first of all: THANK YOU TO ALL THE LOVELY PEOPLE WHO LEFT MESSAGES, PLURKED, TEXTED AND FACEBOOKED THEIR GREETINGS. thank you so much guys. my heart is full and grand and happy even if i am now officially an Obasan/Ossan creature! but happily so. (kazehaya is ikemen who is controlled by obasan! watttt?!) XD


i really didn't want anyone to remember my birthday to be honest. i felt like 32 is such a weird number and that i'm really so far away from my desired 18-forever-dream, lol. but people remembered anyway. especially amanda who had given my present two days before the actual day which really set the mood for my weekend. i was simply happy. and that's really all one can wish for on their birthday, right? ( stomping on the floor with my stilettos on )


there has been a recent avalanche of rebocomm fsts and while i prefer the old/veteran/seasoned fst makers over these new guys. i do admit that some songs are worth discovering and listening to. i was talking to pam and eri over at plurk about it as well. while i always thought fst-making was a really nice fan contribution to a fandom...having it as a 'bandwagon' now can be very irritating. especially when some fst-makers make it a point to add a lectre about how one's particular technique is THE proper way to make an fst. i have an issue with that because i am a genre-purist when it comes to music. it means i stick to particular genre and the sub-genres it gives birth to as the years go by. i do not dare swing and dabble in other genres out of...first and foremost respect and then comes choice: that's my stand as an audiophile.

an fst isn't rocket science to begin with. an fst is picking out songs that resonate with you when you are working on something related to a character, a series or a storyline. an fst is putting together a collection that's cohesive enough to give others a clear picture of what pairing or character you are doing the fst for. that's it. the mood, the depth follows right after one has established that. which is really WHY i prefer the seasoned and old-timers because i get what they are doing. their humility doesn't hide the fact that they have good taste in music.

though in the end - i think for the three of us - our love for music overrides everything else and we ended up downloading the songs that were worth listening to. personally, i just could not ignore jethro tull's "aqualung" and that song was SO worth the dl.

i was trying to write my fic for sakura addiction week, sadly its not working and it'll have to wait another day for it to get finished. i wonder if people are getting sick of my AUs for mukuro and hibari. i don't even know it writing AUs all the time is creativity or just plain laziness of my part. i'm excited. i want to see SOMETHING happen for my ship. the anthology for them never happened and that was one sad disappointment. but this time the future looks bright and nice. thanks kyraensui and welcome to the journal :D♥

izkariote posted a number of fsts last week and i downloaded two of them. i always love it when i learn about new artists or bands. i admit i have an ego when it comes to the music i listen too so it makes me happy when i want to hear something over and over. love a LOT of them pam, esp: doves, tangerine submarine, the presets, maps and css. OF COURSE, it was a pleasure to see royskopp and wolsheim on your list! my player's been on overtime duty since the weekend (: SO, thank you, thank you for sharing great music! (now i will go hunt for that xanxus/squalo fst you made some time ago and go dl it too)

random music upload: bright eyes

-- a poetic retelling of an unfortunate seduction
-- driving fast through a big city at night
-- lover i don't have to love
-- the calendar hung itself

download: CLICK ME!!!

i got the chance to watch kimi no todoke last week. i remember talking with some friends about kazehaya-kun (why am i calling him 'kun'?!?!) and i personally find him endearing and adorable. he reminds me of dino or yamamoto. more of yamamoto, actually. and i even saw caelestin plurk about it even before i did! so it's one series to watch for the time being. it's going to air 12 episodes for this season. i like the main character too. she reminds me of that woman in XXX Holic, i'm not a CLAMP fan so i don't know her name ToT still i think they're pretty.

wanted to rant about the naruto shippuuden manga for some weeks now but i keep holding back because I KNOW kishimoto-sensei is better than what he's been putting out for the past few months. I KNOW because i've been following this series for years and years and i'm not about o give it up just yet...it's just that i need break from all the lulziness and the fact that sasuke is crying blood, omg, omg -__-;; for the first time in all the years i've been following naruto i just wish that someone put sasuke out of his vindictive misery. it's frustrating like running your fingernails onto a chalkboard. i love his character no matter what. even more than i adore itachi's character...but the main plot's gotten lost somewhere and somehow his angst and anger just isn't justified anymore and he comes off rather bleak like a grey cloud on a sunny day. and somehow the past few chapters have made naruto look stupid. like really stupid. in the past naruto's always been dumb when it comes to certain things but not at all stupid. i guess love does that to you >D no i'm not fangirling...i'm bereaved! really! i am!

watched glee last night and i cannot believe i sat through a musical. HONEST! i don't really like musicals but i was able to just sit there and even sing - i'll never refuse a Heart or Queen song anyway :D next tuesday ulit!