Preface : After a long interim, I'm finally back with a translation! I have some other things in my backlog, and yet others still prepped for translating. I'm hoping things regarding work will calm down enough that I can get to all of them in a timely manner. Thank you for your patience, and please enjoy!

Preface : breakin' holiday had some sad news to share tonight, but also some exciting news! There's a bit of info to follow, to read carefully.

Preface : At midnight last night, breakin' holiday's official Twitter shared a new post.

Preface : I was lucky enough to attend breakin' holiday's twoman show this past Saturday and have some exciting news to share!

Preface : Another belated update! I picked up DIR EN GREY's new album last week, and have put some thoughts together on it. It was a bit of a challenge, and I don't know all the fancy music-lingo, so please forgive me for generic thoughts and feelings.

Preface : I received my copy of NINTH on the storefront day (see the FYI entry about furage for more information if you haven't read it yet), June 12 th , and have listened to it and would like to share my first impression of the songs and the album as a whole. Evidently, this will contain spoilers, so if you don't want to spoil your first listening experience of this album, you have been warned.