And from today 01/10/2006,




What does it mean?
It means that my personal life, plus a lot of my fandom rants will be locked, away from stalkers.
Reviews of anime, manga, drama, events, musicals, news and only occasionally fandom talk will be left public.
Translations too will be left publics.
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Lo ho fatto anche io, sorry.
Questo journal é diventato semi friend-only, tutte le reviews di anime, manga, j drama, traduzioni etc etc saranno ancora pubbliche quindi non ci dovrebbero essere gravi perdite^^
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P.S. For my friendlist, don't worry! I'm still keeping you all ♥♥♥ (well if you want it of course^^)

Eggs to click XD

For my shock....this... which I found out it's true since I went to the Hakusensha website and they have the release of volume 12 for January 19th...
OMG
Yami vol 12...I can't believe it (this is the reason of my icon today)

I'm quite glad, hopefully I'll be able to read the end now? I hope they will start the release again >_<

Ok now the meme taken from cristaltear

You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out.

( questions and answers )

So, this week end my frustration was productive...
I finished to translate Ouran chapter 76 already (Ouran fans stay tuned, the chapter is lovely!) Can't believe we got raws so early, also the cleaning is over so now we miss proofreading and typesetting and then the chapter is done^_^

Also, today I went with makie_chan, _kaze_chan_ and nanael at the Magnificat show, an event with cats of all the races and as expected I spent almost all the time with the abandoned kittens hoping that someone would take them (and they did, I was so happy!!)

Continuing with other things that happened, well, apparently next week I might sing live in front of a real public in a theater.
My singing teacher (who is also a writer of music for some famous italian singers) called me yesterday telling me he was joining this project where a lot of famous people were presenting their new pieces (be it monologues, small scenes or songs) in order to give money to some no profit organizations; he wrote few songs and while one will be done by him he asked me if I wanted to sing the other one XDDDD
Tomorrow I will meet him and talk about it...I admit I'm so nervous. I did sing already in public of course, but this is kind of an official pro singer debut (while before I only had my actress debut). So you can imagine how I'm feeling^^;;

Still no news about any japanese job; I get the feeling that it will be impossible to find it from here, I checked every possible website of school, restaurants etc etc but nothing...
I sent some emails now I guess I can only wait.

Yeah, since I have not much to do except for being anxious, I went around reading Kuroshitsuji fan fictions even if, I admit, there are very very few I might find enjoyable.
( Pet Peeves? )

Ok, I'm done XD

...
Ah, thesis almost finished and I feel like I didn't have any time to relax since I'm already worried about finding a job in Japan.
Then today I read ch 49 of KKM and felt..sad.
I miss KKM, I miss being active in the fandom...I miss writing and translating for my community...
Hell I even met Takabayashi sensei and I was so hyper at that time! Now I just feel empty.
But I have no idea of what to do to wake me up.
Lately I've been translating only for my thesis and for the Ouran scanlation group and both of these things didn't bring me happiness.
For the Ouran part because last time in between bad translations and my thesis deadline I couldn't enjoy translating, for my thesis well, it was for my thesis, I was so anxious for it that I couldn't enjoy anything...
I miss KKM fandom a lot, it's not like I left but when I was more active I had fun...I'd like to do something for it again. Lately I've been pretty free after all (which lead to thinking more and become depressed) but I have no idea of where to start.
I even have tons of dj and few gadgets that yes, I could sell but I could also use as prizes for some contests and so on...
KKM friends, any idea? I just need to take my mind off of bad things (ex:job problems);_; and I want to enjoy fandom again.

And I couldn't believe it!
As soon as I entered she said "I must start saying I'm very satisfied with your work, I liked the way you researched, I liked all the references and everything I think this is the best thesis of all the ones I'm presenting this time."

And at this point I think my smile reached my ears XDDDDDD
She said she will ask for the maximum, there are few things to fix but my greatest fear was her opinion, I wanted to do something that she would have liked (because she is my fave prof and I wanted for her to like me^^;)
I'm so glad now...I'm really really glad!!!

Now, sadly on the job hunting I'm still in a deep s**t, nothing available for me, there is no help even looking at the companies that have basis both here and in Japan, I've been told they send overseas only employers already with them and not newbies...

But for today, just for today, let me bask in the happiness of knowing that my thesis is the best thesis the prof had for this session...just for today I can tell myself "otsukaresama"!

I promised myself I wouldn't have updated until I got back my thesis from my prof so I could write here with a lighter mood...
Sadly the day I was supposed to get my thesis back was yesterday but my prof was sick this week and didn't have time to read it at all.
So I basically have to wait another week to get back my thesis and know if I need to change it or not.
My mood is not the best, I'm quite anxious ;_; I really hope I'll get a positive answer >_< I want to get over with it and send it to print!!

On other news, tried for an audition, don't know if it went well since it was kind of...weird.
I have a kind of "call back" whenever I want (this is the weird thing) .
They were looking for a female singer for a special event in December, when I went there there were other girls and I saw the person who was auditioning them, telling them that he will let them know in the next days.
When it was my turn, I sang and then after saying I had a pretty voice he gave me a CD and 4 papers with song lyrics, told me to hear the cd so I could understand what style he needed and study the songs. I could call him when I was ready to sing one or more of those songs so he could judge me on the style he wanted.
Which I suppose it meant I passed the first stage. Still..I don't know, aren't we supposed to be short on time? He didn't give me a deadline which was weird. I know he had other people to meet too and he told me clearly that this was just a preliminary check but...
Oh well, I'll see what happens.

I really really hope that next time I'll write here I will be able to do it happily after getting my thesis back!!!

Our version of Ouran chapter 75 is finally out! XDDD
Ah, you can download it from our website here: Music Room 3 scanlation website

Ah, finally *_*

Now I don't know if I'm annoyed or not at the fact that the other scanlation group updated their version fixing it after reading ours...ok apparently they credited us but only on the blog where it was posted and not inside. I don't think I like this...

But changing the subjects!
Today I gave my professor the thesis...now to wait a full week before getting it back...I'm so so scared >_<
What if she says that it sucks? I don't want ;_;
And today I saw also another friend at uni whose doing an interesting thesis ^_^

Ah...now this week end I will try to translate the bonus chapter for Ouran...I'm on a traslation high XDDD

I didn't sleep well for the last 3 days, probably it was because today I had to go and meet one of my former teacher at Acting school and was nervous.
It was my dance teacher and she was not exactly...a sane person.
But well, she is directing a play/musical which is going to be performed at Teatro Sistina in Rome, which is a very important place and since she needed singers to record the songs (on stage there will be only dancers) she phoned me offering me to record some songs since she needed another soprano.
I did it also last year but it was different because last year I was there with friends, this time I was there called as a professional singer between other professional singers...
One of them (the only other soprano) was my former singing teacher at Acting school, and so were the others, all teachers or professional singers.
I felt so small...you can't imagine how nervous I was I kept having a weird headache since yesterday...
But it went well, it's been a while since I sang, last time it was in japan but it went fine. I'm glad for that, I feel like a pro now and it makes me feel weird to think that my voice will be heard at Sistina...XDDD

Nothing more on real life side, I'm still waiting for Friday when I'll go to my prof and give her my thesis so she can read it.

I actually wanted to take a pic today, you know..one of myself with headphones in front of the microphone just before we begun but...it was too newbieish...I needed to be a pro after all, so no picture XDDD


And this is all for now, little by little I'm going forward, can't wait to be in Japan and start to work hard there.

Oh yeah, a big hug to eien_chiharu, I really hope you'll feel better soon!

Damn, I need a singer icon XD

So, one play I'm supposed to be in will probably be done in February....
FEBRUARY!

Honestly I didn't expect it at all...I was planning to go back to Japan at the end of January for Bleach musical but...I couldn't find the courage to say no to the others.
It's still not sure...but I really really wanted to go back for Bleach musical...I can't bear to be here until February.
What should I do?
Not to mention if this play will be done I'll be getting a good amount of money but >_< My sanity is already leaving me and it's not even one month I'm back...
This is not what I expected at all.

On another news.
My thesis should almost be done, it came out around 45 pages but my prof didn't get the chance to read it and so I don't even know if it's ok or not (which of course makes me very anxious).


( Ouran scanlation group related talk )


Ah, a little bit of venting is always refreshing^^;


And last but not least...I really really want to read the new tyrant chapter ;_; I want to read it soooo sooooo much;_;

So, I don't know why, but I decided to share another song out of the karaoke filter...
"You got game" and "Colors of the wind" were downloaded by so many people I didn't expect it, oh well nobody wrote "you suck!" so maybe it wasn't so bad.

This is out of the karaoke filter just because I love this song so much, it's called "Minna koko ni ita", it's a song by Junko Minagawa, or better Ryoma Echizen who is voiced by Junko Minagawa. There are two versions of this song around, one more uptempo and the ballad version.
I actually like more the uptempo version but at karaoke they had only the ballad version, which is why I could record only that one.
It reminds me of the time when I went to Zepp Tokyo for Junko Minagawa concert so many years ago...
She will always be one of my favourite seiyuu, of course Saiga-san too is great but I love the both of them for different reasons! And Minagawa Junko with her Ryoma keeps a piece of my heart...
I mean, when I started this lj it was for Pot after all!

So here, if you get the chance to listen to it tell me what you think? And I highly encourage you if you like the song itself, to go look for it because it's a lovely song, but give a try also to the up tempo version and not the ballad one.
Well, here you go with my versions of this song XD I really really apologize, you can hear my nose closed here too, air conditioning in Japan killed me but having a limited time meant I couldn't wait to get better and then record
it again^^; You have to stick with this, sorry >_<

Minna koko ni ita (version by me)

Tell me what you think? And I hope you'l enjoy it^^
Oh yeah I had to pu the key up, not because it was too low the original key but because I felt more confortable with this key.

For the karaoke filter, coming up next will be a Sailor Moon song, some from Saiunkoku and Bleach XD

Finally I put some songs to download in my karaoke filter (the link is for explanation XDD)*_* Yatta!
If some of you who asked me to be in the filter can't see the entry tell me, I will add you, I might have skipped someone considering I added people with that hell of a connection from Japan.
For the rest today is a relaxing day, I'm trying to lose the weight I put in japan in these days, I got 2.5 kg in Japan which is absolutely baaaaaad *_*
So far I was able to lose 2 kg and I miss still 500 gr, but I guess I did a nice job considering that I've been back only for a week.
But still it's hard to lose weight at this point, kgs don't disappear like when you're overweight and also I have a big problem with my hips, I should probably work for those because I can't lose more weight there and I dont feel up to excercise ;_; But I want to soo much.
What should I do?
On other news I got from Jamie the pic with me and Konomi sensei and I put it as desktop wallpaper XDDDD
I was considering deleting me and leave only sensei since I did come out quite horrible (I was tired) but...in the end it's a lovely memory so I decided to keep the both of us.
I really hope I'll be able to meet him again in the future but first I have to be in Japan and start to work hard for my goals^_-

Oh yeah and now I should start some serie too I want to find something else beside Ouran, KKM, Pot and Kuroshitsuji.

Btw for the Kuroshitsuji fans on my flist, those who are on the communities...why do people keep on calling the song Sebastian and Ciel sing in the musical "Kare kata he"??? Everytime I read it I cringe.
I can't imagine how was understood the rest of the song if even the title was wrong^^; Why nobody tells them it's wrong? Who came up with this in the first place? Seriously I feel bad XD


So yeah, off to read my thesis book, but I will be around more XD Oh and I might put some pics of this summer here too, I already spammed my facebook account but I never post pic on lj XD

I actually wanted to update before but this week has been crazy >_<
But now it's over, I went around for my university looking for signatures under all my forms and today I gave all to their office. I paid all the fees and yes, now I have 2 months to write my final thesis and then yup, Japan here I come!!!!
I'm sorry, it might seem so weird for me to talk about leaving for Japan after just coming from there but...the truth is that I really can't wait for it.
I realized that except for my cats I have basically nothing that keeps me in this country.
Ok, this might change, especially considering the play I'll have to work on in these months and all the rest but seriously, I have so much to work on in Japan that what I have to do here pales in comparison >_<
Now, I need to write down this damn thing, 30 pages come on come on.
Oh for the ones interested my final work will be on "Japanese people and their taboo"
Expect now that I'm back a post full of songs I recorded to karaoke (for the ones in the filter XD) I already uploaded everything I just need to post it XD
Oh and yeah, next time in Japan I'll have to visit a place that a lot of people are afraid of.. *_*It's Mt Ozore in Aomori-ken. It's being said that is the gates for hell, a lot of japanese people are afraid to go there because of this XD
Ah why didn't I find out this when I was still in japan???
So who's coming with me? *_* I really want to visit it *_*

Ah, and I guess it's all for now? I really want to scan some KKM doujinshi to wake up Wolfram community that is sleeping ;_;_;_;_; And I really really want to go back at posting like before!
Yoshi, ganbarimasu!!!!

Best demachi in a long long time.

Ok yesterday was good too, there was even Kime and I waved at him with him waving back XD Takashi was nice as always and I told him I would go watch the play today, he said "ganbaru!"
Today, I told him I saw it and he asked me what I thought about it XDDDD Lovely, then I told him I couldn't come for some time and he was "eh? why?" but I continued saying I was going back to Italy until February, then I added I would come back permanently on that month and he said "oh so we'll be able to see each other more stably!"he was so nice and in the end oh my...I went to hug the other fans and one of them was talking with the manager so we started talking and I asked him to make the next karaoke event after February XDD Then I started talking also with the other two manager and it ended with me leaving and waving to everyone, while everyone managers included was waving back XDDD I felt the star of the night XDD Poor Takashi outshined by me XDD


Seriously he was really really nice, I'm glad I went and yesterday I even saw Tuti's sister XD She came near Takashi when we were just finished talking and introduced herself, I couldn't believe it, she was so pretty, totally the opposite of her brother XDD Nagayan was all "oh, nice to meet you!" XDDD

Well, I say it was a nice way to end my trip here, just that I didn't want to leave! But everybody kept telling me to work hard and become famous so I felt really happy.
I'm glad I've made friends with all Takashi's fans, they are so nice XD


So, tomorrow, I have to wake up early and then I'll have a long boring flight...see you all
from Italy!!!!


Takashi I'll miss you so much!!!

Two men (can I call kime a man? XDD) made my day XDDD
First, this is part of today's talk with kime, I didn't even have the time to say anything that he came and
Kimeru: oh thank you so much, thank you for coming...
me: Oh no, otsukaresama..
Kime: I didn't see you today inside...
me*can't resist to Kime's face*:oh ...I'll come tomorrow!!! (not exactly true I will try toujitsuken but oh well saying like this I thought I could save myself)
Kime: *smiles* really? When are you coming on the morning? The morning? The evening? When?
me*thinks quickly* ah...evening!!
Kime: Ah that's great!!!So I'll see you tomorrow!
The rest of the conv was lovely but this part was priceless...
In all the time he kept my hand...with the result that I had his smell on my hand (or was it nagayan? they are the only two I shook hands with..)

Then, it comes Takashi and I was in the middle of my japanese friends, he shook hands with nayama who was a little far from me and then came to my side...I was in the middle and while he waved to my friends, he CAME to me to shook my hand and talk^^;; I wouldn't have been so surprised if not for the fact that I was the only one in the group he talked and shook hands with... And he too kept my hand while talking and I didn't know if it was polite or not taking it away...all the time thinking "oh well better take this chance..."
It's interesting, I knew Nagayan's behaviour with me already but Kime is really surprising me...I guess that dance was interesting enough? XDDDDDDDDDD *dead*

Now, I'll have to go tomorrow...alone also because I told him I would go...I really would have been doubting about him remembering it but he keeps surprising me a lot in these days >_<
Oh Kime Kime, never stop being so kira kira, please XD and never stop liking foreigners so much XDD

When Kimeru comes to you, shakes your hand and start talking to you, remember, remember to say something interesting and not letting him talk all the time XDDDD
I guess Takashi is having a nice effect on him XD and I love the fact he remembered me as the one he danced with XDDDD


Good way to keep my mind off my health...please please body of mine, resist ;_;

*is been so long since I used this icon*

Btw Takashi saying to my other japanese friends that I'm a really, really good girl, has no price XD. why, oh why Takashi every time I see you you do things like these?
Last year you told the girls to support me and become my fans since I'm an actress and now you say this...
Do you want to become my PR? XDDDD

Two days ago nayama who is sharing the house and the room with me had fever up to 39°...she is better today but she still keeps coughing a lot...

Now, with all this swine flu that is going around in Japan you can understand how scared I am ;_;
There is no doubt I took it too from her since we share the same living spaces, I think it's still in the incubation period, but gosh I'm so scared ;_;
I don't want to get fever, I don't want to get that flu, I know my body would react in a bad way.
It's been two days and I'm eating like crazy just so my body doesn't become weak (I eat and my body seems to not gain any weight at all..where is all the food going????) but still ;_;
I don't know what else I could do, I have the KKM event this Sunday and I can't affort to lose it.
What should I do? It's useless to tell me to sanitize myself as much as I can because if you live with someone who has the flu and sleep in the same room, washing your hands is not enough...
I'm so scared I don't want to get the fever in Japan and especially not now that I have so much to do!!!! *goes to cry*

After dancing with Kime in front of a crowd I decided to stop being shy and upload at least one of the songs I recorded at karaoke publically XDDD The rest will be uploaded via filter XDD
Ok, since this is to celebrate both what happened to the Rock and Jam and Konomi sensei I decided to upload a song that is linked to both.
Please bare with the pronounciation (my japanese has an italian sound in it, horrible I know >_<), the effects of the microphone etc etc ok? Sometimes my voice seems it's vibrato even when is not, I guess it depends on the recording>_<
It's not a pro recording it's just me with a microphone in a karaoke room^^;
Remember I can't go back to re-record a song after the first time so I have only one chance, there might be so many bad things but...oh well be sincere but remember all this ok? >_<
I'll love if you'll tell me what you think, it's the first time I upload a song that is known by enough people...
You got game (by me XDDD)

For the key, I think this is +4 from the original key tone, my voice is high and it's impossible for me to sing that song at the original tone^^;;

So, really, if you have time and listen to it, tell me what you think?

EDIT: Ok I blame this on mizukiaya if it sucks it's her fault for telling me to upload it^^;
I win my shyness for the second time, here is a song she said it's better for my voice, it's Pocahontas'Colors of the winds but in japanese. It was hard to sing because the words in japanese don't exactly match the song like it happens with the original version but hey, it's a japanese version so you have to expect it right?
Ne ne tell me what you think? XD People keep downloading You got game but no one told me anything ;_;
Any case, here you go (the next ones will be in the filter^^;;)

Colors of the wind (Kaze no iro) (by miyuchan)


For the rest, I have Nana songs, other tenipuri songs, evangelion and a lot of things recorded so now I have no idea of what I could register now..any idea of nice songs?

There is so much to say...so much
But the first thing I must do it thank again awesome Jamie (hinoai) for everything...
So, guess who met Konomi sensei today, got his sign and took a pic together?
I can't believe this summer I got the chance to meet my two favourite artists...
This was the best week end of all my summer, first Kimeru, then today konomi sensei...
He is really cool and nice and so kind :)

I will definitely find a way to thank hinoai in a proper way, she made one of my dreams come true...now I will work for the others!!!

And now, bed to me, this week end was awesome, fantastic but oh so so soooo tiring! >_

So...

Going to Shinjuku for Rock and Jam from my house = 730 yen
The ice cream bought al Lawson before entering the National theater = 330 yen
Rock and Jam musical ticket = 7500 yen
Finding out that my seat was pretty much near the stage and near the corridor between the centre and the side seats = interesting
Having Kimeru that at one point of the show goes down and while dancing around stops at me (we were all standing at that point and kind of dancing)and we start dancing together in front of the crowd plus, him thanking me and my friend for coming during his speech for the end of the first day of the musical HAS NO PRICE xDDDD

The only thing that might compare with that was Nagayan's knowing smile when Kimeru talking with the crowd at the end, pointed at us and thanked us XDDDD

Hurry up to bed, Rock&Jam was really REALLY fun!
Tomorrow tenipuri festa!!!!