he fell as gently as a tree falls... there was not even any sound

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:03:26 GMT

MOVED.
I added the few friends who have active journals.
add me back :)

over_pass

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:34:33 GMT

meme questions from Jennifer :)

01. Leave me a comment saying you want to do the meme.
02. I'll respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
03. You should update your LJ or comment with the answers to the questions.
04. You should include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
05. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.

01. Tell me what sort of pet you'd like?
Realistically, it would definitely be a dog, hands down. Dogs make me extremely happy. My family has this adorable fat German Shepherd and he's really old and he's perfect. I love the color of his coat and how the maximum volume of his bark mirrors the maximum volume of my scream :'DD He only eats our fat Chinese food leftovers and he's aggressive with anything outside of our home and he makes me feel extremely safe. I love him. But he's really old now so he doesn't get that excited anymore :(. Recently I've enjoyed the company of some of my friends' "toy" dogs, especially Mochi, because they're exciting and restless but they're hard to take care of and restless, so I'm a huge fan of big dogs that don't eat dog food and know to pee and poop on grass.

02. What is the first thing that catches your eye when you look for a friend?
The only time I really notice people is when others talk about them, and I generally want to become acquainted with them if they are well-liked with my group of friends. But if it's someone that I discover, then it's probably a personality trait that I like. It depends. When I study people, I'd like to get to know those who seem self-aware or can speak eloquently (I'm a sucker for people who can speak :B). It could also be something physical, like if someone has a nice fauxhawk, then definitely like to speak with that person :D :D.

03. What's better: an introvert or extrovert?
Although some of my favorite artists / authors have been famously introvert, I think being an extrovert colors life, but I probably only think that because I love people more than anything in the world.

04. If you were asked at this exact moment what your greatest wish is, what would you say?
My greatest wish, at this exact moment, is for me to have enough skill to draw the likeness of my grandfather's face. It's because I just came from the last day of drawing class, and on the ride home my daddy told me that I should begin drawing my grandfather. We only have a small photograph of him, and he's always wanted it to be enlarged, and it kinda squished my heart when he requested it. Then he went on happily saying that I should draw my grandmother next (both grandparents are dead, btw) and then the whole family. Everything else I want right now is probably in my capacity to obtain, but this is something I really want, I really want to make my daddy happy.

05. If you were not you, would you be friends with yourself?
I think I can recommend myself as a good person to be acquainted with, so yes I probably would. I'm really open with people about my personality, so just hanging around me a couple of days would show who I am, and although my personality is somewhat loud and people might not like some parts of it, I'm an extremely nice and caring person -- and I'm easy to take advantage of.

@JANET. AHHHHHHILOVEYOU!! :D :D :D :D I'm getting a new phone in a few weeks too, I have no idea if it'll have fave five or not but I'll think of a way! &LOL at your Chinese in your latest entry -- that brings back memories of asian dramaland :'D

---

and
My mommy just came to me and told me to show her the Toronto explosion (kevjumba was there and has a video). I was watching it all night yesterday -- it was fucking huge. And I'm glad that most of my family moved to Vancouver last year, but my mom's brother and his family are still in Toronto, and she doesn't have a phone card right now, and she looks really worried for her family :( :( I'm sad now.

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:09:20 GMT

watching repeat countless error

the performance is strong

and uh. sensual. haha

just finished guren
ruki's wonderful.

kind of disappointing how chizuru and cassis is not on their set list
but it's still
really good ^_^

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:30:51 GMT

GAZETTE<3

HELP MEEEEEEEE!!

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:19:38 GMT

edward put his arm around jacob's chest. there he felt warmth in his frozen fingers like never before.

"you're disgusting" jacob said, but he didn't move his arm.

"and you're a smelly dog" edward retorted with his half smirk.

edward looked into jacob's eyes. in his flecks of gold, jacob could see his own reflection. "bella means nothing to me," edward said.

"she means nothing to me, either," jacob breathed. "I have long since imprinted on you."

AND THEN THEY KISS AND HAVE GAYPRNZ AND THEN THEY HAVE VAMPIRE WEREWOLF BEIBEHS.

uh. spoiler alert?

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:51:43 GMT

!!!

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:56:50 GMT

a lit cigarette fell from the sky
and ignited my world

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:48:04 GMT

earthquake. 22 seconds of shaking.

a few weeks ago there was a natural disaster article in my spanish book. i told my family california was due for a huge earthquake. my little brother started crying at the thought of it.

the moment i realized what was happening, I went under the table. it was a weird experience, because everyone went down so fast. no one was making sure their actual head was under the table, and apparently brian's butt was stuck outside :p. but a second after i realized everything, I pulled out my cell phone and tried to call my little brother. because he was home alone. the whole network was busy and I started calling and calling trying to get through outside. I started crying from being worried and crap. they kept us in 20 more minutes to get attendence. I got through home once, but no one answered. I called upstairs but no one answered. I got through to my parents' phones, but no one answered. I finally called gary and he answered and I couldn't hear him well but I told him to check on my little brother.

then I got through home and alex answered the phone and I started crying even though he was alright because I was so scared that he was afraid. Then I ran home.

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:35:29 GMT

The Dark Knight.
was beyond amazing.

third post tonight

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:22:37 GMT

I would just like to say
that July 15th The Daily Show
has got to be the funniest thing ever.

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:21:12 GMT

I like drawing.

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:02:47 GMT

GPA 2006-2008

Unweighted and not counting college courses: 3.36
Weighted* and not counting college courses: 3.39
Unweighted overall**: 3.53
Weighted overall: 4.06

* one extra point for honors and ap classes; does not include adv bio course which was actually a block ap bio course
** one college unit = one semester grade

And with any variation of grades I can plug into Microsoft Excel, my GPA ranges from 3.36-4.13

I'm just gonna concentrate on raising my unweighted grade because it's confusing how they count stuff >_>

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:51:33 GMT

i love the summer

natsukoi ♥

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:46:36 GMT

happy father's day

I love death cab's new album

"talking bird" makes me cry.

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:56:51 GMT

我只有你。　我只要你。　我只想你。

wahh

Tue, 20 May 2008 04:51:36 GMT

It really sucks because I keep thinking the CST is a piece of cake then I remember that it was actually challenging last year and that this year there is no test on Math Analysis so I have to take Integrated Math and I forgot all the theorems and properties ;A;

Luckily I still have my geometry notebook! 8D

On another note, I am truly sad about the situation in Sichuan (which is where the panda reserve is! ;A;). It's mostly because everyday something comes up about it, my parents keep watching the asian news on our asian channels and keep telling me all the stories that come up.

My friend Jennifer was saying how everyone's more focused on the earthquake than the cyclone even though Myanmar lost more lives, but she fails to see that Myanmar is a closed country and they refuse to accept foreign aide. Another definite explanation for the concentration on the earthquake: we have family in China.

Karen said her sister, who is teaching English in China, was nearby and that her students felt the earthquake.

Last week, my mommy was telling me how after 80 hours they rescued a little boy who could not walk, and the little boy said to his rescuers: "I want some cold Coke!" and with that we laughed for a block until my mommy told me about a teacher who was rescuing her students -- she had them all grab a part of her while she rushed them to the doors and went back for more. Apparently, when she was near the door, a part of the ceiling fell on her and crushed her and the children she was saving. So when they were found dead, the children were clutching onto her. This made me want to cry.

And with that, it was clear that the majority of the buildings that fell were schools, and Ms. Paulson told our class that government buildings were not affected by the earthquake. And with China's One Child Law, many parents lost their only child -- which is why the disaster is truly devastating.

And now, after all the time that's passed, finding survivors have become rare. Today a man my dad's age was rescued underneath rubble.

Also, because the roads were screwed up, it took the army two days to walk to a village. In that village, a man was buried and his girlfriend was buried deeper below him. He was able to talk to her through a hole, and he talked to her for two days, telling her that they were coming for them soon and that she needed to stay awake with him. The way my daddy told me it made me cry.

I'm just writing down what I've heard so far.

;______;

Sun, 18 May 2008 01:08:55 GMT

;A; ;A; ;A;
This is the first time I ever looked the band up even after all that music
I didn't know they broke up a while ago! :[ :[

ahh & this is beautiful
makes me sad now.

hellooo

Thu, 15 May 2008 03:25:13 GMT

hi. I suck at updating on livejournal.
anyway, there's this biology beach trip coming up next thursday, and I keep saying OKAY I WILL EXERCISE TO FLATTEN MY STOMACH MONSTER -- but AP Bio was this monday and I spent the weekend eating snack after snack -- seriously, it got me so hungry, and then the test was over and I had one day of relaxation and I shouldn't have relaxed because now I'm BAM behind on homework and breaking out and CSTs are coming, but I don't take them seriously at all, and now I think I should since I'm in Math Analy and all the questions will be on Alg I & II and Geom. and Luu, my Lord, gave us a packet with the questions and what the hell was associative property again? also, I can't remember theorems or postulates or even shapes >_> (but luckily I still have my geom notebook from eighth grade haha). I can't remember what permutation/combination/factorials were and what's n or r.

and I have a perfect Advanced score on everything and that's one of the things I have going for me so I can't mess up!

I'm thinking I really screwed up. I should have taken some kind of art class instead of Mandarin 3. I like that class a lot, but I have to continue with Spanish 3 for the stupid UCs and I'm thinking that Spanish has no use in the real world 'cause China's taking over. I'm wasting a lot of stuff. Oh, I got accepted to my school's Magnet today, so technically I just changed schools. We have a system called SLCs (small learning communities) where you have one designated counselor and there are teachers that people in your SLC will take so you get to know everyone. Screw you, overpopulation, for making Lincoln suck (this also pertains to the CSTs because my school's score sucks because there are people who are just plain stupid and it's really tiring to hear that the brilliant and ugly yellow school is depending on your huge brain to save it from government takeover). Where was I? Oh, right. Anyway, so HELL YEAH I AM DONE WITH SALCIDO. My counselor has been messing up my schedule since before I started high school and she is the reason why I ALWAYS HAVE THE WRONG CLASSES. So my previous SLC was UPP, University Preparatory Program. And the UPP Chem teacher is organizing a Six Flags trip. And since I am/was in UPP, I get to go :D $22.50 baby! On a school day too! sweet right? Anyway, so now I'm in the Magnet, and I feel so much more comfortable in school. Oh, I'm getting reprogrammed next week because I was already programmed for next year. Saves me a trip to Salcido's office!

I get sidetracked a lot. Today was academic decathlon. We took a math assessment and counted our unweighted GPA minus health, life skills, and PE. That kind of sucked. Hah. Cause I have a B average at that. Still, my weighted grade would probably only be a 3.8, which is failure isn't it? I'll take more classes to boost it up TOT

So what else did I have to say? Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I think I'm going to switch livejournals because I can't manage these posts well and I want to write moreeeee.
I'm always like this ehhh

-edit-
OH YEAHHH. That last episode of HOUSE was so good. TOT I can't stop watching it. I must have more!

score.

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:31:38 GMT

生日快樂，大佬！

APRIL 5, 2008

I honestly thought he'd never make it.

Eight years ago, when we were young, competitive, and in love with our mother, my brother and I made a bet with each other, because back then you bet on everything. The bet was that he would have to buy mommy a diamond ring the mother's day following his 19th birthday, and I would buy mommy a diamond ring the mother's day after my own 19th birthday.

A few months ago we were talking leisurely and I reminded him that he would soon have to complete the bet. My brother replied, "I still have one year left." And we both actually thought he had one year left. And then a few minutes ago I realized:

ANDREW YOU ARE TURNING 19 AND YOU ARE BROKE THEREFORE YOU LOSE.

A z n P i e X (10:25:06 PM): oh thats a good way

A z n P i e X (10:25:08 PM): to start

of course of course

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:47:55 GMT

Just Checking by Emily Colas was a cool book.

and I'm sorry I forgot about this janet o_o
I was like "I'll do it later~" and later never came.

1. Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your current favorite song, your favorite kind of sandwich, or maybe your favorite game. Any remark, meaningless or not.
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in your own post.
5. When others respond with a desultory comment, you will ask them five questions.

Questions from inverte

1. Who is your favorite storybook character and why?
My favorite storybook character is the Little Prince. Because even as a children's book character, he was extremely thought-provoking that I never get tired of his bluntness or his complexity in simple statements.

2. What is the most irritating chatspeak/typo you've ever seen in your entire life?
aside from the you/you're/your, too/to/two, their/there, and many/much mix-ups and variations, I really hate fcuk, shiet, variations of baby, mostly because the person I hate the most uses all of them and every time they say it I think of the word coming out in a constipated tone.

3. What makes for a perfect day? (Describe a scenario.)
A perfect, simple day would be:
I wake up without my parents bitching, and my hair is frizz-less, and there's no new pimples. It's warm and sunny but not super dry and I can wear a cute new skirt :3 I get to class on time and none of the teachers are annoying, and my classmates are funnier than usual, and I'm not tired, and I hang out with my friend for an hour afterschool at the donut shop because they asked me and we sit there drinking boba and talking about hanging out and how we're going to spend the weekend or something. I go home and my brother's actually doing his homework and my parents only call once. And I have less homework that I complete within an hour. I read a book that someone recommended and it's extremely good. I go online and people are actually interesting. When my parents come home they're not bitching. They take our family out to eat xiao long bao and my parents are crazy funny like always. And when I go to sleep that night, I actually fall asleep.

4. What is something you've been meaning to get around to but haven't (yet)?
These questions, my math homework, my bio homework, cleaning my room and books I haven't even started yet.

5. What is your first memory?
My first memory was when I was around 2 and it was holding incense in front of my grandma's picture. My grandma died a year earlier so there's this Chinese thing where they create a paper house for her and have her picture and we burn it on the anniversary of her death. Anyway, her picture's pretty scary, I remember her eyes being a little red. And when I look at the picture, there was some sort of chill and I guess that's what made me remember it. I asked my dad or mom in cantonese something about grandma. Maybe why she looked so freaky, or where she was, I don't really remember her. Yeah. That's it.

John Green.

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:20:22 GMT

I love this man. Haha. Here, this is his toast for Hank's wedding rehearsal reception last year, his dad uploaded it yesterday. I also wrote the transcript for it, but it's better to watch the video >_O

watch @ youtube

some of you may be wondering, "John Green, why are you holding a pretty pony case?"

I'll tell ya. Alright get comfortable because it'll take a while but.. ah.. I'd like to begin by reading the entirety of my diary entry from August 11th, 1984. Uh.. this was written when I was 8.

Quote:
"Today was a great day. My brother got sick."
Thus ends the diary entry.

Obviously, I didn't always like Hank as much as I like him now. So, for the rest of this toast, I'm going to try to channel the rest of that 8-year-old that's still inside me.

For a person who's basically a communist, Hank sure loves money. We've heard about how cheap he is. Uh, but it's not just cause he's cheap, it's also that he - he loves money - he craves it, he looks at it, he stares at it, he thinks about it. This is one of the endearing paradoxes of his life. He has tried, over the years, to seek out non-lucrative careers - chemist, environmentalist, graduate student, blogger, writer. This never bothered my parents, of course, because they're endlessly supportive, but it always worried me a little.

I mean, I often find myself wondering, "Who's going to send my kids to college if not Uncle Hank?" I certainly can't be counted upon to do it, I'm terrible with money.

But fortunately for me, and unfortunately for Hank, his secret love of money always trumps his fundamental dislike of all careers that involve money. The poor guy just can't help but make money.

And I just can't help but steal it from him.

It's in my nature. Throughout my childhood, Hank acquired the money, and then I used it to purchase goods or services. Even today, Hank sometimes does something for which I promise to pay him, but then I never actually do pay him. Because why should I? It's not like he's gonna spend it on anything. All he ever does with money is keep it. And look at it sometimes while he eats ramen noodles from a pot he bought at Eckerd College [right here i think he messed up on his speech, so he corrects himself] and in fact, found at Eckerd College dumpster in 1999.

I can't tell you how many times as a child I would walked into Hank's room and find him with his massive collection of change. Some families might worry about a boy who obsessively counted and stared at his loose change. But when you consider that his other favorite toys, [he raises the pretty pony bag] were my little ponies; frankly, we were delighted whenever he would pulled out his bottle of pennies.

So Hank, I'm gonna make a confession to you tonight. I have taken a lot of your money. You used to take your soccer trophies and unscrew them and then roll up one dollar bills and insert them into the hollow places in the trophies. I took that money. You sometimes hid money in the very bottom of your very crowded middle desk drawer - I vividly remember a five dollar bill cleverly hidden inside a walkman - I found that five dollar bill.

You created my first website, and I said that I'd pay you $200. That was in 2002. You agreed to save my skin by writing a quarter of a book for mental_floss, for which I promised you $500; First, I should have paid you more, because your work was the best stuff in the book, and second, I should have paid you, which I didn't.

Now, stealing money from Hank has never bothered me, for the reasons cited above. It still doesn't bother me because Hank can't be trusted with money, because he never does anything with it. But starting tomorrow, I will've also stolen from Katherine, and that is unacceptable to me.

Certainly, Katherine does not understand as much about spending money as I do, but at least she's not foreign to the concept. So, uh, over the last couple of weeks, I counted up all of the money that I owe Hank, and by my calculations, it is $992.

And I brought that money to Montana.

But it seemed like a waste of $992 to just write a check, because Hank would deposit it and then forget about it, so I at least wanted to give him something to play with. So, Hank [unzips pretty pony bag to reveal bundles of money] There are two gifts for you inside here. The first is 992 one dollar bills. So um, it was weird carrying it around the plane. Thank God nobody asked me about it. Heh, why you got so many ones? Uh, the second present is a My Little Pony Bride. I know how much you love your real bride, but I thought that you might be able to love this one, too.

So yeah, I promise you that this is legitimately 992 one dollar bills. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has already counted it, but I'm quite sure you'll enjoy counting it again.

So here's to the bride and groom, may you always have money to count, and each other to count on. Cheers.

STACKED RUBBISH - Review

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:35:54 GMT

Album Title: STACKED RUBBISH
Artist: ガゼット - the GazettE

pictures thanks to Spikie Girl.

Intro:
『STACKED RUBBISH』is the third full-length album by the GazettE, a Visual Kei Japanese Rock group. Previously released singles from the band that are included in this album are 「REGRET」, 「FILTH IN THE BEAUTY」, and 「HYENA」. 「千鶴 (Chizuru)」, which was released in the HYENA single is also included in STACKED RUBBISH and it is the theme song of the new Japanese thriller THE APARTMENT.

The GazettE is by far my favorite band in that their compositions are spectacular and their personalities attractive as well, so I had to write a review =D

I wrote this review to let others read it convince people to listen to them. Even if you listened to it before, you either liked it or didn't like it and I'm trying to make you like it =D Those who've liked it can read this and see what other's have heard, compare opinions and what we've found out, and appreciate GAZE in a fuller way. Those that didn't give the album a complete chance can read this and see that it can sound good if you give it another chance. Those who've never heard of them can read how deeply effective their music can be and give it a shot =D

Here we go~

1. ART DRAWN BY VOMIT Begins with second-snippets of STACKED RUBBISH. Includes Ruki saying "Hey Jesus" and a woman singing something like "Suck my ??? Suck my grudge and hate." It is rather laughable, but I like it because it follows the tradition of their other intro songs: INTRO in DISORDER and THE END in NIL. It has an easy going tone and a more hip hop feel.

2. AGONY "YO FUCK BOY" The lyrics are all in English, the chorus consists of "OH SHIT!" and Ruki raps this. It's sort of amusing, but I don't think it's bad. It doesn't sound like hip hop at all, a more Rock Rap kind of feel, more heavier than Linkin Park. The guitars overpowers the bass in the song, but you can hear the bass in most parts, and the rifts include nothing complicated. It gives an easy going feel. The ending is admittedly weird in effect. Overall it sounds like their were experimenting some. This song still fucking rocks though =D DA DON VIDIVI DA DON AGAIN DA DON VIDIVI DA DON YOUR AFFECTION RAPE MEEEEEEE~

3. HYENA A previously released single. I think the intro with Ruki spilling words out is attractive. It has a fast tempo, so Kai must be getting a good workout =3. Ruki's voice switching in singing style is really effective. The guitars are loud and the song is heavy. I can't hear the bass that well, only in a few parts and it's really soft. All the sounds are great together though. Of course, I love this song ♥

4. BURIAL APPLICANT This was the song I've been waiting for, ne? The PV was pretty cool. The beginning features turntables and it feels like building suspense. Guitar sounds more raw in the harder parts but throughout the verses, it's really soft. You can definitely hear the bass in this. While Ruki is singing the verses, everything is easy going and smooth. DIE FOR ME the chorus is fucking awesome I swear =D It really draws you in. I like the part before the screaming, where they speed up. The screaming is really shrill and you can't really hear what they're saying (even in Japanese). It's matched with a lower octave voice. I don't really dig the screaming because it hurts my ears, but some parts of the screaming is awesome. I love the kukaku kukaku.... part on. My god everything after that sounds in a whole new kind of beauty. Rips my heart out.

5. Ganges ni akai bara The bass is a key part. It's all Reita's man =D He has a solo in the middle and after that everything EXPLODES. As always, Kai's drumming has Rei's back. The guitar parts are amazing. Ruki singing is speedy flawless. Overall an obvious jazzy song with piano parts and Ruki singing do la do la do la. To me it sounds like katherine in a trunk, but in a different way too. Ending vocals are love. Honestly when I first heard this song I was like o_O but it's really good!

6. REGRET My god do I have to explain how I fucking love it? Though it is repetitive and long, vocals are really great and it's a catchy song. The focus is really on the vocals in this song, because the instruments are in a lower volume. The lyrics are fucking beautiful ;_; mew trust me it's wonderful.

7. CALM ENVY A slow song with a jazzy undertone. Everything is softer. Ruki's voice is the loudest, but it's still quite. It also has women backing vocals. Ruki cuts her off before she finishes the lyrics ("all of you") though xD lol. But the song is in a same tone in the beginning so it doesn't feel emotional, just restrained. Starting 1:39 the vocals suddenly become more powerful, rising an octave, it hits the heart. It goes back to the previous tone, but with a little more strength. 2:40 is GREAT. 3:16, the middle part, god it makes me want to cry. It's nothing like Wakaremichi, but it gives me the same sad feeling.... deeper though and the guitar parts and ruki singing sayonara... tear out my heart. It fades out. It left me there and then the next song began.

8. SWALLOWTAIL ON THE DEATH VALLEY I swear this is Rock'n'Roll in a garage esque, although it leaves the garage some way into it. It reminds me of the tapes my dad had back in the 90's. The beginning woman's voice is just like the beginning of the tapes. Ruki's voice has the Rock'n'Roll tone too =D sexy. Bass and drums pump the roll and guitars give the motherfucking rock. Guitar ditty at 2:00 was cool. Vocals are sort of lost but still there. Ruki was great though, but I think this song focuses more on the instrumental music. His signing didn't leave a big impression, but the song would be absent without it.

9. MOB 136 BARS Janet says that the 136 BARS represents the number of bars in the song and everytime they changed something or added something in the song they had to change the title. LOL dorks. It's not that loud but it's still heavy. I love the development. I think this will be great live in tradition of MAGGOTS, not RIOT though. It gives all band members more activity. I really want to see this played live! =D Love it. Really pumps you.

10. GENTLE LIE A supposed slow song faster than CALM ENVY. None of the songs on STACKED RUBBISH is as slow as DLN X_X so don't worry. Vocals are really great. Bass is heard and that's great. I love the guitar parts. It's really calm and.... gentle? haha. I like it.

11. FILTH IN THE BEAUTY Previously released single as well. IT'S FUCKING AWESOME TTOTT. The music is genius. It's headbanging. Every GAZE album must have a headbanging song, and here it is! Love the vocals. The guitar's piece is awesome. Drums come strong. The lyrics are basically about incest and sexual metaphors and Ruki sings/raps those in Engrish so it's like -giggles- It's a heavy songggg. gah I just love it.

12. CIRCLE OF SWINDLER I swear part of this reminds me of ~Zetsu~ but expanded a bit, especially the guitar and bass parts. Ruki is drowned a bit in the beginning but really noticeable and gets louder and I just love it. 1:42 Bass parts always get me pumped up. It's a really awesome song. Regarding the the lyrics (which is in English) I hope no one tried to use them like that TOT

13. Chizuru Rock Ballad. Previously released in HYENA single. God I love this song. I think Uruha wrote it? It's powerful. Ruki's lyrics are so beautiful. Bass parts back up the vocals well. And the every hit of the drums are enduring. It's no Taion, and unlike their other ballads, because it has a rocking, aged feel to it. Ruki's voice = ♥ I'm glad they put it in the album. When I read the lyrics I felt like crying. It's a suffocating song. In the end it fades out. And leaves you there then PEOPLE ERROR comes.

14. PEOPLE ERROR With this following Chizuru, it actually made me cry because it added to the previous song's depth, srsly. It's not a OMEGFUCKINMAZING composition, heck it's not even considered completely composed, but it's really good. It makes me shudder and cry. It feels cold and sad but somehow I feel like it's saying though it's sad, GAZE WILL BE BACK! =D they won't leave just yet. at 1:47 the development begins and it fades out and even if it's sad, it was beautiful.

Conclusion:
So overall this album is different and the same. The music has matured and it's gotten experimental. Listening to the whole thing.... ending it with PEOPLE ERROR, it was really breathtaking, like Reita said it would be.

People probably don't like it for its:
- English titles
- English songs
- Rap and Hip Hop
- Slow songs

but really its the same old GAZE
titles mean NOTHING, it's about the MUSIC.
the engrish lyrics you can understand

AGONY was about hating someone who was supposed to love you and being plagued by the hate.
MOB 136 BARS was about (a crazy man?) being at a complete lost of who to trust.
CIRCLE OF SWINDLER was about a man who tried to take advantage of musicians to make money.

Slow songs aren't boring and if it is, listen to the music because the vocals aren't the only thing =) the rap was more rock and there was only experimental rock-hiphop.

Bands can't give you the same things, it's just you've listened to them for so long that you think it's different when they have something new. Give it a listen again. I swear I had to listen to it fully twice. At first I was gonna bawl my eyes out because I thought they were extremely different, but after I listened to it again I was like XD I LOVE THEM.

Their music is evolving. But they're still great.