Y U NO MOVE?

I'm trying to convert a video on iTunes so that I can actually put it on to my iPod, but it's been about ten minutes and the bar hasn't moved a bit! I guess the video is quite long though.... I'll give it an hour to convert, and if it hasn't finished/even moved by then, then I'm gonna flip some coffee mugs.
*EDIT* So it finished. I had to leave it to load over-night though. It wasn't even half way done after about three hours. But it was so worth it! The video was LM.C's Nippon Budokan, the whole thing. Some lovely person uploaded the files. I am eternally grateful! I was watching it all day during school. Because who actually does work on the last day of term. And I almost fangirl cried so many times. I had to hold it in as best I could, because I was around people, but my feels man. All the feels. It made me want to buy the DVD even more! I definitely will, when I can afford to. It was beautiful.

So I'm thinking about scanning my Fresh Fruits book and uploading the photos. I'd only put them on my Pinterest. Yeah, I talk about Pinterest a lot... I think it's great! But I don't have a Tumblr. I don't really see the need for one to be honest, it'd just be another place where nobody cares... At least on Pinterest, I have people following my various boards, and people who are interested in the things I pin. Whoa, kind of a tangent there. Ok, so anyway, about the Fresh Fruits photos. I know there are probably already some out there, but I was thinking I'd scan the whole book, and possibly put it on the internet as a file for people to download. I got the idea when I found and downloaded the complete scans of Buru (Takeru of SuGs personal KERA book). I have since gotten a physical copy of the book, my lovely homestay student bought it for me for my birthday! But being able to look through it before I decided to go and spent money on it was really good. I just feel a little conflicted about doing it. On the one hand, there's the feeling that I'll get to share Shoichi Aoki's (and my) passion and all his wonderful findings with the netizens. But then on the other hand, I feel like it would be disrespectful to him if I just shared his hard work for free. I don't know, but either way I couldn't do it right now anyway. My scanner sucks balls, I'd need to find time to go to my dad's office or something. But it's something to think about doing... Awkward though, if someone has already done it.... Hurr durr.

WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO HARD TO FIND A GACHAPIN KIGURUMI? I mean really, there's a fucking surplus of Pikachu kigurumi. So why does the one that I am absolutely in love with have to be so difficult? I was going to buy one from Akinai Store, but by the time I had saved up they had sold out. I was heart shattered man. Now I can't find anywhere that sells one. All the crycry. ;___;

Well. I'm out. Going to go do more nothing. Maybe I'll see what late-night trash TV shows are on... WHOA NOT LIKE PORN KK. I meant like, Jersey Shore or something. I swear, MTV has that shit on all day erry day. It's seriously so entertaining though... Please don't brick me.

NP - XEPPET by vistlip

I Forgot How To Breathe~

No, really. I'm not being stupid and soppy and teenagerish. I actually have a breathing pattern disorder. It's called hyperventilation syndrome. Mine isn't quite as bad as it sounds. I don't do the hyperventilating, but that's because my case is only mild at the moment. I'm a chronic mouth breather, so that causes me to yawn and sigh all the time, and often feel like I'm hungry and gasping for air. I've just recently started seeing a specialist, so hopefully I will re-learn how to nose breathe. It feels really unnatural and uncomfortable at the moment, but apparently it can take two to three months to be comfortable with nose breathing again. But I'd rather spend three months trying to fix it than live with the feeling that I'm gonna die if I don't get enough air. I know I won't, but that's just how it feels, so I always find my self trying to breathe in through my mouth as deeply as possible. Not how you're supposed to do it. Also, this disorder isn't weird, it's actually pretty common, and can happen to people of any age. If you think you're having issues with breathing, get it checked out sooner rather than later mmkay~?

On Saturday I went to see a one hour screening of Adventure Time at the cinema! It cost $10, and we were SUPPOSED to get free Finn hats, but the dumbass organizers didn't order enough hats, so only the people under ten years old got one. Me and my friends, and numerous other viewers, were like, bitch please. There were only about ten kids under 10. The rest were teenagers, my age. Because let's be honest, Adventure Time is way more suited towards teenagers, or at least people over the age of ten. So we were all pretty mad about that (and we wrote some strongly worded complaints to the movie theatre when we got home), but seeing Adventure Time on a big screen was actually pretty awesome. I love Adventure Time, so I was just really happy and excited, and it was a fun experience. I wouldn't do it again for $10 though... maybe for $5.

So I've recently found some online stores that sell fake nails that I really love. I'm thinking about buying some soon, because I still have birthday money from my relatives. I think I'm going to buy a Tamiya t-shirt first though, the tell-tale sign of a Golden Bomber fan~ Could also be two-tone hair, face paint and Gachapin and Mukku things. XD

Threeeee moreeeee daaaaaays! And then a two week break. I know it doesn't sound like much, but still. I don't have to deal with people I don't like everyday. I can stay in my pajamas all day. I can catch up on some anime, and read the pile of manga I have waiting for me beside my bed. Which, in case you are curious, includes Fairy Cube, Loveless, Ouran High School Host Club, Shugo Chara!, Sand Chronicles, and others. I've already read all of Ouran, but it is my second favourite series ever, so I'm re-reading it for the millionth time. I actually only own four physical copies of it though. Slowly collecting them! It's such a wonderful series, so balanced and lovely. Tamaki is of course my favourite, but Hikaru is very, VERY close. I'm going to admit this now, I was never as drawn to Kyoya as many people seem to be. Mori was my favourite for a chapter or two. And for my first watching of the anime (yes, I watched the anime first), I adored Honey. But I've actually come to really dislike Honey. I can't be bothered explaining it much further than that right now, though. I've also read Shugo Chara! before, it's also a favourite, but I'm yet to watch the anime. I actually think I've written about Shugo Chara! in this blog before... Hey, maybe I'll spend my break watching the anime! As for Loveless, I'm actually up to volume 9, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere, so I'm re-reading what I've read so far. I'll probably watch the anime for that in the break too. But I really want to read on! It's so good where I've come to a stop, and the suspense is killing me! Must find! I don't really like reading manga online, I prefer to hold the actual book in my hand. Of course, I have to read a lot online, but I always check the library first. It's usually pretty good, my library.

Speaking of the library, I've requested Black Butler volume 9, but at the moment I'm number 28 on the hold list. I'm not going to get it for at least a month. Gahh, so much suspense~ =_=

Damn, now I'm in one of those moods where I really want to talk about anime and manga! But I don't have time right now. I know, I'm nowhere near close to an expert, and I guess in comparison to some others I don't read/watch that many series, but I still love it and love to talk about it none-the-less. Maybe one day I'll do a post purely dedicated to my anime and manga!

Wow, long post today. Cool beans. :3

NP - Pandora by Mix Speaker's,Inc.

Pin All The Things!

I'm almost done with a mad spam of pins on Pinterest. I hadn't really pinned anything in a while, and I lost a lot of followers for some of my boards! One of my boards used to have 100+ followers, now it's down to about 40~ So sad! If I ever see pictures and things that I like when I'm derping around on the internet, that I think could be pin-worthy, I save them into a folder. That folder had gotten pretty full, so I decided to clean it up a bit! If you're interested in checking out mah thangs, here's the link - http://pinterest.com/wonderholic/
It's mostly just fangirling, but I do pin clothes and stuff that I like, and sometimes just random images that bring me giggles. Feel free to browse and enjoy~

The other day, a package arrived for me. I wasn't expecting it to arrive so soon, so I was stoked! It was my albums, Tales for the Abyss from ACE, and 2PIKO from Piko! Both came with posters! Eeeeeeep! I'm so happy, both albums are fantastic! I particularly recommend Tales for the Abyss. Liek srsly. I probably won't bother doing one of my crappy reviews on it, mostly because I honestly can't find the words to describe it, but also because I am a lazy fuck. All I can say is that it is really, really amazing, and highly worth giving it a good listen. The best listening conditions would be when you're alone, or in a quiet space, and with enough time to listen to it solidly right the way through with no interruptions. I'd highly recommend that you listen to it at least once this way. It gives the best flow/feeling of the album, and then after you can go through and listen to your favourites. As for my favourites, Night of the Knights for sure, but also Abyss (Piano Version) is really stunningly beautiful, Shangri-La is super fun, and Haiiro no Tenshi and NU WORLD are great too. But really, I'm pretty much equal with my feelings on the songs, I think they're all incredible. ACE are such a unique and creative group of guys. They're the kind of guys that I'd just really want to sit down and talk to for hours and hang out with. Please do check them out!


So I've had this blog for two years now, and I am yet to figure out how to put photos or images or videos in my posts. It doesn't help that I'm already technologically impaired and I can't figure out any internet shit to begin with. I really don't understand coding, HTML or any of that. How is it that I'm taking a web design class at school lol? Damn. I'll need to try and find a simple English explanation for how to do it. Laaaaaaa.

I have school tomorrow, so I gotta get ready for sleeeeeeeep. I also need to decide what to wear tomorrow! The weather here is being really whack. It's not particularly cold, it is a little cold, but not hugely. But it's super fucking windy! And it's going to be heavy rain tomorrow! So it'll be humid. Humidity kills straightened hair! I always straighten my hair, otherwise it looks weird as hell. So tomorrow is not going to be a fun day. Oh well, only 8 more days before our two week break. Keep pushing through!

NP -  Yoake no Anthem by ACE

Miracle Growth~

For the past four months I've been desperately trying to grow out my hair. Unfortunately, it isn't really progressing very much. I blame it on how much I dye my hair, even though I don't often dye it outrageous colours. I wish I could do unnatural colours more often, but my school is balls and won't let me. So it's mostly just red/brown/purple-ish sorts of colours. At the end of last year I did bleach my hair and dye it bright purple though, but because my hair colour was so dark prior to that, I had to bleach it about three times. I also did a sort of two-tone with my hair a couple of months ago, so I bleached half of my hair. That one didn't go as light blonde as I wanted, as the purple I used had stained my hair sort of pink, so it was more like a peach colour on one side and black on the other. Anyway, I think this is what is stopping my hair from growing very much; it's all dead. It sucks, cause before I started dying my hair, my hair always grew really quickly, but now it just doesn't. And I don't want to get the dead ends cut off, because hairdressers don't understand the term 'trim'. NEVER EVER EVER ask a hairdresser for a trim. They'll cut half your fucking hair off. I've been to countless hairdressers in my life, and am yet to find one who understands what I mean by trim. My hair is all black now, but my roots are coming through, and my fringe is getting lighter, so I really want to dye it again. Maybe purple-black or blue-black. We'll see.

"Cucumbers are fuzzy." I was going to make this the title of this post, but out of fear of immediate misconception, I decided against it. I still think it's fairly amusing though, considering I was actually talking about kiwifruit...

I was thinking about what to write for this post. I had ideas coming and going. Then I saw a comment about Kanon Wakeshima, so I decided I'd share my thoughts on her. Let me just say this straight up. I absolutely, completely and utterly adore her. She has the voice of an angel and her skills as a cellist are freaking boss. Plus, she's beautiful, has adorable lolita fashion, and she is an amazing artist. I'll admit it without hesitation, as a straight girl, she's totally my ladycrush. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu can also fall into this category, though... Anyway. So what this is all about, is the difference between her two albums, and I 'll apologise in advance because we all know that I suck at explaining music. My review of SuG's Lollipop Kingdom will tell you that much. So, again, just to make things clear from the beginning, my favourite album of hers is Shinshoku Dolce, but this feeling is definitely NOT influenced by the fact that Mana was the producer. I started listen to Kanon before I even knew Mana had been her producer, and I listened to both albums at the same time, so for me that bias didn't exist (not that I actually would be biased, I'm only a fan of Mana for his amazing fashion //brickedbyfangirls). But people saying that her second album was a 'train wreck' and that without Mana she has nothing, makes me kind of annoyed. Just because it has a different sound and style, doesn't automatically make it crap. It makes her a diverse musician, someone with the capability to learn and grow, to experiment with change, which is an admirable quality. Also, without Mana, she still has her beautiful voice, and she still has her twenty-odd years of cello training. I don't know about you, but I certainly wouldn't call that nothing. Yes, maybe she isn't as good or experienced at composing songs as Mana, but she has only been alive for about half the time that he has, and in the music business for much, much less. She's young, yes, but she will learn, and I believe she has already learnt a lot. I think Lolitawork Libretto is a fantastic album, and shows off her skills in all aspects. My favourite on the album is Celmisia, which is an absolutely breathtaking song. I may be wrong, but my personal thought on Lolitawork Libretto is that, this is the kind of music that Kanon herself wants to make. With Mana as her producer, there would have been pressure to fit with his style. Please don't misunderstand, I'm not saying that Mana is some kind of tyrant who forced her to do it, because if she didn't want to make music like that then she clearly wouldn't have. I just believe that with Mana, that was the look and sound that they were going for. But with Lolitawork, where it's mostly self composed, I think Kanon had the freedom to experiment and try new sounds. It's an expression of her solo identity. It's her. But like I said at the beginning, Shinshoku Dolce is my favourite album. I think Kanon can pull of both styles beautifully, and she can do it with or without Mana.

And as for KanonxKanon, well, I hate to say it but that's where my love for her goes on hiatus. KanonxKanon, IN MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION, WHICH I AM, AS A HUMAN BEING, ALLOWED TO HAVE, has ruined her, musically and otherwise. It in no way showcases her amazing talent, the music is average at best, and I eagerly await the day when that project is put aside and she goes back to being a solo artist. //endrant

Wow, that ended up being way longer than I intended. And I didn't even provide a very strong arguement. Oh well, I got my thoughts down, that's all that matters. It's a good thing nobody reads my blog anyway, otherwise I may get attacked by some vicious Mana/An Cafe fans. Eeep.

NP - Skip Turn Step by Kanon Wakeshima (Fitting, no? xD)