tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68500132676937261902024-03-05T00:47:55.124-08:00plushie's daily baconA quirky amalgamation of my thoughts on kpop, fashion, sociological shit, and any topics that might come my way via the interwebz.plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850013267693726190.post-7174196436760960802012-09-13T22:23:00.000-07:002012-10-18T02:22:34.122-07:00A Boy’s Introduction Into Society [sestina]<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I saw her: a treasure underneath a
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Choking as she struggled to stifle the
explosions of hurricanes in her lungs, still half-alive; no one could blame her
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Still “It’s half past time to die”, in
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Still cried she, “No, no, there’s still
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">--though she was hollow and corpse-pale
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<i><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">(They dragged her to her grave kicking and
screaming, a shallow bone-thin ghost desperate to live--)</span></i><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Now watch as the Doctor crouches over his
list of things to-do, ignoring the line of people that still want to live</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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door. He’s procrastinated for far too long; his trap door is blatantly open.</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">By now they are spilling past the block
like helpless ants, and I already</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">know he will not come out tonight. As a
patient sentry outside his window, futile and polite, I can’t help but</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">wonder if anyone realizes that he is
nothing but a wingless loser hiding in a nest dropped on the ground, (due</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">to his loveless mother no doubt),
and no more a savior than the least of them. Funnily enough no one noticed me
slip out the back door, more alive than all of them—</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Oh, but you didn’t see them crying out as
they clawed at the windows, a scratch for everyone dead one of them--</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">What a beautiful sight! They fell down
perfectly in a neat pile against his window.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>I
didn’t have to, though.</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Really?
I find it’s easier to live</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">with my nails politely biting into the
palms of my hands, to find the screams enjoyable; don’t</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">you think it’s easier than keeping your
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">constantly clutching the dead bleeding
seams? Moist wet threads. Disgusting, swollen and broken, but</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">tolerable with a proper dose of morphine
and a bullet to the chest—Oh my! Is it that time already?</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">My dear, I’m terribly late, this
conversation has already</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">dragged past noontime and now it is but a
drifting cloud that they</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">will glimpse at while they lie there<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>[squinting between sweat-swollen
lids with faint recognition]</i>. But</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">that’s alright. You and I, and all the
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">just as well without Them.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Excuse me!</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Please open</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">the door. No, I would not like my RSVP to
be delivered, thank you. Silly, you do</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">realize that would take all the fun out of
it? Not to worry, you will learn in time. The best part is always done</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">secretly, a sweet, juicy conspiracy
between we who sip tea quietly in the Doctor’s parlor, already</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">done with the appetizers (stolen from
their pockets, naturally)…You do realize you’ve lived your life eyes half-open?</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Feeling queasy, darling? It’s<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>quite</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>understandable, certainly, poppet, he
did say that you were a bit--but—well they</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">weren’t lying I suppose--but let’s not
fuss over that—<b>you’ve</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>still
got plenty of time left to live</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">after all--Oh you’re sure you’re not ready
for some scones? Quite sure? Full already?</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I can see why, look! You’ve eaten more
than your share already, isn’t that funny? But</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it, we all have. That’s why we’re still here. (But</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> soon you’ll grow to enjoy it, and
pretty soon you won’t think about it at all.) In the meantime do</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">at least accept this, then, it’s the least
I can do, a growing boy does need something to live</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">on after all! Skinny little thing. I can’t
lie, it’s really quite alarming how they’ve</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">never told any of this to you before.
Oh—but look! It’s already</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">past your bed time, do excuse me. You can
hardly keep your eyes open.</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that’s an oddly-shaped flowerbed! We’ve already</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">passed it? Eight times? Really? Funny how
it slipped my eyes. Do look, the crowd has mobbed that poor Doctor’s house--they</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">certainly did a thorough job of burning to
the ground. Pity about the scones, they were always my favorite…No, they didn’t
leave anyone alive.</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we left while we did! No, this isn’t a nightmare, honey, it isn’t even a
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Western beauty standards have taught Asians that they are ugly. Their lack of representation in the media has taught Asians that they cannot be heroes, they are rarely main characters in movies. When Hollywood takes stories from Asia, or real-life stories with Asian main characters, they thrust these Asian characters on the side as minor characters and replace them with white ones. We make up the largest population of people on the planet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But looking at the TV, books, movies, newspapers, magazines, and comic books, you would never guess it. We are nowhere within those pages. You will have to scour the internet to find us. They have hidden us well. They have even caused us to hide ourselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who am I? I am less beautiful than Caucasians because my eyes are small and narrow. My hair is only born one color: dark brown, so dark it appears black. It is the opposite of the ideal feminine blonde. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">(Blondes have the most fun you know.) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">My nose is big. My body is short. My breasts are small. My eyes are only made one color: brown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But these are all mistakes. With hard, diligent work, time, effort, and money, they can be fixed. Dyed hair, highlights, thick eyeliner, layers upon layers of mascara, fake eyelashes, colored eye contacts, contacts that make your eyes look bigger, eyelid tape. With the right amount of self-hatred and betrayal of everything that defines who I naturally am, I can be loved. I can be adored. I can even be told that I am “beautiful”.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">But no matter how much money I spend on cosmetics, on hair dyes and perms, even on plastic surgery, I can never love who I truly am. I will never be told that </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">I</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"> am beautiful.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></div>
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plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850013267693726190.post-85930192245497261492011-12-15T23:46:00.000-08:002011-12-16T21:42:42.679-08:00The Simpleton's Routine [Final Draft]<div class="MsoNormal"><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">Let me know which one you guys like better. <3</span></div><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">You know he does not care;<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">quite honestly, <i>you</i> do not care either.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">It is merely a ritual you attend to every Wednesday afternoon at three,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">Your mind accompanying his, two pleasant companions on a familiar journey, perhaps to a different continent.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">There none of this exists and there is only white, which you grope at curiously with your fingers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">In truth, the gross graphic detail of your tea party bores him spectacularly;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">Meaningless strings of words, of nothing, <i>to</i> fill nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">But it’s better than the painful long silences that so often clog up the gaps in both of your conversations <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">(the nervous holes shaking until you both freeze in your skins).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">So while your mouth flaps seemingly obliviously in the breeze, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">He paces around heavily, in his mind, observing another world that’s he located far too many times before.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">Instead you sit, and he smiles, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">and together you observe the hollow shape of your brains, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">the silence that cowers beneath the constant clamor of your voice--<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">the pleasant emptiness, the stringing hum of words that run effortlessly through your tongue <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">straight through his ears; neurotically, with plastered twin anxious grins all the while, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">secretly fingering the strings and passing them between the two of you nervously with shaking fingers. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">A pleasant chat over tea every Wednesday afternoon.</span></div>plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850013267693726190.post-38755388262508727702011-12-13T17:36:00.000-08:002011-12-13T17:37:38.636-08:00(in-prog) you become a virus when you die, didn't you knowYou see them you stretch your hands back--<br />
Fucked into your skin like nails on a corkboard are <br />
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tattooed and resplendent, <br />
staring back at you with faint ghosts of the keystrokes still imprinted on your fingertips.<br />
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Pretty soon the concrete rain will start to dissolve into your skin<br />
And the plastic keyboard will eat your brain<br />
starting at your fingertips<br />
making its way down to your toes<br />
until you melt into the screen<br />
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(You’ll become a virus when you die<br />
Didn’t you know?)<br />
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Still unfinished...this one is from all the way back in January ;o<br />
(Where does the time go?)plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850013267693726190.post-13169426747789884282011-12-10T11:09:00.000-08:002011-12-10T11:31:00.037-08:00RADWIMPS - Order Made (Made to Order)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/nda3VIp_1O0/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nda3VIp_1O0&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nda3VIp_1O0&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most bishies in anime are assholes with over 9000 lbs of emotional baggage that I would never want my friend to date.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a few prize guys, though. Here's the list of those I approve. xD </span><br />
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- <b>Kazehaya </b>(Kimi ni Todoke) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <b>Ryuu </b>(Kimi ni Todoke)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <b>Sano </b>(Hana-Kimi)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- ...Akito? (Kodocha) Maybe.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <b>Watanuki </b>(xxxHolic) Kind of dweeby, but a nice guy. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- boy from Family Complex (youngest bro)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <b>Nobu </b>(Nana)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- ...I want to say Zero (Vampire Knight), but he's kind of fucked up. But he's such a great guy and would love her so much! T^T</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBm7SE6L88Pg__vYXVDrytvkRAIj_KfjKX-pvhVT4yiLvDXpqTMyvJR5_oZLtHm4Ms9Ye0QJ56bSKfuUa77KJ9HDGYRu0yqM-qZzZNdfxg0UC9En_2gNuJ66xbROIWab7rWR3AT7T3DgU/s1600/suzukaze.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBm7SE6L88Pg__vYXVDrytvkRAIj_KfjKX-pvhVT4yiLvDXpqTMyvJR5_oZLtHm4Ms9Ye0QJ56bSKfuUa77KJ9HDGYRu0yqM-qZzZNdfxg0UC9En_2gNuJ66xbROIWab7rWR3AT7T3DgU/s1600/suzukaze.png" /></a></div><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <b>Naruto </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <b>Rock Lee</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">But it’s better than the painful long silences that so often get stuck between the gaps in your teeth,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">clogging up the gaps in your conversation like nervous holes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">So he paces around heavily, in his mind, observing another world<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">While your mouth flaps </span>seemingly obliviously in the breeze. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">You know he does not care;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">quite honestly, <i>you</i> do not care either.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">It is merely a ritual you attend to every Wednesday afternoon at three,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Your mind accompanying his, two pleasant companions on a familiar journey, perhaps to a different continent.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">There none of this exists and there is only white, which you grope at curiously with your fingers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Meaningless strings of words, of nothing to fill the silence.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can see the images running blankly through his head, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black-and-white film dully gracing the flat landscape, the washing-machine interior of his brain.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even you can see the foam bubbles exploding from his mind, escaping from the holes of his skull with some difficulty. </span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">You imagine bacteria, worms where his thoughts have begun to decay, being uselessly tossed aside, perhaps added with some salt in case you want to save them for later.</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You don’t pretend to see colors where there isn’t anything;<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You’ll return to the pile every once in a while to peruse them; discard the ones that've become too painful to look at.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">He does not speak of it,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">And neither do you.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">The pleasant emptiness, the humming of words, runs effortlessly through your tongue and through his ears.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">A balm that blocks out the deafening silence threatening to spill out heavy through the window.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Instead you sit, and he smiles, and together you silently observe the hollow shape of your brains, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">The silence that cowers beneath the clamor of your voice<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">While you finger the delicate puppet strings between you nervously, neurotically, plastered twin anxious grins;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">A pleasant chat with tea every Wednesday afternoon.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
<div style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">--------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another poem from my Creative Writing class last year. <3</span></div></div>plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850013267693726190.post-64172400536828189602011-12-07T22:24:00.002-08:002012-03-01T18:56:37.747-08:00The Ghost Patient (Vampire Knight fanfic)<div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHi-RhTmxaOw0rhFZweG0HlT2hCs5Mmf7dzOIP0dLYx4FtH3D40ci9b5sFqUiSDZ-szCXIHk5PgzLOsrfzqHpR4TZI_VUsvZ0yWpDymKZZd05_kw5dJM3qAdJ22M-AIiAb7nveV3hfUg/s1600/FFFFFFFFFFFF----X333.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHi-RhTmxaOw0rhFZweG0HlT2hCs5Mmf7dzOIP0dLYx4FtH3D40ci9b5sFqUiSDZ-szCXIHk5PgzLOsrfzqHpR4TZI_VUsvZ0yWpDymKZZd05_kw5dJM3qAdJ22M-AIiAb7nveV3hfUg/s320/FFFFFFFFFFFF----X333.png" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Disclaimer: Vampire Knight, Zero, and Yuuki all belong to Matsuri Hino, not me. If Zero and Yuuki belonged to me, they would already be officially canon, and Vampire Knight would have to become an M-rated manga. xD Graphic does not belong to me either.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><hr noshade="" size="1" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; color: darkgrey; font-size: 12px; height: 1px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;" /><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her skin had grown paler since the last time he saw her. He could barely see her amongst the sheets. The faint moonlight that managed to squeeze past the curtains was darker than she was, more tangible, and he wished he could touch her. Wished he could help her somehow.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"She won't move," the maid whispered behind him; she turned away before he could meet her gaze and pretended to attend to the pile of sheets, daily laundry for the ghost patient.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the tomb-like room, there was no space for breathing. It was static and suffocating, a thick black mass of dust settled into a neat, complacent pile, content to wait for another century.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tangling with the sheets. She was skeletal and so far gone he could barely tell she was there among them; a faint outline of the vibrant creature he'd once known.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He turned away as well, lowering his gaze to the floor, respect for the dead; not for the bastardly king but for his faint queen that had died somewhere amongst the sheets and the months since her capturer had gone.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zero would never be a savior.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He pressed a knee against the bed and watched her through his bangs, a quiet contemplative expression on his face. Just watching, waiting. He stayed there for days. The maids didn't bother him; left a bottle of pills at the door with a glass of water, changed every six hours.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They remained untouched.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A/N: I'm super nice and friendly and I love hearing from you guys, so please drop a line and tell me what you think! :D</span></div>plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850013267693726190.post-69268695246004365662011-12-07T13:52:00.006-08:002012-03-27T21:44:43.994-07:00Okay.So I'm going to follow the trend and post my angsty teenage poetry. xD<br />
Prepare to be confused.<br />
Deeply.<br />
(I'm not even sure what they all really mean myself)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">--more like a junkyard, actually. But then again, what'd you expect? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">You’ve neglected it for quite some time.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Oh, as you stroll down the corridor, you might have forgotten a face or two from the portraits in the halls<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">…don’t worry, though, it happens to everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;"><i>They seem to smile at you as they pass down.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>(Don't worry about it, they probably forgot you just as easily.)<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">inspiring strangers to back away, its emaciated head pokes through the bars;</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i>Suddenly it’s a Jack-in-the-Box. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">You blink. And then impatiently drop a handful of coins into his waiting hand. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">As he walks happily away, whistling some obscene tune from the ‘90s, you roll your eyes and turn back and suddenly find yourself staring at your old walls, like they suddenly walked into the room. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Your eyes slowly start to drift shut…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Melting mirrors cascade down along with the walls around you like syrup…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">When they find the scene, the only thing they find intact amongst the rubble and melted silver is, oddly enough, a piece of paper, strangely pristine, untouched, as though marked by the hand of some god.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, when they pick it up, there’s nothing on it. The surface is completely blank. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850013267693726190.post-73709812676209835802011-12-07T08:57:00.000-08:002011-12-08T12:32:07.119-08:00My Favorite Anime/Manga Quotes.<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF46W-ykCxSEpCudxEUs9MGv_oRBrQsRla1Tm1LzFR0I8T7BRfNdYOCDU5GICDuO8_SCPIgFlo6f0_35ysfK7dZO-gl8YrIXrLmGYypNvyMx-zk_WSETfPlzfKhLorZfPOH1-68H_LpqI/s1600/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF46W-ykCxSEpCudxEUs9MGv_oRBrQsRla1Tm1LzFR0I8T7BRfNdYOCDU5GICDuO8_SCPIgFlo6f0_35ysfK7dZO-gl8YrIXrLmGYypNvyMx-zk_WSETfPlzfKhLorZfPOH1-68H_LpqI/s320/18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Latha, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">MARS</span><span style="font-family: Latha, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> - Fuyumi Soryo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Latha, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Kira</span></b><span style="font-family: Latha, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"People seem weak, but they're strong. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They seem strong, but they're weak...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">No matter how much you cry, you still have to sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And you even get hungry. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You suddenly realize you've done the same things you did yesterday. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And you say hi to your friends and smile just like you did yesterday. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Life goes on as if nothing ever happened...</b>” (volume 8 p.29)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Rei</b>: </span>"But I wouldn’t tell you to forget about it. I can at least understand…that you can’t forget about it." (vol. 8 p. 37)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Latha, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvUcQASQL4zePbh2QtiP9nui5B72btIR2DHlvOOSUmj04uhCC-0SOtbMFHdw7SZqHmkxDcq-ZK1Hr6DVhiQn0_IxszHU1CNLd5Kk8sdj5HwxTpxsrHo2U4hB-NIM-sOqxdcXPuFFomWA/s1600/bokura-ga-ita+screenshot+%2528ending%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvUcQASQL4zePbh2QtiP9nui5B72btIR2DHlvOOSUmj04uhCC-0SOtbMFHdw7SZqHmkxDcq-ZK1Hr6DVhiQn0_IxszHU1CNLd5Kk8sdj5HwxTpxsrHo2U4hB-NIM-sOqxdcXPuFFomWA/s320/bokura-ga-ita+screenshot+%2528ending%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Latha, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">Bokura ga Ita (We Were There)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Yano. The person whom you really, really love may not be here anymore. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And you might be feeling lonely, but, there are people in this world who really, really love you, so shouldn't that equal it all out?</b> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, please don't ever think that you're alone."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Latha, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"You don’t know what it means to be betrayed! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Should I explain it to you? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It means to be treated like trash and your feelings get stepped on…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">you get hurt over and over again and in the end you are left alone! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Can’t you see how much I care for you? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">How hard I’m trying to connect with you? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When did I ever betray you? <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>When did I ever leave you alone?</i>"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Latha, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Back then we gave it our all, we neither lied nor made mistakes, we didn't fail and didn't do anything wrong. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's just that...<b>time has passed and changed it all.</b>"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Both of these are some of the best manga I have ever read, I would highly recommend them.</span></div>plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850013267693726190.post-87516731906383076222011-12-04T13:29:00.001-08:002012-03-01T19:02:42.027-08:002NE1 - UGLY--My Take on It.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/NGe0hHvAGkc?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I think I'm ugly</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And nobody wants to love me</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Just like her I want to be pretty</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I want to be pretty!</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Don't lie to my face</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'Cause I know I'm ugly~</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This song is so misunderstood by people everyone on the interwebz. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By saying "ugly", I don't think they're just talking about feeling your appearance is ugly. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They're talking about not liking yourself in general for whatever reason, about thinking that there's something fundamentally wrong with you, etc. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And not wanting people to lie to you and tell you that there's nothing wrong with you.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The video, though?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>THAT'S</i> definitely about the beauty standards within society that make so many beautiful people feel like they're ugly, and how they should be destroyed. </span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2NE1 is a great band to promote this song and message because they do not resemble your typical kpop girl group and thus receive a lot of censure about how their faces/bodies/etc. don't resemble the beauty ideal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It might sound cliche, but it's true: every girl in 2NE1 is actually beautiful in her individual way, if you look, but they are not all skinny sticks or have the "ideal" nose or whatever, which also makes them very relatable as they are all "real" people with no manufactured beauty--except Park Bom, who obtained plastic surgery BECAUSE her appearance was bombasted by critics, so this song is actually even more relatable to her, as she felt her looks didn't satisfy the public's demands of a female kpop singer.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So they are the perfect voices to express the insecurities that everyone feels about themselves sometimes; because even the most beautiful girls can find something they hate about their appearances.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><a href="http://plushiesexual.blogspot.com/2011/12/2ne1-ugly-my-transcribed-translation.html">UGLY Lyrics (My Transliteration)</a></span></div>plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850013267693726190.post-7034576452611781852011-12-04T13:28:00.000-08:002011-12-04T13:31:20.402-08:00100(-ish) Words You Need to Understand a Japanese Pop SongI've been an avid fan of jpop for quite some time. My first memory of reading Japanese lyrics was in Card Captor Sakura: The Movie's theme song <i>Tooi Kono Machi de (In This Distant Town)</i> in elementary school. As I read through the other lyrics for CCS, and then for InuYasha, I couldn't help but notice that certain words and phrases kept showing up again and again.<br />
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As I gradually learned the meanings of these words, I realized that certain ones were present in almost every Japanese song I encountered.<br />
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Here are around 100 words you need to get the gist of any jpop song. Tested on Gendou.com, but <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/YourMileageMayVary">your mileage may vary</a>.<br />
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1</span>.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sora</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- sky<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Yume</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- dream<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">3.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hana</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- flower<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">4.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tsubasa</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- wings<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">5.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kokoro</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- heart<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">6.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hikari (/akari)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- light<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">7.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Aoi</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- blue (usually in reference to “the blue sky above” = aoi sora no miagete)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">8.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Namida (/naiteru)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- tears, cry<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">9.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Egao</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- smiling face<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">10.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Zutto (/itsumo/itsumademo)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- always, forever<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">11.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Doko made mo</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- no matter how far<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">12.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Wasurenai</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- I won’t forget<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">13.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Omoi (/omoidasu/omoide/oboiteru/etc.)- </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">remember, memory<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>14.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></b><b>Mieru (/Miteru/Mienai/Miageru/miagete/Mitsukeru/Mitsumeru etc</b>.)- see/look/can’t see/look up/above/find/notice/gaze at/stare at<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">15.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Itsuka- </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">someday<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">16.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ashita- </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">tomorrow<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">17.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sekai</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- world<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">18.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Mirai</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- future<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">19.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Jidai</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- age/era (they say this more than you think)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">20.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Soba ni iru (yo)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- by my side<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">21.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Yasashii</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- kind<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">22.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tsuyoku</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- strong<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">23.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Aruite</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- walk<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">24.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ikite (iru)- </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">live<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">25.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Michi</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- road<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">26.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Futari</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- the two of us<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">27.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tomaranai</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- don’t stop<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">28.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Owaranai</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- never-ending<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">29.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tsunaide</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- connect<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">30.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Te</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- hand<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">31.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Toki</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">32.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Basho</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- place<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">33.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hi</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- day (e.g. ano hi “that day”)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">34.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kodomo (/ko)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- child<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">35.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Afureru</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- flow, overflowing, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">36.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Chiisa-na</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- small (They use this one A LOT…”because I’m such a small person” is common)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">37.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Chikara</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- strength<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">38.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hitomi</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- eyes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">39.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hitori</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- alone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">40.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kodoku</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- loneliness<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">41.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sabishii</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- lonely, sad<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">42.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Onaji</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- same (something along the lines of “although we had the same type of heart…”)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">43.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hajimete- </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">start<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">44.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Subete- </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">everything<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">45.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kotoba</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- words<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">46.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hitotsu</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- one (commonly used as “the one [single] thing”)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">47.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Mune</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- chest (heart)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">48.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Jibun</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- self<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">49.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span><b>Ima</b>- now<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">50.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <b>Ima sugu-</b> straight away<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">51.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kodoku</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- loneliness<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">52.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Mitomeru- </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">accept; admit; acknowledge; attach (importance); award (damages); discern; vindicate<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">53.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Deau (/deatta)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- to meet, (“I met you”), etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">54.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Atatakai</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- warm, hot<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">55.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Nemuru (</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">/<b>nemuite)</b>- sleep<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">56.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Naka</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- inside<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">57.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kikoeru</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- hear<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">58.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Oikakete</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- hide<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">59.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sagashite</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- searching<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">60.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Shunkan</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- moment <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">61.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hanasu (/hanashite)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- talk/(past tense)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">62.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Mamoru</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- to protect<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">63.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kidzuku (/kidzuite)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- to notice<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">64.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Setsuna (/itami/itai)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- pain/sorrow; it hurts<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">65.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kizutsukeru- to hurt, damage, injure<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">66.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hayaku-</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> fast<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">67.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Keshiki-</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> landscape<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">68.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Asa</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- morning<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">69.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Yoru</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- night<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">70.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Koe</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- voice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">71.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kaze</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- wind<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">72.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hoshi</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- star<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">73.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Yuki</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- snow<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">74.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tsuki</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- moon<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">75.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Nagareboshi</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- wishing star<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">76.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Mainichi</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- everyday<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">77.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tooku (/hanarete)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- far away, distant, isolated<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">78.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kanjiru (/kanjite/kanjiteru)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- feel<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">79.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tsuzuku (/tsuzukeru/susumu)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- to continue<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">80.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hanasanaide</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- don’t let go<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">81.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kotaeru</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- answer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">82.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kawaru (/kawatta/kawaranai)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- to change, changed, do not change/unchanging<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">83.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kioku- </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">memory<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">84.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kiseki-</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> miracle (“the miracle that I met you…”)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">85.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tatoe (/tatoeba)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- for example<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">86.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Eien (eien ni, eien no)</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- eternity, eternally/forever, eternal/infinite/undying<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">87.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Umarete- </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">born<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">88.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Karada</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- body<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">89.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kao</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- face<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">90.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span><b>Eranda- “</b>I chose”<b> </b>(past tense te-form of ‘<b>erabu’</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">91.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span><b>Monogatari- </b>narrative, story<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">92.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span><b>Todoku- </b>reach, come to; come through (news etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">93.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tabi</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- journey<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">94.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span><b>Wagamama</b>- selfishness, egoism, willfulness<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">95.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span><b>Kurikaesu</b>- repeat; echo<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">96.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kaeru-</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> to return<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">97.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Mou ichido-</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> one more time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">98.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Yami</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- darkness<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">99.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Dakishimete</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- embrace<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">100.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Uso-</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> lie<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">101.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sotto</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- softly<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">102.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kakera</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- fragment<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">103.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kyo </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">– today<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">104.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kinou </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">- yesterday<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: .75in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">105.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Kagayaku </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">– shine/glitter/sparkle<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 115%; 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</div>plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850013267693726190.post-76482098927257492452011-12-04T12:22:00.000-08:002012-09-13T22:48:50.021-07:002NE1's UGLY: The Real Lyrics (My Transliteration)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NGe0hHvAGkc" width="560"></iframe><br />
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I've seen so many translations of this song on the internet, but I think many of them got it wrong and in the end present the wrong tone to the song.<br />
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Here's my preferred translation, amalgamated from multiple sources.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">[CL]</span><strong style="line-height: 19px;"> </strong><span style="line-height: 19px;">I’m trying to smile brightly but</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">I don’t like it</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">I’m not pretty, I’m not beautiful</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[BOM]</span> I’m trying to sing but<br />
No one is listening<br />
I’m not pretty, I’m not beautiful<br />
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[DARA] </span>Why am I so ugly?<br />
How can I smile brightly and freely like you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[MINJI] </span>I’m angry again<br />
Why can’t I be perfect?<br />
All I see is flaws through the shattered glass<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[BOM] </span>Don’t look at me, I hate this feeling right now<br />
I want to hide away somewhere, I want to escape<br />
This world is full of lies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
<b> CHORUS:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[CL]</span> I think I’m ugly<br />
And nobody wants to love me<br />
Just like her I wanna be pretty I wanna be pretty<br />
Don’t lie to my face tellin’ me I’m pretty</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
I think I’m ugly<br />
And nobody wants to love me<br />
Just like her I wanna be pretty I wanna be pretty<br />
Don’t lie to my face ‘cause I know I’m ugly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">
[MINJI]</span> Don’t tell me that you can understand me so easily<br />
My ugly and crooked heart may come to resent you<span style="font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[BOM] </span>Don’t talk to me, I can’t get along with you<br />
Your cold fakeness behind your arrogant eyes suffocate me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[MINJI] </span>Stay away<br />
I don’t even want your concern<br />
I just wanna get away anywhere<br />
I just wanna scream out loud<br />
This world is full of lies</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CHORUS<br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> [CL, BOM, MINZY]</span> <i>(All alone<br />
I’m all alone <br />
All alone<br />
I’m all alone)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[DARA]</span> I feel no warmth<br />
I have nobody<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[CL, BOM, MINZY]</span> <i>(All alone<br />
I’m all alone)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[DARA]</span> I'm always all alone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[CL, BOM, MINZY]</span> <i>(All alone<br />
I’m all alone)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[DARA]</span> I feel no warmth<br />
I have nobody<br />
I have no one to hold me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CHORUS</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><br />
</o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Transliterated by me</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Using translations by: <br />
</span></strong><a href="http://www.sandara2ne1lism.com/2ne1-ugly-lyrics-english-translation.html/">http://www.sandara2ne1lism.com/2ne1-ugly-lyrics-english-translation.html/</a><strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://www.popgasa.com/2011/07/2ne1-ugly.html">http://www.popgasa.com/2011/07/2ne1-ugly.html</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">+and others</span></div>
plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850013267693726190.post-45400116443678600062010-10-01T08:31:00.000-07:002011-12-08T12:28:02.415-08:00Fukai Mori - Do As Infinity<em><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">I'm sure that the heart I left behind<br />
Still lies hidden in the heart of the deep, deep forest.<br />
<br />
Exhausted, without the strength to search,<br />
People vanish into the infinite darkness.<br />
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If it's so small, I wonder<br />
If I can see it even now?<br />
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As we live on,<br />
We lose a little bit more.<br />
Shrouded in falsehoods and lies,<br />
We stand frozen to the spot, unable to cry out.<br />
<br />
The days pass by and change,<br />
Without us even realizing how blue the sky really is.<br />
<br />
Overcoming that made-up scheme, we live the present,<br />
And our rusted hearts begin to beat again.<br />
<br />
If we can find the rhythm of time,<br />
We can fly once again.<br />
<br />
We live our lives,<br />
Wandering to the ends of the earth.<br />
Believing in you, now I begin my journey with you,<br />
In search of the light.</span></em>plushiesexualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676049937036053254noreply@blogger.com0