Who are you...?

Name: Joanna
Nickname:
ishiko
AIM: joanna003
Age: 18
Blood Type: B+
Birth: 101183
State: NH
Heritage:Italian, German, Irish
Languages:English, Spanish, Japanese (very broken)

Fav. Food: Raspberry Danish, [Little Children's Blood]
Disliked Food: Raw Carrots, Coconut, Peanut Butter, Fish
Disliked Drink: Soda
Fav. Drink: Tea, Water

Music: Pierrot, LAREINE, New Sodmy, GACKT, Aioria, Malice Mizer, Dir en Grey, Kagrra,
Art: Oil painting, inks, pencil
Instrument:Guitar, Drums (not very well)
Fear: To die alone and depressed
Bad Habbits: Biting my nails, mood swings
Books: "The Stranger", "Lord of the Flies",
"Les Miserables", "The Last Unicorn", "Aice in Wonderland"
Manga/Anime: Alichino, Yami no Matsuei
Movie: Grave of the Fireflies, The Last Unicorn, Sid and Nancy [the best part being when sid walks down the street in his underwear]
Fav. Season:Autum
Fav. Color:Navy Blue

Archives

April 2002
March 2002
February 2002
January 2002
December 2001
November 2001
October 2001
September 2001
August 2001

Friends?

GARDEN... (mikoto's blog)
Asphodel: an ill-natured beauty (yuki's blog)

Others?

Got milk?
[yurari + flutter]
inertia's blog
Love, Death... Avoid It
'Squawk' says the blackbird

Come and find me

New Sodmy
LAREINE
Pierrot
Dir en Grey
GACKT
Kagrra
J-ROCK

CLIQUE:
Keeper of Tsuzuki's Puppy Imitation
(The Yami no Matsuei Keepers List)

Be nice to the pretty boys...
Ryouko (Alichino)

<< i love girly boys! >>

I had to join, Kamijo was on the mainpage...

« -- Yami - Logs -- »


[June 1, 2002]

Current music: Pierrot - Overdose

Japan 14 days

*pout* I think I am getting sick. I feel kinda dizzy and my throat hurts alittle. I think that it would be beneficial if i did not get sick at this point in time.

My English paper is almost done. I just have to write up the bibliography! *yay*

I put my signed New Sodmy postcards in a picture frame...they look very nice...^-^


Take the Which Member Of Due Le Quartz Are You A Re:plica Of? Quiz

[sigh] ishiko@ 09:25 p.m.

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[May 31, 2002]

An extension to my last entry...

I found this link at someone elses web journal and it really PISSED me off!!!
http://www.animejump.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?go=editorial/visualk

[sigh] ishiko@ 10:31 p.m.

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[May 31, 2002]

Current music: Pierrot - Home Sick

Japan: 15 days

It came in the mail!!! And what is 'it' you may ask? Well, it just happens to be my limited New Sodmy album 'Confess To A Crime' and 'Tour CATWALK 2002' video. (+ my 3 signed postcards...no Mayu *sob*) But now I have my 2 tickets to the NS lives on July 20th and 21st. I'm so excited...I'm getting excited anyway.

Here is my commentary on the NS video:
After watching it several times (it's a short vid) It has grown on me much more than when I first watched it. I like the live footage but the behind the scenes stuff looks like something I could have filmed myself...only worse. No one really does anything fun and exciting (except during Aya's birthday party when Kamijo plays a plastic hammer as a musical instrument). I still love it because it is NS and Kamijo is there and I love Kamijo (obviously). But I do have one problem. What the hell was up with Aya, his hair was all braided and he had facial hair. Is he trying to be black or something. What is wrong with that boy? His face is cute but not with horrible hair ruining his look. And where did this hair come from. The pics that I saw of him from that time period all had short hair (I thought). Where did this long braid-y hair come from. I don't know. But if the postcards are from the present look Aya has short hair once again.

I do wish that Mayu was still with the band. It's not the same without him...

Yeah time for test results:

I'm Masa...
Which GacktJOB member are you? by Askavi!

Which 'fallen one' are you?
Take Which 'fallen one' are you? Quiz by Xera

[sigh] ishiko@ 07:56 p.m.

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[May 30, 2002]

Current music: nothing

Japan: 16 days

I'm tired. I think I say this everyday now, or atleast that is what it seems like. School is almost over completely and I don't feel like doing anything anymore. Luckily tomorrow is the last day of class and next Monday starts finals! Thank God! Here is my schedual for finals:
Monday: Modern World History and English. I'm not looking forward to any of this. I know that there is a very slim chance that I could actually fail the test. Since I already have a grade somewhere near 100% it would be hard to fail. But just the thought of all that writing...by the time I get to English my teacher is not going to enjoy reading my essays. My handwriting gets really sloppy and impossible to read when I'm tired of writing.
Tuesday: Study and Art. Well, I don't even have to go to school since there is obviously no final for a study and Chi to Hana will already be passed in.
Wednesday: Latin American Civ. and Art (again). I'm not worried at all about LAC and I don't have to come in for this art final either.
Thursday: study. So, I don't have to go to school this day either.
All in all I don't have a bad schedual. Only 3 tests to worry about...or not worry about. I just have to fix my final draft of my English research paper on Salman Rushdie and my oral history 911 paper and there are 2 easy A's right there.

[sigh] ishiko@ 08:59 p.m.

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[May 29, 2002]

Current music: Pierrot - Track 05...? (Heaven a customized landscape)

Japan: 17 days

posts, 2 posts! I posted an entry in Miko's blog earlier. finished making her a new layout. It's blue and black and Jun. I had a hell of a time getting it to work right. There was this little HTML underline 'U' hiding in the middle of the HTML that was making the entire entry underlined. I could not find it anywhere and was really flipping out. I had a window open with my blog layout stuff on it so I could copy and paste something from my blog to Miko's but when I went to change the info it changed my blog layout instead! (i didn't bother to fix mine back to the way it was) That really got me steamed...I noticed that I swear alot and don't have a problem doiung it either. that problably isn't too good. Oh well, I was overly annoyed so it was justified.

[sigh] ishiko@ 10:20 p.m.

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[May 28, 2002]

Current music: Dir en Grey - Riyuu

Thunderstorms...oh how I do love thunderstorms.

I sent Kyo off and packing. I waited until the rain had stopped before I shipped him off to Yuki's house. (yeah that made alot of sense...) The blog layout that I was trying to do wasn't working because I have some sort of block and I could not come up with anything to do with the picture I had. So now Yuki is foing to help me figure something out and I will help Miko-chan when she wants me too.

Chi to Hana is almost complete. Amanda's mom made us leave about 5 minutes before we were done. I'm glad that Amanda is such a wonderful person and that she has done so much to help finish the film. I hope she can get it done tonight and put back on the tape.^-^

Here are some cute pictures that I found of Dir en Grey:
Kyo
Kyo 2
Kyo and Die
Kyo doing Die's hair
Kyo, Die and Kaoru
Kyo and Shinya

[sigh] ishiko@ 08:25 p.m.

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[May 27, 2002]

Current music: Lareine - Billet

This damn Kyo layout for June is really driving me crazy. He is being very uncooprative...and it's making me angry.

Hey,I just found the pair of shorts that I bought a few days ago for Japan. (I tossed them on my chair after I got them and forgot about them.) I should actually try them on...
Since I don't like trying clothes on at the mall, or anywhere for that matter, I solve that problem by getting sizes that are bigger than my actual size. Unfortunately that isn't a good idea either because I think that my actual size is bigger than it really is so I end up with things that are just too big (that is why I hate shopping, it makes me feel fat)...like this pair of shorts for example. They just sit on my hips. Good thing they have belt loops. Why am I even talking about this, what was I going to talk about before I saw those shorts and decided to put them on? I can't remember. Oh well, no loss I guess.

I went to my mom's for dinner and before I left I asked for the tape measure that I had brought over a while ago with some fabric and other sewing stuff. First she asked me what I was going to do with it. Ah, da, measure things...afterwhich she told me that I could not have it and that I was going to kill myself and blah, blah, blah. She seemed to think that I only wanted the tape measure to measure my waist. She's crazy, she doesn't even like me using scales. (she thinks I have some obsessive disorder or something, who knows) But a second later she had a moment of 'stream of consciousness' and was wondering if I graduate at Carnegie Hall when I graduate from FIT (like she did).

So, I just went completely off the topic. Miko: change your f@*%in'layout of post something, jeez. Emiru is pissed and so is Aya II because you said you were going to make a layout with him on it!

[sigh] ishiko@ 09:40 p.m.

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[May 26, 2002]

Current music: Gackt - Dooms Day

Yuki: You really should stop being so sick it's not good for you. But as long as you are not sick in Japan..get it all out now.

On another note I think that it's time that I discuss my good friend, Gackt: a while ago Yuki downloaded a new Gackt song called 'Wasurenai Kara' She didn't like it so much...Gackt is just too pop-y...Well granted that his songs have changed through out his time as a solo artist I actually liked the song. Maybe I am just used to that type of gackt music. (like when Beth thought that Pierrot's new album was alot pop-ier than their last 2...I have heard alot more of their music and the transition didn't seem to be such a big deal...) but anyway, Another World was the worst of the new Gackt songs and that went with spikey-haired gackt so that explains that.

Yesterday I downloaded the PV that went with 'Wasurenai Kara' and WOW! Gackt looked really Kawaii! Sure the video wasn't great (he just rode a motorcycle around and was drowning. Something kinda cheesy that you might expect now from gackt.) I also downloaded another new song, 'Dooms Day' I really love this song, I don't know why and I'm sure that Yuki and Beth would say 'yuck' but hey I don't give a shit about what they think/say about Gackt. I still love him. I say this atleast once every month. There are just some times that I feel like talking about Gackt. I don't do it for anyone else...hmmm...I think that is because everyone picks on him and says that he is just a sell out now. So, that was my Gackt rant for the month of May.

[sigh] ishiko@ 11:43 a.m.

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[May 25, 2002]

Current music: Pierrot - Rebirth Day

Not much has been going on since I last wrote anything. However, I don't think that I've ever looked at so many pictures of Kyo as I have in the past 2 days. I needed a new blog layout for June (one which can stay up until I return from Japan late in July). I had one picture in mind to use so I searched high and low to find it. Needless to say I never found it. But the one that I am using works just as well.

Only 3 more school days until finals! Ano...only about 21 days until I'm off to Japan.^-^

We go together like the moon and stars
Which MALICE MIZER pairing are you?
created by: Kelsey.

Look, the images are even from Madrigal --


What type of Bishounen are you? Find out at artificial-soul.net by Rin.

'Your life has been nothing but a long-drawn out soap opera. You've lost your parent, your one true love, your best friend, your dog; locusts have infested your land, and your first born son expires. You've got enough angst for several lifetimes, and your believe you'll always wind up getting hurt. But not all people are complete bastards. You need to trust people to know that you are not alone in the world.'
That seems about right...

[sigh] ishiko@ 07:48 p.m.

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[May 20, 2002]

Current music: Dir en Grey - Kigan

I think one of my parakeets is dying. I'm not sure but she doesn't look to good...feathers all puffed out hiding her head beneath her wing. She isn't as lud and chirpy as usual. It makes me really sad to see like that.

I'm tired and I feel like I have a fever. I spent most of the day writing my English final. I hate the way that it's turned out. I just can't write anymore so it probably sounds like a 5 year old wrote it. But since it's only a rough draft I don't care one bit.

I'm suprised that I still feel exhuasted from Saturday. I slept all Sunday afternoon and I haven't done much of anything else...I'm still so so tired.

Graduation is coming up I'm glad but still alittle concerned about leaving everything behind. School, I won't miss but there are other things that I will.

Well, my plane ticket to Japan is paid for and now all there is is the room. (more money...oh how I worked so long for it all to be gone so fast...) I think I should not write entries at night I always feel depressed. I'm going to bed.

[sigh] ishiko@ 09:48 p.m.

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[May 19, 2002]

Current music: Lareine - Speend of Rise (Kamijo)

Well, everyone else posted an entry relating to the prom last night. What do I think? I was all stressed out when I was getting ready in the morning. I really didn't feel like going. But once I calmed down everything was okay, I guess. I got all dressed up and remembered why hate doing things like that. I just look horrible. I obviously someone who should not cosplay or anything like that...I just don't look good - end of story. I love cosplay as long as I don't have to look at myself and realize how rediculous I am. But getting back to the prom. The dinner was fun, not many people go out and eat grilled cheese on prom night. Well, I didn't eat grilled cheese but almost everyone else did except Yuki. When it came time for dessert we had a nice long conversation about how if Miko ordered cheese cake and I ordered cheese cake the cheese cakes would fight because we were sitting next to each other...and something about a strawberry shortcake gang (thanks Matt)...needless to say I got apple pie. We drove to the prom which was being held at a Boys and Girls club. A very crappy place to hold a prom. We got lost on the way there and were about an hour late. The music sucked and I realized just how much I don't like the people in my class so they sucked too. It was decided that we'd only stay 2 hours since it was not very much fun. I began to feel a bit sick about 10 minutes before we left. While leaving we made a point to take a bunch of balloons and bottles of bubbles. Nothing much was open so we went to a Barnes and Nobles book store and spent time looking at a victorian rooms book. Next we went to Wal-Mart and played with the toys and tried on hats. I should not wear hats either. That also makes me look stupid. *blah* Lastly we crashed at my house Miko, Amanda and Yuki watched lake Placid but I fell asleep almost right away. First Miko had to try and make me to eat some mystery flavor jellybeans. I was hungry but it was 1:00 or so in the morning and I really didn't need to eat anything esp. not candy. She dropped them on my head while I was trying to sleep. That was all I remember. I did have a nice dream though. I dreamnt that I got my New Sodmy video and album in the mail but I also got some other videos too. I was sitting on the floor in front of my tv and Die was sitting there with me. I told him that he made good quiche and that was all I can remember...

[sigh] ishiko@ 09:43 p.m.

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[May 18, 2002]

Current music: Plastic Tree - Monophobia

It's snowing outside!? I woke up an hour ago and glaced towards the window. There was this strange white stuff on the ground. Not that we don't get snow all the time in New Hampshire but it's almost June and I thought that I would not see snow again until next winter. I hate snow, I'm sure that I have stated that before but just incase anyone forgot-

I think I need to journey out to pick up some makeup, light colored fondation and maybe a better red lipstick. I'm wondering if I should just go get my prom dress from my mom's too, I doubt that she will be up. Oh well, I have to work some more on my English final. I'm so tired of Salman Rushdie. I'm so tired of school in general.

[sigh] ishiko@ 08:55 a.m.

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[May 17, 2002]

Current music: New Sodmy - Romantic Season

What to write about...? The prom is tomorrow so I'm trying to plan out as much as I can for the time before the prom and I have a feeling I am going to be making Miko drive me back and forth from my mom's to Yuki's. (And of all times to have 'girl problems' why did my body decide to do so this weekend? I should have seen that coming)

On a completely different topic: I was able to get a ticket to the 6/19 Dir en Grey live. A big huge ARIGATOU to B_Moon *hug* (and I would not hug just anyone --) I won't really be excited until I am waiting in line to get into the live hall or during the moments before the show actually starts. I won't seem real until I am there

This is kinda funny, well, I thought so. There is this girl that I work with ever Friday afternoon. She,not too long ago, informed me that her brother has a crush on me. I don't know how old he is 19-20something maybe. He is definitely NOT my type at all. I couldn't belive that someone honestly though that I was attractive...(low self confidence or what) But every time I see her she talks about how much he brother is in 'love with me' and how he flipped out because I am going away to New York City for college. She even told me that he wanted to get a job where we work just to see me. Now that is scary. haha.

My boss kept telling me today how sad he was going to be next Friday, since that is my last day. I think he said 'You can't leave' to me about 5-6 times. I told him that I had to go and he wanted to know if I'd find a rich japanese man to marry. I told him that I wasn't sure yet but not to worry because I'd be back at the end of July and I'd need money so I'd come back to work for him.

[sigh] ishiko@ 09:32 p.m.

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[May 16, 2002]

Current music: New Sodmy - CATWALK

So, Yuki got her ticket to the Dir en Grey concert...and she wondered why no one was excited with her. Well, thinking about it I realized that it sucks for me not having one so I have no reason to be excited that SHE gets to see them and I do not. I can always have fun hanging out with her mommy in Shinjuku..hehehe, oh yeah. But then again I don't get excited over things like Yuki does either...I have not given up even if now I have to harass people in an attempt to get a ticket. I read on a bbs that someone had an extra(s) and I emailed her (him) so all I can do now is wait and see if it worked. I hope so. Or maybe the girl that who so nicely went out and got Yuki a ticket will do the same for me. I just don't want to pay a rediculous amount to scalp one at the time of the concert. Although Dir en Grey is wonderful, money is also wonderful and I would not like to spend 200-300 dollars for a ticket that ends up being 100 miles away from the stage and behind a pole.

I didn't buy anything when I went to Cambridge (etc) yesterday. But I'm also glad that I didn't because I really didn't NEED anything...I just WANTED to buy something and that is not a good enough reason to spend money. I can put it aside for Japan or the New Sodmy album and video.

I've started to get alittle worried about the trip to Japan. I know that it will be fun and exciting but I worry anyway. I get that from my mom. I worry about being able to talk to people and I worry about getting lost and alot of other things. I can really scare myself sometimes with the horrible stories that I come up with in my mind. I know that there is a slim chance that these things will actually happen but I will still worry. I won't be very excited about the tip until I'm on the plane. When we get in to the airport in Tokyo I might also have some sort of "culture shock oh my god look at all the people around me anxiety attack". I hope that doesn't happen though. I think it will at first but I will calm down soon after.

I always seem to get semi-depressed, anxious or worry alot when the school year comes to a close. Since this is senior year it seems to be alittle worse at times. But I really should not worry or be deprssed because there is nothing that I need to worry about. I'm going to Japan and then NYC for college. Yuki will be in NY too. I just don't like the feeling of having to be alone...well only time will tell what is going to happen, be it worth all the worrying or not...

[sigh] ishiko@ 08:14 p.m.

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[May 12, 2002]

Current music: Raphael - Aru Kisetsuno Chinkonkyoku

I want ice cream...but I'm not going to eat any. That is the only thing on my mind at the moment. Well, that and how much I love this gothic lolita outfit...and this one.

[sigh] ishiko@ 07:59 p.m.

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[May 11, 2002]

Current music: Dir en Grey - Aoi Tsuki (playing in my head)

I just cmae back to put up the latest batch of quizes:

click to take the Dir en Grey member test!
I'm Kaoru!
You're a quiet, leader-type person. You're good at making decisions and a lot of people admire you for that. But you're so quiet that they're afraid of you at first because they don't know what you're like. You appear to be very mature to others, even though you may not like to do so. You may not be very flamboyant or flashy, but you still catch a lot of attention. You may like shopping for and receiving clothes as gifts.

Okay si I lied there is only one...but I'm too tired to do anything else tonight. O-ya-su-mi O-ya-su-mi (that reminds me of the Amiboshi -Fushigi Yuugi- image song, ya know when he falls off the bridge...)

[sigh] ishiko@ 10:36 p.m.

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[May 11, 2002]

Current music: Lareine - Shiroi Ito

I never thought it would happen but I was looking at how people come to my page and I noticed that one person came via a link at another weblog...anaphexation a weblog of someone that I didn't know. So, I went to investigate and low and behold she reads Yuki's blog, Miko's blog and mine. Wow, I never would have guessed that someone in their right mind would want to put a link to my blog (besides the obvious few people) or actually let other people know that they even read it.

I may be back later after work...maybe not...

[sigh] ishiko@ 08:20 a.m.

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[May 9, 2002]

Current music: Gackt - Seki Ray [instrumental]

Okay so now I have a place to host my files (once again). This is becoming a real pain.

The prom is almost here and I'm looking forward to that. Showing off my nice Kamijo metamophorse outfit. After that the rest of the school year should fly by so that Yuki and I can be on our way to Japan. I can't wait to leave. I also can't wait to stop working...only a few more Fridays and I'm done. What a relief.

Well I heard that New Sodmy is going to be releasing another Maxi single and some other album type thing in June. Guess what that means? Kamijo sure does love to see me spend money on him. But I said that I would support his career no matter what and I stick by that. ^-^

Next Wednesday Yuki, Miko, Amanda, and I are all going to catch the smae 'virus' and become so sick that we cannot possibly go to school. However, it seems that the only cure for this 'virus' is to dress up in gothic + lolita style and head down to Cambridge Mass...strange, ne? I'm also looking forward to that. All I have to do is finish my skirt (and Amanda's).

[sigh] ishiko@ 10:31 p.m.

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[ May 4, 2002]

Current music: ----

F U C K !

[sigh] ishiko@ 08:39 a.m.

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[May 2, 2002]

Current music: Pierrot - Purple Sky

I've designed myself a lovely new lolita outfit. All I have to do is gather all the material and put it together. I have some nice purple material that I have been dying to use for something. And I have some extra black somewhere to make a blouse too. *yay*

I have a sudden urge to just chop all my hair off. I'm tired of long hair. Just cut if off...

[sigh] ishiko@ 08:28 p.m.

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[May 1, 2002]

Current music: Aioria - Matataki

[Archived]
Well, the tickets are bought for Japan...I'm beginning to worry about money again. I'm beginning to worry about alot of things.

I have not been feeling right for the past week or so. It feel hungry all the time and thus am eating more than usual. I've been feeling very tired aswell and when I get home from school I just crash on the couch and nap, or atleast pretend to sleep until my dad comes home. Blah --

I have 35 more note cards to write for English. The mayjor portion of this quarter's grade revolves around a 10-12 page report on our British authors. This project really isn't enjoyable at all but it counts as our final so it's not that horrid in the long run.

I have to take a trip tomorrow (yes, that is it...a 'trip') I am not looking forward to it at all. But It won't count against me at school...*bites lip*

[sigh] ishiko@ 10:43 p.m.

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