Review All The Things~!

Well, actually just two things...
Alrighty kids, so this time I'm going to do a review, of sorts, of AYABIE's new album ANSWER. Aaaand then next time, I will also do SID's album M&W! I'm aware that both aren't brand new, with M&W being a month old already, but hey, better late than never. Now, when I say review, I mean a Misa-style review, where I basically (let's be honest here) just fangirl about how awesome things are. I've already said it, I'm not very good at describing music and what it is I like/dislike about it, but I try, really! I'll try my best to keep things as brief as possible. Sometimes I can tend to ramble on a bit though... Hopefully it won't end up as long as my review of SuG's Lollipop Kingdom. And, just one more thing before I start, please remember that what I'm about to say is JUST MY OPINION. You know I will never say anything to intentionally hurt anyone's feelings or to just to be mean. Plus, I really don't have anything bad to say about this album at all. Both AYABIE and SID are special to me, so please bear in mind that just because I think one or two songs are 'okay', it doesn't mean I hate them or don't like them. Ok, without further ado, let's begin!

ANSWER
1. Prelude - This is the intro song, and honestly, it is lovely. I love that they made it to the tune of Ryuusei, which is the last song on the album. It makes a very nice mirror, and it was very beautifully done. It's understated and elegant, not too in your face. It was a perfect introductory song.
2. RISE - Great. Just, great. I don't know what else to say. The composition is great, it's position on the album with the way it flows from the prelude is great, it's energy is great. It really sets the album off with a bang, and I love it.
3. Reflector - The thing that I kept thinking when listening to this song was, this is a song with sass. It's got this awesome attitude, which I love, and it keeps up the pace with RISE. I actually wish they made a PV for this song, I imagine that it would be really sexy and sophisticated.
4. Kakusei Sprechchor - This song was released as a single, so we already know it. But that doesn't make it any less kick-ass. It's got this brilliant, catchy vibe and energy. And it's just a really good, cool song.
5. Niji - Ahh, this song was pretty cute. Although at the same time, it sounds kind of epic. It's quite magical and lovely to listen to. It's less intense than the previous songs, yet it maintains the energy of the album.
6. LOVE SONG - Damn, this song is smooth. It's almost jazzy, and it's really chill. It has a good relaxed pace, a nice break from the pumped up songs, but it's still fun - not dull at all.
7. Paradise Paradox - Oooh, this one is fun. It's quite techno-ish, I'd say it's probably the most electronic sounding song on the album, even though yes, I know, most of the songs are electro-ish in some aspect. It's a good, catchy song that makes you wanna dance. I love Yume's voice in the chorus! It also reminds me a liiiittle bit of LM.C's GAME of LIFE. It has an awesome transition into track eight, too...
8. MERRY GO ROUND - FUCKING LOVE IT. I already knew that. This song is easily one of my favourite AYABIE songs. Easily. I love it so much, I can't say anything more about it, other than KURU KURU KURU, FUWA FUWA FUWAAAA~!
9. Koma - the intro for this song is really good! It stuck with me. The song as a whole is very good, so AYBIE-ish. It's upbeat, with strong vocals from Yume. It uses an interesting mix-up of instrumentals/tempos/beats etc. I think the key thing about this song is the way it transitions into the next song. It's so smooth, I didn't even realise the track had changed...
10. SICs - Ohshit. Ohhhh shit. This song is probably my favourite new song on the album. The music is fanfuckingtastic, and Yume's voice is amazing. It's so fucking awesome and unbelievably kick-ass. The intro is just omfgasjgdfg. I really wasn't expecting it at all. It's almost like a little bit of DEATHBIE came through in this song, I love it.
11. HERO - Wow, talk about a turn around. There is a complete change in tone with this song. It's super happy and positive. It makes me feel like I can take on anything, and I'll be ok. It has a comforting cheerfulness, like, Hey! Don't worry, everything is gonna be fine! Don't worry! Just be young, have fun! It's a youthful song. It had me jumping around and dancing, smiling like an idiot the whole time. Takehito's solo was cute, too!
12. Season - This song is cute, Yume's voice is lovely. This song was on the MERRY GO ROUND single, so it's not new to us. But it's still a nice song. It's chill, cool. Yup. Personally, I wouldn't have included this song on the album. I'll be honest, it's not their best song. But it's still good.
13. Ryuusei - RYUUUUSEI~! This is also an easy AYABIE favourite of mine. It's just such a beautiful song. Yume's voice is gorgeous, the music is composed and arranged beautifully. It's a prefect song, from to beginning to end. I am so in love with it. It's magical and wonderful. Ahh, the riff! I lvoe Takehito's riff, and solo! The beat is perfect, the bass ties everything together and it just works. I feel so happy listening to this song, it makes me feel so secure. It's mirror with the prelude, and it's general loveliness, make it the perfect song to end the album with.

And so that's my thoughts on ANSWER. I don't really want to rate it, because it's really hard to detach myself from my fangirl love for them and look at it critically. So I won't. I would say the only problem I had, and it isn't even really a problem, was Season. There are other songs they could have chosen, but honestly, the album is perfect. It's intelligently arranged, so it has a continuity and flow to it that make the listen experience a real pleasure. Great work, AYABIE!

Please forgive my incoherent and frankly crappy writing and reviewing skill. I try my best. But I enjoy writing these reviews regardless. So, to anyone reading who is interested in SID, please look forward to my next post, which will be a review (in the same style as this) of M&W~!

Thank you for reading. ^^

NP - SICs by AYABIE 

G.O.T.C.H.A.6.K.A~!

For a while now I've been thinking that I should update my blog. You know, change the layout and format and all that. And I really would like to, because honestly, this one that I have now I super fucking boring. It's been the same since I first started this blog just over three years ago. The thing is, I just really don't like any of the other pre-set layouts provided by Blogger, and I'm waaay to technologically impaired to make my own. Seriously, I am clueless when it comes to HTML and coding... Which is actually quite funny, considering that I've been taking Web Design as a subject for the past two years. I don't actually do any work in that class, though. It's like my second free subject. When we have work to do, I just ask my teacher and he basically tells me exactly what to do. Um, tangent, ok... Anyway, I'm going to take another look at the pre-set templates and see if I can find something a little more exciting. I guess I'll just have to play around with it a little and see what I can work out, and what I come up with. I might need to wait a bit though, until I have enough time to really get stuck in and focus on it. I have mid-term exams coming up in two weeks, so from now on I'll be super busy and nerdy with studying... Or at least, I'll pretend that's what I'm doing. I've never really been that good at studying, but I surprisingly manage to get by with pretty good grades. Maybe just for now I'll try to find a pre-set template that's a little more interesting than this, that I'll use temporarily.
Also, one of these days I'll figure out how add photos to these posts... I bet it's probably not even that difficult, I'm just an idiot. I guess I'll do that at the same time as the layout shizz. At least this way, it gives me enough time to figure out what to post photos of. I'm not really very confident with myself at all, so I wouldn't really want to post photos of my face... And my clothes aren't really cool enough to do outfit posts. I'm just generally quite plain and average. Ahh, well. I'll figure it out. I just feel like having photos will make my blog at least a little more interesting. And I need all the interesting I can get. ><;;

Writing this post is making me feel really dizzy. I haven't been feeling so good for the last two days, and I'm off school today. I probably shouldn't be using my computer at all, I knoooow. But I'm so bored~ There isn't even any entertaining trash on E! channel. Just E! News and boring THS junk.

Oh, I ordered more things on Sunday! Well, this time it was just one thing. I ordered it from Rakuten again, this time from a seller/store called Mansaiya. Whenever I search for things on Rakuten, this seller always comes up. I guess that's because I mostly search for clothes like SUPER LOVERS. And, they ship to my country, so I don't have to go through a shopping service. Again, I ordered from here because it worked out to be much cheaper than CDJapan.
BUT, I'm not going to lie, I'm getting a little worried about both of my recent orders. I ordered from the SUPER LOVERS online/Rakuten shop on Thursday last week. I did get the automatic confirmation email and everything, but it's now Tuesday afternoon and I haven't heard anything more from them. They haven't emailed me saying that it's been posted to my Tenso address, and Tenso certainly haven't received it yet. I'm hoping that it's something to do with the fact that I payed by credit card, and that it will take a while for the payment to go through. Then once they get my payment, they'll post my order.
I have similar concerns for my Mansaiya order, although I did only order on Sunday, so I'm not as concerned. But still, I haven't heard anything from this store either... I'm not sure what to do. How long should I wait until I email the sellers? I dunno maaaaan. I guess I'm just over-thinking and such because I've never ordered from here before. It'll be fine. I'm sure it will be fine. Whoo~

In other *fangirl* news, FUCKING YES GOTCHAROCKA NICONICO. When I saw the announcement   that they were going to be on a live stream, I so nearly cried. I'm so happy, I don't even care that it's way late here and I'm sick as fuck. After missing their last one, because I'm the biggest retard ever and got the timing/dates all wrong, I was so heart shattered, and I was beginning to think that I missed the only chance.
I actually started this before the broadcast was on... it was done with purpose, though, because I wanted to be able to fangirl after watching it. So, here goes...
OMFGSAFSDGDFG. THEY'RE SO PERFECT. I really, really loved watching them. It doesn't matter in the slightest that I couldn't understand a word. Just seeing them all laugh and smile made me so, so happy. They're a really great bunch of guys. You know how I like to ramble on about bands, and their band dynamic? Well, GOTCHAROCKA's band dynamic is so out of this world. They are perfect together as a band. I have no worries about them at all, I feel that they're going to be together for a long time. Ahhh I'm still buzzing about seeing them. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. This morning I was listening to them, and going through Toya's blog images, and I actually felt like I was going to cry. Happy tears, not sad tears! I was just like... I love these guys so fucking much. I am so thankful to Jun for bringing me to GOTCHAROCKA. It was also really great being able to chat with the WARPS/ROCKAS again... although, it wasn't quite the same as Jun's old Niconicos... oh well, it was something. And for that I'm extremely grateful~!
Also, I realised how much I love and adore Toya! I mean, I already new I loved him, but wow... He's so gorgeous and precious and perfect! He's way up there man, but of course, Jun is always number one in my heart~ Alright, fangirl spazz end.

Alright, now I really feel like junk. Time for a cup of tea then a nap~

NP - 4 minutes for you by GOTCHAROCKA

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

How Does This Keep Happening?

I was going to spend all evening playing the Sims (yeah I know, mla), but I got distracted and ended up spending the whole evening looking at yaoi blogs. Seriously, that shit is addicting! I don't actually watch or read any series, and I don't plan on it for the moment, but really. If I happen to stumble upon a yaoi blog, I find it almost impossible to tear my eyes away from the screen. But to be honest, I feel like I'm not old enough to be looking at it. I always wonder, what is the average age for a yaoi fan? Is it normal/okay for me to be into it at 17? Well, no, cause I'm not actually into it, I just happen to look at some pictures and stuff that I find unintentionally every now and then and... this is how it starts, isn't it? =3=
I just want someone to tell me that it's okay for me to look at this stuff, and not find it gross. I need someone to tell me that it's normal, or at the very least not bad...
And there's no way in hell I'm ever going to tell my parents or real life friends about it. I'd probably end up with even less friends than the small amount I currently have. And my parents finding out? Oh god, the awkward! It makes me cringe just thinking about it. I actually do like light shonen-ai, and I wouldn't feel awkward admitting that. But yaoi is a whole new level, and I just... I don't know. I'll figure it out. I'll just keep getting my harmless, little, once-in-a-while fixes. I don't think I'm going to turn into a hardcore yaoi fangirl any time soon, so I guess no worries for now.
-Is now desperately hoping that nobody I know irl ever sees this-

AND NOW, CHILDREN. I will actually go and play the Sims for real. And, if anyone is wondering, I mean the Sims 2. Yes, I have the Sims 3, but I have that on the family mac, and I don't like the way it looks on my laptop, so I play Sims 2 on my laptop. I actually still like playing the Sims 2. Sometimes the Sims 3 gets boring, because I don't have enough expansions yet //craicraitoopoor

NP - Ai no Kusari by FEST VAINQUEUR