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I finally found the lyrics to Natsukawa Rimi's "Hana ni Naru". Translation pending whenever I have to write a paper again (Monday night). See, now I'm planning my procrastination. It's crazy.

( Hana ni Naru lyrics )

Actually, this is kinda just to tide me over until I find "Umi no Kanata" lyrics, which are somewhere in my paper files. Rawr, where is it. The trick with that is I have to translate the Japanese translation of the Ryukuan. Hahaha.

Okay...I'm completely procrastinating at the moment. Usually during this time on Mondays I had two hours of band, but now that it's over I find myself either wandering around campus or listening to music. Go figure.

( HERE'S TO APRIL NOSTALGIA?? I have no idea why I'm ranting XD;<3 )

This is how I stay sane these days. Mmmm...this song I'm listening to now from the same soundtrack is always relaxing. Why didn't they include all of the "time-wasting" songs from the movie on the soundtrack? I can't remember the name of the dyed-hair girl in the green jumper, but....her song was great and I know she's in a band. If Base Ball Bear can make it onto the soundtrack, why not her band, too? ;-; Less sucky BGM (except for the opening title and「放課後」）and more vocal would have been nice...*sigh*

Quick song translation time~! (because I have *no* time to be doing this, but wanna procrastinate a little, mmmkay?)

"Warabigami" is a lullaby from Okinawa. I have several recordings of it (including Natsukawa Rimi's!), but I'm sure there's many different recorded versions. Actually, this time I used a translation for the English translation. Because while I have a copy of the Okinawan...I don't understand enough of it to translate. So, I used the Japanese translation of the Okinawan! And, no, I did not type out the Okinawan text because I don't even know how to type some of it on my keyboard. Oh...and the ヘイヨー parts aren't there because I'm lazy.

Lots of rough spots with this one. And I reached for the English thesaurus, I will admit. There's a little "note" at the beginning that came with the Japanese lyrics which is about all I know about "Warabigami" until I start looking things up....in that free time I create when I should be sleeping.

( Warabigami Translation with Japanese Lyrics )

I doubt anyone cares to hear the song on my FL, but it's really pretty if you like lullabies. I cry when I listen to one of the versions (Futenma Kaori's...I just realized her 字 is the same as 普天間基地), but anyhow.　^^; Natsukawa Rimi's version is pretty relaxing, of course. And can be found on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkp2M98kM8I but she sings it in Japanese mixed with Okinawan which is understandable for me. It's different than the version above, which isn't matched to the music. Actually, after watching this I realize I need to look at the Okinawan version to clear some things up. Actually, now I'm not sure which version is the original, since the lyrics I have and the lyrics Natsukawa sings are both attributed to Koja Misako. Maybe both. That baby-holding motion is seriously not appealing to me. XD;;

And I'm so completely forgetting kanji left and right. I didn't know the reading of 懐 but I should have known it was 懐かしい and therefore warm and close to my heart. トホホホ

Finally found lyrics to Zenshin in the Street! Yay~! So I'm romanzing and then translating later because this song makes me happy.
Weirdness: Uhhh...why does the person that wrote this down use 逝く (to pass away, die) instead of 行く(go)？ Typing error or do the lyrics really say that? XD;;

( Zenshin in the Street )

I think my lovely purple mouse is dying. It doesn't want to stay connected or turned on. 3 years is your limit, mousey? Sou sad. T-T It's the metallic lavendar version of this VAIO mouse. I suppose I could get a wireless this time...