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June 15th, 2011

D'esparisRay解散のお知らせ

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So D'espairsRay has announced their disbandment. I'm honestly heartbroken, they are my second favorite band in the world (next to MUCC) and now they're just... gone. I understand the reasons, but I'm still upset about it.

Who knew when I saw them in Hollywood last year that it would be the last time...



Goodbye guys, and thank you for everything. ♥

June 9th, 2011

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HAPPY MUCC DAY EVERYONE.

WHEEEEEE

AND NOW I'M OFF TO LAS VEGAS.

SWEET FUCKIN' WEEKEND AHEAD.

May 24th, 2011

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So I watched MUCC's 14th anniversary livestream on Saturday night/Sunday morning, and it was awesome as to be expected. Tatsurou's vocals are better every time, Yukke's bass was amazing, Satochi's energy was fantastic, and Miya's guitar work was about passable. So all in all an excellent concert, especially the hilarious but short MC/interlude with Robert (Robert's Theme!) and the cute shy staff guy.

But wtf at their charity song? It's so meh. First time I've heard it (I'm so behind the times) and it's so... off in the beginning. The lyrics are perfect but I don't like the overall tune so much. :| Luna Sea definitely wins on the whole best charity song thing.

BUT I will still buy it of course and maybe it will grow on me. XD

Anyway, why am I updating finally? Well school is finally done and so now I have a lot of spare time. Ahahaha, I've only been out for like 4 days and I'm already bored out of my mind. What a sad thing. Why is it when I have classes, I want nothing more than to dick around and do nothing, but when I have none, I can't stand doing nothing?! Paradox.

Looking for events/places/etc to wear some lolita to, haven't had anything spark my interest yet. I do have my new dress (Rose Cross print in black/silver) to wear though. Soon, my pretty. Speaking of which, will need to start saving for the even newer Moitie print that was announced in the GLB today (yesterday?). Very very nice print, but I'm not too fond of the OP style. Will be looking at either the skirt or JSK version when photos are up. Unsure what colorway. Maybe black/silver or black/blue, again need photos.

Really want to play Dragon Age 2 but I don't have it yet. :( Stuck replaying origins again, which is a great game but I really want the sequel! I'm so needy.

No new shows to watch anymore either. Season finales of Bones, House, and The Borgias already aired, so... wtf. It's like summer wants me to be bored out of my mind.

Currently re-watching MUCC's livestream, and will probably pull out an old DVD to watch later. Maybe Budokan 666? Or Tonan. Can't really go wrong. XD I'm a hopeless fangirl.

Also unrelated: TM Revolution's new album is excellent gaming music. ♥

That's all for now!

Edit: LOL Y U SO PHOTOGENIC TATSU?! LOLING FOREVER.

May 4th, 2011

Notice

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Edit: My email appears to now be secure once again. Let's hope it stays that way. :)

PSA:

One of my email accounts has been compromised and you may receive spam from it. Please ignore any suspicious emails from me!

I am working to get it resolved ASAP.

My apologies,
Tenmei/Liz

October 8th, 2010

Rabble Rabble

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Oh my god so much going on and no time to update but

I finally got a listen to MUCC's new album Karma and I'm having so much fun with it. AHHHHH

The DVD was awesome.

Going to be ODing on MUCC for the whole weekend. I LOVE MY BOYS (disclaimer: they are not my boys).

Fantastic!

PS: Merry's new stuff is surprisingly pleasing to me. I'm so happy with my bands. ;o; ♥

August 22nd, 2010

Short update

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Been neglecting this thing, not due to boredom actually (I think that's a first?!), but due to being so busy! Gasp!

School started, and it's been really hectic. But things are going well and I'm enjoying all my classes! Getting back into the swing of things has been tough but in a satisfying way. Looking forward to what the next week will hold. 8D

I did get that new batch of CDs, as mentioned before, and still would like to do a review post. Don't really have time right now but soon perhaps!

D'espairsRay concert was amazing and awesome and fantastic and all other words like that. I moshed my heart out for the first time in a lonnnng time, and had a great time. Came out bruised, sweaty, and trembling but wouldn't trade it for the world. Handshake & autographs were after and it was so lovely to meet the guys up close. Can't wait I see them again!

Went to a lolita meetup yesterday in Santa Monica. Was lots of fun! Got to wear my new Dream in Midsummer Night skirt + accessories and I loved it! Can't wait until I put together an outfit with my new Divine Cross JSK either. :D

Totally behind on Kuroshitsuji now, which is bad but unavoidable. XD I'll catch up when I have time. Last episode I saw was 6, and now they are talking about 9. Goes so fast! Hahaha.

Cataclysm CE is up for preorder now and I have to get that. Probably will stop by Gamestop tomorrow and reserve it. Surprisingly is not as expensive as I thought it would be. Same price as Wrath of the Lich King was. Well, hooray for not upping the price!

X Japan and Dir en grey concerts are coming up soon, and I've got tickets for both! Diru is on a Wednesday for some stupid reason, so I basically have to go straight from class to Club Nokia, and even then I might be late. X is luckily on a Saturday so no worries there. XD

Stayed up Friday night to watch Jack in the Box Summer live stream. Was annoying with lots and lots of karaoke, but seeing Kyo from D'erlanger play La Vie en Rose with all the MUCC guys was totally worth it. Then Vamps and MUCC and the end were both amazing. ♥ Hyde looks realllllly good, I dunno if he got work done or it's just a good makeup job, but he should keep that up. XD

Reminds me, still need to get Vamps tickets for October. Bahhhh so much to do!!

Anyway, life has been pretty good lately. I'm exhausted but happy. Now to study and do homework for tomorrow and maybe play some video games. =)

Pics of the meetup will be posted here soon! My camera battery died so I have to wait until it's charged to get the pictures off. XD

That's all for now!

August 15th, 2010

New Music ♥

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Yep they finally arrived!

Still have a couple more to rip (Not pictured: Vamps & Daisuke's solo thing), and then reviews coming soon! Cos I enjoy that. Iunno.

Transcribed ClearVeil lyrics here if you're into that kinda thing. I really like their lyrics. ;o;

School starts Monday. OGOD.

That's all for now!

July 30th, 2010

Summer drags on

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So, update time again. I've been meaning to update for the past couple days, but there's been so much negativity that I decided to wait until it had cooled down.

First off, more shit going on with school. They really don't seem to want me to go there. I've had to go in almost every day this week to deal with something or other, most of which could PROBABLY be done over the phone. I did call, originally, and the woman who answered basically told me everything I was saying was wrong and that I was stupid. No joke, she was that fucking rude. Me being the type to stand up for myself, told her that I didn't appreciate the way she was speaking to me, and so... she hung up on me. Good start!

So I've had to work channels to bypass this woman, who seems hell-bent on preventing me from going to school there. I have still more work to do on Monday, but at least it's some progress. How can such an incompetent employee work there?! I do not understand it.

So been pretty upset about that, haven't had much time to do fun summer things. I did go out last Sunday and had a great time with friends! Curry, shopping, and karaoke! What could be better?! I want to have more weekends like that!

Gaming-wise, Starcraft II is out, and I've been playing that in my fairly limited spare time. It's pretty tough for me, being that I suck at RTS games. But the game has gorgeous graphics (at Ultra settings, cos my computer is cool like that), and the story is engaging. So far, it's a great game that has me very interested. I just wish I was better at it. XD

Moitie has a new print out, but it's not even on the webshop yet. ;~; It's so pretty! Apparently it's called the Divine Cross print (can be seen here) and it's the first print to come in a black x gold colorway! The black x gold version is/was limited to the Sendai store it seems, but perhaps more will be made when they see how popular it is. ^^ I hope to get the JSK in black x blue or black x white when it comes to the webshop, since those are most of the accessories I have. It's a good design for my body type as well, so I'm quite excited. Let's hope it shows up soon!

The VK world has been busy with so much crap going on, I've kind of been avoiding it. D'espairsRay's tour has been causing soooo much drama. Waah they won't come to my city, wahhh it's on a bad day, wahhh they should come to Europe instead, etcetcetc. It's really tiring to read. Of course you want the band to come to your city, but they can't go everywhere... I hear about bands I like touring all over the place where I can't go, but I don't complain. I am happy that the bands are touring *at all* and fans are getting a chance to see them *somewhere.* Gosh, what happened to a sense of community? Be happy for those who get to see them now, and in the future it will be your chance sometime! I personally am happy that D'espa is in the US at all, and is doing their best to go as many places as they can on their budget. The economy in Japan sucks even more than the US, we're pretty lucky they're here at all.

Even so, I am going to see them ummm next Tuesday actually! I'm very excited. It'll be my... fourth time seeing them I believe. They always put on a great show, and I have no doubts this one will be great as well. I haven't had much chance to listen to their new album, but from what I have heard it's really awesome! It sounds like it will be fantastic live, so I've got nothing but excited anticipation for the live.

Then of course, sad news regarding... many people actually. Daisuke's death, which I wrote about last time. Zill from Moran also passing away... and then just today (yesterday?), vistlip getting in a bad car crash resulting in the death of their manager! It's so awful. :( I don't know what to make of all this bad mojo. I hope it stops soon!

What else... new Buck Tick album (or was it a single?) that I'm cautiously excited about. Kain finally getting a new member which may or may not result in an actual release. I might be the only person that knows that band exists, however. lynch. going major, which has resulted in a bunch of kids being angry their band won't be leet and underground anymore. I really hate underground music fandom. Hazuki needs to make a goddamn living, can't stay indies forever. Be fucking happy he's gonna be making more money, so he can have a good life. It's his band, support his goddamn decisions and have faith that he's making the right decision for the music. I'm so tired of all the elitist immature fans acting like entitled assholes. Get over yourselves.

Getting on a bit of a tangent there, but it's probably for the best. This entry has taken a direction I didn't originally plan on and has become quite long. Oops. XD I should stop now and save something for next time.

Moral of all this- Appreciate what you have and be happy for those who gain something in life. Stop being so envious of others. Life is too short for that.

That's all for now.

July 19th, 2010

Birthday

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Today is my birthday. I'm 23 now. I feel... not different. Haha. It doesn't feel like a special day, really. But that's okay. At least the weather seems to be cooling down!

Haven't done much since the last post. I finished the Kuroshitsuji anime, and am up to date with the new season as well. I enjoyed the last arcs much more than the first! It's still too early in season 2 for me to give an opinion. I have to say, it's really confusing though...

I'm also working on the manga, slowly. Also too early to have an opinion on that, as I'm only finished with the first 5 chapters. ^^;

Got myself the AatP 真夏の夜の夢 skirt and headbow in black, and the ring in silver. It's my first time purchasing an AatP item, I hope it's amazing in person!

School stuff is... going. Slowly, but chugging along. I'll get it all done eventually!

Can't wait for the weather to cool itself down so I can wear lolita again. It's just been toooooo hot for black dresses, haha.

As for Vkei news, Daisuke's death was quite a shock. I was never a kagerou or the studs fan, but I respected the man as a musician and a good person. I know he was well-liked by a lot of people, fans and peers alike. It is surely a big loss to the music scene, and I know he will be missed. ♥

Other than that, Dir en grey in the US in fall. This year has been quite good for the US, hasn't it? ^^; Miyavi, X Japan, D'espairsRay, and now Diru. That's a pretty impressive lineup. I am not sure I will go to see Dir en grey, but I'll think about it.

I think that's about it for now. Summer heat makes everything move slower, doesn't it? I like it better when things are fast-paced.

And of course, happy birthday to me. :D

またのお越しをお待ちしております・・・

July 12th, 2010

Life going on

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Sooo I guess it's update time. Hooray!

First off, finally fixed my school situation and got enrolled in 4 classes! 16 units. I didn't get exactly what I wanted, but I got enough. Very happy to have the situation resolved, it's a huge load off my mind. I need to get my financial aid filled out, but that shouldn't be too difficult. Probably will do in the next couple days. It's all looking up!

Secondly, birthday coming up on the 19th. Going to be 23, holy shit. I am old. I have absolutely nothing planned, and none of my friends seem to be very excited, so I might be celebrating at home. C'est la vie.

Dramaz with that person remain unresolved. I feel I might never get an answer. I wonder if I should even care anymore. Probably not. It's still quite upsetting for me, though. I did everything he ever wanted me to do, and more, and this is how it ends. Not even a whimper, just silence.

I can't dwell on it. Have to move forward. So that's what I'm doing.

And now for fun, frivolous news!

TaintedWorld forum seems to still be down. I'm having slight withdrawal. I miss my news!

AatP has a new print for reserve that I actually like quite a bit. It's called 真夏の夜の夢, or A Midsummer Night's Dream. How cool is that! 8) I am seriously considering reserving the skirt (I hate the JSKs, honestly) in black. I love the navy too, but I have nothing to match it and it's not quite ~gothic~ enough for me. Plus blue butterflies > pink butterflies. XD

I found replica Moitie shoes on Taobao that come in a size 43 (read: fucking huge). I WILL have them. Yes. Soon. There's no question.

Moitie has some new items out, including the bat bag in black x blue. It's kind of interesting, but too expensive for my very blue-limited wardrobe. There's a new skirt and corset out, too, but the skirt is underwhelming IMO. I adore the corset which also comes in blue. Both are gorgeous, but I cannot afford that much + a shopping service atm. Maybe sometime down the road, if they don't sell out. ^^;

AND aside from lolita-ing my heart out, I have still been working on Kuroshitsuji. I'm over halfway done with the series (though my computer finished downloading all the episodes a few days ago), and it's still quite good. I'm not entirely fangirling as much as people seem to in the communities, but I enjoy it. There are so many PUNS that are totally lost in the subs but I'm lucky enough to be able to catch them and have a ton of fun with it. XD They are so STUPID, but as long as you don't take it too seriously it's very funny. Reminds me of Death Note somewhat. Can't watch that with a srsbsns mindset, either.

Umm yeah so I guess that's really all the important stuff. Haha, no it's not important at all. But it's what's on my mind. I'm in a weird limbo of happy and terribly depressed, and I feel torn in two directions. I have to force myself into the happy, but at least I'm getting good at it.

次回もお待ちしております・・・ (この新しいサインオフの方が好き!)

July 6th, 2010

AX Picspam

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Yay finally got around to getting the crap off my camera. I haven't uploaded any of the videos yet, mainly because I don't really know where to upload videos like that. o.O But! I have pictures so that's good. Mostly of my outfits, so, probably boring to anyone else. XD

Small updates since last time! I've started working on Kuroshitsuji. I'm on episode... 6 I think. My computer downloads them faster than I can watch them. I love my DL speed. As to the anime, it's pretty good if not a bit on the cheesy side. Madam Red's seiyuu is the same as Edward from FMA so that kinda weirded me out for a second. I also can't believe that Maaya Sakamoto is Ciel, her voice is so different than I'm used to! I do *adore* the stupid amount of puns they make, and even the repeated akumade, shitsuji desu kara is pretty awesome. I'm totally going to start using that phrasing just to be funny (/nerd). The super formal Japanese trips me up (+some vocab, though not as much as I would have thought), so I do have to rely on the subtitles for some of it. Drat!

My dorky photo with h.Naoto was posted up on their USA website here. Go me! I'm totally famous now, rite? Har.

And without further ado, here are the pics!
Well not really, they're under the cut )

I'm rather happy with how everything turned out!

So in real life news, I am out of food and need to go shopping. I had a dream that I had to eat mini pizzas and I ended up overcooking them and had nothing to eat. I have problems.

School situation is still not resolved. I need to make some phone calls. Damn incompetent school.

次回もお待ちしております・・・(笑)

July 4th, 2010

AX

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Soooo the rest of AX is now over! Wooooo. Tons of fun.

The meetup Friday was great, I enjoyed talking with everyone I talked to! Lol that sounds weird. The restaurant situation still cracks me up. ~25 lolitas spread around different tables, slowly taking over the place buwhahaha. We still must do karaoke sometime, though! ♥

Saturday I wore my Church Gate JSK and didn't do anything spectacular. Went to the Masquerade, which was surprisingly short in my opinion. Was entertained. Not much after that.

Sunday (today harhar) just hung out in the Exhibit Hall until closing. I raided the Kera Shop booth and ended up getting some Moitie socks. They had a bunch of Holy Queen print stuff, the JSK and the skirt in Blue x Silver (!). I already have the skirt in BxW sooo didn't buy that (and I am broke after my Iron Gate orz). The Black Peace Now booth had everything 50% off (holy shit) so I bought some shirts and a cardigan and the most adorable phone strap ever and it was like $190. Scoreeeee.

The h.Naoto booth actually had Mr. Naoto just chilling there. I had happened today to wear the h.N shirt I bought at Yoshiki's thing on Thurs, and he was also wearing it. XD They took a picture of us together for the webshop or something, and I got a picture with him for myself. Talked to him for a while about stuff. Was pretty epic. He gave me a hug when I left. ^o^ Squee!

After that I was so fuckin' tired that I just went home and slept. Now the fireworks are starting (hooray July 4) so I can't sleep anymore. Probably going to play video games until everything quiets down and then more sleep. I am very exciting.

Pics of these days to follow when I get around to it.

Aaaand that's all for now!

July 2nd, 2010

Yoshiki event thing

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Dude, so, I was expecting this Yoshiki Foundation fundraiser/PV filming to be a bit of a bust, but I went anyway.

Best decision ever.

It was AMAZING. Acoustic live with Sugizo on violin, Yoshiki on piano, Toshi singing. AMAZING. osdijflajfd I squee so hard. They played IV!

PV filming was also FUN. They had new(ish) oufits and Yoshiki was sparkly and Heath was a rooster and Sugizo was sexy as fuck and they all looked great.

I got some awesome video of it (they did allow video taking so don't get all OMG on me). My camera is awesome, and the sound and picture and everything are fucking good and it's all so amazing and OMG I am so happy right now.

I wore my flocky skirt from MmM and looked pretty damn good if I do say so myself. Met up with lolita pals and had a great time!

Met a guy with a Vidoll tattoo in line. He was so cool but I lost him after we entered the venue. D'oh!

Tomorrow is the lolita meetup. I can't wait!

June 28th, 2010

Iron Gate

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Oh. My. Gosh. I finally got it! After lusting after it for so long, I finally got it. I'm so very happy. ;o;

What is it?! Well duh! MmM Iron Gate skirt in black x navy! (Yes that's my Poupee, add me if you want!)

Wow. Well, it's all so surreal. Is it normal to be this happy about a skirt? XD It's so beautiful in person, pictures don't do it justice. I'll probably wear it this Thursday or Friday... maybe both. Haha, definitely cannot wear it too much!

Aside from this fantastic news, I attended a meetup this past weekend at a roller skating rink. Is that the right word? I don't even know, lol. I only got the one picture, and it's kinda funky because I was telling the guy how to work my camera when he got the picture. XD Oh well, it's a good memory!

Cut 'cause it's big )
Everyone was so nice and I had a ton of fun! I'm looking forward to more meetups soon.

Oh, I have to mention this. While we were in line to get in the place, a guy came up to me (no small trick since there was quite a crowd also waiting to get in), and asked me, "Is that Moi Meme Moitie?" When I replied yes, he looked very happy and just said, "Awesome!" and left. LOL. So random!

Other than that, really fucking busy lately. Trying to get registered for classes, still trying to find a job, dealing with random RL shit. It's all very exhausting, but I think it's going in a good direction.

I will update again after AX this weekend. No, I STILL don't know if I'm going, but I'll be in the area at the very least. If anyone wants to hook up for a while, let me know. ♥

That's all for now.

June 13th, 2010

Myv

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Miyavi concert was fucking awesome! I enjoyed it quite a bit more than I thought I would. Meevers seems to have grown so much (in style) since I saw him last. I have to say the songs he introduced as new blew me away. I might actually start listening to his recorded works again if they sound anything like that on CD. :D

Sat in the "VIP" area, or whatever, which was nice. Yoshiki was up there, as well as Sugizo for the last half of the show. Miyavi's wife was there for some of the time and she was holding what I presume is their daughter. She was dancing with the baby. So cute!

Will say Miyavi is looking really skinny. Someone should feed that poor boy. Yoshiki is also looking his age. Someone should give that man some botox! Sugizo looked sexy as ever and I might have drooled a bit. Will not confirm.

Met up with old friends, always a good thing. I have pics which I'll add later, cos I'm fuckin' tired right now and I just want to crash. XD Anyway, my evening was just about perfect and I'm feeling much better than I was at the time of my previous post. Still haven't got some of those issues resolved, but it's one of those things I can't resolve by myself... will have to see what happens.

Downside to tonight: One of my rings broke. Sad! Upside, it was a cheap ring anyway.

Oh, bonus, on the way out some staff asked for my picture. Said something about a music video? Iunno, but it helped me ascertain that my outfit was not a disaster as previously feared. I didn't know how heels would work with that outfit but overall I'm satisfied. Wish I could do more with my hair. I am fail at hair.

SO now I'm rambling. Should sleep. Pics later as I already said. Only one thing left to say!

ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?! XD ♥

Editz: Okay I'm awake now! Adding some picspam as promised!

Rawr it's a cut )

FUN TIMES.
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