my eyes or lashes and I hate that! XD That's why I visit my hairdresser strictly every 4 weeks. A lot of people I meet think that's often. ^^;;

( School )

( Hyves )

( Gackt blog )

Man... I ate too much. *feels all poofy*

http://gackt.com/jp/page/10threlease/


Tour documentary book - ¥3800
Tour dvd - ¥7000
REBORN - ¥6800
Platinum Box ~X~ - ¥6800
New single (title tba) - ¥1800
_______________+

¥26.200




Yup. We're done for.



*waves new PB goodbye for the third year in a row*

I just woke up feeling all groggy and heavyheaded again because of a deep, deep sleep. :P Haven't had that in a week.

Seemingly, if I sleep on a normal bed (I sleep on a waterbed at home) my slumber is less deep, I wake up more often at night, and I also have dreams all of a sudden. Last week I had a dream every single night and I could still remember it the day after!! That's so rare. xD

Maybe it had to do with me being "disconnected" from the outside world, but.. haha I actually dreamed about coherent things for once. I remember I dreamed about going back to Japan on at least 3 nights. 3 nights. And all 3 of them included somehow going to a Gackt live again. Oh yes I'm desperate. :P I also dreamed about friends, and the rest I can't remember.

Now I know I rather sleep in my waterbed, all those Japan dreams were driving me crazy with the need to go back, heh.

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Ahhh man... the cattery where we got Phoebus last year has a new Maine Coon litter with the same dad, and there are these beautiful black smoke males among them.. My mother and I want one of them but my dad doesn't look ready to give in... what to do?... ^^;;;