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, Blueberry Muffins
Disliked Food: Raw Carrots, Coconut, Peanut Butter
Disliked Drink:Soda
Fav. Drink: Tea, Cranberry Juice

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"
Manga/Anime: Alichino, Yami no Matsuei
Movie: Grave of the Fireflies, The Last Unicorn
Fav. Season:Fall
Fav. Color:Navy Blue, Black, Purple

Death:May 14, 2057
Pirate Name:Mad Anne Flint
Smurf Name:Quantum Smurf
Past Life: Turtle
Romantic Fantasy: The Foreign Affair
Are you a healthy eater: No ( maybe that's because i don't eat breakfast or lunch that often.)
Do you get enough sleep: B+ (i don't buy that at all)
My Wedding Day: Saturday, July 23, 2005
Monster Match:
Vampire

Which "Freind" am I: Monica
Lucky Charm: Rabbit's Foot
Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath

Special Thanks to "Team Coat":Kamijo, Die, Shinya, Aiji, Klaha, and Gackt

Other Pages: Visit my friend, Yuki's page
and comission her to make you a beautiful
cosplay outfit. Or go to Yuki's J-rock BBS:
2. Sad. Sexually.

Yuki and i have also started a new one-shot manga. (as of yet untitled) Maybe we'll have better luck with this one and you'll get to see some of it soon...

Here are 3 basic character sketches. (the scan quality is bad. Oi , what ever happened to the original drawing of Marius and Etienne that I did)

Marius

Etienne

Gabriel

I don't like them too much anymore so here is hoping that if I leave them here long enough I'll want to draw new and better ones. ( once I have more time I will be able to accomplish many more drawings.) Maybe if we are all lucky I will begin to actually draw out the manga...maybe...

January 2002
December 2001
November 2001
October 2001
September 2001
August 2001

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

Got milk?
guukan - Hanako
inertia's blog
Love, Death... Avoid It
'Squawk' says the blackbird

ishiko - 2001-02

 

 

 

 

08:36 p.m. - Saturday, February 23, 2002

Otanjoubi omedetou Shin-chan to Kirito-san. ^_^

I know that their birthdays' are not till tomorrow but I won't have time to write an entry tomorrow.

Yuki and I were discussing "The Queen of the Damned" a few days ago in art. I did not realize that there was going to be a motion picture made until Yuki told me. I thought that it had some potential. But, once Yuki said that Lestat didn't even have blonde hair I lost alot of hope for it. I really enjoyed the first few books in Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles." (and esp. Lestat ~_-) I wasn't too impressed after Lestat joined an 80's rock band. (Kinda reminds me of X Japan or something.) I was able to read through to "The Queen of the Damned" after which I lost some interest.

The "Interview with the Vampire" movie was kinda cheesy but I still liked it enough to watch it over and over again. I hope Yuki-chan rents it for tomorrow night. (That's how I thought of this entry...I started reading it novel again) Elegant French vampires are great and that's why I'm a vampire and not a cannibal like Miko-chan. (haha)

So, we dicided that it's best not to speak of "The Queen of the Damned" movie ever again...the topic may come up again once it's out on video and only costs a dollar of two to watch. I have a real problem with movies that are based off books. Why is it that they can never follow the novel. I mean come on is it that hard to dye a man's hair blonde for god sake? Or have him not sing like the vocalist from Korn. Amanda went to see the "Count of Monte Cristo" a few days ago and said that they didn't follow the book either. She said the plot was wrong, for the most part. I don't even see how they could have made such an actionless book into such an action packed movie. And again when I watched "Les Miserables" it kept pretty well to the plot but Marius didn't get much time in the sun. He had a whole entire section in the book but only got a little part in the movie. Sometimes it's better to leave books as books and movies as movies. Unless you plan on keeping to exact details. But that's just my point of view




10:35 p.m. - Friday, February 22, 2002

It really has been a "quiz-taking-kinda-month", ne? Yes, I'm bored as hell again so I'm taking more jrock related and not so jrock related quizzes while I wait for my downloads to finish and I have a ton of stuff to download...After I get bored with this test taking stuff I'll write about something a little more interesting (or not). I don't know who would find my life interesting anyway. I don't.

I love me.
Kinda scary, kinda not. Kinda cute?
Well, at least I don't loathe the word like Kyo does. I play guitar for the
visual kei band Dir en grey. Haven't heard of them?
Poor ignorant fool.
Find out which J-rocker you are here by !! >D

Hahah, "I see dead people," too bad I didn't get Gackt. Good thing I didn't get Yoshiki. Now let me see what my Inner-Mana is:



god, you're so manly. take the quiz here.

That's not so bad...as long as my Inner-Mana can wear a skirt over his pants. ^_^


What FFVII character are you?? Find out here!!! by !!

Now that is no suprise. I always turn out to be the evil character. ( got Reno 2nd. Nothin' beats a ShinRa Turk.)

Lastly I will finish up by reviewing my personality disorders:

DisorderRating
Paranoid:Very High
Schizoid:Moderate
Schizotypal:Moderate
Antisocial:High
Borderline:Very High
Histrionic:Moderate
Narcissistic:High
Avoidant:Very High
Dependent:Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive:High

-- Click Here To Take The Test --

That really makes me feel good...and I just noticed that I am not "low" on any of those disorders. *ah* I don't think that's a good thing. So, what can I write about now? Let me think. I thought that one of my college applications got lost in the mail. Hopefully it didn't becuase if it did I'd have to jump off a bridge. Honestly, I told my Mom that if I don't get accepted to college I am going to jump off a bridge I mean that too. I don't think i could handle that at all. It would definitly cause a mental breakdown of somesort.

I'm also feeling kinda sick right now. I've decided to go on a diet from my normal diet. It's only been a "real diet" for about a week. But my mom picked me up from work and took me out to eat. I don't like eating at 8:00pm but did anyway. I didn't eat very much but I had dessert and I should not have done that. It was good cake but I regret it now.




06:40 p.m. - Thursday, February 21, 2002

Mmmmm...blood


Which Evil Criminal are You?

Hailing from sunny Transylvania, your first blood-related incident was when you stabbed a servant girl in the face with a pair of scissors for underperforming. Some of the red spray landed on your hands, and as you washed it off, you noticed that it left your skin fresh and young looking. From then on you were convinced that the blood of young girls was the secret to eternal youth. Rather than killing girls outright by stabbing them or slitting their throats, you enjoy torturing them for weeks on end by pricking them with needles or prodding with sharp spikes - all to bathe in their blood. You've killed over six hundred women, all without raising a peep from the authorities. *evil grin*


What's Your Inner Shinya?" quiz by youkotriumph

Which Final Fantasy 8 Character Are You?

You are Squall!
A lone wolf with the weight of the world on your shoulders, you
may not communicate your feelings to your friends, but you
are a true friend to those you are close to. In spite of your
hesitance to warm up to people, you're likely one hot number in
the eyes of the opposite sex.

Take the Final Fantasy 8 Test here!




03:37 p.m. - Wednesday, February 20, 2002

Oh I need to buy April SHOXX. An entire 20 pages of Aiji (Pierrot) dressed like he's going to fight space aliens. I don't think much can beat that...Well, I really should buy the March issue too since it does have New Sodmy in it. I'll have to see what I can get (if anything) when I go to Cambridge next week during vacation. (ahhhhh vacation) I need to go read now so that I can practice my guitar later tonight. ^_^




07:47 p.m. - Sunday, February 17, 2002

Just finished my English project on Mordred. I wonder if my English teacher was trying to say something when she assigned my class these certain knights. (hmm...)

I was reading all the past entries inYuki's,Miko's, and my blog. When I got to the entry about Yuki's "dream shoes" it reminded me about my"dream coat." I really wish I had the money or time to make new things. My clothes are old and boring...I'm tired of being bored with my style. It's layered but pretty much just casual (casual-layered) My things usually match but I'm too shy to do anything outrageous (not that i would) and I don't think that I look to good in anything so it's hard to find clothes that I like. I really liked that coat though...and since I'm a coat person it works. I want to redo my entire wardrobe. If only had had the money to spend on myself. -_- When I go to Japan this summer I'm going to buy atleast one nice thing to base my new style around but I don't want to wait that long...i want new clothes now.

Our band, Audrey, had practice today...it wasn't too productive. We did what we were supposed to. We practiced Michelle and All You Need is Love (mostly Michelle) bt we're getting bored with these Beatles songs. The plan for this week is to take the time to get the best we can at Michelle and drop it. It just a very slow song that can't really keep our interest in playing it so why bother. And, none of us like to sing English songs anymore. Somehow it's just easier to sing in Japanese. Our next move is to get the scores to some jrock-pop songs. Since I am the only guitarist that means that our options are limited. (Glay) If only some people could have been nice enough to make band scores (Lareine) we wouldn't have a problem. But I'm sure we can find something since we have some time.




12:25 a.m. - Sunday, February 17, 2002

I really should go to bed. It is oftly late..eh, early, depending on how you see it. But I'm not at all tired so why bother trying to fall asleep.

I had a long and monotonous day of work (something quite embarrassing happened as well @_@). It was very slow and I can't stand the girl that I have to work with on Saturdays. Next week I won't have to see her because she is getting married. What a waste of a life, getting married when you are only 17. I could never do that...even now at 18 (I know that is only a year) I would think that I'd be missing out on alot if I had to settle down right now. I'd rather wait till I knew that I was completely self-reliant and stable before I even considered marriage (I think I need to find a boyfreind first too...but good ones are so hard to find these days. Well, atleast around here). And I'm sure that she'll be pregant in a few months too. I think that's crazy...but I also think she is living in a totally different world than I am.




11:19 p.m. - Friday, February 15, 2002

Okay, okay, just one last jrock quiz...

I'm Mayu!
the LAREINE member selector. click here. by Yuki.

I just had to take this one since it was created by Yuki-chan. I already knew that I'd get Mayu, well, actually I got Kamijo first but we aren't really the same...he talks too much. (gomen Kamijo-kun. I still love you even if Miko likes to go "blah, blah, blah.." through your MC time. She's just a jerk. She doesn't know any better.^_^)

So, anyway, today at work I found out that the manager had installed a new surveilance system behind the register. (there is a panic button and everything) It's ackward to know that they can watch me from the back all the time. My boss told me that every so often I should smile and wave to the camera. (ah, no, that's okay). My boss is crazy but so are the people that I work with. One kid, Justin, tried to knock me over when I was coming back from the office than he took my paycheck and I had to "beat him up" to get it back. Why is it so much fun to pick on me...? eh, I know the answer to that question...*sigh*




10:11 p.m. - Thursday, February 14, 2002

Yeah, so passing the time by taking tons of internet quizes is fun, ne? Well, when you've spent about 4 hours trying to type up a good report on Frida Kahlo for latin American Civ. there's nothin' like a good jrock quiz to relieve the boredom.

My Angel Sanctuary Identity is: Lucifer. (Not too suprised about that, he was followed by Rociel).

Kazu is the member of Aioria that i am most like. (ano...who was kazu? @_@).

My Inner-Klaha is: Vampire Hunter Klaha.


the pierrot character selector. just click it. by kagami.

Most like Jun, huh. I would have liked to get Aiji but I know that just because he can't cook and he loves to eat I would have never gotten him. I guess Jun isn't too bad. I'm not complaing.

Now, back to my report...YEAH she's almost dead so I'm almost done!




08:04 p.m. - Thursday, February 14, 2002

DAMNIT!

Virtue.nu decided to be a bunch of bastards and change their whole setup over night. My account was deleted and now I can't host files there anymore. Luckily, after much searching, I found World-Free.com. They are nice and let me host files there.


What Dir en grey member is most like you? Find out here! by

I happened to find another Dir en Grey "which member are you quiz." This time I got Kaoru, Shinya, Die, Kyo, Toshiya...




01:50 p.m. - Thursday, February 14, 2002

Which Dir en grey member are you?

We'll I think that was quite obvious. Here is my complete list: Shinya, Kaoru, Toshiya, Kyo, and lastly Die. Poor Daidai I knew you'd be last. But as Yuki pointed out the "someone"who would be there to make fun of me would be Die...another reason why I got Shin-chan.


I should be a member of Pierrot!

I was meant to be a member of Pierrot! I'm not too wild, but not too bland, either -- just the right mix of both, and a well-kept secret.

Take the "Which J-Rock Band Should You Be a Member Of?" quiz by malloreigh

Alright! I'd be glad to be a member of Pierrot. I took the test a few more times and every other time I got Dir en Gey. I didn't think that there was any other choices only Pierrot and Dir en Grey. Yuki got DeG and so did Miko. We had to mess around witht the test alittle (choosing "yellow") and finally got malice Mizer and after that we got L'arc en Ciel. It would have sucked if there were only two bands to end up with.




04:51 p.m. - Wednesday, February 13, 2002



Which Gackt are you most like?
quiz by mcvarmazi

I am "the black, winged Gackt from Malice Mizer's most popular album. The songs on this album are dark but inspiring. All are unforgettable. Some of Malice Mizer's best work in the Gackt-age is on this CD, for it displays the multi-faceted creativity of this very versatile band. The corresponding music videos and concert for this album are equally fascinating. Many visual kei looks are considered to be integral to this album, but most famous perhaps is the wing scheme.... where Gackt flew down from the stage ceiling all in black with giant wings like a graceful and solemn raven."




09:06 p.m. - Monday, February 11, 2002

I'm beginning to feel stressed out again. All my college stuff has to be sent out tomorrow and I'm very worried about being accepted anywhere. My stuff isn't that good...

I have Japanese tomorrow night too. Which I haven't studied yet. Two projects are due on Friday, History and Latin American Civ. I have to write bibliography on Frida Kahlo and disscuss her life in class. There is also the Holocaust project I have to finish for History. I didn't get the pictures yet from Amanda and I don't know what I'm going to do to them once I do get them. Lastly, there is band practice. I can't deal with it tomorrow..."Michelle" is a pain in the ass. It seems like no matter how long I practice it I can't get it right. And knowing that I "have to" get it right soon is very frustration. I really love playing the guitar but chords are not fun and NOT easy to learn quickly and put together in sequence. Sometimes I feel like Yuki and Miko get annoyed when we start something kinda new (in the case of "Michelle") And I can't go along with the song for very long. Or I stop to get the fingerings right for a while. I'm sorry but It's not as easy as Bass (atleast when it comes to chords).

I just can't think about all the things I have to accomplish by the end of the week all at once. It makes me sick. That's how I feel now, sick...




10:22 p.m. - Sunday, February 10, 2002

I'm quite disgusted at the moment. Very very disgusted with myeself for reasons that i wish not to say. Yesterday morning I woke up and I felt extremely angry, for no apparent reason, and I was in the mood to slug someone. Of course that never happened, although I can think of a few people that deserved to get knocked out. Now, I'm just disgusted...*shakes head* so very disgusted.

On another topic, I had placed an email bid for a Lareine Fiancailles first press cd. I was in the lead till the last hour or so when some "jerk" bid higher. I really need a credit card so I can bid along. But I really shouldn't be spending my money anyway. Even if it is only $3.00 I could use that 3 bucks when I go to Japan. I'm sure that if I asked nicely I could get other jrock related thing without going through the torture of an auction...




11:36 p.m. - Saturday, February 9, 2002

Yoshiki has finally left. *thank god* Well, for the time being (I am to tired to fix my layout up) Kamijo will get to stay here. He was on the first layout that I had but since all those files got deleted no one will ever see him there again. Someday I will come back and finish what i stated here. -_-




08:12 p.m. - Friday, February 1, 2002

^_^

[STYLE] came in today and Yuki called to let me know that she had it. Luckily I was heading in the direction of her house to go to work so I picked it up. After what seemed like forever I got home and with a big stupid grin I listened to it. I'm sad that I didn't get any sort of gift with my copy. If only I knew that there was a 3 single buyers present at Third Stage. I would have gotten it there instead. I would have had to pay an extra $25 for the international money order, but I would have gotten a message cd and a signed picture (?). That would have made up for the $25. *sigh*

The single is a very different style compared to their previous singles. But, I'd have to say that PHANTOM is my favorite song on this cd. It's mostly keyboards and I think Kamijo sounds really cool. (esp. while his voice is altered)^_~; CAT WALK is a good song too, I don't like it as much as the other songs but it's cute when Kamijo says 'kiss kiss kiss kiss' and 'sexual' (what does 'foo foo" mean, anyway??). And, finally there is Audrey...it sounds more like the songs on [JEALOUSY]. It's not as rock and techno-keyboard-ish as CAT WALK and PHANTOM.

Oh, what I wouldn't give to see them LIVE...




08:31 a.m. - Friday, February 1, 2002

I've archived for January but I don't like my new blog layout so I'll just live with Yoshiki for a little while longer.




 


Kamijo

(102601) Recently Kamijo has pushed his way back to the top of my "J-Rock favorites list". After LAREINE I was afraid that he wouldn't be the same. I didn't have very hight hopes for New Sodmy, but I already knew that no matter what I would support Kamijo and buy their cd when it was released. (I didn't have to, I received it for my birthday instead.) Hearing Kamijo again and realizing that even though his (physical) style has changed, his music and voice have not. I now have a new apprciation for him and as long as he continues to sing the same way I will continue to follow his voice until the end of time. (That's a long time, ne? I hope that I like J-Rock that long. haha)
Support Kamijo, Mayu, Aya, and You. Buy their singles: White Lie, Jealousy, Style. Also visit their webpage:
NEW SODMY


(what i'm listening to right now)
Malice Mizer - Brise (022302)

Lareine - destinee (021402)
Dir en Grey - Mitsu to Tsuba (021302)
Dir en Grey - The Domestic Fucker Family (020902)
New Sodmy - Audrey (020202)
Aioria - rurichou (020102)


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


PIERROT:
Official HomePage
Pierrot Gate
The Pierrot HQ

LAREINE/NEW SODMY:
bonjour honey
BitterSweet
Geikou's Homepage

DIR EN GREY: (specifically Die)
Letters - a Die-kun and Kaoru fan page
Shuuai no Die

PLACES TO BUY J-ROCK STUFF:
HMV
Third Stage
CD Japan

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

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