Water Dragon

By Yasuharu Takanashi from the Naruto Shippuden Movie Soundtrack. Hi! Today I took it a bit easy, since this week has been going well. (So, it will be a short post.) I finally got a chance to go on the forums, which I haven't done in a while. :P People were wondering where I went. I still have so many ideas coming at me for my story and drawing, even though I didn't work on them today. It's really awesome! XD

日本語

I thought it would be good if I reviewed a bit of the particles, since there are a couple I get a little confused about. Doing this made me sort them out even more. (I already knew it well enough to answer the practice test questions correctly. I guess I'm a bit nervous since the actual test is next month. Good to review anyways. :P)

は: is a topic marker, shows contrast, adds emphasis.

が: but, sentence subject (occasionally object), however, still, of?, that?

に: indicates a person's (or thing's) location, in, indirect objects (usually 'to'), direction ('toward', 'to', 'by'), purpose or intent ('for' or 'to').

で: at, at location, in, time of action, and then, so, by.

と: and, if, when, with, used for quoting.

を: the, indicates direct object of action, subject of causative expression, time (period) over which action takes place, point of departure.

や: such things as, and... and, no sooner than...

も: also, too, words of similar weight, about (emphasizing an upper limit), as much as, even.

の: possessive, substituting for が in subordinate phrases, emotional emphasis (sentence end- usually a feminine), question (sentence end).

へ: direction or goal (e.g. 'to').

So, on Sunday I'll continue the letter. :P Tomorrow's my Birthday! Wahoo! I'll probably know what my mom's planning tonight. I can't wait! Hopefully, it's something fun. I keep wondering what she has planned, but I'm not coming up with much. :P Oh, and I got a nice card from both my grandparents and the congregation. Although, the one from our congregation misspelled what Happy Birthday is in Hebrew. In fact, it came out as just jibberish. Even the transcription was a bit messed up. XD By the way, to say it in Hebrew it's transcribed as Yom huledet sameach. Which looks like this in Hebrew:

יום הולדת שמח‎

A picture of the Gakupo Vocaloid. He always looks like a Samurai. He looks kind of cool. Gackt, who's a very talented Japanese musician who used to be the vocalist for a group called Malice Mazer. He's also a poet, actor, designer, composer, and model. O.O He's performed in English, Korean, Mandarin, and Cantonese. So, he's a bit of a linguist too. :P He lent his voice and stage name for Gakupo.

What’s wrong with this thing?

I’m not wearing any metal. Ah! Perhaps that’s it. Maybe it’s sensing the sword in my heart. This is a Gintoki quote from Gintama. :P He's trying to go through a metal detector. XD Hi! I'm still recovering and still trying to get over being sick. So, I slept in again. Mostly worked on making my Youtube channel better. I still feel like things are missing when I don't do the routine I want to. Hopefully tomorrow, or at the latest Sunday I'll get back to it. Tomorrow, after all, is Shabbat. I could do some of the things though. It will help me ease into it for Sunday. ^_^ Oh, yesterday I found an interesting forum game on Gaia. It's called: Life Soundtrack. You set your playlist to shuffle and go through your 'life stages' with the songs. It makes for a funny and interesting game.

Here's what I ended up with:

Opening credits: U Don't Know Me- Basement Jaxx

Waking up: London Loves- Blur

Getting ready: Pump It- Black Eyed Peas

Eating Breakfast: Real Emotion- FFX- 2 mix

First day at school: Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)- DJ Shadow

Getting a crush: Don't Phunk With My Heart- Black Eyed Peas

Falling in Love: My Humps- Black Eyed Peas

Meeting a new rival: Good Luck- Basement Jaxx

Fight scene: People Are People- Depeche Mode

Fighting with crush/love scene: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger- Daft Punk

Breaking up: Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)- Garbage

Depressed scene: Where's Your Head At- Basement Jaxx

Drunk scene: Digital Love- Daft Punk

Prom: Stem/Long stem- DJ Shadow

Life's OK: Girls and Boys- Blur

Mental breakdown: Life Is Just a Game- DJ Shadow

Driving: Dum Diddly- Black Eyed Peas

Flashback: Morrocan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club- Blur

Getting back together: Aerodynamic- Daft Punk

Getting Married: Technologic- Daft Punk

Having a child: Boom Blast- Freestylers

Encountering an old enemy: Red Alert- Basement Jaxx

Paying dues: Ruffneck- Freestylers

Deepest secret: Bingo Bango- Basement Jaxx

Night before the fight: Crescendolls- Daft Punk

Final battle: Dream On- Depeche Mode

Moment of triumph: Robot Rock- Daft Punk

Death scene: Milk- Garbage

Funeral: Around the World- Daft Punk

Final credits: Inexile- Capercaillie

I found that very entertaining! XD Some of them just by the song titles looked funny for these 'life' events. I love my final credits, though! That's one of my faves out of the playlist. ^_^ I guess people are remembering me around the world. :P Milk, for a death scene, is almost philosophical. She sings about how she's like milk or the sea, so therefore she's everywhere. Very cool! Robot Rock is just too corny for my moment of triumph. XP Dream On almost seems like I'm taunting the other person. I would have liked something a little more peppy and louder for a that battle. Hehehe... Bingo Bango for deepest secret? o_O Sounds a little too happy for that. :P Red Alert fits awesomely for encountering an old enemy. XD Ummm... Boom Blast for having a baby? Maybe after the baby I'd be jumping up and down, because I was happy about it, but certainly not when having the baby. ^_^" Technologic's too weird of a song for a wedding! I like but so not for a wedding. :P Morrocan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club for a flashback is interesting. It's about standing up for your beliefs and talking about how the English hate everyone. o_O Life is Just a Game, sounds funny for a mental breakdown. Maybe I thought it really was a game and it caught up with me or something? Girls and Boys for life being ok, is awesome! It's about how it doesn't matter who you love as long as you love someone. :P I like the theme for when I eat breakfast, because the singer is saying what can I do for you? Either she's a waitress asking me what I'd like or maybe I'm trying to decide on something. U Don't Know Me, is very fitting too for my opening credits. XD A very interesting mix. By the way, I have no clue why it decided to stick to most of the same artists. I have a lot more. :P Well, try this out yourself! If anything you'd get a few chuckles out of it. XD

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