Eh..

I just read this article about Aoi from Gazette's tweet about Vocaloids.

Basically, he said that Vocaloid weren't real artists [obviously], and that music made with the Vocaloid software wan't equal to music made with real singers. However he deleted the tweet and apologized to Vocaloid fans, and even went as far as to buy the Hatsune Miku software.

I understand perfectly what he means, especially since, in the music business, he has right to be worried that virtual idols are ''taking over'' the industry. And he's obviously not the only one that thinks like that. Still, I think most people forget one important thing : even though the singers aren't real, the producers who make the music, the lyrics, and the people who make the animations/drawings/etc are, and it's insulting to them if we say that their work isn't good enough to be considered art just because there is no real singer.

Honestly, some Vocaloid producers are full of talents and they deserve praise as much as every other musician or singer. In my opinion, it's better to make your own music, write your own lyrics, and tune the goddamn Vocaloid yourself, than being a brainless singer that doesn't compose his or her own music and merely interprets it [obviously I am not talking about Aoi here, it's just a reference to the mainstream music scene]

Anyway, it's perfectly fine to not like Vocaloid, but saying that it isn't real music because the singer is virtual is a pretty stupid reason, and the people who claim that usually don't know shit about the Vocaloid scene.

/kazumi

Music post! And this time, it's not about Vocaloid.

So, in case you do not know, I actually listen to other stuff than Vocaloid, like video game music and such. I also really love that type of music that is sometimes called Classical Sound or Neo-Classic, such as Sound Horizon, Yousei Teikoku, ALI Project, Asriel, etc. Well I finally discovered a few other bands!

The first one is Rokugen Alice. As per usual with these kind of bands, the singer is female and has a very nice voice. Actually, I think her voice might please more people than, say, Asriel's singer voice which is very original. Anna Sakurai's voice is less high than most other japanese singers, and she is very versatile. For now I only downloaded their cd Alice in the Necrosis, which is really good~ Here is the first song, Metamorphose :



As you can see, their music is, overall, softer than Asriel [which is more rock or metal in my opinion] and calmer than ALI Project [their songs are really over the top usually xD] It's still very good.

The next band is Alieson! Again, a female singer, whose voice is pretty high. She sounds very cute in my opinion xD. Anyway, I downloaded the cd Black Ribbon, and I'm listening to it right now. So far, it reminds me a lot of Asriel, which is good~ Here is the song Ghost :




I really like these kinds of song, they sound so epic xD

The other band I listened is Love Solfege, apparently they're somewhat of a must-know band in the classical sound scene. I have yet to download a cd though, so I won't talk about it right now xD

/kazumi

Soon ...

.. I think I'll try to order from Taobao. I really really really want this coat :

It's just so awesome .. Also maybe it would work well for my Ciel cosplay, but I mostly want it for everyday life. I think the vest part is included too. Anyway, it's awesome and I want it. The thing is .. I'm scared to order from Taobao, even with a shopping service. Everything is in chinese and I'm scared of getting the wrong size or something. Fortunately, this coat is also on Qutieland where they put the measurements in english. I thought of actually ordering it from Qutieland but it's way more expensive. From Infanta, the Taobao shop, it's about 65$ [canadian], while on Qutieland it's 89$ [american]. Waaaay overpriced, especially considering it's not even a proper coat for canadian weather.

So, Taobao it is! I just need to save up a bit .. After all, I just ordered a Link wig and christmas is coming .. Anyway, I think I'll order these socks too :

Yay for royalty symbols on socks! They're only about 3$, and I thought I might as well order two items instead of just ones. There's a lot of pretty clothes I wanted too but since the coat is already kinda expensive I'm just gonna buy these socks.

... I wish I were rich D:

/kazumi

Harry Potter?

Damn right, Harry Potter. I went to see it yesterday with friends from school.

So, my last class of the day was history of science .. It was, well, boring. We had a mini test like always, but I hadn't had the time to read the text it was about so my answers to the three questions went like this :
1. Frederick II of Prussia
2. Otto von Bismarck
3. Darwin proved that the Prussians were indeed a superior race.

[I received today a message from the teacher, asking me : Is Prussia your favourite subject? Haha, damn right it is.]

So yeah, afterwards we had to wait for the others, since they had a class until 4:30 and we had finished at 2:30. It was long, and I was hungry, but then eventually arrived and we went ONWARD! TO THE RESTAURANT! Like awesome prussian warriors, lol.

Anyway, fast fowarding .. At the movie theatre we had to wait outside, even though we had bought our tickets beforehand :\ That kinda sucked. Me and one of my friends kinda stood out, since we had decided to dress like victorian aristocrats xD Some people seemed kinda scared lolwtf Maybe because I was wearing my mini tophat that sits on my head magically.

So yeah, after waiting and having bought important supplies like Skittles and M&M, we took seat in the theather, and the movie began.

REVIEW TIME!

Is what I'd like to say, but .. First of all, I don't really want to spoil anything, go watch it and make your own impressions. But mostly it's because I'm still unsure about whether I liked it or not. And also because I had to go see it in french and UUHH the dub it's so horrible. But yeah, what I can say is that, most of it is pretty similar to the book, they did a good job with that. Also, the part when they infiltrate the ministry is hilarious XD However, there was a lot of rather long and boring parts .. I know the book is a bit like that too, but it doesn't work as well in a movie I guess. Oh yeah, and there is a soft-porn-ish scene with Harry and Hermione. It was weird, to say the least.

So yeah, I still recommend you all to go and see the movie! Some people really disliked it, and some others really liked it, so I guess it really depends. Go and make your own opinion.

So now, enough talk about Harry Potter, and more talk about Prussia. I know I seem kind of obssessed right now .. and I am! Honestly, I first started to like Prussia because I liked the Hetalia character, but now .. I really like Prussia for what it is. And Frederick the Great is really awesome. I wish the politicians right now were more like him.

ANYWAY I'll post his before my internet dies again.

/kazumi

Bon.

J'ai appris que ya DU MONDE DE L'ÉCOLE [xD] qui lisent mon blog donc .. dorénavant j'essaierai de ne pas écrire trop de  conneries .. pour garder ma réputation d'intellectuelle aristocrate t'sé.

C'est ça, pis vous pouvez commenter en passant :B

/kazumi

I hate today.

During the week-ends, I like to relax, to have time to do my homeworks, and also to play some games and to do nothing intelligent on the internet. Especially since I have a killer week coming.

But of course, my mom decided to invite over a bunch of people tonight. So, since it's soooo fucking important [no], we have to clean every goddamn place in the house, and she has to keep bugging me to do this and that. Okay fine, I've got nothing against helping people, I just don't like being ordered around when I don't even want to see these people in the first place. I'm not the one who invited them. I don't care if the house is messy or not.

So, yeah. I can't wait to go to Montréal now .. I can't stand my mom for long periods of time now. She's just so bossy and stressed during the weekends, when I just want to relax [but of course, I don't work and I only go to school so I already have plenty of time to relax .. nevermind the fact that I'm in the program with the most work in college :\]

I know I ALWAYS complain about this .. I'm sorry.

On another note, I decided to download Preussens Gloria, the prussian military march XD It's absolutely awesome of course. I also wanted the unofficial prussian anthem, Preussenlieb, but I can't find a good quality mp3/video on youtube. It sucks, but it's understandable since, you know, prussia doesn't exist anymore it's too awesome to be recorded properly.

Talking about Prussia, at school I'm starting to endoctrinate people about how Prussia is awesome xD It's cool cause now I have an ally .. that is a Wilhem II fanboy [Wilhem II is prussian if you didn't know]. Actually I think I already talked about that guy, he dressed as Wilhem II for our Halloween party. But yeah, soon everyone shall know about the gloriousness of Prussia!

Also, another one of my friend talked about a LARP [live-action role-play, GN in french] taking place in like .. the 18th century. I SO WANT TO GO AND HAVE A PRUSSIAN ARMY FFFFF. So yeah maybemaybemaybe we'll go. If we can get a decent amount of people with us we're gonna kick everyone's ass with our prussian awesomeness. The thing is, first we need costumes .. and we need arms. Not so complicated when talking about a normal LARP, swords and such aren't too hard to make. But in this particular one we need firearms [fake ones mind you XD] and these are a bit thougher to make. I'd also want a saber or rapier too.

Anyway .. I'm off doing boring chores .. Wish me luck.

/kazumi

Well, I've been feeling kind of meh this week :\ Nothing too bad, but nothing too good either. I don't really feel like doing anything. Especially not schoolwork -_____- But there's just so much we have to do wbnfjesngfwrj I must not think about it or I'll go crazy.

I still decided to dress up tuesday .. I took a picture :

 Sucky camera is sucky. And I look kind of fat o_O Anyway. It's not really lolita or anything, the theme was ''british''. Not sure if it worked .. But I like it xD I wish I had more steampunk-esque accessories.

Other than that .. Not much. I called to schedule my damn driving classes. These classes are a laugh .. I'm really bad :\, and the neverending hours of theory are given by someone who clearly isn't meant to be a teacher. I hate it. And just thinking about the exam makes me nervous. Go me. At this rate I'm never going to be able to drive .. Okay, let's stop the negative thinking already.

..................... I was about to write more but then everyone on facebook wanted to talk to me all at once so fuck that xD I'm going to bed now.

/kazumi

guysguysguys

So, one of my friend keeps telling me that she's gonna marry one of the guys from Super Junior [you know, once we go to Japan and then jump over to Korea]

Well, you know who the hell I'm going to marry?

That's right, MACHIGERITA-P.

Bet you didn't expect that uh?

The thing is, earlier today I was telling myself how all of his songs are awesome [I absolutely adore his new Kaito song NWENFIEWNG so fucking good] and how he must be pretty damn fucked-up, judging by the weird lyrics he writes .. Fucked-up in a good sense mind you.

So yeah, somehow I ended up finding his website and there was a pic of him ..

AND THEN, IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. That's the story I'm going to tell to our children in a few years [what the hell I don't even want kids]. But yeah, he's 19 .. that surprised me. He's just a few months older than me. A TRUE LOVE SIGN I'M TELLING YOU. Aw anyway, I'm probably one of the only person that finds him cute as hell .. I mean, he pretty much looks like a four-eyed-nerdy-emo-asian-dude.

Haha so yeah .. don't mind me .. I had a bad day and I just wanted to be stupid for a few minutes .. I'm still in love with machige though! Just watch me and wait a few years! hurhurr

/kazumi

[OH YEAH ALSO he made a uttatemita for Matryoshka, I downloaded it and it's so so cute I adore his voice .. well, it's not that good but he sounds like he's really trying ~ aww]

DRRR

Yeah .. I just finished Durarara!! .. Could've finished it a few weeks ago but I didn't want to .. I hate it when series that I love come to an end .. I guess I could read the books though! And I'll probably rewatch the anime soon.

Anyway .. I need to say it .. Izaya .. you're the biggest jerk ever but damn it, I love you D: Why so awesome?? Ugh, I always end up loving the jerkass characters .. What the hell, me? Seems like I'm not the only one though xD Izaya's got a pretty large fanbase.

So yeah .. I'll go over there and be a fangirl in peace .. And to the rest of you .. Go watch DRRR!! already!!

/kazumi

Urg ..

La Carmina annoys me so fucking much .. I mean, don't start a blog about fashion if you haven't got the slightest idea on how to dress properly. Honestly, I can't believe that after so much time spent in Japan [where you can see all the street fashion IRL and buy the damn clothes], she still can't coord a single nice outfit. Heck, she even manages to make beautiful clothes look fugly. Most of her brand stuff is pretty but I've yet to see her wear it in a decent way.

And the excuse of being ~*~alternative~*~ doesn't stand here .. There's plenty of way to be original and true to yourself without looking like your closet threw up on you. Plus, she's getting so much recognition for her ''''fashion style''''' .. kinda makes me ashamed to be into japanese fashion as well :\

The sad thing is that I don't actually hate her or her blog. Once in a while she documents pretty interesting stuff and she's a decent writer. I just wish she would improve already with her damn clothes. Though I guess it must be difficult to do so, when almost all of her friends are just as bad looking .. especially that .. thing .. ''Yukiro'' .. come on, learn to put on makeup properly .. cheap eyeliner all over the face =/= good and original makeup.

[also, La Carmina and the Pirates .. come on, just admit it already, you've stole that name from Alice and the Pirates .. wow, way to be original and alternative uh? In America, I'm pretty sure you'd get sued for taking a name so similar for your company]

Yeah I know, random post is random.

/kazumi

[for those who don't know who the hell I'm talking about .. just google her name. I don't wanna link her on my blog]

Pff

.. The day isn't halfway done and I'm already tired. Anyway, today was the only time of the week I could get my cat to the veterinary. So we went at about 1pm, but it turned out that the vet wasn't there -_- Let me explain : there's only one vet. for 3 towns [Windsor, Asbestos and Richmond] so even if a clinic is open, it isn't guaranteed that she'll be there.

Fortunately, we learned that there was another vet. in the area so we went to see him instead. There were a lot of pets in the small clinic xD There was even a fluffy white cat :B So cute. Anyway, now we have some antibiotics for my cat .. let's hope that she gets better soon.

So yeah, two hours later I'm back home and I'm enjoying a nice cup of Earl Grey. With cookies. [tea + sweets = awesomness] And I'm listening to Super Junior XD One of my friend is a huge fan .. So it's starting to rub off on me! I like No Other and Bonamana a lot. And Leeteuk is cute. [but nothing shall beat Vocaloid and Sound Horizon in my heart!]

And now I need to work on some school stuff .. I don't feel like it :\ Wish me luck.

/kazumi

hurhur

I just logged in Poupéegirl and, lo and behold! I have 213 ribbons .. where the hell do they come from? XD Last night I had like .. 150? Anyway .. maybe I had more and I didn't notice.

So .. yesterday one of my friend came here and we watched How to train you dragon. It's pretty good actually! And I like Vkings, haha .. So that's always a plus. Even though, they didn't really have horns on their helmets! I know it's just a movie but this misconception is so common it's starting to annoy me xD I know horns on helmets sounds pretty awesome but in reality the horns were used for drinking.

She had brought her FMA:B dvds and I wanted to burn them but I couldn't, they were protected .. I wish my brother had been here, he could have helped me I'm sure xD But as it is I'm not and expert on this stuff so I gave up. Instead I burned her Baccano!, because it's absolutely awesome. Next on the list is Darker than black and Durarara!! .. and Death Note .. And maybe Code Geass, but I don't know if she's interested in those .. whatever Code Geass is awesome so it's a must watch.

I'm starting to overuse the word awesome here .. Anyway, after the movie we decided to go eat at a restaurant in Sherbrooke, since I had un-awesome driving class at 7pm. So yeah .. we talked a lot about what we're going to do next year. I can't wait .. I'm sure it's gonna be, well, awesome. And I don't care if I sound like a wapanese by going in East-Asian Studies .. it's really something I like since I'm a kid, and not just because of anime desu desu.

Well, that's about it .. \o/

/kazumi

There and back again.

Sooo, yesterday we had a trip to Montréal city organised by the school .. Basically, the day can be summarized like this :
- wake up at 6am after not having slept thanks to the awesomeness of Shin Megami Tensei, arrive at school at 8am, and immediately leave for Montréal in the bus.

- Play MegaTen on my DS for the whole trip, while making innapropriate comments on the game, especially on the poor demon Astaroth .. can't help it if it's a naked dude with a viking-like helmet on a snake, and that he kept on dying ..

- Arrive at Montréal after two hours, and look like goddamned tourists while we walk towards the first museum, the Redpath museum. It's one of the oldest museum in Canada and it was pretty interesting and varied. Fossils, dinosaurs, minerals, dead animals, mummies, you name it they have it. Even a samurai armour! Awesome.

- Leave the first museum, towards the museum of Beaux-arts .. Honestly I don't know how to translate this. Fine Arts? Anyway. It's more french and awesome to say Beaux-Arts. The exposition was about Otto Dix, which is a german artist, during the WW1-WW2 era. I liked it. Lost of mutilated corpses and naked old prostitutes, what's not to love? Actually I didn't like too much the prostitute part but the rest was nice. We had a lot of time to kill afterwards so we went to see the permanent collection, there's an interesting section about Napoleon, where they have Napoléon's hat and one of his boots. Oh yeah that's were we ate too, in case you were wondering.

- Leave that museum and go to the last one, the McCord Museum. It's about Canadian history. So yeah obviously by that time we were pretty tired, so it was a bore, we even had a tour guide .. that wouldn't stop talking .. even though she was intestesting, we barely had the time to even look at the artifacts [even though we had a lot of fun playing a game of table hockey .. yeah we're canadian all right it seems :\]

- Finally, we could go back to Sherbrooke! I played MegaTen again .. while eating my supper [an apple and a granola bar .. awesome, I know]

- And then I was hoooome [well, almost] and there was much joy and much persona 3 playing. [actually not that much since I was tired and went to bed early]

Well, that's it. I still gotta talk about today, but I'll do that tomorrow :B

/kazumi

Nazi loli?

Well, if you are into lolita fashion, you probably saw Metamorphose's new collection : D.walkure. As the name suggests, it's a collection inspired by army uniforms in general, as there are no emblems to be seen exept the Metamorphose one.

You can see the collection here. Why am I linking you to the japanese website? Well, it's because the collection has been taken off from the english website. How come? Apparently, some people complained that it was too ''nazi-like''. Now, of course it is nazi-like. It's also british-army like, and french army like, american army like and name-a-fucking-army like. BECAUSE IT'S ARMY INSPIRED. Honestly guys, stop seeing nazis everywhere .. And then try to hide them. Yes, nazis existed, yes they did horrible things, but there's no need to demand that a fashion brand takes off their clothes from their website because it somewhat looks nazi, even though we can't see any swastikas.

I think some people complained about the eagle, which, as you know, is another symbol that has been used by the nazi army. Well, newsflash : the eagle as been used as a symbol of power by pretty much every empire, ever. The roman empire, the prussians, the austrians, hell, the AMERICANS. So yeah, no big deal with the eagle, it's a common symbol and doesn't not represent exclusively the nazis.

I don't even know why it bothers me so much. In any case, I think it's pretty stupid to demand that the brand takes off the clothes from the english website just because some people were offended. If you don't like it, don't buy it, that's all. Especially since it wasn't more nazi than any other army-inspired outfits.

Anyway, I'll end my rant now .. real post about my life later :B

/kazumi