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  • Unity A couple of radio "personalities" in New Jersey seem to think that Asian Americans are not "real" Americans. Sammy and Taku have written their thoughts on the matter and they have expressed eloquently vir…
  • Riceball Lovin' O nce again, the O-man--I leave the abbreviation up to your imagination--is feelin' the love, man. I've again noticed a slight surge in traffic this week and it is because of all the lovin' I'm …
  • Another plea I got some leads on how to approach the Minidisc. I hope to get more? As I wait, here is another Onigiriman comic, a... um... more tittilating one. If you are under 18 years old, please leave this site imme…
  • MiniDisc A question from this technology-challenged Riceball. I own a Kenwood portable MiniDisc player. The image on the right is a newer version but it looks similar, without the LCD display. Anyway, M bought …
  • SleepingCutie O nce there was a girl who loved to blog. She exposed a LOT of herself. She wrote about her first experience *ahem*, she talked about her boobs, my God she even talked about farting! I was in love…
  • Demonic Rice I mentioned the other day--actually it was yesterday--that being an Orgasmic man instead of a Riceball man left me speechless... so mvprg suggested that I change my abbreviation to Oni-man. Hmmm.…
  • Interview with a Riceball Y esterday, I visited Eechim's site and innocently left a comment. Her post was a response to an "interview", which she was then required to pass along to the first five commenters on …
  • A-bad-breviation B y being one of the first five to respond to Eechim's post yesterday, I have been selected to be interviewed by her with five (5) questions. I have class right now, so I will be back to answer…
  • More Fluff: FAQ A Daydreaming all afternoon sounds heavenly to the Goat. This creative, esoteric Sign needs plenty of time alone in which to feed its Muse. Goats are generally most comfortable in thei…
  • Cyberpals A s I continue with my daily life with its mundane activities and petty concerns, I often find myself amused at our ever shrinking world. Technology has brought us together in a way unimaginable only …
  • Weekend Fluff: About me I seem to have a slight increase in traffic. For new visitors, here's some stuff about me you may want to know--or not... For my regulars, this might be boring stuff. The lovely person I jacked …
  • Subscribers' Appreciation Week (con't)RBJ revisited Y esterday, I mentioned my buddy, jerjonji. I forgot to mention that last year she rallied the support of a few other Xangans that they all sent me online bir…
  • Subscribers' Appreciation Week (con't)Xanga subscribers N ow I don't have a million subscribers. There are others who have two, three, five times the number I have. But I have my share and I am happy to have th…
  • Subscribers' Appreciation Week L iving here in Xanga has been quite an experience for me. I have met so many people online and it has been, for the most part, a positive experience. I get to write about what I …
  • Life is Balance W hining is so unbecoming. Perhaps as some have suggested: I should hae a completely anonymous Xanga site. A place where I can just rant and rave and not worry about anything. I mean, geez, it I…
  • Musings I want to talk to someone about my life. Well, many of you know quite a bit about my "life", but I'm talking about my current life and where it's been and where it's headed. Many people consider me to b…
  • Death and Taxes

    There are, they say, two things certain in this world: Death and taxes. Well, death has certainly been on my mind these past few years, but I only have two parents, so the specter of death should not be bothering be for …
  • Jankenpon A t the blossom viewing gathering, we had our Janken (rock-scissors-paper) Tourney. In this game, you do not win simply by beating your opponent with the right weapon--rock, scissors or paper. You mus…
  • Random Stuff A t the end of last year--just before I got really sick--I became familiar with Blogger, just one more blogsite. It isn't conducive to creating a community of blog friends--like Xanga. You can't su…
  • Goose bumps F ocused, I sit at my dest desk at home grading midterms for my Japanese Literature course. One student writes in a very readable style, showing brilliance at times, but then stubbing his toe by wri…
  • O-hanami O n Friday, I went with our Japanese program to view the cherry blossoms in the National Mall. This activity is popular in Japan and is call hanami. The "o" is an honorific, but doesn't mean to suggest…
  • Pay Attention... I got my first drivers license when I was sixteen years old. That would be about seven cat-years ago. Cat years in relation to humans vary year to year: one-year old cat is similar to a 16-year…
  • 100 Most Challenged Books 1990-2000 (partial list) 01. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz 02. Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite 03. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 04. The Chocola…
  • Cherries and UNC T oday, (Tuesday) was a beautiful day. Nice and warm. The cherry blossoms surrounding the tidal pool on the Washington Mall are supposed to have started to bloom. On such a warm day as today, t…
  • Response: April Fool's P ranks are for little kids, so I guess that makes me a very old little kid. Just to set the record straight. I am fine and the program is still intact... for the time being. I guess for …
  • Update: Dayligh Savings Reminder Not that any of you would forget, but I DID! Time for daylight savings. Set your clock forward one hour. Stupid me! I hate losing one hour of my life. I have so little time as it is. Th…
  • Final Four W hat is it about sports that gets my juices going? Perhaps it's the fact that I personally suck at sports? Hmmm... not a healthy thought, although I admit that I do suck at sports because of a visua…
  • When It Rains, It Pours I think I'll shoot myself. To compound all the issues I've been having recently, I just found out that the powers that be are cutting more programs at my school, and guess which language…

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