There is a deep feeling of contentment that comes over me when I watch a new generation of boys rush the stage and try to give Morrissey a hug. It's as if all the confusing jumble of the world becomes coherent and snaps into place like pieces of a puzzle.

He sang some wonderfully old songs and of course covered the songs from last year's album ( Read more... )

Today is Tetsu’s Birthday, Happy Birthday Tetsu
Happy Happy Birthday to the Leader and Creator of L'Arc~en~Ciel.

He brought together the four amazing elements that form Laruku - Hyde, Ken, Yukihiro and of course his own fabulous self. He saw that:

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 I took my first Japanese class at the Japan Society tonight.

We jumped straight into grammar, vocabulary and writing hiragana.

This is going to be hard, but at least I have two built-in study partners with my two sisters taking the class with me.

So I say to myself and my sisters " GAMBATTE!!!"

I attended two events this weekend along with the usual hang out time with my family...The best was the 7th annual Pickle Festival.

A well known fact about me -- I love pickles. My love for pickles is almost boundless and I will try almost anything if it has been pickled. The exception to this rule of course is the horror that is pickled pork ( Read more... )

This Past Week - Around About Town

Tuesday night I went to Central Park with a group of friends for the final night of the Philharmonic performing in the Great Lawn. If you are among the many people who don't spend all day on the lawn staking out picnic real estate; the event becomes more about sharing a picnic meal with friends and then watching ( Read more... )

I don't know if I can actually convey the majestic quality of that hour in California. People who were there already know and it would probably sound like an exaggeration to people who were not there.... I don't know.

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I guess I'll just say my favorite moment of the show was the instrumental piece with Yoshiki and Gackt on piano ( Read more... )