Karakuri Pierrot

Woop, I feel so active now! LSO has ended and the results aren't even out yet, but I've already decided to join another upcoming chorus battle 8D;;;; When you see our line-up, you'll understand why I couldn't resist temptation. I have the honor of singing with some awesome ladies!

For now, before OTO&ME CB starts, I've been trying to work on a solo cover. I've been recording at night for the past few days and my throat hasn't been hurting! Bless!!!!!!! Oh my god!!! I haven't had the luxury of being sore throat-free in......I can't remember how long. It feels great. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish soon but I'm struggling a bit with raps haha. My inner workaholic has been kicking in since it hasn't even been a week since LSO ended and my job has been extremely busy this week. I was working until 8 PM on Tuesday and still recorded at night omg maybe I am just maso lol.. I'm exhausted but fairly happy.



Also, a pleasant surprise! Sia's "Karakuri Pierrot" chorus that I recorded lines for in 2011 has been completed and released LOL! So cute, all these nostalgic singing babbies. I'm thankful that this chorus was even finished at all since so many projects just get forgotten forever ;u; This has such a nice cast..!!! I feel privileged to have sung something with these folks.

Since it was mixed to a different arrangement than what we recorded to, our lines were sped up which is a bit confusing but—enjoy this piece of nostalgia!


からくりピエロ -arrange ver.- 【2男12女性＋1人合唱】

VOCALS：
■tonkhai → https://www.youtube.com/user/ShikamaCHU
■roux♪ → https://www.youtube.com/user/RurutiaD...
■mes → https://www.youtube.com/user/onlymes 
■yanovi → https://www.youtube.com/user/yanoviP
■chii → https://www.youtube.com/user/Chiisana...
■eva → https://www.youtube.com/user/waterpix...
■lemon → https://www.youtube.com/user/LemonTea...
■k-chan → https://www.youtube.com/user/iKawaiiA...
■kenta → https://www.youtube.com/user/kentamid...
■shades → https://www.youtube.com/user/ShadesDa...
■len → https://www.youtube.com/user/MrSoundl...
■umi → https://www.youtube.com/user/LadyEscalia
■matti → https://www.youtube.com/user/xMarineP...
■rosa → https://www.youtube.com/user/xRebirth...

CREDITS：
◆organizer / script / mix：sia → https://www.youtube.com/user/SiaHyuk
◆art：■line： roux♪ | ■color：Puri →@Puribro
◆video：しず →@Yonjiunana

【LSO-R3】 トコハナ (Tokohana) 【Gemini】

We did it ;_;!!!! Gemini and our amazing support team made it all the way to the completion of LSO's final round—and it's been an undeniably arduous but rewarding journey! Out of all three of our entries, I must say that I'm especially proud of this one, which is fitting for a finale. <3 Gemini honestly thinks that this is the greatest thing we've ever done. ;u; Chienu's art is always always gorgeous (I don't know how she does it), our animators really put in their all and created some of their best animation work (oh my god this video is to die for; it's so pretty, thoughtful, and feels complete), and I really think.... this is the best mix ever done by both Gemini as a collective and me as an individual. We worked super hard. I hope that it shows! I'm really happy with what we were able to create together!!

【Original】
✩”トコハナ/Tokohana (Undying Flower)” by Yanagi Nagi

【Vocals】
✩Eva (http://www.youtube.com/waterpixieva)
✩Jeffrey (https://www.youtube.com/jevacado)
✩Mimi (http://www.youtube.com/mimimoiselle)
✩小さな (chiisana) (http://www.youtube.com/ChiisanaChanx3)
✩Jay (https://www.youtube.com/jaysingyou)
✩Ryan (http://www.youtube.com/RyanEatPho)

【Animation】
✩*curry (https://www.youtube.com/SachiiKou)
✩Mari (http://www.youtube.com/ruukai)
✩Catalyst (http://www.youtube.com/Tentaikansokup)
✩Support - Ryan (http://www.youtube.com/RyanEatPho)

【Art】
✩Characters & Lotuses - chienu (http://chienu.deviantart.com)
✩Past Entries - AMJUPY (http://miekiyo.deviantart.com)

【Mix】
✩Tuning - Ryan (http://www.youtube.com/RyanEatPho)
✩Timing - Mimi (http://www.youtube.com/mimimoiselle)
✩EQ - 小さな (chiisana) (http://www.youtube.com/ChiisanaChanx3)
✩Timing, EQ, Volumes, Master - Eva (http://www.youtube.com/waterpixieva)

【Special Thanks for Being There for Us!! ♡】
✩LIA (http://www.youtube.com/angelofthewings)
✩Razzy (http://www.youtube.com/itsRazzyness)

【Ending】
✩Art - aeror404 (http://www.twitter.com/aeror404)
✩Video - Eva (http://www.youtube.com/waterpixieva)

Please join me in admiring Chienu's beautiful art (+ curry's background + kuroko's magic circle) aaa~

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So I'm going to assume that by now, you've hopefully watched our video ;v; (please?)

The ending was a surprise we kept from our support team until the final video was uploaded. XD It worked out well because I was helping the animators render and edited together the full video, so I could sneak it in without anyone knowing hehehehehe. It's unfortunate really that we can't give them more of a spotlight when they're actually the heroes here—without them, we couldn't have made something this beautiful and so complete. They're really the driving force of our success, just like in our fictional story. <3

This adoooraableee flawless art was done by aeror404 ^^

la la la la~ Leia's world♥ (R3)

[This is a fictional blog for Gemini's Lyrica System Online round 3 entry, and a continuation of part 1 and part 2. Thank you so much for reading!]

Monday, August 8th, 2016

Ah... All of our fears came true.

Yesterday I wrote about Gemini's plan to have our classmates wear a sapphire blue mask to the school masquerade if they secretly supported gaming.
Not anybody, not a single person other than the 6 of us was wearing sapphire blue...... The blue world I'd hoped for in my imagination crumbled more and more as we watched people arrive wearing every other magnificent color. ; ;

The school director asked to see me this morning.... They tracked my IP address and removed the post from the school forum. What hurt the most was when she told me that she wouldn't have been so furious if not for finding out that she was stabbed in the back by her own staff, someone that she trusted and had always complied quietly. I keep wondering if it would have worked if I weren't involved.

You might think, oh you're student council president so try to persuade her, but in reality I'm powerless and too afraid to fight. > < That title is a lie—what am I other than a messenger?

And now I'm not even that, because as of today, I've been permanently removed from the student council.

Good night everybody,
- "Leia" ♡

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

I don't know what to do.
Without student council duties, I have too much extra time to keep logging on Lyrica System Online.. and finding none of my friends online.. logging out... logging back in again.

Last week, I chatted a bit with Razzy, the former student council VP, and now president. He's kinda bummed that now with the extra responsibilities, he might have to quit the Cheerleading Club.
Agh, he told me that all of the Gemini members have been temporarily suspended from their club activities ;______; I didn't know how to face them... I feel embarrassed and have lost motivation, and I can only imagine that the others feel the same way.

Yesterday, I had lunch with Chiisana and Mimi for the first time since everything happened. ♡ I'm glad they seem okay, but we're worried about everyone else.

We went to the Tea Club room as usual, which became our hangout spot ever since we discovered that Ryan works there and Mimi and Jay are regulars. And someone told us that Ryan isn't just suspended... he quit the club.
We're still trying to find out what's going on with him > < Ryan used to be the most confident host at the club, too...... Mimi tells me that he's scared of others thinking of his gaming interests as geeky and a flaw to the cool image he has to project in order to represent the club. We think he's too ashamed and believes he's tarnished the club's pride. ; ;

As for Jay, I was able to contact him, and he wishes to take a break from Gemini. I know that he's scared that the school will tell his parents, who are suuuper needlessly strict about his studies and math club activities.. It doesn't make sense that they don't trust him to succeed, when he always does... But I didn't press on. I can't do anything to help him.

And Jeffrey... the kid's gone MIA. No one's seen him in classes for a week. His jock "friends" have been joking that he got deported back to Australia. (￣ ￣|||).. I continue to be very unentertained by them.

The time with these friends—as the six of us made up Gemini and shared a bond while playing games together when nobody else understood—now just feels like a dream. One too sweet for this bitter reality.

Until next time,
- "Leia" ♡

Friday, September 16th, 2016

´͈ ᵕ `͈ Maybe.. Maybe we'll have a chance at winning this fight..!

I met with the current student council president Razzy, and he gave me some pretty sweet ammo, hehehe. The results of this year's school survey, which shows that grades have dropped even more and student moral is at an all-time low. I was confused at first, not sure what I would need this information for... I thought the battle was over. ; ; We'd lost the night of the masquerade.

And then he gave me a New Club Application Form....... for... a Gaming Club !! ; д ;

And it's been signed by:
Curry from the Animation Club,
Mari from the Animation Club,
Catalyst from the Animation Club,
Chienu from the Art Club,
Amjupy from the Art Club, and
Lia from the Korean Dance Club!

I nearly cried all over their signatures and destroyed the form!!!!!

Our friends, when they found out about everything that happened—the masquerade, the suspensions, Gemini falling apart—stood up for us when people were spreading rumors, and admitted that they also have secretly been playing video games. And...I think now, they're very proud of it. And the badmouthing among students has all stopped! They say that they were inspired by us, but they did what we could never do.. And they don't even need masks!! * ^ * How they had the bravery still amazes me.

Afterwards, they all popped out to surprise me and came with me to find all of the other 5 Gemini members—even if it meant going to their houses. I.. I even talked to Jay's parents!!! ╹д╹; Watching our friends' examples, somehow they've given me strength and conviction that I've never been able to muster before. They gave all of us the strength and conviction we were always missing and afraid to own. They showed us that there are still people on our side and that we can make a change.

In the end, it was our friends' support that led us to believing in one another, and believing that we might win. They're the heroes of the fight, and we're lucky to have them.

And so tomorrow, all of us will be taking our club application to the school director's office together!!! It's going to be a tough boss battle; but with these friends by my side, I'm no longer afraid! ^ ^

Thank you for following our adventure,
- Eva of Gemini ☆

Mysterious Messenger

Gemini channel's been so active!!! Another upload happened in the meantime before our LSO 3rd round entry. I'm currently mixing nearly day and night. Rly tired tbh but excited for this entry!

Mimi was the luckiest lady on this day because Ryan and Jeffrey sang the Mystic Messenger opening as a duet for her birthday, AND THEY SOUND LIKE....... MY.. DEATH. Such handsome voices that suit the song perfectly ughhhh we all wish we were Mimi. I looped this so much—it's improved my life quality LOL. *q*



【Gemini-Jeff♔Ry】Mysterious Messenger • 수상한 메신저 OP • (HBD Mimi!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MIMI (and everyone else!)

download mp3: https://goo.gl/94MdNY

【Vocals】
Jeffrey (www.youtube.com/jevacado)
Ryan (www.youtube.com/ryaneatpho)

【Mix】
Ryan

【Birthday gurl】
Mimi (www.youtube.com/mimimoiselle)

I'm having very complicated feelings

because LSO just announced a week long extension for the round 3 deadline.... and I have been mentally preparing myself all this time to maso until Friday.... I was just gonna spend all of my free time working on mixing, as I did today............ Now we have a whole week more and I am shocked and in the wrong mental state LOL. I ought to be happy!! But I feel complicated. I guess I should sleep more.. And I can continue my dramas and variety shows.. But all I've been prepared to know right now is mixing day in and day out. oAo Switching gears is hard LOLOL

Gemini Girls' K-Pop Karaoke Challenge!

Chiisana and I slept over at Mimi's place last weekend after celebrating her birthday~ We had an embarrassingly enjoyable time shooting a little video lolololol

The Gemini girls had some fun realizing that they don't know recent K-pop songs as well as they think they do. 8D Also grandma dancing.

From left to right:
✩ 小さな/chiisana, portrayed by Fluffy the Unicorn (http://www.youtube.com/ChiisanaChanx3) 
✩ Eva (http://www.youtube.com/waterpixieva)
✩ Mimi (http://www.youtube.com/mimimoiselle) 

The karaoke videos used were all made by Say K. Thank you! ^^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbYSo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdEww...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUqQj...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2haJ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXQC8...

:c We're still sorry, Vixx.

Protagonism

This may be strange because I'm reading way too deep into an otome app game, but I genuinely enjoy the meaningful depth of Zen's route in Mystic Messenger LMAOOO. I find the character development rewarding and inspiring. It makes me feel like I'm in the sort of K-drama where there's a group of not-wholly-emotionally-functional people, until the protagonist joins the gang and everyone changes because of the heart and wisdom they bring and shine upon everyone. I love that in order to achieve the good ending in the story, you must make the mature choices that exemplify patience and understanding—to help everyone be more aware and accepting of others' perspectives, to get along better as a group, and to focus on what's important. And then the characters and their friendships change for the better because of your influence. ;u; It's like you have the power to heal and guide the characters, and it's a nice feeling~
Unexpectedly, this game has inspired me a bit and gives me some hope that I could be a good influence that improves others' lives if I try to show kindness and if I could share wisdom by helping others understand alternative perspectives and sticking to my morals. :'D The message I'm getting out of this is: You can be a protagonist too.

Cheer Up!

Keke I finally got around to learning the lyrics to Twice's "Cheer Up" which is a major bop that I love, with lyrical meaning that I totally don't love. Now I can soooort of sing along and not just mumble 90% of it.

And then a one shot short cover over Sungha Jung's acoustic version came out of this. It was so fun doing a spontaneous short cover for the first time in eons ;A; I'm so happy to be recording a bit again now that my throat feels better today and I don't have in-my-face urgent deadlines yet.

cheolleop baby~ cheolleop baby~

[Box ver]

Doodlin'

I'm trying to make the best of my relax time before maso hell begins ehe~ Gonna have a chill weekend before the LSO mix gets passed to me and I'll be working on it every night after work until the deadline on Friday :'D.....

For the first time in likely over 5 years, I tried to draw again! It's not very much, and it's not very good—but it's a refreshing, nostalgic, fluttery feeling. In middle school, I drew so much that I even started working on an anime that had a whole story written out.. Somehow sometime in high school, I just...stopped. I wish I didn't because my sense of creativity since then stopped flowing. :c

Hahaha....I can't believe the one thing that motivated me to pick up a pencil again was Zen from Mystic Messenger LOL! This game has me in shackles and I'm currently on Zen's route after finishing Yoosung's. Honestly, Zen's is sooo much better. He's such a sweet, caring character whose worries feel almost realistic. The game is giving me such feels!! It's fun, interesting, and sometimes even comforting. ^^

Oh and a few weeks ago, I started using Overtone's dye conditioner! My pinkish coral ombre hair from May had faded to plain blonde for a while now, and the awesome Gino recommended this as an easy and effective way to redye my hair. I like it a lot! I love that I can just apply it in the shower without worrying about it getting everywhere, and it smells like yummy spearmint. The color turned out pretty well even after one use, although the spread wasn't as balanced as I hoped.

Pastel pink~ This color was back-ordered when I bought it so I expected to wait a few weeks, but surprise! It came 4 days later!! With shipping, it came out to $23.50.

Blonde before using Overtone~ My company got an air hockey table recently so sometimes I practice when I'm the last one to leave the office lololol (still suck tho)

After Overtone! Featuring the Gemini girls <3 Chiisana and Mimi, who had just gotten her hair done with a pretty ash blonde balayage. *__* (if you've seen my last post, she seriously doesn't age, right!!!!!!)

#GeminiMeetUp 2012 Pictures

(Mimi, Jay, Eva, Ryan, Chiisana)

"This post is 5 months overdue, but better late than never..!"
....I wrote in January 2013. And now it is September 2016 and I have JUST found this entire post of precious pictures from 4 years ago that I never published. How could I have let something like this fall through the cracks?

We were young, clueless babbies back then~ This is rather embarrassing and we've changed a lot—except for Mimi who doesn't age—but join me on a journey through our memories of what I still consider some of the best 18 days of my life? ^^
(Sadly, Jeffrey is missing, but I was able to meet him earlier in 2012 when I visited Australia!)

I couldn't be prouder that Gemini family is still singing together after all these years. <3

#GeminiMeetUp Major Posts Archive

• [Day-By-Day Overview]
• [From Mimi]
• [Vlog: Myst's Surprise Birthday Party]
• [Vlog: G5 in California]

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The first picture ever of the ladies Trio <3

Mama and child

Trio at the beach

Gemini G5's first dinner together: sushi!