Thursday, June 17, 2004
¯The Piass - [Setsudan]... [Kairaku]

   Today's exam was fun. Actually, for me, they all are fun XD.
( Because I cheat )
This semester I was smarter. You see, we are allowed to use dictionaries when we write essays. I never bring mine because I find it a bit degrading - I am able to write a historical essay without a dictionary, thankyouverymuch. But I realized the truth behind the whole thing. Cheating. So today I used a new method - between the pages in the dictionary I pasted little pieces of paper filled with information. And during the exam I simply pretended I read the dictionary. Mwah, I rule. Funny thing is, I wasn't the only one like this. Half of the people had their dictionaries with additional information^^;
But umh, I had an accident. Sort of. In the middle of writing I suddenly felt something like an ant biting me in the back. An ANT. And I'm sure it was an ant because I know how their bites feel like. WTF was an ant doing UNDER MY SHIRT during the exam O_O?! So I became kinda paranoid. Wouldn't you? Not only it bit me, it was also on me. I didn't feel it moving though. So great. I couldn't go to the bathroom because I'd have to go through a row of 10 people and generally make a big mess and people would think I have some problems or something. So I just sat there and tried not to think there's a freaking GHOST ANT on my back. Aghghh. You go and try to write an essay in conditions like that. But I somehow finished and then I ran to the bathroom (and because I ran, people surely thought I had problems) and searched through all my clothes but the phantom ant was not theeerrreeeeee x_____X;;
I'm not thinking about this anymore, I'm not I'm not I'm not-gbwahh *freaks out anyway*

I'm ok now^^;

I'm in loooove with Aushvitz. Yes, it's love *_*. I need to have their cds or I'll die. I know only 8 of their songs (suppose that's all they have?) and ALL of them are incredibly great ^_^

I've invented a cool thing. Reading Paradise Kiss (Isabella <3) makes you do that. It's like hmmm I wonder if someone wanting to cosplay Arashi would go that far and pierce his/her face--- and a brilliant thought came. So I invented this. When you put it on your lips it looks like real and mighty FREAKY. And being me, I just had to play a prank on my mom:

Me: Oh look mom how brave I am! I've just pierced my lip with a safety pin! It hurts a bit now but I want to wear it nonetheless :D
Mom: O_O! *spazzes*
Me: Oh, you don't like it? I can take it off then... *pulls it off so that it looks like she's tearing her lip with it*
Mom: @_@~~~~ *is about to faint*

I'm evil, I know. But I love my fake lip rings and piercings and I love to fool people with them. They alllllways fell for it. Even my mom who is supposed to know me ^^;

Hm, I wonder how many music videos to I'm too sexy I've seen. At least a dozen^^; It's a sort of classic, isn't it? The song fits almost everything. But today I think I watched the best video of them all. It was with Dir en Grey XDDD Oh man, but it was so funny. It was made from the mix of their clips, videos and some lives. And it's hilarious when you already knew them all before.
Voice: I'm too sexy for my shirt~
Kyo: *rips off his shirt*
XD

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

Sunday, June 13, 2004
¯Aushvitz - 恋破レ、水没

   Somehow all my dreams are so cheesy and not NC-17 -_-. Today I dreamed about finding a treasure. Yup, it was buried under one acacia tree in the park and consisted of lots and lots of money. I even know which tree it was because I stopped to admire its flowers the day before. And you know what? I have nothing to lose - I'm going there today to inspect the place >D! Who knows, maybe it was a prophetic dream... Ohoho *waves an imaginary shovel* I feel like that guy from The Alchemist (the book, not the Full Metal anime) XD!!!

Other thing. I don't really want to come out as downright mean here but sometimes looking at the EGL lj community can be sad. I believe such posts should be deleted. It annoys me that people simply violate the very name - Elegant Gothic Lolita. Putting on a pink tutu and trying to make a baby face while at the same time being, well let's say, not outstandingly beautiful and claimng it's EGL is, like I've said, just sad. Bhh. I detest people who have no taste but think otherwise ><

Today I went... voting. Only not XD. I mean, I've taken up a one-time job (バイト! Hey, btw, doesn't that come from Arbeit? *wonders*) as being a part of the voting committee. So basically I was sitting for a few hours in a school where people were coming to vote, registering them and giving them the cards. Fun. Actually, fun is the part that I myself don't vote (heh, it's been 2,5 years since I was given the right to vote and I never once used it XD And I never want to too)~. I didn't have much to do because during my shift only about 15% turned up and almost all of them were old people (it's some kind of choosing the members for the EU parliament). So, had it not been for the book I luckily had with me, I'd have died of boredom. But it was fun nonetheless. I won't get much money out of it but little money is always better than none. Especially when one is facing the perspective of visiting Junku and other wonders soon XD.

Ok, I'll have to stop here as my rice has just stopped boiling and I need to go and make sushi from it :3

Astarise enlightened the world @ 06:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 9, 2004
¯Miyavi - Merry Kanshimimasu Death~Fuyu, Trauma Zetsukyou, Gyagire~

   Um I woke up today and when I wanted to wash my face I was so sleepy that I used a freaking shampoo for it. Gbweh. I'm able to get up in half a second after waking up but it's just physically because I'm still a zombie for at least one hour...

Other than that: yay, big happy news for me! When I mentioned Japon Expo and Mana, I wasn't entirely sure whether this would work out because there were some organizational difficulties for me. But very fortunately I've managed to overcome them all, yahahaHA!
So now it's decided and I already have a ticket to Paris >D
Beware, Paris! Astarise is gonna conquer you once again! >D Beware, Mana! Astarise is gonna... um, something you! >D'
Oh man, I'm so happy! Annnd, I also have the ticket for the very convention already bought thanks to the extremely nice person I talk to on slsk *hugs*.

Unfortunately, I have no money and it looks like I won't be able to buy many things there *cries*

So let's see. The convention lasts 3 days, but only the last one is interesting for me due to Mana's presence there. It's on the 4th of July (Gackt's birthday *gasp*). And I'll be there uhhh on the 3d x_X! That's because my sucky school decided to have the last exam's (descriptive grammar) results so late *groans*.

Ah well. I'm not complaining about finals because they look just too easy for me. Sure, it looks like there's a lot to study but I'm positive that even with my anti-study laziness I'll pass them all. And on Monday I passed German which is a strange thing for me because I can't speak German^^;. Stuff like 'Mein Name ist ...' is not what I consider speaking, btw XD'

Today... is MUCC day! No, really, just look at the date (Heh, and here I thought that if there was a MUCC holiday, it would be on September 3d :3) (Ah, I wish I were in Japan now ><). So, let me write about some things

MUCC to Gasshoku soshite Rokuon 01 Kurayami ni Saku Hana.mp3 (the name was in romaji) It's so cool *___* It's Kurayami ni Saku Hana sang by a choir! Reminds me of songs sang when sitting around a fireplace^^;

And MUCC on Pop Jam (04 06 2004). Eeep. I hate tv shows, detest them. I can't understand why people watch them. It always seems to me like the hosts and organizers assume that the audience is stupid. But anyway. The whole show was pathetic, obviously, but it was 'saved' by mucc who stood out so much there. Even though they were without makeup and looked quite normally (expcept Tatsurou's bare feet - that part was so cute^^). No wonder they won. But what on earth were they doing among all the pop-ness? After writing this, I'm going to cut the file and create a new one with mucc only (about 4 minutes) and spread it on file sharing programs. That way I'll spare people the awfulness of the rest of the show *feels like a savior*

Happy MUCCday everyone! *throws confetti*

Astarise enlightened the world @ 09:46 p.m.

Thursday, June 3, 2004
¯Pierrot - Haken Kreuz

   *poses dramatically with her index finger pointing in the air* A new resolution, I have. I will read the encyclopedia. Read, as in thoroughly study and memorize it. A long time it'll take me, yet I'm sure I'll eventually finish it. Especially because the encyclopedia I own consists of 16 thick volumes XD
And no, it's not being a geek. I just think I need to know more about the world, that's all. And you'll see, I will finish it *__*. As for now, I'm still on A but that's because almost the whole volume one consists of A XD

Oh, and here's me being slow/late with discovering pictures. Excuse me while I nosebleed here. I mean, JUKA?! That's Juka?! I mean... I mean... oh my GOD I didn't know he was such a bishounen under all that heavy makeup!! Holy dix, the man's HOT. He shouldn't wear so much makeup if he looks that good.
Ok, at one point I told myself never to have a crush on Jrockers, because it's teenagerish and fangirlish. But I'm afraid it's all crumbling when I look at that first picture. What's Astarise's ideal of a man? Black hair, f*ing cool voice, pale face, blue/gray eyes and dressed in black. And he's exactly like that @_@!
I have admitted it openly that I have a crush on his voice. I still do. But now... Uh, fight Astarise, fight! You're not going to act teenagerish >< !
...why can't *he* come to Paris instead of Mana, huh?! (pictures from here, btw)

*cough*. Anyway, today I had my last lesson of my French course. Boo. I really liked it. Especially lately when the atmosphere became very friendly. I didn't know it was the last lesson though (<- how typical of me) and that the teacher (whom, as I've mentioned, I respect and admire very much because she's cool) wanted to take photos of the group (uh, 4 ppl including me) and I came dressed as a Goth (sans black hair and lipstick though) XD. I tried so hard not to laugh/smile when I was being photographed. Eventually I managed to make some melancholic face expressions so I think it came out well. When I have the pictures I'm going to post them, should they be postable^^~

Oh yeah, and I'm really proud of how I've managed to learn French. I can speak it quite communicably (<-o_O?) now. Before the course I could only understand most of it, but my own creativity was limited to saying 'comme ca' and showing the thing with gestures XD. So it's a success, considering that I never study at home and all my former educational contact with that language really sucked. And I sooo love the fact that I know English. It's astonishing how big amount of English words I can frenchify (by guessing) and they usually come out right ^_^

Mada-chan! You know what? I've just watched one Nightmare interview where they were actually talking about the aspect of Hitsugi's lip pierceings causing him to leak drinks through them *dies*! Sakito said so and then Hitsugi personally admitted it XD. I mean, at least that's what I think. I can't understand what Histugi says. At all. Because he SLURS. It's like Miyavi, only much worse.

Hitsugi: slurslurIROIROslurslur.
Me: Oh, he said 'iroiro'! Yay, I understand :D ... no, wait, that's a really helpful word, ne -_-;

*goes off to finish watching the rest*

Astarise enlightened the world @ 09:54 p.m.

Wednesday, June 2, 2004
¯Sarii - 歯車

   I bought my very first corset *_*! Only *cough* it so happened that it's not a classical type - I named it the Corset of Androgyny and I really don't think I'll wear it normally. It's a lingerie one, meaning it isn't to be worn on the clothes but under them. I bought it actually because it was extremely cheap, I didn't even try it on. Which was a mistake. Because at home it appeared it's too big for me. I mean it's not squeezy XD'. So I took a sewing machine and narrowed it by 10 centimeters. 10 is a lot, I feel really um, constricted in it. But I made a mistake in the sewing and didn't consider the fact that a corset should not have a shape of a cylinder like that: | |. As a result, I have almost completely flat chest in it XD' So it's an androgynous corset. It'll be very useful for cosplaying bishounen but otherwise I won't use it at all.

Still, it doesn't change the fact that I want a real corset with laces~

Monochro no Keshiki PV is optimistic :D! At least, that's how I perceive it, contrasting it with other ムック PVs. (I mean: Zetsubou ends with the girl henging herself, Warearu is one huge emotional angst (such cool angst though *_*), 9gatsu3kka makes me cry whenever I watch it and Rojiura is full of family angst (?).). And even without the makeup they're so cool *loves*.

I ate a chocolate pizza a few minutes ago -_-; It was with chocolate sauce, cheese and pineapple. Yuck. I don't know why I ate 2 pieces. Now I don't feel so good when I think about it >_>

Astarise enlightened the world @ 04:00 p.m.

Tuesday, June 1, 2004
¯Schwardix Marvally - Lucifer (Madeth Gray'll cover) (I so ♥ both versions)

   What? Colors? Bahh, who needs them? XD ... Um. If this is the first time you're on my blog, please don't think I'm some kind of goth wannabe angsty teenager. I'm not even a teenager o_O. Don't judge bloggers by their layouts! Or.. ok, judge by the layouts but mainly by what they write^^~

Anyway stuff happened that made me not write. Ok, that's a lame excuse; I've just been lazy, that's all~.
But first of all, I got a job. Sort of. I became an (informal) assistant in a costume renting shop! Batman, ninja, that sort of things. I won't lie telling it's a *cosplay* shop. Yay. Oh, and by an 'assistant' I don't mean I sell there - I haven't even visited the shop yet. I will be *making* things. As my first task, I'm working on a 80s-looking hat *dances aroud*. So I'm very happy because it sounds like fun.

Ah, and it's decided. The topic of my scholary paper that I am to write next year. I'm so proud of it (the topic). Um, because I was late with choosing a group, I had to join the one dealing with the culture, literature and history of the USA. Hum I wanted Britain, but ah hell. So I came up with a title like this:
The relations between the USA and Japan during the Meiji era.
*dies* I rule, don't I? Ha but it's going to be such a cool thing to write about~ I'm really looking forward to it. I haven't read any books concerning it though...~

Attempt at a Gacktish profile. Please note the words 'attempt' and 'ish'. I'll do better next time *throws it into 'unsuccessful junk' box*

Alsooo, look! I found 4 four leaf clovers today! Lucky! And if that wasn't enough, as a bonus I found 2 five leaf clovers! Lucky x 2. And all of them were on one bush... it must have been a very mutated one XD

Monochro no Keshiki PV @______@ *fangirls*! I have 90% of it, aghhh, faster faster fasteeer! *crazies around*

Astarise enlightened the world @ 10:45 p.m.

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.

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

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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 -, +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

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~ Akarui
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~ Eline
~ Goldfish
~ Koji
~ Mada
~ Mari
~ Nadia
~ Nozomi
~ Sei
~ Set
~ Sf
~ Sakura Shi
~ Szyszka
~ WhiteCat

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Eh *cough* I mean, Aakaado, also known as Alucard, from Hellsing. Image from volume one scanned & edited by moi~
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