tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62128332011-04-21T12:09:44.673-07:00Give me a Flickr Pro account upgrade as a gift! www.flickr.com/photos/enderateros/Enderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06904879519214597247noreply@blogger.comBlogger741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6212833.post-1135208772375401542005-12-21T15:40:00.000-08:002005-12-21T15:46:12.376-08:00

Okay, sorry for all of the confusing-ness of all of my blog stuff.... and for the inconsistance in it. I guess I'll just keep this, it's not too bad... right? Hm.... nothing much has been up lately... my life is kind of boring, but here's what's happened so far: -I'm living with my friend Shaun now, instead of with my mom -My grades weren't too good, so I'm like grounded (kinda) -I have to

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Okay everyone, I've made the new blog... You can find it here: http://blog.takshimada.info/ I'm still going to be working on it.... and I suggest not to register for it this weekend, because I might switch to a stable version if I can't get some things working right, right now it's using WordPress' Alpha-2 release.

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Okay, so when I make my switch, I want to use the most convenient software for me... with the most features. So far, I've heard of these blog software: LiveJournal Blogger MovableType PMachines WordPress GreyMatter Those are strictly blogging, some other content management systems also have support for blogs... and there's way too many of them so I'm not going to bother (however, if I am, I

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I know... if I don't finish (at least) my template change for this site by tonight, I'll do it over the weekend... as for the switch to WordPress... I'll do that too... Today was my last cross country meet for the year! I did pretty bad, lost at least 50 seconds... :-( I hadn't practiced in a week and a half, that's my excuse... I know I could have done better, and I regret it... But can't do

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Okay, I'm starting to get fed up... My original idea was to just keep using blogger and flickr even if I have my own domain name and server... Why? That way if in the event that I stop paying for my domain name and server, my photos and blogs will still be up. Yesterday my problem was with the template images, parts don't show up, etc. Today it won't even let me post to Philotic Web from Flickr

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Well, it seems like this blog's template images are slowly starting to disappear off of the Blogger servers... :-( I guess I'll just have to switch the template so it uses the same one as my photo/video blog. Which I think is a good thing.... I was waiting for a reason for me to have to switch the templates, this one is kinda getting old.

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Okay, so I got my domain the other day, and I made a quick site using Drupal... Then that kinda died down, got bored.... :-P Now, my school Grant High School.... well they have a new website, www.granths.com, and it SUCKS. They even hired a 'professional' company to do it for them, and it still sucks (they're using Movable Type as it's platform) I don't have a class with the Vice Principal,

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Well, there you have it, black holes not only destroy everything, but they help create the most essential part of life: stars. Who would have thought? I always thought of black holes as these big... vacuums that suck in everything and only emit radiation... But that radiation they emit, it also helps create stars!ABC News: Scientists: Black Hole Helps Spawn Stars The 28 Hour Day... lets let

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Well guys, I have my site running from home now! Cool eh? Please don't DoS me! Check it out though, I'm hoping of making it something fun... My blog and photoblog and flickr will still be here, and I'm gonna use them mainly, they're more reliable! :-P Lets see... so yeah, check it out, and tell me what you think... I kinda tried Drupal without the intention of using it for my actual site... but

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Okay, well I got home from school today, and Flock (that new web browser, www.flock.com) sent me an invite to get their developer preview of the software. I've been wanting to try it out, so I dled it... The interface is great, excellent idea's... but it's slow, the 'post to blog' function isn't good (integration with blogger sucks, i can't even post, all of my settings are set right too!) The

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Finally, after 2 hours of trying to get it right, I have finished my template for my new photo/video blog! Go take a looksee, tell me what you think. It shows one photo on the main page, then archives the rest. Philotic Web

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Well, since I have my new camera, it'd be better if I made good use of it. Thus I am starting my photoblog, which can be found here: Philotic Web ADDED: Right after I posted this, I thought the 'Philotic Web' would also be a good place to post video... so not only will it be my photoblog, but it will be my video blog too!

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Okay, I've had two different models of the LaCie brand HDD's... and well, they have the best outside looks, but on the inside, they break easily. My first model, was a 250 GB Porche Deisgned HDD from LaCie... that started malfunctioning after about 2 months, and I got it replaced and now it's in Japan barely being used. After that, I decided to buy a 500 GB HDD from LaCie, and that worked better

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Here's some clips from the Flickr for video's website: Viemo. I you encode in h264, and in 320 x 191 or something resolution with medium quality, this is what you get (which is pretty good, even looking at it full screen on a 1024 x .... w/e dimension LCD) View this clip on Vimeo View this clip on Vimeo View this clip on Vimeo View this clip on Vimeo If you want the video's taken down,

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Okay, yesterday Apple announced it's new 5th Generation iPod, which supports video. That's cool, but it's also something that's been expected. Something I feel is more important, is the future of the 1st generation Internet. I say this, because technology evolves, there will probably be a new networking solution coming in the unkown future, but for now, we have the 1st Gen Internet. I have

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I've been wanting a place that will host video files, where I have full control (can delete, edit, etc. after I upload it the first time), archive.org lets you upload any type, but it stays there forever, and you can't do anything about it... So i went on a search for something that was like Flickr, but for video. Here are three candidates I have: YouTube YouTube has a limit of 100 MB per video

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Well, there goes the efforts to stop global warming. If this actually becomes a good business, and all the major companies move there, the government will have a harder time enforcing environmentally friendly laws, because they will say "we have this much more oil!" As Polar Ice Turns to Water, Dreams of Treasure Abound Yay! The faster Intel comes out with better chips, the better the first

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Startpages, homepages, whatever you want to call them, are useful. What do you have as yours? I used to have a blank one, that way I can type the url that I want to go to quickly, without having to use my mouse. But, after some time, and some maturing, I prefer to read the news first, before I go off and download anime. Apple's startpage, isn't that useful, it's not updated as much, and no

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I've known this for a while, and I'd like to be able to use it, but the Internet Archive is free hosting for media files! (the down side, or maybe upside, is that you can't delete whatever you upload) Something new: The Weblog Handbook... I'm gonna read through that, maybe my posts will become more interesting. [EDITED: 10/7/05 @ 21:53]: I think the Blog Ethics rules are a good idea, and I'll

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This guy has put some tremendous work into creating his blog. I mean, it looks great! It would be so cool if he could make like a 'net' OS that like loads in your window, so it's like using your computer, but not... I also tried out one of Google's new lab pet, Google Reader. It was just released, so I'm expecting a lot of fixes, but it loads slow, you can't control much of your feed, it

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Why is the RIAA insisting on upping the prices for the iTunes download service? They say their reasoning is that the artists deserve more, but at $.99 a pop, they take aobut $.70 of that! (Source) Now their asking for more? I think that's a bit too much, they're being way too greedy. The Story Bush is going to ruin the world with his last 2 and a bit years left. He's all for making the

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The High School that I'm trying to get into is the Tokyo Gakugei University Department of Education attached High School. Basically, the high school is part of the University. There's a guidance meeting on 10/08/05 (Japan time) that my aunt is going to go to to get information on the conditions for the candidates, and how to apply (what I need to know, etc.). I need to be ready to apply for the

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This post is kinda random... after reading some of these on Aki's World, I decided to try them out myself. They're these random net quizes from blogthings.com. Some of them contradict each other, some of them are flat out wrong, and some of them I agree with. Your Love Number is 4 You are a creative and expressive lover - a true romantic at heart. An introspective soul, you know

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Yesterday I kinda fixed up my blog... nothing really that you can notice, but I added a "random quotes" thing right below the "About" sidebar menu and above my emails and stuff... I changed my flickr preview to a flash one, and... yeah, just cleaned up my sidebar a lot.

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Bush is making more refineries! I can't belive it! Aren't we poluting enough, I mean, global warming is already having a huge effect on not just us, but everything! (ie. wildlife, weather, etc.) I'd personally make a $1 gas tax, and use that to help pay for better education, more efficient cars, and space exploration. The Story. Flock, a new browser, which I am hoping is also compatible with

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My friend chuckles showed me this site. Tucker is hilarious, I love the stories, and I wish I were old enough to try some of them.

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I'm kinda excited, I clicked on my "Who Links Here", and found that MacStansbury.org blogged 'bout my blog on August 24th... It was a while ago, so he probably doesn't read my blog anymore, but that's pretty cool, I didn't think I'd get noticed in the blogosphere... I mean, as you can see, I'm not a great writer, and half the time the stuff I write about is junk.

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A new study discovers that gorillas are now starting to use tools for practical purposes, like checking how deep the water is before getting in it. This was discovered in the Republic of Congo's wildlife rainforest. It was also the first time a gorilla not in captivity to use a tool! So they are evolving, just like we did, a while back! The Report I can't belive these christians, they're

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So, I was reading the Google Blog, and it's actually very interesting! I'm someone who catches on slowly :-( Google Video was cool, but I wish it had current TV shows on there too, I don't really watch small clips of things, and having a place where I can watch TV without having to go upstairs to turn it on is nice. Google Print is the coolest thing ever! I only used it once, to make sure it

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Okay, we were assigned to interview one of our fellow classmates in Journalistic Writing (JW). The partners were chosen randomly, however, the person I ended up with, Naomi, is my ex, which made the interview kinda ackward. From now on, I think I will refer to people by codenames, unless I get permission to use their real name... I do respect people's privacy. Anyways, here is what I wrote for

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Well, I ran my first meet for cross country this season, my first time running 5k... I don't know how I did, I guess considering I've been practicing for just a week, and I had some issue's over the summer that I've been recovering from, 33rd place at 21:35 isn't that bad... I would like to move it up a lot more though. My third lap is what got me, I nearly threw up.... :-( Other then that...

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I don't get it... I'm like in love with the TV series Firefly, and Tru Calling, but Fox canceled both of them. They're both great shows, and I want to see the ending of them! Firefly didn't even get to finish it's first season, Tru Calling didn't get to finish it's second.

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Hiroshi and Charlie came over today and we are planning on finishing the podcast, playing games, doing homework, and just hang out... While searching for a torrent for Mac Dre's Thizzle dance, we googled "mac dre video torrent" and it redirected to: http://www.google.com/torrents.php?ihq=mac+dre&ext=&op=and Why? we don't know, I tried re-searching it, without the same effect, and I don't know

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A few things that have been on my mind recently, and since I haven't been posting that often, I'll post my thoughts on them. First, is the iPod nano. I know that Apple stopped shipping USB cables with iPods a while ago, which I thought was a bummer. I have a 4 year old iBook (I have Tiger installed on it and it runs fine), and the only high speed connectors it has is Ethernet and FireWire 400.

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Hurray, school has started again (I guess it could also be boo, but I was kinda bored of doing nothing all day at my house). My classes are: Algebra 2, AP American History, Study Hall *(I'm planning on changing this, but I need to arrange an appointment with my counselor next week), Japanese Lit & Media, *Lunch*, Journalistic Writing, Chemistry, and last but not least, Japan Meets West. All of

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Ooh, they're updating the online store! Can't wait to see what is new! Update: New products released! The iPod Nano! I'm hoping to save up money to get the new ROKR phone, then the nano. Reasons: my American cellphone right now is outdated, and my current iPod will suffice until I have enough money to get both... But of course, a new iBook would be nice, I'll probably get the Intel version

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I Like Monkeys is a pretty funny story, you have to read it. Got that link from So Sue Me. Some reverse engineer guy that's pretty popular. Apple's going to release something new the day after tomorrow! I'm so excited. I'm kinda hoping for a whole new product, like, not a cellphone, but like, something new. Just like the iPod was 4 years ago, a new product in the market. But I doubt it,

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Back in Portland now, and I'm moving to the basement finally! I thought it'd happen before I left for Japan but it didn't. Also on my agenda this year: Take the entrance exam to one of the top high schools in Japan... but for that i need to study my ass off. I hope I can get into it! The flight on the way back was about 8:30 long, faster then on the way over, and a larger movie selection too!

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Yay! I finally got a new digital camera! The link to the product is at the bottom for details, but to sum it all up, it has Leica Lens technology, 8.2 (or something) megapixels, 16:9 widescreen format, an Optical Image Stabalizer, and all this other cool stuff! SOOOO excited to put it to some real good use! I already took some good pictures, and I can't wait to take more. I was soo lucky, the

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Ahhh.... I've been bored out of my mind without friends here in Japan! The contact I had through my oldest cousin canceled our day to go out and hit on girls (his part time job ended late), all my friends are busy with school related activities and studying, and I don't even know a place to go hang out and make friends at! So to my last resort, I'm searching the net for someone to be friends

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"Supervisor: Don't push it. Employee: I think you need to take nap." Wow, that was the funniest ending today. Overheard in the Office is a great way to get some laughs, no joke.

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Overheard in the Office is a hilarious site. You can read things you only thought happened on TV (or something like that). Saw two of my cousins yesterday, one of them is going to move into my grandma's apartment once I'm out of here and back in the US. Japan's a neat country, we went shopping kinda yesterday, and shopping wise, Japan's like one big shopping mall. I mean, all the cities are

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I was catching up on TWiT and checked out Dvorak's Blog and just laughed my ass of at this: Obesity rate climbing in nearly every state I gotta say though, that chick on the left (not that fat american one) is pretty hot. :-D Another thought that came to mind, start a podcast kinda like TWiT, based on the topics they do every week, maybe add some more of our own, but make it with my friends, who

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Went to see the Japanese animation movie Naruto today with three cousins and their mom. Overall it was a pretty good movie (childish, but good), just like it's TV series and previous movie. One thing that is bothering me animation-wise nowadays, is that the animators draw the characters like their in a rush to finish it. It looks like they don't take as much time to draw the characters. I

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Today's been pretty boring, not much to do, cousins are shy and thus won't talk to me... StarCraft is getting boring (after playing it for 2 days straight). Was checking out some of the blogs that I read to find anything interesting, and I dunno, I think it was in the Archives of The Shape of Days that I found a link to Orisinal, which is I assume a site/person who is creating Flash games, and

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I must admit, Az does write some pretty funny stuff, but I think he's a little too USA central. He's in the country side, people rarely see forieners there, and he writes like he's been to all of Japan. Sure, they have umbrellas to guard against the sun, but it's not because they think white is better then black skin, it's because they don't want to get skin cancer. (or maybe some other reason)

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Here goes my story which happened about a month ago, when I first came to Japan this summer... Was pretty hyped up, I mean, I'm leaving America! ;-) (I'll be back, don miss me). I had everything, I thought I would need for my trip, money, passport, clothes, and my computer stuff. Departure; fine, arrival; fine, customs; fine, pickup;... Trouble. I arrived at Narita International Airport not

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I woke up early today so I can prepare my stuff to go to Singapore, today as I had planned. Got the packing finished, ate breakfast, last check of email, ate lunch and off we went to the airport. A 3 hour train + bus ride that costs about ¥1,400 one-way for an adult (My grandmother and I together was about ¥2,800). Get there on time, around 3:00 pm, and there is NO LINE at all to go check-in.

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sorry for those (if any) who do read my so boring blog, i'm gonna add two more stories tonight, but they wont be in order.. the first one which i'm going to post right after this is about my trip to singapore.. the second one will be about my trip from portland to japan, about a month ago.... :-P (see how far i've been behind!)

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I finaly got my first lesson started on Health, and guess what, towards the end of the first lesson, to finish the SpeedBack assignment I need my social security number... I don't even know that! Ugh, this sucks... now i have to wait.... The online courses are actualy pretty easy, a lot of reading. :-P Now I just have to start on my other classes, and more Kanji practice! I'm leaving for

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Okay, here's all the promised pictures from my posts before:

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I'm moving my room to the basement now, and I practically get it all to myself! I have to finish packing for Japan today and tomorrow, and move my stuff down today and tomorrow... because I'm leaving for Japan on the 11th!!!!!!!! (I'll be gone until August, but I'm gonna have net access and everything) Hope to see Hiroko there, maybe to go Tokyo tower together or something... I was over at

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Well, the past week has been good. I'm back home (in Portland) now, and I'm getting ready to go to Japan. July 4th was fun, the fireworks at new york was okay. I'll post some pictures later, not much to talk about.

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wow, okay, so ther are definately some things i need to talk about today. i was talkin with a friend today, and although i knew this before, i never really put this in words, and now that i have, i would like to share my words of wisdom with people who are having hard times in their life. whenever something bad happens, you get in trouble, or some shit happens, you basically have two choices:

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After a full night of searching for tickets to go to the East Coast, I finally got them! Depart PDX on June 27th for BWI, and then depart BWI on July 6th for PDX. Tired, and I can't write in Japanese on my friend's computer sucks (Windows), so I'm going to keep this short until I get my iBook up and running with Tiger (in a few days).

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I was surfing some anime forums, and for some weird reason Jeff Sensei (Sensei is Japanese for Teacher) site came up... So I went to go take a look, and got hooked... His editorials are hilarious! Jeff Sensei reminds me of GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka), an anime series that is about an ex-gang leader who started teaching middle schoolers. I hope in the future I can write stuff like he does, and

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I went to the Karaoke place again today, it was pretty fun. I think I did improve my skills compared to last time, but I need to listen to a wider variety of music. Before we went to karaoke, we first had lunch at a Hawaiian resteraunt called Noho's. The food was pretty good, and I was starving. I want to go again, but I know everyone is busy. Hopefully when I go to Japan this summer, we will

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Had fun on Saturday hanging out with the Japanese interns. First we met up at around 1 to go paintballing, only one guy played, the other 4 girls just watched. Then we went to go eat sushi, near lloyd center, which was fun to... I was starving. Karaoke was probably the funnest of them all, we stayed there till about 10. Here's a photo of us!

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Met with my counselor today about the classes I am going to try and take during this summer and next year... So i can finish the graduation requirements to graduate early. So far this is what my selection looks like: Summer: Health (Independant Study, online at BYU or PSU) English (Independant Study, online at BYU or PSU) '05 - '06 School Year @ Grant High School: AP History Geometry 1-2

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I'm pretty happy today, finals for my Japanese Film class (which is mostly a senior and junior class) is over, and my grade is a A. I was taking US Government at Night School, (I'm not falling behind, I'm a freshman), and that class just ended today, and guess what? I got 107.2% in that! 2 A's in my reprot card, and they are going to be senior classes. The other two are going to be the easier

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Went to camp west wind this weekend with my grandmother. Met up with a whole bunch of old friends, had a blast. I'll post some pictures in a bit after i get some rest, I'm exhausted.

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I just read some articles about Korea being succesful in cloning and extracting stem cells from it for research. With Clones Come Complex Concerns & Bush Condemns S. Korea's Stem Cell Advances I think cloning is a good thing, my morales could be a little messed up to some people, but I think cloning to create stem cells for research would benefit us in the long run. I'm also interested in the

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While I was at it, I did a clean install of Tiger, I had too many add on's for my last use of it, and it was slowing the mac down. Fresh and clean... but I have to wait for the torrents to re-check again... :-(

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My grandmother is coming tomorrow, and I had to move the computer out of the office/guest room to my room. Here's some pictures of what it looks like now.

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I guess I'm going to try this again... Seems like some of my friends are on myspace, and I'm still interested in photo's and networking! I've updated links on my, myspace, deviant, and flickr accounts. I gotta get to bed, I'm hella tired...

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Though dreams may be dreams And life may be life Accomplishing your dreams is close to impossible But because the dreams Your dreams, are close to impossible You strive, you strive to make the impossible possible You strive to make the unaccomplishable accomplishable Your life starts from dreams Your life in essence is close to impossible But because your life starts from dreams You strive to

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Few, finished all of my homework, that poem below was one of them. Went shopping today, got iWork '05, iLife '05, iSight, and a 500 GB LaCie HD! The road ahead was fuzzy, but now I can see clearer! (ie what I'm going to do for highschool, college, and how I'm going to live in Japan in the future, etc.) Life is complicated, but simplicity is the key! hehehe!

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It was a sad day When the soldier lost his leg He was trying to run Yet his body remained still But he couldn’t find his leg The enemies were surrounding him But he found himself hopeless He thought he was going to die Then his comrades came They pulled him out They helped him through Until he got to the hospital The doctor said the soldier would be fine Or so he thought at first But the

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The clicking clock Clicking every second The clock is clicking Every second it clicks It tells us the time Just like the cock ticks. ~Ender at Eros

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I was drinking mocha, When I lost my sight. I heard a splash soon after, I needed a t-shirt to keep me warm. I felt something soft and hot, It reminded me of Thailand. So I went to Thailand, And I found my sight. ~Ender at Eros

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I am sad I am depressed I am bored I am mad I am happy I am joyful I am upset I am smiling I am crying I am all of these things at once I am "Ender at Eros" ~Ender at Eros

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Life is full of work and dreams You spend half your time working You spend half your time dreaming Sometimes you can't tell the difference You spend half your time working Sometimes you can tell the difference Sometimes you can't tell the difference You wish you lived your dreams Sometimes you can tell the difference Living your dreams is close to impossible You wish you lived your dreams Enjoy

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Track and Field starts soon! For pre season practice, we first ran a mile, (not at our fastest pace, just practice), and I finished it in 6:43min. Right after that we ran 4k. (4000 meters, or aprox 2 1/3 miles?), and I think I finished that in like 16 or 17 minutes. Starting off the second semester, and I'm hoping to keep at least 3/4 A's.... 1st Q I got 3.667 GPA, then 2nd Q I got 3.143 GPA

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