Yes, it is I, the prodigal daughter returneth;P Let's just say I've been under a lot of stress and leave it at that;) I thought I'd share some pics of the leaves at Harajuku, a cat cafe in Shimokitazawa, and some beautiful illuminations here in Tokyo as a small xmas gift^^

( The stars are brightly shining~ )

前へ前へ、進めましょう～

Heya~, it's been another long week^^ I have to make this a short post, since I really should be studying for my Japanese test tomorrow, or reading the assigned chapters of Genji for lit class tomorrow...^^;

( Succint? )

幸せだ＝）

Hey everyone, Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving!!=) I'm thankful for all my wonderful friends and family, and for all of the support from you guys, so my heart is full^^ More of my random blogging....

( enter night )

判断力がだんだん減ってる中に、本当にこんな方向に進めばいいのかという質問がちょっと気になるね。。。＾＾；

Hello~, hope you're all having a great weekend:) So far mine's been good, although exhausting...

( head and heart )

とりあえず、時間が必要だね。。。

Hello~:) I finally have some things worth reporting here, for anyone who cares to listenXD This might end up being a pretty long post, so bear with me as my tendency to ramble gets worse in direct proportion to my interest in the subject at handXD

( Bizarro World )

どういうことか知らないけど、とりあえず楽しもう！XD

Well, I'm in Japan and I finally got internet access!

( up and down )

希望を失わずに進みたい。。。

Hello everyone^^ I'm sorry I haven't been able to post in a while, July was one of the busiest months this year and August is trying to put up a fight for the title;P Today I don't have a translation...I thought I should let you all know, finally, about my little personal project.
( The stuff dreams are made of... )

ここまで来れたのはみんなのおかげです。本当に感謝しています。これからもこの夢を追いかけたいと思います！この青空をイツまでも飛びたいんです。。。：）

Hi everyone^^ I was able to post again much sooner than I thought I would, a nice surprise for me. Tomorrow afternoon I leave for a business trip to Ottawa...it'll be 'run home from school and hop in a cab to the airport'XD My coworker wants to get my drunk (he does that with all of the women in the office when they go on business trips with him...it's not a threatening thing, just some weird personality quirk where he likes to drink people under the table^^;) and I'm trying to mentally prepare myself to resistXD
As for the title of today's post, Winnipeg has been experiencing the worst spring/summer I can ever remember:S It's a full 10 degrees below normal, we still have frost warnings on a weekly basis, and the wind and rain is not much help. According to some nutty woman at work (who has compiled a book about how the province is doomed, based on 80 years of weather recordsO_o) it's going to keep getting worse and worse, and eventually the growing season will be short we won't even be able to grow crops:O Now, she did predict this summer's weather last fall, so she's not completely off her rocker, but seriously? This is nuts. Apparently we will be one the places that actually gets colder due to global warming, and it becomes hard to ignore when this kind of weather continues. It makes me start thinking about what I can do to stop this crazy cycle we're in...

And conveniently, I decided to translate Green. Yes, not very helpful. I will try harder;)

( Eco-frenzy )

あたしの力で何かが変わるなら、その力を使うべきですね。。。

Yes, that's probably what everyone's thinking, cause I've been on hiatus so longXD I drop by periodically to check on things, but I haven't had time to post in a while, I'm very sorry to say:S Summer classes have started, which means I'm in school even more than I was in the fall/winter semesters, and work is work;P On a happy note, my personal project came one step closer to becoming reality<3
At any rate, I missed translating so much that I just had to do something...even though I should have been wrapping my friend's bday presents and doing my homeworkXD Oh well! I realize there may already be translations of these songs, but I know that's never stopped anyone else so...here are my versions of Ashita no Kioku and Crazy Moon;P

( Full Moon Night )

( Tomorrow's Memories )

今の自分は未来の自分のために、過去の自分は今の自分のために、全部に意味があるように頑張っています。

Hi everyone, long time no see! Thank you all so much for the wonderful birthday wishes, they really made my day so much brighter<3 As for an update on my status: my personal project took up most of Feb and early March (and though it now seems hopeless I won't know the results until the end of April:S). Since then my job has been insisting we re-apply again, plus apply for other positions, so that means lots of tests and interviews. School is still heavy, but bearable. My bday was awesome, but then I got sick the day after and I'm still recovering (I'd forgotten how weird things get in fever-dreams, my brains still feel a bit like scrambled eggsXD). I hope that as soon as final exams are over I'll be able to resume translating again (really hoping), although I will only have 2.5 weeks before my summer courses start and sushi-boy asked me to work in his restaurant on a casual basis because they're really short of waitresses right now (yes, that would mean going from full-time school and work plus volunteering to full-time work and a part-time job and then back to full-time school and work in the space of 3 weeks...). At any rate, I love the Believe and Kumorinochi Kaisei PVs!<3 Especially Believe, seeing Arashi with all that greenery really gives the feeling spring is coming (although we just got hit with 2 feet of snowXD). The song is working it's way through my addled brain, hopefully with good results;)
Anyways, hope you're all well and enjoying life, take care and hope to see you again soon:) Just to have to remember, it takes rain to make a rainbow^^

信じるだけで世界が変わる。人生の交差点で立ってる自分を励まされたりするかどうかは他人の選択じゃないですよ。

Well everyone, the groundhog saw his shadow so it's another 6 weeks of winter to go;P That's okay, I'm a Winnipeger, we know winter can last until the middle of May if it wants to^^; But usually by my bday spring is well and truly on its way, so just a bit over a month to go:)
( Pre-Valentine's pre-emptive rant )

Phew. I better get moving, I still have to go make salad rolls for my lunches this weekXD So, without further ado, here's the last part of Odoroki SP 5 Part 1! Ponyo?

( Color my World )

出会いが大切だって言われたときからちょっとずつ自分に自信を持つようになった。ありがとう、本当に。

Hello everyone^^ Thanks for all your wonderful comments, they really make my day:) No new developments on the boy fronts...but lately I've been trying to treat everything like a lesson. In other words, it took me a while but by being able to look at the sushi-boy experience as a lesson on when to give up it's made it easier to accept and incorporate into myself. So, I'm trying to frame the others like that too...scarf-boy (I gave him a hand-made scarf for xmas>_<) is a lesson on how to lose gracefully, and snow-boy (the one in my class, because he kept asking when winter was coming so he could see all the snow we get here...idiotXD) is a lesson on how to tell whether it's just friendship or something more. This way I can look at them as personal growth and not romantic failures;) It's not a perfect system, but it's keeping me going^^
And the two weeks of -45celsius weather finally broke! My skin was so dry and cracked my whole body hurt;P It's nice to be able to wait for the bus without worrying about losing toesXD The heat in my apartment doesn't work very well, work is very cold all the time, and school doesn't like to heat the rooms much, so the warmest part of my whole day was my morning shower^^; A co-worker took pity on me and dropped off some box heaters, I have one in front of my computer and one in front of my bedXD
But let's get to the point! Today I have more of Odoroki 5, playing with food and walking in the rain;)

( 100 pounds soaking wet... )

壁があったら乗り越えるしかないよ。自分に限界付けるのは自分だけです。そう信じていますから頑張れる。

Happy New Year everyone:) How were your holidays? I am just back from a two week hiatus (surpresses feelings of guilt) that I spontaneously decided to take so that I could reset myself for another year. I had an awesome vacation, and I feel much better adjusted and capable of going forward, so though I feel bad that I wasn't able to produce anything new for you guys (I really wanted at least to give you a xmas present, sorry>_<) I hope you understand^^
On that note, I heard from yuckie_chan that Odoroki 5 is out! Yes, I am seriously behind on Arashi news...^^; So, here was my proposal: I was wondering if someone had already claimed it, because if not I would really really like to translate it:3 I confess I need a bit of a break from 24hrtv, I miss doing completely Arashi-centred items;) Anyways, please let me know what the situation is. If odoroki is taken I'm open to suggestions on other shows, I'll go with whatever the majority requests^^
Take care, and may this be your best year ever:)

成長したと思う。これからも頑張れる気がするので、時間の無駄じゃなかったとも思える＾＾みんなにもこの希望をあげたい。。。

Kita~XD As of Wednesday I am a free woman:3 At least for a month;P Well, I still have work, and I have to get my nose to the grindstone on my Japanese studies...and then there's xmas shopping/mailing...but other than that (surprisingly long list) things should be a lot easier^^ I'm already in vacation mode, I was planning to go to Chinatown on Monday for some grocery shopping...and then remembered I still have class for another 3 daysXD *smacks forehead*
( Me-ramble )

Anyways, today I have the translation of part 13 of 24hrtv, with yet more awesome experiments!:D

( Aspara-gah! )

気分転化っていいね～：）また前へ進める気がする。。。たまには一人で一番ですよね、意外に。愛って自分にあげるものです：３

Hi everyone, I missed you this week!:) First I need to say how grateful I am to everyone who posted supportive comments on last week's horribly rambling post; to be honest, it really meant a lot to me to know that I'm not alone in experiencing these emotions, and your kindness lifted my heart just enough^^ I'm doing much better this week, although I'm completely mesing around with my schedule and body rhythms^^; I got 2 hours of sleep this morning (my own fault), and I have to leave for work in 15 minutes, but since my higher brain functions don't work when I'm this tired I get to enjoy a pleasant sense of ignorant bliss:) I went to have fondue with my friends, then we went to karaoke...I got to sing a lot this time, and it seems I made a really good impression;) Yes. I just want to enjoy this heavy, blanketing feeling of happy memories...
Today I have the translation of part 11 of 24hrtv, with the wedding reception and career-derailing hidden camera prankO_o

( Humble Pie )

Also, I translated 'Boku ga Boku no Subete" from the Beautiful Days single<3

( Yes I can )

これでいいね：）あたしのことを大事にする。これからも、もっと自分を好きになる＝）

Just a short apologetic post guys, I'm going to be taking this week off. I really had been planning on posting like normal, but I was up for almost 24 hours straight yesterday and got only 5 hours of sleep this morning. Now, right now I feel okay, but I've totally lost my will to do anything strenuousXD So I'm really sorry, I'll try to make sure I'm back next week without a hitch=)

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Beware, what comes below is an extremely personal ramble that probably has nothing to do with anything anyone would be interested in. But I really need to vent. This is not for the faint-hearted...

( No more gas, in the red, can't even get it started )



もう分からなくなちゃった。。。気持ちが揺れすぎて、混乱している。一瞬でかれしがすごく欲しくてたまらないけど、その次の瞬間自由にいられたい。なんで？あいつのことも諦めたと思ったのに。。。一瞬べつに構わないのに、その次の瞬間すごく会いたい。本当におかしいよね、あたし。。。この寂しさは何？わけわかんない＞＿＜

Well, I have good news to share at last: they renewed my contract at my job, for a full year! That's the longest contract I've ever had...I was relaly hoping they'd make me permanent but, well, beggars can't be choosers I guess;P At least that's a weight off my shoulders. Thanks again for your kind support:) I'll save the rest of my rambling for the end of the post;P
Today I have part 10 of 24hrtv (wow, almost 1/3 of the way done...O_o) with the embarrassing video clips and sports records^^

( Boom!XD )

なんでいつもあたしに興味を持ってない男に惚れてるだろうね。。。

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!:D Even if you're not celebrating thanksgiving right now, I hope you will be thankful by the end of this postXD The reason being...today is my two-year anniversary^^ That's right, on this day two years ago I posted my first translation on this blog=) And those of you who remember last year, I always want to celebrateXD Hopefully this will all fit in one post....;P

First, the translation of part 7 of 24hr tv^^ Thank you to everyone who answered my 'poll', I will continue with 24hr tv and leave HYDF to SARS. Thank you also for your support for my job re-application, it was incredibly stressful and nerve-wracking, but I should know the answer by the end of this week *fingers crossed*. Anyways, I'm rambling again...;P

( Miracles do happen )

Next, I translated the rips of Beautiful Days and Wasurerarenai:D

( Star-gazing )

( First frost )

Finally, I translated Jun's article in October AnAn (yeah, it was a while ago, wanna fight about it?XD) it's partially an excuse to post some of his lovely picsX3

( Unspoken dreams )

今日いつもより幸せを送りたい：３　みんな、幸せになろうよ！

Here's the end of my Japan trip, I forgot to post it last weekXD
I'm just cramming the last few days all in together because there anre't really enough pictures to do them individually^^ I spent these days in Tokyo, so less nature and more cityscapes here...

( City Girl )

もう帰りたい～＞＿＜　でも、いつかきっと、きっと戻れるから、それまで元気にやってます：）

Hey everyone, how was your week?^^ Thank you again for all of your wonderful comments, I really do appreciate them:3 My test and interview for my job are tomorrow, so I'm already kind of nervous (and trying to plan my wardrobeXD), but at least once it's over I will have done everything I can. Then it's up to them...and I get a 3 day weekend for Thanksgiving:D Which is perfect, I need to get some things done;)
Now, I have some questions: I was sent a link to the fancam of HYD Final and was asked to translate it. I'd be more than happy to oblige, being able to help out always makes me very happy and this is something I definitely want everyone to enjoy as much as I did^^ However, there's a few things to consider; first, is someone else already committed to translating this? Has anyone 'claimed' it already? If so, then I won't step on anyone's toes. If not, then we come to the next point: that would mean putting 24hr tv on hold for an unknown period of time, and it could be weeks before I'd be done, how does everyone feel about that? So, I'll wait for your replies, and decide what to do based on the results of this pseudo-poll=)
That said, this week I have two more parts of 24hr tv to share^^

( Fly )

これからの人生はずっと一人ぼっちで生きていかなければならないの？その恐怖が私の心を沈みさせようとしているから。。。