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  • Comment of the day... No, I apparently only look like me, but I'm comfortable with that.-- Posted 1/30/2004 Shiroi_Norite -- Full Disclosure: What do I really look like?While I've been milking the Jackie Chan lo…

  • Comment of the day... nothing offered by a teacher/ professor ever got me to study.-- Posted 1/30/2004 PaikyPoo -- My Day... Man! Its freezin'It's freakin' freezin' in DC/VA. Wind chill takes the temperature dow…

  • Comment of the day... I do a background check on her SATs and college GPA. If she has impressive marks, then I'll ask her a few questions from the Trivial Pursuit board game. If she answers at least 75% correct, …

  • Comment of the day... In case you want more snow, I heard that if you stand outside in Krispie Cream boxers, hop on one foot, and simultaneously rub your belly and pat your head, snow will come... -- Posted 1/28/…

  • Comment of the day... Y'all can keep the cold. I want to be able to still feel my hands after I bike to the station in the morning.-- Posted 1/27/2004 by Kizyr -- SNOW! SNOW!Please SNOW!I don't wanna go to schoo…

  • -- Posted 1/25/2004Comments of the day... I don't watch enough tv or movies. I feel so lost when people talk about their favorite commercials... Xanga is my only link to reality...-- SleepingCutie -- because I a…

  • Comment of the day... as long as it's free and relatively quick, i'll stick with xanga. who cares if they lose a few blogs. not like anyone goes back and reads mine,-- Posted 1/24/2004 by PaikyPoo -- No More Laz…

  • Comment of the day... i've never experienced anything like THAT. haha. And it's moments like these when i'm really glad i'm not a man. women have their own problems but it's always good to know that men suffer, t…

  • Comment of the day... In a way, MLK's dream still hasn't come true. -- Posted 1/22/2004 by KENSHIR0 -- My Lightening RodA number of people commented on my entries of the past two days, and more than a few sadden…

  • Comment of the day... When I tell people who have just arrived from Korea that I'm an English major they gape at me in awe mingled with horror: "She's such a race traitor. She should have stuck with being a teach…

  • Comment of the day... Perhaps there's something like a "giri-commento," similar to the "giri-choco" phenonmenon in Japan. Meaning people may feel obligated to comment if you leave comments on their site...-- Post…

  • Comment of the day... You are almost exactly my dad's age... sorry, he was born in '55, BUT my best friend was born in '48, so don't worry about it, age to me only changes perspective, not their smell (well, at l…

  • Posted 1/19/2004Prediction of the day... Though the Panthers would be the sentimental pick, I can't overlook the Patriot's defense, and steady play of Brady - Patriots in a close one. -- by SammyStorm -- Xanga 1…

  • Posted 1/18/2004Comments of the day... and i cant believe im saying this to a person who is about my father's age.-- by killawhale -- hello, my name is japblkgrl, and i'm a xangaholic...-- by japblkgrl -- Swing…

  • Response of the day... i wonder if the ppl who like those type of (slasher/violent) movies would have any interest in watching an actual snuff film... -- Posted 1/17/2004 by jpblkgrl -- Xanga 101, sec. 001: Xang…

  • From 1/15/2004Response of the day... getting married is "fun" just do what britney spears did... hah...she is really stupid -- by BarbEric_Bojo --Question of the day... You have a gambling problem? -- by Shiroi_N…

  • Response of the day... girls and beer is a good mix.-- Posted 1/14/2004 by ddsb2000 --Comment of the day... I am not getting married. -- Posted by consummate_leah -- Do you want to get married? If not, why not?…

  • Response of the day... the best time to drink beer is when u mix it with believe it or not frappucchino. -- Posted 1/14/2004 by Zettonv -- Would you mix anything with beer? Whew! And I thought I needed a rectal…

  • First day of class...

    Yeah, yeah, I know, I said school started on Monday, and it did, but MY classes started today... Readings in Classical, Readings in Modern J and J Cuture through Film. We did nothing in Classical; I just handed out the a…

  • Response to yesterday's film list...

    I didn't want to spend too much time on Xanga today--chool has started y'know--but I couldn't resist responding to some of them. Normally I will go to the individual sites with responses but since they are all movie rela…

  • This is probably the last of my long ass entries...

    Some of you have commented on how long my entries are. There are a lot of reasons for them: I have a lot to say; maybe I have too much time on my hands; Maybe I'm addicted to Xanga. Who know? Still, some of you actually …

  • Importing foreign words...

    Japanese just drives me crazy sometimes. I've gotten used to it, but I dont' think the Japanese really know how difficult they make their language. Of course, a lot of this is a reflection of their cultural personality, …

  • Once upon a time...

    I was in the San Jose airport lobby carrying my then 2-year old daughter, when an old white lady came up to me and marveled: "You Oritentals sure have the cutest babies." Now I had two possible responses floating in my…

  • Anonymity...

    I visited the site of some guy who recently wrote a comment. He wrote about anonymity on Xanga and it got me thinking... Someone by the name of SAITO Ayaka once wrote an article/essay in the Asahi Newspaper about livin…

  • The Value of E-props...

    The other day, BarbEric_Bojo was talking about e-props and how great it would be if we could use them as currency. That's an interesting thought, especially since I had never even thought that much about e-props. Like Er…

  • Last Words on Last Samurai...

    The comments I wrote on the movie in the last two entries should not be taken as a criticism of the movie itself. They are simply observations that I made based on what I know about Japan. And if you'll notice, I critiqu…

  • Last Samurai (cont'd): Romancing the Past...

    (...or Another Long Ass Entry) Visually, The Last Samurai was done realistically and beautifully as I mentioned yesterday. However, there were some minor flaws and one major one for me. As a movie, it was great. As a sto…

  • Looking forward...

    As I settle into the new year, I brace myself for the challenges ahead. The previous year ended on a rather uneasy note, and I am faced with many questions. I suppose that things would be much better if I just invest the…

  • Around New Years break...

    Time flies so quickly, it is truly scary. I sit here thinking that, school start next week! Damn, I thought winter break just started. And I have barely begun the things I thought I was going to do... Anyway, this is th…

  • Discrimination is discrimination

    Hey JC, discrimination is discrimination, but the "reverse" in "reverse discrimination" implies that the victim of such discrimination is being subjected to a similar discrimination. Yeah, right. As if Bakke was denied a…

  • Happy New Year

    This is the year of the Monkey. And for my money, the guy on the right knows how to spend his New Years, in an Onsen (hot spring). You know life is growing difficult when you begin to envy a monkey, no, no, a phot of a m…

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