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A few months ago I mentioned that my brothers wife was pregnant, with triplets. Well, today she just gave birth to two boys and a girl. The boys are named Ayden and Conner. The girl is named Brianna. A very large congrats to them. Kohaku
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There's 27 days until my B-Day (It's on April 29). Here's what I want. In order of most wanted to least: 1. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 1. Gamecube memory card 1. GC controllers 2. Mario Kart DS x2 3. New Super Mario Bros. x2 4. Mario Kart: Super Circuit x2 5. Barraki 6. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Super Paper Mario (I got TTYD for Easter) 7. NSMB Player's Guide 8. PM:TTYD Player's guide I'm a Mario fan. How'd ya know? Hurry... up.... b-day.... -Canama
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I got a new laptop. It is awesome. I don't feel like posting al of the specs and all that unless you really want me to do that. But yeah, I'm installing all of the awesome programs still. I gotta get Trillian back and a ton of other things. I've done all of the important updates, I gotta say getting used to Vista will be different for me. Kohaku
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Spring Break has begun, and since I have nothing better to do, I'll play Final Fantasy XII all week. Actually, I'll be doing a few things that are BZP related, a book report, and some truth paper stuff. Other than that, I'll be playing Final Fantasy. Or my Wii. And I was official accepted into Devry for Game and Simulation Programming. Cuz I am just that awesome. There will be more on that later. Kohaku
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My aunt went home today! This is after she has been in the hospital since December 30th, 2006. This news is a relief to me and the rest of the family. Now all that is needed is for my grandfather to get out of the hospital. He is doing good right now as he is in rehabilitation. Kohaku
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Another sad entry for my blog... As some of you will recall my aunt is in the hospital and she still is. Although her condition has improved greatly and she starts physical therapy next week. Which is good. Although, not all is good. Now my grandfather is in the hospital due to an ulcer and his kidneys failed a bit. Because of the ulcer he lost two-thirds of his blood which is really scary. The good news is he is talking and is stable. His condition did improve a bit, which is a good thing. He is still like his old self, still very stubborn. And he did kick a few of the doctors out of his room. So, I honestly think he'll make it. I hope I don't get like that when I'm older. Either way I may or may not be as active the next few days. I'll try to be, but don't count on it. I hope you get well soon, grandfather. Kohaku
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We got a new printer made by Lexmark. It is one of those all-in-one machines that can print, fax, scanning, and copying. Here is a tip. Never get an all-in-one thing made by Brother. It falls apart, literally. Don't even get me started on Machine Error 41 which is a horrible glitch which requires the entire thing to be replaced. Kohaku
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I've been meaning to add an entry here for about three weeks now. As most of you know, I am attending college right now, but after this past winter break, I did not go back to campus. Three weeks ago, I began an internship at Hunter Douglas, make of window coverings. I work in their IT department, configuring computers, maintaining servers, and doing general tech support. It's not the most exciting job, but it is very informative and pays well. I'm also taking a night course at school one day a week. That said, working full time and still going to school doesn't leave a lot of free time. Don't worry, I haven't abandoned BZP. But I have a lot of other things to do, so don't expect to see me as much. Anyway, that's been most of my life these days. I've been trying to get on Xbox Live more often, I played some Halo 2 this weekend to try to get a Beta Spot for Halo 3, we'll see how that goes tonight. That's all for now, back to the Super Bowl (go Colts!).
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So much to do and so little time. That pretty much sums me up right now. Between classes and tutoring and BZPower, I'm reminded of a bathtub with all the water emptying out the drain. I want to get at least one other story about Brickfest posted, but I don't see when I'll have the time to. In fact, there's a lot of things I want to do but haven't gotten around to yet. One thing I did manage to accomplish this past Saturday was to play some Halo. I was on Live for about an hour, then I switched over and played 343GS on Heroic on Halo: CE. I think my favorite levels in the Halo series are the first five of the original (note: this does NOT include 343GS). The Flood can be just too much of a pain. I really wish I could play Halo: CE on Live though. Every time I go back I remember the awesome power of the pistol and the great multiplayer maps that didn't make it (Chill Out, Hang 'em High, and one other whose name isn't quite BZP-safe) and everything else I loved about the first. Here's hoping the feeling comes back for Halo 3! G'nite all: Now I lay me down to sleep, Try to count electric sheep Sweet dream wishes you can keep, How I hate the night.
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Hey everyone, I hope those who celebrate all had a Merry Christmas. Mine was fairly uneventful. As some of you may recall, I got my main present back in November, so there weren't many presents under the tree for me. I got a book, some of the Star Wars DVDs, and some other little stuff. The book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, we quickly read, and thoroughly enjoyed, so I figured I'd share my thoughts on it here. The book is the basis for the movie Blade Runner by Ridley Scott and featuring Harrison Ford. I watched the movie many years ago, but it was on network TV, so it was edited. Plus, it's a long movie to begin with, so with the commercials, it was, let's see... Well, let's just say I fell asleep and never saw the end. Philip K. Dick also wrote the novel A Scanner Darkly and short story Minority Report, and since I enjoyed both of those movies, I figured I'd give the books a try. I wasn't disappointed in the least. The book is full of twists and turns, and is almost impossible to predict what's going to happen next. Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter employed by the San Francisco Police Department to track down and 'retire' renegade androids. I don't want to give too much away, but he sees a lot of action in the single day the book takes place during. If you enjoy Science Fiction, and like stories that delve into the psyche of man, then this is for you. In many regards, the action plays second string to the mental journey Deckard undergoes as he ends up reevaluating his morals and beliefs. His interaction with the androids he kills is the vehicle that causes this change, and nearly costs him his life in a few instances. I can't really compare it to the movie, since I remember so little, but some things in the book immediately strike me as unfamiliar, meaning they're not in the movie at all. The changes I remember simplify the story on the big screen version, but the overall idea remains the same, which is more than can be said of many other adaptations. The book is meant for adults, so I don't recommend it for younger children, but if anything I've said interests you, go and give it a read, you won't regret it.
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Before you think, "Kohaku spammed in his blog..." allow me to give you the meaning of the title: Free Application For Federal Student Aid This is something to help get money for me to go to college. That is the easy version, The normal version most of you will learn about (or have) when it becomes important. Long story short, I get to do spend hours of time filling out forms, personally I hope that it won't cut into my BZPower time but it might, although I hope it doesn't. Kohaku
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I have a Wii. I've had it for over a month but I'm only telling you now. I have Animal Crossing: Population: Growing (Gamecube). The village (and my house) aren't as good as they are in Wild World, but it's still nice. I also have Cars: The Video Game (Wii). I like doing multilayer against my brother but the single player play value isn't that good. The Wii comes with Wii Sports which is a great game. I like bowling, baseball and tennis, I'm okay with golf (my brother's obsessed with it), and I don't like boxing. -Canama
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Last night my family and I went to Lisa's in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They have the best pizza I have ever eaten, among other foods which are supposedly awesome. I'm going to say this to anyone who likes pizza, which is pretty much everyone, If you want some of the best pizza in at least the midwest if not America you have to go there. They have the best. (If you want directions to Lisa's send me a PM, As I'd rather not post them.) I forgot to mention, it was in the paper last week as the best Pizza place to go to. Kohaku
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Part 2: More exams were had today. The hard ones. I had Psychology, Advanced Math, and Current Events. Current Events was more of a project presentation time. Then we watched some Dane Cook. Which was awesome. Part: 3 Tomorrow all I have is my WHAP Exam. For those of you who don't know WHAP stands for World History Advanced Placement. Then after 9:15 AM it is back home for me for some sleep. And then I can get started and finish a few things. All of which are BZP related in some way, shape, or form. That's a surprise for now though. Kohaku
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Tomorrow Exams start. Yay! Or Not. Our Exams are about one and a half hours long and we get out at 1:00 PM. So it is a shorter day. Thursday is even shorter... more on that later though. Let's for tomorrow I have: 1st Hour - Study Hall (I don't need to be there. Hurrah for sleeping in!) 5th Hour - British Lit. Lunch 8th Hour - Civics It's not that bad because those should be easy for the most part. Anyway, I'll try to be on BZP this week and I will, except when I'm studying. School is a bit more important than BZPower. (I never thought I'd say something like that. ) Kohaku
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I am so tired today. Ugh. I woke up at about 5:30 AM and couldn't get back to sleep. And I almost fell asleep in one of my classes today. How fun. Good news is I am so awesome that I didn't get in trouble. That and I should be doing homework right now. Although I'm in study hall and I have time to do it later. It helps that most of it isn't due until Friday... which is approching fast. *Goes insane.* Kohaku
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I'll start with what lead up to the good news. I call that the bad news. Early on New Years Eve my aunt was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in Milwaukee via ambulance with trouble breathing. The doctors had to sedate her because she was fighting. (She is very stubborn.) She remained sedated until about Monday earlier this week. In that time they found out everything that was wrong with her and she is still recovering. (One thing she had was pneumonia.) Although, my mom and I went and saw her last Tuesday and quite frankly the site I saw scared me. (I'm not going to say why.) The next few days were really difficult for our family. We went to see her today and she was doing a lot better, she was responsive and knew what was going on. She is still getting help breathing but the machine is down to around 30% which means she is doing most of the breathing on her own. I know that she was glad to see us and I am glad she is doing better. She even looks better. Anyway, I have been worried about her since it happened which explains why I hadn't been on BZP as much as I usually am. I feel so relived that her condition has improved as much as it has. To cut things a bit short I'd like to say that this entry is dedicated to my Aunt Marcia, may you get well soon. Kohaku
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Rewind back to Wednesday, I picked up Bionicle Heroes for the Xbox 360. Fun stuff. Black Friday rolls around, and I find myself outside of Staples at 5:45 AM. You may think I'm crazy, but by 7 AM I was back home with a brand new 32" LCD HDTV and only $500 poorer. Actually, my parents are, early Christmas present. So now I get to play Bionicle Heroes at 1080i on an HDTV, nothing bad could possibly come of this. My thoughts on Heroes so far: I'm about halfway through the game, and while there is an obvious pattern to the levels (Rahkshi, Zamor, Titan, Piraka) there's enough variety in the level design to keep things interesting. Being a big FPS player, the controls took some getting used to, I kept trying to strafe only to start turning, oops. It's lots of fun trying to upgrade your Toa and collect all of the awards. It's especially challenging for the ones that require you to use Nuparu and Hewkii, since they move slowly and have such a slow rate of fire; I much prefer using Jaller or Hahli. My favorite part by far is the gold canisters. If you haven't see/heard yet, the BZPower Reference Team and some other key staff members are mentioned in the credits. It was we who provided most of the masks and such that you earn for collecting them, the names, descriptions, and some images were all gathered and provided by our hard-working Reference Keepers. I couldn't be more proud. So if you haven't gotten it already, what are you waiting for? Get out there and pick it up now, you owe it to yourself as a Bionicle fan.
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I had to go to a boring School Board Meeting. Only because it is required for Civics. I'd like to note that it wasn't actually that bad. It only took away an hour of my life. I will not go into the details, cause then no one would read this. Plus to make my day worse, the school internet was down for about half of the day. Which means, no BZP. It was the worst kind of torture ever. Kohaku
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I am excited, I will probably be accepted to DeVry which is a college I was really interested in. I talked with someone from there and there is a very good chance I will be able to take the courses that I want online. This is good for two major reasons. I can do the work on my own time. (And be on BZP while I do my work. ) And, I can stay at home and help my mom around the house. (She is disabled, but nothing to severe.) And that is some great news. Kohaku
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I have been busy all day. Well, almost all day. I'll start with Advanced Math. I forgot my calculator, which is bad because it is really important in order to do logs. It's actually a funny story on why I forgot it. Then I got a bunch of homework for some of my classes. I did get to go to the Media Club party and watch PotC 2. When I got home I had more work to do. I will now have some more time on my hands, together add a few important things to this blog. Kohaku
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Well the year is coming to a close, in a few minutes. So, Happy New Year! Many good and bad things happened this week. Most of what I will mention happened yesterday. The good news is it was my mom's birthday. The bad news is my aunt is in the hospital, her condition is improving. (I'm not going to talk about it now.) We went to see her yesterday and today. I'll talk a bit more about it tomorrow. I know she will pull through this. Kohaku
