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My Dad was working on the house wireing and He forgot to turn the power off And he was cuting A wire and spark's started to fly everywere Thank god nobody was hurt And the house didn't burn up.
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Today was the Pep Rally. And we (as in Media Club) had a slideshow... and the computer was evil... we were unable to show it. Which is why we need money for the fundraiser to get a working computer. Gah, it made us angery. Of course, the senior float was the best... it was a rock. In other news, I have gotten my 105th Bioincle Canister set! This time it was Nuparu. And I must say he is awesome, if you are only gonna get one Toa Inika, make it Nuparu. Also, tomorrow will be my last Brewer related entry, this season. Oh, and The Class of 2007 owns you all! Kohaku
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I won't be on BZP much for a while, due to computer troubles... so that's why I haven't responded to all of those PMs until today. Discuss.
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Well, it is Homecoming week. And today was costume day. I was a Pirate... of course there is more to being a Pirate than rum... there are: Wolf-with-an-eyepatch-wearing-a-suit-Jedi VS. Pirate Lightsaber/Sword fights! Which was very fun to do. Kohaku
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Yeah, I just got this program that will expand my movie making to a whole new level. The program is called Adobe Premiere Pro. It is the program a lot of the pros use to make their movies. And it's difficult to learn. I like challenges. Well, I'm gonna try it out... and then... sleep. Kohaku
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Let's see, I'm in my schools Media Club now. What does that mean, it means I get to put stuff on to our area's TV station. Which means subliminal advertising! Actually, there are a lot of things, a news thing (I get to work a camera) and a raffle in which people get to donate too for prizes. One of the prizes are Packer tickets. Which are very expensive. And some other stuff. One of the best thing's is the back room that we get to go into has about $25,000 worth of equipment and all that. Plus, I'll be a Tech guy which means I get to do editing and get to work on the computers. Which will be fun. Hm... I'm not sure if I wanted to say anything else... Kohaku
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Gah, I woke up late this morning and felt horrible. I don't feel as bad now, which is good. I watched a lot of shows on 9/11 because I had nothing to do. I learned a lot. One thing I do know is that none of us will ever forget that day. Never Forget 9-11-01 Kohaku
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Yeah, our power went out for a second. Also a garage near our house burnt down earlier. At least it wan't their house, it's still sad though. I feel I forgot to say something... Kohaku
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supersoker's or water balloons?
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Well, school started today (title is explained below). I'm a senior which rocks. Classes... 1st Study Hall 2nd Psychology 3rd WHAP (World history AP, WHAP sounds better though. ) 4th Advanced Math 5th British Literature 6th Study Hall 7th Current Events 8th Civics A few of my teachers are insane so it's kind of fun. Also it was Frootie Tuesday! (In WHAP and Civics we get Frooties which are yummy in my tummy. ) Oh and Seniors Rule! Kohaku
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Gah, I'm not feeling at 100% now. It sucks, cause of the feeling sick kinda and all that. Although I went to a Brewer Game tonight and they lost... *sigh* Kohaku
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Yup, I go back tomorrow. But I'm a senior in high school so it'll be fun. Very fun. Muahahahahahahaha. I've got some good classes. Well, except Advanced Math cause it is gonna be boring. I think I should start making longer entries... Kohaku
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Steve Irwin has died. Topic here Wow, this was just unexpected... he lived life on the edge, and this time he lost. He has been in many instances where he has come close to being killed... it's sad that he is gone. I never watched his shows but I've seen him on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno a few times. And it was funny... Rest In Peace Kohaku
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This is not your ordinary blog entry. I just learned some very disturbing things. Watch the History Channel, specifically, any UFO programs that you can find on there, to see for yourself. Or research the following two things: 1) the Sorocco case. 2) Tim Cullen, who had a small foreign metallic device implanted in his arm. It was emitting radio signals on several frequencies. But it caused no harm to the man's body upon going into his arm (it was something along those lines, at least -- I'm going to research this tomorrow, when it's light out). Medically impossible. UFOs are very real. Onuki, over and out
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"this elevator only takes one down", she said, "this place, this hotel lounge it's my daily bread... but I'm underfed" he asked: "are you living in the night? cause I can tell you have a lousy imagination and as a matter of speaking I hate this situation... but it happens to be one of my pickin'" "cause it's so hard to keep the dream alive cause if it all comes down to this how will..." you move me, you move me you move me around around, I guess take it back your analogue it's on the other side of this cause if it all comes down to this how will... and then she said: "and have another cigarette" I tend to forget (but anyway I don't smoke that) I hoisted the flag but it keeps hanging down "you know this place, this hotel lounge it's my life, it's my choice and I'm in love with Ricky Lee Jones' voice" cause it's so hard to keep the dream alive and if it all comes down to this how will... you move me, you move me you move me around around, I guess take it back your analogue it's on the other side of this how will glamour survive? and if it all comes down to this... "this elevator only takes one down", she said, "this place in this same old town" "do you see that man in the left-hand corner do you see that woman their love-story's famous" -dEUS, Hotellounge After his musical interlude, let's get to talking. The Scouting Barbeque yesterday went well, though I'm positively exhausted today. At 9:30 AM, I got up to fetch the keys to the hall, which we needed to seat people in case of rain, for the kitchen, the bar, the kids' corner and to project pictures from camping. First thing we needed to do was set up all the tents. We have two large ones, and one had already been set up the evening before, with tables and chairs as well. The other one still needed to be brought from our other grounds and put into place. Besides the two large tents, we also needed to set up the shelters, two for the vegetables, potatoes and cutlery, and three higher ones for the barbeques. We also needed to set up a construction at the gate, get a small party tent set up for the aperitive and hors-d'oeuvres, add more tables from both our grounds and the girl guides', rearrange the table setting, put paper and ashtrays on the tables, prepare the hors-d'oeuvres, get the freezers for the ice cream and drinks, hook up the projector and sound installation... All that before 5:00 PM. After that, there were several different shifts: waiting tables, busting tables, cleaning the dishes, tending to the bar, handing out people's coupons for the meat they ordered, selling drinking tickets, handing out the meat itself, checking to see there were always enough vegetables, handing out flyers for the SIS team. (SIS: Service in Scouting. These are non-members, usually members' parents, who help do certain chores for the outfit.) Pictures were shown at 10:00 PM, after everyone had eaten. Afterwards, we lit a campfire for people to watch while we took everything down again and cleaned the hall. Back home at 3:30 AM, hit the sack and slept till 1:00 PM.
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It's been almost a week since Brickfest, and I'm finally getting around to updating my blog. Brickfest was a blast. I know that there are people out there who dislike me and the staff of BZPower. But let me say this, these guys are some of the coolest people out there, and I was glad to spend the weekend with them. The creations were amazing, as were the builders I got to meet. The times spent outside the fest were great too, but I won't go into that too much here. It was a great way to end the summer, and I hope lots of you can come next year, even if it's just on the public expo days to say 'hi!' After Brickfest, classes began. They've been alright so far, but talk to me again in two weeks and see what I say then. Life is busy; it's hard to get a handle on it sometimes. ...See you space cowboy.
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I'll be starting school soon, and won't be on much. Consider this a warning. Yes, I realize that this is probably the lamest entry in the history of entries. In fact, I dare any of you to find a lamer entry. And it must have been made before this one, or else I'll know that you cheated.
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Just this week, I dreamt I was watching the Ironman movie... Only it was taking place in the Egypt of the eighteen hundreds, and Zorro was in it, too. Admittedly, most of my dreams are out of whack like this, but still... That one stuck. Also, a heads up: I won't be updating much this week (some Blog o' the Week this is), what with starting my job and the BBQ... I'll talk about my workplace on Sunday or afterwards, it's already 10:10 PM and I try to hit the sack at 11, and was looking forward to showering before that, so... *snores* (I don't really snore, but you get the idea.)
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Third entry for the day, because I like to keep my subjects separated. Tomorrow I'm officially starting my new job at the translating bureau where I did my traineeship last year. Sure, I'll be earning money, but now I have to worry about taxes and health insurance, start saving for a car of my own and a rental apartment... Skipping classes wasn't really a problem, if you knew which classes to skip and caught up before the next one - skipping work is a bad idea. But that's the only thing I'm nervous about. Everything else is okay: the pay is good, I get a compensation for my bus pass, the people working there are nice, and the place can easily be reached using public transport. Plus the owner's kids are a fun bunch of rascals, which lightens up the last hour each day. It's a nine-to-five job, which is good - it means I only have to get up at 7 AM, whereas if I had classes at 8 AM, I had to get up at six. I hate getting up at six. Oh, and Fridays are only till 3:30 PM, which is another bonus. A friend of mine, who only lives two streets away from where I work, has to work till 4:30, but it gives us the chance to stay in touch and have a brew from time to time. I don't think it'll influence my work as a Forum Leader here, not with school starting again for most of you, which means forum traffic (and with it spam) will be somewhat lower. Not by much, but lower is good. Sure, there'll be times when I'll need to put in a few extra hours, but we get time off to compensate for those, so it'll all work out. What I'm worried about are the BBC contests - they're a lot of work, especially the entry list and preliminary polls. I think I'll just participate in the next one while I get settled in at work. I don't want to stack too much on my back right now, and there's still that BBQ next week... But for today, I'm still carefree, and I'm going to enjoy it. Set sail for the quay, bo'sun! Drinks, dancing and damsels await!
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I forgot to post this, but two friends of mine, who get married two years ago, just had their first baby two days ago. Her name is Iza, and both she and her mother are doing fine. Our Scouting outfit already gathered some money for a present, but I'll still try and visit them when they're back home and all the fuss has died down. The first few days just about everyone drops by for a visit and a look at the newborn, so I'm going to save them the trouble.
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Looks like the exclamation marks in the entry titles are back. Anyway, this weekend there's a two-day fair of sorts at the quay. There are performances by Flemish artists (mostly mainstream stuff), but today I'll mostly be going for the Norwegian Socks, a band that covers alternative music (Pixies, Ramones, Faithless...). They're from this town, and Herman, the vocalist, is also the owner and bartender of my favourite pub. As you can imagine, that's quite a fan club. Yesterday I went to see the fireworks, which are fired from a river barge, quite a sight to behold, though yesterday's display was a bit disappointing in its composition and ending. It was accompanied by movie scores (Ennio Morricone, Star Wars) and trance/techno. Tonight's fireworks will probably be a lot more grand. Afterwards I went to see Sandrine's set. She was one of the finalists of the Belgian Idol contest, though she didn't win. Which is a good thing, because the winners usually fail at getting a career going. Usually she works with a live band and backing vocals, but yesterday she was all by her lonesome and had to lip-sync. Another disappointment, but hey, at least she was there. Great DJ set afterwards, though. I'm not one to buy R&B and techno albums, but I do enjoy dancing to it, and this DJ had some amazing mixing talent. Excellent execution. (That'd be a great band name, too.) Also, there's a heavenly creature I've been spotting a lot recently. She has a boyfriend, and I don't know her age yet (hopefully at least 19, I'm not exactly a teen anymore myself), but dang, she cute. As for what part of this entry the title refers to, you decide.
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While yesterday's celebration was going on (feel free to join the festivities later than the others, no need to stop a good party), I had some other real life 'activities'. First, there was the group council about the barbeque I talked about in earlier entries, and afterwards came one of the toughest meetings of the scouting year: the appointing of new and old leaders to their respective groups. The problem is, about 14 people quit, and there's a few who aren't sure whether they're going to be leading a group or not. Hardly anything changes for me, as I'm still staying put - the Rascals (6-7-year-olds) is a fun age group, and I prefer them over the older kids. Now, the younger groups have different names for their leaders, so we go by aliases. For the Cubs (8-11-year-olds) the leader names come from Jungle Book (Kipling, not Disney), but for us it's a different and pretty much unknown story. My leader name is Pedro (a squirrel in the story). Kora is staying as well, as is Snolleke, though she won't be available for three months, during which she'll be studying in Malta. We don't know what Toto will be up to, as he's doing try-outs for drama studies next week. All depends on what he'll be studying next year, and where. There's also a new girl joining, but we still need to decide on a name for her. Veva is a possibility, as are Gigi and Rikki. Anyhow, that's just our group. We're one of the only two 'co-ed' groups, or at least, we were. The 8-11-year old age group used to be divided in the Cubs (boys) and Brownies (girls, and 'brownies' doesn't refer to the cooky but the fairy tale character). Due to the shortage in manpower, the group is going co-ed as well. The new name for the group will be 'Wouters', which is a contraction of 'Welpen' (Cubs) and 'Kabouters' (Brownies). I'll just call them 'Crownies' here. This, of course, creates a secondary problem: the girl scouts have their buildings elsewhere, so by combining the group, their now increased numbers necessitate two one-room buildings on the same grounds, most likely the one for the boy scouts. Not really a problem, you'd think, but it's the Rascals that have to move to the old Brownie building... Sure, it's got heating and everything, but I prefer a wood stove and a low ceiling. For some reason, the Brownie building is tall enough for two floors, but there's only the one. That's wasted space. Plus you're not allowed to paint the walls, because that would damage the wood. :annoyed2: It's a completely uncozy building, and I'm also losing the atmosphere of the boy scout grounds. We're also farther away from the park, so our forest games are going to have to be reduced in time, as it takes the kids half an hour to walk there, and half an hour back. That's only two hours left, minus opening rituals and the explanation of the game. That leaves about an hour and a half, whereas meetings last three hours. Hoo boy. And then there's about three of the older groups where they could really use one or two extra people... We're having a second go at this thing next Sunday. Afterwards, we went to relieve some stress at The Wrong Party. It was the last party hosted in the old youth centre, which will be moving to a new location. For the occasion, they only used their own mix-table, which is a compliment for the thing, because it's mostly an advanced 10-year-old double CD player. Plus they only used the CDs from there, which means: scratchy copies and lots of 'wrong' music. Old house songs, 80s stuff like Wham!, early rap songs, carnival songs (Dutch carnivals are different from the ones in New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro, so they're pretty insane, too), 80s German pop, disco music, schlagers... You get the idea. There was some good stuff mixed in there too, but most of it... wrong. Hence the name of the party. I'm not going to go into details because of the young audience here, but suffice to say that I needed a few aspirins in the morning.
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For those of you who are in band, you can appreciate how AWESOME band camp is. And marching a big brass instrument really does wonders for your self-esteem, let me tell you. Nah, it's not really that big. Euphonium < Sousaphone. Sousaphone = Big. So if I'm not on much (or at all) in the next week, you'll know why (if you haven't read my sig already, which is entirely possible). EDIT: I just added this as a content block instead of an entry. Small world.
