Shinjiro's new movie has a release date! Yaaaay!! \(^-^)/
Ehh... but in September. Bleah. So faaaar away.
Oddly enough, it's based on a story that Aiba Hiroki's also worked on before: "Switch wo Osu Toki". Except Aiba was in a theatre production of it. I find Japanese showbiz amusingly... intermarried that way; everyone's worked on something with someone else before.
I'm just wondering which character he's playing. I was thinking he might get the same role which Aiba got (which would be even more amusing, since they've worked together before), the role of the wheelchair-bound boy who writes songs and sings to himself to pass the time. Coz as far as I know, from the names of the cast listed on the official webby, Shin-chan's the only singer there.
But then I saw Sakamoto Shougo's name and thought maybe they might put him in that role. In which case, the only other role I can see Shin-chan in is the role of the kid who was a little neurotic and paranoid about everything; the one who liked the girl, but the girl didn't reciprocate. I forgot all the characters' names already.
And I found "Blizzard" on YouTube last night! Whee. Not subbed, but I can sorta tell what's going on anyway. I hope they upload all the episodes. Shin-chan looks quite adorable all bundled up in winter clothing. And oh, why does he always get the petulant, bratty, "youngest kid" roles, lol.
Monday, July 04, 2011
Before I stumbled across this video, I didn't know that Shinjiro could sing high notes; almost all the time, he sings back-up and low notes for AAA's songs (and sounds damn sexy at it, thankyouverymuch.)
But this. THIS, is amazing.
I'm not so crazy over Maekawa Hiroki's voice, but Shinjiro's parts... すてきなぁ。。。 And then when he sings from 2:34. And then the high notes. O.O
Shin-chan, I'm so proud of you. :D
Avex, make use of the talent that you've got, man. Yes, he sounds fantastic in the lower ranges, but it's a shame that the songs that he sings with his *own* band don't stretch his range as much as this does. The boy is going to waste (Shuta as well!) singing back-up all the time. Someone needs to write more songs that utilise Shuta and Shin-chan's voices better.
But this. THIS, is amazing.
I'm not so crazy over Maekawa Hiroki's voice, but Shinjiro's parts... すてきなぁ。。。 And then when he sings from 2:34. And then the high notes. O.O
Shin-chan, I'm so proud of you. :D
Avex, make use of the talent that you've got, man. Yes, he sounds fantastic in the lower ranges, but it's a shame that the songs that he sings with his *own* band don't stretch his range as much as this does. The boy is going to waste (Shuta as well!) singing back-up all the time. Someone needs to write more songs that utilise Shuta and Shin-chan's voices better.
Sunday, July 03, 2011
Wow. It's been about two years since I last posted, huh.
If you actually remember what this blog used to look like, well, I've switched to this more "boring" Blogger template because Geocities shut down, and a lot of graphics that you see on this blog were actually being hosted there, including the old header image. So I decided, what the heck, let's just use a default template, then I won't have to worry about images.
I'm still toying with the idea of setting up a Livejournal for posting writing though. Since I don't have my site and all anymore.
Time really does fly and I've been so busy with work in real life that I spend most of my free time doing rather brain-dead things, such as watching Japanese dramas, watching live performances by Japanese artistes and reading fanfiction.
Yeah, the Japanese kick that I started on in 2009 hasn't abated. Lol.
But it seems that I've moved on from Aiba Hiroki and Tenimyu. Not saying that I don't like Aiba anymore or anything, but he hasn't appeared in anything (at least, not that I know of) since Shinkenger ended. Rather sad, since it seemed to me that his acting was getting better in Shinkenger, but oh well.
Tenimyu also doesn't hold much appeal for me anymore after the third generation graduated. After third gen, there were a few actors whom I felt didn't really fit their roles, so yeah. No more Tenimyu for me. Although it felt kinda "Whoa, *already*?" when I saw the news that whole story was finished and 6th gen would be graduating.
But I learned a lot by just by paying attention to what was being said in all those Jap dramas I watched (who says you don't anything from watching TV? Well, not really TV in my case since I'm watching them on my laptop, but you get what I mean). I started learning to recognise certain phrases and I could actually recognise conjugation just by hearing similar parts of words... I've no idea how else to explain it.
Went on holiday to Kyoto with Connor, Jianhui and Jiaxin in April 2010, and found, to my surprise, that I could actually *understand* what most people were saying, but couldn't speak the language, since I'd never learned how to string together a sentence in the language. Now I sorta understand how it might be possible for people to understand a language but not speak it.
Was somewhere around then that I started thinking about taking Japanese classes, and I finally got started in January this year. Will be starting Intermediate level classes in August. Excited at the idea of going back to Japan for holiday sometime in the near future, and the difference that knowing the language will make for the experience.
Haven't seen any dramas recently that seem interesting... I feel like whatever Japanese I know or my listening skills are becoming a bit rusty. It probably doesn't help that I've recently listening to or watching Lives by only one artiste, haha.
Yes, cue my most recent obsession: J-pop band, AAA. That's "Triple A" for you, which is apparently shortened from "Attack All Around".
I kinda rediscovered them earlier this year; I can't remember how, but it was when I stumbled upon the PV for their "Heart and Soul" single on YouTube. Very hard-hitting dancey song, but somehow addictive.
Why "rediscovered"? Well, the first time I heard about this band was actually because of Aiba Hiroki; I went looking for other stuff that he'd worked in other than Tenimyu, and I found Delicious Gakuin, cracktastic thing that it is. Lol. It's so utterly full of nonsense, I tell you. XD
It is *impossible* to not notice Nishijima Takahiro in Delicious Gakuin. Other than the fact that he's the lead, Nishi is just hilarious in that drama, and other than Aiba, who I was watching the series for in the first place, the character of the stuck-up kid, played by Atae Shinjiro, who hates Nishi's character from the get-go really attracted my attention. Yeah, I have a thing for the attitude-problem characters. XD
Next thing I started to notice was that "AAA" popped up very often in the credits for the drama. "AAA" was tagged on in brackets to the end of Nishi and Shinjiro's names, and "AAA" was apparently the band singing both the theme and insert songs for the drama. Their marketing really scored with that one, I thought.
But it was around that time that I went and read a little more about the band, watched a few of their PVs on YouTube, but it never really stuck. Until now, it seems. I'd always thought that Nishi was younger than Shin-chan, but I've only found out now that Shin-chan's two years younger! I blame Nishi's retarded behaviour. :P
Anyway. To end off this post of rediscovery (of my blog, ahaha) I have this as well:
I'm flattered, really. :) But that's for my story-writing.
In this blogpost, apparently...
A different sort of style for different occasions, perhaps. :)
If you actually remember what this blog used to look like, well, I've switched to this more "boring" Blogger template because Geocities shut down, and a lot of graphics that you see on this blog were actually being hosted there, including the old header image. So I decided, what the heck, let's just use a default template, then I won't have to worry about images.
I'm still toying with the idea of setting up a Livejournal for posting writing though. Since I don't have my site and all anymore.
Time really does fly and I've been so busy with work in real life that I spend most of my free time doing rather brain-dead things, such as watching Japanese dramas, watching live performances by Japanese artistes and reading fanfiction.
Yeah, the Japanese kick that I started on in 2009 hasn't abated. Lol.
But it seems that I've moved on from Aiba Hiroki and Tenimyu. Not saying that I don't like Aiba anymore or anything, but he hasn't appeared in anything (at least, not that I know of) since Shinkenger ended. Rather sad, since it seemed to me that his acting was getting better in Shinkenger, but oh well.
Tenimyu also doesn't hold much appeal for me anymore after the third generation graduated. After third gen, there were a few actors whom I felt didn't really fit their roles, so yeah. No more Tenimyu for me. Although it felt kinda "Whoa, *already*?" when I saw the news that whole story was finished and 6th gen would be graduating.
But I learned a lot by just by paying attention to what was being said in all those Jap dramas I watched (who says you don't anything from watching TV? Well, not really TV in my case since I'm watching them on my laptop, but you get what I mean). I started learning to recognise certain phrases and I could actually recognise conjugation just by hearing similar parts of words... I've no idea how else to explain it.
Went on holiday to Kyoto with Connor, Jianhui and Jiaxin in April 2010, and found, to my surprise, that I could actually *understand* what most people were saying, but couldn't speak the language, since I'd never learned how to string together a sentence in the language. Now I sorta understand how it might be possible for people to understand a language but not speak it.
Was somewhere around then that I started thinking about taking Japanese classes, and I finally got started in January this year. Will be starting Intermediate level classes in August. Excited at the idea of going back to Japan for holiday sometime in the near future, and the difference that knowing the language will make for the experience.
Haven't seen any dramas recently that seem interesting... I feel like whatever Japanese I know or my listening skills are becoming a bit rusty. It probably doesn't help that I've recently listening to or watching Lives by only one artiste, haha.
Yes, cue my most recent obsession: J-pop band, AAA. That's "Triple A" for you, which is apparently shortened from "Attack All Around".
I kinda rediscovered them earlier this year; I can't remember how, but it was when I stumbled upon the PV for their "Heart and Soul" single on YouTube. Very hard-hitting dancey song, but somehow addictive.
Why "rediscovered"? Well, the first time I heard about this band was actually because of Aiba Hiroki; I went looking for other stuff that he'd worked in other than Tenimyu, and I found Delicious Gakuin, cracktastic thing that it is. Lol. It's so utterly full of nonsense, I tell you. XD
It is *impossible* to not notice Nishijima Takahiro in Delicious Gakuin. Other than the fact that he's the lead, Nishi is just hilarious in that drama, and other than Aiba, who I was watching the series for in the first place, the character of the stuck-up kid, played by Atae Shinjiro, who hates Nishi's character from the get-go really attracted my attention. Yeah, I have a thing for the attitude-problem characters. XD
Next thing I started to notice was that "AAA" popped up very often in the credits for the drama. "AAA" was tagged on in brackets to the end of Nishi and Shinjiro's names, and "AAA" was apparently the band singing both the theme and insert songs for the drama. Their marketing really scored with that one, I thought.
But it was around that time that I went and read a little more about the band, watched a few of their PVs on YouTube, but it never really stuck. Until now, it seems. I'd always thought that Nishi was younger than Shin-chan, but I've only found out now that Shin-chan's two years younger! I blame Nishi's retarded behaviour. :P
Anyway. To end off this post of rediscovery (of my blog, ahaha) I have this as well:
I'm flattered, really. :) But that's for my story-writing.
In this blogpost, apparently...
A different sort of style for different occasions, perhaps. :)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Work is CONSUMING my life. -_-
But I have found something to keep me occupied. Unfortunately, it's a sedentary activity. I've started reading a hell of a lot of fanfiction again, and found a few new fandoms, while at it.
All of which are anime/manga.
And recently, I've started on Prince of Tennis. My god, the monstrosity that is this fandom. It's all over the place! Manga, anime, live action movie, and even musicals. A SERIES of them. That's still ongoing.
I don't even remember how I got started on it.
No wait, I do remember.
I have a liking for Miyano Mamoru's voice; he has a nice voice and he's very versatile, in the sense that if he voices a character in anime, I can tell it's his voice, but at the same time, he doesn't sound exactly the same as any other of his characters I might have seen before.
He currently does Kid's voice in Soul Eater, and when I went looking around to see if there was anything else he'd done, I came across Vampire Knight. Which seriously must have the most screwed up characters ever, I tell you. Anyway. Watched the anime and finished the manga for that by now.
And then, I noticed Prince of Tennis on the page with all his other work.
And it's one of those animes/mangas which I've seen all over the place but I've never bothered to find out exactly what it is. I don't really like starting a new anime or manga; once I've started watching or reading it, it's okay, but I just don't like starting it. I'm weird that way.
So, little old me finally got curious enough to go poke around at it.
Started on the live action movie first, since I figured that would probably be easy enough to find on YouTube. Was ok, but the most hilarious things are the special effects for the characters' special techniques; they probably look cool in the anime or manga, but in a live action film they just look absurd, lol.
And then I got started on the musicals. And I'm not sure if Japanese musicals are different from English ones in general, but the Prince of Tennis ones are quite different. That difference is quite interesting, and I'm still fascinated by theatre effects. When watching musicals when I was younger, I was always amazed at how actors could find their mark when the stage was pitch dark, and that still remains while watching the Prince of Tennis ones.
Anyway. Have decided that the second generation cast for the musicals is my favourite, so here's something I found. At times like this, I wonder if I should consider moving to LiveJournal. Or maybe Wordpress. Hm.
The Second Generation Tenimyu Seigaku Cast is Forever Love
But I have found something to keep me occupied. Unfortunately, it's a sedentary activity. I've started reading a hell of a lot of fanfiction again, and found a few new fandoms, while at it.
All of which are anime/manga.
And recently, I've started on Prince of Tennis. My god, the monstrosity that is this fandom. It's all over the place! Manga, anime, live action movie, and even musicals. A SERIES of them. That's still ongoing.
I don't even remember how I got started on it.
No wait, I do remember.
I have a liking for Miyano Mamoru's voice; he has a nice voice and he's very versatile, in the sense that if he voices a character in anime, I can tell it's his voice, but at the same time, he doesn't sound exactly the same as any other of his characters I might have seen before.
He currently does Kid's voice in Soul Eater, and when I went looking around to see if there was anything else he'd done, I came across Vampire Knight. Which seriously must have the most screwed up characters ever, I tell you. Anyway. Watched the anime and finished the manga for that by now.
And then, I noticed Prince of Tennis on the page with all his other work.
And it's one of those animes/mangas which I've seen all over the place but I've never bothered to find out exactly what it is. I don't really like starting a new anime or manga; once I've started watching or reading it, it's okay, but I just don't like starting it. I'm weird that way.
So, little old me finally got curious enough to go poke around at it.
Started on the live action movie first, since I figured that would probably be easy enough to find on YouTube. Was ok, but the most hilarious things are the special effects for the characters' special techniques; they probably look cool in the anime or manga, but in a live action film they just look absurd, lol.
And then I got started on the musicals. And I'm not sure if Japanese musicals are different from English ones in general, but the Prince of Tennis ones are quite different. That difference is quite interesting, and I'm still fascinated by theatre effects. When watching musicals when I was younger, I was always amazed at how actors could find their mark when the stage was pitch dark, and that still remains while watching the Prince of Tennis ones.
Anyway. Have decided that the second generation cast for the musicals is my favourite, so here's something I found. At times like this, I wonder if I should consider moving to LiveJournal. Or maybe Wordpress. Hm.
The Second Generation Tenimyu Seigaku Cast is Forever Love
Monday, December 01, 2008
Meh. FF7 is eating my life. Nah, not really.
Good thing the PSP belongs to my cousin and I can only get my hands on it at night, when he's home and studying for his exams. Hahaha.
Funny when I think back, but the original FF7 came out at a time when I wasn't very into computer games, and even a while after its release and I *did* get started on games, I drifted more towards stuff like Dungeon Keeper and Theme Hospital and Red Alert and the C&C universe, where I could build stuff.
But anyway, was watching my cousin's Advent Children disc a few weeks ago when I was slacking at home on a weekend with nothing to do, and I realised that there're a lot of "gaps" in the movie. Coz hey, that's like the latest part of the whole long complicated and emo storyline.
Seriously, I think FF7 defined "emo". It created "emo" before there was "emo". It made "emo" cool. You get my point.
So, before I digress. Me being me, does not like "gaps" in my nice storylines. So. To Wikipedia we shall go. XD
So I poked around on Wikipedia and found that the story is long and convoluted and oh my god, still expanding. Will it never end.
But! It has all sorts of elements that I like, like the angst and the lovely characters. Gerri loves her main characters wonderfully flawed, and let's face it, isn't Cloud the most damaged thing you've ever seen? The Japanese make stories right up Gerri's alley, yes sirree. XD
And Crisis Core is kinda fun. Except for cutscenes where certain characters spout long lines of quotations which make no sense. Those are annoying. Quit quoting your stupid book at everybody! I still don't get why the silly book is so relevant to the storyline. *scratches head*
Ladeeda. Rant over. Now to find some nice wallpaper. My desktop needs a change of scenery.
Good thing the PSP belongs to my cousin and I can only get my hands on it at night, when he's home and studying for his exams. Hahaha.
Funny when I think back, but the original FF7 came out at a time when I wasn't very into computer games, and even a while after its release and I *did* get started on games, I drifted more towards stuff like Dungeon Keeper and Theme Hospital and Red Alert and the C&C universe, where I could build stuff.
But anyway, was watching my cousin's Advent Children disc a few weeks ago when I was slacking at home on a weekend with nothing to do, and I realised that there're a lot of "gaps" in the movie. Coz hey, that's like the latest part of the whole long complicated and emo storyline.
Seriously, I think FF7 defined "emo". It created "emo" before there was "emo". It made "emo" cool. You get my point.
So, before I digress. Me being me, does not like "gaps" in my nice storylines. So. To Wikipedia we shall go. XD
So I poked around on Wikipedia and found that the story is long and convoluted and oh my god, still expanding. Will it never end.
But! It has all sorts of elements that I like, like the angst and the lovely characters. Gerri loves her main characters wonderfully flawed, and let's face it, isn't Cloud the most damaged thing you've ever seen? The Japanese make stories right up Gerri's alley, yes sirree. XD
And Crisis Core is kinda fun. Except for cutscenes where certain characters spout long lines of quotations which make no sense. Those are annoying. Quit quoting your stupid book at everybody! I still don't get why the silly book is so relevant to the storyline. *scratches head*
Ladeeda. Rant over. Now to find some nice wallpaper. My desktop needs a change of scenery.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
"Well, you have a melancholy soul, don't you think?"
Strange how that suddenly comes to mind, and the whole deluge of thoughts that follow behind it.
It must be... -six? seven?- years since we last talked- or communicated, to be more precise. You and I have never really spoken to each other. We've never heard each other's voices, and yet we managed to make each other's lives that much more bearable. I still wonder how we did it.
But sometime in JC I was reminded of you when a friend of mine received a phone call from someone she didn't know, who didn't give his name, and who only asked if she had the time to listen.
Too stunned at this strange turn of events, she simply replied, okay. So listen she did, and talk he did.
Not too unexpectedly, it was a story of unhappiness, of feeling somewhat lost. He did sound depressed, she said. And after all was said, he merely sighed, said thanks, and when met with her stammered: "er, you're welcome" and awkward silence, he said goodbye and hung up.
She couldn't call him back; there was no number to do so. And we still think that maybe he just punched in a random number, hoping whoever was on the other end would be a sympathetic ear and nothing more.
Sometimes I think of you and wonder who you really are.
Sometimes, on bad days, I write things like this and put your name in the salutation.
And on days like this, I remember things that we spoke of once.
"Well, you have a melancholy soul, don't you think?
Like all those poets. All the same."
"I tend to think of it as a throwaway soul."
"Same difference.
I bet you only like beautiful things because you're thinking they won't last."
"Insightful of you..."
"Why throwaway? You haven't been discarded yet, have you?
At least not that you've told me."
"'Yet'?? You're *so* optimistic..."
"*shrugs* We all get kicked to the kerb at least once in our lives, I think."
We both had the same strange problem, didn't we? Somehow we felt too little and we felt too much at the same time.
There was something which made us both strangely detached, like we lived in this world but were not of it, which caused so much tension for both of us, made it difficult to comprehend us, to live with us.
And yet the slightest thing which some would never take notice of could make us both mope for days. Weeks. Months, I remember. But lucky for you that turned out to be nothing.
Between then and now, I've been told many things; some of them you've heard before, some of them are new.
I'm cold, detached, have absolutely no EQ. I'm aloof, I'm unbothered, I'm unfeeling, I can't provide emotional support at all. And those are just the ones I think you've heard before. And I think an echo sounds in your head when you read those words.
But I've psychoanalysed myself a ridiculous number of times now and the only explanation I can offer is that I express myself differently.
I don't hug much, I don't smile much, I don't even have physical contact with people much. I don't talk much sometimes, even around people I've known all my life. I don't understand how they want me to be when they say they don't understand how I can be so unfeeling, and I wonder, is some spark missing somewhere...?
I'm not particularly good with my hands; I don't make gifts, and I never know what to make. I don't give out small little nothings to everyone I know on things like Valentine's Day with messages which are all one-liners and all the same. I don't know a whole lot of places where people go to have fun.
Me?
I leave things on people's desks which I think might be useful, tidbits of information I scrounge together from somewhere and save and print because I think they could use it.
I make soup and trot down to the convenience store for medicine when they're sick.
And sometimes an idea for a gift does come to me, and I turn it into one massive undertaking.
I buy things which end up being terribly belated birthday presents because I hadn't thought of it or hadn't happened upon it and thought, hey, that'd be just the thing, before the big day arrived.
Sometimes I iron clothes they need tomorrow.
And sometimes I just sit and watch, thinking of how their lives could be made better.
But that's all just unfeeling, I know.
On days like this, I wonder who you are, where you are, and if you're happy. And I wonder if either of us realises, in the grand scheme of things, how much we gave each other, even if neither of us knows for certain if any of it is real.
Strange how that suddenly comes to mind, and the whole deluge of thoughts that follow behind it.
It must be... -six? seven?- years since we last talked- or communicated, to be more precise. You and I have never really spoken to each other. We've never heard each other's voices, and yet we managed to make each other's lives that much more bearable. I still wonder how we did it.
But sometime in JC I was reminded of you when a friend of mine received a phone call from someone she didn't know, who didn't give his name, and who only asked if she had the time to listen.
Too stunned at this strange turn of events, she simply replied, okay. So listen she did, and talk he did.
Not too unexpectedly, it was a story of unhappiness, of feeling somewhat lost. He did sound depressed, she said. And after all was said, he merely sighed, said thanks, and when met with her stammered: "er, you're welcome" and awkward silence, he said goodbye and hung up.
She couldn't call him back; there was no number to do so. And we still think that maybe he just punched in a random number, hoping whoever was on the other end would be a sympathetic ear and nothing more.
Sometimes I think of you and wonder who you really are.
Sometimes, on bad days, I write things like this and put your name in the salutation.
And on days like this, I remember things that we spoke of once.
"Well, you have a melancholy soul, don't you think?
Like all those poets. All the same."
"I tend to think of it as a throwaway soul."
"Same difference.
I bet you only like beautiful things because you're thinking they won't last."
"Insightful of you..."
"Why throwaway? You haven't been discarded yet, have you?
At least not that you've told me."
"'Yet'?? You're *so* optimistic..."
"*shrugs* We all get kicked to the kerb at least once in our lives, I think."
We both had the same strange problem, didn't we? Somehow we felt too little and we felt too much at the same time.
There was something which made us both strangely detached, like we lived in this world but were not of it, which caused so much tension for both of us, made it difficult to comprehend us, to live with us.
And yet the slightest thing which some would never take notice of could make us both mope for days. Weeks. Months, I remember. But lucky for you that turned out to be nothing.
Between then and now, I've been told many things; some of them you've heard before, some of them are new.
I'm cold, detached, have absolutely no EQ. I'm aloof, I'm unbothered, I'm unfeeling, I can't provide emotional support at all. And those are just the ones I think you've heard before. And I think an echo sounds in your head when you read those words.
But I've psychoanalysed myself a ridiculous number of times now and the only explanation I can offer is that I express myself differently.
I don't hug much, I don't smile much, I don't even have physical contact with people much. I don't talk much sometimes, even around people I've known all my life. I don't understand how they want me to be when they say they don't understand how I can be so unfeeling, and I wonder, is some spark missing somewhere...?
I'm not particularly good with my hands; I don't make gifts, and I never know what to make. I don't give out small little nothings to everyone I know on things like Valentine's Day with messages which are all one-liners and all the same. I don't know a whole lot of places where people go to have fun.
Me?
I leave things on people's desks which I think might be useful, tidbits of information I scrounge together from somewhere and save and print because I think they could use it.
I make soup and trot down to the convenience store for medicine when they're sick.
And sometimes an idea for a gift does come to me, and I turn it into one massive undertaking.
I buy things which end up being terribly belated birthday presents because I hadn't thought of it or hadn't happened upon it and thought, hey, that'd be just the thing, before the big day arrived.
Sometimes I iron clothes they need tomorrow.
And sometimes I just sit and watch, thinking of how their lives could be made better.
But that's all just unfeeling, I know.
On days like this, I wonder who you are, where you are, and if you're happy. And I wonder if either of us realises, in the grand scheme of things, how much we gave each other, even if neither of us knows for certain if any of it is real.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Dreams are strange things. At least to me they are.
My subconscious mind has always disturbed me in some way; it's always told me things that somehow or other turn out to be true.
And the most freaky of them so far has to be the time two semesters ago when I was taking that shortcut from AS4 to the space between LTs 9 and 10, that narrow little lane next to the windows of the AS4 staircase, and I just stopped dead in my tracks suddenly because something just felt very wrong.
And the very second I stopped, a penknife blade landed at my feet. Someone'd thrown it out of one of the windows upstairs, I guess. I never looked up to check, just froze for a while there, then quickly went on my way. But it did freak me out.
And my brain seems to be working overtime these past few months-- or at least one part of it is.
The dream of the lady in black recurred again. Just a few nights after Joseph and I broke up. The dream of the lady in black in an empty dark room, lit only by the lights of a city nightscape. Where a man with no face comes to hold her, touch her, kiss her fears away, but in the end he only leaves with one of the gloves off her hand.
The first time I saw it was during the time shortly before Joseph and I got together, and I didn't understand what it could possibly mean then.
But when it revisited, it suddenly occurred to me; maybe that dream was telling me all along not to say yes to you.
My subconscious mind has always disturbed me in some way; it's always told me things that somehow or other turn out to be true.
And the most freaky of them so far has to be the time two semesters ago when I was taking that shortcut from AS4 to the space between LTs 9 and 10, that narrow little lane next to the windows of the AS4 staircase, and I just stopped dead in my tracks suddenly because something just felt very wrong.
And the very second I stopped, a penknife blade landed at my feet. Someone'd thrown it out of one of the windows upstairs, I guess. I never looked up to check, just froze for a while there, then quickly went on my way. But it did freak me out.
And my brain seems to be working overtime these past few months-- or at least one part of it is.
The dream of the lady in black recurred again. Just a few nights after Joseph and I broke up. The dream of the lady in black in an empty dark room, lit only by the lights of a city nightscape. Where a man with no face comes to hold her, touch her, kiss her fears away, but in the end he only leaves with one of the gloves off her hand.
The first time I saw it was during the time shortly before Joseph and I got together, and I didn't understand what it could possibly mean then.
But when it revisited, it suddenly occurred to me; maybe that dream was telling me all along not to say yes to you.