Reports from the Hovel

Help Save a Ninja Foundation

2009-08-01T02:14:06Z

Hello everyone. This is a very important post so please pay attention.

About a week ago my mother informed me that my favorite little ninja of 10yrs old was diagnosed with leukemia.   In response to this I went into action. I started setting up facebook groups and sending emails for hlping to raise money for the hospital bills and for gas money for his guardians as the hospital is an hour and half away from where they live. This family has been going through so much already even before Justin's diagnosis so I ask that we all help them out and donate. I have set them up a paypal account specifically for this purpose. If you just send the donation through paypal to;

starlight.twinkle@gmail.com

That would be much obliged and appreciated.    You may also send Justin a cheer card through this website:

http://www.thechildrenshospital.org/visit/gifts/CheerCards.aspx

Just send the card to Justin Campbell and it will be delivered directly to his room at no cost.

To hear updates and information about Justin's progress you can join the facebook group:   Help Save A Ninja Foundation. It's open to anyone and we appreciate receiving the well wishes for Justin's recovery. Thank you all so much for your care.

Also if you happen to live in Colorado, and have or know someone with O negative blood, please think of donating the blood to Justin as that is the type he needs.

Again thank you all so much!

Btw about Maypoles

2009-05-01T23:04:49Z

So they're dangerous. I never thought an inanimate object could be so dangerous. So every hour on the hour we did the maypole dance for the Pagan Alliance Mayday thing and we were in the process of unweaving it in order to do the dance again. However...during this unweaving process I decided to be a gigantic klutz and trip on the crack on the sidewalk and sprain my ankle. Not only did this slightly hurt (it actually doesn't hurt all that bad) but somehow from hurting my ankle my ears decided to stop working, i got dizzy and felt like I was going to vomit. Then I turned into a newt.

I got better.

Just an FYI on this one ladies and gents, dorks, geeks, and nerds alike.

Maypoles are dangerous.

Why is life just not working right now?

2009-04-09T21:03:46Z

Things are not going at all well for Japan Night. First we get denied the samurai armor for the show, then we're not selling many tickets, now Aikido is not even going to show up for their performance. WTF?!?!?! They made a flippin' commitment to this and now they're not going to show. Easter isn't until Sunday, go home then! I'm so pissed off right now with everything and I feel like I'm the only one doing anything. No one gives a crap about this except for me. I know that sounds selfish, but I see no one around me doing anything to improve the situation.

But to anyone who live in Minnesota, feel free to come to Japan Night, you can win a gold fish and free gift certificates to restaurants. Sorry you won't get to see Aikido as promised but there is other stuff that should be equally entertaining if people suck a little less.

Tickets are $3.50 with an SCSU ID and $5 without. it's at 6pm in the Atwood Ballroom this Saturday. Please come.

The worst news in the history of ever

2009-02-25T21:42:53Z

Steven Page has left BNL.

Oh my god.

www.9news.com/life/entertainment/article.aspx

Happy Appendix Day!

2008-11-19T17:09:00Z

Well, another year has gone by and my appendix has been out of me for six years now!    Six years ago today at very early in the morning my appendix tried to kill me by bursting inside of me.   Now, many people know of appendicitis but I have to tell you I did not have that. Appendicitis is just when the appendix is infected, that I had a week before it burst, after it burst it is not longer appendicitis but is referred to as "HOLY DOIFJORUFNSDOIDJKFSDOILKJMS MY APPENDIX BURST AND IS GOING TO KILL ME IF I DON'T GET TO THE HOSPITAL SOON!!

This is true. In fact, because my awesome mother who actually believed my pain unlike my father who thought I just wanted to get out of math, if I had arrived two minutes later at the hospital I would have died the doctors told me.    Wonderful. I'll just add another check mark on the list of ways I can get myself killed.

In my family, I am known to get injuries and sicknesses, but lately that has been dying out of me and is being taken over by my elder sister, M. But I have a feeling I'll be taking back that title any time now. I'm due for a kidney stone or something.

Anyways, in celebration of Happy Appendix Day I would like each and everyone on of you who reads this to go out, have a little fun, eat some French Silk Pie (as I shall be doing) and just have a great holiday.

WARNING:   Those of you who still have appendixes may still be subject to bursting and near death experiences, if you have felt strange cramps on your right side lately when it's not that time of the month, go see your doctor to make sure you don't have appendicitis.

Happy Appendix Day everyone!

Because I feel the need to share my tears...

2008-10-02T05:02:45Z

This is a video I made that was actually requested that I make it on the youtube account. This is a montage about taking down my pictures when I was leaving Japan. The song is "friends" from the Binbo Danshi soundtrack. Anyways, laugh and cry with me.

FINALLY TRANSLATIONS!

2008-09-29T03:16:07Z

Sorry for the longest wait in the history of me being really really late on this. I have been soooooo busy with school, moving, changing rooms, people annoying me, and overall life.   So to make up for this I have done five, count them FIVE translations for you all of random artists in one of the many books. I just want to translate all of these books and I'm getting there little by little. So here we go. First one's weird and depressing.

Suicide's Love Story - Nana Kitade Romaji Lyrics

omotai kusari wo
ima hazushite agemashou
jiyuu ni naretara
koko wo habataite yukera wa
anata ga akogare
yume ni made mita sono basho made <-----In these two previous lines it's in the book but not the MV, oddly enough

atashi ga samatage ubattekita
mada minu sekai he

*tamerau no nara
furihatte ageru sono ude wo
soshite tooku he
"Aishiteru no"
"ikanaide yo"
kowarechau kara

nanka wo uragiri
HITO ha asu wo te ni ikiru
kuchiyuku bara no itami yo
douka todokinasai
anta no tsubasa ga
AURORA no machi he to tsuku yoru
atashi ha hitoride
nignyou no umi ni mi wo suteteru wa
chuuchou no nara
furihodoit hoshii nukumori wo
okisarinishite
massugu ni hashitte
"aishiteru no" "ikanaide yo"
koware chau kara

warui yume nara yuriokashite
tsura ni kuchidzuke wo

* repeat

SUICIDES LOVE STORY -  English Lyrics

A heavy chain
Now, take it and let's raise it up
If we grow on our own
Here, we can flap away
You are yearning
Look until the dream, until that place
I took the obstacle away
I won't see it, in the world

* If you hesitate
I'll help you shake if off of your arm
So, far away
"I love you"
"Don't go"
Because I'll break

What is betrayal?
People are.   Hands will live in tomorrow.
Decaying. The pain of a rose
Please, reach it
with your wings.
Go to the Aurora City, arrive at night.
I will be alone
to the mermaid in the sea, I'm throwing away the body.
If I hesitate
I want to break free, put away
the warmth and leave
Run straightforward
"I love you" "Don't go"
Because I'll break
If you have a bad dream, wake up
And I'll kiss your crying face.

* repeat

AOI TORI - Gospellers Romaji lyrics

Me to me ga au to
jyouzu ni ienai
tarinai kotoba ga mune wo tataku yo
ichibyou goto ni yokogao miagete
hitom no oku de mat
namae wo yonderu
toori sugiru kisetsu no naka
bokutachi ga katari aeru nara
nani ge nai toki no kakerasae
kakegae no nai mirai sa
sore ha aoir tori
konna ni chikaku hohoe mukara
itsuka sekaijuu no sora
tabi wo shite otona ni naru
mou ichido meguri aeru made

te wo furu senaka wo
sotto mitsumeta
kotoba ha naze ni subete wo
hoshigaru
mishiranu koe ga kikoeta
kigashite
furikaereba kyou ga
tooku ni nigeteku
tomedomonaku yume wo miteta
bokutachi ha kizu tsuke au kedo
te ni ireta omoide to chizu wo
nigirishime mata yuku no sa
sore ha aoi tori
owaranai uta kuchizu sameba
itsuka sekaijuu no sora
hibiki au ano MELODY
chikau yo meguri aeru made
hito ha motome sugite
nani wo ushinau darou
utsuri ki na kumo wo
oikakeru kaze mo
kasane ai yurushi ai
kon hoshi wo mawaseba
kitto aoi tori
daremo ga sugu ni
mitsukeru no sa
ima mo sekai no dokoka de
umare yuku ashita no iro
kokoro ni tsubasa wo hirogete
sore ha aoi tori kimi ga shinjite kureru no nara
itsuka sekaijuu no sora
tabi wo shite otona ni naru
mou ichido
meguri aeru made
kanarazu ano hi mita yume to
meguri aeru kara
AOI TORI (Blue Bird) - Gospellers ENGLISH LYRICS

We meet eye to eye
I can't say it well
They're aren't enough words, my chest is pounding
I say forced wds to our profile looking up
Again at the depth of your pupils
I call your name
It's the middle of the season with too many roads.
If we match what we are saying
Accidentally, even fragments of times
are irreplaceable. The future.
That's a blue bird.
We're this close because your smiling.
Someday we'll go on a journey
to the sky in the world. And become adults.
Once more.
Until we come across each other

Waving a hand, gently on
my back, you gazed at it.
Those words, why do I long for
everything?
A strange voice can be heard
Interesting
If we look back at today.
We ran very far.
Endlessly we looked at the dream.
We met wounded but
Set our hands together, with memories and maps
Grasping it, we'll go again.
That's a blue bird.
It's a neverending song, if we sing t ourselves
Someday we'll meet ringing
In the sky of the world. That melody
I promise you, until we come across each other
People ask too much of others
What will I love?
Remove the spirited cloud
Even running after the wind.
It superposes. We agree
We rotate this Earth.
Surely, it is a blue bird.
Anyone who can quickly
find it
Even now, somewhere in the world
The color of tomorrow is being born
Spread out the wings of your heart
That's a blue bird
You believe, I give it to you
Someday, we'll journey
To the sky of the world, and become adults
Once more
Until we meet again.
Definitely on that day, we'll see that dream.
Because we'll meet again.

Hanbunka - Onsoku Rain Romaji lyrics

Dokomademo dokomademo
kimi to kawarazu ikitai na
yorokobi mo kanashimi mo
kimi to hanbun zutsu
tooku made

kimi to boku to no kanjou
tatakau asu he sono yuujou
are kore sore dore?
Bokura ha itsumademo yokufukai mo no de
tekitou na tokoro de dakyou shite
sonna jibun ga iya ni natte
soredemo bokura ha iku
asu to iu mirai ni susundeku
tsuyogatte naide sunao ni nare yo
nakitai toki ha omoikiri
sukoshi mae iku ano hito wo
urayamu mae ni dekiru koto
hitotsu hitotsu ga takaramono
kiimi to egakidashita takaramono
sore dake kizande ikeba
nanimo kowakunai
dokomademo dokomademo
kimi to aruite ikitai na
yorokobi mo kanashimi mo
kimi to hanbun zutsu
dare yori mo dare yori mo
kimi wo shiawase ni suru kara
dokomademo dokomademo
futari de egaite yukou
tooku made

kimi to boku to jyoukei
kantan na kotoba de OK
dokoboko michi wo hashiru
sorezore no keshiki ni sorezore no iro
kokoro moto nai sonna hi mo
chotto dake fuan na sonna hi mo
chisaku warai tobasu
date ja nai kimi no kokoro iki
wasurezu ni mune ni kizande ikou
kimi to kawarazu ni toshi wo kiza mou
kakegaenai kono toki wo
tomo ni sugoseru sono shiawase no
hitotsu hitotsu ga takaramono
kimi to egakidashite takaramono
sore dake wasurenakereba
nani mo kowakunai
sukamichi wo kake agaru
furkaeru kimi ga waraunara
sore dake de sore dake de
kokoro mitasareta ano goro
taisetsu na kimochi sae
wasurete shimai sou na toki mo
omoidasu namiki michi
chikatta ano hikari no naka de
dare yori mo dare yori mo
kimi wo shiawase ni suru koto
doko made mo doko made mo
kono mune ni yakitsukete
tooku made
tooku made

Hanbunka (Half a flower) - Onsoku Rain ENGLISH LYRICS

Endlessly   endlessly
You and I don't change, I'd like to live
Joy and sadness too
You are halfway and little by little
are getting further

Our feelings
That friendship has fought into tomorrow
That this that which?
We are forever greedy things
At a suitable place we compromise
Someone like me, became disagreeable
Even so, we'll go
We say tomorrow, t's progressing into the future
Don't try to be tought, become gentler
The times ou want to cry, gve in
A little before we go, that person over there
before being envious, the tings you can do
one thing, another thing, they are treasures
What you've painted, they are treasures
If you cut just that
There isn't anything to fear
Endlessly, endlessly
You are walking, I'd like to go
Joy and sadness too
You are little by little half way
More than anyone more than anyone
Because you will have happiness
Endlessly, endlessly
Let's point at it and go together
Far away

Our scene
The simple work, OK
Run on the rough road
In each scene, in each color
It's uncertain like that day
Just a little uneasiness like that day
Fly with a small laugh
It's not showy, you're spirit
Don't forget, cutting into my chest
You are unchanging as we get old.

There is no substitute for this time
Both spend too much, that one happiness
That one is a treasure
What you've painted, they are treasures
Just that, if you don't forget it
Nothing is to be feared
Run up the sloped raod
Looking back at yourself, we could laugh
With just that, with just that
You filled my heart, as long as
there is enough of these precious feelings
The ties I think I may forget
I'll remember that tree-lined road
I swore inside that light
More than anyone, more than anyone
You will have happiness
Endlessly, endlessly
It's branded on my chest
Far away
Far away

FLY - Jealkb Romaji lyrics

Namida wo koete naranai basho he
Chigireta kumo ha nagarete iku

Kitai to fuan shizuka na kousaten
mayoi no mori ha tsudzuite iku
utsuro na hitomi neru to yomigaeri
me no mae no jikan kizandeiku
"Kinou no yoru nanishiteta?"
Koe ga kanera made sakendeta
asu wo ureite
mabayui hikari me wo sorashitari
kakaeru mono ha fueeiku
risou to genjitsu HAZAMA wo samayou
KARADA ni itsuwari aruiteiku
'Kinou no yoru nanishiteta?"
Asa ga kuru made sagashiteta
Shiroi tsubas wo

*kimi ha hane wo hiroge
kimi no kaze wo sagshite
itsuka kiseki wo
sasou hazu
kanarazu toberusa
dokomademo

kako ni jibun ha shittenda
HONTO no jibun ga
darekatte oikakete
kimi ha tsuyoku yasashii
hiroi ai ni furete
itsuka mirai wo dakishimeru

*repeat

Fly - Jealkb ENGLISH LYRICS

Beyond the tears, to the place I'm not used to
The torn out clouds are streaming along

Anticipation and uneasiness. A quiet crossroad
Keep continuing on through the forest of illusions.
A hollow pupil, in sleep and resurrection
The time before my eyes is being cut up.
"What did you do last night?"
Before my voice died out, I yelled
For the fear of tomorrow
A dazzling light, if you dodge it
The things your carrying will increase.
Ideal and reality, wandering the loopholes
The lies in my body, keep walking
"What did you do last night?
Before morning came, I searched
For white whings

*You are spread feathers
Search for your wind
Someday we'll call
For a miracle
We'll fly no matter what
Endlessly

Myself in the past, I knew
The real me
Whoever took it run after it
You are strong and gentle

Feel this wide love
Someday, we'll embrace the future

* repeat

Haru no Yuki - KCO Romaji lyrics

kazoekirenai yume wo dakikakae
furitsumoru yuki to tomo ni saku
anata to no hitotoki no irodori
sukoshi zutsu sakura iro ga mau
onegai yoake yo ato sukoshi
seijyaku ni junkan yuzutte
konna atakai fuyu ha mou
eien ni konai hazu datta
HARUOTO wo ki ni mosezu

* komakaku negai
Long & Winding ROAD
Taxi ni sotto
ikisaki tsugeru to
anata tono MEERU
Hitotsu zutsu
Futari no rekishi tadotte
yomikaesu
SNOW STORY
will come
from the sky
with HELP
with LUV & PEACE
with Chance
with LUV &
your SMILE

doko de kidzuita
anata no watashi
watashi no anata

* repeat

te no hira no yuki
sotto sotto sakura iro
All by myself & U
itsumo doko ka himeta jyouken ni
doko de kidzuita
anata no watashi
watashi no anata

Haru no Yuki (SPRING SNOW) - KCO ENGLISH LYRICS

Countless times, I"ve held onto the dream
The snow laying on the ground, both are blooming
You as well. For a while the colors
Little by little, the cherry blossom colors dance
Please, daybreak, just a little more
In silence a moment turns over
This warm winter will
never come again in all of eternity
The sound of spring won't come

* Short long
Long & Winding ROAD
Quietly in the taxi
I'll be going first, I'll let you know
To your mail
Little by little
We'll trace our history together
Read it over again
Snow story
Will come
from the sky
with LUV & PEACE
with Chance
with LUV &
your smile

where we realized
you are mine
I am yours

* repeat

The simple snow in your hand
Quietly, softly, turns a cherry blossom color
All by Myself & U

Always somewhere, in that concealed emotion
Somewhere, we'll realize
You are mine
I am yours

There you are folks!

People, I have an Arashi problem

2008-09-08T17:23:12Z

I'm currently putting up my mass of pictures in the time slot between classes and I have found a small dilemma.    One of the pictures I have has on one side, Nino and his guitar, on the other side is Sho looking fantastic with these large headphones around his neck.

I do not know which side to display. If I could hang it from my ceiling and have it rotating, that would be awesome but unfortunately impossible in this room.

So I need your help to decide. Nino and Sho both rotate frequently on my number 1 spot of a favorite Arashi member. I have an equal amount of pictures of both of them on the walls currently.    One reason why I might put Nino is because in the slot where the picture was to go, there is another Sho picture only a foot away and a fan of Sho on the other side. So it would just be this line of Sho...which may not be a bad thing.

I await responses.

We're off to Kyoto....well not exactly

2008-08-27T04:56:08Z

It's more like St. Cloud. Tomorrow morning I'll be setting off hopefully at around 6AM and see how far I go without dying in a massive highway car crash. I'm really really scared of doing this on my own. I've always had my mum or my dad to switch off with but this time I'm all alone! There's no one here beside meeeeeeeee!!! Sorry, random breaking out into song moment. *ahem* So, yeah. Really scared. I hope no one decides to drive tomorrow. That would be swell. Could we send out that memo? Thanks.

So yeah. I'm freakin' tired. Hopefully I don't fall asleep at the wheel. If I make it in one day then I'm heading to my Boppa and Mo's for a night and then I'll go up to St. Cloud. Playing it by ear though, we'll see.

Pray that I don't die!!

Amazingly enough I'm alive

2008-08-21T00:26:23Z

Just posting to let you know I have arrived at home safely with a very happy puppy to greet me. I'll post more about my fun story of my flight later because I think it's funny. But I'm soooooooo tired. Still in Japan time.

But yeah, alive. Need food and need sleep.

Teffi is not happy

2008-08-15T01:59:50Z

I just heard that the Potter 6 movie has changed its release date from Nov. 21 to July 17, 2009.

This does not make me happy.

Bloodshed may follow.

Hollywood FAILS.

Anyone for some Popcorn?

2008-08-13T01:24:14Z

Aniki requested that I upload the song "Popcorn" by Hot Butter to sendspace for everyone to download. So here you all go!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/iu111d

A small rant about being a pleasantly plump.

2008-07-29T01:55:59Z

Ok. So I'm getting kind of annoyed with youtube. I knew this stuff would happen when I created my accounts but I feel the need to speak about this because today for some reason it got under my skin. Normally the comments about my size don't usually get to me because I'm fine with who I am and how large I am, I admit I'd like to lose weight but I don't have the willpower to keep it going for long periods of time. If i ever was going to lose weight, I suspect I would need a buddy to do it with me just so they could keep me in check.

Anyways this guy goes to about six of my videos and comments about how I am such a fat a** and many variances of the words. Reason, those videos were about fast food in Japan. Now here's what I don't get. If a skinny girl posts a video about food they do not get any bad comments on their size. However, when a larger person posts about food the fat comments start rolling in. What the hell, people? I understand that these people who do this stuff have no lives and probably are just as large as I am and just want to boost their own self-esteem. However, do they realize that this kind of torment to people who do not have as strong of mindset tend to go out on a killing spree? I would really like the bullies of the world to know that out of many cases of school shootings or random killings, the reasons are because that person was bullied. Now I'm not saying that is a good solution, those people who do that were weak and didn't know how to let the comments go, but they need to know that there are such people who can't handle these kinds of attacks. It's also one of the many reason people kill themselves. So I hope the bullies finally grow up and stop the stupid comments and think about the effects it will have on people.

Sorry for the rant but I didn't like starting my day with these messages in my inbox.

Otherwise I'm fine and dandy, passed pretty nicely on one of my finals today and rewrote some of an old story. Go me!

Oh google, why must you taunt me?

2008-07-27T12:31:45Z

So I was searching for pictures of large bugs in Japan to try and find out what this really huge bug I found is called, and what did I find instead?

So I guess Wu Zun is a bug now?

My Reflection on Japan

2008-07-27T05:28:50Z

So I have to write this essay about how I felt about my experience in Japan for my scholarship and I thought I would share it with all of you. I have to write it in Japanese but this is the English version of my sappy thoughts on being here. This is probably the most emotional and sappy thing I have ever written for myself so take a look if you'd like. It's a bit long but I think the people who read it here might be a little moved by it...because that's the kind of people they are. After this I don't have any more essays to write!!!!! WOOHOO! Then it's just two more finals and I am done with my another year of school! YES!!!

Anyways, here's the essay.

“Tsuki ni kawatte oshiokiyo!” That was the first phrase I ever heard in Japanese in 1999 when I was in sixth grade. The popular anime Sailor Moon was being broadcast on American television and I was enthralled by the show and its characters. Since watching this show I have always wanted to go to Japan. I had studied about the culture and watched many different anime and Japanese dramas to prepare myself because I believed that one day I would be going to Japan.

I arrived in Japan on October 2, 2007. Before I came to Japan I was very excited and nervous about the journey I would soon embark on. I came here having only studied one year of Japanese and my knowledge of its culture from watching Japanese dramas and anime. When I stepped off the plane at Narita Airport I was stricken with fear. I did not know what to do but somehow I made it to Akita. I was thrown into a world that I had never experienced before and I must say that I am glad that I chose to do this on my own.

In my family I am the youngest of three girls and I always lived in the shadow of my spectacularly talented sisters. Nothing I had ever done before was truly amazing to my parents and friends because my sisters had done it first. The only thing prior to coming to Japan that I had done that my sisters hadn’t done…was almost die from my appendix bursting. That is not something I want to make me distinguished from my sisters. However, I had the idea to come to Japan on my own. When I had called my mother that day telling her I want to go to Japan, she laughed at me. My family is poor and the amount of money it would cost to go to Japan was unthinkable to my parents. However, I tried my hardest and applied for the scholarship which I later received and the journey began. I am very proud of myself for doing everything on my own and I feel that the experience has made me become more mature and independent.

One of my hobbies is making videos. For my 20^th birthday my mother bought me a video camera and since I received it I have been making all sorts of videos. I thought to myself that since I have this camera I should document the time spent in Japan. I even created a youtube channel to help educate others who would like to know about Japan and Akita University since there is not much information about Akita University available in the US. Since my arrival I have created over 400 videos. I myself and surprised at the number when I counted them. I had to watch many of the videos again so I could remember all of the things that I have done and seen since coming to Japan.

The first thing that is obvious in the videos is that I have met a large amount of people. I have probably met over 200 people easily and I feel a little bad for not being able to remember all of their names. But out of these people I have made some very close friends who I will be sad to part with. I have met people of all different types. I have met people who play taiko, university students, karaoke singers, older people learning English, young children learning English, teachers, businessmen, other international students, NHK employees, government officials, high school students, entrepreneurs, and otaku. Out of these people I have even created my own Japanese family with a mother, grandfather, and little brother included. It has been a wide variety of people that I’ve known and it has been an honor getting to know them. From these people I have learned something very important about Japan. Many times people will say “That is very Japanese” or “Japanese people always do…” However, I do not believe that the Japanese people can be grouped like this any more than American people can be grouped as the same. Japanese people may be of the same race, but each individual is different in their own way.

Another thing that is noticeable in these videos are the various places I have gone and not just cities and prefectures. The adventures I took on such as finding small back routes to the supermarket or pathways to the shrine, these were adventures that weren’t large but none the less held great effect on my character. As for the cities and prefectures I have traveled throughout Akita, Hachirogata, Tokyo, Harajuku, Shinjuku, Toyama, Kanazawa, Shimohama, Yokote, Ooga, and Niigata. I still have many places to go such as Kyoto and Osaka but they will come later. From these places I have seen a great many things and the true beauty of Japan has been revealed to me. Each place I went to had it’s own significance and impact on me. Going to Tokyo, Niigata Harajuku, an Shinjuku I saw the sights of true commercialization and the busy and cramped life of Japan. In Kanazawa and Toyama I was able to see Japan’s true natural beauty for it’s greenery and mountains. In Yokote and Ooga I experienced Japan’s winter and my favorite part of Japanese culture: Namahage and Kamakura. Finally in Shimohama, my eyes were able to have their first real look at the Japan Sea. I had never seen a sea or an ocean before in my life and I will hold those memories forever.

One thing that is also very obvious from the videos is you can see what kind of person I am and the things I like. If I were to say the word in Japanese I would probably say that I am an otaku. I enjoy collecting figurines from TV shows and I have at least 90 pictures from magazines and other merchandise of my favorites Japanese actors and singers hanging on my walls in my room. I have probably spent more money in the time I have been in Japan on this merchandise than I would have in 20 years at home in America. Some people may see this as a bad thing, but I consider it a great accomplishment because these items make me very happy and allow me to be me.

Even though those items cost a lot of money, I had prepared for being able to buy them and have worked at many different jobs in Japan. Most of which were teaching English to people of all ages from kindergarten classes to privately tutoring an 85 year old man. These jobs I thoroughly enjoyed because it gave me the experience I want for when I want to return to live in Japan. Finally, for my work I was able to execute my talents of singing. I had never dreamed in a million years that I would hold a concert in Japan, let alone two concerts. I am eternally grateful to the people who came to watch me sing and for supporting me to continue singing. Before coming to Japan I had given up the dream of ever becoming a professional singer, I didn’t have the self-confidence to do it. But now, there are all of these people around Japan who know me for my singing, like to hear me singing, and even have asked for my autograph in the supermarket. Those were moments that I will treasure for the rest of my life.

From being here in Japan I have learned many things. Of course my Japanese has improved and I know more of the culture but I have learned smaller things that may not seem important to others but they are to me. For example, I have learned how to play taiko drumming, how to change the rice paper on the doors of a shrine, how to make curry, how to play the card game trump, how to clean rice, what to do during an earthquake, and how to order a pizza in Japanese. There are many other things I have learned but the list would go on for eternity. I am truly thankful that I have been able to learn these tings and I will never forget them.

As I write this now I do not have many days left in Japan. I still have many more souvenirs to buy for friends and family back home. However, deep inside me I do not want to return home. Back home in America I have always been out of place because of how much my actions and manners are stereotypically Japanese. This is the first time in my life that I have felt at home…and yet I was so far away from it. Surely, I will remember the time spent here, the people I have met, the places I have gone to, and the things I have bought. I will not say goodbye to Japan, I will only say “ittekimasu” because I will definitely be coming back.

So another large earthquake...

2008-07-24T02:04:25Z

So Japan got hit again. Well we always get hit with earthquakes, we're known for it. Apparently on average we get about 10 little ones a day. However, for the past four days or so I have been feeling those little ones, my windchime and hanging closet also agree as I check them to make sure it's not my imagination. I had been telling that to my mum the other day and she thought that the earth was just settling from the last one but I said that I thought it was building up...I was right.

It wasn't as big as the last one, the last one was a 7.2, this one was a 6.8 in the Aomori are I think, Sendai got it and Morioka did as well and when it got to Akita it was about a 4 on the Japanese scale. So it was roughly the same feel as the last one and I even filmed, the video will be up later this week. It did last pretty long though and the boys next door were more frightened than I was. I think I've gotten used to the earthquakes now.

Yeah so that was fun. Why do they always hit when I'm trying to sleep? I had just gotten to sleep when it it and the last time was when I wanted to sleep in. The earth does not want me to sleep.

But yeah...earthquakes...FUN.

Sayonara Mata na by ET-King romaji and translation

2008-07-02T06:38:35Z

It's been a while since I've even posted on lj, sorry for that people but here's a new song translation in celebration of finishing another project for D-Royal! This is ET-King's "Sayonara Mata na"

Sayonara mata na - ET-King

*itsudemo yume no tochuu de
hagurete
BARA BARA ni
natte shimau ya
muchuu de
doko made oikake
hashiru mukokyuu de
ima demo omae
tsunagu yakusoku

**itsuka mada
koko deaou ya
orera itsumade tatte mo
AHOU ya
kore ha kamisama ga kureta
mahou ya
sayonara mata na

**repeat

sanzan sawaida ano yoru
akegata chikaku katari dashita
dare ni mo ienakatta yume wo
HONMA waraeru gurai
DEKAI yume wo
isshun ni kaketa kanjyou ga
tsunagatterunda imada ni
itsumademo wasureu ni iyou
mata atarashii asa mukae ni ikou
sugi iku toki
kawari yuku keshiki ha
omoide no basho
nomi kondeku kedo
itsudemo omoi
ano toki no mama de
ima de mo omae tsunagu yakusoku
** Repeat twice

isshou ni aruita kono michi wo
tooru tanbi ni omoidasu yo
kuyashisa ni tameta namida to
okuba kamishime
furueta yokogao wo
ima demo na kawaranai mama
zenryoku nandaro? omae nara
dakara koso kusarazu ni ireru
chikara dzuyoku munebari
asu he mukau
*repeat
**repeat twice

kanashimi ya wakare ni deau tabi ni
nandomo oshi tsubu sarete
shimau keredo
jibun shinji tachi agareru no ha
ano hi no kotoba ga
zutto ikiteru kara
ikuzo gotta go
ikuzo gotta go
ikuzo gotta go
ikuzo toki wo koete ikou
tomaru koto naku hashiru kara
furikaerezu ni susumu kara
kitto yakusoku mamoru kara
sayonara mata na
itsumo ore koko ni iru kara
koe ga karete mo utau kara
hanaretmo wasurenai kara
sayonara mata na
**repeat twice
itsuka mata koko de...

Goodbye, see you again - ET-King

*Any time, I'm on my way to my dream
And I get lost
A pattering rain
Will begin and
frantically
How far can I run after you?
I stop breathing while running
Up until now you
have held onto the promise

**Someday once again
We wil meet her and
For us, has it been long enough?
Idiots
This is something God gave us
The magic and
Goodbye, see you again.
**repeat

It was incredibly noisy, that night.
We talked until it was nearly dawn
No one else coud say it, dreams
Are truly something we can laugh about
Big dreams are
Bet on the instant, the feeling which
is still linked together.
Another new morning
Not forgetting that it will
soon be time to go
The scenery will go to change
That place of memories
Swallowing it up but
I always think
As it was that time
Even now your promise connects to me.
**repeat twice

We walked together on this road
Passing by the aesthetics, remember it
The frustration of my tears I held in and
clenching my molars down
The side of my face trembles
Even now it's an unchanging moment
If you can do it with all your power
And therefore it won't go badly
Powerfully and proudly
Face tomorrow
*repeat
**repeat twice

Breaking in sadness, many times when we meet
No matter how many times we're crushed.
But it's ended.
Believe in yourself, stand up
The words on that day
Will live forever
Let's go, gotta go
Let's go, gotta go
Let's go, gotta go
Let's go, time will go on
No time to stop, keep running
Never look back, go forward
Surely, we'll protect our promise
Goodbye, see you again
I will always be here
My voice may wither but I'll keep singing
We may part but I'll never forget
Goodbye, see you again
**repeat twice

Someday we'll meet here again

Sorry it took so long for one but there you go! More to come soon!...maybe

FIRST AMV!!!!

2008-06-22T13:35:02Z

Ok...so I had my concert, but I don't really feel like writing about that. I will only say a couple things about it and that is, my voice really hurt while doing it, the cd wouldn't play "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" but otherwise it went very well and pictures can be seen her: http://www.rnac.ne.jp/~kodama54/today_new.htm

A brief video of it all will be up soon when I get the motivation.

But in other news I was very productive today without being productive.

Meaning I did not do any school work but I completely finished translating my project for D-Royal fansubs (I just need to type it up and send it) and I finished making my first ever AMV. The AMV is set to Ouran High School Host Club and to the song "All For The Best" from Godspell. Because I am a nerd. I'm really proud of it and it took a lot of time to do, it's not perfect, but it's good enough for me. Enjoy!

In other news, I should probably do some homework or something but maybe I'll just go to bed as the people are coming to get rid of the last of my mold on my ceiling tomorrow morning and are kicking me out of my room during that time. So yeah. I think I'll go to bed.

Completely forgot I had this one done

2008-06-19T14:01:50Z

Sorry about this, I completely forgot that I had done this translation a while back so I'm posting it now. This is Yamazaki Masayoshi's "Mayonaka no Boon Boon" Enjoy.

Mayonaka no Boon Boon - Yamazaki Masayoshi

yami wo koete kimi ni todoite
yoake made ni ma ni aeba ii
aru teido no koto nara
hito toori konashitekita
sebiro no shiwa no kazu dake
atama mo sagete kita
aokusai yume ni bura sagaru karada ha
isasaka WAIT OVER kimi
konya mo mada nemurenai no sa

*Boon boon yami no naka de
Furikire BAT
koe ni naranai
omoi wo nosete

Junbuu manpan ni umaku
ikanaikeredo
tesaguri demo ashitate susume

**Boon Boon
yami wo koete kimi ni todoite
BIRU no tanima no tsuki wo mezase

hanate mote hayasareta
jidai ha tou ni sugite
kawarenai shoubun de
tasogare ni tachi tsukusu
jyouzu ni hito wo dashi nukeru doukyou mo
kiyou samo nai kedo
sono mama ja owarenai no sa

*repeat

Toubun tedetae nante
kanji nakute mo
karada kishimasete tonikaku susume

*repeat

bunbu ryoudou nante
MANE dekinai kara
nariburi kamawazu ni susume

**repeat twice

Boon Boon in the Middle of the Night

Across the darkness, you arrive
until dawn, within that time its good if we can meet
If its at that level
But generaly handled.
It's about equal to the number of wrinkles on my suit
My head drops down
Dangling from the body is that unripe dream.
The wait is slightly over for you
Tonight I still won't be able to sleep.

*Boon boon inside the darkness
Shake off the bat
If there is no voice
Ride the thought

Set out with the wind on your sails, tactfully
I'm not going but
Feel your way, go forth to tomorrow!

**Boon boon
Across the darkness, you arrive
In a valley of buildings, head for the moon

You became popular with the flowers
Time is passing by and by
The nature isn't changing
Make an effort to stand in the twilight
A person who does well is suddenly in the same town
I'm unskilled but
It'll never end like this
For a while, this kind of response
has no feeling

*repeat

For a while, it's been that kind of response
With no feeling at all
let your body feel it, anyways go forth!

*repeat

You're skilled in litereate and the military
But I can't mimic that
Regardless of how I look, I'll go forth

**repeat twice

Ok, going back to homework and other translations. Ja!

Tabidachi - Funky Monkey Babys

2008-06-01T14:44:36Z

Oh and you thought I was done for the day? Nope, on my break from studying for my test tomorrow I did another translation. Is it weird that my break to studying is more work? I kind of study while I do this, I learning new words and kanji so it's all good. Anyways, here's the new one! Tabidachi by Funky Monkey Babys

Tabidachi - Funky Monkey Babys ROMAJI

ima tabidachi no hi kimi ga tsuyoku
Oh Oh nokoshite kita ashiato ga
yami no naka no hikari tonari
Oh Oh hateshinaki michi wo terasu
Ima

*ima tabidachi no hi kimi ga tsuyoku
Oh Oh nokoshite kita ashiato ga
yami no naka no hikari tonari
Oh Oh hateshinaki michi wo terasu
Saa yukou bokura no mirai he
Saa yukou mou mayowanaide

itsumademo wasurenai
ano hi no sora ha yuuyake
kaeritakunakatta bokura futari
aruki tsukareta kousaten
akiramekaketa yume wo katatte
demo kotae ha denakatta
afuresouna fuan wo aki kan ni nosete
ashita he kettobashita
bokura ha yowamushi dakara
imo mo namido wo kakushita mama
dakedo kakushita namida wo kazu dake
makenai tsuyoi yuuki ga umareru
saa yukou doko he datte
moshimo futari hanaretatte
boku dake ha kimi wo wakatteru
me no mae ni ha mirai ga matteru
Ima

*repeat

sotsugyou shiki kara nyuugaku shiki
sore tomo SUITS kite nyuusha shiki
ironna hinsei no wakare michi
yametokina sorotte maware migi
UN tanoshikatta an toki mo
irimajitteita fuan to kibou
dare mo ga mune ni kakaenagara
mawari ni amaenagara
koko kara yuuki dashite ippo fumidasu
harukan tabidachi sore ha
owari ja nakute
ZERO ni modoru aratana hajimari
mata kurikaeshite iku deai to wakare
hajimete bakari no sekai no naka de
kono saki dou naru ka wakaranai
kedo kono kimochi kawaranai
Ima
*repeat

Saa yukou bokura no mirai he
Saa yukou mou mayowanaide

kimi ga kimi rashikuite, boku ga boku rashikuite
waraeru tame ni tada sore dake no tame ni
doko ni atatta koronde mo
machigai darake ja nai darou
aruku sono saki ni atarashii michi ga akerunda
ima tabidatsu toki kimi ga nani ka wo
miushinai kaketa toki ha
mimi wo sumase ano hi no you ni
ooki na koe de boku ga utau kara
*repeat

Saa yukou bokura no mirai he
Saa yukou mou mayowanaide

Journey - Funky Monkey Babys

Now on the day of your journey, you are stronger
Oh Oh, I've left the footprints
Next to the light in the darkness
Oh Oh light up the endless path
Now

*on the day of your journey, you are stronger
Oh Oh, I've left the footprints
Next to the light in the darkness
Oh Oh light up the endless path
Well go, into our future
Well go, never get lost

I'll never forget
The sunset in the sky on that day
I didn't want to go home, the two of us
We walked to the junction until we were tired
Began to give up on the dream you spoke of
But I couldn't give you an answer
Put the overflowing worry inside the can
And kick it into tomorrow
Although we are weaklings
Now we hide our tears too
However, that's just the number of hidden tears
I won't lose, a strong courage has been born
Well go, wherever
If it's the two of us, we'll be parting
It's just me that gets you
The fture is waiting in front of your eyes
Now
* repeat

From the graduation ceremony to the entrance ceremony
Or wearing suits to our first day of work
Many lives have splitting paths
When stopping carelessly turn to the right
Yes it was fun that time too
Blended worry and hope
Who else can do that while bearing it in their heart?
While presuming around
From here my courage comes out, one step forward
A faraway journey that's
not over yet
Returning to zero, a brand new start
Once again, repeat it, meeting and parting
The start of something inside the world
And now, how will this turn out? I don't know
But these feelings won't change
Now
*repeat

Well go, into our future
Well go, never get lost

You be like you and I'll be like me
For the sake of laughing, just for that reason
Where you're struck down
It wasn't a mistake, right?
Walk forward, the new path has opened
Now the time to start on a journey, when you
Start to lose sight of it
Perk up your ears, just like on that day
I'll be singing in a loud voice
*repeat

Well go, into our future
Well go, never get lost.

Woo! Now I think I'll go to bed...

Another new translation! Tohoshinki's Keyword

2008-06-01T06:14:28Z

Ok, from the excitement of doing the last three translations, I have done another one while in between studying. It's not that long of a song so it wasn't that big of a hassle although trying to get some of the literal translations to flow better was a little trying. Anyways, enjoy!

Keyword - Tohoshinki ROMAJI

Higashi no sora ni kaze ga fuite
yasashii asa wo mitsumeta
hikari no nami ha kumo wo oyogi
ashita ha kyou ni natteku
toki ga nagarete yuma ga sugitemo
bokura ha tashikani
onaji kimochi de koko ni ita

*zutto kono mama
anata no soba ni iru kara
kitto shinjita omoi ha
koko ni aru kara

furimuku kokoro aruku senaka
mai ochiru kisetsu no iro
kasaneta inori setsunai uso
atsumete koboreta namida
itsuka bokura ga yakusoku mo naku
dokoka de aetara
onaji kotoba wo tsutaetai

**ai wo arigatou
itsudemo egao ga sukisa
wakare ja nai sayonara
koko ni iru kara

*repeat
**repeat

KEYWORD ENGLISH

In the eastern sky the wind blows
I gazed towards the sweet morning
The clouds swim in the light of the waves
Tomorrow will become today
Time flies by and dreams pass by
But for us, it is true
Our feelings here are all the same

*Forever like this
Because you are near me
Surely you believe this thought
Because it's here

Look back to your heart, as you walk
your back drops down. The color of the season
builds up in the prayer, the painful lies
are gathered and tears flow down
Someday we will keep that promise
If we meet somewhere
I want to tell you the same words

**Thank you for your love
Any time, and that favorite smile
will never break the goodbye apart
Because you are here

*repeat
**repeat

New translations: 20th Century, Kuraki Mai, Namie Amuro

2008-05-31T13:51:24Z

Man it has been forever since a translation! I do apologize! To make up for this, I am releasing three translations! They are 20th Century's "Ore ja na kya, kimi ja na kya"; Kuraki Mai's "Yuma ga saku haru" and Namie Amuro's "New Look". Enjoy!

Ore ja na kya, kimi ja na kya - 20th Century ROMAJI LYRICS

*Ore ja na kya, dekinai koto
Kimi ja na kya, yarenai nanka
Tsutaetai koto ga aru nara
mayowazu ni hashire

Hazukashii omoide no uta
fui ni tobikonde kuru
nani ge nai hazu no BGM
omowazu te wo tomete
AITSU ha nani shiteru kana
shigoto ni muga muchuu kana
daisuki datta ano KO ha
ima mo waratteru kana
toku ni kanashii kot mo
dekai TROUBLE mo nai kedo
toki ga tomatta you na
hibi ga omotakute

* repeat

** ORE ni datte sou KIMI ni datte
Nakitai yoru ga aru no sa
Aseranaide furimuka nai de
jibun wo shinjite

Omoide to warau ni ha
amari ni REAL sugite
Akogare nante ieba
Mada mada tooi kedo
gamushara datta koi ya
mujakina warai koe ya
okuba de naita koto ga
ima mo mune ni atsuku
kyou mo dokoka no machi de
kitto hazu ja nai tte
yozora wo miagete
ORE ja na kya dekinai koto
KIMI ja na kya yarenai nanka
Akirametaku ha nai nara
Ima sugu ni hashire

Ashita he tobidasu
kotae nanka naku te mo
wakari hajimeta jibun wo
taisetsu ni shitai

* Repeat
** Repeat

Ima ja na kya dekinai koto
Shinjite hashire

TRANSLATION (Main translation by tomoko1103 with alterations by myself. Thanks Rui!)

* There is something only I can do
There is something only you can do
If you have something you wanna try
Go for it right now!

That embarrassing song we used to listen to
I don't usually pay attention to it
But now I'm reminded of the days
When we listened to this song
What is he doing right now?
Maybe he is at work?
What is she doing right now?
Maybe she is laughing as usual
Now I do not have those sad things or bad happenings
But without you, I feel empty these days

* repeat
**I have nights I want to cry
You may also have nights you want to cry
But believe in yourself and don't dwell on the past

I cannot laugh about it yet
I can't say it was just a memory
I haven't cured the pain in my heart
It's gonna take a while still
I still have it in my heart
The days I fell in love with you
The days we laughed together
And the days we cried
Are you staring at the stars
As am I doing?
Thinking that we could be better
Somewhere in the world?
There is something only I can do
There is something only you can do
If you don't want to give it up
This is the time to go for it right now

Now I'm gonna run for tomorrow
I don't have the answer right now
But I think I'm getting it
I want to believe myself
* repeat
** repeat
This is the thing I can try only now
So believe me and I gotta go for it

Yume ga saku haru by Kuraki Mai ROMAJI

Machiawaseta
Tokyo MEET TOWN
Hisashiburi no kimi ha
yubi ni hikaru RING ga
ima ha shiranai dareka-san
sabishigari ya ha
ano goro no mama
tooi furusa to
tami ni ha okaeri
kaoru kaze

*yume ga saku haru
kimi no HEART
hanabira HIRARI
yume ga saku haru
sayonara konnichi ha
kuri kaesu
yume ga saku haru
wake mo nai no ni

namida ga KIRARI
yume ga saku haru
saishuu densha no naka
yume dakishimete

urarakana haru no nissha shi ni
kajikanda te iya shi dasu
samusa ni taeta tsubomi ha
ima koso saki hokore
atarashii kaze ga fuku machi
arukidasu koko kara mae ha
osorezu ni

* repeat

furikaerazu ima ha
yume no tochuu

ENGLISH

Dreams bloom in Spring

I waited to meet you
In Tokyo, our meeting town
It's been a long time since I've seen you
The shining ring on your finger
Now belongs to someone I don't know
I can't stand being alone in this room
Since I left it as it was
A faraway town and
To the people, welcome back
That fragrant wind

*Dreams bloom in spring
In your heart
Petals fall lightly
Dreams bloom in spring
Goodbyes and hellos
Repeat it
Dreams bloom in spring
And without a reason

Tears flash by and
Dreams bloom in spring
Inside the last train
Hold on to the train

The sunny spring warms
My numbed hands and heals them
They bore the cold, and now the bud
Blooms in pride
And a new wind blows through the town
Now go on, from here to before
Without fear

* repeat

Never looking back, and now
You're on the way to the dream

NEW LOOK - Namie Amuro ROMAJI

*CINEMA no naka no Twiggy no
MINI SKIRT mane shite
mijikai kami ha tomboy tte
Iwarete iru kedo
dakedo
I wanna get a new look
Kono KYARA no niatta
FASHION
ki ni naru
COVER GIRL no you na
yeah
How do I look?
Baby, tell me

Itsu mo no asobi no
WORKING & POSE
Kouen de PARIKORE
Girls no kibun ha
Mare de SUPER MODEL
We so hot, we so fly!!!
tsumazuite koronde LOL
Nande furareta no ka
Wakaranai no
Why oh why?
kono mama de owarenai
Umare kawaritai
GIVE UP ICE CREAM
CHOCOLATE

* repeat

CORNER ni dekita
Uwasa no SALON
yoyaku ha nikagetsu machi
Girls ano kyoumi ha
itsumo ryuukou no naka
What's in, what's out
PLAN ga dainashi OMG
chinami ni uchi no PAPA ha
Sono mukashi MMK
SHOW WINDOW ni ha
Mata atarashii SHOES
Excuse me,
MY SIZE wo tameshitai

*repeat twice

*repeat twice

ENGLISH - NEW LOOK

*Like in the cinema I want an
Imitation of Twiggy's mini skirt
The short hai makes her a tomboy
People say
However
I wanna get a new look
This character suited my
Fashion
I think about it
To be like a cover girl
Yeah
How do I look?
Baby, tell me

The same old fun
Working and pose
In the park in our paris collection
Girls are feeling like
A ring of supermodels
We so hot, we so fly!!!
They stumble and fall, LOL
Why was I rejected?
I don't know why
As it is, this isn't over
I want to be reborn
Give up ice cream
And chocolate

*repeat

Group at the corner
The rumor of a salon
With a two-month reservation waiting list
Girls' interest is
always about what's in fashion
What's in, what's out
The plans been soiled OMG
By the way, my father
In the past was popular with the ladies (MMK)
In the show window
Once again are new shoes
Excuse me,
I want to try these on in my size

*repeat twice

* repeat twice

WOW! I did it! Hopefully i won't be too busy so I can post more soon!

Ayaka - Ai wo utaou lyrics and romaji

2008-05-05T10:58:46Z

Wow, it's been a while. Sorry for the delay but I got busy doing lots of stuff with the new youtube project "foadoriimu" along with like...school and work and important stuff. But here is a new translation, there will be more soon I promise!

Ai wo Utaou - Ayaka

naiteru machi no ashita ni
matteiru no ha
mamoru beki mirai no kaze
inoru sora ni te wo nobashi
tsukanda mono ha
"ai wo utaou"

"Nee, tonari ni
ite mo ii?"
Sou, ima ni mo kiesouna kimi
kuuki ni tokesouna
tooi me wo shite
tsunaida te atatakai
yorisou futatsu no hikari
nikumu koto kara ha
nani mo umarenai
kono jidai no mannaka de
miushinaisouna
tanjunna kotae to ai
kokoro ni aru MORAL to tatakau
yoku ga samayoi
kanashii dekigoto

"erabu no ha kirai nada"
chisana koe tsubuyaita kimi
koko ni iru imi ha
subete ni aru
ima me no mae ni aru mono wo
te no hira ni nose
yukkuri karada de kanji
muzukashii kotoba iranai
kidzuketa mono ha
futatsu no egao sore dake
motometeru no ha
"tsukai sude"
nanka ja nai
zuto kawaranai
"ooki sugiru kanjou"

naiteru kimi no ashita ni
matteiru no ha
mamoru beki mirai no kaze
inoru sora ni te wo nobashi
tsukanda mono ha
aishi aisareru koto
yukkuri karada de kanji
muzukashii kotoba iranai
tanjunna kotae ha
"ai wo utaou" sore dake

And now the English

Sing of Love by Ayaka

In the tomorrow of the crying town
There waiting is
A protecting power the future's wind
Stretch out your hands to pray to the sky
Take hold of that and
"Sing of love'

"Hey, can I be
next to you?"
So, it seems you may go out,
Melt away in the air
With distant eyes
Our connected hands are warm
It seems to draw nearer, two lights
From things I dtest
Nothing comes from it
In the center of this time
We've seemed to lost sight of
Simple answers and love
The morals and fight in our hearts
Greed is roaming
The sad incident

"I hate to make decisions"
A small voice, murmuring to you
The meaning of my being here
They're all here
Now, it's right in front of your eyes
Placing it in your hand
Slowly, the feeling in my body
It's difficult to say I don't need it
THings to be careful of
Our two smiles, that's al
Asking
"How do I throw it away?"
Or something like that
Forever, unchanging
"Too big of a feeling"

The tomorrow for you as you cry
There waiting is
A protecting power the future's wind
Stretch out your hands to pray to the sky
Take hold of that
Love and loving
Slowly feel it in your body
It's difficult to say I don't need it
The simple answer is
"Sing of love" That's all

K, hope you enjoyed. More to come if time permits!

Te wo tsungaou - Ayaka translation and romaji

2008-04-26T16:09:11Z

So it's been a very long time since I've posted a translation and I apologize because I have been very busy. But I did do this translation a while ago just forgot to post it so here is Ayaka's "Te wo tsunagou" or "Join Hands" Enjoy.

Te wo tsunagou - Ayaka

mimi wo sumaseba kikoeru
warai koeya namida oto
minna ikiteru aisuru kimi to
hiroi umi wo wataru ni ha
hitori jya mayotte shimau
isshou ni yukou hikari sasu hou he
butstukatte ha mata dakiatte
"yowasa" wakeatteku
eien tte KOTOBA aru no ka na?
mirai wo omou to kowaku narukedo
zutto zutto tsudzuku yume ga aru kara
te wo tsunagou

kokoro ga sakende iru no ni
kimi ha mite minu FREE wo shite
mae dake muite aruiteiku yo
shashin no naka warau kimi
"ima wo egaketieta" tsutaeru te koto ha muzukashii ne
koe wo korerashite mo todokanakute
zutto zutto sakebi tsudzukeru
hi mo arukedo
"omoi" omonari hana hiraku toki
kyodai na chikara ga umareru kara

eien tte KOTOBA aru no ka na?
mirai wo omou to kowaku narukedo
zutto zutto tsudzuku yume ga aru kara
kitto
kono sora tobetara tsutaeru ka na?
naiteta jibun to kimi ni okuru yo
zutto zutto
shinjite ireba kanau kara
te wo tsunagou

And now the English

"Join Hands" by Ayaka

If your ears can understand this, try to listen
to the laughing voice or maybe the sound of tears
Everyone is living loving people like you and
are crossing the wide open sea
We're not alone, let's lose the way
Let's go together into the way of light
striking , let's hug again instead
Go to share this "weakness"
The word eternity, does it exist?
The idea of the future becomes a little scary
Forever and ever from the second dream
Join hands

My hearts is screaming and it says
you see but don't see freedom
loking only to the past, let's walk forward
In the pictures you laugh
"Were we drawing the present?"
What I'm trying to say, it's hard isn't it?
My voice is dying out and isn't reaching you
Forever and ever
The second time to scream, that day exists but
"A thought" piles up, that time with the flowers
A huge power has been born from it
The word eternity, does it exist?
The idea of the future becomes a little scary
Forever and ever from the second dream
Always
This sky, if I can fly in it, can I tell you?
I cried by myself, I give it to you
Forever an ever
If you can believe in this
Join hands.

And there you have it. It's been a long while, but I started these while on break...I'm not longer on break...but I will do my best to keep it up!

A Pretty Guardian Realization

2008-04-24T08:24:37Z

So I'm at work right now and I was doing some Super Sentai research for my project and I stumbled across a PGSM page because PGSM was considered Super Sentai when it aired. However, I looked at the cast names and looked at Naru-chan (Usagi's best friend) and her real name is Chieko Kawabe. Why did this sound so familiar to me? If you haven't guessed it's because she sings Sakura Kiss, the theme song to Ouran High School Host Club. ... quoi?