AUGUST 2006
02/08/2006
Warning
Well now that it’s August, I thought I’d issue a marketing warning. The Christmas onslaught will be upon us and I really am dreading it as I just don’t want to know. Just be careful out there cos I’m sure the Christmas lights are gonna be up soon and even Argos have there Christmas stock in. Were not allowed to have this season called autumn (if you remember it) and it just adds to the ridiculous existence known as life. My mum is currently away on respite which I think I’ve needed so I’m gonna be going out on Friday and hopefully Saturday also if that’s ok with a certain person I know. Back to the irritant that is Christmas and it seems to have begun already. Yet on Boxing Day it’ll be sale time! Better put it in your diaries guys that the DFS upto half price sale starts on 26/12/2006 because cheap sofas are a absolute must! It’s just terribly unpleasant as it just goes on way too long. Still, I am off to Oceana on Friday so I got that to look forward to.
Don’t forget the Quality Street and the Fruit Jelly’s!
05/08/2006
Wakyama Tokyo
Last night has left me with a bit of a conflict as to what I expected and want to believe and say and as to the reality of what actually happened. What I would like to be writing is “It was unbelievable! The atmosphere was amazing, the music was great (and Japanese) and everyone enjoyed it!” Unfortunately, that not the case. It was disappointing and I really am considering giving up nights out clubbing as I haven’t enjoyed it as much as everyone else has and will do because I just can’t get into western chart, dance, R’n’B, Rock etc simply because… well, it just doesn’t! And all I’m doing is wasting my money. So what was it like? Oceana is a very nicely designed club but it seems they gave up somewhere… they went to a lot of effort to bring bars and dance floors that have the atmosphere you would expect from there native countries but they forgot something. Music adds a paramount element to the atmosphere and the high prices (£3.60 for a bottle of Budweiser) and that is the music. They really should have tried to import some tunes from Paris and Tokyo for the Parisian Boudoir & Wakyama Tokyo. But they didn’t and they only played one Japanese song and everyone seemed to ignore it but there was one other guy who seemed to enjoy that one tune. That is a real let down as they made the effort everywhere else but… There you go. I am considering writing to Oceana and pointing this out. I went with Gemma and met her work mates at Fiesta Havana which seemed like a nice place actually and I met Gemma’s colleagues and they seem like a friendly bunch of guys. And after the aforementioned Oceana dive bombed we went to an old haunt of mine from my teenage days, the Queens Shilling and Gemma loved it there and I was left out as usual but she made a new friend so… she should be happy
My search for a Japanese hang out isn’t over yet…
06/07/2006
Japan
Right, it’s about time I outlined some plans on how I am going to get to
Japan and now that it’s obvious that Bristol is incapable of hosting anything remotely Japanese and now that Project Ronin has collapsed due to outside influences, I am just going to outline my plans using this blog. Simply it’s a case of College (do ECDL Level 2 and do a BTEC National Diploma in IT Engineering and then it’s onto perhaps getting a cacky job in PC World as my office experience leaves a lot to be desired. So all I want to do is get a job like that, resume my driving lessons and then when I’ve passed my test I AM OUT OF HERE!!! It’ll be off to Japan and somewhere along the line I need to learn Japanese properly. That’s all I can do really… No hope here. Anyway I’ve bought a couple of Ayu albums and thanks to YouTube, I can show you the ads for each of them. It’s not a solution to my problem by any means; just an idea as from experience none of my plans ever go smoothly but I need a new lease of life so just gotta keep going but I don’t really want to…Why? Simply because I hate the way my life is. My mum will come back from respite tomorrow and I really do not want to be at home because my mum’s carers are going to be having a field day having a go at me and making my life even more miserable. I don’t see a way out and this weekend has been a complete and utter waste of time, money and hope. I really believed I would get a taste of how my life could be but no. Not gonna happen is it?
Ayumi Hamaki - I am... CM (4th album)
Ayumi Hamasaki - Memorial Adress CM (6th Album)
09/08/2006
Music Video of the Month
Today see’s the start of a new feature on my website thanks to YouTube enabling anyone to embed video clips into webpage’s; Music Video of the Month. Always gonna be Japanese cos if ya want western music vids, just tune into MTV or the Hits, TMF etc and it’s there. So this months music video for your delectation is MISIA’s Kokoro Hitotsu (Translation: One Heart) from her 2004 album Mars & Roses.
Enjoy!
MISIA (not to be confused with European singer Mísia) was born Misaki Itō on July 7, 1978, in Fukuoka, Kyushu, to parents who were both singers. She is the youngest of three children, with an older brother and sister. She discovered her five-octave singing voice while at her older sister’s private music lessons. From then on she dreamed of becoming a singer and later won a contest in Fukuoka. She moved in with her sister before middle school to work toward her goal. During middle and high school, she sang and played the trumpet in a brass band club. She began training with two African-American trainers in gospel and R&B, but failed all her auditions in high school. She was accepted into Seinan Gakuin University but decided to pursue a music career instead.
For more on MISIA, click here
24/08/2006
Events
Eventful is what I would generally label the last few weeks. Yes, I got my ayu albums (although I’m fast going off her) and a craze was swept the net in the form of geriatric1927 on Youtube. He seems to have set a trend in terms of Vlogging, a type of Blog only done in video rather than text and it seems that it is the only way this blasted thing can possibly evolve so perhaps I will.If I do it shall obviously be linked to this old thing. So what has been going on? For the record, Pete won Big Brother and I lodt my 5 quid bet cos I made a bet on Aisleyne to win and as claims are that Big Briother was fixed my theory is that is Davina McColl is pregnant then it’s been fixed to prevent live child birth which OFCOM would not be a tall happy about. Any unexpected results would result in human placenta on the stage. Surely against health and safety. So I am due to return to college on the 26th of September and the financial situation of mine is resolving since my mother has decided to take real action on the crisis that had a chain reaction and impacted me. So perhaps things are getting better. I have had a meeting involving professionals and that has resulted in my continuing to be a carer and also a student and even University has been mentioned. Issues with the carers has been addressed and shall hopefully be sorted but I doubt it and it doesn’t matter because the ultimate resolution is under way – a place of my own and independent living which is something I’ve wanted since I was a young teenager so now it’s being aligned into the future and will be expanded upon in the future…
30/08/2006
Towards the Future
The 11th of September will always be famous for the terrorist attacks on America but another event will also be taking
place then… my return to college. After months of being in financial limbo courtesy of HSBC and my mum not acting on the words of advice from me but the same words of advice from the Citizens Advice Bureau, things are finally settling down enough for me to act on my plans and they will be taking place with a new structure in mind. So project Ronin is no longer active but that doesn’t mean I’ve lost the resolve – life is just too unpredictable for long term plans. The future is always covered in fog and things don’t become apparent until they get much closer. It’s best to take things one step at a time and may consider taking out a small loan for my BTEC award and even that requires a further £60 and then is off to look for employment but I think I’ll consult all this with the professionals that I work with then I may just become a professional myself. I say may become because of what I’ve said about the future being always unclear. It can be shaped and made into ones will and desire but the path there is often unclear isn’t it? If the future turns how out how I want it to be, then I could be in Japan sooner rather than later and that is something I am more than happy to lay down my resistance if it means gravitating towards such goal.
Life is colourful.
Like a grandiose orchestra. Time for some richer colours and notes.
