English Blog Entry #3:

I hate saying this... But the girl who asked Mrs. Burgess if we could write about song lyrics in these blogs, had a very good idea, and I don't even know her name to give her credit, for this blog.

Credit to anonymous for the idea, then.

Anywho, I've been listening to, and thinking about the lyrics of a certain song lately. I've been thinking very hard.

dir en grey [All the letters are supposed to be lowercase.] is a Japanese rock/heavy metal band, who wrote the song Undecided which is simply addicting. But Undecided's original lyrics are in Japanese; Who knows what happened to the actual content of the song as it was translated into English. Who knows if it lost or gained potency, and anger, in its translation process. Two words that are synonyms of each other can still mean way different things even when used in the same context though, if you look at the double meaning that some words have. That applies in both English AND the Japanese languages. Anyways, this is a link to the English translation:

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/direngrey/undecided.html

This song, listening to it on a rainy day while you're alone, is one of the few things that actually makes me cry. It's one of the most sorrowful things I've listened to in a very long time. Supposedly, this song is about Kyo Niimura's [Lead vocalist of dir en grey] fiance, and the divorce he had with her. Kyo had a very close friend who was the lead guitarist in his band before dir en grey, and his fiance divorced him for the guitarist. Supposedly, that is the main reason why Kyo's band broke up in the first place, and why he moved on to make dir en grey. But I digress! My apologies, back to the song.

My favourite part of the song... Without a doubt, is this particular stanza of lyric:
"Turn me into a memory and go to the new ocean,
from my heart, I wish you happiness.
There is happiness beyond the tears,
but you aren't there beyond the tears."

Keep in mind the sentence structure is a bit wacky because this was translated from Japanese. 'From my heart, I wish you happiness.' seems like Mr. Niimura's way of saying, "I hate the fact that we got a divorce, but I still love you. Take care." That kind of maturity and strong devotion he still has for her, helps us see that he isn't a creepy jerk like some like to think. It makes me adore his personality as a whole even more; Especially because I found myself saying nearly the same thing when I had an ex break up with me, after we dated for a year and a half. Some people assume that dir en grey's members are angry axe-murderers [somewhat exaggeration] because of the band's eccentric costumes and make up that they wear, and well, they're pretty much wrong. I like to believe this song helps prove that they're loving, kind people. :)

English Blog Entry #2

Paging through my People magazine or whatever I bought from Lunds this week, a question crossed my mind.

Why the huge fuss over these 90210 starlets being 'Too Skinny'? Since when did the media have the authority to decide who's too big, and who's small? The media gets it's authority because we -allow- it to have said authority. If noone like myself bought magazines or watched television, avoided the media altogether, it would have no authority.

Time to widen the scope on things; Why do Americans as a whole allow the media to affect their opinions so heavily on just about everything? Their opinions on politics, other people, issues happening around the world... Take Britney Spears as an example. Many people hate her guts because of the jokes that the show 'Family Guy' makes where she uses her son as an ash tray for her cigarettes. Or people don't like the fact that she 'isn't a very good parent' to her child for dropping him on a side walk.

The angering thing about these statements is that they are NOT backed up by facts or legitimate sources. Plenty of parents drop their kids on accident, and who takes Family Guy seriously?... Idiots mostly.

My distaste for Britney Spears comes from the fact that after she made millions off of 'Hit Me Baby One More Time,' her dressing became more provocative in hopes of attracting a larger male fan base. [Many males had no problem buying their daughters / girlfriends the first Britney CD because of her 'School Girl' type apparel that she wore in a lot of the CD artwork for Hit Me Baby One More Time. Source for that info, being a documentary I watched on B.S with interviews with male fans, a long time ago.] But I don't hate her to the point that I call her a 'Stupid slut with horrible voice' like you'd see people on Youtube say in video comments.

Really. Why are we people as a whole so fascinated with getting details on other peoples' lives?
Wouldn't so much more work get done if we focused on our own?

English Blog Entry #1

Currently, my favourite thing in the entire world to read, is MSN relationship articles.

Why?

I don't know if they have perfected a method to hack into the average Hotmail user's brains or not, but they always answer questions that have the utmost importance to me.



For example, friends are some of the most valuable, incredible things you can have in your entire life. Especially the good ones that stay by your side no matter what. And lately, I felt like I've been a burden to my friends. What'dya know, MSN publishes a simple article on 'How to be a better friend.' The obvious tips like 'Be there for your friend in times of crisis.' were mentioned, but something else I found strange was there too. 'When she gets a new boyfriend, never look at him, ever, like they're your brother.' I've had my friends date our other friends ex boyfriends, and it never stirred up trouble. But maybe we're just an understanding group of people.



And there's the one question that is constantly crossing my mind with homecoming coming up; Is it possible to have male and females be -just- friends? Or will the deep down savage sexual attraction always be prevalent between the two? One of the many relationship articles that I read relating to the subject, said yes. [Reading those articles is now my favourite guilty pleasure.] However, the second things get intimate between the two of you, is when you have to say 'STOP.'



Doing things like sharing secrets. Traveling long distances together. There were neverany mentions of physical touching itself being a major no-no though, which is a bit odd.
I'm just hoping for all of the guys who have homecoming dates that they don't plan on making their date their girlfriend. Because few girls in the sophmore grade intend on making their homecoming date their boyfriend.

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