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Haha, awesome shot. Congratz on getting married, though! I wonder what percentage of people on MH are married? maybe 0.1% XD

hiroki01, thanks for sharing that one. I'm really happy you were able to share a novel like mine XD I honestly have never connected with the lyrics of most of the music I listen to...but that's because I usually never both to look up the translations. But sometimes when I listen to stuff in English it can hit me that way as well. I think the next story that I am going to tell is going to involve lyrics (or maybe I will save that one of a little bit...it kind of saddens me). Peace, yeah, I totally hear ya one listen to a lot of music while traveling. I drive 45 minutes one way to work so I usually have a lot of time to sit by myself in my own thoughts while listening to music. Coincidentally, that's how I came up with the idea for this thread lol. Digital and Molly...Suck ups Zess...omg, right in the feels, dude. This video still gives me goosebumps all over. "You going to just keep running away?!?" "just keep running away? I'm not running."

Picture of my girlfriend, Takaaki and Satoshi from toe, and myself. Not really a good picture of me, but I don't care XD

It’s autumn. The leaves are turning and there is a crispness running through the air. Falls seems bring out the nostalgic side of me. Maybe it is the chill on my skin, forcing my mind try to draw on the warmth of fond memories. Or perhaps it is just the shortening days, driving me to spend more time inside, and making me appreciate the little gap of time after I leave work and when the sun drops below the horizon. Whatever the reason may be, autumn seems to stir in me the feelings of the past. This is particularly so when it comes to music. This season seems to latch on to music I love, and to me, they almost become inseparable. And that’s what I want to talk about. What music do you listen to that is tied to certain memories? What are the reasons why? Does it make the music almost more important or memorable than it ever could have been without that memory? I’ll start…with the obvious; music that is tied with memories in fall. Abingdon Boys School – Their entire self-titled album Enter fall of 2007. My girlfriend at the time and I started dating earlier in the year, which happened to be our final year in high school. After summer had come and gone, we both parted ways on to our separate colleges. I had chosen to go to a fairly close school, only 45 minutes away from home…close enough that I could go home if I needed to, but far enough to be removed from my parents and high school life. She opted to follow the path of her older sister; going to a private college around 3 hours away. After a summer of spending most of my available time with her, I had fallen in loved. This wasn’t like my previous relationship, where I thought I knew what love was. This time I could explain it. Each little thing. How it made me feel. Our endless silly talks that meandered everywhere and nowhere. This love felt so much more real, unlike the stuff that I was taught was love from TV, but something that I truly felt inside of me. So at the end of the summer, I’m sure you can understand the sinking feeling inside of me. She left, I left; both of us dropped off at our respective institutions. My car was left at home and her’s likewise. Fast forward to October. It had been three months since I had last seen her, though that was not to say there was a lack of communication. All I have to say is thank god for Verizon’s free nights and weekends, otherwise my phone bill would have been through the roof. But that didn’t make up for the lack of physical interaction. I found my solace in music. As I am sure some of you remember, Abingdon Boys School released their first album that October. I loved it…and my girlfriend did too, which was amazing. We rarely shared tasted in music, so to be able to share something like this was really special. But that isn’t what made the memory with this album. Skip ahead to late October (maybe early November, its been awhile). I had the chance to go up to my family hunting cabin for the weekend, which was only about an hour away from my girlfriend’s college and deep in the woods. After some convincing, I managed to persuade my parents in to letting me pick her up and allowing her to spend the weekend together with us at the cabin. After waiting for about 4 months and 3 hours of driving in anticipation, I met her in what was maybe the best hug of my life. We drove back to my family’s cabin, and Abingdon Boy School quickly fell in to place as the sound track of our weekend. The pleasant warmth of the sun in the cool air, the burnt orange and vibrant yellow on the trees, and the powerful vocals and guitar of radiating out of my car’s speakers all seemed to meld so perfectly together. The synergy of it all, combined with the shear bliss of finally seeing the person I had missed so dearly, just burned the entire weekend in to my memory. To this day, whenever I listen to a track off of ABS’s self-titled, I think of that special fall weekend…the glorious weather, the delightful romance of a young couple, and the pure joy of music. I think about what we had and I how wonderful it had been. I think about how things have changed. I think about her. I think about innocence. And I think about fall. Ok, now it’s your turn! You really don’t have to be as elaborate as me (or as sappy lol), but I look forward to reading your replies!

John Green. That marvelous poof!

Be glad you at least have the hair to do something with...

Just finished watching episode 12...right now Jaune and Pyhhra's "relationship" is feel a little forced, and the situation with Cardin seems just too stereotypical...not a terrible episode, but still noting I would have called all the great. I hope that take it somewhere more interesting soon.

Thanks for the recommendations, I will for sure check them out!

Just beat Machinarium...it was decently fun, but some of the puzzles were just so convoluted...just just plain hard. The music was fantastic though, some of the best video game music I have heard in a while. The visuals were pretty great too.

DEAD END - Conception by far is my favorite from that list...though it is pretty much hard to go wrong with any Dead End lol. Misshitsu to kodoku ni doku sareta yuuutsu - Rentrer en Soi GOKU - Girugamesh (the version off of NOW) nude - 9GOATS BLACK OUT Colder Than Thermite - Anoice negai - UNLIMITS Samidare - MUCC in vain - D'espairsRay Polka - Iruma Rioka All Our Ends - Vessels Juusan Kaidan God, as soon as this song came up, I knew my list was over. This song just holds such a special place in my heart...it still to this day gets me so amped whenever I listen to it.

Reviving this thread from the dead to share a photo I took yesterday

Yeah, it's based on the amount of likes on FB, so it really isn't a great representation...but I still found it interesting (and surprising)

Yeah, I thought about that one as well...and maybe it is their "song," but something about Ouka seems to work better as their "song" a bit better than Nightship D. I could be way off base here, though.

I have noticed a general sluggishness to the site as well...so your observation has been noted. I will be talking to the other staff members about this as well and we will try to get to the bottom of it. I really don't know why we would be experiencing this slowness. I don't know the nitty-gritty details of our hosting information (that would be up to Kai), but we run through Dreamhost, and we have been paying for pretty decent hosting for some time now...so I really have no idea. If you look up top though in the global forum message center, you can see that there is a donate link, where you can send your money directly to pay for the hosting of this site. That means we can't take it from you and using it to buy hookers and blow...what a shame.

I have had a bad time with Seagate drives, so I try to avoid them now. I usually go with Western Digital. Also, do yourself a favor and pay the bit more to have the better drive (i.e. if you get a WD, go for a Caviar Black). Also, back up your stuff! You got to back it up to get it back, and it's better to just assume that your HDD WILL crash eventually.

I know that this would be different if I could get the stats of the actual MH site, but here are the analytics of the MH facebook page.

I am so freaking excited for Russian Circles new album, Memorial, that comes out next month. The 2 songs that they have up as a preview on their bandcamp are so good that I am pretty much already willing to give this album my album of the year seal of approval. http://russiancircles.bandcamp.com/album/memorial

I just spent some time thinking about what "the song" would be for D. Some that came to mind were Vampire Missa, Yami Yori..., Schwarzchild...but in the end, I think Ouka Saki Some ni Keri is what I would say is the closest thing to their "song" I feel like it is maybe the most representative song of D, both newer and older, but while still being a great and well liked song.

Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino...nom!

I totally agree here...I feel like this thread is less about tacky covers and more about just terrible ones...not that that is a bad thing lol. Here are some ones I find tacky X Japan - Art of Life The Dead End Tribute albim coldrain - the enemy inside Oblivion Dust - Girl in Mono/Bed of Roses Zodia - Hate Naki Zetsubo, Kuchi Hateru Taiyo Mucc - Karma Dollis Marry - Last Scene baroque - monodrama Girugamesh - NOW Luna Sea - The One -Crash to Create- Undead Corporation - O.D. matenrou opera - otoshiana no soko wa konna sekai I'm sure I can find more in my library, but I am done for now lol

Muhahahaha!

Played some Need for Speed Most Wanted today...forgot how fun that game is, glad my gf has it XD