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Dante Aligherri Vidya - Ur Doin It Wrong [12 Jun 2009|12:14pm]
[ mood | thoughtful ]

Some time around 2000 or 2001 when I was more excited about the upcoming Devil May Cry 1 than Soul Reaver 2 (because I had been disappointed by SR1's APPARENT discontinuity), I remember reading previews in some gaming magazines about a video game based on the Inferno section of Dante's Divine Comedy.

It was supposed to be an action/adventure game about a woman whose young daughter is mistakenly (or something) taken to the Inferno version of hell and the woman ventures there to save her. It sounded like a mix of adventure and puzzlan games + third person action (DMC, God of War, etc.) -- basically, a different breed of Silent Hill. It was supposed be directly inspired by Inferno and have the exact same settings, punishment, and most of its characters.

I don't know what happened to that game because I don't think it ever came out. I'm sorry it didn't, however, because now EA is getting lots of attention for its extremely loose, off-the-wall interpretation of Inferno: rather than a passive, impotent, piteous observer guided by Virgil and stumbling and struggling his way through the nine circles of hell, Dante has been recast as a 13th century version of the brutal-ist, GAR-est emokid, two-dimensional antihero Kratos of God of War. Dante has to fight his way through hell to rescue... Beatrice?! Who he wasn't even married to? Who guided him through heaven in Paradiso?

Y U DO DIS, EA?

I'll admit the trailer looks incredible but still, this is very wrong. Most people haven't read The Divine Comedy (I've only read Inferno) so why would you want to mess it up like this for everyone? Why not do what the above, unnamed game from seven years ago was supposed to have tried to do and have someone OTHER THAN one of the most well-known POETS in history be all GAR and FAITAN and rescue a damsel in distress with a big spinal column scythe?


...I'm not sure why I typed it all up because I meant to just link to this article that offers a brief preview of the game as well as some better background and explanation on what is so wrong with it. I hope someone reads it. :B

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[info]lecielchan: lolwut [08 Apr 2009|01:24am]
This is so last week but since [info]lecielchan AKA Mrs. Magnum AKA My Nickname is About Gackt's Penis baleeted her LJ before I could refute her accusations, I'll just leave this here for future reference. I feel the need to clarify that I'm not some kind of lying troll. This post isn't for the purpose of spreading h8eraid either. I just want to defend myself.

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TL;DR - I did not troll the shit out of an LJ community and then lie about it. I left one Anonymous comment in a blog site I didn't feel like registering for, and then a second comment responding to someone's reply. Also, I do not think I own Gackt's blog. Translations are wonderful and are a great benefit to all non-Japanese fans. Also also, I am tired of hearing about his penis.

My apologies to my friends for having to see YET ANOTHER post on this ridiculous matter.
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The "This Is Why The World Seems to be Full of Dicks" Fallacy [17 Mar 2009|04:43pm]
[ mood | thoughtful ]

Something to think about brought to you by, of all places, Cracked:

#1. Special Pleading

You'll Hear it As: "I know I was a heroin addict, but this is different. It's meth."

How It Screws Us:

Although it sounds like what you'll need to do to get your significant other to, just this once, try on a rubber hood and call you "Duke," Special Pleading is actually when we allow something to be an exception to a rule, for no logical reason.

In every day life, people use Special Pleading to make them feel less guilty about doing shitty things. When someone else eats the last doughnut, they're a classless motherfucker who deserves to rot in Hell; when you or a friend does it, it's because you were really hungry and you've had a bad day and you didn't get any doughnuts the last time. Special Pleading is the lettuce in mankind's hypocrisy salad.

We'll slow down with the food references, now.

It Gets Worse...

You don't need us to point out examples of hypocrisy, from cops who won't write traffic tickets to other cops, to politicians who talk about how important the public school system is while putting their own kids in a exclusive private schools.

What's interesting is how everyone excuses it in their own mind.

You can't find anyone who simply says, "The rules don't apply to us because we're awesome!" Thanks to Special Pleading, there are elaborate mental gymnastics that happen inside them that eliminate even their feelings of guilt. And the thing is, sometimes they're right; you did call your boss a motherfucker because you were having a bad day. You do have bad habits due to your childhood upbringing. You were abrupt with your girlfriend because you were running late.

But what's strange is we don't let anyone else have those excuses. The girl behind the counter at Starbucks wasn't rude because she was having a bad day. She's just a bitch. The kid at Best Buy wasn't just clueless about the return policy, he was intentionally evil and trying to steal your money. Some of us have held grudges for years, based on actions by someone else that we've forgiven ourselves for doing countless times.

They might as well call it the "This Is Why The World Seems to be Full of Dicks" fallacy.
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[28 Feb 2009|01:23am]
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Best Condensed Version Ever: Watchmen [19 Feb 2009|07:53pm]
[ music | David Bowie - Changes | Powered by Last.fm ]

ATTENTION ALL WATCHMEN FANS:

READ THIS WATCHMEN: CONDENSED COMIC

I almost laughed myself to tears.

(hocrap public post wut)

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WTF Jesus [14 May 2008|08:34pm]
A brief summary of the reason for that wacky sacrifice of Christ and all that, by [info]jamesensor1313:

I think a couple of important things are being lost in the translation here. First let's look at the "Son of God" (I will quote where you quote, so as not to jump the theological shark and end up in different portions of epistemology), and how God sent him down to die and thereby atone for the sins of the world. I think your allegorical is a bit off, and might be more appropriate if we told it this way.

"Bob had 5 sons. All of Bob's sons were heinous retards and ran around stealing and raping and burning peoples' homes down. They are sentenced to many many years in prison for their over-all debauchery, and so they go to prison. While in prison, Bob thinks about how horrible it is that all of his sons, whom he loves, are sitting in prison, when they could be out enjoying life if they would just realize how a virtuous life can change them. He makes a decision to go to the judge and offer to serve the sentence himself for any of the sons that are willing to walk out and lead a virtuous life, to demonstrate his love and compassion for his sons."

"The son of God" came here because God required atonement for sin. Whether you believe in God or not, I would hope that you can see that sin (actions against the will of the Creator) would require some form of atonement should a God-figure creator exist, otherwise everyone would run around doing whatever the hell they wanted, and dancing on each other's graves humping camels and smoking crack.

The "son of God" died horribly because he was a lesson of love. It's not stated that "Now Jesus died lolz everyone can goez to HEAVEN RAWR". It's stated that God loosened up the rules, because he realized that we werent able to follow them so hotly, and he freed us from the bonds of religious diligence and steeped ceremony and gave us a simple path. Believe in God, believe in his sacrifice, and go to Heaven. God loves even the sinners, and this is his sacrifice to say "I love you dood, stop fucking up and go lead a virtuous life.. so that your brothers will stop fucking up and do the same. Soon we'll all be living it up." Could God have freed us completely from our obligation to him? Yes. And he continues to love those who ignore their obligation to him, just like my mom and dad continued to love me when I was a retarded fuckmonkey for several years of my life. But he gave what he could to offer us a last chance to know him, and to know life outside of the dark bondage of death.

On a side-note, while you can make the sacrifice of Christ seem pretty silly (I mean, if we tell any story a certain way it can seem pretty silly, no?), the whole of physics (which I also ascribe to, ugh~) is based on determination in indeterminism, and I've found it harder to swallow that than I did that someone might love me enough to sacrifice a part of himself for me.
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Not the Troll You're Looking For [29 Apr 2008|10:54am]
I swear on all things sacred and innocent in the world that I have not been using a sock puppet to troll [info]pretentioustfu's or anyone else's journal.

I have no idea what's going on, I didn't see the public post [info]pretentioustfu had up and took down, but I was informed here.

[info]pretentioustfu, please consider turning on IP logging and you will see that I haven't posted on your journal... ever, I think. :O

The only time I have ever used a sock puppet was to attempt to repost fanfics that had been posted to my community.

P.S. [info]pretentioustfu said I've been stalking him/her from back in his/her Trigun fandom days. I don't think I've ever read a Trigun fanfic in my life. I also have never had anything to do with any sort of Trigun fandom, outside of having listed it in my user interests four years ago, because I had been re-watching it. I don't even OWN the anime or the manga.
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Public Post: 精霊の守り人 [08 May 2007|07:36pm]
ATTENTION EVERYONE

Go watch SEIREI NO MORIBITO right now, especially if you like:
  • Stuff set in pre-Meiji-era Japan (the series isn't really set in Japan but it very much resembles it).

  • COMPLETELY ATYPICAL CHARACTERS. There is not a SINGLE anime archetype to be found here.

    The stoic yojimbo is a young woman, the prince is not a snotty brat but a quiet trooper, the poor street urchin makes himself useful and isn't a pain in the ass, and the bad-ass assassins don't wear black pajamas, masks, or chuck shuriken around like ninja.

    There are no bitchy tsunderekko, no overdone moekko, no OMG IT'S A TRAP bishounen, it's FABULOUSLY FRESH AND DIFFERENT. So far. I've watched up to episode four and I am HIGHLY impressed.

  • Unpredictable plot (so far)

  • Beautiful animation and unique character design (a little bit like Blood+ and yet somehow different)

  • Did I mention strong female characters that aren't jerks, boring, or stereotypical?

  • The OP is made of win (thanks, Tetsu!)

I do not personally have episodes to offer yet because I haven't found torrents yet but you can watch it subbed in fairly high quality on a YouTube-ish site in the following links:
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A Story About the Last 63 Minutes [03 Dec 2006|04:27am]
Every night before I go to sleep, lying in bed, I think of God. Every night, I ask for forgiveness for my sins, to be molded into a better example of a Christian, and for the well-being of my friends. It's a lot more casual and conversational than it sounds, though. I'm not much for rigid ritual.

Anyway, sometimes it's the first time all day (that I can remember) that I've thought about my relationship with him, which is really sad considering I'm supposed to worship him (I fail so hard at "in the world, not of it" and this LJ is proof).

For the last month or more I've had a hard time concentrating during prayer. I manage to do it for a short time before my train of thought switches tracks and before I know it I am saying ot myself "Oh yeah, I was praying." (Sometimes I forget what's happening in the lives of the people I know -- how lame is that -- so at a loss for specifics, I pray for everyone and I wonder why the world is so shitty for so many people.)

Because of how minute my train of thought has/had become, I started to pray that God would grant me the mental facultied to at least pray for longer than 30 seconds before being all OOH SHINY (How many ADD kids does it take to screw in a lightbul-- hey, let's go ride bikes). I also prayed that I would actually remember to study the bible for once.

And wouldn't you know it, that prayer got answered! I started to remember "Hey, I've got spare time I SHOULD STUDY GOD'S WORD!" And what do I do?

Something else. SURPRISE. "No, I want/need to do blank instead, I'll do that later." Go me.

While I was writing my previous entry, the cat jumped into my arms and got in my way. This isn't really so much of a bad thing because she's really snuggly and content late at night when it's past bedtime. She got so relaxed that I was able to get up, walk to the bathroom, and she was so comfortable that I had to lay her on the floor (she usually jumps away if I even think too hard about getting up). Her complete relaxation and contentedness made me happy.

It was an indication of things to come.

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Files [30 Jul 2006|11:56pm]
[ mood | annoyed ]
[ music | Akeboshi - Wind ]

My file storage service is currently doing a lot of updates. After their most recent one, I've started to have issues with hosted files and password requirements. It used to be that just clicking Reload/Refresh would do the trick but now they're serious: they want a password for you to access the files I've made publicly available on my account and for some reason even my account password isn't working.

So, if you are trying to download something I have hosted (scans, videos, images, ZIPs, media, etc.) and you're having a problem, hopefully it will clear up soon.

In the mean time, if you want whatever it is ASAP, I can e-mail a link to you to download whatever the file is you want. If it's a video or pic, I can just throw it up on Photobucket.

Sorry for the trouble. This sounds weird, but I look forward to serving you better soon. I've contact Streamload about the issue.

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Debunking Dan Brown [19 May 2006|10:41pm]
From The Clueless Code:

National surveys find that 53% of The Da Vinci Code readers say it's been helpful in their "spiritual growth and understanding." (George Barna) But what good is "spiritual growth and understanding" unless it's based in truth? Would they read The Protocols of the Elders of Zion for understanding a worldwide Jewish conspiracy? Would they go to Osama bin Laden for understanding Western Culture's plot? Would they go to Pat Robertson for understanding "the gay agenda?"

Lolz.
What's clueless in Brown's take on Christian history? Well, for starters, he spins this howler: The 4th-century Council of Nicaea invented Jesus' deity - and to the specifications of the Roman Emperor, Constantine... "...until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed by His followers as a mortal" - a mere mortal, he means, nothing divine. Then he adds that Nicaea adopted this new dogma "by a relatively close vote."

The Council of Nicaea did not vote on whether Jesus was the Son of God. A non-vote event cannot have been "relatively close." The Council of Nicaea did not vote on whether Jesus was the Son of God. Thus, a non-vote event cannot have been "relatively close." ...The discussions at Nicaea were not about whether Jesus was God's Son, but about how he was God's Son - in precise theological abstraction such as divine "substance."

...In Paul's letters, dating from AD 49 through the mid-60s, he quotes even earlier creedal formulae on Jesus' deity. The earliest of these Christian creeds is succinct: Kurion Iasoun, "Jesus is Lord!" The Greek term for "Lord" is kurios. In the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, the word kurios is used thousands of times to refer to God.

...This highest Christology is there in all the four biblical Gospels of the 1st century. John, echoing Genesis 1, writes: "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God." He adds: "And the Word became flesh and dwelled among us." Matthew, Mark and Luke agree: Jesus is the preexistent Son of God.

So, foisting the fallacy that Jesus' deity was fabricated hundreds of years after the biblical texts, is, itself, a fabrication. Claiming that the conniving Constantine and "his" Council suppressed accounts in order to privilege Matthew, Mark, Luke and John pretends there were seriously competing accounts to suppress.

The author also briefly touches on Da Vinci Code fanatics'/Dan Brown's claim that Gnosticism supports the Jesus-is-just-a-man-and-not-God theory.

This goes against every iota of Gnosticism, as Jesus is frequently referred to as an Aeon, or an emanation of God. They believed that he was essentially a demi-god, and thus not human at all, because humanity and earthiness is the antithesis of all that is good and pure in Gnosticism.
Another false claim of The Da Vinci Code is that the Vatican is kept busy with the biggest cover-up in history: Jesus' marriage to Mary Magdalene and their having had a daughter named Sarah, thus beginning a royal French bloodline passing down to today... But here's where Leonardo enters the picture. It's alleged that he and other so-called "grand masters" of something called the "Priory of Sion" were custodians of the "secret" of Jesus' bloodline. Brown insists that this "Priory of Sion" is "FACT" and that it dates from the year 1099. But in fact, it's a fake. The "Priory of Sion" is a scam. In 1956, Pierre Plantard hatched this hoax by planting forged documents and then "discovered" them. He confessed to it all in a French court in 1993.

Daniel found the royal French bloodline thing highly preposterous and amusing, as he hates the French and doesn't have a problem with Jesus (even though he is not a Christian and cannot accept the idea of an omniscient God).
Another Leonardo connection concerns his painting, The Last Supper. Allegedly, it encodes the secret. Brown buys the bizarre Holy Blood, Holy Grail notion - from 1982 - that the "Holy Grail" of medieval legend was not a cup at all, but Mary Magdalene herself. It's claimed: Why, that's not John at Jesus' right hand! That's Mary Magdalene!

But what do Leonardo's own study sketches show? They show that he labeled that figure at Jesus' right hand: "John." The young John is depicted without a full beard. To the clueless, he might appear to be a she. But what do the trained eyes of art historians see? They see the artist's Florentine School's convention of painting younger males as rather effeminate. So: To read Mary Magdalene into Leonardo's portrayal of John - and then to call that a clue - is clueless. Says a University of London art historian, who's also president of the Leonardo da Vinci Society: "Everything I know about how pictures were used to communicate indicates that the [Da Vinci Code] theory is absurd." (J. V. Field)
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Ouroboros: Diabolos & The Moon Project [23 Jan 2006|07:07pm]
[ mood | thoughtful ]
[ music | Gackt - Kono Daremo Inai Heya De; Cube; etc. ]

I was thinking about the translation of the November 2005 B Pass that [info]sweiled posted and had some ideas. Thank you for granting me permission to post this, sweiled-san.

First, words from Gackt on The Moon Project:



The opening song, “Misty”, is a piano piece. The turning of the wheel of fate...... of meeting with companions even as they realize theirs is a cursed fate. I want to express something like that here. But the one that is shown in this picture is not (his) companion, but his most loved one.

So The Moon Project has central character, or maybe just a character that Gackt chose to represent... and that character has an important companion(s) and one person he loves more than anything.

Interesting.


(Interviewer): And the mood (雰囲気 funiki: atmosphere; mood; ambience; ambiance) suddenly turns from Early Modern Europe into one which is very Japanese.
(Gackt): Yes, if you look at it by chapters, this story would be what you call the first chapter. If you ask why I included the first chapter here, it is because amidst the various stories revealed in this album, "memory" is one of the keyword, as if "all of one’s memories are passed down". And the strong feelings (念 nen: sense; idea; thought; feeling; desire) of the characters from the first chapter are also linked to their next life. (lit. time period) I wanted to try showing that as an opening.

This is a return to Utakata no Yume from The Sixth Day & Seventh Night, and something previously mentioned but not discussed in depth: the story of The Moon Project starts in Heian Japan.

Reincarnation, doomed fate, and the wheel of destiny are of the most interest to me.

So Diabolos tells us of the origins of the characters of The Moon Project and Moon Child is a much later chapter. The Darkside Inhabitants live many lifetimes and throughout these lifetimes, they meet up with one another again.

Is it possible that Kei, Sho, and perhaps even the others are reincarnations? Kei and Sho in particular, since they were vampires? Could it be that each cycle of life has led to them connecting and ending tragically since the Heian period?

I WANT ANOTHER MOVIE. Ganbatte, Gackt. Thank you for everything.
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Not-Drama! [12 Jan 2006|12:07pm]
[ mood | hungry ]
[ music | Hyde - White Song ]

About my last post:

I've never done that kind of thing and I still feel the need to apologize for it. It's not a cry for attention or help or compliments. It's just that there really are a number of people that I don't really know that I haven't heard from for a long time.

Believe me, attention is the last thing I want/need. I'm afraid of a backlash from [info]millyfan but more than that, I am in shock and awe from the amazing support and compliments I have received from you guys, especially over the last couple days and especially when I feel totally undeserving of them -- especially [info]noakun, [info]tavestry, [info]faithfulmoder, and [info]tarogirl. The LAST thing I EVER imagined hearing in my life is that people think I'm a decent Christian.

This honestly makes my life worth living. The world is so uncertain, even the Word is uncertain with mistranslations over millennia, the formerly Evil Empire-like Catholic church, and the influence of sin. A lot of times I'm not sure what is right and what is wrong, but to be told I'm doing okay in spite of my ranting, whining, self-loathing, and bitching is beyond complimentary.

m(-_-)m I am honored by you all. Never in my life have I been called "awesome" (unless it's about Moon Child fanfiction XD *hugs people*) or "amazing" or "wonderful" or a "good example." It's not me that are all those things. I'm just Laura. I'm just a dork. I just want my friends to be happy. That can't possibly make me any of those things.

Thank you again.

P.S. AGAIN I promise that last post wasn't supposed to be LJ drama wankage! I just want to get an idea of who is still reading and stuff. Even if someone didn't post there, I'm not necessarily going to delete him/her.

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GacktisGod, Millyfan, Loyalty, LJs, & Fandomwank [11 Jan 2006|12:54pm]
You can't judge a person or make assumptions about them based solely on their occasionally-updated Live Journal. [info]gacktisgod's LJ is where she lets off steam. It is not a summation of every facet of her personality, just as my journal does not mean that Gackt, Japan, and Moon Child are the only things I ever think about. My LJ is also MY place to vent, I just vent in a different way.

I met [info]gacktisgod in real life this past December and she is an amazingly sweet, generous, loyal, witty, helpful, and kind person. I had faith in her before I met her, even though I disagree with her nickname and we both disagree with one another's religious views -- but she puts up with my preaching, my open worship of Jesus Christ, and even my witnessing to her. I would advise against anyone making journals with very personal feelings and thoughts public but I'm paranoid and afraid of what people think of me most of the time, though, whereas GiG is made of sterner stuff.

I have an enormous amount of respect for her. She's worked harder and is more determined than most people I've ever met, certainly more than myself. She had wanted to live in Japan and she made it happen (she did not, contrary to posts here, move to Japan because of Gackt -- she found out about Gackt once she was there). I think 99% of the spite and childish insults on her journal, here, and elsewhere are motivated by jealousy and ignorance.

[info]millyfan: If you considered me a friend 24 hours ago, I would be very thankful if you would not slander me because of my friendship with Sabrina and because I choose to stand up and say "My friend has been misrespresented and I don't appreciate that." I have not said anything nasty or offensive about you. I don't want this to turn into a fandomwank or LJ wank or whatever the term is.

I was sitting here horrified at the things "tsuzukilove" was writing on fandomwank and then it turns out to be you. I'm ashamed that you referred to me as your friend, because it made it sound like I agreed or approved with the things you were saying about Sabringa, Gackt, Dears, etc. Please do not reference me ever again and if you'd prefer, I will do the same.

Everyone else: I expect people will just call me a sychophant or a suck-up or worse things but if that's the price I have to pay for telling the truth about my friend, then I guess I have to deal with it.

If you do not personally like [info]gacktisgod, that's fine. There are people my dearest friends are friends with who I have a very strong dislike for, perhaps even a hatred. But that doesn't mean I love MY friends any less and it doesn't make me say awful things about them. I did get very angry at someone recently and expressed my anger privately in my LJ, but I think [info]millyfan went over the line with her assumptions, meanness, and posting all of this stuff about Dears and Sabrina's personal life on fandomwank of all places.

If you are going to say cruel things about my friends, fine. Do so in your own journal. And if I don't see it, let me know so you don't have to read my LJ anymore.

May God have mercy on us all.

P.S. Why I said posting that stuff on FandomWank humiliates all Gackt fans.
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A Christmas Letter [02 Dec 2005|07:39pm]
[ mood | grateful ]
[ music | Sugar Ray; Gackt ]

A lot of people don't like December and Christmas for a variety of reasons: superficiality, religion, the wretchedness visited about the lives of people working retail (and tech support), the weather, etc.

I love Christmas, though. I love the colored lights, the good cheer, I even love a lot of tired, old Christmas songs. I don't mind the tinsel or the plastic, because they usually glimmer and look pretty in the light. I also love the snow, as long as I don't have to drive in it too much. At home in California, I even loved the rain (when I wasn't tromping through classes at school in it), and the bright gray-whiteness of every day (except Christmas Day, which is always sunny, even in Lake Tahoe's worst winter in 50 years or in Illinois which is just weird and Illinois).

It's a special time because people visit their friends and family, and they feel the need to give and be thankful (I think every country should celebrate Thanksgiving just because I think it's good to be thankful and reflect on the good things in life, even if so much of it is totally awful; there's always at least one good thing whether it's a pretty sunset or having a warm meal for once).

I wouldn't be this optimistic if I hadn't gotten the job, but I find it hard not to be when things are going okay. I LOVE my job, it's generally a lot of fun, even if I don't have the occasional lengthy break to read or to chat in the Cavern like I did at A_____.

I really, honestly wish I could share my good fortune and my joy with everyone. I pray that this day -- indeed, the rest of the month, the year -- however warm or cold, however busy or peaceful, happy or sad, is made lighter somehow, easier for you to bear, even those of you reading this who are not on my friends list.

I might die tomorrow, or our apartment might burn down, or my family may die, or my hard drives may explode, or the world may end but at least I will be able to look back on my life and know that I have had many moments of peace and happiness and remember "That there is no such thing as never-ending rain."

I pray that Jesus Christ will touch each of your lives as much as He has touched mine and that you too will soon have reasons to rejoice and be thankful if you don't already.

Merry Christmas

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Amazing Love [14 Mar 2005|12:56am]
[ music | The Newsboys ]

I’m forgiven because you were forsaken
I’m accepted, you were condemned
I’m alive and well, your spirit is within me
Because You died and rose again

Amazing love, how can it be,
That you, my king, should die for me?
Amazing love, I know it’s true
It’s my joy to honor you
In all I do, [please help me] honor you

You are my king
You are my king
Jesus, You are my king
You are my king

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[06 Feb 2005|12:32am]
Quick reminder, courtesy of [info]mitsuchan:

THERE - a place not close to the speaker - "The dog is waiting over there to be let out." (Helpful guide--"there" contains "here".)

THEIR - possessive form of "they" - "Their wish was to go to France after retirement."

THEY'RE - contraction of "they are" - "They're going to go jump off a bridge."

THESE ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE. THEY HAVE SEPARATE MEANINGS.

Your - possessive form of "you" - "Your clothes seem to have disappeared."

You're - contraction of "you are" - "You're going to go jump too?"

ur - A city of ancient Sumer in southern Mesopotamia on a site in present-day southeast Iraq.

THESE ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE.
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[05 Aug 2004|04:32pm]
[ mood | Excessively Nauseaus! ]
[ music | See below ]

Yes, it's that time again when I feel the need to pimp out the song Cube.

It struck me as very unusual as far as songs go the first time I heard it but I've grown fond of it as I listen to it more for how simple and profound it is.

I believe the following is from an old issue of UV that someone translated fragments of an interview with Gackt:

"Cube is, much more... it needs to be thought about. You can put it on and thing 'Wao.. this is so boring!', and then the main part comes and you think 'Ah, this is nice.' But you need to consider it as a song, and not as a piece of music, so you need to think about the lyrics. The song is so... monotone, becuase the lyrics are ... almost a desperate plea for help, they contrast with the music, and they make people think 'Ah, sou... this song is madness!' So.. you cannot just 'listen' to Cube, you have to 'feel' and 'understand.'

...After all, our body is just like a box. There's heart, stomach... they're functioning fine... But what if there's no spirit inside? Then it's just a robot."

Without the soul, our body is just a box, a cube."

( Lyrics. )

Now I go back to being curled up in a ball on my beanbag, waiting for Daniel to come home with Mountain Dew for my caffeine headache and intense nausea. I've felt so awful today I actually called in and took the day off work for the first time. Emotionally, however, I am all right. This is probably because a few little technicalities finally started going right and because my friends are teh awesome and because CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS =D and maybe I need to go lay down awhile. x_X

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[05 Mar 2004|04:39pm]
[ mood | content ]
[ music | Blind Guardian that Daniel has playing ]

僅かな光を見つければいい
今は太陽があがらなくても
「降り出した雨はいつかやむんだね...」
「そうさ、この雨はいつかやむんだね...」

Just try to find a faintest light in the dark.
It may be no sun around for now but I would say,
The rain will stop someday…
Yes, there's no such never-ending rain.

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-_- [28 Feb 2004|04:58pm]
[ mood | Indescribable ]

Because I don't have cable or anything that allows me to see even the most basic of channels, I've been completely out of the loop in regards to any controversy or bickering over Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. I saw one trailer several weeks ago and was mildly impressed. I heard a man on the radio say it brought him to convert to Christianity from Judaism. That's about it.

I went to see it today. I can't put my experience into words, not even written ones.

All I can say is that everyone should see The Passion. Everyone. Religious or philosophy beliefs aside, seriously. Jesus Christ is a part of everyone's life (for the most part), even if only a fraction. How often do you say, "Jesus! That's fuckin' crazy!" or "Oh my God!"

That counts.

If you have even a vague idea of Christianity or Jesus, see this movie. Even if you think Christians are a lot of blind, arrogant jerks, you will at least get an idea of ... I don't know.

I'm just babbling.

Anyway. It was a very powerful experience.

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