The End of the Year Approaches!!!
Yay! School is almost over. There's something like 10 days or so left, and I'm not sure if I've ever looked foreward to something this much (well.... maybe Japan). My average this semester is probably going to be the lowest I've ever gotten, but I'm not caring that much. Oh well, c'est la vie. I'm hoping it'll be in the upper seventies. *fingers crossed* I've got lots of hard work ahead though, lots of exams and isu's.
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(This Liam is scarily like me...)
Monday, June 02, 2003
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
An Update? No Way!
Alright... I know it's been a long time, but here I am. Life is going pretty good lately. Birthdays, Anime Conventions, Japan Exchanges & music are all helping to brighten my existence. It's very uplifting to know that things sometimes do go right, and that good things, too, can happen randomly. I'm about 80% sure that I'm shooting off for the (land of the rising) sun for at least six months of grade 12, and it feels wonderful. Not that I want to leave everyone behind, but it is one of my dreams and it feels amazing to actually be doing it. Besides, I'll be back. ; ) So... What else is new... Oh, for those of you who don't know, Chance (megan and my miracle train victim survivee cat) is doing pretty good, though still blind. Pretty amazing things can happen, you know? I'm feeling better by the minute. Picked up a new-ish musical interest: Cocco, my japanese discovery. She's pretty great, even though I don't understand half the things she says. But sometimes words get in the way when you're trying to express things, so I mostly listen to the way she sings and the emotions she expresses, and put them together with the random phrases I understand. Anyway, that's me. How are you?
Alright... I know it's been a long time, but here I am. Life is going pretty good lately. Birthdays, Anime Conventions, Japan Exchanges & music are all helping to brighten my existence. It's very uplifting to know that things sometimes do go right, and that good things, too, can happen randomly. I'm about 80% sure that I'm shooting off for the (land of the rising) sun for at least six months of grade 12, and it feels wonderful. Not that I want to leave everyone behind, but it is one of my dreams and it feels amazing to actually be doing it. Besides, I'll be back. ; ) So... What else is new... Oh, for those of you who don't know, Chance (megan and my miracle train victim survivee cat) is doing pretty good, though still blind. Pretty amazing things can happen, you know? I'm feeling better by the minute. Picked up a new-ish musical interest: Cocco, my japanese discovery. She's pretty great, even though I don't understand half the things she says. But sometimes words get in the way when you're trying to express things, so I mostly listen to the way she sings and the emotions she expresses, and put them together with the random phrases I understand. Anyway, that's me. How are you?
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Lyrics and Prose
Hey guys! How are you today? That's good/bad/sad depending on your answer. I got this idea from a lyrics page(s) that Ashwini and I have been keeping in Biology class. Basically, everyday we add a few lyrics that we like to the sheet and read them, then share ideas on them etc... I want to hear some of your favourites, so post them in the comment boxes. I'll be adding some of my own a little later on. For starters "I've been walking through endless rain, like a poet feeling pain. Trying to find the answers, trying to hide the tears. But it was an endless circle..."
Hey guys! How are you today? That's good/bad/sad depending on your answer. I got this idea from a lyrics page(s) that Ashwini and I have been keeping in Biology class. Basically, everyday we add a few lyrics that we like to the sheet and read them, then share ideas on them etc... I want to hear some of your favourites, so post them in the comment boxes. I'll be adding some of my own a little later on. For starters "I've been walking through endless rain, like a poet feeling pain. Trying to find the answers, trying to hide the tears. But it was an endless circle..."
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
CRAZY
I'm pretty sure at this point that the universe is crumbling. I can't really concentrate on anything right now, and I seem to have lost all semblance of motivation/rational thought. All I really want to do lately is run away or write poetry. I feel really spontaneous. It's definately a big changing point in my life right now, and a few of the major bonds seem to be slipping away. I keep trying to fix them, but it doesn't seem to be working. I guess that's life. I'll probably just adapt, as always, but it sucks just the same. Wow, this really turned into a bitching rant.... that's unfortunate. So come, let's all wallow in self-pity! ;-)
I'm pretty sure at this point that the universe is crumbling. I can't really concentrate on anything right now, and I seem to have lost all semblance of motivation/rational thought. All I really want to do lately is run away or write poetry. I feel really spontaneous. It's definately a big changing point in my life right now, and a few of the major bonds seem to be slipping away. I keep trying to fix them, but it doesn't seem to be working. I guess that's life. I'll probably just adapt, as always, but it sucks just the same. Wow, this really turned into a bitching rant.... that's unfortunate. So come, let's all wallow in self-pity! ;-)
Thursday, April 10, 2003
Online "love"
Alright, this is a topic that has come up in conversations I've had in the past. Recently, one of my online buddies told me that he had fallen in love with a girl that he knows strictly from online and letters. I've always questioned the validity of such relationships, as the couple doesn't actually have to have any physical interaction with each other. Then there's also the truth factor. How can you even know that your "boy/girlfriend" isn't just a nasty old man with some sick habits? I want to hear what you think, so comment away!
Alright, this is a topic that has come up in conversations I've had in the past. Recently, one of my online buddies told me that he had fallen in love with a girl that he knows strictly from online and letters. I've always questioned the validity of such relationships, as the couple doesn't actually have to have any physical interaction with each other. Then there's also the truth factor. How can you even know that your "boy/girlfriend" isn't just a nasty old man with some sick habits? I want to hear what you think, so comment away!
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
Advertising is EVIL
I recently did a persuasive essay for english on the fact that advertising has become too extreme. I found out a whole lot of information that I didn't know before. Thank goodness for Adbusters, they're a real eye-opener. Anyway, I found out about this advertising research company in San Fransisco called "Bright House Institute for Thought". They are using MRI (brain) scans to find out how people's brains react to different commercials. Using this technology, it has become possible to leave subliminal messages on people to make them buy things without them even knowing they've been brainwashed. Pretty crazy stuff.
I recently did a persuasive essay for english on the fact that advertising has become too extreme. I found out a whole lot of information that I didn't know before. Thank goodness for Adbusters, they're a real eye-opener. Anyway, I found out about this advertising research company in San Fransisco called "Bright House Institute for Thought". They are using MRI (brain) scans to find out how people's brains react to different commercials. Using this technology, it has become possible to leave subliminal messages on people to make them buy things without them even knowing they've been brainwashed. Pretty crazy stuff.
Friday, March 28, 2003
Friendship Alright folks, I'm pretty sure that everyone knows by now that I've been having some problems with this particular area lately. The question that I want to pose is: Is friendship forever? I'm not so sure... It seems to be a fickle thing. I think that perhaps, even though none of us want to admit it, when we go to University/College/after high school stuff, we may just scatter to the four courners of the earth. I think the forever part of friendship is the part that exists in our hearts and memories.
Thursday, March 27, 2003
Hehe, this site really sucks right now. But now I've recruited the Technological God Dan to my team, and it'll start getting a lot better. I'll start updating a lot more often as well, and get some discussion going on. I'm also hoping for a custom design from Dan. Mwahahaha, he doesn't know what he's gotten himself into.
