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Doesn't get old for me that song 

Princess Mononoke is up on Amazon JP. You can nab these at like $5-6 cheaper than most other US distros. First time I felt compelled to grab the symphonic suite in addition to the OST. Came out to roughly $55 shipped for the OST and $45 shipped for the SS. 
 

Original Soundtrack 
(¥4,926 + ¥1,495 shipping)
 

Symphonic Suite
(¥3,821 + ¥1,347)
 

Image Album
(¥3,821 + ¥1,347 shipping)

Almost done with Alundra now. In what I -think- should be the final dungeon of the game.. Man, this one really doesn't shy away from just absolutely punching the player in the gut from time to time.. Real good game though, probably one of the best Zelda-likes out there. My only gripe is that some of the enemies feel a bit TOO damage sponge-y for their own good but other than that I'm having a good time, would def. rec

*Looks up fritters recipe*
 
*Scrolls down for a whole minute before the actual recipe shows up*
 
I really dgaf that your husband plays the guitar therefore he squeezes the water out of grated courgettes for you because his grip is oh so strong (?)
 
wish websites would simply give us the damn recipe 

Even after all these years, I still think Fatal Frame is one of the scariest games of all time. Every time my controller starts vibrating I dread seeing a freaking ghost.
 

Ever watch someone skilled at their profession? They make it all look so easy because they've mastered their craft, but they hide the years of work they put into their craft to get to that point. To me, that's why people rate limit themselves and others when it comes to skill, especially life skills.
 
It's a fact that people pick up on certain talents faster than others. I firmly believe that there is something everyone is good at; it could be flipping burgers or clicking heads in video games. Sometimes it takes time and experience to figure that out. I know there are some things I will never be good at unless I put time into it, like basketball or high level math. I know there are some things I've gotten *better* at because I put the time in, like learning guitar or playing shooters.
 
Our culture comes to expect that people should just pick up on all things as quickly as a savant does, and people become discouraged or discourage others when they cannot meet those expectations immediately. It's a nasty outgrowth of consumer culture where what we are consuming is talent. We tie talents to worth of self and others.
 
In this way, you are still correct. The only way to be a dad is to do it. But I also believe some people are not fit to be parents. The complaining about baby daddy shit is just a way to distance herself from what she considers a bad decision, and by robbing him of a critical talent (being a capable father) she is robbing him of his character and worth. Except literally everybody sees through that shit nowadays, because baby daddies don't come outta nowhere. If she was forced to crack a smile, that's because you pierced the veil in one swift move. Well done.
 
 

I was talking to someone today about their dead-beat "baby daddy", and they started making excuses for them... saying, "well, they never learned how to be a dad"...
 
I replied, "the only way to learn how to be a dad is to do it"...
 
They had no choice but to smirk in agreeance.
 
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Why is it that people have this disembodied belief that you can learn something without actually having to do it? Or that you have to scale some arbitrary benchmark of knowledge before you can do something?
 
i mean...you can't learn an instrument without actually playing it.  No more than you can learn how to drive without getting behind the wheel.
 
As heady as coding is, you still gotta type that shit out.
 
Hell, even in spiritual matters - action is still required.
 
I didn't start believing in "God" until I experienced him. And funny enough, it took me having to be humbled to the point where I realized my own intellect was no longer sufficient.
 
As I began "to walk with God", and actually do what the bible says, then that's when the understanding came to me. And the more I continue to do, the more the bible continues to prove itself and confirm its truth in my experience. It often freaks me out in the most wonderful way imaginable!
 
But I digress...
 
It seems this disconnect between thought and action is endemic to Western culture in general. We've fallen so deeply in love with our own intellect that we've lost touch with the sheer magic of our own reality and experience.
 
However, the Eastern/African culture of the Bible is rooted in functional action. In fact, each word in the Hebrew language points towards a concrete action.
 
Surely, they understood that true knowledge and understanding only comes from "doing" and actually acting things out. From reality. Not endlessly wanking our intellects.
 
....
 
Well, that went from 0 to 60 in no time. I'm sorry y'all. This is just how I think

Plant-y green-y things
 

 

ahhhh, these are gorgeous!!!

Been working on this one since the beginning of this year. The scales on the fish took forEVER.
 

 
 
Some close-up details on the plant and koi:
 

Plant-y green-y things
 

 

Plant-y green-y things
 

 

Been working on this one since the beginning of this year. The scales on the fish took forEVER.
 

 
 
Some close-up details on the plant and koi:
 

Plant-y green-y things
 

 

The GazettE. The first song I heard by them was "Agony" and I got so turned off thinking they were some kind of shitty nu-metal band. Thank Yoshiki I was wrong and gave them another chance later on.

I think the band I slept on was lynch. I loved 'adore' and 'ambivalent ideal' but never cared to listen to anything else from them.  Also I was always a bit turned of by the over presence of hazuki in the group. 
Now with getting to visual kei group (or with their origin in vk) I finally started to dig into more songs. 
 
i am still sleeping on merry. 😂 Maybe I should finally give them a try too?  

As the title says, which groups/artists did you ignore for too long? Could be a band that had a lot of hype and talk when they came out, could be music that has really resonated with you and you feel you should've checked them out earlier.
 
My top pick would have to be Merry, I always knew their name but just never bothered to listen to them. Someone here posted a video of 'Montage' live and within about thirty seconds of hearing it I knew I was hooked. I even feel a bit guilty for not listening to them sooner given their importance and with such a big discography it's quite a task to go through it all.
 
Apologies if there is already a similar thread.

t a s t e

i'll just do this in terms of how many times i think i've played it

d'espairsray - reddish (diva ver)
malice mizer - gardenia
deadman - in media
kagrra, - kotodama
vidoll - i my ai mai

Well damn. I'll keep this VK-only, otherwise my head might explode...
 
BUCK-TICK - MISTY ZONE
deadman - ドリスからの手紙
KYOKUTOU GIRL FRIEND - エクスタシー
LUNA SEA - MECHANICAL DANCE
メリー - ハライソ
 
(this is only after like 5 mins of thinking mixed with nostalgia, I could keep shuffling different bands all day and still find 10/10 gems)

DIR EN GREY - 激しさと、この胸の中で絡み付いた灼熱の闇
The most powerful song they have ever composed.
Dir en grey - ゆらめき
The best song from GAUZE, beautiful arrangement, catchy melody, and old school.
the GazettE - 春雪の頃
It's a fun song to listen to. Glad to see them still perform it from time to time.
the GazettE - UGLY
I mostly prefer pre-2011 the GazettE songs but UGLY is exceptional.
X JAPAN - Rusty Nail
It doesn't sound like a song from the 90's at all. It's timeless.

Sukekiyo - nurebairo
Dir en grey - macabre (original version)
Mucc - ware, arubeki basho
Kuroyume - aimed blade at you
Rentrer en soi - metempsychosis
something like this idk
 

This was SO hard.
 
9goats black out - heaven
D'espairsRay - Animal Mania
Dezert - Ijou na Kaidan
Dir en grey - ain't afraid to die
Rentrer en Soi - 偽りの渦
 

Hard to pick just 5 songs but here we go:
 
Dir en grey - Ain’t afraid to die
Girugamesh - Kowarete Iku Sekai
Gazette - Wakaremichi
Kizu - Utsukushiki Hibi
Xaa Xaa - Suibotsu

It's been a while since I have posted anything. Here is something I just completed ;___;