I have never been a fan of hiphop, because that genre reached my ears at the stage when it was already mostly shit. So when I first heard Digable Planets in… um… 2005, I had no idea that it’s hiphop, I thought it was some cool modern jazz or whatever.
Now I am listening to them and loving them again.
Entry Filed under: Music
Add comment | June 9th, 2010
I have been absent from my blog for a while. There’s a good reason for it: I simply was not here.
I was having problems with my perception of reality after giving anime a chance and getting lost in it. Yes, I too have fallen victim to the Japanese. Of course, I did start with Samurai Champloo, so you can surely understand how a person could (the following is all hypothetical… yes, ahem) end up spending 12 hours a day on her butt doing absolutely nothing but search for new anime new new new anime more anime yes please more gimmegimmegimme no dishes we don’t have dishes who are you are you my boyfriend no yes new anime more more more what it’s already 6am what oh no school what’s that anime more more anime!
etc.
I have watched SO so many things since being captured and although I still steal an hour from time to time to watch anime, my perception of reality is once again intact. Of course, I have a looong long way to go before I reach the end of my anime craze.
To give you an idea of what I’ve been doing, below is a list of all the things I’ve seen. It is possible that some of the things are absent from the list. In some cases I just watched some of the episodes and then gave up on the series. In any case, if somebody was to mention any of these titles, I’d at least know what they are.
And yes, if you look at the list closely enough you can see that I have had a romance anime period in my life (Kimi Ni Todoke has THE BEST opening and ending theme), followed by things like Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru. Say what you will about that theme, but Koi Kaze is one of the most beautiful love stories ever. And then came the yaoi period. Junjou Romantica is just SOOOOO cute! Not much of a hentai fan, though, so I can at least feel that much better about my morality. Aaaah, morality schmorality. Boy on boy beats anything anytime!
Now I am happily back to romance and will watch Peach Girl after finishing this post.
Oh, and I graduated from university. Yay.
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samurai champloo
cowboy bebop
kimi ni todoke
bokura ga ita
vampire knight
vampire knight guilty
chobits
fruits basket
ai yori aoshi
kare kano
ayashi no ceres
DNA2
the girl who leapt through time
hana yori dango
itazura na kiss
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
skip beat
special A
marmalade boy
fight ippatsu juuden-chan
green green
ichigo 100%
please teacher
please twins
angel sanctuary
koi kaze
Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru
kissxsis
okane ga nai
maiden rose/hyakujitsu no bara
papa to kiss in the dark
junjou romantica
fish in the trap
haru wo daite ita
close the last door
kirepapa
sensitive pornograph
ikoku irokoi romantan
ai no kusabi
gakuen heaven
gravitation
sukisyo
loveless
peach girl
lovely complex
inuyasha
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SO CUTE!
please bare with me 
Entry Filed under: TV/Film
Add comment | June 8th, 2010
Mari and I took a walk down memory lane today. Well… we tried.
We tried to somehow get to the forest behind our houses. We used to go there every day when we were kids, pretending we were forest people who could hear secrets in the wind or whatever. We were those genuine country kids who wandered around all day long, discovering and rediscovering every rock and plant in the village.
In the forest there is a small dam. I remember it was the ultimate test of courage to jump over it. Those who could jump would then go deeper into the forest and those who could not would have to find something else to do. I had to find something else to do. The chicken that I am.
Finally, when I got the courage to jump I could join The Brave Ones to go eat ants (yes, dear reader) and climb trees on the other side of the dam. Fun!
But since today the earth was wet and branches were knit into impenetrable walls, we did not get to the dam. It’s a shame. But I will fix this.
I tried to google my home forest and found a picture taken in that forest by one of my childhood friends:
Entry Filed under: Personal
Add comment | April 24th, 2010
Now that is just… amazing.
Entry Filed under: Music
Add comment | April 21st, 2010
I need a context-free existence. At least for a week or so. Please, opportunity! Present yourself!
Entry Filed under: Music,Personal
Add comment | April 21st, 2010
H introduced me to the verbal ticklings of Dylan Moran and I fell in love. His sense of humor is totally on the point. Perfect.
He did a stand up thingy in Australia, it’s called What It Is. Youtube has all the bits of it, I’ll just post the first part for you to love. It’s a good substitute for exercise: you can laugh your abs into rocks.
Entry Filed under: Other,TV/Film
Add comment | January 26th, 2010
Olav Ehala is an Estonian singer/songwriter/musical genius. He has written some of the most beautiful songs in the history of Estonian music. In my opinion. But I know there are those who share my love for his beautiful songs.
He has a very unique (and, consequently, widely mimicked) style. His solutions to musical phrases are unexpected but really really beautiful.
He has written a lot of songs for old Estonian movies and the Mermaid Song is from one, too. It’s from 1984 Karoliine Hõbelõng (Caroline Silveryarn, if you will, although that sounds so totally alien for me).
I tried translating the lyrics, but they sound so much more luring and enchanting in the original. (The video is bs, but that’s not important anyway.)
On land a lot of exciting things are frowned upon,
life on land is stiff and boring!
Have you ever been enchanted by the water
and seen how scales and fins glisten here?
Do you have any idea of the wonders of the sea?
Do you know that a moment is the same as a month?
Those on land only care about money and names
but in the water different things matter
Power and debt are weightless in water
no difference in what is behind or to come
Feel the wings growing on your back
cool and mellow in the flowing water…
cool and mellow in the flowing water…
You realize that tenderness on land is not enough
grasp at the charm of the flowing water
come closer to the water, closer yet, closer
little more to go from land to water
little more to go from land to water
Entry Filed under: Music
2 comments | January 22nd, 2010
I love Discovery Channel. I mostly watch Mythbusters, Braniac and How It’s Made. Especially How It’s Made. I love seeing things made from scrap. And I love doing things from scrap. And I love pop science. I never really was any good at math or chemistry or physics or any of those important things. But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy them on TV, does it? No it doesn’t.
And I love the Discovery Channel ad song. It’s on all the time, but it never seems to be getting old for me.
Entry Filed under: TV/Film
Add comment | January 19th, 2010
