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feeling: O_O!!!
listening to: O_O!!!!!
HOLY FREAKING MOTHER!
*takes deep breath*
Dude dude dude dude dude dude. DUDE. DUDE DUDE DUDE!!!
Kiwamu. Just. Emailed. Me.
Kiwamu as in the lead member of BLOOD.
And... he...
asked...
me...
...yes, ME...
...to...
...to TRANSLATE FOR HIM!!!
*screeches in many different languages* Holy goose crap on a stick. Ok... calming down...
I am so not believing this. O.O No... since I discovered BLOOD in January, I've been trying to post in Japanese on their BBS whenever I get the chance, hoping they'd be able to read my messages addressed to them... and just over the past few days I was thinking, heck, none of the Japanese fans there seem to notice my efforts (except one, but only because I typed her a message specifically once), so the band must not be noticing either. If they even have time to check the BBS anymore, that is. They're busy guys these days.
I just checked my email... the usual half a dozen spam/virus crap things, and then in the subject line of the very last one, I see "May I ask a favor of you?". I think, feh, another classic spam/virus subject. Thank the Lord Almighty I decided to check the sender, which reads "cure" - the email handle of BLOOD, which I've seen quite a few times now in newsletters from them. So I'm going, hmm... BLOOD has mailed out some kinda newsletter asking for some particular support from the fanbase (the "BLOOD Agents," as we're termed by the band themselves). And then I read the message... their translator is currently very busy so could I possibly step up to translate parts of their site (the members' corners, mostly) from Japanese to English...
PYUIUGFPG:BIUEBF:SKJEGH:AOIEUTIGSJBDAKJ!!!!!
...hang on, I need to calm down again...
Of course, I'm chewing at the freaking bit to get started. I would LOVE to do this. But... I really don't think I'm good enough to handle it. I can get the general idea of their members' corners every week, but only by using a translation website (yay for Jim Breen's WWWJDIC!)... otherwise I'm lucky to get half of the point. And forget about word for word translations... every week there's a LOT that I can't work out, Jim Breen or no Jim Breen. Not to mention the band is from Osaka, so the Osaka dialect comes up a lot, especially in Kiwamu's corner... and needless to say, you don't really learn specific dialects in Japanese 101, or even 612. I really don't know if I can handle it by myself... Kiwamu would probably be way too busy to help clear up the confusing parts for me every week, and I'm not sure if it'd be right to ask my Japanese teacher for help. Besides, wouldn't I LOVE to get full credit for making BLOOD's site available to English speaking fans. >_<;;
And then there's the fact that this quarter is turning out to be the suckiest and most involved of my life. And it's not even halfway over. Of course, that also means in about 6 more weeks I'll have PLENTY of time on my hands. :P But until then... ugh.
Ack ack ack ack!
Well, so much for all that homework I was hoping to get out of the way tonight. I can't foresee much concentrating getting done on my part for a while.
*many deep breaths*... ok, I'm finished ranting now... back to pinging off the walls in solitude.
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