Mika, the drummer from RENTRER EN SOI, is back with a new solo project! forbidden days rhapsody released their debut mini-album on 2009/12/23. Mika plays drums and put the whole project together (obviously), and he's joined by Shun (also ex-RENTRER EN SOI) on both guitar and bass and Rui on vocals on two tracks. I'm not entirely sure where Rui came from, so if anyone can shed some light, I'm curious...

Hey out there! Happy New Year! I'm going to see about getting back on track around here, but I'm not going to hold my breath because I'm having so many problems managing my time these days. Work, overtime, school, family, holidays, writing... It's weird to be so busy. Good, but weird. Anyway, I'm starting off the New Year right by posting an incredible new collection from my second favorite band...

Today is the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere -- so Happy Winter Solstice and Joyous Yule to everyone! That's as close to holiday cheer as I plan to get this year. But at least this is a smaller and kinder version of the holiday madness that will soon overwhelm us all (if it hasn't already). Finals week is over, and that means that Fall Semester is over, too! Yay! I have three whole...

Okay. I'm going to try to stop bitching about the holidays. I'm just going to ignore them instead. That will be hard since I work with a bunch of Xmas fanatics who are continuing to wrap and decorate EVERYTHING in the office. The singing has started, too. Blarg. My cards will be done shortly, and I finished my shopping last night (I think). I might have one more quick trip for a gift card. I think...

Arghh. I've only been working on holiday stuff for a few days, and I'm pretty much ready for it all to be over. Mom and Dad are both shopped for, and I've asked my sis-in-law what the kids might need, knowing that I will send them books if they don't need clothes. I don't want to address and write cards. I'm already tired of the music. I don't want to eat the food, visit anyone, shop, or be generally...

Good lord, that's a whole lot of title for the new Dir en grey single, just released yesterday, 2009/12/02! But, it's a whole lot of single, too, so it can stand up to the heft of such a title! ^_^ My copy got here yesterday, but by the time I drove to the post office to pick it up, then came home and listened to it, ripped it, uploaded it, ripped the DVD, encoded the DVD, watched the DVD, and...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! I'm at a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee this morning, waiting for my brother and his family to get here. I'm so excited to see my nephew and niece for the first time since they moved back in July. I wish that I had more time to spend with them, but since I'm new at my job, I have to work tomorrow because I couldn't get the day off, so I have to leave early enough to make the five...

Yay! I just hit 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo this year! Woot! My story isn't done, but my word count is there, and now I can get some balance back in my life. This month has been a challenge, finding time for work, school, homework, and NaNo. LJ and Jrock kind of suffered, but now I can get some balance back. Or at least try to. How is everyone else doing in NaNo-land?

I aced my accounting final! Woot! 128 out of 125, so I even got full credit for the bonus question. After the week that I've had with this goddamn paper and missing the Dir en grey show, I needed some good news -- and an A+ in accounting is exactly what the doctor ordered. ^_^ I really think that I finally found a major that I can finish and enjoy. *whew* And it only took 18 years. Better late than...

Dir en grey is on the stage in Chicago right this very second, and I am not there. I'm very upset about that. But, my accursed group paper was due tonight, so I did the responsible thing and went to work this morning and went to class tonight. Our group was very pleased with our paper and turned it in. And 20 minutes later, our prof handed out the guidelines that we were supposed to use to write the...