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The relevance of this gif to this topic is zero. Your post about how you hate a band and won't go to the tour in a thread geared towards people who enjoy the band and want to go to the tour also has as much relevance to this topic as this gif. Just sayin'.

The relevance of this gif to this topic is zero. Your post about how you hate a band and won't go to the tour in a thread geared towards people who enjoy the band and want to go to the tour also has as much relevance to this topic as this gif. Just sayin'.

You are entitled to your opinions, this is true. But we are just as entitled to think your opinion is misguided and call you out on it. -Kanye shrug-  At this point I think you're just fishing for reactions but hey, whatever floats your boat. You want to keep giving people reasons to avoid you like the plague, be my guest. 
 
 
 
I'm excited for the EU fans that plan on going. You guys better have a blasty blast! Who am I kidding tho, we all know you'll have a great time! I expect many a cell phone picture to be uploaded. Don't let me down. I'll need something to get me through until they come back to the States.

The relevance of this gif to this topic is zero. Your post about how you hate a band and won't go to the tour in a thread geared towards people who enjoy the band and want to go to the tour also has as much relevance to this topic as this gif. Just sayin'.

You are entitled to your opinions, this is true. But we are just as entitled to think your opinion is misguided and call you out on it. -Kanye shrug-  At this point I think you're just fishing for reactions but hey, whatever floats your boat. You want to keep giving people reasons to avoid you like the plague, be my guest. 
 
 
 
I'm excited for the EU fans that plan on going. You guys better have a blasty blast! Who am I kidding tho, we all know you'll have a great time! I expect many a cell phone picture to be uploaded. Don't let me down. I'll need something to get me through until they come back to the States.

You are entitled to your opinions, this is true. But we are just as entitled to think your opinion is misguided and call you out on it. -Kanye shrug-  At this point I think you're just fishing for reactions but hey, whatever floats your boat. You want to keep giving people reasons to avoid you like the plague, be my guest. 
 
 
 
I'm excited for the EU fans that plan on going. You guys better have a blasty blast! Who am I kidding tho, we all know you'll have a great time! I expect many a cell phone picture to be uploaded. Don't let me down. I'll need something to get me through until they come back to the States.

and you had to point this out ... why exactly?
 
maybe that's the reason why nobody invited you..... 

I'm not particularly supportive of the idea of splitting news based on genre (particularly one as subjective and controversial Visual Kei, with it's lack of an objective definition). One thing that I like about Monochrome Heaven is the fact that it's slowly moving more towards promoting musical diversity, and I feel that giving VK and non-VK news their own sections would hinder that somewhat. Personally I'm mostly interested in non-VK stuff, but every now and then I still come across some interesting VK news purely because of the fact that I see it being posted here while I'm predominantly searching for other things, and that helps me to stay aware of what's happening in the VK scene even if its not my main area of interest. 
 
Basically I think this site should keep promoting musical diversity within the Japanese music scene, rather than trying to segment it.

I appreciate your suggestion slsr, but at the moment, I can't see this happening. The demand simply isn't high enough, as there are not enough fans nor enough users to post news as often as needed.

The fact that non-vk news gets buried so quickly is proof enough that the interest here isn't sufficient. If we did make a new forum, it would be mostly idle.

For the people who are afraid their eyes will melt after clicking on threads and seeing news that they're not interested in, I at least try to tag the stuff I post. Although to be honest, you can pretty safely assume what kind of news is being posted by the user that's posting it.

The fact of the matter is that right now, the people who are interested in non-vk and would want to post and read news on such music don't have the time for spam posting news or keeping track of yet another section of an already large forum. We don't have a non-vk-Trombe to spend every waking moment scouring Japanese webpages for news. Your suggestion isn't a horrible idea, it sounds pretty decent when you get to the bare bones of it, but at the current point of the forum and the members who do enjoy non-vk there just isn't enough time in the day or need for news segregation. There is maybe 1 in every 50 vk posts that's non-vk. That is no "surge" at all. You make valid points, I'm not trying to say you're not or anything like that for suggesting this. It's more along the lines of it just not being practical currently. Do you want to be the one sitting at your computer mindlessly posting thread after thread of news on non-vk to substantiate your suggestion of a separate news section? The answer is probably no. The prefix idea is probably going to be the most useful option until there is enough demand for and people who can post consistent non-vk news threads. The search function, tags and the "start date" option are in place for a reason.

I can't say what vision the admins have for this forum in the future, I just download music and write reviews. I personally would love to see a bigger fanbase for non-vk, be it pop, rock, metal etc. But I don't think a segregated news section is gonna do that right now. There's just not enough people here to keep a separate news section updated enough to draw new people. A few news posts a month isn't gonna do what you are wanting it to do.

Be careful with red meats because they are harder for the body to digest even tho they taste soooo yummy. Cutting back on salt is also good, especially for your blood pressure and keeping plaque in your veins at bay! Do you happen to like nuts? Almonds, cashews and pistachios are really good for you. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day cause it helps jumpstart your metabolism so better breakfast is definitely a good idea. Smoothies are a good option, maybe supplement them with protein powders to add a little extra oomph to them? If you do go for walks/runs, you might incorporate a couple of 2lb weights with you, not sure if ankle or wrist would be better though depending on which set of muscles you want to work the most?



I have not been good about this healthy thing lately. School and work have me super stressed out. I recently lost a coworker who was one of my morning cashiers so now I'm being demoted to cashier, which is killer on my joints. By the time I leave work I'm in so much pain I can hardly walk so that coupled with school has me not wanting to exercise at all. I have managed to stay in the 158lb area since my last update which is better than shooting back to 165lbs but I'd like to see more progress eventually. I did get out to the YMCA near my house last week and talked to them about memberships so hopefully in the next week or so I'll get back out there and actually sign up. I didn't finalize it when I was there because we were going to try to get a discounted rate for both my mom and I since she is a senior and we are both low income but mom decided it wasn't something she could do right now so it's just me again lol. I'd really like to start swimming at least twice a week once I do get joined at the YMCA.
 
I managed to get one 3.21 mile walk in on the 19th when I didn't have school cause of MLK day and the weather was absolutely gorgeous. The only nice days we've had since I had work and school and couldn't enjoy a nice walk. :c

My food habits haven't changed since last update either. My mom did check my blood pressure a week or two ago and it was pretty high so I've been trying to cut back on how much salt I add to food. Which is a lot. I really like salt. I'm the kind of person who will pour some salt into their hand and eat it. So this whole less salt thing is gonna be a challenge but I'm determined to make it work. I don't need any heart issues on top of all of my other issues. XD

BRING IT ON SAKU. I'm excited for every play~.

Some more theme suggestions:
Non-singles (album songs that never got a single release)
60's/70's
<3:00 in length
Solo artists
Artist ABC's (first to plug plays an artist starting with letter A, next up is B, etc. until we get to Z and repeat the process)
Song ABC's (ditto but with song titles)
Songs with a woman's name in its title
Songs with a geographical location in its title (cities, countries, rivers, deserts...)
 
And I want to give my support to the 80's, 90's, Non-Japanese and Covers themes too!