Esper

I don't think the first three albums sold well enough in the US for the label to branch out internationally.... at least that's my rhetorical answer to your rhetorical question. Hence this was the gateway album.

It was only released for the UK market at first, because her first three albums weren't released over here at all. Essentially, this was her introduction! Here's its Wikipedia page.

Impressive. Never been a fan of trivial pursuit though (as you probably already knew). My general knowledge and stuff like that is pretty limited.

My favourite remains Mary Ann Meets The Gravediggers, but that's cause it's essentially a compilation album, so all of the songs are great. :D

I played Scrabble a couple of times as a youngster. Same with that Murder Mystery game. Lol snakes and ladders too.

Bad times indeed. As far as board games are concerned, I play monopoly and chess, though I haven't played either in a long while now.

The game of life.

Ohhhh man, I remember playing it one time at university and it took so damn long.

Also, I'm really liking the Regina album. Definitely better than Begin to Hope, and probably better than Far as well... but I need more listens to come to a proper conclusion.

Yeah, I saw the 'ten' kanji and got confused with the translation. That's a really nice proverb when it's finally unravelled!

It would be really saddening if that was true.

Any and everything. Anime, Pokemon, Hypothetical Science, et cetera.

You cannot defeat me, now or ever!

Google Translate tells me that means 'Various Colours'... but I don't trust that!

Mais je ne suis pas français!

But I'm not in a boat!

But I'm not wearing a skirt!

I'm spending my birthday night drinking vodka and watching Animaniacs clips on YouTube. Hope you're proud of me! :D

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA!!!

...****

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY, 'BOING' 'BOING' 'BOING' 'BOING' 'BOING'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AXPnH0C9UA