First, of course, Gackt's new album "MOON". Is. Great. I love the cover. I'm always fearing for Gackt's image. (Fluffy plummet into JPop-dom >_< No, I won't have it!) Sometimes I just want to shake him out of it!! And then screw him. But anyway.

Lots of good songs. Most, if not all, are great. Two of may faves right now are Lu:na and Death Wish. =d Yum yum yummy. Speed Master, Missing, rain, etc etc. Me likes. I am not disappointed. =) And I've added/removed some titles from my songs list.

There is a beautiful, beautiful image in the booklet I want to use for my Gackt layout. The question is, am I willing to mess it up and risk breaking the cardboard spine by attempting to scan it flat? (Oh, the answer is 'no', for those who aren't familiar with me) I might have to buy another for this. Though I'm not even sure I could go through with the damage even with a spare o_O. Any kind soul who's already done it? Wanna donate a scan to moi? It's the red image of him half-submerged with a moon bg. I also like the purple one of him perched on a cross and licking the blood off his hand. =D Dare mo?

One thing though. The CD is a bitch to remove from the case!! O_O I almost ripped the whole thing apart trying to get it out. What were they thinking?? And where are the song lyrics dammit? x_X

Moving on, I also love Sugizo's "Rest in Peace & Fly Away" from Soundtrack. I'm a big sucker for his violin and the piece is just very nice. "RIP&FA" or "Sychronicity", depending on my mood.

Saiyuki! I watched the first season a few weeks ago. Now in the process of collecting the second season. Sanzooooo. =d I've said it before, I'll say it again, I LIKE HIM. He's so...so...LMAO. Ahhh, I dunno. He's just kewl. XD And me a big fan of Gojyo/Sanzo. Drool-ness.

I had thought I wouldn't be able to get into any anime, including this one. But I just felt like watching it one day and got the tape. I had watched the first 2 eps before, didn't like it, but then I got to episode SIX! Wonderful, wonderful. Sanzo and more Sanzo lined with angst. Maybe it was my mood, who knows. Continued watching, just awed at all the blatant shounen-ai (Good lord!). But Goku is a lil kid for me, though not as innocently genki as Omi, I still don't like that sort of thing. So I can see the Sanzo/Goku thing as similar to what young Sanzo had with his master. The whole "heard you calling" thing kinda made it clear about that.

But I have to say could it be any more obvious with Gojyo/Hakkai? o_O;;; They really lay it on thick, don't they? Though I don't really find that pairing too interesting. Still prefer Gojyo/Sanzo. Which just made me toootally love the scene where Kanzeon shares Gojyo's blood with Sanzo via mouth-to-mouth. And then Sanzo's reaction, aiming his gun at Gojyo through the wall when he commented on it. LMAO!! That was too funny!!! ...okay, I'm done now. o_o;;

Well, they pretty much give opportunity and possibilities to all pairings in the series. I mean, just look at the ending theme to the second season x_X;;. I *love* that Gojyo/Sanzo-cigarette pic. It's all Ai no Kusabi-ey. ^.^ And let's not even get too into the opening for the second season. o_o Bondaaaage....Sanzo and Kougaiji win for fuckability in that lil sequence. ::drools::

Kanzeon Bosatsu...took me a little bit in the beginning to realize just *who* that was actually supposed to be! [SPOILER ALERT!!!] I haven't seen up to the part where they reveal it yet, but I remember some site having spoiled it for me beforehand. I'm one of those ppl that saw/heard the original Journey to the West before Saiyuki. I was very young then so don't remember a lot, and what I do remember was mostly from what I recalled watching the 90's Hong Kong remake (funny shit!). Well anyway. Kanzeon. A man? At first I thought, "Oh shit, did the Buddhists flip?" I mean they can take it pretty seriously, even the only semi-religious. Chinese actors that played roles like Kanzeon and Buddha would not eat meat for the whole period they were making the movie, following a Buddhist monk-like diet for months/years. But then I thought back and remembered the story of how Kanzeon became Kanzeon Bosatsu...

[Story-time, children!] (Cuz I'm in a story mood, lucky you!)
Trying to keep it brief and with some errors most likely, when Kanz was human, she was male. A prince, in fact. He was a very devoted Buddhist though and wanted to join a monastery and become a monk. His parents were outraged and forbade it, he was suppose to marry and succeed the throne and all. So, left with no choice, the prince forced his way out, threatening to kill himself if they tried to stop him. However, he left behind the princess he was supposed to marry who had loved him (sucks for her huh?). Well, off the prince went and became a monk, but the king wasn't happy and had every monastery the prince went to burned down. So the prince had no choice but to retreat into the mountains and wilderness to continue his meditations in peace.

One day, the monk-prince came across a large bull. The bull was very, very hungry and wanted to eat the monk. The monk, being very devoted to buddhist beliefs, told the bull that he could eat him if that would satisfy the bull's hunger. The bull thought how lucky he was to have run into such a foolish man and fatally gored the man. But after doing so, the bull felt immense guilt because even while laying there dying, the monk felt no regret, only glad that he was able to fulfill another creature's needs. Moved by the monk's sacrifice, the bull then vowed never to eat meat again. (This is the Buddhist version as to why cows now only eat grass ^o^) Anyway, unexpectedly, the princess whom the monk had left behind had never forgotten about him and had come to find him. Coming across the dying body of her love, it was at that moment that Buddha himself (I think it was Buddha himself o_O) spoke from the heavens and raised the monk-priest to that of Kanzeon Bosatsu of Mercy and Benevolence, and floated up to heaven. The princess, unable to accept that her prince didn't love her, decided to hang herself in hopes of moving her love to return to her. Kanzeon did reappear just as the princess was about to commit the act, trying to convince her that love was only superficial like the body, temporary and a whole bunch of other buddhist stuff that I don't remember o_O;. And that she should not sacrifice her life over him. The princess would not listen, telling him that her love for him was true and would never change. And so, to convince her, Kanzeon changed himself into a woman and asked her, "And how about now? Now that I am female, can you still love me the same way as you thought?" The princess could not say anything to argue this truth and finally accepted that it was not meant to be.
[End Story-time]

And that is the story of how it is that Kanzeon is a female Bosatsu. ^_^ Okok, so a lot of you would just love to argue at how you think the moral of love behind this is such bullshit, etc, etc but it's an old story and heck that's not the point. I thought it was really interesting. And damn that just makes this Saiyuki Kanzeon all the funnier!! Cool twist Minekura gave it. =D

And now....I'm pooped. And can't really remember how I ended up telling this story. o_O And can't remember where I had meant to take this entry. Can't go on. Too tired.

Oh wait, I wanted to talk about how cool I thought Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust was. o_O Oh well. Be back another time to pick up.

But before I go:

You're SLOTH! You're extremely lazy. There's just no other way to put it! Your loner attitude gets in the way of your social life sometimes. You're represented by the color aqua.