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Kuranosuke Shiraishi [29 Nov 2009|10:41pm] Dude... I totally thought I was done with this whole prince of tennis crap but man I was reading this person's blog the other day... Her blog's the most interesting one I've ever read but recently she started liking Shiraishi from Prince of Tennis so I was wondering what kind of character he is because I think I skipped over his part when I finished prince of tennis cuz I was so interested in how they ended the damn manga and holy crap is he hot. I want a boyfriend like him man. And damn it!! He's an Aries too!! Just like Miura Haruma... and some other celebrity I forgot who but found out they were aries too -.- Maybe it's a moon sign thing... hahaha ok done anime otaku talking 1 || orange?

Getting used to Irvine [04 Nov 2009|07:49pm] I think I'm pretty much used to Irvine at this point Though the weather here doesn't feel like November at all The commercials are now turned into christmas because halloween's over but it doesn't feel like christmas at all down here lol maybe it will when I go back to Norcal in the summer :) I finally finished my manifesto for my stupid "art" class I'm so fucking glad that I'm done with it -___- This was the most stressful thing I have ever done for a class that's not helping me in life at all It was the most worthless and stressful crap I've ever done Thinking our teacher was young would've made our class fun was definitely out of the question... most anal teacher i've ever had. more anal than the granny teachers i've had can't wait until i'm done with that class -___- i don't know if i should take sculpture next quarter... though it's the only low div art class that i haven't taken yet. it's so stupid they're not offering 30b in the winter quarter when everybody takes 30A in fall Ugh stupid UCI oh well. so glad today is over. now i'm so tired to the point i'm hyper that i want to talk to someone but everybdoy has midterms or papers :(((( i'm kind of glad i'm not that busy this quarter but it feels a little lonely LOL i need a housewife though... i need someone to cook for me when i don't feel like it! T__T 2 || orange?

Ayumi Hamasaki [01 Nov 2009|10:28pm] I think everyone knows at this point how much I love ayumi But I never realized how glad I was to actually seeing her live until I saw this video I was watching the RULE video for a-nation that I saw but man, it's so different when you go see her live She's just so amazing Someone commented that this possibly may be her best song Which I feel like I could agree to it just because this is possibly what made her so great For me it is since I feel like this song actually changed my life When Ayumi when down on her knees I feel like it looks weird in the video, but at the live It was so awesome. It felt like I've never seen anyone as expressive as she is Though I thought she's starting to sound like an enka singer these days This video just made me think about why I love ayumi so much Her lyrics play a major role since the way she arranges her words is so beautiful that her simplicity extracts the best out of the japanese language But also I think her voice is just amazing The way I would describe it would be is almost like a feminist voice Just because it's really strong yet it still has the voice of a woman She changed so much from her weird high pitch voice she used to have Ok done ranting. I need to do hw. [And I finally saw the song that I totally for the title for! TO BE!! I can't believe I couldn't remember that was TO BE!! Grrr...] orange?

Sometimes I hate being Japanese [20 Oct 2009|08:12pm] It's not like I hate my culture (though there are somethings i don't like. but what culture is perfect) Of course new quarter, new school, new what nots You meet a lot of people and you want to be friends with everyone (or you try) This thing that I have noticed actually have been bothering me for a while now Every time I introduce myself Every single person is like "Oh you're Japanese. So cool." This overdose of animations and Japanese culture flooding the media Apparently made the Japanese ppl look so "cool" It's not like ppl go around saying "oh you're chinese? how cool!!" (I don't think I've actually heard of that, except MAYBE "oh you're an exchange student from China? how cool") It might be because there's not many Japanese population compared to the Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean population (actually if you compare land mass wise, and actual population, I guess Japanese ppl are rare) It still bothers me I feel like some of the friends I have now stick to me because I'm "Japanese" I have more connection to this anime world that their own culture doesn't bring out I have more connection to the language of the samurais and the ninjas *sigh* If people are being "friends" with me because of that I rather be something else. 1 || orange?

Everyday Life [18 Oct 2009|09:11pm] Our fan is so gross that it has cobwebs all over. Jk, it's our halloween decoration because we're art nerds. I need to take care of my body better... Realizing the oldness of this body now :(( Don't fall asleep with contacts on... floss my teeth... stop eating so much sodium... etc. But I have a feeling I'll keep on doing this until I graduate from college [or maybe until I die] School is okay so far... I guess I have nothing else to do except ignore homework as much as possible and end up updating my LJ that I haven't been using I miss dance so much :(( I hope Jen gets time as soon as possible. Though we were thinking of going to the one in UTC I don't think that's possible because there were 10 yr olds that were busting out triple pirouettes without even stumbling hrmmmmmmm orange?

Ridiculous... Ridiculous... Ridiculous... [15 Oct 2009|03:02pm] www.indecisionforever.com/2009/10/15/jon-stewart-on-the-gops-support-for-gang-rape/ This is fucking ridiculous. This was on James' facebook post and it made me so fucking angry I didn't watch this episode last night cuz i thought Jeff Dunham was on the Jay Leno show but apparently he's on this night [which sounds exciting] But either way this is ridiculous! How the fuck do they think that this kind of bullshit is ok!? I don't understand any part of the GOP's thinking!! They think that it's not a big deal that you women gets gang raped and they say it's not part of their job to deal with it!? The fuck! That goes all the rights of women, or even just a person! Does our tax go for this contract to be allowed!? This made me hate the world like crazy Oh well. I guess we all knew how dumb the GOP's are... Art history paper due tomorrow. Haven't done the reading. Haven't done any writing. I'm excited for tomorrow :)))) [/edit] news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff more idiots. What do you guys think?? :)) orange?

RIP Ms. Edwards [14 Oct 2009|10:04pm] [ mood | confused ] [ music | still listening to Powder Snow Acoustic vers. ] Interesting So my original topic of the day was about girls and beauty But instead I found out about the death of my middle school/high school art/sculpture teacher She was a crazy person, but atleast she has the kindest heart I'll truly miss her. She was a fun, kind person. I had a great time in her class. Rest in Peace On to my original topic. It interested me how Jean Kilbourne appeared in my academic life again I saw her film Killing Us Softly 3 in the class of women of color in the US (that might've been the most interesting video I saw in that class) I enjoyed it a lot because it seriously opened up my perspective of how we think so lightly of the advertisement industry and how low they bring women down It appeared again on monday in my visual art class The same exact film, and the same exact scene Though this time, instead of women's avocate I was more interested in of the influence of what art can bring to the world No matter how much I don't want to admit the fact that this disgusting industry is actually art It surprises me of what little we think it actually do just by glancing over it and how big of an influences it actually bring Anyway done with the thoughts I'm writing my artists statement now and I am confused about art more than ever Love-Hate art man. Can't do anything without it though. 5 || orange?

because i dislike homework [13 Oct 2009|02:51pm] [ music | POWDER SNOW (Acoustic Orchestra Version) *Ayumi Hamasaki ] Nothing much exciting has been happening these days Fall is finally here [i guess. even though it's supposed to be hot again this weekend in Irvine...] I miss taking drawing classes even if I bitch like crazy about them once I take it At least I enjoy taking it compared to any other reading/writing classes like I'm taking now My mother just sent me a lovely package with a lot of japanese candies Thank you mom! :)) It's week 3 and I guess I should start writing my paper ( POWDER SNOW ) orange?

Hello Life [26 Sep 2009|01:09pm] [ music | Jackson 5 ] So week 0 is over~. I'm kind of bored this week, but I feel like my art history is going to be busy and boring like always.... Not very hard so I guess it's all good. Surprisingly not that homesick as I thought I would be. Two other girls from Norcal that lives in my house are already homesick. All the other people in my house are pretty much around here. So it's not surprising that we're the only ones would be homesick. I think today, we'll only have two girls in our house. All the other girls are Jewish, or staying back in their home. Something like that, either way very quiet night it shall be tonight. Tripped over the sidewalk last night. Looked like a drunk, since a whole family saw me trip over, and drop my long board and almost slamming my face on the concrete. Very wonderful. orange?

i [sometimes] hate the world [25 Jun 2009|05:42pm] [ mood | infuriated ] Posting and ranting on LJ for once. i hate the world right now because it just deleted my post. Either way this is when I freakin hate the world. Michael Jackson, the king of pop just passed away and the whole world is sad about it. So once this famous person dies we all give so much respect to him. Life's a bitch. Why couldn't anybody give him more respect that he deserved? The paparazzi loved him for being a human being making stupid mistakes like any other bastard on the street. Yes I do agree that a lot of the things he has done is quite bizzarre and strange, but what he has done in his life and living a celebrity life for so long, I think that man deserved a lot more respect that he did when he was a live. It's like the moment he dies people stop talking shit about him, and only talk about what a great man he was and the stupid music industries sells CD's to commemerate his death and so people won't feel as bad anymore because they're actually listening to his music now instead before they only talked shit about him not knowing what great things he has done before. He deserved way more respects than that. Why couldn't people appreciate more of what he has done when he was still alive and apperciate what achievements he has done. Yet people are bastards therefore they bring him down to the lowest being possible, and once they die they give them a round of applause. This is why I hate the media so much for bringing down the a great man, and only giving them credit after they die. Because death is something they can't really poke fun at anymore. Let's see if they're still laughinng now. Either way knowing Michael Jackson, if he's truly dead or not I don't want to be rude but, I think he's still alive out somewhere. 1 || orange?

: ') [31 May 2009|08:32pm] It's always nice to know that no matter how painful things are to the point i feel like i can't breathe no more it's always nice to know I have friends that can make me smile to tell me it's okay, things will be fine and reminds me that good times will come after bad times 1 || orange?

[26 May 2009|05:05pm] "A marriage between a man and a woman is traditional. Anything else is abnormal and strange. It's a good thing prop 8 passed." *sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh* 2 || orange?

カプカプ [09 May 2009|12:41am] [ music | All in Time * Fukuhara Miho ] こころのなかには　　うみ　がある。 ボクは　そこに　　すんで　いる。 うみが　なみだに　　なるときに かぷかぷかぷかぷ　　やってくる。 うみが　しずかになる　ひ　まで ずっと　いっしょに　いてあげる。 There is an ocean inside your heart That is where I live When the ocean becomes tears I float along and come to your side Until the day the ocean becomes quiet I will stay by your side -words by Mayumi Takahashi art by Tomomi Nakamura orange?

man i haven't posted forever... [15 Apr 2009|12:17pm] [ music | Disney Music ] The wind is so strong these days! The umbrella for our table in the backyard totally flew off. I don't like this cold weather : '( So De Anza's spring quarter started... and my art classes are totally worth more than 3 units. I do more work in my art classes than my 4 unit art history classes T__T Lame lame, but that's reality for you I guess. I'm kind of disappointed in my art class for this quarter though. My oil painting professor is a really cool guy, but I'm hoping I won't tick him off to the point I'll get beat (hahaha) My int. drawing class on the other hand... is a disappointment. The professor is an okay person... not hard, not easy, just a lot of work. Don't really feel any improvement though. What I was really disappointed in was the fact that there's no talented people! My first drawing class I took at De Anza, there were so many talented people. This is freaking int. drawing, and over half of them, I think to myself "why are they in this class??" It's not the problem of if they can use the medium or not, it was more why can't they even draw? (actually I thought it was a problem when half of them didn't know what's the difference btwn soft pastel and oil pastels -__-) I don't know why they're in the int. drawing class... I wish there were more talented people. I only saw 1 or 2 in the class this quarter. So that's my report of my spring quarter so far! -Maii orange?

sorry this was really something i really wanted to post [17 Mar 2009|09:44pm] Senator Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, made his comments on the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, radio station WMT on Monday. "The first thing that would make me feel a little bit better toward them (is) if they'd follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, I'm sorry, and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide," Grassley said. "And in the case of the Japanese," he added, "they usually commit suicide before they make any apology." http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2009/03/17/98788.htm ehhhhhhhhhhhh........ AIG's an idiot for sure... but this guy... I dunno man. Either way I cracked up when I heard this guy talking 2 || orange?

is it just me....? [17 Mar 2009|07:37pm] I think I get crankier in the spring. Maybe it's the hormones. It's always the hormones fault wahahhaa （°∀°；　）←panicking about finals [not a good time to be sick damn it!] -Mai orange?

Too Clean [15 Feb 2009|11:00pm] I looked at my artwork today. I was satisfied, and happy that I didn't give up half way thinking it wasn't good enough or how it had to be good on the first try. It looks good. A drawing of a chair, with a box on it. It looks like a chair. The cushion looks comfortable, and the atmosphere I gave looked lonesome but a chair a person would want to sit on. But I noticed staring at it for a while I feel like my artworks are too clean. Too clean to the point it's actually disgusting But when I try to dirty things up, it never works It's not my style But what is my style? I'm still a becoming artist. I don't have a concrete style that I created myself But I can feel myself saying this isn't you, this isn't you. Then why am I disgusted at this clean feel my artwork gives off? I'm not sure what's wrong with me these days.... -Mai 2 || orange?

Rino Nakasone [30 Jan 2009|11:20pm] [ mood | inspired ] So I actually took my time to watch the beat freaks to see what Katie was talking about. I had to admit they were pretty good, and they all have intense muscles. But I also have to say I did not know Rino Nakasone was in the beat freaks. Dude I did not know a Japanese woman can be THIS successful in the dance industry. She's a FULL Japanese woman from Okinawa, that speaks fluent english and dances down into the ground. Also she's Music from Harajuku Girls, and ex-member of super moneky's with amuro namie. Holy crap she's crazy. I actually had no interest in her when I found out she was Japanese. The first thing that popped in my mind was that she was Japanese American, no way she's an actual Japanese chick from Japan. But I have to say, being born in Okinawa has to do with a lot of things though. Most of the famous singers, dancers, and artists are from Okinawa. Man if I ever live in Japan and have a kid, I'm raising him/her in Okinawa damn it!! Actually when I found that she was a Japanese woman that moved from Japan to America when she was 19, that surprised me a lot. She's probably only have been here for 10 yrs or so, yet her english is perfect. Crazyyyyy!!! Her being full Japanese meant a lot for me. I know race and all that shouldn't matter, but she represents what I am though. A Japanese person that understands both culture equally. Katee Shean also is a Japanese woman, but she was Japanese American and I don't think she's been to Japan or knows the culture well. So in a sense when Katee Shean was on SYTYCD it made me happy that she represents the Japanese American culture, but since I'm not a very big part of it I didn't really feel much about race issue. On the other hand, Rino inspires me. She crossed the Pacific ocean, to a country that she probably barely knew the language when she came here, and achieve her dream big time. She danced with Britney Spears, Mary J Blige, Missy Elliot and what not, and had master classes with also Shane Sparks and Dave Scott (one of the known hip hop choreographers). To have someone like her out there representing the Japanese people is such a great thing. I'm not a crazy fan of the harajuku girls [though I think she ended her contract... not sure], and what not but seeing how successful she is [and how crazy good she is with hip hop...] is a great representation not just in dance, but in general. How many Japanese people do you see in America that are actually this successful? Utada Hikaru tried, but ultimately kind of failed. It's not a big success to the point that everyone knows about her, but she's successful enough in the dance industry. Plus being 31 and in a competition like that is pretty crazy. Btw. I'm not a very big fan of the show ABDC. It's interesting to watch, but I have to say I like SYTYCD way better than this. -Mai orange?

LOVE LETTER [13 Jan 2009|10:04pm] [ music | Love Letter * Otsuka Ai ] So I did not expect that Otsuka Ai's new album was out. I was so mad that I actually didn't even know this album came out like a month ago -A- I listened to it, and I have a lot to say about it ( SHE'S BACK! ) Trippy Otsuka Ai -Mai   2 || orange?

New Year's Resolution / Review of 2008 [31 Dec 2008|06:33pm] [ music | Britney Speares ] I always do this but I was totally dead today and took a nap from 2 to 6 today [yeahh fail.] I was gonna do my traditional clean the whole room event but somehow I was too tired. So atleast I'll do my new year's resolution. 1. be a safer driver [always] 2. study harder 3. be true to yourself 4. work harder in dance 5. become a healthier person 6. keep my room cleaner 7. live life like there's no tomorrow 2008 was in a way such a crazy year. World news, what I remember would be things like Michale Phelps taking home 8 gold medals at the olympic, a black man was elected as president, the economy crashed like crazy, and so on. But in my life as well it was pretty crazy. Moved into a new house, saw a Glay concert, met A LOT of new people @___@, went to a lot of places, got 3 hamsters but 1 died, performed for 9 dance classes [that's a record for me] and still lived, took a shakespeare class [ahahhha], going clubbing for the first time [on a gay night hahhaa!!].... crazy crazy. Overall I might've had some hard times during this year but I'm greatful for every hard and good moments I've had this year. I'm also greatful for all the people that I've met, and the people that still hangs out with me lol! No, I really appericiate all of you for being such great friends! I thank you all : ) I hope everyone will have a wonderful year next year!!! -Mai 1 || orange?

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