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  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:41:01 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Love　is like your hands pressed against your ears、It lets you know you are alive.&lt;br /&gt;It is tiresome to want love from someone who is distant from you. It is a funny thing, wanting something you have not ever experienced. Needing something you do not understand.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;夢に棲みたい。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;私の生活が連続的に前方へ動く；私はしっかり私が精通していることをしっかりつかむことを望みます。 私が知っていること。 大きくなることは恐しいです。 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want to live in a dream.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As my life moves continuously forward; I want to hold on tightly to what I am familiar with.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Growing up is scary.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:23:22 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;There always seems to be something in the world that shakes my belief in humanity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I just watched a small interview with the mother of Matthew Shepard. Her son was brutally tied to a fence with his own shoelaces and left for dead after a severe beating given to him because he was gay.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I don&apos;t understand how human beings can kill one another because of their skin color or sexual orientation. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;I can&amp;rsquo;t help believing that the kind of hate that is more dangerous; is not the kind that leaves a young man hanging on a fence, but the more insidious, hidden kind that lives right along beside him year after year after year, telling gay jokes or laughing at the ones told by co-workers, making snide remarks about how gay something is, disparaging the photographs of gay partners in the newspaper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;In a way I think all the gay jokes promote discrimination towards those who are homosexual. We expect them to fit the stereotypical mold we have of them. It is sad. I think that if you are homosexual it is just a part of who you are as a whole; it doesn&apos;t make you any different than who you were before.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://37days.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/12/matthew_shepard_baby_2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Matthew_shepard_baby_2&quot; title=&quot;Matthew_shepard_baby_2&quot; src=&quot;http://37days.typepad.com/37days/images/2007/10/12/matthew_shepard_baby_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left; width: 155px; height: 235px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;October 12th is the anniversary of Matthew Shepard&apos;s death. R.I.P.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:07:35 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;This week just keeps going on and on; I really wish it would end already.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; I feel as though I have suddenly matured in different ways. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think differently, I feel differently, I love differently and I need differently. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I find myself shrugging things off that I realise are not so important as they seemed yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;But on the other hand I find myself wanting to do things; that before never really concerned me. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I feel eager to do the things I have not done yet in my life. Such as smoking. I never really thought about even trying it before; but suddenly I am thinking about it quiet a bit. It certainly is not peer pressure of any sort, maybe it is my rebellious stage that has been a long time coming I think. but maybe I see it as something that is okay to do - probably because dad has been smoking for a while now and I have become used to it. I don&apos;t think that I will act on this strange urge of mine...manly because I realize I have an addicting personality. Like drinking...I have only done it twice, I don&apos;t particularly like it..but I do it anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; I really have found myself wishing that I had a boyfriend.&amp;nbsp; I don&apos;t know if jealousy quite describes how I feel when I see other people together. I always find myself thinking &amp;quot; why them?&amp;quot; &amp;quot; Why not me?&amp;quot; And it is not in the sense that I like their boyfriend. It&apos;s just...why?&amp;nbsp; I mean I see girls that...to be mean I would classify them as &apos;ugly&apos; or &apos; I don&apos;t think that I am that ugly&apos; - and they have boyfriends. &amp;quot; What do they have that I don&apos;t have?&amp;quot; It makes me wonder if I give off some sort of strange vibe; like coming off too needy or something like that.&amp;nbsp; I mean I have no shortage of male friends...I just don&apos;t know if the male population sees me as un-date worthy or something. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;But yeah..I just want that kind of thing in my life. To be loved? by someone other than my family and friends.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I WANT A BOYFRIEND~~! D:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is really kind of lame and yeah it is just lame.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;:B&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:22:22 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;誰かの死のニュースを聞くことは奇妙です。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;今日、私の友人の祖父は病院での２週間の後に死亡しました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;彼がもう苦しんでいないことは良いです、しかしその１習慣が再び彼を見ることは本当に知るべき奇妙な感じです・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;そして私が彼に会った最後の時は彼が救急車に載せられていた時であったことを知ることは不快です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;私は今回私の友人の家族に私の祈りと同情を与える。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;最近、私は普通の風邪にかかりました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;それが、私が合計３日間のクラスを欠席するという結果になったから、私は失望しています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;しかしながら、私が今回の間に多くをミスしなかった、それは&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: larger;&quot;&gt;幸運&lt;/span&gt;です。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;全体的に、学校は多忙なスタートを持っている、しかし今年気分良く感じます。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;これは私の生活の残りの始まりです&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;頑張りましょう！&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;It is strange to hear the news of someone&amp;rsquo;s death.　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　Today, my friend&apos;s grandfather passed away after 2 weeks in the hospital. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　It is good that he is no longer suffering, but it is a strange feeling indeed to know that I won&apos;t see him again...and it is discomforting to know that the last time I saw him was when he was being loaded into the ambulance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;I give my friend&apos;s family my prayers and sympathy in this time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;Recently, I have come down with the common cold. I am disappointed because it has resulted in me missing a total of 3 days of class. However, it is lucky as I have not missed much during this time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;Overall,School has had a hectic start, but this year feels good.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;This is the beginning of the rest of my life. Let&apos;s work hard!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:06:44 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;I think I have become a little more cynical. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It could be that I am a little grumpy today, but.. I am not really sure.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;This years holidays were not very festive.&amp;nbsp; I probably wouldn`t have realised it was Christmas - had I not remembered to phone my parents and wish them Merry Christmas.&amp;nbsp; New Year wasn`t much better.&amp;nbsp; We had a `special dinner` which consisted of lots of Japanese veggies I can`t get the hang of eating. So I ate gobo, potatoes and carrots.&amp;nbsp; Our `special breakfast` consisted of the same items.&amp;nbsp; I didn`t eat alot.&amp;nbsp; We were supposed to go to a shrine to welcome in the New Year. But after breakfast I took a nap and didnt wake up so I didn`t get to go. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That nap, was the first that day. Infact that day was very messed up for sleep. I fell asleep at 2:00am and &lt;strong&gt;had&lt;/strong&gt; to wake up at 9:00am &amp;nbsp;for our `special` breakfast, but I was so tired, that I went and took a nap before we were to go to the shrine at 12:00 (- only i didn`t wake up so they left without me.)&amp;nbsp; I&amp;nbsp;woke up&amp;nbsp;1:00pm and checked my email and talked to a few people before taking another nap at 3:30pm &amp;nbsp;and didnt wake up until 6:30pm for another `special` supper.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; After I talked to Jordan - who helpfully asked if I was anemic - which then kind of clicked in my head - why didnt I think of that?&amp;nbsp; I hadn`t been taking my pills for 2 or so months. D-:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;I had a bad experiance eating something called mochi? White and sticky. It felt like it was sticking to my mouth and in my throat. Twice I thought I was going to have to go to the bathroom to forcefully remove it. It wasnt fun.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;I wish time was going by faster.&amp;nbsp; I asked mom to check with the principal back home if I could join in for second semester and get credits - also asking if there was any credit I could bring back so far from Japan.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; But mom can`t go ask until school starts the 7th or 8th.( And she doesnt know when&amp;nbsp;she&amp;nbsp;is going ) &amp;nbsp;So I am becoming impatient in waiting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;I think I have pretty much given up on staying. Going home is on my mind alot - even when I am really enjoying myself - which I have been for the past week.&amp;nbsp; I dont think [&lt;strong&gt;I am going home&lt;/strong&gt;]. But it is always I&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;want &lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;to go home. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;There is many things I want to do back home this year. But remaining in Japan is hindering that. I know I should be making the best of being in Japan. But I am not. I have been really trying lately.&amp;nbsp; I have been talking more. and trying to go to places when my host family asks if I would like to go. But the happiness I get from that is fleeting at best,&amp;nbsp;and I always at the end of the day want to go home. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;I hate to thinking that [ Hey, what is the point in going home? You`ve only got 5 more months left.] Thinking along those lines always brings out the pessimistic side of me. [5 more months? That`s 178 more days pal - can&amp;nbsp; you really stay for that many days?]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #993300&quot;&gt;When the time comes, I really hope I make the right choice, but right now I think my choice is to go back home and&amp;nbsp; take the important classes for grade 11 and do all the things I want to do back home.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:28:13 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;I dont know.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;I really don`t.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;I miss Canada. I can say that without hesitation. But more than Canada, I miss the people in it.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;My family, friends...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;More often than I should, I often find myself thinking I would have been better off staying in Canada; rather than coming to Japan.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I don`t know why I feel the way I do.&amp;nbsp; I mean, coming to Japan has been my &lt;em&gt;dream &lt;/em&gt;for &lt;u&gt;so&lt;/u&gt; many years. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;But... something isn`t making Japan what I thought it would be. And you know, I don`t remember what I expected to encounter here. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;I don`t know if it is my host family that is making me not enjoy my time here so far.&amp;nbsp; I mean. I am eternally gratefull that they took me into their home -especially for 10 months. I have been here for - well I am in my 4th month now. But I still don`t &lt;em&gt;feel&lt;/em&gt; like a part of their family.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I am told their plans at the very last moment.&amp;nbsp; They don`t make an effort to include me in their conversations. - And on more than one account they have asked me downstairs to meet their family-friends. But not once in those occasions have they &lt;strong&gt;EVER&lt;/strong&gt; tried to include me in their conversations.&amp;nbsp; I end up sitting there bored out of my mind. They will look my way every...5- 10 minutes. But never have they told me I can go back to what I was doing. So I end up feeling very rude when I ask to leave...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;Alot of times, when I am by myself. I usually find myself resenting my host-family. Because they make me feel left out. They expect me to be able to go every where by myself.&amp;nbsp; Shinjuku, Shibuya, Chofu.. but it is hard if you havent made the trip before - but then, there I have myself to blame. They offer to take me to those areas ( When they go), but I always decline - cause if I go with the host sister we split up at the mall and go our different ways until we meet again to leave. If I go with the mom..it will either be the same - or she`ll follow me pointing out things that I already know. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;I always find myself distancing myself away from them. Especially my host mom.&amp;nbsp; When I write in my Journal it went from Okaasan to Host mom to Asako`s mom. Next is probably ` the lady who I am staying with.`&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;I find it utterly pathetic, but ..a couple days back - I realised I have only &lt;em&gt;truly&lt;/em&gt; laughed &lt;em&gt;once&lt;/em&gt; , since arriving in Japan. And that was when a group of little kids were calling my male classmates - perverts and Old men - during the school cultural festival.&amp;nbsp; When I came&amp;nbsp; upon this realization - it was because I had spelt `bodily` as `bidily`. - I laughed less than 30 seconds and it &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;hurt&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Aa~.&lt;/em&gt;I am making myself homesick. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;I want to make it to the end of 10 months. I really do. But I dont know if I can. Fairly soon my home life here will change. My other host sister and her family will be coming to live with us for the remainder of my stay, because she will have another baby in June. I am not open to living with 5 other people. Her husband is nice- but too nice. Her baby is - a baby. I have never grown up around little kids - so I am really uneasy to suddenly have to live with one. And then there is my host sister. Something about her I just don`t like. She`s nice. But...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;The worst thing is, even when she and the baby&amp;nbsp;come over&amp;nbsp; - I avoid them &lt;em&gt;at all costs.&lt;/em&gt; If she is in one room - I will go anywhere but that room.&amp;nbsp; When she does stay over night - I eat quickly, shower earlier and `go to bed` earlier. I do not even know why. It is like an instinct to avoid &lt;em&gt;her&lt;/em&gt; .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;Lately..I don`t know why, but I have lost practically &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; my appitiet for food. I don`t want to eat. Some foods smell alone makes my stomache lurch - not because they smell bad. Just because I have a next to nil appitiet.&amp;nbsp; I am quiet concerned by this. I only get hungry around 1:00 in the after noon - can eat a mandarin and be full till nearly 8:00 pm. That maybe a &lt;em&gt;little&lt;/em&gt; bit of an exaggeration - but not by much.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; I think proof of my `un-happiness` here is the rate I spend calling home to family or friends - the &lt;em&gt;long&lt;/em&gt; hours I can and would talk to them. And the rate I am on the computer emailing them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;I never want to tell them that I am unhappy here -cause they have all put &lt;em&gt;sooo&lt;/em&gt; much into me coming here. Helping me &lt;em&gt;achieve &lt;/em&gt;my &lt;em&gt;dream of Japan&lt;/em&gt; earlier than even I expected.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; And I don`t want to let them down by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;not making the best&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;of my time here.&amp;nbsp; But ... I think I am so lonely here. I can`t `talk` with anyone my age and I feel left out alot because of it.&amp;nbsp; I want to talk to them. But. What to say - can I say it? Will I understand their answer?&amp;nbsp; There are too many questions - so I stay silent. And the silence I think is slowly &lt;em&gt;killing&lt;/em&gt; what remaining hope and happiness I have here. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;In the end of all my thoughts... The conclusion I always make is - I want to be home. I would be happier for it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My loneliness here has gotten quite bad. I even want to talk to my brother alot. When normally in a day I may say 2 words to him.&amp;nbsp; But when I message him on Facebook - it is nearly paragraph after paragraph of useless ramblings just because I can talk to him. And in the end it is a short, curt laugh - because I have no one else to talk to except him. The brother I used to claim I hate - but now &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; miss. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;I want to go home.&amp;nbsp; I have to much free time here. and it feels completely &lt;em&gt;wasted&lt;/em&gt;. I email my friends - they dont email back because they are too busy.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Family - is busy usually.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #339966&quot;&gt;I really, &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt;....just..&lt;em&gt;want to go &lt;strong&gt;home&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:45:27 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>So, I am down to the last week here on the Island..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am just *really* starting to get all those jumbled feelings this week. &lt;br /&gt;The nervousness, the sadness &amp;amp; the excitement!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is very sad to be packing up my room. It feels very final.&lt;br /&gt;And the room seems so different without the things on the walls..O-:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But definately the hardest thing to do is to check the days the have gone by off my Calendar...&lt;br /&gt;I mean It&apos;s to keep track of my now hectic life. But it is constantly reminding me that I&apos;m leaving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I&apos;m finding it rather hard to keep a smile on my face lately. But, I keep trying, cause I know that if I don&apos;t I&apos;m&lt;br /&gt;going to get further down in the dumps than I already am...and probably start to question myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I think all will work out in the end.&lt;br /&gt;And overall I think my excitement is begining to overtake me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am looking very much forward to meeting my host family.&lt;br /&gt;Despite all the things that are reminding me that I will miss home.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:34:23 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&amp;nbsp;I woke up this morning, thinking how great grade 11 will be.&lt;br /&gt;How I would get to be with my friends and..all that great stuff. &lt;br /&gt;Then I realised. I am not going to be with my friends this year. Not to mention even be on the Island.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;So, needless to say..I woke up sad. &lt;br /&gt;I am not a huggy person. But lately I feel like I could just sit in someones arms all day. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everything around me is reminding me that I am not going to be here, that I&apos;m leaving...&lt;br /&gt;I turn on the TV, News is on. Something about boeing 747 troubles...&lt;br /&gt;I go on the Internet, reminded&amp;nbsp;by EF &amp;amp; host family emails...&lt;br /&gt;I get a phonecall or go over to a friends and they &apos;complain&apos; about how this school year will suck without me there, that they will miss me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Truth be told..all of it is making me really sad. &lt;br /&gt;And...irratated. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somehow...counting down the days till my departure makes me feel better. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But. overall I think I am just begining to realise how much I am going to miss everyone.&lt;br /&gt;I don&apos;t like the feeling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really need/want a hug. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; :(</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 15:21:51 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>of Art and other things.</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Art class.&lt;br /&gt;Needless to say has not been the best place for me in the last few days.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; We&apos;re doing watercolor which in itself isn&apos;t so bad.&amp;nbsp; But once you have to start asking if the teacher thinks it&apos;s complete or not... well you enter a new phase from there.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Three days it took me to complete a simple warm/cool painting, because every time I went up to see if I could finally put the painting aside and work on my analogous painting.. he would send me back to add something or fixs something up. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; I understand that he is the art teacher and such. But I really don&apos;t like having people tell me what to do for my painting.&amp;nbsp; I thought it looked fine the first time I went up to show him, but each time he would send me back to make it better, to add something. It was a pain to sat the least.&amp;nbsp; The end result, a painting I really just don&apos;t like. :|&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It might of just been the fact that the emotion portrayed in the painting was anger and the character was Kanda ( D. Gray man ), but I would be in a good mood when I entered the class but when I left I would be seething &amp;lt;&amp;lt; well not seething but definately not in the chiper mood I was in when I entered. :o&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thing that got me today was that after I fixed something up agian, I went back up to him and asked him if I could finally put the painting away. He said if I was happy.&amp;nbsp; &amp;gt;__&amp;lt;&amp;nbsp; That really annoyed me. I was far beyond happy. As I had to conform to what &lt;strong&gt;HE&lt;/strong&gt; thought would make my painting better.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; But I kept my mouth shut, and set to work on my new painting.&amp;nbsp; But I think that the new painting was a breath of fresh air, as soon as I put the brush to the paper any resentment I was harbouring seemed to be whisked away ( Out of sight out of mind ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; I have been kept on my toes for this week.&amp;nbsp; Monday, school, University class 7-9:30. Tuesday, school, Confed center. Wedensday, school, University class 7-9:30.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thank god it is Thursday! I officially almost have a clean schedule for the next few days ;__; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the bright side. I have been downloading Adobe Photoshop 7.0 since Sunday ( I have been so busy I haven&apos;t been able to check wether it is complete and use it &amp;gt;__&amp;lt; )&amp;nbsp; I really am glad I finally decided to download it. I mean I went and asked my parents to get me a tablet, but I didn&apos;t really have a concrete reason to use one. So unfortunately It was probably something I could have done with out for at least a little while. But all that has changed now, I have Adobe! I could really care less if it is out dated or the like. I finally have a need for my tablet.&amp;nbsp; Now I just have to get to drawing &amp;gt;__&amp;gt;;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have quite a few test and project due dates coming up, so right now it still doesn&apos;t look like I&apos;ll be testing it out for at least another week. Or more. Because exams are coming up ( again! ).&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have so little time left here! ;__;&amp;nbsp; It seems like I have a month to get all of this stuff done before I take off have way around the world. v__v&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really want to sleep right now and yeah. Sleep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want a BJD. ;__; &lt;br /&gt;so expensive. but oh so pretty.&amp;nbsp; *__*&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ll save up for one or two or three....&lt;br /&gt;some day. someday far faar away.&amp;nbsp; ;__;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 16:41:38 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Ao no sekai?</title>
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  <description>&amp;nbsp; I&apos;ve been really busy lately. &lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s not very nice to be busy so much. I&apos;ve realised that. &lt;br /&gt;I have been so busy the last few months, that I have hardly enough time to breath ;__;&lt;br /&gt;Between school, fundraising, projects, and other things I have been kept going and going. And let me tell you,&lt;br /&gt;this energizer bunny has just ran out of steam. -__-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I have also had like..pretty out there mood swings. I&apos;ll be happy one day and raging the next. Usually it&apos;s small things that set me off. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Such an example is _______. Just to be nice I won&apos;t use their name. &amp;gt;__-&lt;br /&gt;She has been going on and on about this Korean guy named Kevin. It is beyond obsessive. Everyday she is like &quot; Omg! I talked to Keviin~&quot; &quot; Kevin walked me to the bus~&quot; &quot; Kevin&apos;s so cute/Kawaii&quot; &quot; Kevin did this&quot; &quot;Kevin did that&quot; &quot; Kevin kevin kevin kevin! &quot; It&apos;s not only creepy, but annoying as hell to have to listen to it day in and day out.&lt;br /&gt;She is honestly the most annoying person I have ever met. She obsesses over any Asian guy, won&apos;t give them a second glance if she doesn&apos;t deem them cute enough. She uses Japanese phrases randomly like &quot; Anata wa suki desu (?)&quot; She bites people. She does anything to anyone, but you try and do the same to her...ain&apos;t going to happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And today. She showed me a picture and was like Im going to get&amp;nbsp; my hair done like Jaejoong&apos;s!&amp;nbsp; I was like ...hm.&lt;br /&gt;she said she was going to get her hair thinned out and i relplyed that her hair was thin enough and that Jaejoongs hair wasn&apos;t thin. she argued with me that it was. She proceeded to say she was getting it cut and dyed blonde.&amp;nbsp; Her natural hair color is like dark brown and it would NOT look good. She is no where near as feminine as Jaejoong and her skin is pale. She is a complete opposite to him and she still thinks she can pull his hair off. I know for a fact. that it will not look good on her. I&apos;m just gald I won`t really be around to listen to her bitch about it.&amp;nbsp; :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway.&amp;nbsp; I think I have ranted enough. and re-sparked my rage.&amp;nbsp; :]/ :[</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:15:06 GMT</pubDate>
  <title> Alot of little things.</title>
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  <description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I have been really busy over the last time I wrote anything for LJ. &lt;br /&gt;I have had a family member pass away, I have had two mid-terms and a set of finals.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Now finally the biggest thing of all..I applied for an exchange program to Japan. &lt;br /&gt;It was initially supposed to not be taking any more applications for the 2008 year. &lt;br /&gt;However, my consulate person for the exchange program said she would try to see what she could do.&lt;br /&gt;Because I wanted to go to Japan more than anywhere else. Soo.. after staying in touch with her for a couple of weeks. I was in the car wash with my mom, and my dad had phoned on the cellphone to say that she had phoned to rely the fact that someone had dropped out of going to Japan. Hence my chances on getting into the Japan exchange program for 2008 were even better. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;So. As you may of guessed, I have been accepted to Japan for 2008. : D&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;It was alot of paperwork to go through, but, I think it is going to be well worth the time and money to go. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Another thing ...but have you ever noticed when you have something you really want to do - that no matter where you turn or where you go, you start to hear more and more about said thing?&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;It`s weird. As I come from a rather small Island in Canada, you don`t expect to hear that much about Japan. But ever since I was accepted/applied to Japan .... anything about Japan has been poping up like wild fire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; So I`m a little nervous as my departure date is coming soon and I have to fundraise ALOT of money. &lt;br /&gt;On top of that I have some major school projects coming up. Not to mention FINALS again.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Even though I have stuff being piled on me like a pack horse, I am still going and going. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course having all this stuff to do for other people is setting me back in what I want to do for myself. &lt;br /&gt;1) studying Japanese &lt;br /&gt;2) writing &lt;br /&gt;3) drawing &lt;br /&gt;4) Sleeping orz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Needless to say over the next few months, I have alot of work cut out for me.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:33:56 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&amp;nbsp;Last night I deleted ALL my songs from itunes. Which made me mad.&lt;br /&gt;Especially since I had&amp;nbsp; JUST finished going through about 200 songs and putting them into new playlists. &amp;lt; not to mention trying to find OLD NOT THERE ANYMORE songs on my comp. ( successfully found most ).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; Then. I went upstairs.&amp;nbsp; Seeing if I could find my CD`s.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hence I had to clean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I started.&amp;nbsp; I took some boxes filled with books off of my chair and set them on my bed. Cause I was specifically looking for CD cases.&amp;nbsp; So...I got onto my bed. took the top box off the other one and set it beside it ---and it fell.&amp;nbsp; Of course my reaction was ***************!!!! So I left it. I finished looking through the other box. all the while getting a weird powdery smell in my nose.&amp;nbsp; So i tided the rest of my room looking through CD cases and the like.&amp;nbsp; ( chucking the ones with CD`s i wanted unto my bed.)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; Then I went over to the fallen box.&amp;nbsp; Started picking the contents up and putting them back in the box.&amp;nbsp; Annnd. That`s when I found it.&amp;nbsp; A practically exploded bottle of BABY POWDER. It was everywhere.&amp;nbsp; Not to mention I keep my clothes at the foot of my bed so naturally it went all over them. I attempted brushing it off successfully making it worse.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; So i chucked them into the hall.&amp;nbsp; I picked up the B.powder bottle and tried closing the turn lid.&amp;nbsp; --- It was permanently stuck open or didn`t have that little closing panel under it. D:&amp;lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;so i cleaned it up.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; O BTW.. In the fall I successfully managed to break two empty CD cases which SHOULD of had the CD`s I was looking for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So i decided everything sucked at that moment, so I went to bed.&amp;nbsp; I took up my ipod to listen to some music.&amp;nbsp; I went through the artist`s fine. clicked a band ..clicked the wanted song and FREEZE!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;my effing Ipod froze. didn`t think it was possible but it happened. So I couldn`t turn it off, couldn`t listen to music or change the blaring white screen that WAS ON, all the while it&amp;nbsp; was mocking me .. showing the song I`d chosen, but not doing anything.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; So I set it in my nightside drawer which is smokey plastic...i guess.?&amp;nbsp; and anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I then had an obnoxious nightlight right next to my eyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I`m just glad I didn`t die in my sleep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that was all in about 2 - 3 hours for YESTERDAY. fun fun fuuun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now this morning successfully in about oh 45 minutes. I had these killer cramps. took some ADVIL .&amp;nbsp; Went on the computer to try and get songs back onto my itunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then I noticed that annoying little GUICKTIME player that has been interfering with EVERYTHING I open on this computer. So i deleted it.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Only to click itunes the next minute having it say&amp;nbsp; &quot; no Quick time player was found. Please re-install...&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I grumpled and went on the hunt for apple`s Quicktime, found it, downloaded it.&amp;nbsp; Only to click itunes and find out it still wasn`t working ... so I read the box more carefully. &lt;br /&gt;&quot; No quicktime player was found. Please re-install ITUNES. &quot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So i was successfully enraged again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I noticed this weird little document thing. on my desk top.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;I clicked it and found ALL MY SONGS.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; IN FUXING READ ME FORMAT.&amp;nbsp; SO MAD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that Has been my day thus far and it is only 8:30 AM.&lt;br /&gt;Can I go crawl into a hole now?&amp;nbsp; ( on second thought.. it would probably be unstable and collapse. )&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;And I still didn`t find those DARN CD`S!!!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <lj:music>NONE...what do you expect.</lj:music>
  <media:title type="plain">NONE...what do you expect.</media:title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:40:38 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&amp;nbsp;I`ve got so many things on the go. D:~&lt;br /&gt;3 fanfics.&lt;br /&gt;Cresent:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3811615/1/Cresent&quot;&gt;http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3811615/1/Cresent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Worries:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://community.livejournal.com/kaix_xkai/60428.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;http://community.livejournal.com/kaix_xkai/60428.html#cutid1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a fic request from a friend.&lt;br /&gt;MID TERMS!!! &amp;lt;&amp;lt; which I must still study for... x__x&apos;&apos;&lt;br /&gt;aandd yeah.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;It`s bumming me out. *?*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I NEED SUPERHUMAN ENERGY~~ :o</description>
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  <lj:music>shindemo boogie-woogie - MIYAVI</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:25:46 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;font color=&quot;#33cccc&quot;&gt;Well, I`m sitting here in my english class, waiting for instructionssss~&lt;br /&gt;so why I`m waiting I thought&amp;nbsp; ....&quot; HEY LIVEJOURNAL&quot; &lt;br /&gt;I`ll post my thoughts and RAGE here! .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don`t want to do any of the assignments in english, like &lt;br /&gt;design a mask. act out a play.&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;didn`t think we`d have to do this kind of stuff. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Well i actually better start whatever we are doing.. o__0&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
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  <lj:music>keyboard sounds.</lj:music>
  <media:title type="plain">keyboard sounds.</media:title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:57:34 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Finally.</title>
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  <description>&lt;font color=&quot;#339966&quot;&gt;OK! &lt;br /&gt;I finally got a working E-mail thing, so I can verify my account! WHOOT!&lt;br /&gt;So now. I get to do stuff. non-anonymously. : )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I`m worried about Mid-terms. &lt;br /&gt;I have such an active mind lately, that I just can`t focus on what i need to focus on.&lt;br /&gt;@__@&apos;&apos;&lt;br /&gt;Hm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I`m going to get to work on my MIYAKAI story.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;who knows... maybe it`ll be a&amp;nbsp;good one.&amp;nbsp; I`m still indecisive about one part.&amp;nbsp; :p&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;</description>
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  <lj:music>commercials.</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:54:01 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>of sleep depriving and murdering.</title>
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  <description>&lt;font color=&quot;#008080&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;I swear I have the most fucked up personality in the world. ( or Canada at least ;p ) &lt;br /&gt;11:30pm &amp;nbsp;dead tired. &lt;br /&gt;Was all tucked and that fun stuff, ready to sleep till 6:48. &lt;br /&gt;But noo. &lt;br /&gt;I had to see the spider I trapped in the container my fish came in, die. &lt;br /&gt;that...didn`t work out.&amp;nbsp; It was 12:15pm, I had poked, prodded and spun the eight legged beast, It had been on it`s back for ...oh&amp;nbsp;15 or so minutes. &lt;br /&gt;Guess what? &lt;br /&gt;It`s a trooper. &lt;br /&gt;It survived . ( until I checked on it at 6:50am - when it was D.E.A.D. ) &lt;br /&gt;Then I fed it to my cat. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh today was fun in school. ( can you sense my sarcasim?) &lt;br /&gt;i found out that my bus driver, will be taking an extra route in the afternoon before coming to my high school. &lt;br /&gt;Arriving later means I get home later. &lt;br /&gt;which equals me not being happy as I already get home at quarter to four most day...sometimes four`o clock. &lt;br /&gt;SO!&amp;nbsp; I figure...4 o`clock...my usual. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To top it all off.&amp;nbsp; MID-TERMS. &lt;br /&gt;English - 20% of my evaluation is based on my acting.&amp;nbsp; mn, yeah . BYE BYE 20%. &lt;br /&gt;Math - Easy enough I figure. 92.7% average..coming from someone who didn`t pass grade 9`s math exam. ( failed by 1 mark!&amp;nbsp; &amp;gt;__&amp;lt; ) &lt;br /&gt;Fam/PE -&amp;nbsp; uh...more worried about this.&amp;nbsp; WTF is the Surgeon Generals report?! &lt;br /&gt;Science. -&amp;nbsp; My love and my hate.&amp;nbsp; Love science to death.&amp;nbsp; Hate the fact that I have over half a binder full of notes already! and I need to know them alllll~ &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Mid-terms. be nice? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a happier note. &lt;br /&gt;I am squeezing my creative juices of J-rockness to write a Kai ( GazettE )&amp;nbsp; X Miyavi ( Miyavi :3 ) &lt;br /&gt;fanfiction.&amp;nbsp; YEAH! &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;hmm. I should be working on my Fanfiction.net posts though...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; :|&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;To much going on.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah well.&amp;nbsp; I SHOULD actually be studying... @___@;;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
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  <lj:music>Rock no gyakushuu</lj:music>
  <media:title type="plain">Rock no gyakushuu</media:title>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:29:55 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Writer&apos;s Block: My Personal Style</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Boring. Out in Public anyway. &lt;br /&gt;Home? Totally Pajama pants all the time!&amp;nbsp; :D&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Raaaaammmblings (no.1)</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;I &lt;font color=&quot;#339966&quot;&gt;have learned today , that a single spoon can offset the delicate equilibrium of dishes.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don`t know why I decided to grab up a Livejournal thing. &lt;br /&gt;I do spontaneous things like this often.&lt;br /&gt;I suppose..my reasoning is because I`ve been spamming the Jrock forums and communities here and it`s like...&lt;br /&gt;backlogged my Internet Favs..and getting LJ would somehow free the congestion up somehow.?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I get to go community hunting!&amp;nbsp; YEAH!&lt;br /&gt;Maybe post some junk and...I don`t know...Fangirl?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;gt;////&amp;lt;&amp;nbsp; Ja matte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;course...given I work out all the interesting things here. :3&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <lj:music>Nightmare-VARUNA</lj:music>
  <media:title type="plain">Nightmare-VARUNA</media:title>
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