Ebola.

I will never forget when a customer tried to tell me that the person who died from Ebola here in the US was from Africa. That he was an African. And I wanted to tell him that not every Black person he sees is from Africa. Just like how not every Korean, Japanese, Chinese or Thai person is from Asia. Just like not every white person is from England.

Maybe, if we taught critical thinking, proper grammar, how to back up what you say with facts and not just have a baseless opinion, etc... Maybe, the world wouldn't be such a mess.

And, no, I don't care that he was a man from Africa. That is completely beside the point. We always say people come from "Somewhere Else," ESPECIALLY if they aren't WHITE. Its the notion that just because someone has dark skin that automatically makes them from "Somewhere Else." That if someone has different characteristics they must be from "Somewhere Else."

I wore Hijab for several months and I was asked all the time "Where are you from?" and was met with "No, I mean, where were you from originally?"

The notion that differences mean "Somewhere Else."

YOU can't be from here, because YOU are different.

And that bothers me.

The past has teeth

The best line, as far as I am concerned, in this piece is:
"Hate is a strong word, but it is the only strength I have left. How am I to forgive the men that severed the trunk of my family tree and used its timber in the fireplaces of their own homes?"

Random is as Random does.

On a random music kick (and while attempting to write Chapter Nine) I rediscovered my love for the Japanese Visual Kei group Mucc. Completely by accident mind you. I didn't even realize it was Mucc at first, because the titles were in Japanese. I was just clicking and listening really. Which is how I find most of my music, but that is beside the point.

It is while I'm randomly clicking that I find a song that I really, really, like. It isn't the Mucc I'm used to. It is softer and sweeter sounding. At least in my opinion. I remember not being overly fond of Mucc because there was a lot of unnecessary screaming involved. But in this song there isn't any screaming.

Unfortunately, YouTube won't let me embed the video, but you can follow this link:
http://youtu.be/QzBrVL41a00

Beautiful song, I think. I really like it.

I think I'm going to be on a Mucc kick for a little bit. And to think, this started off as a Kagrra, kick!

For One Lost

Today's song of the day is by a J-Rock group called Kagrra,. It is in part dedicated to the lead singer of Kagrra, who passed away recently from congenital heart failure. And in part dedicated to the fans who will mourn his passing for years to come.

Isshi, you remain in our hearts and in our minds. Your music is ever present and your soul will live on in your voice. Thank you for sharing your beauty with us.

Utakata by Kagrra,.


Rest in Peace, Isshi.

The Randomness

My Questions are as follows (along with my answers):
1. Where do you stand on the proverbial political fence?
Somewhere to the East?

2. What kinds of drinks do you like when you are hot and sweaty?
Anything soda-y.

3. If purple were a number what would it be?
2,382.

4. Your karma ran over my dogma, response?
There goes my good karma...

5. If a yellow train is traveling at twenty-five miles per hour on a blue track what color is the engineer's underwear?
He isn't wearing any.

6. Who invented Swiss Cheese?
The emperor of Japan.

7. If you could do anything in the world, without the limits of time, money, etc. what would it be?
Read every book on my list, lose weight, become that famous movie star I wanted to be and kiss the hell out of Gackt and Wentworth Miller!

8. Roses are white, violets are?
Burgundy.

9. What is your favorite book?
Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

10. If you could live to be 101 1/2 what would you like to say on your death bed?
Damn, I am old!

It seems to me that the most common answer for #5 was green. I'm not quite sure how people came up with Green, but they did. *shrug*

Donnie's Answers
1. I can't stand on a proverb.

2. Semen in a can.

3. Purple.

4. Bitch had it comin'?

5. Yes.

6. Sir Swiss.

7. Um, fondle every pair of breasts on earth.

8. Probably violet.

9. No H's Picture Book of Wood.

10. I told you I was sick.

Fawn's Answers
1. On top of Trent on top of the pole. (Trent: We call it the pole position!)

2. Donnie's Semen in a can. (Fawn: Chai, dammit, Chai!)

3. Sexy. (Sarai: You know, you people don't understand the concept of numbers. Just sayin'.)

4. (Trent barks) Yeah, what he said.

5. Its the color Kurosawa. (Trent: Brown. From SHIT!)

6. Jesus invented it. (Sarai: Jesus invented Swiss Cheese?)

7. I'd grow three new arms and three new legs to go with the two I've got. (Trent: Because if you had three more of each you might have two that worked?)

8. Sex deprived? (No comment)

9. That book by Christian Humber... (Donnie: Oh yeah, I should've said "Christian Humber Reloaded"!)

10. Damn, my diaper is full. (Sarai: Oh my...)

Trent's answers
1) On a post, because the fence is too narrow.

2) The kind of drink that quenches thirst. (Sarai: Smart ass...)

3) Orange

4) It was in the road and needed killin'.

5) Vodka

6) The Pope

7) Give every woman huge boobs. Think Aegis.

8) Still Blue.

9) The Twilight Saga with a twist of lemony goodness.

10) Huge boobies were a great idea.

Envy's answers
1. Can I break down the fence instead? That sounds more fun.
2. Sodas. Or just something sweet and tastes marvelous.
3. Uhm... 5?
4. The dogma deserved it. Get outta my street.
5. Red, of course. Rail Tracer, anyone?
6. I don't know, but they rock.
7. Jack a plane, go to Germany, and attend a rave under the stars with my best friend.
8. Overrated. Get other flowers instead.
9. Brave Story, by Miyuki Miyabe. Best Japanese-to-English novel ever.
10. "Famous last words? No, thank you. Let me die in silence."

Phil's answers
1. Definetely lean left
2. A coke is nice, maybe some water, Iced Tea?
3. 140
4. I got you my pretty and your damned dogma too!! (Thank you Wizard of Oz!)
5. Chartreuse
6. The Swiss (duh)
7. Head Meterologist at the National Hurricane Center
8. Cerulean
9. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
10. Why did you little bastards let me live this long!!!

LED's answers
1. I am solidly so far left I am almost right. Woo circular fence!

2. Water. PERIOD.

3. Purple would be the number 5.

4. Then that means I will be reincarnated as a rich politically awesome man in my next life.

5. Green.

6. Not the Swiss. T'was the French.

7. Travel around the world in twenty times in forty years. Oh and fly to the Moon and Io.

8. Purple. And yellow. Duh.

9. Wicked was pretty good. But when it comes to adolescent-geared violence and necromancy, it's got to be Sabriel by Garth Nix. Oh and my favorite mindless fighting/D&D/fantasy book series is the Legacy of Drizzt.

10. I wish I had not lived to this age. I am alone and now I die alone. May those after me die with less regrets and may they live in an age when they did not have to watch the world die.

Callibre's Answers
1. Who stands on a fence?
2. Hmmm ice water
3. it would equal the sum of red and blue
4. The stigma was driving (I like that answer best!)
5. lime green
6. weight concious mice
7. Travel to every single country and meet the amazing people I know :P
8. not right
9. The Sea of Silverlight
10. I knew I should have had better answers when answering 10 questions on DA.

Pomegranate's answers
1. I don't think I can stand on fence very well. Hello, I loose balance just by walking!! So why would I stand on fence regardless if you say it is proverbial!! ♥♥ (Love you momma)
2. I like water.
3. Most likely a negative number I mean come on, purple has a sad life, their is no purple Power Ranger but their was a purple teletubie!! Seriously!! The color has a sad life!!
4. Tough shit~ ♥♥
5. Pink. No reason, I just love Pink!!
6. Most likely someone Holy.
7. See what I could do~ Cause I has no idea, I use to think I knew what I would do but now the more I think about it the less I know what I would do with all the limits of time and money.
8. PURPLE yet again the color has a sad life.
9. To Kill A Mockingbird!! ♥♥ Best book ever!!
10. Most likely something to the fact that I still outlived some bitches~ ♥♥

Amber's answers
1. I will be honest, I have no clue what proverbial political fence means.... but I am a conservative if that is what you are asking. lol
2. water
3. purple would be number 3
4. sorry
5. green
6. some guy in Italy?
7. I would live the rest of my life in the mountains surrounded by trees and wildlife
8. black
9.Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
10. thank you and goodnite

Hellas' answers
1. My balance isn’t that good, I prefer to move around.
2. Coffee does it for me every time.
3. 1
4. My karma is a bitch and thinks you should keep your dogma on a leash
5. Green…of course
6. The same people hat invented the Swiss?
7. Pleasure every small breasted redhead and brunette I saw :P…hey you asked for it.
8. Not always blue
9. The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
10. I’m not quite dead yet, honestly I feel fine…no I don’t want to go on the dead wagon

Judes' answers
1. Where do you stand on the proverbial political fence?
-I don't stand ANYWHERE near it!!!

2. What kinds of drinks do you like when you are hot and sweaty?
-Ice cold water with a squeeze of lemon or lime.

3. If purple were a number what would it be?
-It's number would be 7, for the order it appears in the rainbow.

4. Your karma ran over my dogma, response?
-Sorry darling, lemme make it up to you.

5. If a yellow train is traveling at twenty-five miles per hour on a blue track what color is the engineer's underwear?
-Well, if the Engineer is as close to his train as he should be, then his man panties should be GREEN, because yellow and blue make green, and trains and and speed make time.

6. Who invented Swiss Cheese?
-Some really awesome Swiss guy. I'm gonna go with Leif Holestag.

7. If you could do anything in the world, without the limits of time, money, etc. what would it be?
-Make sweet love endlessly until I ceased to breathe.

8. Roses are white, violets are?
-Blue. They're always blue, in fact, I don't have any idea as to why they call them 'VIOLETS' when clearly, they're NOT violet in shade!

9. What is your favorite book?
-Okay, if you couldn't think about this a second, and had to ask me this, then you clearly do NOT know me! ;) (Sarai: It's Gone with the Wind, ladies and gents)

10. If you could live to be 101 1/2 what would you like to say on your death bed?
-"What the hell am I doing on my death-bed?! I've got another 101½ years to live!!!"

Eric's answers
1. No comment.

2. Gatorade.

3. 29

4. Why was it in my karma's way in the first place?

5. Depends- green seems to be obvious, but I'd say red to keep a primary colors trend going here.

6. The Swiss.

7. Go to L.A. and win an Oscar.

8. Technically, they're blue.

9. The Catcher in the Rye.

10. It's been fun.

Terri's answers
1. A democrat who knows how to think for herself and questions stupid things that politiians say, like anything Michelle Bachman and Fairly Failin' says (note: had to put it that way due to copyright she has on her stupid name!). (Sarai: How can she have a copyright on her name?! How do you do that?)

2. Sweet tea with Lemon, or a cold coke..

3. 2

4. I would be devastated...crying and so sorry...

5. He's wearing underwear?

6. The Swiss Guard

7. Peace and Quiet and time with my husband

8. Purple, don't know why they say blue...they are NOT blue, they are purple, it is so confusing, I can't stand it.

9.The one I am reading right now, at any given time...

10. it was a good run...sorry it had to end so soon...

Jennifer's answers
‎1. I jump off of it. And generally ignore the silly thing all together.
2. Ice cold water. Maybe one of those mountain flavored Powerades.
3. 8
4. ॐ
5. Infinity.
6. God.
7. Everything. The answer would be too broad I think.
8. Fuzzy.
9. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
10. I. Am. A. Badass.

Willie's answers
1. neither, 'cause the poltitcal game is shit
2. Mt dew
3. #1 cause it is that
4. I'm better cause I'm awesome
5. green
6. its not the swiss
7. just be me
8. black
9. The calling of Cthulu
10. respawn in 10....9....8...7...

In Honor of Love

Because it is Valentine's Day and I may or may not have ruined it for some of the people out there with my previous post (who ever expects the Valentine's Day Massacre?) I am going to post a song about Love.

Yes, Love. Because in the end we are a culture and a world in love with the idea of love. Always chasing it and never quite getting it. We search for it in the perfect bodies and sex and fame, but in the end it isn't what we expected because it isn't truly what you get.

Love by John Lennon, performed by Gackt (if you don't want to hear Gackt just talking in Japanese [there are no subs on that part] then let the video load and go to 1:37)

Another dose

I fancy a Zebra with lunch, don't you? Not to EAT of course, but I do SO enjoy looking at pictures of them whilst I eat.


For those who might not know, I have uploaded 6 videos to the YouTube, so head on over there and watch them!! Here is one for your viewing pleasure.


How could anyone eat vegetables after watching such a cute little thing like VeggiTales? Really? Of course, Bob the Tomato isn't a Vegetable, he is a Fruit.


I am random today. Quite random.

One of my favorite bands is X-Japan. Its members include Yoshiki, Toshi, Pata (I love Pata!!), Heath and hide matsumoto. Well, it used to have hide in it. We miss you hide!!

Okay, I can't keep up this crazy randomness. Need time to recoop!

LATER!!

Your Fragrance was so Beautiful

Today's song is one of my favorites. It is Fragrance by Gackt and it is a live version. Gackt is one of few singers I know who is actually BETTER when he is live. So, I hope you enjoy this beautiful video of a beautiful man singing a beautiful song.


Do you ever tire of the news? I do sometimes, but I do think it is something I should do. So here is the news and maybe later on today we'll have something a little more interesting.

3 sharks and an octopus were found dead. In Tennessee. For those who don't know Tennessee is a land-locked state in the US. Nowhere NEAR the ocean.
http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=12255792

A 21 year old man (ha, same age as me) had his ear partially BITTEN off whilst at a bar in Boston.
http://boston.barstoolsports.com/random-thoughts/dudes-ear-bitten-off-at-good-bar-chances-are-hell-never-hear-the-end-of-it/

I don't know if anyone has been watching the news on CNN about this videogame called "Rapelay" but Nancy Grace has said some very choice AND WRONG words about Japanese culture because of it. The following is a letter in response to what Nancy Grace has said by a gentleman who creates Manga.
http://www.tsurupeta.info/content/open-letter-to-cnn-by-nogami-takeshi

A corpse was found in a body of water close to George Clooney's house in Italy. They do not suspect Clooney of any foul play.
http://www.wptv.com/mostpopular/story/Body-found-near-Clooneys-home/NkhpG3Yw-0mMUjGZC5FweQ.cspx

a 15 year old girl is being charged with aggravated sexual assault, promoting prostitution and other crimes. Why? Because she sold her 7 year old step-sister to 7 or more men who then gang-raped her.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/31/teen-sold-7-year-old-sist_n_520133.html

and finally, post-Easter reports are in. It is inappropriate to subject children to graphic crucifixion related violence when they are trying to have fun with their families at a shopping mall.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/geelong-church-defends-graphic-crucifixion-re-enactment-that-was-shut-down-by-police-in-busy-shopping-strip/story-e6frf7jo-1225849844001

That's all for now, I hope to post another blog shortly that will be WAY more fun. ^^

Bi di bi di!

News of the J-Rock persuasion...

Current mood: Catalyzed

Yeah, so I have been slacking... sorry people, I have had sooooooooooooooo much go on these past few months. But I promise now, I will keep you up to date the best that I can.

Let's get started, shall we?

Alice Nine has a new look... ain't it hot?



DaizyStripper will be releasing a new single on the 3rd March 2010. Not many details are known as of yet, but I will tell you all something as soon as I know more.

BIG NEWS! My beloved Jun-berry... my beloved Phantasmagoria... have re-united... I am so happy. They’ve also just announced the release of 2 new CDs!

The first one is 「Seeds of Brain」, which is a “RARE TRACKS MINI ALBUM”. Apparently, the band has recorded some songs in 2006~2007 which have never been released so far, and they’ll be featured on that mini-album. It will be released on the 10th of March and cost 2100 yen. The tracklist is:

01. Seeds of Brain
02. Cry…
03. Desperate Resolution for my Soul..
04. My Mental State… (A new recording / bonus track by KISAKI + Riku)

The second release is a new single entitled 「Diamond Dust」 which will also be released on the 10th of March, this time for 2625 yen though. It seems that before the decision about stopping their activites, Phantasmagoria was planning to go major and the major debut single was supposed to be 「神歌」. 「Diamond Dust」 is a coupling track which was going to be featured on that single. The single’s tracklist is as follows:

01. Diamond Dust
02. Diamond Dust (Instrumental)

It will also feauture a bonus DVD with a 30-minutes-long footage from 首都制圧 (Shitto Seiatsu)

They also have a new look!!!!



Jun looks great.
Riku looks like Riku.
Iori looks fucking hot as fuck.
Matoi... er... got back to the blue and black hair dude.
Kisaki... you finally have color back in your face, I am so glad to see you healthy again.

Miyavi has signed with EMI RECORDS!!! A new album is coming in 2010! More details as they are sent to me.

and finally...

On January 9th, X Japan will be filming 4 pvs in Hollywood California! If you sign up for the event you can get a special invite to see the band and be part of the history.

Sign up at http://www.jrocknation.com/ to get the invite and special emails to let you know more about the event!

This is the first time the band has appeared together in the US so its pretty exciting, even though its not a live or concert it still will make alot of fans happy!

Okay I think I've posted the most important things,

小鹿

Eat Me, Beat Me, Treat Me like your Favorite Backdoor Whore!

Current mood: Luminous

ELECTRIC CUCUMBER!!! EAT ME BEAT ME TREAT ME LIKE YOUR FAVORITE BACKDOOR WHORE!!!



Some interesting things going on in the world!

In Lima, Peru someone stole a LUNG from an exhibition on human cadavers! NO KIDDING! AND they were offering $2,000 for the return of the organ. Its okay though, it's been returned, everyone can breathe easier!
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10602408

A Guy misses the birth of his child because he was too busy sexually abusing the nurse trying to deliver his baby! What a creep!
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13527317

And this is just funny! http://www.popbitch.com/home/2009/10/05/red-pepper-news/

TVXQ is not disbanding

Current mood: Adored

This is great news for all the girls who love to fan girl over the boy band Tohoshinki (TVXQ) or Dong Bang Shin Ki (DBSK).

They just made a huge annocement stating they do not want to disband nor will they. They just had a recent concert at Tokyo Dome and it was sold out. They had a blast that.

They are looking forward to getting together at the end of the year for the end of the year concerts.

DBSK/TVXQ arived at Korea yesterday morning where they will be taking a break. Only for a little bit because they are going to China for a concert soon enough in the beginning of October. So look forward to that.

Xiah/Junsu even states that all five members want to grow with all their fans. He is so proud of all their fans.

Each Memeber even had a message for all the fans.

Max/Changmin: Please be careful not to get too tired this summer.
U-Know/Yunho: To everyone who couldn’t manage to come this year, let’s enjoy it together with Tohoshinki next year!
Xiah/Junsu: I want to do many more activities with fans in the future. Please look forward to it.
Hero/Jaejoong: I really want to do next year a-nation again really soon. I want to enjoy the stage with these five members again.
Micky/Yoochun: We want to perform a lot of songs in the future. We want to sing. That’s all.

All their activities in Japan are still going on. They will not make new activities until the lawsuit is over.

U-Know/Yunho promised to all the fans that they will meet again at next years a-nation.

So see no worries.
I have no doubt in my mind that these boys will not disband. They are going to stay strong and reach their goals and dreams together. Because they are more than band mates they are brothers.

So lets keep them all in our thoughts and wish them the best and safe travel.

Keep Strong EVERYONE <3

And please stay healthy.

This has been your news with Pomme-chan.

~Pomme~

more info at http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/full_story/tvxq_rejects_rumors_of_disbandment/

The Three Little Pigs (A K-Pop Fairy Tale) (a rough draft)

Current mood: Adventurous

Once upon a time, before the world knew the brilliance of hideto matsumoto, there were three little girls. These girls were named Sarai, Pomegranate and Fawny.

One day these girls decided to build themselves houses in various parts of the world. Sarai decided to build her house out of straw in China. Pomegranate decided to build her house out of sticks in Korea. And Fawny decided to build her house out of bricks in Japan.

Shortly after the completion of her straw house, Sarai heard someone calling outside.

"Little girl, little girl let me come in!" said the sexy voice. Sarai looked out the window and saw Jaejoong, of DBSK, dressed in a wolf costume.

Giggling to herself, she called back,

"Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin. Though I don't have any, I will not let you in!"

"Then I will huff," began Jaejoong.

"Yes?" replied Sarai.

"And I will puff," continued Jaejoong.

"Uh huh!" said Sarai.

"And I'll blow your house in!"

"Well, that was a bit of a disappointment. That will never do, I worked hard on this house!" cried Sarai.

"Then let me in!" replied Jaejoong, coming closer to the door and looking particularly cute.

"No."

"Then I'll blow your house in!"

And with a huff and a puff, Jaejoong sang one pure muiscal note that blew the house in.

With her house blown to smithereens, Sarai hopped on a train and fled to Pomegranate's house in Korea.

Pomegranate and Sarai were sitting in the living room of the stick house sipping on some hot cocoa when there was a sexy voice heard outside.

"Little girls, little girls let me come in!"

Pomegranate looked out the window and then looked at Sarai.

"You ran AWAY from him? God, I'd let him blow my house in and eat me any day!" with that Pomegranate flung open the door to her house and was promptly carried away by Jaejoong. The last Sarai ever saw of her, Pomegranate was kissing her captor and apparently quite content. However, Sarai was not content and hopped a train to Japan.

When she arrived at Fawny's brick fortress in Japan, she felt quite safe and decided it was okay to let her guard down. Apparently not, for right as she was getting settled in they heard a sexy voice saying,

"Little girls, little girls, let me come in!"

Fawn peered out the window of the brick house and said,

"Not by a non-existant hair on my mother-fuckin' chin!"

"Then I'll huff," began Jaejoong.

"You know, I thought it was going to be sexier when he started saying that." said Sarai.

"And I'll puff," continued Jaejoong.

"Well, dear. Never trust a man in a wolf costume. Even if he is Asian." replied Fawny.

"And I'll blow your house in!" finished Jaejoong.

"I'd like to see you try!" called Fawny, sitting back and turning up her J-Rock.

So Jaejoong, quite perturbed as he was looking forward to seducing three girls instead of just the one, huffed and puffed and let his musical note fly. But nothing happened.

"Is that the best you have?" called Fawny, clutching her sides and laughing.

So he tried again. And failed again. After about an hour, his throat started to get sore and he decided it was all a lost cause. Though this was not a complete failure of a mission, he still had a delicious Pomegranate waiting for him at home. With that thought he loped off.

And they ALL lived happily ever after. ^^


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After note by the author:

This story is in no way meant for little children. EVER! lol. I would also like to point out that, with the exception of Fawny, I think we all wouldn't mind if Jaejoong just showed up to blow down the house and eat us. Well, all the females anyway... Another thing, I don't know if I like how this turned out, but I will re-write it and trim it up and then do it again. But this is to keep you occupied until that time! ^^

News of the Day (08/17/2009)

Current mood: Apathetic

Haven't done the news in a while and felt like I should.

So here it is. Your news of the day!

In Manchester, N.H. a 1,224-pound triple vanilla cupcake with pink frosting has set a record as the world's largest. It took 800 eggs, and 200lbs of sugar and flour to make this. I just have to say, they could've used those eggs, sugar and flour to make healthy meals for starving people in Africa or here in the USA, but no, let's make a 1,224lb cupcake. And while we're at it, let's sell slices of it to people for charity. What charity you may ask? The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer organization. Which, granted is a good cause, but seriously? It couldn't go to a Starving People fund or something?
( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32438528/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001 )

Apparently there is a Tunisian Woman who is pregnant with 12 (TWELVE!) babies. She is ecstatic, as is her husband, though everyone is saying that the babies will most likely not survive. That she will have to deliver at 20 weeks, which is far too early for any baby to survive. The woman is basically not even going to be able to move, she will need to be put on bed-rest.
( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1207158/Tunisian-woman-pregnant-12-babies-smash-record-octuplets-mother.html )

A man in Japan has been arrested for throwing his own poop at women from his motorcycle. He turned himself in after throwing a big handful of his own shit at two different women. How did he do it? He relieved himself outside and apparently kept it to throw. Talk about a shitty day!
( http://blogs.app.com/saywhat/2009/08/17/man-throws-his-feces-at-women-from-moped/ )

A woman gave birth to her baby on the pavement in front of the hospital. This was after the ER told her that they wouldn't send an ambulance to pick her up because it wasn't an "emergency". She was told to walk the 100 meters (roughly 109.36 yards) to the hospital. The baby and mom are fine, according to the article, though the baby was born with it's umbilical cord around it's neck.
( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207151/Woman-gives-birth-pavement-refused-ambulance.html )

Some 14-year-olds broke into a woman's house and stole a camera and some bank cards. But this is not what upset the woman. What upset the woman, a Mrs. Jenni Weaver, was the fact that the teenagers took an urn containing her miscarried baby's ashes and played catch with it before dumping said ashes all over her house.
( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207183/Teenage-burglars-play-catch-ashes-miscarried-baby-scattering-them.html )

And last, a woman is selling her husband's tomb (with him still buried in it) to pay off her mortgage. Her husband's tomb is directly above Marilyn Monroe's. She is promising to move his body to what was supposed to be her burial plot, once it is bought. Currently the bidding is at 2.3 Million DOLLARS!
( http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57G2YH20090817?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews )


And that is your news of the day!

Devastating News From Versailles

Current mood: Sad

Unfortunately, I have some devastating news for fans of Versailles, and it’s extremely hard for me to post this. I translated the announcement directly from their homepage, but due to my own shock, there might be some errors. However, and I apologize for that, but I’m sure you all will get the general idea of what Kamijo posted...

「Versailles」 Urgent Announcement
Though bassist Jasmine You had taken time off in order to rest, because of poor physical condition, we received a report that early in the morning on August 9th, he died. Because of the extreme abruptness of this news, the members and staff are all dumbfounded and trying hard to accept this it. As soon as his family has been notified and updated as to the details and we receive their permission, we will further report to all of the fans. Moreover, with the current announcement, in regards to activity, please allow us to postpone things indefinitely.

I'm just in total shock right now... My heart goes out the Versailles family, everyone involved at Warner Music Japan, and Jasmine's family.

As soon as Kamijo posts another announcement, I will pass it along...

小鹿

J-Rock Wizard of Oz (Chapter Thirteen)

Current mood: Crazy

Chapter Thirteen: Getting back Home Again


“So, I hear you have brought me the Button.” Said the booming voice.


“Yes, we killed her with tofu. Who knew something so delicious could be so deadly.” Said Sarai, shrugging her shoulders. The rest of the group looked at her as if she had lost her marbles, then focused their attention back on the wizard’s voice.


“Good. Well, come back in a few weeks and I’ll let you know if I’ll help you.”


“What?!” cried Pomme. “We went through all that trouble and you aren’t even going to help us?! You bastard.”


Just then Sarai noticed a curtain. Behind this curtain stood a shadow. A shadow with very eccentric hair, sticking out at all angles. Tip-toeing over she pulled back the curtain to reveal a short man, well obviously he was taller than Sarai, but shorter than everyone else in the room.


“Who are you?” demanded the group in unison.


“Why, I’m the wizard.” Replied the man.


“You don’t look like a wizard to me. Well, you do have the crazy hair down I suppose. Though, are wizards supposed to have that shade of orange in their hair?” said Pomme.


“What’s wrong with Orange?” asked the man indignantly.


“Nothing. Who are?” replied Sarai hastily.


“I’m Ruki. The wizard of J-Rock.”


“And you aren’t going to help us get home even though we just almost got eaten by a psycho bitch obsessed with shoes?” asked Sarai.


“No. I’m not. Because I don’t know how. You see, I lied. I’m not really the Wizard of J-Rock. I just pretend that I am. So far nobody has disputed my claim to the Wizard-hood, so I’m fine. I can’t help you get home at all. I’m a terrible person.” With this Ruki hung his head in shame and scuffed his shoes on the floor.


“Well if you aren’t the Wizard who is? And why did you want Twink’s button? And how the hell are we supposed to get home?” asked Pomme.


“Actually, you’ve already met the wizard. The wizard is hide. I wanted Twink’s button because it controls the flying platypi and, seriously, who doesn’t want an army of flying platypi at their disposal? And as to how you are to get home you will have to ask hide. I have no answers.” With this Ruki took the button and disappeared leaving the group alone to contemplate what he had said.


“Now, we’ll never get home.” Cried Pomme, slumping down against a wall.


“It’s okay Pomme, we’ll figure something out. Maybe we can find where hide has band practice and make him tell us how to get home.” Replied Sarai, leaning over to hug Pomme.


As the guys all slumped against the wall to hug the girls a bright pink bubble appeared in the middle of the room. With a burst of pink light hide appeared.


“So, I heard you still haven’t figured out how to use the magic in the shoes. I thought you were smart enough, but apparently not.” hide crouched down in front of Pomme, lighting a cigarette. “Don’t cry. I’ll tell you how to get home. You’ll need to stand up though.”


“Are you kidding? I don’t know if I can get up!” said Pomme, using Sarai and Gackt to boost her upward. “Okay, what do I do to get home?”


“Click your heels and whisper ‘There’s no place like Japan, There’s no place like Japan’ and you’ll be home. Oh and you sprinkle this pink spider glitter on yourselves.”


“And you couldn’t tell us that at the beginning why?!” cried Sarai.


“Well that wouldn’t have been any fun now would it? I knew you guys would make it, it was just fun to watch. I have a big screen crystal square and it gets great reception on you guys.”


“Wow. That was kind of a dick move, dude.” Said Pomme. She turned toward Sarai and the guys and gave a half smile. “Well, I guess it’s time to say our good-byes.”


First she hugged Yo, then Miyavi and finally Gackt.


“I think I’ll miss you most of all.” She whispered.


“What was that?” asked Yo and Miyavi.


“Nothing. Innocent, I’m innocent!” giggled Pomme, giving everyone another hug. After her second hug, Pomme flung some of the glitter into the air so that it settled on her and Sarai.


“AH!” exclaimed Yo. “You got some in my fur! Do you know how hard it is to glitter out of fur?! Fuck!”


“Oops. Sorry Yo!” said Pomme, trying to stifle a giggle. “Well Sarai, hug everyone so we can get out of here. I have had enough of these shoes!”


“Fine, fine.” Said Sarai. She then proceeded to hug Gackt, Miyavi and lastly Yo.


“You know, I was thinking. Maybe if I kissed you, you would turn back into a prince.” With that Sarai kissed Yo’s cheek. Lo and behold the magic worked and Yoshiki was turned back into a handsome prince.


“Thank You.” He said. “We will never ever forget you.”


With a few tears and a few more hugs, the girls held each other’s hands, closed their eyes, clicked their heels and whispered.


“Um, aren’t you forgetting the glitter?” said hide.


“We just did the glitter!” said Pomme.


“Well you need more of it! God, got to do everything myself.” Replied hide, snatching the glitter he flung it all over the girls.


When they opened their eyes, they were in the abandoned house they had ridden to the world of J-Rock, unharmed and full of wonder at their adventures.


When they finally made their way back to Auntie Fawn’s they were both given a severe scolding and several hugs.


“Oh, Auntie Fawn,” said Pomme. “I had the most wonderful dream and met the most wonderful people. And now I know, there is no place like Japan.”


THE END

J-Rock Wizard of Oz (Chapter Eight)

Current mood: Amused

Chapter Eight: Finding the City, Past the Poppies

“Damn them!” screamed Twink as she stared into her giant crystal triangle. “They should have died by now, but they are still going toward the city. At this rate they will find the city and meet the Wizard and it’ll be Goodbye Magical Shoes. Must come up with a plan.”

“Excuse me, your Wickedness.” Said a timid voice.

“What is it now?!” roared Twink, turning on a small, nervous chipmunk.

“Well, it’s just that I think I know what you should do.” Replied the chipmunk, shrinking back.

“What is that?”

“The field of Poppies. The one about two miles outside of the Pink Star City. You could use some of your magic on it to stop them.”

Twink pondered this a moment, then gingerly patted the chipmunk’s head.

“Good job, Hiroto. You won’t be eaten after all. Go, fetch all the flying platypi and prepare them. If this doesn’t work, I will be needing them.”

With that, the chipmunk scampered off and Twink began to prepare the spell to terrorize our young heroes.

Meanwhile, the group was exhausted, walking on very little sleep and sore feet. They finally stopped for a break about a mile away from the field of Poppies Twink and Hiroto had been discussing.

These poppies were not like the poppies we know, these poppies were J-Rock poppies, meaning that they were already magical on their own. Twink was going to twist their magic and use it against the adventurers. The field of poppies stretched for several miles in either direction, just rows and rows of beautiful bright red flowers. Within each flower was a single tear-shaped black pearl that could protect you from harm, disguising you and even turning you invisible.

After a short rest, the group began to enter into the field of poppies. As they got a little bit further in, Pomme, Sarai and Yo began to feel very ill. When they looked pieces of them were missing. Pomme could see through her stomach, Sarai was missing her legs and Yo couldn’t find his tail.

“Oh no! Sarai, what are we going to do?!” cried Pomme, feeling quite faint.

“I don’t know, Pomme! I don’t know! Oh god, Help!”

All of them began to cry out for help, though, as Gackt eventually pointed out, there was no one within miles to hear them. Pieces of Pomme, Sarai and Yo kept disappearing until they were nothing but talking heads lying amidst the flowers.

“What are we going to do Gackt? We can’t just let them disappear! We have to do something!” cried Miyavi.

“I don’t know what we can do! HELP! HELP!”

Just then a large shower of pink spider sparkles began to fall in the form of pink snowflakes. As the pink snow covered the group, Pomme, Sarai and Yo began to regain their bodies. Once they had all of their limbs they all hugged and ran as quickly as they could out of the field of Poppies.

As they emerged from the field they saw a huge city shaped like a giant pink star rising out of the earth.

“Look!” shouted Sarai. “The Pink Star City!”

“Let’s hurry!” exclaimed Pomme.

So they all took hands and began to skip toward the city.

“Damn it!” cried Twink, as she once again stared into her crystal triangle. “They’ve had help from that stupid hide matsumoto, Mr. Good Witch himself.”

Pacing back and forth, Twink began to formulate a new plan, one that couldn’t fail.

When they were about halfway to the city, Sarai looked up and noticed a large object flying just a short distance above their heads. Upon closer inspection, Sarai realized that it was something like the airplanes they had in Japan, only this one was slightly smaller and shaped more like a flying platypus.

"Um, guys..." Sarai stopped short and pointed. "What the hell is that?"

Pomme and the guys stopped and all looked up. Then they all began to run as the flying object dropped down and began to try to hit them. They all dove to the ground, as the flying machine pulled a "North by Northwest" move, flying scant inches above their prone bodies.

"Damn that was close. We better hurry or we aren't going to make it to the city alive!" cried Gackt, then he grabbed Sarai and Pomme's hands and dragged them up.

The flying machine swerved in the air, turning around to try and squish the adventurers. This time, it flew so low that one of the wings scooped up Pomme and Sarai, only picking up Sarai because she was holding on to Pomme like the world was going to end. As it tried to pull away, Miyavi, Gackt and Yo all grabbed hold of the back of the machine and pulled themselves up.

"Quick! Somebody take over the controls!" cried Yo, struggling to hold on. Pomme and Sarai found what looked like a cockpit and saw a Chipmunk, with a flying helmet on, steering.

"So, that's what she meant when she said she had flying platypi led by a flying chipmunk!" said Sarai.

Hiroto the chipmunk looked up at the girls and squealed, jumping up from behind the steering wheel. He then jumped out of the cockpit and pulled a chord releasing his giant parachute, so that he began to float back down to the Pink Gibson Road.

"Well, that was a dick move," said Pomme. "Now what are we going to do? I don't know how to fly anything!"

Sarai took hold of the wheel and began to pull up on it, but to no avail.

"Damn, that always works in the movies." she said.

"This isn't a movie Sarai! We are about to die horribly if we don't figure something out now!"

Then Gackt came in, some blood trickling down his lip.

"I'll do it," he said. "I used to fly things like this before I got turned into a statue." He then took the wheel and the girls scampered back up to where Miyavi and Yo were.

When they got up they saw Yo and Miyavi fighting off a dozen flying platypi, diving and swooping, trying to knock the guys down. The girls looked around for something to use as a weapon, but found nothing. Then all the sudden the flying machine did a nose dive leaving the platypi in a stream of smoke. Everyone held on tightly as the plane continued to plummet to the ground.

With a loud bang, the plane and passengers crashed through a pink glass ceiling over the city and into the middle of town. Everyone stopped to stare at the strangers in the flying machine.

"Um, Hi." said Sarai, just before she and the others passed out from exhaustion.

Song of the Day: Alone Again, Wonderful World by Plastic Tree

Current mood: Electric

I be late sorry guys.

here it is.. *drum roll*



I for one am in love with this song and I love his voice!

Plastic Tree deserves more hype around here.
I love them lots!!

Plastic Tree has been around since 1993.
and the band consist of:

Vocalist: Arimura Ryutaro (36)
Bassist: Hasegawa Tadashi (39)
Guitarist: Nakayama Akira (38)
Drummer: Sato Kenken (31)


I hope you enjoy their music as much as I do!!

~Pomme~

J-Rock Wizard of Oz (Chapter Two)

Current mood: Chipper

Chapter Two: “Sarai, I Don’t Think We’re in Japan Anymore.”


Outside of the door were very beautiful and tall statues of very androgynous people, so very androgynous that the pair had a very hard time figuring out if they were girl statues or boy statues. Beside these statues were tall, gaudy, flowers that spat sparkles into the air every time one of them tried to pick one. Slightly frightened, Pomme turned to her friend and said,


"Sarai, I don't think we're in Japan anymore."


Sarai calmly replied, "No shit, Sherlock! Does this look like Japan to you?!"


"No, I was trying to be Dorothy. You know, from the Wizard of Oz? I was making the line 'We aren't in Kansas anymore, Toto' fit our situation."


"Oh. Well, you are doing a crappy job, your hair isn't in braids and you aren't wearing the right outfit. I mean you don't even have a dog!"


"Yes I do! You’re my Toto!" Pomme ducked as Sarai swung at her and giggled hysterically as she ran toward a flower vomiting sparkles all over the place.


"So," said Pomme. "Where do you think we are Toto?"


"I am NOT your fucking Toto! And I have no clue."


All the sudden, the girls heard a trio of giggles coming from the sparkle spewing flowers. Pomme looked at Sarai and Sarai looked at Pomme.


"Are flowers that throw up sparkles supposed to giggle in threes?" asked Pomme.


"I don't know." replied Sarai, shrugging her shoulders.


"Why don't you go and check?" asked Pomme, coming up behind Sarai and shoving her towards the giggling vegetation.


"Scaredy cat," muttered Sarai, finding a stick and stretching to poke at one of the flowers. When she did this, a tiny person popped up from behind the flowers and smiled really big.


"Hi! I'm Yomi! And I'm a Munchkin! I'm a happy Munchkin!" It said. "You killed the Wicked Bitch of the East!"


"Okay, dude," said Sarai. "We didn't kill anyone and you can't prove it!"


"Yes I can!" replied the little person that called itself Yomi. "Come on, I will show you."


Coming out from behind the flowers, Yomi took Sarai's hand, as she was closest to its size, and took her over to where the abandoned house had landed. Peeking out just under the really crappy white trim was a pair of feet with nine inch electric blue heels on its feet.


"Well, crap. You said Wicked Bitch of the East? So that's a good thing right? Do we get a parade and cookies or something?" asked Pomme, edging closer to Sarai and Yomi.


"Actually, you must be sacrificed because the Wicked Bitch of the East was our leader. Get them boys!" just as he shouted that two other munchkins came up and grabbed Sarai and Pomme, dragging them over to some wooden poles surrounded by loads of firewood.


"Did you notice these when we first got out of the Crazy House?" whispered Pomme to Sarai.


"No. Pretty sure those weren't there before."


The Munchkins then proceeded to tie Pomme and Sarai to the wooden poles and begin to light the wood for the fire. The one that called itself Yomi smiled the biggest as the other two lit the kindling. As he smiled Sarai noticed that he had three huge fangs pointing out of his cute little mouth. One on the left of his front teeth, one on the right and one directly in-between his two front teeth. What had been an adorably androgynous munchkin had suddenly turned into one scary creature.


"Did you notice the fangs when that Munchkin first started talking to us?" asked Sarai.


"Fangs? What fangs?!" replied Pomme, panicking slightly.


"Oh, you didn't notice. Never mind."


Just then a hot pink bubble appeared and out stepped a man not much taller than the munchkins. This man was different than the Munchkins though, because on his back you could tell he had tried to sew fairy wings, it was an obviously failed attempt. This man had bright pink hair, big yellow shoes and an electric green suit, with purple fairy wings sewn haphazardly on the back. Pulling out a beautiful guitar, the man played a chord, that the munchkins apparently couldn't stand, that put out the fire and chased away the evil little midgets. It also untied the girls and made all the sacrifice equipment disappear.


Pulling out a cigarette, the man casually leaned against one of the statues and made his guitar disappear.


"Thanks a lot, mister." said the girls, in stereo.


"How did you get to this land?" asked the man, pulling a drag off of his cigarette and running a hand through his hair.


"Well, there was this really bad storm where we're from and somehow we got transported here. Have you ever seen The Wizard of Oz? Yeah, that's kind of how it happened." replied Pomme.

For a moment, the man just stared at her, and then started laughing. "Well, you did me a favor. I've been trying to get rid of that stupid bitch for YEARS! Never knew that I had to drop a house on her ass to get rid of her. So, I owe you one favor. I can tell you how to get back to where you are from, I can teach you to play a magical guitar or I can give you some candy. Your choice."


Pomme began to speak, but Sarai cut her off, saying, "Well, first I think we'd like to know your name, before we start asking favors."


"My name is hide. That is he-day, and it is spelled like hide with a lower case h. Capitalize that H and we are going to have issues. What about your names?"


"Well, I'm Pomegranate, but you can call me Pomme and this is Toto. I mean, Sarai. I totally meant Sarai." Pomme began to giggle and Sarai shot her the look of death when hide looked at Sarai's forehead.


"So, Sarai, it was Sarai? Why do you have a dick tattoo on your head?"

"Dick tattoo?" asked Sarai. Her hand went up to her forehead and came back with the marker that Pomme had used to draw the dick. She looked at Pomme and growled, "You drew a Dick on my forehead?! We could've died and you are drawing penises on my forehead! I'm going to kill you!"


Lunging at Pomme, Sarai tripped and fell to the ground, which was the perfect angle for her to see the shoes the Wicked Bitch had been wearing before she bit the big one.


"Hey, hide, what about the shoes? I mean, they have to have some magic right?"


"Well, yeah they have magic. This is the world of J-Rock."


"J-Rock, what's that?" asked Pomme. Now it was hide's turn to give a dirty look, cringing Pomme hid behind Toto, I mean Sarai. She hid behind Sarai.


"You don't know about J-Rock? Why, this is the land of J-Rock from where you stand to the Pink Star City far to the West. Have you never heard of the forest of Guitars? Or the fields of Androgyny?"


"Um, going to have to say no on that one." replied Pomme. "But I would love to learn more about you and this place. I'm a big fan of androgyny."

J-Rock Wizard of Oz (Chapter One)

Current mood: Awake

Chapter One: The Storm


Once, a long time before either of us was born, there lived a young woman named Pomegranate Shiroyama. Pomegranate, or Pomme as she was more often called, lived in a fantastically tiny village in Japan with her Auntie Fawn and her Uncle Aoi, who had taken her in after her parents were killed in a terrible accident when she was three. Now, this tiny village in Japan was also home to Pomme's best friend and companion, Sarai. Sarai lived just next door all alone except for a pet snake named Shakespeare, which Pomme couldn't stand because she was afraid of snakes.


One day the radar on Auntie Fawn's computer said that a big storm was brewing and that everyone needed to stay indoors. Pomme, unfortunately, had gone out partying with a bunch of cute Korean boys who were staying in a fancy hotel in the big town next to the tiny village and did not hear about the storm coming. Auntie Fawn and Uncle Aoi searched and searched, but because Pomme had snuck out they could not even begin to guess as to where she went. Terrified for their ward, they called out into the wind and went over to Sarai's to see if she was there.


Not finding Pomme at Sarai's, they asked her to go and look for Pomme and bring her back because of the storm. When Sarai hesitated, they gave her a swift kick in the buns and sent her off with a sore bum to search for the little degenerate named Pomme.


Sarai searched everywhere, looking for her friend and, having little luck, happened to bump into a cute Korean boy who told her that Pomme and the other Korean boys were all partying in their hotel room. Quite steamed, and still having a sore bottom, Sarai stomped all over the town looking for Pomme.


By the time Sarai found her Pomegranate, the storm was already cresting the edges of the tiny village. They ran and ran, trying to find their way in the blustery wind and rain, but could not. Finally, they found their way into an empty building, where they decided to wait out the storm. It was a very rough and loud storm, raging outside and when Pomme looked out she could see all sorts of animals and people floating by on all the water and wind caused by the storm. Unfortunately, because Pomme didn't listen to Sarai and stood too close to the window, she was conked on the head by a piece of flying debris.


When Pomme finally woke up, she looked all around and realized that the storm had stopped. Sarai was passed out in a chair, her curly hair all fuzzy and frizzy from the humidity of the storm. Giggling to herself, because she is a bitch, Pomme drew a dick on Sarai's face and then woke her up.


"Sarai, the storm has stopped! Perhaps we can find our way back to Auntie Fawn's and Uncle Aoi's now." said Pomme, help her friend up from the chair. Giggling quietly to herself, Pomme went to the door and flung it open, accidentally hitting Sarai in the nose, because she wasn't paying attention, and discovered that they were not in Japan anymore.

Song of the Day: Brilliant Days by DaizyStripper

Current mood: Amused

SO today's song of the day is an epic song.
That our lovely Fawny showed me awhile back!

This song is entitled: Brilliant Days by DaizyStripper.



This band is super amazing.

I strongly believe they should get more hype then they do.
The singer YU-GIRI has such a unique voice.
Seriously I doubt you will ever be able find another voice like his.

The band consist of:
Vocalist: YU-GIRI
Guitarist: MAYU
Guitarist: NAO
Bassist: Rei
Drummer: KAZAMI

Seriously guys you should really check them out.
They can make your day so much better.
Oh something special about them they were at hide summit last year.
They sang Misery.

their official myspace is here http://www.myspace.com/daizystripper

So go add them!!

~Pomme~