DOZING GREEN (dir en grey, 2007)

This is the single that terrified me. With their last album lacking the usual variety that I love, I prepared myself for another – and I know I wasn’t the only one. Then the single cover did nothing to dissuade me, either, and I’m still not fond of it. Woe.

Then you hear the songs.

DOZING GREEN

The intial reaction is asdlkjsfdljka, and then I drool from my ears. ‘Course that’s possible. What are you talking about.
          It’s amazing. Nothing too distant from their most recent sounds – the guitars alone prove it, then you add in the occasional screaming. The latter didn’t overpower the song, either.. although I do think that it didn’t fit in quite right. There are also some parts during the chorus which are quite harsh to listen to, but these are just tiny little quirks about it. I still like it.

Kyo’s range is incredible: the way he darts from all extremes, I admire him so much for it! There’s even more contrast in the rest of the song, I think. From being somewhat gentle – maybe just in comparison with their other songs, haha, – yet really scary with all the screaming and the mad!guitars, then (what I think is a) sitar is nice! The ending just makes it perfect, in that it’s not sudden. It doesn’t try and shock you with the ending (bar the screaming), but … just trails off nicely.

Agitated Screams of Maggots (live)

The wailing in the beginning scares me more than Deity – and I know this because it freaks me out and the lights are on right now. When the song actually kicks in, therefore, it sounds energetic. Happy. Even faster than the original – or maybe that’s just me, and how relieved I am that the scary wailing’s over.

Hydra -666-

They took their old song Hydra… and turned it into a completely new one, except every so often you think, “Oh hey! That sort of sounds like Hydra… a bit.” And the only reason you think that is because of how it switches back between really really fast screaming and guitars, and then Kyo singing softly in the verses. I especially like those verses, hahah.

This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to wanting to thank a band for their music, so I feel absurdly lame. DOZING GREEN is way awesome though, and I can’t stop listening to it. Oh man. ♥ ♥

The colour pink

Something shocking has been brought to my attention. Right when I’m supposed to be off to university, my favourite colour… is the very essence of Barbie dolls.
          It’s embarrasing.

The Phone

This is my phone. It’s a trusty wee thing (read the review!), and even though everyone has one nowadays – just remember that I was the one who bought it first (in NZ… or one of them, anyway). You people are just copying me. Shame on you.
          It was the best phone at the time, regardless of colour, and even though other colours were coming in later, I bought it in pink because it was so funny. Me, and a phone? And what’s that? A PINK PHONE? How ridiculously out of character! But alas! Little did I know it was only the beginning.

The Drink

A ‘girls only’ drink – apparently “women require a different kind of energy”, even though we all know it’s just because they made it pink, because otherwise this super special energy is… caffeine? The taste isn’t really worth raving about though, but it’s a nice alternative to Coke sometimes since it’s not overly sweet and tastes vaguely of strawberries. I drink it because it tastes kinda strange.

The Wishlist

My laptop has recently decided that it likes to overheat and explode on me, and in protest I investigated Sony VAIOs. The one which I decided would be best for me came in a variety of colours. “Hmm, I like the look of the pink one.” Knowing I was heading down a dangerous path, I tried not to think that way! But… ah, I succumbed.
          Next thing I know, I’m looking at an article about mp3 players. Instantly I decided that I had to have a pink Zune (yay Microsoft). It was so pretty, I didn’t care about the specs!
          I also want to paint my nails bright pink… but that’s only because Meev has excellent style. Hahahahah.

Finally, The Camera

This is the latest addition to the epic collection of pink. Although to my credit I didn’t buy it because it was pink (it’s super fast with taking pictures, and no blur!), but I did adore that it came in the colour…
          A few minutes after buying this it became official. I have an obsession with a stupid stupid colour. A little girl’s colour, woe. The sad thing about accepting something like this is that I have to indulge in it, and I have now decided that if anything comes in pink… I must have it in the pink. It’s awesome.

Why do I do this? Do I not want to be taken seriously anymore?