1.30.24 so fast yet so slow

 hello!

hope everyone's doing well :> as per usual

song of the post issssssss...www.kareshiboshuchu.jp by 0801ni209336. weird band name...weird song name...my typa vkei. (nods) and i'm currently listening to s.i.s.f by s.q.f! my favorite s.q.f song ever <3

another pointless post ahh...this month's been going by so weirdly...it's hard to believe it's nearly over ;_; studying has been getting both easier and harder? idk. it feels like i'm at a weird standstill. the pain of regret sucks......idk. it just feels like a lot has happened yet nothing has happened either! it's been an interesting start to the year

as for the stuff i bought that i mentioned in...well not my last post the post before that...im still waiting. because ONE CD I GOT has been in limbo for a week. ;_; . hasnt even gone past the "order completed" stage. come on. everything's at the warehouse. get yourself together. everytime i check buyee i feel more compelled to add something else to the cart...but i know i cant...not for a while...can that CD arrive already i wanna consolidate my stuff ;_______; 

much like last year, i have more exams to attend to. really difficult ones. i'm not ready but then again i have to be. i gotta be ready. and i have to put in...ACTUAL EFFORT...ugh

executive dysfunction is the worst. so is thinking about how the year will go. it all sucks

i don't think i should be this scared though. 

or this lazy :p

i think it's like a golden rule for every blog to have some post where all they do is complain. at least one post

anyways i think i'm gonna study a bit more and then take a good long nap

~Cat

1.26.24 Cat's Kinbakugya Questionnaire

 hello!

earlier this month, i came up with a sort of rough draft for something. 

a questionnaire...for kinbakugyas*! i revisited it recently, and now it is 30 questions long! all g=questions about GB! youre free to skip ones about merch if you dont own any, that's fine lol

*kinbakugya is a mash-up of kinbaku (golden bomber's jp name) and bangya (general term for a visual kei fan)

without further ado, let's start!!!

Cat's Kinbakugya Questionnaire

if you do this, link back to this blog post or something :p

1. favorite member?

2. favorite song?

3. favorite original album?

4. favorite compilation/best-of album?

5. favorite indies era album (if you've listened to them)?

6. which MV do you like the most?

7. which concert tour do you like the most?

8. how long have you been a kinbakugya? 

9. how did you get into golden bomber?

10. when was the last time you listened to golden bomber? 

11. what was the last song you listened to?

12. do you prefer early golden bomber or their more recent works?

13. have you watched sorinokoshita natsu? did you like it?

14. does your favorite member's image color match your favorite color?

15. do you create fan content for the band? if so, what do you make? (think like fanart fan edits etc etc)

16. do you own any CDs or DVDs? if so, which CD or DVD from your collection is your favorite?

17. if not, which CD/DVD do you want to own?

18. do you own any misc. merch? like can badges, birthday goods, photocards, etc

19. which song from kirisho's solo career do you enjoy the most? (can be a song he covered or one he produced)

20. what's your favorite personal memory with the band?

21. what was your favorite concert/tv moment?

22. do you feel like golden bomber has had any impact on you, whether it be something personal or to your music taste?

23. are there any more bands or artists that you enjoy, v-kei or not?

24. out of all the members, which one do you think has the best fashion sense? 

25. is there something entirely unrelated to golden bomber that makes you think of your favorite member/the band in general?

26. if you could travel back in time to ONE golden bomber concert, with the money needed to buy goods to your hearts content, which concert would you choose?

27. do you know anyone in real life who likes golden bomber? if not, would you try getting someone you know in real life to listen to them?

28. is there a certain opinion you have related to golden bomber that you feel no one else really agrees with?

29. which members do you think make the best duo? (answer honestly...its okay...>_>)

30. lastly...are you excited for anything golden bomber's going to do this year? :>

yeah idk random suppin kenji darvish image i dont like it whenever my posts have no images

yeah that's abt it. answer however you'd like wherever you'd like :p thanks!

~Cat

1.23.24 ;_;

hello! 

hope 2024 has been treating you all well. it's been decent on my end :p not much of note. 

i ended up going to egypt! i wish i couldve made a post, but i forgot my laptop, which made me unable to do much for the time i was there. i went to luxor! it was really nice. beyond all the cool shrines and temples, it's just like any other countryside city. it's beautiful in a way, and i hope that anyone who wants to visit egypt for historical ancient stuff can get to visit luxor :>

that AND not long after, i had a falling out with a friend who was the main motivation behind me updating this blog. it was sad but i dont really like ruminating on things like that. it feels creepy since another real living person is involved and yeah...creepy is the last thing i wanna be. and eventually bla bla bla i just gave up on updating to focus on texting my friends and studying and yeah

however, things are looking up for me! i recently got my oct/nov results back, and guess what? i did good enough!!! good enough to buy golden bomber merch! and two hy4 cds i've been interested in for a while! i won't reveal what i bought...but...i will make a post once they all get here ;> 

oh. song of the post! 

kinjo no okusan wo shihai suru by kenji darvish and kenji darvish only Golden Bomber! ooh look at me picking the b-side with deranged lyrics. im unique. yeah. its better than tatsuo yome wo ore ni kure but i didnt say that...

and also, i've been revisiting mohamad mounir of all artists lately? idk why. i have fond memories of listening to him as a kid since my parents played his music a lot LOL so it was just like...my music taste was just perfume, oster project, powapowa-p, and...mohamad mounir...my favorite song of his lately has been crescendo from his 1981 album shababeek, and i'd rec that album if you want an idea of how mounir's music sounded when he was under sonar. after he left the label, his music definitely took a turn towards more western pop as american music was starting to become mainstream in egypt at that time too. his albums momken and men awel lamsa are a perfect example of how western music influenced his style at the time. some tracks maintain a sound more local to egypt, but others are drastically different. ^^ genuinely hope u guys can listen to him if u want more music from the 80s and 90s, he captures the aesthetics from that time period in such a unique way, much different from typical music you'd think of from the same time period. he has a lot of albums under different labels, so if you want more synth pop, go for his early sonar albums. tangent over. thanks! (p.s...im listening to crescendo as im typing this. help.)

and a funny thing from today

my mom spotted my tommy heavenly6 laptop wallpaper (see below)

and we had an exchange that was like this

my mom: who is she
me: a singer
mom: (sternly)i know she's a singer. what's her name
me: oh her names tomoko kawase but this is her alter ego tommy heavenly6 she has two alter egos one called tommy february6 one called tommy heavenly6 the whole idea of february6 is that she's innocent but has parts of her personality she represses and heavenly6 was born from a dream february6 had where she accepts what she represses. february6's music is based more on like synthpop and heavenly6 is more grunge-y in style!
my mom: cool
me: ikr

anyways, there's really no particular topic for this post. just wanted to explain why i haven't been doing as much as i wanted to with it. and also to serve as an in-between post until i get my golden bomber merch and make a post of what i got from that haul!! i feel a bit glad that i managed to revisit this blog despite everything. thank you all for reading!

~Cat