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

1.1.24 HAPPY NEW YEAR! TWENTY TWENTY FOUR!

 HELLO!

This is it...the big post.......THE BIG POST!!!!!!!!!

there's still half an hour left until midnight as i write this :p

anyways. song of the day.

its not just one song...to celebrate i give you all...

MY SPOTIFY PLAYLIST!!!! (^v^) OVER TWO DAYS WORTH OF MY FAVORITE TRACKS!!!!!!!! J-POP...VISUAL KEI...SHIBUYA KEI...SOME EGYPTIAN POP...SOME 2ND GEN K-POP...EVEN A BIT OF JAPAMETA TOO

CLICK HERE!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!

anyways (clears throat)

its 2024. a new year.

a new year is nothing more than just a chance. a chance to make up whatever was missed in the previous year

a chance to make things right.....

and it feels weird -~- it feels weird that todays the last day i can see 23 as the last two numbers in the year. 

but should i ruminate over the weird? no!

as i said, this is a chance to make things work. for real! a chance for me and for you! so take it! grab at it! dont let go! 

congrats on making it to 2024, no matter how much effort it took. whether this was the worst year ever or one of the best, just know some random kenji darvish fangirl is happy for you. may the next year treat you well. thank you for being here alongside me, whether we've known each other for years, or we just became mutuals. thank you so much. thank you so so much

take every bad thing as a lesson with meaning. somehow. just try and find meaning or reason somehow

i should listen to a song or something to celebrate. hm. ill just play trauma kyabajou so that it lines up with when the clock strikes midnight!!! (update i didnt get to do that but i played memeshikute as soon as it striked so T_T good enough)

and also i managed to fulfill my one wish and it was for my last drawing of the year to be kenji 

narcisse kenji....i love you.......come here and get a kiss ( u3u) 

can you tell i love kinbaku all stars 2012

anyways. tomorrow i go to an amusement park near the seaside.

on the first day of 2022 i was at a pizza hut near the seaside

i saw the hottest guy ever

i think of him sometimes

i hope when im at the park i spot a hot guy

to like

continue the loop

sincerely from me and kenji darvish paper doll

love you all!!!!!!! have a great 2024!!!

~Cat

12.31.23 its technically new year's eve now. small post before the big post

this was a draft from last night which im touching up now in the middle of the day :>

ive been thinking for like two minutes of a song for this post soo....sotd is just any golden bomber song u want it to be <3 

anyways. some drawings from this month that i like. yeah! no particular order!

yes thats supposed to be me in the drawing. i dont own a kenji poster sadly
text is in arabic "happy new years sweetheart........i love you.......so much <3"this could be tled a few ways but kol sana w enta tayeb usually just means happy new years but it literally means may you be happy every year or something along those lines, filename for this was me and my kenji poster which  idont own because i dont own golden bomber merch.png

junko! jun's alter ego from the kinbaku all stars 2012 tour my faaaaavorite gb tour

me again. le sigh. ive been getting more used to drawing myself :p

the original drawing behind KDPD! gasp!

a drawing for kenji darvish's birthday! i messed up his hair a bit but its ok

my daruupa pheromones are wafting their way out of your screen. do you smell them?

last but not least, the original canvas for both the drawing of junko and of me. i also planned on drawing christine yutako (yutakas alter ego from the same tour) but i scrapped it. filename is years end.png

i still have another post tonight (6.6) stay tuned!!!!!