I am the moon. I dimly light the road, and the only thing I can do is point it out to you. But when you all take that one step forward, I will gently, quietly watch over you. - Gackt
You may download the full size wallpaper here: click. Credits: ZB24, rainbowbetty@LJ, Akatsuki Translations, alice nine.
In addition to posting the wallpaper, I would like to give you an explanation of the meaning it has [to me].
In making this, I used elements from two of alice nine's songs: Eraser and Kousai (Iris of the Eye). The music video for Eraser is very white and pure. The clothes in this picture are the same ones used in the music video. I was originally going to use lyrics from Eraser, but I didn't feel that they would fit here. I used the lyrics from Kousai because they quickly covey emotion of a powerful love. I think Kousai is a song that can be used in place of Eraser in the music video. Both songs have a similar feeling of serenity and hope [to me].
The original picture was quite harsh, but by adding a glow effect it came out somewhat angelic and soft, which is what I was looking for. The text and dividing bar are not jet black, but more of a grey which is lass harsh.
The effect I am going for is peaceful, beautiful, "glowing white light".
Hence the wallpaper title: イレイザー + 虹彩 = 光 > Eraser + Kousai = Hikari > Eraser + Iris of the Eye = Light.
I hope this small little wallpaper can convey that much. The feeling of light. It might seem stupid or overzealous to put all of this meaning into a wallpaper, but it's what I felt like doing. ~ZB24~
I have another band to share with you tonight: LM.C. LM.C is a Visual Kei duo with members Maya and Aiji. Maya was a support guitarist for Miyavi and Aiji was a guitarist for Pierrot. LM.C debuted in 2006 and has released one album and eight singles.
I quite like LM.C's musical style. Every song is a little bit different from the next. Their songs have a generally upbeat feel with some reminiscent of punk and hip-hop. It's definitely a unique group I would look into.
Last weekend, I finally musted up enough courage to ask Dad to teach me how to drive. He's getting "Summer hours" at work, so will have "free time" on Fridays to teach me.
My first "lesson" was actually quite pleasant. I kind of had fun too! There's a lot of things I have to remember, but I shouldn't be too hard. You might be interested to know that I had no problem remembering to engage the clutch before pressing on the break. (^_^) I had more of a problem with "leveling out" the clutch and gas pedals. Which is more important; getting the car moving, or stopping it? XD
~ZB24~
PS> Before I left the house to "practice", I kept on thinking on the quotes on my board from Hiroto and Gackt. It helped me to stay calm about the situation. Another big thanks goes to Hiroto-san and Gackt-san today. *bow* Arigato-gozaimasu!
- Make three wallpapers of Hiroto using pictures from: GuruGuru Mirror Ball Booklet and Birth In White Rose Tour Pamphlet. - Subtitle Mirror Ball.
So far, I seem to have half of the Mirror Ball video done and I haven't started on Hiroto's wallpapers yet. (T_T) I've got some really good pictures of Hiroto though!
I took some time a minute ago to practice my singing. I guess I want to be a renaissance woman: good and everything. ROTFLOL.
Maybe I'll come back with some updates and let you know how it's going. (^_^)
--12:25 AM--
-I finished two of Hiroto's wallpapers (The "White Rose" ones) and decided not to do the GuruGuru because the picture is pretty low quality. Now I want to make a B-Set. ROTFLOL. -I have made no more progress on my video. I will have to finish it tomorrow or Sunday. -I watched a few videos and backlog posted here.
--1:05 AM--
-Finished wallies! They turned out great.
~ZB24~
---------------- Listening to: The GazettE - 紅蓮 (Guren)
{I'm just going to paraphrase a post I made on Soompi. It's faster.}
You can find two of their Shoxx interviews here. In one of them, they were talking about their Alpha album. Seeing all this work they put into it is really... astonishing. My brain is about to explode with all of the respect for A9 right now.
Hiroto is just a ball of engergetic, honest, cuteness. His response to his part of this interview almost made me cry for some reason! Here's what it said:
Q: I think so too. You change through your experiences, so you have many unknown parts yet. From now on, your way of thinking seems to change after you have various experiences. Is there any advice from ‘the present Hiroto’ to others?
A: I feel like I’m in my 2nd stage of life now. I think you are in your 1st stage. Me in the 2nd stage can’t see me in the 3rd stage yet, and I can’t imagine which experiences will make me feel what. So I think you in the 1st stage can’t understand completely about what adults say even more than me. If you escape from this, you can’t grow up, nor understand them, so first of all, you should experience anything and everything, I think. So don’t be afraid, do your best, and start to experience! And have the courage to face your weaknesses first, so you’ll get real strength.
I was reading it~ and listing to "Armor Ring"~ and it was all too much to handle! (T_T) It kind of got me because I'm... "shy" or "afraid to get out there" what have you. It really felt like he understood this feeling. For the record, Hiroto is my second favorite now. Because not many situations/people can make me cry.
I'm supposed to be in bed right now, but I was looking at this "emo" stuff. It really like American Visual Kei only not as artsy and WAY depressed. But, there are so many haters of this genre/style. There are people beating up emo kids on the street and stuff. One girl's boyfriend got stabbed and died because someone thought he was emo. (T_T) There's even a movement ("Emocide") to kill the emos!
I think it's all really terrible. If Shou and/or Miyavi were walking though the street they would be risking their lives. For real~ It's scary! NOT the emos, the people who hate them. I don't see emos as people who are going to go out killing other people. They're more of the "sit at home, wallow in depression" type, I think. I don't know why people hate them so much and want to kill them! It's really terrible.
These "haters" are all pissed off because emos are "depressing". Well, telling them to "go fuck off and fucking die" isn't helping! In fact, you're probably exacerbating the problem! These "emos" act this way because they are outcasts of society who people hate. They feel like no one understands them. They may not feel the need to do this anymore if people were actually nice to them. {They could just change how they dress, sure, but they shouldn't have to!!!}
When push comes to shove, I think I'll stand with the emos before I stand with the haters. Emo is like the new "Negro before the Civil War". It's really a form of racism.
People keep saying this problem can be fixed by "killing every emo in the world" or "complaining about it 'till they fucking go away", but I don't think that's true. I think it will only go away (or die down) when people accept them for who/what they are and be friendly to them. It seems like all emos want are some friends, attention, and acceptance. There's nothing to be afraid of here.
The local media is not helping either. In all the news clips I've seen, they keep using emo parody type stuff. I mean, if you're doing a news report, you have to use clips of actual emo people!!! You can't use clips from haters! That's just screwed up. (<_<)>Everyone knows that the media is used to instill fear in people and that's what they're doing (although they say not to be afraid). By showing these clips, they are condoning the behavior of the haters and possibly making it worse.
This is my opinion. I don't personally know any emo people. I just got upset because they remind me of Visual Kei artists [that I love], which made be very upset. I keep thinking that if [VK artists] came here that they would be treated terribly like this. Many people do hate VK, but I don't think it's this bad. *shakes head*
Here's a news clip:
and one angry rant:
^This about sums up how many of the haters think.^
All the energy that people are putting into worrying about emo kids, they could be protesting war or some other important cause.
This video is so cute! I want an hug from Gackt too~~~ Wouldn't mind having ChaCha's guitar either. And Gackt's ring. But, I'll settle for a hug! I WILL! GAKUTO~~~ *dies*
I really do not know if there is anyone that quite gets me like Gackt. I just feel so much passion off of him when he performs! It's so wonderful when he sings! It's like all the crap just floats away for a while.
He really does have a song for your every mood you know. Happy, sad, lonely, depressed, angry, tired, etc...
Happy: U+K Sad/Depressed: Secret Garden Lonely: Road Angry: Farewell (he doesn't have many angry songs) Tired: Another World
See! And that's just the beginning.
People are really missing out when the reject him just because of what he's done or how he looks. He has made many mistakes in his life, but who doesn't?! He's a better person now than then and at least realizes it. It's only bad when people make mistakes and never realize. It's also bad when people never grow up/mature.
I really don't know if Gackt is the best person to have as an idol, but I really do look up to him. Call me crazy if you want, but I really don't give a damn. He's the best for me.
I do love Gackt. I don't think I would want him as a boyfriend (lol~ too old anyway), but I do love him. I hope I can meet him one day! That would be so cool! (^_^) GAKUTO! DAISUKI!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
~ZB24~
---------------- Listening to: Gackt - Love Letter
I am so excited because I always wanted to learn Japanese, but gave up because I thought it would be too hard. But now, I am interested in Japan again and I want to learn Japanese again! Then, this quiz said I should learn it! It already reinforces what I already know. It might be fake, but whatever. I find it fun. (^_^)
