Mandatory Introduction:
Hello! Welcome to Color me Blood Red, a weekly rotation site dedicated to highlighting international music from every possible genre. Each week we travel to a new country to sample the oodles of good music, so er, come on in and enjoy!! :)

Today's Random Thought (20/11/08):
Not much to say this week... another sequel rotation; meaning, it's a country we went to before. Actually, this was the very first country rotation, so I'm hoping that many people kind of missed it and it seems new now. XD I was a little surprised that I've been doing this coutry thing for about a year now... no wonder I'm running out of places to go! O__O Yeah...

( Another return trip to... )

Harumph, I'm in quite a talkative mood with nothing to say. Didn't really do much on the weekend... um, as for the other days of the week, nothing's really going on there either. Oh, not like anyone cares, but I've taken up learning Finnish. I've always vowed to learn a Scandinavian language, chanced upon a learn Finnish text in the used bookstore, so I'm giving it a go, and doing pretty good, if I can say so myself. It's very cute! ^^; Although, unfortunately, the grammar is not very cute... O__O But I'm having fun and I'll stop here, because this is very random and uh, I'd write something silly, but I don't want to publicly get it wrong. XD

( Story under the cut~! )

Mandatory Introduction:
Hello! Welcome to Color me Blood Red, a weekly rotation site dedicated to highlighting international music from every possible genre. Each week we travel to a new country to sample the oodles of good music, so er, come on in and enjoy!! :)

Today's Random Thought (13/11/08):
Hmph. New country this week... I thought I'd alternate between returns and new ones just to keep things interesting. Also, I'm quite excited that Germany was quite a big hit, especially with download numbers... I'm not sure if it was the country or the genres I stuck up (seeing as a lot was in a certain area), but hoping it was a little of the latter, I stuck with it and specifically chose this time stuff more... well, subjectively, even though there's stuff as well from the indie rock/pop genre for today... it would have been difficult to parse through it otherwise in this particular country, at least, so erm, yeah....

( So, off a long ways yet again to... )

Whee, another week and Mimi has something to write here! *gasps* Okay, quite a rare thing happened and that was that I actually went to the movies, but it was because a Swedish film, Låt den rätte komma in (Let the right one in), which was playing downtown, and seeing as foreign films, let alone Scandinavian (of which I'm a fan), are extremely rare things, I went running. Anyways, it was a dark, dismal, solemn piece... terrific when you're in a bad mood, believe me. XD And one of the words you read everywhere in describing it is that it's very original, and I definitely agree. It was very unique, especially when it was a vampire/horror flick but at the same time it wasn't (which ha ha was a relief for me, since I don't care very much for the former). But it was very interesting....

I'll shut up now so I can comment not on the movie, but on the fact that the experience was ruined due to a bunch of little 15 year old brats who thought they had the whole theatre to themselves. Seriously, why the hell do you waste money on tickets and overpriced popcorn to run in and out of the room, jump on the seats, and comment and giggle so loudly that everyone can hear you?? Towards the beginning of the film, while they were shreiking and groaning that the movie did indeed have subtitles (I swear that the only reason they were there was because they didn't make the 18A/R restriction on whatever crappy Hollywood horror movie that's playing now... mainly because they would squeal and ooh aah!! at what little gore there was and act like toddlers for the rest of it), some guy in the audience (unfortunately, it was quite empty, so everyone could hear them) said "little girls, shut up or leave," but that little to stop them. No, actually, they left then for about 40 minutes and came back after, louder and more irritating than ever. ARGH! If I was sitting closer to the exit and I was willing to miss some of the film (which I wasn't :P), I would have found some worker to kick them out... alas, no one did it for me and they were there for the entire thing, and then they actually had the *nerve* to stand right outside the door while everyone was leaving and squeal "ooh, ohh, and then there was the blood that eek! was coming"... you get the point. *sighs* My mom, thoroughly pissed off and who came with me, said as we were passing them that they should just make these films rated R to keep 'idiots' (she used a much... harsher word, but I won't put it here XDDD) like those out... of course, it would have been even better if she had said it, as we passed them, in English. -_____-;;

( Erm, my apologies! My apologies! Story over here and I shut up now ^^;; )

Mandatory Introduction:
Hello! Welcome to Color me Blood Red, a weekly rotation site dedicated to highlighting international music from every possible genre. Each week we travel to a new country to sample the oodles of good music, so er, come on in and enjoy!! :)

Today's Random Thought (05/11/08):
Again, um, not really anything specific to say. Another return to... rotation, and ha ha I actually didn't notice how... exclusive the genres were this time until I pasted all the links... he he he I guess delving into my own collection for the majority doesn't get very varied results. The stuff I found didn't quite finish on time, but hey! I think it's all good, so uh, hopefully there's something for everyone (and esp. if you love the gothy music :DDD) Enjoy?

( Back by request, we're going to... )

He he okay, not as if anybody cares, but here's another addition to the uh, cake chronicles. My mom and I drove forever to the bakery, because for some odd reason the traffic was backed up in every direction we were taking (mind you, it cleared up when we were stuck in the opposite direction on the way back -___-), and I picked this one out, entitled the Kurshavel (named after a Russian town???)15 layers on the inside: 7 being thin almond-flavoured cake, and 8 being either creme anglaise or strawberry cream with chunks of fruit. The outside was some other cream, and the flower and petals around the edge were all made of cookie and especially in the flower, each part was made separately baked and then glued together with chocolate paste... omg! *melts into a puddle of drool* you would think I actually made the thing the way I talk about it, but it was amazing, absolutely scrumptious! On top of that, of course, do remember that my weakness is good dessert... ._____.;;;

( Ahem, once again, pay no attention to me: the story is here! )

Mandatory Introduction:
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Today's Random Thought (29/10/08):
Erm, not much to say, just please, feel free to make suggestions. I'm very stumped, and when I'm stumped, I might just do something random rotation-wise, so beware. :DDDD

( Quite a long journey to... )

*sighs* Bad news first: I feel like a failure. No, I am a failure. Only a few days remain until the deadline I gave myself months ago comes and I've done nothing, even when, months ago, it seemed like the easiest thing to do. I'm scared of trying, because I'm scared of failing; yet at the same time I know that I have no right to try, because I'm nothing. And then I feel like a failure even though I haven't failed yet, which is a stupid, confusing thought and a depressing one at that. And I knew that when I gave myself the deadline that I would do nothing, but I still feel like a loser. Oh! Mimi's so disappointed in and ashamed of herself! ;____;

(ignore everything above, okay? It needed to spewed somewhere in written or vocal form and this is the only thing I had courage to do -__-)

( Seriously, ignore, ignore, but how about coming in for a read? )

Mandatory Introduction:
Hello! Welcome to Color me Blood Red, a weekly rotation site dedicated to highlighting international music from every possible genre. Each week we travel to a new country to sample the oodles of good music, so er, come on in and enjoy!! :)

Today's Random Thought (23/10/08):
I'm such in a hurry in this week, and pissed off (and I think rightfully, this time) at that, so there might not be a lot of comments this week. The music is still there though. Also, please, please offer some suggestions if you want! Right now, I'm very busy, so I haven't had the time to delve into the more difficult suggestions some LJers gave me, so uh, how about something easier to find? -^^- No, really, I'm grateful for anything, so go ahead!

( Back to regular rotations, so we're heading to... )

I was going to say anything this week, because I wasn't in a ranting mood, but something happened, so here goes: Squee! I went this week to see Marie Antoinette's dress which they had on display for a limited time only, and if you don't know, Marie Antoinette is my IDOL (one of three in the Royal Trinity), and omg! this is the closest I've ever gotten to anything like this of hers (for now... I'll go to France in the future, I know I will!!), so it was a fangirl moment. *___* Except, I do have to say that 1) the ticket price was absolutely crazy! I've never paid so much to get into a museum, and one that had nothing else at that! Everything else wasn't very interesting, and targeted more for kids than for anyone else. Not great. :/ 2) The advertisement which they posted in newspapers and everywhere was very deceiving... they had an artistic interpretation and it was a complete gown (robe a la francaise, but no one cares) with fan and wig, and it was actually called a "gown"... I mean, I would have gone if they had Marie Antoinette's stockings, but erm, the gown was... unfinished and more of a summer house-dress (meaning, not something you'd be wearing to balls like the picture showed) than anything else. The skirts were quite stunning, but the bodice was done like, you know when you order a wedding gown and they make you a first one in cheap fabric, yeah, like that... it was stitched together and the women next to me were saying that she probably hadn't even worn it, because the top looked made for a mannikin, and that a real person probably hadn't worn it yet (ie. the chest was flatter than a boy's), so yeah, not a very... nice thing to do, but it excited me! I was still a pleased girl... especially because I didn't end up paying for the tickets. :DDD And yay! Marie Antoinette!! ^_____^ Excuse me....

( Over here for the story!! )

Mandatory Introduction:
Hello! Welcome to Color me Blood Red, a weekly rotation site dedicated to highlighting international music from every possible genre. Each week we travel to a new country to sample the oodles of good music, so er, come on in and enjoy!! :)

Today's Random Thought (16/10/08):
I must apologize for this rotation, since I didn't actually go anywhere this time around, mainly due to schoolwork (lack of time to research) and due to the fact I happened to get sick on top of that (lack of energy to do just about anything), so this time there's a bunch of leftovers from here and there, mainly a whole slew of more Finnish stuff. Lol, the leftovers, again, are larger than some of my regular rotations in the past, so there's still quite a bit of stuff. *nods* I promise to catch up to everything next week. Sorry. :(

( Pretty much randomness from everywhere this time around... )

To start things off, I am, unsurprisingly seeing my brother brought some virus, sick and have been since before the weekend, which means any plans were somewhat ruined due to my feeling groggy and exhausted and lousy. Secondly, this weekend happened to be Thanksgiving, which means long weekend and having to put up with family drama for one day more. Nice. -____- Then, okay, I decided that I wanted to go to the Oktoberfest they had in a city near us, so we drove over one hour there and went to a German club where a lot of people wore dirndls and we got a ton of delicious desserts from the old lady baking them, who wanted to get rid of them before she left... these were the good points and everything else sort of floundered. :/ I'm a little glad I didn't set myself for anything good, because I would have been disappointed: the food was not very good, cafeteria-like, and there was absolutely nothing to choose from, and because they were a sponsor, the only beer they had was awful Canadian stuff, and a certain family member was screaming at my brother the entire time, calling him a good-for-nothing you know what... suffice to say, the atmosphere was completely destroyed for the rest of the afternoon. :/ So, not too fun, but interesting, I suppose. The original *cries and whimpers* would have been better... in fact, so would an even mediocre restaurant. -____-

So, yeah, not as if anyone really cares... but I thought I'd actually throw something on here with some uh, plot. XD

( Story-time over here!! )

Mandatory Introduction:
Hello! Welcome to Color me Blood Red, a weekly rotation site dedicated to highlighting international music from every possible genre. Each week we travel to a new country to sample the oodles of good music, so er, come on in and enjoy!! :)

Today's Random Thought (09/10/08):
Quite a few people have been asking for it, so here it is. Uh, I might be a little skimpy for this week and the next week in terms of ideas and comments (unfortunately for me, I think I overdid it on the uploads :P), since I have two major projects coming up, due within one day of each other, and I so have to concentrate on that instead of rotation-ness. Of course, there's tons of good stuff this week, since I did do the least time-consuming thing and just dug into my quite massive hard drive collection for many of these, so lol, it's great music, I assure you.

This also might be posted a little later than usual due to circumstances I have no power to control (ie. I'm quite pissed off I have to do this), so sorry. :(

( Whee, back by popular demand, we're going to.... )

Okay, so what here this week? Not even I know. XD I'm feeling so stressed out it's not even funny, but fortunately, I'm almost, almost finished stress-causer #1, and now only the rest remain. Great. Fantastic. -_____- Other than that, didn't do anything last weekend of great excitement. This weekend, I'm planning something special and hopes it works out well. Alas, from the looks of things, it's good not to raise your hopes too soon. :/

( I shut up now. Come read today's story!!! Please.......? )

Mandatory Introduction:
Hello! Welcome to Color me Blood Red, a weekly rotation site dedicated to highlighting international music from every possible genre. Each week we travel to a new country to sample the oodles of good music, so er, come on in and enjoy!! :)

Today's Random Thought (02/10/08):
Erm, not much this week. Again, feel free to suggest countries whenever you want. I don't really have anything planned... except for some previous suggestions that I'll try hard to find enough music for. (maybe I might finally do the #1 requested place: a return to Finland with 100% new artists...)

( Back to Europe and visiting.... )

Bah! Pretty horrible weekend this time around, but as always, I really won't get into it. Rather, I'd prefer not thinking about it now that it's over and I have until... Christmas to not have to deal with such antics. :( Went shopping on Saturday though, but didn't really get anything. *pouts* Umm, that's probably it from me this week. Sorry...

( But! As usual, there's a story to be read?? )

Mandatory Introduction:
Hello! Welcome to Color me Blood Red, a weekly rotation site dedicated to highlighting international music from every possible genre. Each week we travel to a new country to sample the oodles of good music, so er, come on in and enjoy!! :)

Today's Random Thought (25/09/08):
Um, nothing much to say (again), except just a general note to people, because I've been getting many messages in regards to this: Please note that I have stopped doing individual requests; however, you are free (and I encourage it!!) to suggest either countries, genres, or whatever. Thanks. :)

( Whoa, quite a long journey to... )

Oops. What happened to Tuesday? I usually format my story and write my blurb here, but I somehow forgot and am now doing it as quickly as possible today (which is my review everything for my rotation day). Bah! Stressful week with even more school-related problems I'm forced to put up with. :( Uh, did pretty much nothing. Went shopping downtown on Saturday, didn't buy much. Sunday was just awful, mainly because I have to deal with the biggest idiots who think they know everything in the world. Oh, it's infuriating! But~ I'm so not getting into that right now.

( Ahem, please come in and give the story read? )

Mandatory Introduction:
Hello! Welcome to Color me Blood Red, a weekly rotation site dedicated to highlighting international music from every possible genre. Each week we travel to a new country to sample the oodles of good music, so er, come on in and enjoy!! :)

Today's Random Thought (18/09/08):
Um, thanks very much for anyone who suggested some countries. I'll try my best to make rotations out of as many of them as possible. Feel free to offer more suggestions at any time too! I'm always eager to see what people want, in terms of genres and countries. :)

( And now we're going to... )

Bah! After last week, I really have zero to say... Uh, it's not been a good week for me, so maybe that's why. I was... indisposed during the weekend, so didn't do anything, and school is driving me mad, because if there's something that can go wrong, it will. -___- And it's not like I'm so eager to be there, fussing over everything too. Pooh! Umm, what else? Nothing. Yup.

PS. Yay! Random note: I just exceeded 300 pages on my fourth story, bringing to the total page number count of all my writing to... 1550 pages. O___O What? I never actually counted it before... wow. *does little cheer and then proceeds to run away*

( How about giving the story a read... please?? )