Thanks for stopping by! ^-^ I'm Twisted, a 27 year-old baseball-crazed middle-child wannabe musician living outside Kansas City who loves guinea pigs and her 5-person family. XD As a note, the Japan photos I posted are from my 4-week trip there October of '08 with my siblings. Also, I make reference to my musical escapades quite often, seeing as I've played violin for 13 years and piano for 6, so expect occasional bouts of music-induced mania. See ya around! ^______^

'Cause Hunter x Hunter doesn't get enough love.

P.S. ShikamaruRocks is my sister - emphasis on her being female. Thank you for your time. ^.^

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Our little Azu

This is the third time my family has hosted a Japanese foreign exchange student, and by far Azusa is the most adorable of the three. She's 17 and about to start her final year of high school. First though, she gets to spend two weeks here in the s...

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And the results are...

First off, yesterday's workshop was amazing. Thomas was pretty tough on us, but I know we'll improve now. A few changes he told us to incorporate into our weekly routine are: always come to practice wearing our Kidaiko ...

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Denver Taiko meets Kidaiko

Back on myO, I explained a bit about the taiko troupe my sister and I are in, Kidaiko. Well, tomorrow (or actually *squints at clock* today) we're having a 6-hour workshop with one of Denver Taiko's veteran members, Thomas Knight. A few hours ago,...

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Sanzo Wannabe: Impressions

Rated PG-13 for violence As a form of teaser, this is the fourth chapter of my Saiyuki fanfiction “SW: Impressions”, SW standing for Sanzo Wannabe. This is a flashback ten years prior to the story featuring one of my or...

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Composition: Phase 2

*two posts in one day - wowz* Alright. Per Allamorph's suggestion (thankee, btw), I'm now using Sibelius for my music-composing needs and I am loving it. I frustrate rather easily, so my first night of use involved lots of hair-pul...

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