sophixer

I'm sorry for leaving dA without notice for a month... and letting my first sign of activity be another journal |D but things have not been going so well and I've just had a bit of free time this week so I figured I might as well update this so mainly, it's just school and stress and some more of the two I just finished the AP Chinese exam so that's a huge load off my back though honestly, I think I really did not do so well and well, literature is killing me with essays and skits and projects, oh my! I could go on forever about this. Perhaps, more importantly, I've been slightly afraid of dA. Afraid of the growing number of messag

Uhhh, so An Cafe's coming to California~~ I'm very excited. Also, I've been reading a rather sad report from HearJapan regarding the sales of music of those from the visual-kei genre. Well worth your time to read about -- now, I understand that this happens to artists/bands from all genres, but visual kei is hit especially hard because not only do bands have to be able to cover all costs of their music but the visual aspect is also very expensive. I also understand that for overseas fans, buying the actual albums/singles/DVDs/merchandise is expensive. I know. I've been there. Fifty dollars for an album? What for? Now sharing mp3s isn't nece

SHEESH I just wrote a long sentimental recap of this year and then something went wrong and my entry was lost. >> But anyways, it's the end of another year, full of many events, be they good, bad or ugly. Obama's election, Beijing Olympics, new lows in politics and finance, economy crisis, other fighting going around the world. Bleh. Personally, it was a great year though. Going to Fanime (GOING TO AN CAFE'S DEBUT CONCERT IN AMERICA!!!, meeting Miguel and Jin :giggle:), movies, accompanying Stanford on their China concert tour during the summer, receiving/buying some stuff I've always wanted, Dir en grey's concert!!!, meeting up with friend