//v42. Unfinished//
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There are until the release of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones!

There are until the object of my obsession is MINE!

Name |:| Gerald Tarrant
Age |:| 20
Occupation |:| Vampire, author
Band |:| L'Arc~en~Ciel
Seiyuu |:| Seki Tomokazu
Image song |:| Plastic Tree, Suisou
Obsessions|:| Macross, Kaikan Phrase, Lord of the Rings, Gundam, Jrock, Gackt, 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/Lt Col
Position |:| Support Group Commander
Aspiration |:| Aircraft Maintenance
POW |:| Maj. James Hale Tucker, USAF
Summer |:| FT 2002 Tyndall III CTA

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Quote
"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them."
--Flannery O'Connor

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

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 | Landover | MidnightRevolution.org | Seraphitus | Something Eternal | Sainan no Kekka | Shiroi Heya | Totsugeki Love Heart!

Destinations
Air Force Link | Babylon Project | Cyberfret.com | DayDreamer | Elfwood | Empty Movement | Fiction Alley | 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
Exar Kun | HP and the Midnight Revolution | Jen | Laurelgand | Lyra Stormrider | Kevin Marks | Mearl Dox | Moonsong | Nathan Liang | NightMajik | Quicksilver | Saishi | Sainan no Kekka | Shi | Team Twee | Technomancy | Tin Mandigma

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

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

JRock Promotional Videos (PVs)
1. L'Arc~en~Ciel, Dive to Blue
2. Luna Sea, Tonight
3. X Japan, Endless Rain
4. Glay, However
5. L'Arc~en~Ciel, Driver's High

Anime Songs
1. Macross Plus, A Sai En
2. Tenkuu no Escaflowne, Yakusoku wa Iranai
3. Macross Plus, Pulse
4. Macross 7, Galaxy
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 Fellowship of the Ring

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

Games
1. X-Wing
2. Warcraft II
3. Command & Conquer (all)
4. War in Middle Earth
5. Final Fantasy VIII

IMAGE SONG LYRICS!

The beautifully disturbing lyrics to this song struck me and I had to put it up. Perhaps the "sea" is the darkness within all of us. Lyrics and translation from monophobia.

SUISOU
Burial at Sea
[Plastic Tree]

kumo no ito hari-tsuketeru
nakigao no pierrot ga mata
yoru ga koku naridashitara
bed no shita hai-dete kuru

spider webs entangled
the sad-faced clown will again
as the night grows deeper
emerge from under my bed

yane-ura ni toji-kometeru
ano kodomo wa kitto boku de
sakasama ni burasagatte
nejireta mama chuuzuri nanda

shut up in the attic
that child is surely me
inverted hanging
twisted suspended

okashikute hakisou nanda
me no oku ga chikachika suru
iya na oto atama no ue
aikawarazu mada chuuzuri da

it's bizarre and I feel sick
the insides of my eyes are flashing
a hideous noise above my head
yet still, as always, suspended

boku wa tada nagameta
tsuki-akari de dare ga mawaru
kage ni natte
kao ga yoku mienai
(mienai kedo kitto....)

I merely gazed out
Someone spins in the moonlight
concealed in shadow
their face cannot be seen
(cannot be seen, yet surely...)

nemurinagara kioku no boku
umi no soko ni shizundeku yo
nemurinagara kioku no boku
umi no soko ni shizundeku yo
yura-yura boku fukaku kurai
umi no soko ni shizunde iku yo

as I sleep the self of my memories
sinks down to the bottom of the sea
as I sleep the self of my memories
sinks down to the bottom of the sea
wavering down to the deep, dark
bottom of the sea, I sink

tsuki-akari no shita
dare ga mawaru no?
tsuki-akari no shita...?

beneath the moonlight,
who is it that spins?
beneath the moonlight.........?


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

version 42: X Japan! Featuring from left to right: Pata, hide, Heath, Toshi, and Yoshiki. I couldn't fit Taiji into the picture...sorry, Taiji fans. ^^; Title and titlebar from X Japan's Unfinished, but the quote on the picture is from hide's Misery. Yeah, I used two songs. *sticks out tongue*

stay free my misery
just embrace the rising sadness
kiss your misery
just like this we'll dance till we wither away...

 
[ yes, I'm alive! ]
[ suiyoubi 04.24.02 | l'arc~en~ciel, dive to blue ]

And the email that one of my squadron commanders' weekly reports was attached to said it all:

"Here is another weekly report."

Yes, I'm alive...it's the second to last week of school. Freedom is near! *dies*

And everyone get Gackt's Dooms Day if you don't have it! XD XD XD Ok I admit it's not AWESOME but it's a hell of a lot better than that piece of crap called Wasurenai Kara *mutters* There's hope for my human still...

2211 hours ni sora ga ochite iru...

 
[ ^_^ ]
[ kinyoubi 04.19.02 | l'arc~en~ciel, blurry eyes ]

It's Friday, it's a beautiful day, and life is gooood. XD

Thank you, neesan. *squish*

It looks like Guitar Center doesn't carry ESP models at all, so I'm shopping around elsewhere...the obvious bet would be Mars, but I'm trying to find a store that might be willing to cut me just a little better deal. I am poor!

1054 hours ni sora ga ochite iru...

 
[ zigzo! XD ]
[ mokuyoubi 04.18.02 | luna sea, rosier ]

Gerald: my computer found a virus ><
Gerald: would you mind a zigzo layout for shiroi?
Gerald: XD
Moonsong: no
Moonsong: i had like... 5 on mine. ><
Gerald: you had 5 zigzo layouts?
Gerald: o.o
Moonsong: viruses.
Moonsong: *twitch* though, that could be considered the same thing in some countries...
Gerald: *DIES*
Gerald: oh
Gerald: XD XD XD

1900 hours ni sora ga ochite iru...

 
[ *snrk* ]
[ mokuyoubi 04.18.02 | gackt, kimi no tame ni dekiru koto ]

From Saikai Memory

Gackt: When I get angry, I'll take it out on the lamp post in the streets.
Interviewer: So if we see Gackt bashing up the lamp post next time, we had better stay clear of him....right?
G: Today 20 lamp posts have been smashed up by me on the street outside.

My human is such an idiot. XD XD XD

1504 hours ni sora ga ochite iru...

 
[ last post of the day I promise ]
[ suiyoubi 04.17.02 | dir en grey, ain't afraid to die (shinya's remix) ]

Quote of the day, from Random Jrock Conversation #10503234:

Gerald: well, there's just not much guitar in MM songs. it's all organ and stuff...makes me wonder why they need two guitarists anyway. i'd think one would be more than sufficient. i mean, laruku has one guitarist. and he does like 300% more than MM's guitarists

2321 hours ni sora ga ochite iru...

 
[ guitars! ]
[ suiyoubi 04.17.02 | x japan, celebration ]

I worship Tak Matsumoto, Daita, Pata, Tomoyasu Hotei, and Yoshiki Fukuyama. In that order.

XD

And I found a Zigzo Pictures Gallery!

I seem to be blogging a lot today...

1916 hours ni sora ga ochite iru...

 
[ no more siam shade webpage ]
[ suiyoubi 04.17.02 | l'arc~en~ciel, fare well ]

How depressing...><

On the bright side, looks like Laruku is starting activity again!!!!!! ^___________^ *runs around in circles*

My head itches. No, that was not random.

Neesan, hang in there!! ^____^ Was feeling like that a week ago myself >< *sends DEG plushies*

Ok I'm going to go running now. Have a nice day. XD

1638 hours ni sora ga ochite iru...

 
[ awake but..... ]
[ suiyoubi 04.17.02 | gackt, emu ~for my dear ]

Well, it's 9 AM on a Wednesday and I'm up.

Odd, but it's because I went to bed at 8:50 PM last night. Actually, I told Neesan I was going to to take a nap, got off, and was prepared to sleep for about 4 hours or so. I set my alarm for 1:30 AM and was going to get up and get stuff done. I ended waking up with my alarm, slapping it off, and going back to sleep. I woke up almost every hour on the half hour between 2 and 9 but fell back asleep almost immediately.

I think this is the most sleep I've gotten since I was like...5 years old. ^^;;

I think I needed it though. Neesan...thank you for just listening to me rant. Only a day more of it, I promise. Or maybe two days, depending on what happens. You know, it's all rather silly. I don't know why I'm so upset but it's just the implication of what might happen that upsets me. Once reality sinks in...I'll be fine.

But I know you know that.

And on a note, if you're angry/depressed/frustrated/nervous, listening to Gackt on repeat is NOT the way to go...but I'm doing it anyway...

0932 hours ni sora ga ochite iru...

 
[ neesan ]
[ getsuyoubi 04.15.02 | glay, however ]

There's a girl whom I love very much. I don't know how I've gotten by without her all these years, but just let me say that it would have been near impossible to get through these past three years without her. She's always there when I need her and sometimes even when I don't need her and when I wish the world would just go away. She's kept me laughing through the up times and kept me up through the down times. She's kept me from burying my head in the sand and kept me from beating myself up when I make mistakes.

I know I can do stupid things when I'm around her, that I can be myself. I know that if I mess up that she will forgive me. I know that if I'm confused, she'll be there going through it with me. I know that if I'm wrong, she'll correct me. She understands me, and even if I'm upset and hurt and angry and say things I don't mean, she still understands. Just a word of encouragement from her is enough to make me hold my head high and say it doesn't matter what happens because she says it'll be ok.

This amazing sister of mine is someone who no one in the world can compare to. She's smart and talented and beautiful, not just outside, but inside, which is what really counts. There should be more people in the world like her.

Zutto futari de, neesan. Boku to kimi wa.

I love you.

Kizutsuketa anata ni ima tsugeyou
Dare yori mo aishiteru to...

2008 hours ni sora ga ochite iru...

 
[ haha... ]
[ getsuyoubi 04.15.02 ]

Pata!

Haha! What the heck are you wearing?! You like flower designs on your shirts and tend to wear this one tight silver-ish shirt quite a bit... But you'll still wear leather, tanktops, and other things from time-to-time. You also started being more active onstage again and have been known to kick at nothing while playing your guitar as well as move around a little more. You get embaressed quite easily and someone said you look like Yoko Ono when you smile. But, hey! You're no longer just drinking in the music videos!

Which Pata Are You? Created by Plague2032

*thinks about Celebration music video*

*dies*

For the record, I hate flowers. So there. -_-

Going to bed now...tomorrow's gonna be a long day. *dies* It's a MONDAY! Mondays are usually my off day! >< Not fair...

0100 hours ni sora ga ochite iru...

 
[ XD ]
[ nichiyoubi 04.14.02 | gackt, asrun dream ]

Ryan Corcoran on X Japan: "They sound like Bon Jovi on crack."

2211 hours ni sora ga ochite iru...