Below are the 11 most recent journal entries recorded in Chicara Tamura's LiveJournal:

Thursday, January 2nd, 2020
1:19 pm	artwork i'm probably the worst photoshopper in the world, but here are some wallpapers i made. i'm not going to identify all the quotes, just google them, they're all from recent pop songs. (roger federer, dubai 2007 celebrating a record 161 consecutive weeks as #1) this one has nice colours. nothing else is particularly good here. (eponine from the musical les miserables, the rue plumet scene where she takes marius to see cosette) sorry i don't know who the actress is. quotes are from another musical "wicked", i think that song describes eponine's situation really well. (maria sharapova, australian open 2008) this took 5 minutes! one of my favourite ones ever cos the colour scheme is so pretty. (justine henin, from her retirement press conference in may 2008) this one sort of sucks. but i wanted to say something about the courage involved in making a decision like that. there's a whole lot more but i can't find them on my comp right now so i guess i'll edit tomorrow. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 1st, 2020
12:00 am	icons just thought i should post all my icons here, since there's a theme running through it: 1. deviant art. sorry i don't know exactly who it's from 2. from "beautiful liar" video, screencapped by shakiragallery.com 3. from photo of tokidoki pirata bag, on tokidoki_it 4. screencapped by me from 2007's winning eurovision entry, molitva from serbia (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
3:07 pm	Writer's Block: Grimm Question What was your favorite fairy tale as a child? Submitted By wolfy284 View 502 Answers The Ash Girl - Timberlake Wertenbaker's retelling of Cinderella. Oh wow, thank you LJ! More specifically, thanks to those of you who named more obscure stories, I'm really enjoying reading them all. My favourite as a child would have to be The Snow Queen, but in my early teens I came across The Ash Girl and I loved it so much I had to buy a copy. I have a teen-dance-movie-style retelling of it all plotted out - I went a bit crazy and made a male protagonist, and an institution for a prince - and I'm working on something similar (but darker) for the Snow Queen at the moment. But I think my favourite fairytale, in a few years' time, will be the one I'm in at the moment :) (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
12:50 pm	Writer's Block: Strange Conversations What's the best conversation you've ever had with a stranger—on a bus, in an elevator, at a cafe, etc.? View 500 Answers I guess it had to be in Christmas 2003 while in the queue for Andy Serkis's autograph... or maybe (though it wasn't a real conversation) the voicemail message I got that said she's had an accident and her brother didn't survive... I didn't recognise the voice so I ignored it and heard no more, but I always thought it'd make a great start to a novel, this traumatised girl phoning a stranger whom she thought was a long-lost friend and spilling her heart out... In fact, I love the idea of chance meetings. Hence I'm refreshing the answer-page like mad, trying to get ideas for plotlines. Thanks so much LJ for asking this question. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
5:36 pm	Writer's Block: Seven Days Which day of the week do you least look forward to? And which one do you most anticipate? View 500 Answers this reminds me, i always used to love thursday! remember senior choir? (and biology in the afternoon, or 4 hours with the 107 crew... good times!) lately i just look forward to whichever day i have designated as my going-out day. so like the weekend of a 6-day week. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
4:20 pm	Writer's Block: No Foolin' What's the best April Fool's joke you've seen today? View 500 Answers I always look forward to "creative news story day", but nothing's made me laugh so far :( maybe now that the Americans are up, someone will write a good hoax article... (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
5:14 pm	Unexpectedly For people in the know, this is related to the last post (made official today), but exaggerated and romanticised as usual. Probably not as good as my usual ones cos it's been a looooong time since I last wrote and I'm really out of practice. All my life I've been chasing stars Going after dreams that cannot be It hurts so much when you try so hard Can't help crying every time I don't succeed Got used to hearing no after no Was convinced nobody wanted me Is this how my life's gonna go Then came a day I thought I never would see Suddenly I don't have to run no more Out of the blue, you open the door You take my hand and say, let's get out of this place I can't move cos I'm in awe I have never ever felt so happy Till you caught me unexpectedly Now my life's turning one-eighty And I finally see what you mean to me You set me free Like a lake in the desert sand Every day with you was so unreal Had to blink, had to pinch my hand I was stunned and afraid of how I feel Such a contrast from all I've known These light shoulders alien to me Been so long since my sun last shone But magically you gave it all back to me Now I can forget what I'm looking for Out of the blue, you open the door You tell me with a sigh, it's time to dry your eyes Drop your burden to the floor I have never ever felt so happy Till you caught me unexpectedly Now my life's turning one-eighty And I finally see what you mean to me You set me free How is this not a fantasy How could this be really happening to me I'm just an ordinary girl Why would anyone give me their world I have never ever felt so happy Till you caught me unexpectedly Now my life's turning one-eighty And I finally see You set me free (Comment on this)
Saturday, March 21st, 2009
9:36 am	Writer's Block: Caution, Meet Wind When was the last time you threw caution to the winds? And what were the consequences? View 500 Answers umm, right now? deciding to live 1/3 of the world away from everyone i know, for the next 4 or 5 years. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
11:04 pm	Feeling Bad Wrote this in an hour one night while working on coursework. It seemed to fit Sunday's RG final, the way I knew that, no matter what I tried, I couldn't finish it. Let me stress again that it was written two months ago, so any resemblance to the final is coincedental. Haven't cried like this for a long, long time Haven't felt so bad in years My nose is red, my eyes are stinging From the constant drying of my tears Wish I could go back to how it used to be I had troubles then, but now they look so easy Nothing I couldn't sort out in a day Not like now, about to spend another night awake I says I'll think of something tomorrow But all my ideas have failed, turned out hollow I keep thinking something's there, but when I look closer It's just a dead end, over and over And what progress I made falls apart Every step is useless, takes me back to the start I don't know how to carry on anymore Can't bear the thought of another day like the one before This problem that I can't fix, it's all over me, I stare at it, forget to eat, it's driving me crazy Someone tell me what I gotta do Somebody save me cos I don't think I ever will And then it'll be the end of me Is that the way it's meant to be I'm trapped in a dark deep well Sitting, waiting for the knell Remembering the happy days I had When I didn't know the meaning of feeling bad (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
10:44 pm	What happened Started in late April 06, finished in Jan 07. A mixture of many different ideas, as usual I used to be so strong When I broke up with a boy, I'd move on Forgot about him the next day But with you I just don't feel that way I try to drive you out my mind Or think about how we fight all the time But I can't get myself to hate you You pull me back with every little thing you do What happened to me I'm not who I used to be I barely recognise the girl I see in the mirror What happened to me I'm stuck in this same sad story So desperate to end it differently Where is the girl I used to know I need her now to show me where to go I only cared for myself I learnt you can't give way to everyone else No more missy super nice girl Cos I gotta be ruthless with the world Now all those walls have come loose You're making me suddenly all confused Why is my mind lost in so much doubt Never before have all these tears been pouring out What happened to me I'm not who I used to be I barely recognise the girl I see in the mirror What happened to me I'm stuck in this same sad story So desperate to end it differently Where is the girl I used to know I need her now to show me where to go What is it about you You could do what none of them guys could do Are we destined to be The more I think the more I need next to me What happened to me I'm not who I used to be I barely recognise the girl I see in the mirror What happened to me I'm stuck in this same sad story So desperate to end it differently Where is the girl I used to know I need her now to show me where to go (Comment on this)
10:40 pm	Destiny This is probably the worst song on the album (or lyrics collection, since I don't write music). Also the first one I wrote on this album, roundabout beginning of March 06. Since I set my heart on this goal Since I stepped out the door on that first day From the moment I saw the road I know it could happen no other way As if someone wrote our story And we're walking blindly through the parts We're trapped in his slow motion movie That's how it seems to my heart Do you feel the power of destiny Can you hear the voice calling you and me I am drawn to you, no matter what I do Baby I believe this is meant to be Like comets on a collision course We are hurtling towards the unstoppable Like bullet trains on tracks that cross Each moment brings us closer to the inevitable As if someone wrote our story Not a thing we do can change the end We're trapped in his slow motion movie The only question is when Do you feel the power of destiny Can you hear the voice calling you and me I am drawn to you, no matter what I do Baby I believe this is meant to be I'm telling you It's scripted in the stars Set in stone since the start of the age Though our meeting might seem far Our paths are marked and cannot be changed Do you feel the power of destiny Can you hear the voice calling you and me I am drawn to you, no matter what I do Baby I believe this is meant to be Baby I believe this is meant to be </i> (Comment on this)