Star Light
February 27, 2007
Far away
The ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die
Starlight
I will be chasing the starlight
Until the end of my life
I don’t know if it’s worth it anymore
Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms
My life
You electrify my life
Lets conspire to re-ignite
All the souls that would die just to feel alive
But I’ll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You here in my arms
Far away
The ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die
And I’ll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms
I just wanted to hold
by Muse
Ninja
February 15, 2007
Ninja is the on’yomi reading of the two kanji used to write shinobi-no-mono, one of the native Japanese words for people who practice ninjutsu (sometimes transliterated as ninjitsu).
Ninja and shinobi-no-mono, along with shinobi, another variant, became popular in the post-World War II culture. The term , has been traced as far back as Japan’s Asuka period (538-710 AD), when Prince Shotoku is alleged to have employed one of his retainers as a ninja.[citation needed] The underlying connotation of shinobi (pronounced nin in Sino-Japanese compounds) is "to do quietly" or "to do so as not to be perceived by others" and by extension" to forebear," hence its association with stealth and invisibility. Mono (likewise pronounced sha or ja) means "thing" and/or "person." The nin of ninjutsu is the same as that in ninja, whereas jutsu means skill or art, so ninjutsu means "the skill of going unperceived" or "the art of stealth"; hence, ninja and shinobi-no-mono (as well as shinobi) may be translated as "one skilled in the art of stealth."
Similarly, the pre-war word ninjutsu-zukai means "one who uses the art of remaining unperceived."
*Meaning of Ninja taken from Wikipedia

