happy new year! i’ve moved! (*ﾟ▽ﾟ)ﾉ

here and here

今年もよろしく♪

 

longer version: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=XI6QFpL7h8s&feature=related

tsuro takeshi. he may be clueless, but i dig that simplicity, his voice and most of all, his very open love for his wife. and that makes his cluelessness totally adorable. hopefully, fame doesn’t change him along the way. i’m so gonna learn how to karaoke this song : >

いつも一緒にいたかった
となりで笑ってたかった
季節はまた変わるのに
心だけ立ち止まったまま

あなたのいない右側に
少しは慣れたつもりでいたのに
どうしてこんなに涙が出るの
もう叶わない想いなら
あなたを忘れる勇気だけ欲しいよ

今でも覚えているあなたの言葉
肩の向こうに見えた景色さえも So once again

星が森へ帰るように
自然に消えてちいさな仕草も
はしゃいだあの時の私も

いつも一緒にいたかった
となりで笑ってたかった
季節はまた変わるのに
心だけ立ち止まったまま

出会った秋の 写真には
はにかんだ笑顔ただ嬉しくて
こんな日がくると思わなかった
瞬きもしないで
あなたを胸にやきつけてた恋しくて

あなたの声聞きたくて
消せないアドレスMのページを
指でたどってるだけ So once again

夢見て目が覚めた
黒いジャケット後ろ姿が
誰かと見えなくなっていく So once again

星が森へ帰るように
自然に消えて ちいさな仕草も いつまでも
あなたしか見えない 私も

 

lalalaleeelalaluuulalalalalaleelaluuuuu♪

 

returning

 

pi

my little girl has passed away yesterday. i don’t think i can say much right now except that i loved her very much. she was a good girl to the very end. she was always the girl who would come every time i called. the night before she died, she played with us, and greedily stuffed her mouth with the snack we gave her. and even at her weakened state, she made her way to her little sand box, laid there and waited for us to come back.

i will miss you so much.

最後まで可愛かったよ。ありがとうね。

 

it was a beautiful day

been rethinking my priorities in life, spending more time with my hamsters, and listening to Tao Te Ching.

“simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being.
patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.”

 

the scavenger project journal

so recently, i signed up for the scavenger project, and was sent a list of 24 items, which include an empty envelope and a blue balloon. the people at art house co-op are making a book, and being the impulsive girl i am, i hopped onto the bandwagon presently 356 people full. apparently, every participant is guaranteed to get at least one photo published-a great incentive, but i seriously wonder how big each photo is going to turn out, given the number of participants.

but i needed a creative push and this is it. it has been fun, though at this stage, i’m not sure if i have enough time. some of the topics are not familiar terrain, so i can’t do everything in my usual style (not a bad thing though). i’ve got some ideas down on paper. now, it just about getting them done.

some of my friends have asked me where i get my ideas for my illustrations from. truthfully, i don’t see myself as being particularly creative. i am not good at pulling ideas out of the air, but i do enjoy mix and matching. a lot of times, i see something that interests me from blogs, books, or simply things around me and i think to myself, hey i want to add that into my illustration/ try out that style/ take a picture like that. to put it simply, it is monkey see, monkey do, except most of the time, monkey daydreams and watches tv instead.

i’m going to keep a journal of my progress, the sources i draw inspiration from and a sneak peek of the finished work. not a lot i’m afraid, but i prefer to wait till i’ve sent out my package before posting them here. in that way, i’d have made all the final touches and hopefully be satisfied with them.

comments for the stuffs i make for this project will be very much appreciated. お願いします!
( ﾟｰﾟ)/ﾟ*ﾞ:¨*;.･’;ﾞ:..･☆

 

illustration friday : packed

my sister-in-law once told me the easiest way to pack might be to throw everything into a bed sheet and drag it to the new place. i’ve yet to try out this method but i think it works for this week’s illustration friday topic. *laugh*

and over here in aizu, summer has packed up and gone. the autumn rain is making me cold, heavy and tired. i spent this weekend watching project runway season 5 but the contestants of this season just lack the likeability of the contestants in the previous seasons. i find myself not particularly inspired by their fashion nor interested in who will make it to the top three. but maybe it’s just because i’m feeling blah. hopefully, i will get out of this funk soon enough and feel a little better.

 

of everything and nothing at all

coffee on a rainy sunday morning, my hamsters still sleeping, and a black carbon owl staring blankly at me. a list that says “Cats, lots of cats (one will not do)”. indeed, one will not do. i think i’ll have another cup of coffee.

 

illustration friday: clique

i wasn’t really sure how to approach this theme. but just for the fun of it:

“they were a little different…”