&. July 11, 2003  

Even if I have had classes, summer's been fun so far. I'm kind of anxious about the start of school. It's one of those feelings. I've found that when you have something to do, there's so much other things you want to do and then when you have a lot of free time, there's nothing you really want to do. Is it that you have to earn your free time? I suppose it does feel more satisfying that way.

My daily schedule seems to be the same everday. During the week days, I get up at six thirty to seven, have breakfast and maybe watch something. Then I leave home at around eight ten or so. For classes, I have essay writing, public speaking, and journalism. School ends at twelve fourty-five. After lunch, the whole afternoon's my own time. I spend all the time at summer school awaiting to get home and then I decide on what I want to do.

Play video games, watch some anime, and then read some comics. It becomes boring. I don't know; maybe I actually want to be working hard and in school. Well then, I shouldn't bore you with my whining and complaints. So, my family's been talking of going on vacation. We're planning to go to Yellowstone at the beginning of August. Sis is working, so she'll be taking some time off. We're going on a bus tour or something. Not flying there, but probably driving. I hate going on an airplane. I much prefer long car rides.

&. July 22, 2003  

Some shameless plugging. Huzzah, Take Aim is back from hiatus. And if you haven't gotten my Matoko skin yet, you can get it and other great skins from here.

Ok, so I've been living the life while not blogging. ^^;; Carefree and all that. There's not much time left before school starts... Depressing. Well, I'd eventually get bored if I never had to go to school. Being productive gives me a chance to procrastinate. XD Yeah... going to school makes me feel like I'm learning something, even if I am slacking.

When thinking of summer, you think of sleeping in, right? Well, I can't do that; I have to wake up Sis every morning on the weekdays. She has to go to work. You know, I wish I could work too. I'd be doing something productive and earning money for it. About the money: I really want to earn my own money because I don't want spend all of my parent's. I really do waste money and it's not even mine...

I know how lucky I am; it's just that I don't appreciate it enough. I shouldn't ask for more when I already have a lot. It's like asking for more when your plate is already full. And in the end, you're too full to finish it and all the food left goes to waste.

&. July 24, 2003  

The RIAA hit list... I know the music industry has to take action, but is publicly displaying screen names right? Their cases are with the people that actually have the illegal files. Doesn't humiliating the person go against personal rights? It's late and I don't really want to look into that right now... ^^;;

Most people have the arguement that many CDs only contain one or two songs which they like. It is the same with me. Then again, I don't really listen to American pop. Besides my J-pop CDs and anime/game soundtracks, I have two Bond CDs. That's it. Whatever American music I listen to is usually on the radio.

Now, if you're caught by the RIAA, you have to pay a fine of $12000. I don't think that it's unreasonable for you to be fined, but that's quite a bit of money. Many teenagers are the ones that are downloading mp3s. I want to suggest that maybe the RIAA give the person a smaller fee and then make them get rid of the files. Then, if the files are not gone within a set amount of time, they get fined fully.

I'll think about this some more. Can't keep eyes open. -_-

&. July 25, 2003  

Heh, I don't know what I was thinking yesterday, but I forgot to add two of my most favorite CDs. Yep, it's my two Linkin Park CDs. :D I would buy more CDs of artists that I like, but unfortunately, I'm close to broke. I remember when CDs were twelve bucks. Now, it's fifteen. No one really wants to pay fifteen bucks for a CD which only has a few songs they like.

&. July 28, 2003  

There are times when you're by yourself that you feel kind of depressed... Well, it's not completely a depressed feeling. More like empty. I'm happy, though, that people would tell me to cheer up. "SMILE!!! There is so much to love about life and anime." It may sound a bit corny, but it really makes me feel better. Although may just be from people I don't even know really well, it's comforting.

Another week has gone by, another one has come. Time passes so quickly when you have a lot to do and so slowly when you're doing nothing. The feeling of accomplishing something is prideful while the feeling of doing something you enjoy is happy. So similar, yet so different. When you're not productive, you want to be. When you're productive, you want to have free time. The endless cycle.

I'm just rambling on. Even during summer, my head is filled with worthless thoughts. Hoping that rambling to someone will clear it. Still, it just keeps on coming. -_-

&. July 30, 2003  

Rant about Take Aim requests today. Geez, this REALLY pisses me off. We do requests because we like what we do, not because we expect something in return. We could, however, start charging money for requests. But you know, I don't want to do that. This is a hobby (even if I do take a long time and laze about, not wanting to do them).

"I like this site i think i'll link to you on my site if you do this." It's not like we're expecting you to link us in return for doing the requests. It would be nice if you did, but if you say it like that, I wouldn't want you to link us anyway! Linking the site of your own decision is proof that you really like our site. That's what makes us feel happy.

&. July 31, 2003  

It's kind of lonely being at home alone. ^^;; It gives me plenty of free time to do whatever I want, but I wanted to spend more time with my sister. She's gone to work, my parents are gone to work, and my brother has his summer programs. This is one reason I like winter vacation better; there's more time to spend together with family. I feel pretty worthless, since I'm just staring at the computer all day. I would work too, if I could.

I cook for my sister and brother when they come home. And when my mother's home, I set up the table for dinner and sometimes do the dishes. Get the mail, take out the trash. Although they're little things, I want to do whatever I can to help. It may not help much, but if it makes my mother relieved not to have to do dishes or my sister happy to come home to a good dinner, I'm glad.

And lately, I've been thinking about why I hate my brother so much. It's not just the sibling rivalry. Naturally, I hate him more when he is around than when he's not. He stuffs food down his throat and then, without a thank you, he goes off to play computer games. "He's a little boy," right? He's not really little anymore. He'll be in fourth grade next year.

I always wonder what my little brother's thinking, too. Like when he was laying on the couch one day, he said, "It's good to be alive for some things and bad for others." It pissed me off because I really didn't want to hear it from him. What did he know about life? What troubles did he have? He's too carefree to be worried about anything. Now, I want to know whether he was talking about something small like TV and computer games or whether it was actually something more important. I wouldn't underestimate him, but I don't want to overestimate him either.