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feeling: dread
listening to: nothing
So another lovely Ohio Spring rears its ugly head. Thursday, we hit highs in the 50s or so, and it was overcast and rainy all day. Early Friday sees humidity, high winds, ugly clouds, and the threat of rain in air so damp you could feel it clinging to your arm hairs, all with temps in the mid 70s. Friday afternoon, it was even warmer, but the skies turned clear, blue, and cloudless, and the humidity vanished. Friday evening, we progressed to thunderstorms. Now it's Saturday, and the temperature is somewhere in the 40s, and it's overcast and gross looking, but no rain in sight. In the next week it's supposed to snow again.
See why I hate spring?
Thursday was a sad day. My first-thing-in-the-morning email check revealed a message from the official mailing list of BLOOD, announcing the band's new website domain and... the band's progression from the "second period" into the "third period." As soon as I saw that, I knew something had changed and I wasn't gonna like it... because last time they moved from one period to another (first to second), it meant they'd gotten rid of their vocalist, Dai, and replaced him with Takeshi. Also, a few weeks ago I'd seen rumors that Takeshi was about to be replaced, but band leader Kiwamu dismissed the rumors, and the band kinda went into hiding for a few weeks. Then, upon following the new URL to BLOOD's new domain Thursday morning, my fears came true. Not only has Takeshi left the band - Taichi has left it too. T_T And while these two were lost, only one new member, Fu-ki, was added. Between the "Takechi" duo, BLOOD lost a vocalist, a violinist, their main lyrics writer, a guitarist, a music writer, a drummer, and a programmer, at the least. And to fill that huge void, they brought in... a vocalist. I'd say they lost a lot more than they gained there. *sigh* It's gonna be rough for this new BLOOD for a while...
I'm not even gonna go into all the reasons behind these changes and whatnot. I've seen enough of that on BLOOD's BBS, and I don't feel like thinking about it anymore. What really ticks me off, though, is that so many "fans" were flooding the BBS with BLOOD-bashing comments, whining about how this was a bad decision and they won't follow the band anymore because their favorite member is gone, not to mention general insults on Kiwamu's intelligence and handling of the whole situation. Bunch of little ingrates. I feel so bad for Kiwamu-san if he actually read all of that. But I feel even more sorry for Fu-ki, who's being bashed up and down by people who don't even know him.
Yeah, Thursday was a day of mourning for me. Takeshi and Taichi were a huge part of what made BLOOD the band I came to know and love, and now they're gone, and they've taken so much with them. I'm holding out hope that we'll hear from them again someday; they both have far too much talent to just go to waste. And after my little grieving period, I tried to stay optimistic and look forward to the new stuff that Fu-ki has to offer, and just see where it goes from here. I don't plan to abandon BLOOD. They have way too much potential, even if half of it just disappeared. Kiwamu and Kaede remain, at least, and Fu-ki looks quite promising, if I say so myself.
But... I still worry. As I said above, the band lost a lot more than they gained with this change. No matter how wonderful Fu-ki may turn out to be, if they don't gain at least one more new member soon, I fear BLOOD may not last much longer. I mean, what's a rock band without a drummer? And having only one guitar is gonna hurt too, I think. I'm looking forward to hearing Fu-ki's vocals and seeing all the new stuff they'll come out with in the near future, but I'm very worried that it'll all be futile. I know it's the nature of indies bands to change like this, but... this may have been too much. I'm fairly sure there'll be a fourth member within the next several months... I just hope it's not too late by then.
Anywaaaaay...
Last night was strange. My loyal readers *cough* may recall my mentioning in the past of a song by X Japan called The Last Song? Yeah... last night I listened to it... nothing new, believe me. But for some reason, this time, I realized less than halfway through that it was causing this... just... overwhelming sadness. Corny as it sounds, I could actually feel those things they call heartstrings being pulled tight, and even the strain as they fought the urge to snap. That was the most intense dose of pure feeling any song has ever caused in me. If it were physically possible for me to cry, my pillow would have been utterly soaked. I mean... it wasn't like I wasn't familiar with the song already or anything. It just... hit me, this one time out of however many it's been. I was kinda floored there.
So hmm... one week of classes left this quarter, followed by finals week. Let's take an inventory (so to speak) of all the stuff I have to do in that week. For psych, I have an exam Wednesday. For geology, I have a lab assignment to complete, a book to read, and a book report to write about it, followed by a comprehensive final. For Japanese, I have the standard daily homework next week (an hour or so a day), I think 2 quizzes, an oral final, and a written final. And for literature, I have a 10-page paper to write, a sequence of poems to construct as part of it, and a 10 minute presentation of it to prepare. All of this in less than a week and a half. Who said college was hard?
Oh, speaking of dread, Grandma and clan just showed up. That means Gaki and Gakidaddy. Arg. Time to make myself look busy and industrious so they won't question my decision not to spend the rest of the afternoon downstairs entertaining the spawn of Satan...
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 3/06/2004 03:35:00 PM
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