it's called electric light orchestra. how did I stumble upon them. this actually takes a brief anime history lesson.

while searching for densha otoko (train man), I found 2 exciting details.

1. the ending song is the same as the last stage of ouendan 2



2. This is the opening song



twilight by electric light orchestra... or ELO as they're commonly called

then I found out that this opening is in fact a tribute to a famous video done by a bunch of university friends for a sci-fi convention called DAICON IV. these group of friends eventually form together to become GAINAX.



wat an awesome video! from 1983 no less! this video was of course the defining moment that brought us GAINAX. without DAICON IV there would be no evangelion, flcl, karekano, gurrenlagaan etc etc

of course there are other cool songs by ELO. i particularly like mr. blue sky and I can't get it out of my head

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the funny thing is all these other guys are like major league baseball stars and she totally PWNED them.

I bow to female superiority. I will go knit now or something...

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Ukeleles are hardcore

I rmb this song was somebody's favourite song. I know it was either janice, felicia or charmaine. one of my schoolmates from jc (lol i wanted to say classmate but i realised only janice was a classmate for 3 months? somehow the extended sec 4 rgs class merged with S05A)

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my guess is this has something to do with an invisible gas that is denser than air.

anyonw who took german 3rd lang can understand wat they r saying? lol

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It was three in the morning and Asterisk was sound asleep in his modest home. In the darkness, his phone jolted to life, ringing and vibrating loudly on his nightstand. Asterisk's eyes snapped open as this cacophonous symphony wrenched him from sleep. Reluctantly, he felt around the nightstand and picked up. "Hello?" he grumbled.

"You gotta help me, man," pleaded the voice on the other line.

"I'm sorry, who is this?" Asterisk asked. It was late and the voice was unfamiliar.

"It's I. You know, the letter," said the voice. He hadn't heard from I in a long time. They had once been close, but that was long ago. I, being a proper letter, had always kept Asterisk at a distance. And as much as Asterisk yearned to be a letter in his younger years, he had lived a happy enough life with his fellow glyphs.

"It's three in the morning, I." Asterisk said, rubbing the sleep from his eyes and flicking on a light.

"I know, I'm sorry," I said, "but I didn't know where else to turn. I called Dash and he didn't pick up. I tried At Symbol, Exclamation Point, Ampersand, all of them. I even called Space, but it's like he's not even there. Believe me, man, I didn't want to bring you into this. I...I just..."

"No, no. I'm happy to help. Do you need a footnote or something? Did you try the Superscripts?"

"It's not that," I said. "I wish it were that," he added with a touch of remorse.

"Oh, do you need me to add emphasis? Is Italic not around or something?"

"No...no. It's uh..." I paused. Asterisk could hear him take a deep breath, as if the air gave him courage for what was to come next. "I need you to get in the middle of something bad for me, man. I just can't be seen here, not like that, at least. I'm so sorry."

It was silent as Asterisk slowly hung up the phone. I may have said goodbye, Asterisk had stopped listening.

"Sh*t."

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THE SKY IS GREEN BECAUSE OF POLLUTION
Yet the picture is still beautiful. Therefore pollution is beautiful.

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joshua chin
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April26 1988
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