Dead Head Beat

Monday 17 March, GLAY released their first Digital Single including two songs:
1: STARLESS NIGHT - LISTEN
2: -VENUS [Minus Venus] - LISTEN

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Our Internet was DEAD from thursday night to tuesday night... So I watched J-dorama Engine and rewatched J-dorama Brother Beat.
Tamayama Tetsuji is just perfect in Brother Beat. I definitely understand the girl Chisato falling for Tetsuji's character Tetsuya.
But Tetsuji himself is perfect, he got everything I see in a guy.
Anyway, that's it for girlie talks..haha

World Figure Skating Championships has begun in our second largest city Göteborg. Me and my youngest brother are going to Göteborg to watch Women free, Men short and free and Exhibition LIVE!! Not the best seats though, but how many times do you have a chance to see the world's best skaters compete?!?!
So we're going with the train tomorrow. Lots of people from our skating club are also going, some went yesterday, some are going today, and tomorrow.
And we're also going to watch some Official Practice too. Hopefully we'll get to see some really great skaters close! (Seats are not numbered at practice). I'm gonna go early enough to get some great seats on practice time!

So what's left... Pack all the things, and GO! (^O^)/

Snooooowboard!

This week I'm off for snowboard!! \(^O^)/
It's been around 2 yrs since I last went to snowboard, so it's gonna be fun!!

But after the week, it'll be much to do... The skating club is going to have an ice show three weeks from now, and no one has even begun making the programs..!

Anyway, for now, bye!

B-days and else...

So many birthdays these past days.
Both my grandparents on my mother's side, my brother turning 18 today, my friends etc.
I'll have to say:
Happy Birthday to you all!

Me these days aren't changing so much, just having so much things in my head, I don't know what I'm thinking sometimes. Many things I have to do, but still doesn't do it. Many "I should"s too. It feels like everything around me are moving forward except me. I'm still standing where I was awhile ago.
I think I'm just too lazy, what should I do with this laziness??

This saturday, we'll be driving north to the mountains. I'll get to snowboard again!! I haven't done that for more than two whole years..!! It's gonna be fun even if it's with the family! And I'm going to challenge some ground tricks this time. I've already started to learn some tricks from the Internet, I'll have something to practice when we are there.

I watched "Sweeney Todd" with my friends yesterday. It was a good movie, even if it wasn't a pleasure one. But the story actually is very sad. Johnny Depp was incredible as always. I really love his acting, I can't get rid of that. And he can sing! He'll forever be my favourite actor.

Think this is it for now.

Happy B-day HISASHI!!

お誕生日おめでとう HISASHI!!

Okay, I'm one day late, but I was so busy yesterday.
Hisashi turned 36 years yesterday.

And this is my first entry this year... Hm... I should write more often...
I was so busy the first week of the year, and after that I forgot to write about the first and the worst week of the year. I was so busy I hardly had time to go to the toilet or sleep.
I was working more than I was asleep every day.

But now I'm done with University for a long time! I won't go back until I know what I want to study. Now, I'm just working as a skate coach.
I'll see if I can get a job at IKEA soon.

Yesterday, it was the annual synchronized skating competition here at home, I don't skate synchro-skating anymore, but I was asked to help at the competition. So I "worked" as a timer, to take time to the skaters, to see that they don't skate too short or too long etc.
And I also got to see the competition!
Northern Lights came on 4th place with 109,42 points, the 3rd placed team had 109,70 points. More irritated and closer points, I've never seen. It was so close, it would've been better if the 3rd placed team had won over Northern Lights with 2-3 points or so, not with 0,28.
But besides the points, I think they skated good.

And when I was heading home, it was snow-storm. I barely could go with my Converse shoes...
And today wasn't better. The snow had turned to ice, and my legs and feet got so tired just by walking to the ice rink. And the way back too. I was exhaused and couldn't be standing.

Well, this for now.
Bye then.

Random...

This will be the last entry of the year.
I'm not good at "looking back" at the year, but this year has been eventfull. So many things have happened this year, I can't even recall everything now.
I wonder how the next year will turn out to be, I deffinitely don't wanna stay on the same spot, I want and I will be moving away from where I am now. How and when, I don't know, but I can't imagine being on the same spot for too long.

This year in short:

• Graduation parties, school's last months
• Last season with the synchronized skating team Northern Lights
• And no more skating practice for me...
• Electric Bass
• The whole Graduation itself
• The trip to Japan
• Meeting with longing friends in Tokyo
• New and best haircut
• My own digital system camera
• The whole University thing that I noticed isn't my thing, yet
• My first F in my whole life
• All the thoughts of what to do with life, EVERY day
• Trying to get a conclusion of all the thoughts
• Yet not a sure answer after around 2 years of thinking
• Hoping for an answer next year

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I can't help feeling everything is mendokusai for the moment. All these things.
I don't know why I feel this mendokusai feeling, it's just like this.
What to wear, how to look, with who to celebrate new year, etc etc.
Today, we'll have some guests, that's why we clean and make food and everything. After the dinner, I'll be heading towards my friend's appartment, where she and her sister will have a party until next day. After that, I'll see for how long I'll be staying.

And above all, the weather. Until yesterday it was quite warm, temperature around 3-5 degrees and not so bad weather. But today, it started to snow, the temperature has sunken till 1 degree and it'll surely rain or snow the whole evening and night. This weather sucks when it comes to go out. Cold and rainy. Yeah, this will be fun.

Well, Happy New Year to you all!

Koizora - were you happy?

Koizora

"Koizora" is a love story that was originally published on the popular cell phone site Mahou no iRando. It was authored by new writer Mika, and is based on her own experiences. The story was released in book form last October, selling more than a million copies in its first month.

The story revolves around Mika (named after the author), who falls in love with her classmate, Hiroki, upon entering high school. But over the course of the novel, she ends up suffering through many trials, such as rape, abortion, and betrayal.

Since I heard of this movie and watched the trailer, I was patiently waiting for the DVD release, but I was able to find it on the Internet, and I watched it today. This is an incredible story, and I really want to read the novel itself. This is a love story, but not the usual one, but a higher quality. This is a story you shouldn't miss out, this is something you really will cry on. A story that tells how sweet a love could be, as much as how painful it can be.

The description isn't so complete and doesn't explain the movie that good, but it's the one I found in English by Tokyograph. Search for better reviews and descriptions.

This is the year's must-watch movie, I strongly recommend it.

The actors are brilliant, and the story makes it all. What more could you ask for?

Rising Stars

Last weekend, me and my mum went to the southern side of Sweden, Gothenburg (Göteborg). My youngest brother (to the right) was competing in Swedish Nationals for the first time. He had one opponent. After a good short program, he was leading. But his free program wasn't good at all, worse than usual. But he got good grades on the 'program components' so he won with a couple of points, but it was close that he'll not win. His coach wasn't satisfied after the free program, but anyway, he won his first nationals.

After the medal ceremony, I rushed to my brother with my camera, and asked the Swedish champion, Kristoffer Berntsson, if I could photograph him with my brother. Here's the result! And I'm very proud of this shot (^O^)

And next year, the World Figure Skating Championship is going to be held in the same arena, me and my brother are going to watch it! Sweden will have two skaters in the category 'men', and one skater in the category 'ladies'. Both Kristoffer Berntsson and Adrian Schultheiss are very good skaters now, Adrian is even comparable with Kristoffer (who ended up 9th last year in worlds!!), so I think there is great chances for Sweden now!! Haven't been like this for YEARS! And at last, we have great skaters in the competitions!