If I ask you to play Boggle with me, you should probably run away. I could play Boggle for hours, but I have to resign to Boggle on my phone and the digital single-player Boggle device, because no one wants to play it as much as I want. ;~;



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This performance is amazing! The song is from the soundtrack of Final Fantasy XIV.

There's a member of a South Korean group called Big Bang, and his name is Taeyang. I love this man's voice probably more than any other male voice in existence. I love how he can sing deep and strong, but also thin and high. His voice is clear as a bell, a little buzzy (I like that), and he makes wonderful noises too like inhalations through his teeth, grunts, growls, gasps, and "hey's." His vocal agility is impressive, as well as the emotion with which he sings.

He's fantastic -- so fantastic that I took the time to make a compilation of all of my favorite vocal performances by him. It's seven minutes of heaven. Well, technically it's 6:54 minutes but it's still heavenly to me! It's embedded below, and also linked to as well if the embed thingy doesn't work.



Here's the link and he's here to save Zelda and Hyrule wheeee

I decided to make this entry because I was in the car listening to him and I just burst out, "Taeyang, you're killing me. KILLING ME, UGH!" And I replayed the part again.



BTW he just did a photoshoot for L’Officiel Hommes Korea and he looks AMAZEBALLS.

I like water. I'm a watery-being. We all are. And we live on a watery blue planet.



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I always noticed this in Screamin' on Humanoid City Live cd/dvd... Right at the transition from "but it hurts so/yeah it hurts so" to "top of the world/top of the world," there's a lag. Today on my drive home from work I replayed the part several times, listening and discerning for who is responsible for the lag. Just one member? Or the whole band?

Gustav's rhythm does not change in the least, so it's not him. (p.s. Gustav's part the entire song is really amazing, btw) And Georg's bass is solid like normal. Then who?

The twins!

So, the last line of the section Bill sings is "yeah, it hurts so." He sang that part a little delayed. Sometimes he does that to make it emotional sounding. But he may only do that on a word or syllable or two... In contrast, Bill's entire line here is delayed, every word.

Then Gustav's lovely tom-tom boom bada boom part. The moment in the next section where the "top of the world's" begin, Tom comes in a fraction too late! The rest of his notes are perfectly in time though.

So my conclusion is that Bill was late for whatever reason, and Tom was paying attention to Bill and not to the more reliable (sorry, Bill) Gustav and Georg... and so Tom was late too. Both twins being late contributes to the sensation of a short lag. I think their little twin delay is cute!

It happens from 2:42 to 2:48. When you watch the video, it's less noticeable -- but if you close your eyes and just listen, the lag is easily perceptible.



I love how well TH does live! They really do well live, don't get me wrong. Playing live is hard -- trust me, I know. Out of all the HCL cd/dvd, this lag in Screamin' is one of the more obvious mistakes (not counting all of Bill's flat notes). The other one is the last word in "Noise," which is sang too early (again, Bill) but at least it's in tune! :D It sucks when the last note in a song is out of tune. So there's always a silver lining! Bill, it's ok -- have a cookie. I'm not mad at you.

Awww, this meme!!!! It's really nice and spreads a lot of positivity. :) My link is here. What is the meme? Well, read on.

THE YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL MEME


RULES: Comment with your username and then people comment ANONYMOUSLY with the things they find beautiful and wonderful and magnificant about you. Anonymously because it's nice sometimes not to have a familiar name connected with a beautiful saying and thus it can be anyone from your best online friend to that new person that you just added. And after you comment with your username, go and find the names of other people you find beautiful and leave them a little YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE... message. Anyone is welcome to participate and feel free to spread the beautiful love to your journals as well.

I love how soft they looked when he had the blond ones. I loved the different shades of blond! I love the way they trail down the back of his neck like a dreadlock waterfall. I also love how they look when he flings them around when playing his guitar. How soft they look is what I love about them the most.

(p.s. Look at his Tom hat! It's got his name on, and a guitar neck around it. That's so cool! I didn't notice before now.)



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I love Chai tea very much. If I could drain out all the blood in my circulatory system and replace it with chai, I would. I love the spicy taste so much I can't even begin to describe. It's also very sweet and creamy too!

The best cup of chai I ever had was at a local (local being 45 minutes away because of this damned small town I live in) Indian restaurant, and my only lament is that it's not sold in a bigger teacup.

When I make my lame-o hot chai at home with my lame-o chai teabags from walmart, I always add marshmallow, cinnamon, nutmeg, milk, and sweetener. Sometimes I'll add honey instead of sweetener.

There's this road, and I consider it to be mine since I'm the one who uses it more than anyone else. This post is picture heavy! :D

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