spockitty

2 minutes ago, Gesu said:

An anime/gaming convention! It's the same one I went to last year and it was so much fun, so I've just gotta go again.

Awesome! Have fun but more importantly stay hydrated ^^

The only thing I missed on my last convention was some convenient snacks since the lines for food vendors were impossibly long >.>

7 minutes ago, Komorebi said:

New plates.  I broke the last one like two weeks ago and I was eating pretty much out of the pot like the responsible adult I am who splurges on cheki but won't buy actual useful shit.

are you me?

but also, why use plates when you can eat out of a pot? it's just more dishes to wash later ya know?

7 minutes ago, Gesu said:

A new camera. It didn't cost me much but the quality's pretty great, so that was a win-win. I just told the guy in the shop I wanted sth with a decent enough quality for pictures alone because I'm going to a convention on Saturday (my second one and I'm so excited~ ) and my iPod camera's a bit buggered because there's a mahoosive crack over the lens. Just tested it out and it's perfect. £28 well-spent!

whaaaat kinda convention? ^^ 

12 minutes ago, SubThatSong said:

I still get asked, and I turned 28 this year. I personally can't see it as anything else than "yes, still get asked, not looking old af" hahahaha 

EDIT:
also, ha, I see I have some fellow short people (163cm which suddenly didn't feel super short lol)

Dude, you can barely be called short, come on ^.~  

I have a septum ring piercing and most people don't even notice because they look at me from up high, that's short  

3 minutes ago, Gesu said:

I'm 151cm and I also have a high voice but mine's somewhat loud (not shouty, just... well-projected, I guess) so it makes me sound like a rambunctious toddler.

 

I don't think it bothers me nearly as much as it used to because I think it's been long enough that people actually take me seriously now (that and I started wearing makeup which makes me look older), but it's something that I'm always reminded of. Oh well, I'm the same height as you in heels so I guess that's not too bad seriously, 157cm makes me feel like a giantess.

Ahaha, wow, 151cm? I bet you're the tiny rage-fest kind of cute person? XD 

The only time it really bothers me, is in business matters. I have quite a responsible and high-up position, and me looking all of 15 doesn't make it easier to get people to take me seriously. But yeah, make up is your best friend when you need to look older. I remember a youtube tutorial by Lisa Eldridge on how to look older, for baby-faced people like us, a holy grail of knowledge! 

1 minute ago, Gesu said:

@spockitty I'm nineteen next month and I still get mistaken for a little girl (people usually guess around twelve, fourteen if I'm lucky). I'm pretty sure I've mentioned my diminutive stature and baby face/voice many times in the past but it's so difficult for me to ignore it because no-one else will no matter what.

 oh bb girl, what can I say, get used to it? or better yet, find a way to get amused by it ^.~ 

I think I have the exact same problem you do, I'm 157cm high, I'm cursed with a baby face and a high & quiet voice  

does it bother you that much?

18 minutes ago, Kuro said:

I have to admit it felt strange when it stopped. I still think it's pretty funny and sometimes I still expect to get asked. And in the end I think it's better than looking a lot older than I am (at least considering I'm turning 40 next year yet still feeling like 22).

I especially like the stone faced expression the cashier gives me while handing me back the ID  Even more when they're obviously like a decade younger than me. I think I'll be disappointed when they stop asking as well. 

Sure it is better!  One of the cashiers told me once that they have to ask anyone looking below 30, because teenagers these days can look so mature~ 

Ay, don't start me on the "I feel way younger than I actually am". I used to think 30 is the beginning of the end of your life, and now I feel like my life is only just beginning tbh. I hate the artificial age cap on basically having fun? 

33 minutes ago, secret_no_03 said:

When I was about 25 I was asked why I was not in school, no one ever thinks I'm almost 30 and half of the time I'm mistaken for a woman.

lol XD I think when I was around 24, I was driving my shitty car with my dad in the passenger seat, we were picking up a fridge I think? And we were pulled over by police because they thought he was teaching his teenage son how to drive. 

Spotify, period. 

I pay for premium and haven't regretted it yet. It's perfect for discovering new music pretty hassle free. I do have unlimited data on my phone so that's not an issue, and when I travel abroad I just download playlists to listen offline. 

Now that I've gotten back into VK, I just load up local files and download stuff to my phone on a dedicated playlist. 

Also, build-in last.fm integration duh. 

Back in the day I used to actually listen to the CDs/tapes I bought on a discman/walkman lol, then an iPod classic (I still have that 4th generation dinosaur, it was the most annoying piece of hardware I've ever owned fucking hell)  

I don't mind streaming, but if I decide to buy a release, I don't think I'd even buy a digital release (unless it's the only one available). I buy CDs and then rip them. 

13 minutes ago, secret_no_03 said:

At least you haven't been asked why you're not in school.

you have?

19 minutes ago, Kuro said:

I've been through this when buying cigarettes until around 35. At some point I just awaited being asked and already smirked when they really did. Don't mind this I tried to take it as a compliment.

I don't particularly mind either, at least it always greatly amuses my mother when I mention it  apparently she was mistaken for underage until over 40, so I suppose there's still a long way ahead of me :'D 

I'm turning 30 next month and still I get asked for an ID while buying alcohol 90% of the time, to a point where I feel uncomfortable when they don't ask me, because I can see THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT IT. 

One - I dreamt that I got a 3rd cat 

Two - guys from SARIGIA answered my email with pretty much: thanks, we're flattered but how exactly did you even hear our music all the way in Europe hmm? was it Legally Obtained™ ???? 

Ok, so I've been convinced to give these guys another try.

They seem right up my alley, not sure why did I dismiss them before o-o shame on me~ 

1 hour ago, nullmoon said:

As a Brit, what the actual fuck...? This is just plain weird. What next? Kyo meeting Trump? (Please let this happen) 

I'd pay to see this happen

2 hours ago, Zeus said:

My therapist advised me to keep a dream journal and most of the time all I can draw are images because I can't describe what I see.

Back in the day mine also told me to go at it and when I found it years later, I burned that shit down good grief it was disturbing o-o 

so, relapses are a bitch

1 minute ago, YuyoDrift said:

Whoa, @spockitty you just helped me find the original song to this lol

 

 

I was a crazy fan of these compilation albums more than years ago.

Never knew that it was Eiko Shimamiya's ひぐらしのなく頃に.

WOW, so I have heard of her apparently lol.

Hahaha it's so bizarre hearing this. I'll stick to the original, thanks XD

23 minutes ago, YuyoDrift said:

From what I remember, Towa Tei and Cornelius were names thrown into She's direction, due to how similar their sound was.

So definitely look them up too, but just a warning that they dabbled in EVERYTHING (mainly pop/hip-hop), so it's not just 8bit stuff.

Also, you'll eventually run into DJ's like MONDO GROSSO (used to be known as Shinchi Osawa) and fall into the hip/hop & Jazztronic music craze so take it easy lol.

I definitely will add them to my Infinite List Of Artists To Listen To™! But also plz stop? I can only be dragged into five musical directions at once, and trying to dust off my love for acid jazz will shave off another hour of my sleep schedule  

Can't watch the videos you posted @colorful人生  

all this talk about old faves made me nostalgic 

23 minutes ago, YuyoDrift said:

Definitely remember KOKIA when she and a few others like KOTOKO, LiSA, and I think Mami Kawada started bringing the whole anime song (anison) craze from Nico Nico to the mainstream. Last artists I remember before I took my break were Eir Aoi with her music in KILL LA KILL/SAO and Maon Kurosaki with her tracks in HOTD.

I've never heard of Eiko Shimamiya, which is odd because I used to listen to all of the above artists, including others like MELL, which her music reminds me of. Also a tad like artist Lia from a few years before, but she was more into the trance/eurobeat stuff.

Surprisingly I was never into anime, despite my best efforts, so I got to know 99% of my jpop separate from that wave. I think the only artist I found because of anime was YUI with her Bleach song, I think it was Rolling Star? And then Maximum the Hormone (also from Bleach lol) but that's hardly pop.

I know that both KOKIA and Eiko had some anime stuff, but only because of the cover art lol I liked them both because I've been a huge Enya fan since childhood and they have a similar vibe ^^ KOKIA THO MAN, I could wax poetic about her music for hours~ 

I, on the other hand, never heard of MELL. lemme get on that!

Let me link you some of my Eiko's favs: 

4 minutes ago, colorful人生 said:

Eiko Shimamiya, MELL, Mami Kawada, and KOTOKO were all part of the same I've Sound generation which produced a ton of the major anisons, visual novel songs, and techno/trance stuff at the time.

Yeah, funny how @YuyoDrift knows all but Eiko while I only know her of this selection LOL 

27 minutes ago, YuyoDrift said:

I did listen to BBS and Capsule, but I didn't want to spill it all out and have nothing to talk about lol.

 

She I'm surprised to be brought up here, as not a lot of people listen to chiptunes/8bit/electrobit stuff anymore, and Orion was actually nice to listen to.

They often compare them to Towa Tei and Cornelius, right?

DUDE, I love chiptune/glitch/and just about any genre of electronic music probably but I digress. 

I found she way before he signed up with Pony Canyon and was still posting his music for free on his website. I had vested interest because he's actually from Poland and it blew my teenage mind that my fellow countryman can make music that I'd actually like to listen to  coloris and chiptek were my life back then. 

I couldn't tell you what he was compared to, sry, my music knowledge is as vast as it is shallow. 

Hah, I realized I asked about this thread, found it and then forgot to post what made me search for it in the first place ^^;; 

ANYWAY I think I went in a bit different direction with my jpop journey back in the day than you @YuyoDrift. It's not 90's, but I suppose still pretty old lol I used to listen to hella lot KOKIA, Eiko Shimamiya, YUI, antennasia and kinda on the other end of the spectrum BOOM BOOM SATELLITES, capsule, she (not really japanese, but signed on in Japan), DAISHI DANCE. Namie Amuro, Kumi Koda, Ami Suzuki and Urata Naoya were also somewhere in there but in single songs. 

And onto what I wanted to post:

❤️ 

4 hours ago, colorful人生 said:

Janne Da Arc, easily

 

*Sure, I like キラキラ系, but I get burnt out really easily. ABC is good too, but JDA has more memorable songs + older production.

I used to really love early ABC and I don't know how, but I've only just recently realized that Yasu's Janne Da Arc vocalist o.o 

Is he still active tho?

my most vanilla co-worker just asked me to play her some tracks from the CDs I've just gotten from Japan. can't decide if I want to traumatize her with nokubura or go the Initial'L route and ease her into things ~ decisions decisions~

Ayyy after a brief frustration with customs, it's here! (≧▽≦) 

Initial'L - MOON LIGHT DOWN

Initial'L - VISION

Initial'L - Tokyo Horizon

Initial'L - Can you feel it?

Lycaon - Gypsy

Lycaon - Last Dance

DIMLIN - Rijin

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST - Unleash (lol if it's gonna be both the first and the last new release of theirs that i'll buy if they disband)

1 hour ago, Wakarimashita said:

Meanwhile they, uhh... Removed Thank You's PV from their channel. lol

whaaaat

3 minutes ago, Gesu said:

Haha! Alrighty, well I guess I'll go for Moran because they have so much variety.

 

Jikkendai Marmot are great. They're really jazzy! Their stuff's a bit difficult to find, but they're worth it once you do. Not sure if they really count as VK but another user here recommended them to me and I'm pretty thankful.

Well, jazzy's right up my alley, I'll try and hunt down some of their music then ^^ 

Suppose I'll check out Moran while I'm at it~ 

Gathering recs was totally not the point of this thread nope nope

13 minutes ago, Gesu said:

Ooh, that's a tough one. Jikkendai Marmot are pretty fun to listen to... but DIAURA... and Moran... agh! Lol. I'm not sure, but one of those three. I can always at least narrow it down to three if I can't make up my mind.

Oi don't cheat! I know you have a bit more life ahead than me but come on  

That said, I've never heard of Jikkendai Marmot. color me intrigued~