v.59 PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Nakamura Fukiko
[Core of Soul]

Only days until Commissioning 2003!

Name |:| Gerald Tarrant
Nicknames |:| Ger, Ger-bear, Gackt's Spleen, Darth
Alias |:| Ogawa Tetsuya
Age |:| 21
Occupation |:| Vampire, author
Band |:| L'Arc~en~Ciel
Seiyuu |:| Seki Tomokazu
Image song |:| L'Arc~en~Ciel, A Silent Letter
Obsessions|:| Macross, Kaikan Phrase, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Gundam, Jrock, Gackt, Takui, guitar, and karaoke
Likes |:| Music, anime, HTML, fanfiction writing, corpse tea, and packages!
Dislikes |:| School, homework, wing staff meetings, flames, getting up early, comforsting!
Current mood |:|

Military Branch |:| Air Force ROTC
Detachment |:| 825
Flight |:| Marauder (POP Spring 2001)
Rank |:| C/Maj
Position |:| Director of Training
AFSC |:| Aircraft Maintenance
POW |:| Maj. James Hale Tucker, USAF

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Quote
"The purpose of all war is peace."
-- Saint Augustine [354-430]

Various Obsessive Lists
I Have List
Japanese mp3 List
Japanese Music Video List
Temple
Top 100 Favorite Characters
Wish List

My Websites
Aoiryuu.com | AsrunDream.net | Battalion HQ: the 08 MS Team | ChaoticEmpire.org | Crimson Legend | Dark Lords of the Sith | The Four Gods Sky and Earth | God Save the Rock and Roll | Landover | MidnightRevolution.org | Seraphitus | Something Eternal | Sainan no Kekka | Shiroi Heya | Totsugeki Love Heart! | X-ism

Destinations
Air Force Link | Babylon Project | Cyberfret.com | DayDreamer | Elfwood | Empty Movement | Fiction Alley | Jrock Role Play | Kamikaze Voices | Macross Compendium | Mitsukake.com | Planetcolu.com | Sachi's Distribution | Somewhere Down the Crazy River | Technomancy | TheForce.net | TheOneRing.net | Ueno Park | WeissKreuz.net | Winter Iris

Weblogs
Chrissy | Death By Ink | Exar | HPRR | Jen | Laurelgand | Lyra | Kevin | MCVarmazi | Mearl | Moonsong | Myrrh | Nathan | NightMajik | Quicksilver | Raine | Sam | Sainan no Kekka | Shi | Team Twee | Tin | Tracy | Xandra

JRock Artists
1. L'Arc~en~Ciel
2. Gackt
3. Takui
4. B'z
5. Siam Shade

JPop Artists
1. Core of Soul
2. Zone
3. Every Little Thing
4. Kuraki Mai
5. Hamasaki Ayumi

JRock Songs
1. L'Arc~en~Ciel, Hitomi ni Utsuru Mono
2. Glay, However
3. Gackt, EMU ~for my dear~
4. B'z, Gold
5. Hide, Pink Spider

JRock Promotional Videos (PVs)
1. L'Arc~en~Ciel, Dive to Blue
2. Siam Shade, Life
3. L'Arc~en~Ciel, Niji
4. Glay, However
5. Takui, Up to Date

JPop Songs
1. Core of Soul, Photosynthesis
2. Every Little Thing, Unspeakable
3. Hamasaki Ayumi, Endless Sorrow
4. Ishihara Chihomi, Fuyu no Nioi ga Kieru Koro
5. Core of Soul, Kaleidescope

Anime
1. Macross 7
2. Serial Experiments Lain
3. Shoujo Kakumei Utena
4. Cowboy Bebop
5. Tenkuu no Escaflowne

Anime Songs
1. Macross 7, Submarine Street
2. Senkaiden Houshin Engi, Friends
3. Kaikan Phrase, Datenshi Blue
4. Macross 7, Holy Lonely Light
5. Gundam 08 MS Team, Mirai no Futari ni

Anime Openings
1. Macross 7, Dynamite Explosion
2. Final Fantasy VIII, Liberi Fatali
3. Kaikan Phrase, Datenshi Blue
4. Tenkuu no Escaflowne, Yakusoku wa Iranai
5. Serial Experiments Lain, Duvet

Movies
1. Star Wars
2. Gettysburg
3. The Emperor and the Assassin
4. Ben-Hur
5. The Lord of the Rings

Books
1. William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
2. Margaret Weis, Star of the Guardians
3. C.S. Friedman, The Coldfire Trilogy
4. Stephen Lawhead, Song of Albion Trilogy
5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

IMAGE SONG LYRICS!

Dear my love...

A SILENT LETTER
[L'Arc~en~Ciel]

yubisaki ni wa mou todokanai
haruka na yozora e
kirameku hoshi o hodoite
hanashite ageyou

my fingertips can no longer reach
the distant night sky
I'll undo the twinkling stars
and set them free

stay with me nemuri ni tsuku made
yasashii te o hanasanaide
maigo ni natta
osanai toki no you da ne

stay with me until I fall asleep
don't let go with that gentle hand
like when I would get lost
as a child

kyou mado o aketara
kisetsu no ashioto kiita yo
aa kimi no shigusa ya egao ga
boku no subete sa

when I opened the window today
I heard the footsteps of the season
ah your manner and smile are
my everything

stay with me doushitara ii?
yasashii me ga
togiresou sa
maigo ni natta
osanai toki no you da ne

stay with me what should I do?
I may not always be able
to look at you kindly
like when I would get lost
as a child

sayonara wa...

goodbye is...

...I have been thinking about you

dear my love
tooi unabara mo watatteku yo
kono ude de
arashi no hi mo nido to mou
osore wa shinai

dear my love
I'll cross even the farthest oceans
with these arms
and I'll never be afraid again
of the stormy days

are you feeling
namima ni miageta
hoshi no uzu kirei da yo
maigo ni natta osanai toki no you da ne

are you feeling
between the rise and fall of the waves
looking up the swirl of stars is beautiful
like when I would get lost as a child

sayonara wa...

goodbye is...

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[Disclaimer: This is all Laurelgand and Moonsong's fault. If not for them I'd never be writing the stuff on this page. Blame them and especially Laurelgand for the corpse tea.]

version 59: One more layout till #60! Featuring the rather exotic and incredibly talented Nakamura Fukiko, songwriter, vocalist, and reigning lady of the jpop group CORE OF SOUL...who incidentally are going to be at SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST on March 14!

heating the two of us
photosynthesis
seated within this closed flower bud
our hearts are set free


[ muahahaha ]
[ kayoubi 04.08.03 | core of soul, hanawa ]

Photosynthesis translation.

I'm so obsessed XD

2030 hours


[ natsu no yuutsu.... ]
[ nichiyoubi 04.06.03 | glay, if ~hai to daiyamondo~ ]

This is really random.

But suddenly I'm thinking back to one of my favorite parts on L'Arc~en~Ciel's Heavenly Films, just a short 2 second clip of Hyde sitting on a sofa with this small smile on his face, staring at the camera with the most innocent look in the world, and saying softly, "Ah mou ikanakucha...aki ga kuru kara."

I don't know why that has always stuck with me. Maybe because Natsu no Yuutsu was my favorite Laruku song forever and ever. But I was for some reason reminded of that today.

For those of you who haven't heard, I finally got my RNLTD and EAD all set up. I have to go to tech school in Wichita Falls at Sheppard AFB, which will start on 3 Jun, so they pushed back my date for going to Yokota. I'll be arriving in Tokyo at the end of September. Why couldn't they have told me this two weeks ago? *grumble*

I remember last summer, when it seemed like everything was ending, and I'm wondering if this summer will be like that. This summer will really be an ending - the last time for two years I'll be in the United States for any long period of time. I don't know why, but summer isn't the happy season everyone says it is, at least not for me. For me it just seems like a last desperate effort to ward off the chill of fall. Maybe Hyde feels the same way.

ah mou ikanakucha...aki ga kuru kara.
ah I must go...because fall is coming.

2007 hours


[ translation ]
[ 04.04.03 | b'z, utsukushiki sekai ]

Translation of Tears to Rain, like I promised in the last entry.

Still my brother's birthday. I called but he wasn't home. His loss. XD

2035 hours


[ tears to rain.... ]
[ kinyoubi 04.04.03 | core of soul, tears to rain ]

Today's my brother's birthday. I totally forgot. Uh...happy birthday if you read this. XD

So I actually woke up on time today (yesterday?) for PT, but I seem to have passed on my sleeping sickness to Kelley, because SHE slept through her alarm, turned it off in her sleep, and missed PT this morning. Oops.

I finally finished my English paper!

This is a really boring entry.

I REALLY need to change my layout......

If you all haven't heard Core of Soul's gorgeous song Tears to Rain, go get it NOW. I think it's my second favorite song of theirs now, after Photosynthesis. I need to translate the lyrics on here sometime. Fukiko is damn amazing.

0010 hours


[ *depressed* ]
[ kayoubi 04.01.03 ]

I have slept through my alarm again for the third time in two weeks and for the second time on a PT morning. I seriously don't know what's wrong with me. I am going to get someone to call me every morning from now on so I WILL GET UP.

Dammit I am seriously pissed off. Not going to PT, believe it or not, throws off my entire day. I feel so worthless and lazy.

I need to change my layout.

*kicks something*

0932 hours


[ NIHON E IKIMAAAAAAASU ]
[ mokuyoubi 03.27.03 | luna sea, i wish ]

I'M GOING TO JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOKOTA AIR BASE, TOKYO, JAPAN

I can't believe it. *DIES*

^__________________^

0741 hours


[ hisashiburi.... ]
[ kinyoubi 03.21.03 | lareine, emeraude ]

So I haven't updated since last week Spring Break ^^;; *hides* It's been pretty busy around here lately and I've just been posting little random blurbs on LJ, so if you want to take a look at what's been happening this past week, go take a look at my LJ.

Core of Soul was freaking awesome at SXSW last weekend. I STILL haven't begun that live report that I've been promising, but I'll get to it tonight, I swear. Other than that, I finished 2 panels on the computer lab and will start work on the third next weekend. Can't do it this weekend cause I'll be out all day to judge the Bowie High JROTC drill comp on Sat and then hw on Sun.

It's been astonishingly good weather lately. Today it got a little hot (around 80 in the afternoon) but right now it is a balmy 70 degrees or so outside, with a nice breeze and is absolutely fantastic weather. I hope it stays. The bad weather of February was enough for me. Though it'll probably start getting really humid and hot soon....

And last but not least an important piece of news:

L'ARC~EN~CIEL IS BACK!

Tour. Live. Shibuya. June 28-July 6. Yoyogi Stadium. Enough said.

1917 hours


[ spring break, take 2 ]
[ suiyoubi 03.12.03 | glay, winter, again (hisashi version) ]

So it's Tuesday night (Wednesday morning?) and the middle of my spring break. Which isn't as nice and calm and fun as I would have liked. Had to go to Houston on Sunday/Monday to see the parents and get stuff, then drove back here on Monday. I had another killer headache from hell that afternoon, plus I was so freaking tired driving back to my apartment I almost fell asleep on the road. But I managed to stay awake and alive.

Done with the second of three paintings that I had scheduled for this break. This one was a KC-135 refueling two F-16s on the far right hand wall of the lab. I spent about 2 hours today painting the wall blue. Yeah. -_- it was SO BORING.

So...so far my spring break has been very boring and stressful. I STILL haven't even LOOKED at my Air Force paper. I have a feeling I will end up writing it all on Sunday and Monday. However, only one more day of boring and stress and then I get to put it all aside for three days when Ly comes and we go to SXSW! *cheer*

(fly to you faster than the light) Yah. XD

0016 hours


[ up up and away ]
[ nichiyoubi 03.09.03 | x japan, forever love ]

Wow, it's the 9th already. It seems like yesterday March just started. Spring Break will be over in no time, I guess T-T

On a good note, the far wall of the computer lab is pretty much complete. I want to go and put highlights on the planes so they'll show up better against the brown/green (the C-130s are flying through a ravine-type thingy so the background is pretty dark). I am going to Houston today (in like 5 minutes after I get off the computer XD) and can't decide if I want to come back Monday or Tuesday. If I come back Tuesday, I can get more done quicker on the lab. I also need to write my Air Force paper. Hmm...decisions. We'll see how things go.

Have to change and go now. *waves* ja na

1057 hours


[ spring break ]
[ kinyoubi 03.07.03 | chachamaru, kagero ]

IT'S SPRING BREAK!

Finally.

I had the killer headache from hell but I went and took a shower and ate something and it seems to have abated. We'll see.

I won't be here this week. I will be painting the computer lab. I might blog off and on when I'm taking a break, but other than that, don't expect me around. ^^ I skipped almost all my classes today (went and turned in my freaking sakubun which I stayed up till like 3 to do) and then went to buy paint. Hit about 3 places but they didn't have the huge buckets of colored paint so finally I ended up at Home Depot buying smaller cans. It was about $125 in total. You can bet I'll be submitting my reimbursement form to Kevin ASAP.

I'm going to put on some painting clothes and go set up the lab.

And of course, some time after Friday expect a Core of Soul live report. XD ja na

1716 hours


[ airpower ]
[ mokuyoubi 03.06.03 | final fantasy 8, love grows ]

I'm listening to Final Fantasy music for the first time in half a year, almost, and damn, I'd forgotten how much of a musical genius Uematsu Nobuo really is. I should get the music for the newer games (after 8). I haven't played them, though. Anyone know if the music is any good?

...it's Uematsu. Disregard that. Everything he's ever written is good. XD

For those of you who missed me online today, I spent the entire afternoon/evening sketching airplanes. I have five scenes done so far out of the 8 that I have planned for the lab. Here they are:

#1 Wright Brothers Flyer (left wall door side)
#5 KC-135 refueling 2 F-16s (right wall far side)
#6 C-130 3 ship formation ravine run (right wall middle...my best drawing I think!)
#7 2 F-15 eagles executing a break (right wall door side)
#8 E-3 AWACS and B-1 (above the door...this will be a small one)

The three I have left are 2 P-52s escorting a B-26 and C-47 (left wall middle) and an A-10 and B-52 (left wall far side). I'm not sure what I want to do for panel #3, which is the wall opposite the door. Maybe an Air Force symbol or something, or maybe just paint some clouds.

I will be scanning the pictures in to make overheads from them, so I'll try to post them online for all of you to marvel at. XD XD

Anyway, I probably won't be around too much tomorrow either...hopefully my designs will be approved so I can start buying supplies and stuff. I also need to do my sakubun which is due Friday. >.>

Now I have to go to bed for PT.

1204 hours


[ my boring day and money problems ]
[ getsuyoubi 03.03.03 | gackt, blue ]

You know, it's much more fun to blog when I have a layout I actually like looking at. It makes the whole experience much more worthwhile. That's my random thought of the day.

So I looked at my bank account yesterday and realized that I have JUST ENOUGH money to squeeze me by for the next 2 months on rent and food and such. x_x which is not good for my spending money problem. I have been looking through all my stuff and deciding if I want to sell some of my CDs and manga on Ebay to get some money. I hardly read some of them anyway, and they're worth good cash. And I'm sure someone's going to want my old anime CDs that I don't listen to. >.>

All my midterms and projects were last week, so I have nothing at all to do this week. Well I have my sakubun, but that's not really a big issue at the minute. It's due Friday. I'll do it Thursday. Going to hang out with NM on Friday...that'll be fun. XD

I have been commissioned to paint the new cadet computer lab on the 2d floor of RAS, and so I've spent pretty much all evening today sketching different planes. Right now I think I want to paint the Wright Brothers Flyer on the far left side, and then work towards the right side getting steadily more modern. Definitely want a KC-10 refueling a couple of F-15s, and an AWACS. Also want a B-52 and, if possible, the Thunderbirds. And a B-1 bomber. Maybe a B-26, even though it's one of the ugliest aircraft known to man, it's what my flight was named after, so might as well pay it homage. XD Actually I'm trying to learn how to paint clouds. If anyone has any good tips, feel free to tell me.

Have to go to bed now >.> Yasu.

2333 hours


[ government ]
[ getsuyoubi 03.03.03 | hamasaki ayumi, dolls ]

Me: what's up?
Ri: not much. XD kinda out of it because i didn't sleep as much as i wanted to last night. ::pout:: you?
Me: debating whether or not to go to govt
Me: XDDDD
Me: *hates govt*
Ri: gov't: >.> but i'm FUN!
Ri: gov't: *bats eyes*
Me: NO YOU'RE NOT
Me: *kills it*
Ri: ...wow, ger
Ri: you just killed government
Me: ANARCHY!!!!!!!!!!
Me: >=DDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Ri: now we live in anarchy
Ri: .........
Ri: yes
Me: ........
Me: i win
Ri: only because i was writing a full sentence!
Me ......sure

On a random note, I think I'm going to skip government. XD And today is 03.03.03. *felt like pointing that out*

*is full of useless information*

1107


[ ha ha ha ha ]
[ doyoubi 03.01.03 | glay, pure soul ]

Been meaning to change the layout all week but haven't gotten around to it. *stares at it* I don't think I've spent this much time on a layout since...well, Tetsu, about 6 layouts and 4 months ago. But it was kind of time for a layout that didn't suck. I was seriously beginning to doubt my webdesign creativity. XD

For everyone who has been emailing me and not getting a response...uh...sorry. I'm lazy. x_x I'd give another excuse if there was one, but there really isn't other than I'm kind of lazy and don't check my account. I know I've gotten several emails over the past few weeks saying that people like my websites/blog design/etc so I'll say thank you right here.

THANK YOU!!!!!!

There.

I have a Japanese test on Monday, but that's about it for things going on next week. Spring Break is just around the corner which means...NM, Lyra, SXSW, and CORE OF SOUL!!!! However, the bad thing about having no homework/tests is that this has been a very boring day. Though I've managed to get a lot of things done. I made a new layout, updated SnK, updated Shiroi Heya, and translated some more of Yasu's essay on their new album. Hopefully will have it done sometime next week >.>

NM, we should go out sometime this week since you're in town. ^^

Everyone should get Core of Soul's new album, "Over the Time" TIME IS OVER. Though I don't claim to know why the title is all funky, I can attest to the quality of the music. It rocks. Fukiko rocks. Yeah.

XD

1822 hours