Circling~

Today, I saw my amore. He's my best male friend and I love him very much. We met seven years ago in a Harry Potter club. He was Ravenclaw's Head of House and I was a newbie there. I don't even understand how the hell we ended up talking so much and...well...being friends. But I am glad, though. I looked up to him so much back then. I still do.

So, we had a walk at the very same park we met as we drank milk-shakes and talked about life and plans and school and work and fandoms...and stuff. We laughed lots. That made me happy. It was somehow reassuring. There weren't awkward silences of any type and we talked about pretty much everything...and went on talking more XD

That means we're still in the same channel XD And that makes me happy because he's one of those persons I want to have near me as long as I can... And I hope that long to be very, very, very long u.u

*sigh*

On a side note...

* As I walked to the avenue's bus stop I saw, in a little shop near my house, White Collar's first season. I remembered someone, of course~ XDDD <3

* I had an 8 in my first French evaluation: 8 outta 13 in the first paper; 12 outta 12 in the second. I suck so much XD I'll try harder next time, I guess... ^^;

Two sides of the same coin...

I woke up today feeling slightly satisfied. I finally managed to write something, after a long, long long fruitless vacational period. Fruitless because... I didn't write much this summer. And all I tried to write was plain and, frankly, boring.

The thing I wrote yesterday was something I've been planning to do for about a year. I found enough inspiration to write about it on Saturday and I managed to complete it last night. I was happy with it. It's a stupid piece, but I enjoyed writing it very much and I finally could get rid of all those writing canons school's been pushing into Tú's bedroom.

And then, my dad came.

He went out his room and came to the kitchen, were I was fetching myself something to eat before  taking a shower and going to SS. Then, he asked me: "You're...you're pretty good at correcting texts, aren't you?"

I shrugged and nodded, absentmindedly.

"I guess... I dunno. I do enjoy it very much, tho."

He went on:

"Yeah. You've got a thing for it. May I read something to you? Some stuff I've been writing about... You know I'm not much of a literate, but..."

"Sure. Why not?" I've been correcting my father's texts for some time now. So, he brought his PC to the dinning room and, as I ate my cookies and drank my milk, he read to me.

After that, he said: "I've a question for you. I hope you can answer it to me. I don't want to bother you, I've just been wondering..."

"Why did you stop writing?"

His question didn't make me frown. He asked me that before, on summer vacations. And I answered the same way I did back then:

"As I told you before...I don't find any inspiration anymore. I don't have good ideas... I just finished writing a short tale last night and I was really happy about it... But that's been it. I don't think I have good ideas", I repeated.

"Just that?" He insisted. I nodded. "Well, if it's just that, then you should probably try a little harder..."

And he started giving me tips and advice about what to do to keep writing. He even told me I could write about gay relationships (If only he knew...)! XD But he clearly stated that I couldn't stop doing it. 

The way we talked and all made me feel deeply touched and happy. When I was eleven and I told him I wanted to be a writer, he told me it wasn't an easy path to follow, that I had to be really good at it if I really wanted to be noticed and that I shouldn't have my hopes too high for that. I cried a couple of times because those words really hurt me. They were my dad's, of course they did so. That's also why I didn't want to study Literature in the first place (I CRAVED to be in that school), because I had been told that wouldn't pay the bills and all that.

And he was right, somehow. I chose Communication, Journalism, and I'm quite pleased with it. I look back and I see what people do at Literature...and I must say I pass >3> And, still, I'm learning how to write.

Most of the time, he tends to laugh at whatever I wanna do and tries to discourage me. And when I say he tries, I mean he REALLY TRIES. HARD. Because he doesn't like what I like. And, in the end, he's always there, coaching me, rooting for me. Even if he doesn't agree, even if he doesn't like what I want for myself, even if he thinks it is stupid, a waste of time, a childish caprice or something that will just get me distracted and away from the goal (which I still dunno what is XD), he ends up backing me up, no matter what. It happened with English, writing, proofreading, and Japanese. Now, he supports me with all those.

That's why that conversation was touching for me and it made me indescribably happy. After that, he waited for me to get ready and we walked together to the avenue's bus stop. He had his bike with him and he let me ride it as he held my backpack (which, he said, was really heavy XD) for me. We went on, walking and chatting. It was nice. I felt I came back some years in the past, when he took me to the park and helped me learn how to roller skate, even if he didn't quite know how to do it himself.

It's pretty much the same with writing really. But he isn't that bad at it and he's got good ideas.

When I came back home, I told mum about it. And she said dad was also happy about our little conversation. I almost cried of mere happiness at that.

Also, last Wednesday, as I left for SS, I saw him as he came back home after going to the supermarket. He was inside the car. I didn't know it was him until I stopped, because I saw the car doing so beside me. He stared at me and smiled. It was some sort of incredulous look, but not negatively. It was a mixture of happiness, pride and misbelief. As though he couldn't believe the person walking in that street was his oldest daughter, going on her own, such a grown-up and so...pretty, as he told me afterwards when I asked him about that smile.

I know he says so because he's my dad... But the fact that he thinks so means a lot to me. He's always  complaining about how clumsy and overly-sentimental I am. He's starting to realise I'm a lot more than that... I guess ^^;

Just wanted to say this because it did leave an impression in me u.u

On a side note...

I just showed my younger bro two SID songs: Yuuwaku Collection and Ghost Apartment. He said: "Damn. Japanese and chinese people are way too advanced in music too... These are such mofos! Ö" Which means...he liked them XDDD

When I told them I got the romaji lyrics for Ghost Apartment, he was like "D: I dunno how you can do that D: I can't even understand English lyrics D:"

In case you wondered about my SID tracklist for tonight XD

1. Shougen (from Sentimental Macchiato)

2. Namida no Ondo (from Sentimental Macchiato) 

3. Yuuwaku Collection (from Sentimental Macchiato)

4. Nakidashita Onna to Kyomukan (from Hikari)

5. Hikari (from Hikari)

6. Ito (from M&W)

7. Kara no binsen, sora he no tegami (from RenAi)

8. sleep (from Dead Stock)

9. Ghost Apartment (from M&W)

10. Dress Code (from M&W)

+*~<3~*+

They got here~~!! :DDDD

So, I had a nice day last Wednesday. Starting from the fact that I love my SS...but next week's my last week there u.u I twirled and laughed in my chair as Dan and I wrote stuff for our bossette (who is just lovely). The only bad things were stupid sun (which, you  should  know, I hate) and that I didn't bring my music with me u.u But I brought something to read, so the way back home was...decently nice (excepting the big girl sitting right next to me, sweating like mad and wearing a sweater... For Heaven's sake! Sun was hotter than HOT D: Why on EARTH would you do that?!)...

Anyways, that wasn't the point of this post XD The point was THIS! :DDDD

Sorry, safety first :D XD

Tadáaaaaa~~! It got here  right on Wednesday... And my stupid brother wanted to open it D: I wonder what he would've said if he did… XDDD 

...Actually, I do know what he'd do and it's not a good picture ¬¬

Anyways, even though you already know what’s it got inside, I wanted to post pic of it all here :D

When I first saw it, I was wondering: why is it so big? Well, not big, but…yes XD Bigger than a letter, I meant XD

So, after I took a pic of it and uploaded it to Instagram, I stared at it…and noticed these nice stamps :DDDD

Monkey One, Monkey Two and Monkey Three :DDDD Aren't they nice? :D They sure are nice! And they're even "texturized" and all XD

This is a very nice way of keeping it from tearing itself apart :)

Ah. It opened! Ö

There. And here it came. I first saw this…like this XDDD

???

And I was like: “Hm…what is this? o.o It’s in Jap~ :D Lesse…” And so, as I turned it around, I saw this:

!!!!!

And I squealed like a fangirl…which wasn’t good because my father and my youngest brother were there XD So I showed them…and they just smiled XD I opened it up and I tried to read... But I failed u.u XD

I loved how they featured each of them :DDD I was stupidly happy about it! °((>w<))° 

Then, I took the rest of the thingies out :D In this order:

Dunno why it appeared vertically. I took it horizontally u.u

Kuuruna hito tachi dayo~!!! XDDD They look way too cool here~~! :DDDD

THISISJUSTSOBEAUTIFULIWANTEDTOCRYMYEYESOUTOMO!

I was about to squeal at this one too... But I didn't because it wouldn't've been safe to show my dad and my bro X////DDD

EYEPATCH!!! PS, where's the rest? D: Tell me!!

When I saw this I was like... "PS? But where...? Did she write anything else? D: Where?!"

Then I saw this and shut up for a while~! °((>w<))° Brotherly love~! °^°9

And... as I tried to catch my breath I looked for Kuro's message...because I was sure you would've written something D: And then I found it. Right on the back of that BEAUTIFUL Cherikiss post card >3<

So, I think you may be happy to know...that I love your "random" concept and...that I ABSOLUTELY LOVED this gift from you, my dearest, DEAREST KURO HUUUUUUUUN~! Thank you so much~ ;^; You've made me so happy indeed u.u I'll try to send you something... I dunno what, but I'll try hard to find nice things to send you...someday ;^;

As for the Thorki fic... I'll be patient. I know you've got things to do u.ub XDDD

So...

BONUS THOR PROFILE!!! :VVVV

There =w=

Also... My Amore ordered three Ravenclaw beanies for us (by 'us' I mean: him, Aio and me). We've been wanting those for about a year now...or maybe more, am not sure. It was hard to get them, but in the end...they arrived on Wednesday too! :DDD He's got them in his house, but they're here! :D And we're happy about it =w=

This is the one :DDD XD

Nice mail day, wasn't it? :DDDDD XDDD

One step closer...

I guess this is the reward you get when you wait enough for things to happen.

Sound's one of the greatest joys in life for me. Don't ask why, I have no idea. All I know is that I love sounds and I hate noise, but I can try to unravel it in order to detect each and every single one of the things that composes it to understand it XDDD I love jokes when people tell them to me with funny inflections...and those inflections tend to make me laugh a lot more that the joke itself u.u

I think that's also why I love dubbers and seiyuus so much more than actual actors... Or actors with dreamy voices and accents that make you shiver with the power they put in their voices when they act. One of my biggest dreams in life is to be able to do that... To transmit all kind of emotions through my voice. I love to sing...and I already do some impressions...of people, of cartoon or movie characters, of my family members or random stuff like that. People laugh. I also fake crying and...when I was at jr. high, I tried to recite poetry once at school and my classmates were so shocked when I did that they fell silent for a moment...and then started clapping.

The only thing is... I do suck at acting. I'm better at improvisation. I need to improve u.u

Anyways... All this is because I went to a Dubbing School today XD I had a free class...and it was nice :) I went to that same place about three years ago...and I felt as excited (if not more) as I felt when I was there the first time =w= *blissful sigh*

I'm registering myself next week :3 Classes start on September 1st :3 I'm happy! °((>w<))° I'll try to do my best because it is something I've wanted to do since forever~ :3 XDDD

SID's [M&W] Review... Or something. Ha! XD

[M&W]

Artist: SID

Release: 2012*08*01

So, I'll try to post this before August 1st ends XD Let's get to it! >w<9

I was waiting for this because I wanted it to be a lot better than dead stock, the last album they released, about a year ago, or something. I liked that one, but I didn’t LOVE it.

But, if we talk about this one… Gee, I’m so pleased to say I’m in LOVE indeed =w= XD

Now, first of all, I must make a pair of notes: all the lyrics are written by Mao, the vocalist. And, since all of them are in japanese and I still can't get it that well, I'm just gonna talk about the ones I'm supposed to know about XD

All the melodies are either composed by Shinji (Guitar), Aki (Bass) or Yuuya (Drums). I'm going to specify each one in every song, so, no worries XDDD

Also, I'm sorry if this sounds like a fangirl review. I'll try to be as objective as possible (although there's no such thing as objectivity in this world u.ub), but it might still be biased. Won't promise much u.ub Also, I dunno much about music so, this "review" might be pretty lame XD You've been warned! XD

OK, let's start from the beginning! :)

1. Konagona Composed by Shinji

This one's pretty rock-pop like. You can hear the bass clearly. It's pretty much the same SID's been doing lately. You can appreciate the fact that they've been improving a lot at instrumentation and coordination, maybe. But it isn't surpisingly awesome. It ain't bad, I liked it very, VERY much. But using this song as the first one of the album can give you either a familiarity, comfy sensation, or give you the wrong idea that all this is more of the same XDDD

2. Ghost apartment Composed by Aki

A merry, bouncy tune XD FTS! Aki's melodies are always my favourites. And this one's no exception. I don't know much about these rhythms, but I dare to say this one's got very strong rocky swing features. Also, Mao's interpretation makes you want to sing as much as Aki, Shinji and Yuuya's instrumentation makes you want to dance to their tunes XDD Mao's voice, his long notes and his high notes seem quite nice. They aren't annoying. Also, he seems to have had lots of fun when he sang it XD

The metal/wind instruments use (trumpets and stuff XD) consolidate that swingy taste. I expected a lot from this one when I read the tracklist before this album was released... And I'm very pleased with the result. Not quite what I was expecting, but I loved it much. It's definitely one of my favs u.u 

3. Fuyu no benchi Composed by Yuuya

One of the singles they released: December 28th, 2011. It's a poppy song. Very pretty, and very girly XD There's string use (you know, violins and stuff XD). I think it could be used as a shoujo, very shoujo anime ending XD It's all sparkly and the melody's sweet. I do like it, but I dunno what else to say about it XD What I did love with all my heart was the single's B-side :BBB It was...somehow bubbly, but bittersweet. And when I read those lyrics, I understood what  gave it that feeling XD

Anyway, there's a vid for Fuyu no benchi. You can watch it here, because it ain't at Youtube >:I You can also listen to the B-side here. Otori, it's called. I love it very much :BBB

4. Ito Composed by Aki

This one's got an electro-pop (?) flavour. It starts with a piano, and then Mao's voice. And then it fully starts about 40 seconds later XD But this one's one of those desperate-yet-hopeful melodies that I happen to like much XD Bass is an important component...but Shinji's guitar riff gives it a lot of strength. And Mao's voice...makes me want to sing along, as always. He puts so much passion in it! XDDD

5. Café de Bossa Composed by Yuuya

It reminds me slightly of dead stock's Ii Hito. Only this one starts (like NO LDK, from dead stock too) with a vague bossa nova tune. And then it's poppy XD I dunno. It gives me the impression of an evening dusk in a café at a coast town. A pair of friends or an hetero pairing (or maybe a very gay one XD) are together and decide to go out and stroll around to have a good time... XDD It starts with Mao's voice and an acoustic guitar. Then, two guitars: one acoustic and the other one, electric, bass and drums :3 I dunno, but most of the melodies Yuuya composes have some sort of bouncy, bubbly, sparkly, nice, positive thingy in them XD Mao uses some high pitched tunes here too and his voice sounds quite fresh here XD

6. S Composed by Aki

Oooooh, S! XD Another single. May 9th, 2012. It was the theme song for Sadako 3D's movie XD Yes, The Ring girl XD God, this one proves that, if they were a visual band like, I dunno, The Gazette (I don't like them much, tho ^^; *runs away*), they would do a great job too XDDD Absolute rock, people XD I think this is the heaviest I've listened of them since Memai (capsule, from hikari, is a nice try too, but Memai and S...uuuff! XD) From the dark tunes at the beginning of the melody with the bass, the drums and the damn guitar requintos. The strength of Mao's performance with the lyrics... I also firmly believe this is one of the songs that show how good they are together and how perfectly they complete each other's work T^T9 Also, the fact that this one comes right after those sugar balls (Café de Bossa and Fuyu no benchi) is proof of their versatility u.u

Note: don't try to sing it unless you already have a grasp of the rhythm and you've practised repeating the lyrics high speed-y... Otherwise, your tongue will tie horribly XD

I also loved the B-side of the single :) Here's the link to watch S PV. And to listen to Rainy Day, it's B-side. Jazzy and nice~ ;)

7. MOM Composed by Shinji

Funky~! :DD The guitar and its effects, the sax and trumpets... I dunno. I can even see them all dressed in funky clothes and performing that song on stage XD Mao wearing big sunglasses and a hat XD Bass, drums, keyboard... I think this one was a good shot at a funky song and I love the fact that they try to experiment this kind of things. It reminds me vaguely of  cosmetic (another dead stock song and also a single they released about a week after my birthday that year =w=) and it's got a certain air of sophistication-perversion-seduction that... I do like XD The dark tunes on Mao's voice and the sax contribute greatly to that feeling XD

8. Itsuka Composed by Shinji

Hahaha... Ahm... I must confess this is not one of my favourites. I do like it, it is quite catchy, but it just doesn't fulfill my music needs XD It's rock-pop. Truth be told, I like its B-side a lot more XDDD This was, then, also a single: September 28th, 2011. As I said, it is catchy... I found myself hearing the very first phrase inside my head and singing it aloud whenever Tú (that's my brain, again) strolled around and left the building XD

Here's the link for you to listen...since they've taken the PV from...everywhere :I Please ignore the pics. Just listen if you might XD And here's Akikaze, the B-side. Sounds so childish when it starts. But I like it XDDD

9. Dress Code Composed by Aki

*shivers* Arooooooo~! So playful!! °((>w<))° What can I say? THIS is my undisputed favourite from this album. Aki, you've done it again, teme! >''<9 You almost never say much, but the way you write music makes it up for you, man! It starts with a slightly sneaky and light piano XD Then drums, bass and guitar and darker piano tunes. It's just so rhythmic. It's also got some jazzy flavour...but the high-pitched and dance-y piano gives it some latin flavour too. Then it changes, as it heads to the middle and it becomes slightly rocky-poppy-wavy-whatever... I dunno! XDDD And then, it returns and fits perfectly into the jazzy-latin tune it had before. Also Mao's voice. He plays around with his voice in this one. He starts smoothly...and then the high-pitched "tu-tu"s crown the long notes . I liked that very much XD And then he becomes energic, at the chorus and the rhythm change... I dunno. It's like a rhapsody of weird-nice stuff that I loved a lot °((>w<))° But! I also think not many might like this if they don't like sudden changes in their music XDDD I think they had much fun when they performed it XD But I also think this ain't one of the ones they'll be playing at their tour ;^; As all the ones I love *cries manly tears in a corner* XDDD

10. gossip!! Composed by Shinji

This is bouncy XD Rocky. Makes me feel happy XD I think this is just a way to confirm what I've been saying: they seem to complement each other very much and that's so nice ;^; XD It's got an 80's feeling to it. And high-schooler. Or so I feel XD It's a funny song XD As though you could sing it right before you started the summer break XD

11. Nokoriga Composed by Yuuya

Another single. It was released exactly a week before S: May 2nd, 2012. Gawd. This is just such a pretty song ;^; String support again, violins and stuff, the lyrics, Mao's velvety voice~ <3... Here, listen to it :3 I think both songs (gossip!! and this one) make a nice culmination for this album :3

I also loved this B-side. I even wanna use it for my Graduation XD

In conclusion! I liked it all very much, my favourites were Ghost apartment and Dress Code, composed by Aki and now I want the romaji for them all, so I can sing them whenever I want =w= And this album made me remember why this is my favourite band u.u

Lalala~ Sorry. Fangirl off XDDD