TITLE: "W Juliet Vol.3, Part 2 rant!" RANTER: Duchess Ingmar EMAIL: duchess_i@bigfoot.com SONGS: (dun guarantee the titles/names are correct...) ·"Precious Illusions" by Alanis Morissette ·"That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain ·"Rock Star" by Smash Mouth ·"The Love Shack" by B-52s ·"Surfin U.S.A" by some dudes ·"Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson (some weird remix, I think?) ·"Don't Turn Around" by Ace of Base ·"You can Hide, You can Run But you Can't Escape My Love" by Enrique Iglesias ·"The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World ·"Complicated" by Avril Lavigne ·"Blurry" by Mudsomethingsomething ·"In the End" by Linkin Park ·The Neverending Story soundtrack ·Enya's "A Day Without Rain" CD ·That funky "are we having fun yet" song by Nickelback ·A bunch of weird rap songs Welcome! This is the first rant I'm writing! I'm actually writing this at the same time I translate so... it's like if I suddenly bump into something funky I'll come here and be like "DANGIT I HATE IT WHEN THEY PUT THIS KANJI LIKE THAT!" or something like that. I'm listening to the radio as I do this chapter and...they've played that Nickelback or whatever song like 4 times in a row (on different stations) >.< It's driving me nuuuts! *changes stations again* o.O Now the're giving that "Hey now you're a rock star" song from Shrek. Hmmm...*decides it could be worse* Let's go, man...we're on page 72 now... Only about 24 pages to go. Dude, you know what? Ito's tomboyish and all but...she's still very girly. She's like all wanting to be with Mako just to *be* with hiiiim. Now ain't that cute? Awwww! Ooh! The new Alanis Morissette (sp?) song! "Precious Illusions", I thiink. I like this one. It kinda fits the chapter! ...What am I saying, man >.< I'm barely listening to the lyrics ^_^; *looks them up* Isn't that weird? The song's in English and all, and yet usually I miss most of the lyrics anyway. I hope I'm not the only one that happens to >.< But then again, if everyone understood the lyrics right away we wouldn't need lyrics websites, right? o.o Aw crud, now I want this CD >.< I'm too *BROKE* to want any CDs! I still gotta buy vols. 7-10! I will not give in... I am strong...I am invinsible...I am woman. Aha! Found them! They say... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ you'll rescue me right? in the exact same way they never did.. I'll be happy right? when your healing powers kick in you'll complete me right? then my life can finally begin I'll be worthy right? only when you realize the gem I am? but this won't work now the way it once did and I won't keep it up even though I would love to once I know who I'm not then I'll know who I am but I know I won't keep on playing the victim these precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was defenseless and parting with them is like parting with invisible best friends this ring will me yet as will you knight in shining armor this pill will help me yet as will these boys gone through like water but this won't work as well as the way it once did cuz I want to decide between survival and bliss and though I know who I'm not I still don't know who I am but I know I won't keep on playing the victim these precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was a kid and parting with them is like parting with a childhood best friend I've spent so long firmly looking outside me I've spent so much time living in survival mode ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hrmmmm...They *sorta* reminded me of Mako at first and yet...I'm not sure. And now they're playing "The Love Shack" by the B-52s. AHAHAHAHHAH! That somehow amused me ^_^; I...I imagined something scary. *imagined the whole cast dancing to this* Man...Mako dancing to "The Love Shack" is something shocking. And yet amusing. This keeps me going. ...What a tangent O.o *gets back to work* Now you know why I take so long >.< My shameful secret is revealed. Dude, I'm in a weird mood cause it's already midnight. o.o And they're playing a really weird song now. >.< You know, I wonder what the grading system's like in Japan. Lord knows if Ito's 51 is like...a B or something. But if she left half the paper blank, I'll assume it IS an F ^_^; Or E. Depending on where you live. o.O I never knew about the whole E thing. But my friend says at her school an F is an E. Funky! >.< IS TONIGHT THE NIGHT OF THE CRAPPY SONGS?! *whines* I'm telling you, rap songs are stalking me. At least I can always count on the oldies station... Ahaha! It's "Surfing U.S.A"! And yet this is better than the song in the other station. *keeps it for a while*. Oh, but it's over. OH! IT'S THAT NEAT SONG I LIKE! But I don't know the title >.< SPOOT! But it's cool! *enjoys it* By the way, it seems like I'm not working but...I am ^_^;; I'm on page 74 now! .......Ok, I'm going to work now. o.O Hmm..."unpure motive" doesn't sound right...but it's the literal meaning and it's the best I can come up with >.< And now my throat hurts. Mom has the flu. o.o I am worried. *goes back to work* You know what I hate? I hate it when a song has neat music and FUNKYUNCOOL lyrics. >.< Like that "Smooth Criminal" song >.< I like the music but...I looked at the lyrics and...they scaaaared me. *is a chicken* Yeaaaah. Anyway... *changes the station* Man, all these songs that fit Mako... I think the Enrique Iglesias song sorta could maybe sorta kind fit Mako, not really. Well, in parts! But he gets all possessive at times. And yet it doesn't fit cause he wouldn't let Ito "run" ^_^; He'd hold on to her. I have Mako on the brain today. >.< Just you watch, I'm gonna end up doing a songfic, and I don't even write *normal* fics! *_* Mako singing...*heart* Ahahaha. *stops* Work...work... Speaking of which! I heard Mako's seiyuu for the Drama CD is Takano Urara...so he got a girl after all, huh. I was kinda hoping he'd get a guy, but it's harder for a guy to fake a girl's voice, I guess. Still, I had hoped. But oh well! I'd heard of Takano Urara before but I don't think I've ever actually *heard* her. There's another thing I gotta buy. >.< I think CDjapan sells the Drama CD...or YesAsia or something. But it's probably like 40 bucks or something. *whine* I'll have to bully my friend into buying it with me. ^_^; Heeey, man. Canna Nobutoshi's in it cause he's Ryuuya's seiyuu and my friend LOOOVES Canna Nobutoshi and would gladly pay 20 bucks for anything with him on it. Or so she says. I hope it's true. Aaah, I'm such an 80s child >.< I love all these old rock bands... ^_^; Maybe I'm just a noisy person. But anyway...phew! Page 82! >.< It's already 2 AM... *SOB* IT DOES NOT TAKE ME 2 HOURS TO DO 24 PAGES!! Actually, it's because I keep taking breaks in between. See, if I don't, my rear end will be forever attached to the seat. Plus I'm sleepy. Plus my legs keep threatening to fall asleep. So like every ten minutes I take a break. And that's baaaad. Cause...it takes longer that way, I guess. But I do it anyway cause AUUUUGH MY BUTT FELL ASLEEP! o.O *stops* Ok, I'm better now. The Neverending Story soundtrack is soothing... Dude, I'll pick this up tomorrow bright and early >.< I'm gonna keel over and I'm getting cross-eyed weirdly. o.o Ok, so it wasn't that bright and early! o.O Eheee. Right now I'm working and my lil bro is talking to me as I work and not exactly letting me work but he looks so cute and enthusiastic when he talks, so I'll allow it. And...my head hurts >.< But we're all out of aspirin and/or any other headache medicines. >.< I'll manage. Only 8 pages to go! ..."Mushi no idokoro no warii toki ni atashi ni katou nanza". I hate sentences like theeeese >.< Ugh. And what is wrroooong with me?! I keep spelling "surfers" as "sufers" -.- *switches the music to Enya now* Ahh...peace... Man, I can't wait for "The Two Towers" to come out. *_* Heeeee... Back to work... Just 3 pages...>.< PUSH ON FORWARD, MY MEN!! *whips the lil green men that make her brain run* Darn you, Mako, you gentlehearted fool! *SOB* I want someone to get me perfume tooooo... Actually, no o.o Something else. But it's the fact that he was that attentive to realize it and...waah. AUGH! AUGH! LAST PAGE!! And I think I'm catching a cold O.o AND I'M DONE! I'M DONE!!! OH MY GOOOOOSH I'M DONE!!! LOOK EVERYONE, I'M DONE! *SNEEZES* o.o But the Ingmar's job isn't quite done yet... See, I do the translation on WordPad and then I put it on my weirdo HTML editor thing. Yeaaah. So now I gotta reformat the whole thing on this one too. And I'm done! AAAUGH! Waaait, one more thiing... >.< I decided to translate all the free talks in this chapter soooo...let's get to it. *sob* I hope you guys appreciate these free talks, man, cause they are HARD and ANNOYING a lot of times (which is probably why most translators don't include them, I think). Actually, they're pretty neat and interesting but sometimes the authors use FUNKY stuff and words and this saddens me. Yeaah PHEW! Ok, that was semi-normal. Emura's editor said a funky word but...we'll all just have to deal with it. And now...I'm finally free...o.o Free....FREEE!! Until tomorrow, that is -.-; I'm going to bed, yo. Well, I'd like to thank everyone who read this whole file until the end! ^_^! I hope you...er... enjoyed my doofy rant, I guess, and that you'll be back for the others. Ahahah wishful thinking. It's ok, though! -Ingmar OBSERVATIONS: I take too many breaks. MEMO TO SELF: Listen to the radio less, lest it distract you lots and you do one page every 20 minutes -.-