INFO
Real name: Sonya
Aka: Astarise, katamari
Age: Twenty
Sign: Sagittarius/Piggy
Location: Poland (blah)
Is: an English philology student
Personality: Artistic, genki, narcissistic, lazy, obsessive, absent minded, carefree
Height: 180cm
Hair: Blond-red, long, wavy
Eyes: Gray/Blue/Green

~LiveJournal-kun~

FAVORITES
Music:
ムック, 蜉蝣, Moi dix Mois, Kagrra,,メリー, Duel Jewel, Pierrot, Malice Mizer, Dir en Grey, Aliene Ma'riage, Vidoll, 雅 - Miyavi -, As'REAL, +D'espairsRay+, Vogus Image, Nightmare and so many more @_@~

Anime/Manga:
GetBackers, Saiyuuki, Yami no Matsuei, Record of Lodoss War (OAV), Honoo no Mirage, X/1999, Angel Sanctuary~

Love:
Ashram-sama, Akabane Kuroudo, Aakaado, Fuuma Kotarou, Genjou Sanzou, Kira Sakuya, Muraki Kazutaka, Darcia-sama, Amon~

Jrockers:
Tatsurou, Yukke (ムック), Juka (Moi dix Mois), Kaoru, Kyo (Dir en Grey), Kirito (Pierrot), Isshi (Kagrra,), Hayato (Duel Jewel), Karyu (+D'espairsRay+), Hyde, Klaha, Gackt~

Other Bishies of Choice:
Fudou Takuma, Watari Yutaka, Hijikata Toshizo, Monou Fuuma, Saitou Hajime (both RK and PmK^^), Sakurazuka Seishirou, Sha Gojyo, Cho Hakkai, Goujun, Zakuro, Kamuro Ishigami, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Isabella (ParaKisu), Kenren Taishou, Tenpou Gensui, Tatsumi Seiichirou, Miroku Natsuhiko, Nobutsuna Naoe, D, Kazamatsuri Hayato, Katou Yue, Yuki Eiri, Legato Bluesummers, Sohryuu (YnM), Tohda, K, Hisoka (HxH), Allen Schezar (only the movie one), Katsu (Tsukioka Tsunan), Hiko Seijuro, Hikitsu, Uriel, Nakago, Akutabi Gamma, Asagi Shougo, Milgazia, Fujiwara no Sai, Sohma Shigure, Sohma Ayame, Tsuzuki Asato~

Seiyuu:
Suwabe Jun'ichi <3, Takaya Kuroda, Seki Toshihiko, Hayami Shou, Kamiya Akira, Ishida Akira, Okiayu Ryoutarou, Tobita Nobuo, Inoue Kazuhiko, Koyasu Takehito, Nakata Jouji, Miki Shin'ichirou, Gackt XD

Blogs of Choice

~ Akarui
~ Arin
~ Beth
~ Corny
~ Doc
~ Dolores
~ Eline
~ Goldfish
~ Koji
~ Mada
~ Mari
~ Nadia
~ Nozomi
~ Sei
~ Set
~ Sf
~ Sakura Shi
~ Szyszka
~ WhiteCat

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Juka, the vocalist of Moi dix Mois. Ok, so he is Mana's minion and all that but I LOVE his voice. It doesn't matter what he sings, but when he does, he makes my knees weak. But maybe it's just me^^;

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Thursday, May 27, 2004
¯ +D'espairsRay+ - Facism

   People are copycats. People are such BLATANT copycats. Blatant, blatant, blatant. Coincidence? Highly unlikely.
I was first, damnit!!!

Astarise enlightened the world @ 11:36 a.m.

Monday, May 24, 2004
¯ Aliene Ma'riage - Cyber Patrol を撃ち落とせ

   I'm sure I've mentioned here that I used to be a girl scout. But I left it all 6 years ago and since then I haven't seen these people. And now I got invited to a 10th anniversary of our team.
... I want to play a prank on them (^^;) - I'll wear my short black wig, false lip ring (love it) and dress as I normally do (which is not normal^^;). Muaha, they soo won't recognize me >D (ok, they will - the height betrays me ne --;)
I was a completely different person then. I was uncool ;_; I was heavier (but never fat), barely started wearing makeup, wore jeans and t-shirts, had little idea about Japanese culture and watched TV. Brrr *shrugs*. Funny thing is, even then I was considered a freak. I imagine what can be said about me now^^;
But yeah, I want to go there to change the image of me left in those people's minds. I don't want to be remembered as the girl who could bend thick nails with her fingers >_< Well *cough* I probably still can, but I'd never do such a thing now :P
Ohhh and I want my ex-crush to show up~ I wonder how he looks like now X3

Such events like the above one make me feel old. Make me feel like I had a 'past' XD But then again, it's my first thing like this so I can feel quite young *is confused now*

( A Saiyuuki bunny quizzie )
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Puahah, I had that image on my layout once along with Gojyo~ (I cheated on the test to get this one xP)


Ah! I was tricked today! I bought a bottle of nail enamel remover (the brand that I know and like) and at home it appeared that it doesn't remooove anythiiing ~_~. It's mixed with water so badly that it barely smells even. Ghh. Don't think I'll leave it like that. I feel bitchy enough now to make a complaint. Hah ha ha, poor shop assistants. The wrath of Astarise awaits them!
Eh, ok, maybe not exactly 'wrath'. Not in a rude form anyway - I'll just treat them with polite supercontemptuous haughtiness. Ok, I'm off! >D~~

Astarise enlightened the world @ 05:19 p.m.

Tuesday, May 18, 2004
¯ Aushvitz - 脳拘束

   Yay for my last night's dream (<-heavy irony). MUCC and I were running around some old theater saving the world from the attack of evil clones *dies*. But then the Blatant Mary Sue (me) fainted and Tatsurou had to chant some spells to wake me up. It worked well and I regained consciousness immediately but pretended I didn't because I liked the way his voice sounded when chanting.
Imagination-san, you amaze me. In a negative sort of way *dies some more*

And now, please forgive me but I'm going to act like teenager/fangirl here:
So. If everything turns out as I plan, I'm going to see Mana live!!!1!11ichi
But, oh my god, WHAT in the world am I going to WEAR?!
XD

My scanner is broken. Fortunately it's far from being serious - just some thing inside it got loose and blocked the scanning bar.
I'm going to try and fix it today. Ohoho *takes out a nail file* a woman's best friend to fix mechanical devices >D! Now let's see *puts the (unplugged) scanner on her lap*. If I stick the file here, will it break anything? Hm hm hm.

Astarise enlightened the world @ 09:31 p.m.

Friday, May 14, 2004
¯ Storm - Storm

   This song is one of the *two* techno songs I actually like (other being Members of Mayday - Sonic Empire). Although I generally despise the genre, these two are exceptionally good :D

Oh my, and who's this awesome bishoujo?
Yeah, it's an Akabane pose. I do it very often in real life XP
Ah, that would be me~.
Taken from here.

Hum. A week ago I wrote about BLOOD. Things have changed and now I'm positive I *will* be home then (although I still am convinced that nothing will come out of this; after all who'd want to visit this pathetic, dirty and poor country -_-?). Today I found out that in September we (my group) will have to *work* two weeks in some kind of office. That's the practice we'll need to finish the college. September. Sweet -.-;
I became acquainted with this fact only today although it was known since oh ho ho and longer. That's what I get for permanent walking around with my headphones on and not listening to people talking about news and other gossips^^;

-edit tomorrow-
OMFG!!. Please, please, please let that be a true thing and not a rumor *___*
- /edit-

I read this article in which it said that 19th century women in order to achieve a more fragile look painted thin blue lines on their skin to imitate veins visible through transparent skin. EWW. Ok, so I've known about all the pallidity obsession, but this? Eh. But it somehow consoles me that if I lived then I'd be considered extraordinary cool and wouldn't have to do anything like the things above because I'm already pale and have a bit transparent skin^^;

It's time for a celebration for me! Today I had my 30 000th hit :D I'm sou happy. Thank You all! I thought I should make a banner of some sort (the fanart above doesn't count^^;). I've decided to be original and instead of fanarts and brushes I made something far more personal (and incomparably simpler XP)
Yeah, Astarise-sama laahves you all, mwa mwa *blows kisses* < /tongue in cheek>

I feel so... visited XD

Astarise enlightened the world @ 11:54 p.m.

Wednesday, May 12, 2004
¯ 犬神サ-カス團 - 怪談 首つりの森

    From now on I shall always brush my teeth using only my left hand (I'm right-handed). Yup. Have you ever tried this? Freaky feeling but one can gradually get used to it.
That's because~ I strive to become ambidextrous. I mean, human body should be and work symmetrically. It's not ok when one hand is more ah, deft than the other. So I train to moderate it. That and the fact that it's good for the brain hemispheres.
Besides~ Being right-handed is so boring. So average. So not me (^^;).

Speaking of, I need to write a self-rant about my recent intensification of originality (<- does that make sense o_O?). Hm. On the other hand, that rant would just lead to two conclusions: I'm overdoing a bit with the originality thing and As a result I've simply become TOO COOL XD. ^^;

Sanzou. Genjo Sanzou. Mein Gott, it's been a lot since I last mentioned him here. I'm changing I say, I so am changing. But I kinda miss Sanzou. I think I'll reread my Saiyuuki manga before going to sleep :3

Bhhh. I had 6 hours of computer classes today. 6 hours isn't so long actually but I sat there NON STOP aughhhmyeyes x_x; So after a computerization like that I'm always '@_@~ Whoa, reality! x-x'. And I spent the whole time on pointless lj communities surfing. I came across an expression 'Miyavi and his little oresama', which was funny, and an opinion that hide should be given a Darwin Award, which was retarded and stupid. Umh. Thassabout it. The sky was so blue today that it looked as if it was artificial.

MUCC - 20. MC - YUKKE Talks.mp3 - Omg, this is hilarious. Yukke at his best. The file is a fragment from the Shibuya AX concert where Yukke apparently plays an MC for 4 minutes. He's like RIPIITO AFUTAA MII (repeat after me): Watashitachi wa Shibuya AX ni kimashita. Mada mada abareta ni nai no de motto abaresashite kudasai, Yukke-san, onegai shimasu. Yukke-SAMA, onegai shimasu! (and the crowd repeats) and so on. Then he introduces the rest of the band members and then Tatsurou takes over the mic.
I love Yukke's voice. In a funny sort of way. It's so characteristic XD And why does the way he shouts here remind me of hitler x_O?

Astarise enlightened the world @ 10:22 p.m.

Sunday, May 9, 2004
¯  ムック - 狂人

Kaoru is Tatsurou's long lost brother. Lol. Or stuff. Anyway, I was the one who spotted the similarity~

Yesterday I met the coolest cat ever. Yes, a cat. It was the first cat I could have a decent conversation with.
( under a cut because there's a lot of silly/boring talking )
So I talk to cats, big deal. I meow. And I can do it quite convincingly too. So whenever I spot a cat, and there aren't any people around, I go 'meow' to see how the cat will respond. Usually they immediately look up at me with utter confusion on their faces. It's really lovely, because they just can't comprehend it's a human emitting such sounds. So basically, I like to confuse cats (^^;). But they never reply ne... Until I met the yesterday's one. It was one of the street cats from my block area that my neighbor takes care of. He was all black with huge golden eyes *_*. So I meowed to him hello. The cat looked at me and meowed back o-o. So I meowed to him again and again he replied. It was so funny. I sat next to him on the concrete fence and continued the 'conversation'. Fortunately it was quite late and nobody was around. After a few minutes of exchanging sounds the cat started purring and walked over to me and I patted his head. Mwaa so cute *^^*~ Anyway, funny thing is, I haven't the faintest idea as to what my meowing could mean in cat language. So if I had meow lingual, I wouldn't try to translate real cat's speech but mine^^; Ok, end of being a weirdo~


Astarise enlightened the world @ 10:24 p.m.

Thursday, May 6, 2004
¯ Dir en Grey - Embryo

   Omg, he's got a SQUID on his head o_O! Juka, I mean. That's because he was originally on a dark background and I had to create the shape of his hairstyle myself. And I cannot draw hair well (I so admit to that ;_;). Ehhhh. So this layout is actually very old (Octoberish) but I needed a change, a quick one too, and this one just happened to randomly jump out and ask me to use it. Ok, squiddy Juka it is then.

Oh look, apparently BLOOD will play in warsaw in September. Who else shares my opinion that this will turn out just like with Duel Jewel (i.e. they won't come^^;)? Lalala. Oh, and what an irony. I'm not sure whether I'll be home then with all the Paris plans for vacation. And irony #2 - there was Kisaki Project playing *in Paris* just recently. Looking at how this all is developing I SERIOUSLY hope there will be some Jrock action there this summer ^_^

Why am I listening to Embryo?! I always thought I didn't like it (just like Taiyou no Ao) o_O; I still don't (well, not much anyway) but it somehow got stuck in my head and I have to listen to it now. Bah.

I bought Hellsing manga, hooray. It's been such a long time since I watched the anime... I think I forgot how I used to love Aakaado x_X.
I so have a thing for tall black-haired cool bloodthirsty psycho killers in long coats and HATS. I also have a thing for slashing the aforementioned ones with tall(er) psycho psycho scary psycho blond killers in long coats with scars and stubble on their faces <3
(hyuu~ the last two sentences are just dripping with allusions to another series if someone is lost here. And yes, they ARE one of my fav pairings there. In a spoofy kind of way, but still. The only difference is that in Hellsing the two have met and fought each other whereas in the other anime I'm thinking of I'm not sure if their counterparts even know about the other's existence^^; Still I think they're destined for each other X3)

Having written this, do I sound like a pervert now? Ummm, but I'm not one ne~~ (I think) >D

Oh, and life sucks~ Well, not really^^; The thing is, right now I'm stuck in front of Haru-kun here having to write an essay. And probably will stay stuck for the rest of the night^^;; Because... the deadline is tomorrow! Gyaaa! And I've known about it for sou sou long, yet, as usual, I leave everything on the very last moment. Anyone who doesn't know me personally must know that I am an unspeakably and incorrigibly irresponsible person. And a bit insane too ^^;;;;;
So right now I am suffering from a writer's block, having written *counts* only twelve lines of the introduction. And the thing must be three pages long. I so want to be cliché and say this is going to be a looong night. And it will be, considering how easily I become distracted. Ah, how well I know the feeling of having to come up with a coherent sentence at five am... So, knowing myself (it's been 20 years now XP), this is how things will turn out to be:

( this is full of auto-irony but that's what will happen ne. )
I'll write 1,5 pages because I'll keep distracting myself with online goodies such as changing the layout and writing an entori (hey that's what I'm doing now, ne). At 5 I'll have enough and zombie off to sleep. Then, at 7 I'll wake up, save this 1,5 pages onto a floppy and go to school with it. I won't skip the first lecture (compulsory) but during the classes I'll sneak out to the computer room and resume my writing, panicking a bit that I'm left only with two hours for it because then the guy collecting the essays is gone. Will haphazardly finish 5 minutes after time and frantically run around the school trying to catch the guy. But, as I am a lucky creature, I'll most probably catch him just as he is about to leave and give him my paper in the VERY LAST MOMENT. Then I'll probably collapse, should I not be provided with Cherry Coke (caffeine~) earlier. Uh, go me? XD

Ok, maybe I'll stop being childish now and do something. Don't follow my example, kids - this kind of craziness works out well ONLY if you're a lucky person.
Which I happen to be :D

-edit tomorrow-
Hyuu~~ So either I know myself absolutely perfectly (or can predict the future) or simply got ifluenced by my earlier predictions, but it all happened almost exactly how I though it would XD *collapses randomly*

Astarise enlightened the world @ 11:18 p.m.



Sunday, May 2, 2004
¯ MASK - Sekira Noirooze

   Ha haa!! The last part of my previous entry was to be taken seriously! In other words, go here to see my Yukke plushie <3

Anyway. Today I visited my garden (uhhh skdlfjawf it's not exactly a garden but I don't know how else to call it. A small place my family owns in the suburbs of the city - consisting of a garden and a house (but the house is unlivable - extremely tiny, ugly, obscure and full of spiders T-T;). It's surrounded by similar things but people don't live there, they just spend some time there and grow plants. There. An explanation^^;) and had a lot of fun. I should go there more often and oh I will, I willll~!
It's so beautiful there~ All the trees are in the apex of their blossoming (especially cherries) *_*
I checked how my plants are doing after winter (my two lavender bushes <3), spend about an hour watching the life of an anthill (ants are cool), fell asleep in the sun (on my front fortunately so I won't be tanned much) but woke up when I got bitten in the elbow by an ant (one of 'em cool ants too >.<) and was all happy because of the surrounding nature. Because I practically spent half a year without any contact with it. Sad. So I was extremely genki. And like a squirrel after hibernation I was just bursting with energy. So I allowed myself to forget about all this ladylike facade I've lately put myself into, and just genkied around. Because it's a Sagittarius' true nature to be genki XD
I changed into some shorts and a small top and decided to screw it all because I needed to exercise~! So I started with running (running is fun - until you get tired >_>) but got tired too soon as I was running too fast^^;
So then I took my (I need to come up with a better name for it) zanbatou-chan (it's a 180cm long heavy wooden bat, btw >3) and practiced swinging it (ok, at this point I'm sure everyone is 'wtf o_O?' but I tell you it's fun! You just don't understand! It really is cool <3). And ahhh how I love it. Really. I decided to do it every week <3
I need to check out some kendo sites to see some forms of something since I know nothing about things like that. I invented some moves myself though, and it's all wonderful. It's not just swinging the bat around (which is troublesome because I need to watch out not to scythe down flying butterflylies~), it's fighting *_*! Everywhere in the movies/books whenever some guy is practicing/fighting with a sword there is stuff about 'emptying your mind' and 'concentration', ne? But I tell you it's true. After about an hour I don't feel the heaviness anymore and my mind is all nicely '~~~~~~'. A very good form of meditation too, as freaky as it looks^^;
Anyway, fun as it's been, I know now suffering awaits me. Because since last July I've hardly moved. So I was NOT prepared for such sudden dose of physical activity.
Who thinks I'll have an everythingache tomorrow?
All: *raise their hands*
^^;;;;;;
Nooo, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE AN EVERYTHINGACHE!! I don't want to go to sleep because I'll wake up with it! No, wait, but I want to sleep because I'm damn tired. I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP THEN! I mean, I do, but without the ache @_@
Ubuaaa T____T

Astarise enlightened the world @ 10:31 p.m.