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Name: Kimiko.
Age: 17
Loves: Procrastinating
Hates: Procrastination
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Age: Dead.
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Hates: Exams and FY
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Update Status on Kam's Flu
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*cough* *cough* *sneeze* *whine* *mope*

Thought I should share my misery via the net.

Ah, digital germs. How wonderful.

Kam

Binged @ 12:57 p.m. {Thursday, July 8, 2004}

The Mighty Jaw Drop of Doom!
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Wow. SnoopyCool just released like six volumes of Houshin Engi. I think I'm in heaven. It goes right through to the bit where the 12 all start dying like flies. Even Fugen! Fugen! *mourns weeps*

And now... to wait for them to release it via http. :P

I suspect you're still asleep anyway.

I'm sick. Really, really, really sick. You should see the pile of tissues I have sitting next to me.

Yuck.

[edit: look!!!! It's Kazan! Bweeh!]

Kam

Binged @ 11:00 a.m. {Tuesday, July 6, 2004}

*stares at clock*
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Maybe I should, like... get to bed earlier or something x_X. This can't be a healthy time.

~Kimi

Binged @ 05:14 a.m. {Tuesday, July 6, 2004}

*stumbles up from downstairs*
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Federer won~ Again~

x_X I don't know whether I'm sad Federer won in 4 sets, or glad because it means I didn't have to stay up even later to see the end of a 5th set. Mother will be disappointed. She wanted Roddick to win because she thinks Federer is too smug.

I have a twitch in my eye >_o

~Kimi

Binged @ 03:06 a.m. {Monday, July 5, 2004}

She's hyperventilating
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OMG OMG OMG OMG! Saw blurry photos/scans of Anima 08! Me want! Me want! So many new people! And Husky's background too! Bwee!

I mean, not that I really like Husky all that much anyway. But to think! O.O Fishy-looking people! And Kazan's back! Bweeee! I like Kazan, he's very cool. And he's got those great big talons. Bweee!

Bweee!

Kam

Binged @ 06:57 p.m. {Sunday, July 4, 2004}

Whee~
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That turtle was cute~ Shall call it a turtle because I don'r know how to spell the other one right now. Am not feeling inebriated I swear!. Really, a glass of champagne is hardly enough anyway. Apparently, drinking after you've eaten is better for you. And having a glass of water afterwards~ I like random conversations with my dad. We started on alcohol and wound up on why the Irish hate the english and vice-versa. Which isn't really that much of an obscure train of thought, if you think about it. And now to sleep~!

~Kimi

Binged @ 12:26 a.m. {Sunday, July 4, 2004}

Headaches the Size of Mt Rushmore.
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Ok. That's it. No more. I'm not doing anymore of this trying-on-clothes thing, working out what fits, what's appropriate, what's comfortable! I've got the damn shoes, I'm not wearing jeans, what more does she want? And besides, it's no fun doing this. I don't know what's too formal and what's not formal enough.

So, I'm going to wear my cultural dress, although it's not hand her my present, yell some chinese gibberish in her ear and bedamned with it all.

In fact, I think I might spend the rest of this evening talking in chinese. It'll be very interesting. I'll have a placard of all the common phrases I'm saying in english and I can hand 'em out to people. Hehe. If I can be bothered.

Kam

Binged @ 03:41 p.m. {Saturday, July 3, 2004}

Oh the randomness.
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*cleaning up her side of Capricious on her comp in an attempt to update it*. Maybe I should refrain from reading out things while doing stuff on my computer. I just read out "light, slashy, twins" from three image filenames. o_O. That's a strangely disturbing conbination. Blarg. Haven't updated capri in... forever. Except layout. Have so much backlogged stuff and old crap to get rid of >.>!

~Kimi

Binged @ 10:38 p.m. {Friday, July 2, 2004}

*gasp-omgit'sover-gasp*
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Temporary freeeedom!!1!1!!! Which is really just two weeks of study with occasional bouts of procrastination, but hey...

Yars, I'm going to Anne's parte~ I'll prbably just wear those shoes I wore to the formal. The heeled ones with shiny dangly things. Or else my boots, or some of mums shoes. I don't think she expects you to wear a dress. It'd certainly be... OMG-worthy different. I'd probably say no to the sneakers myself. But yeah, a tux/suit would befine, methinks.

~Kimi

Binged @ 08:54 p.m. {Friday, July 2, 2004}

Newspapers, turtles and ribbons.
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I think I'll go wrap Anne's present now. Hey, you are going to her parte, right? What shoes are you wearing? I have no shoes for this sort of thing! I mean, I can't go in sneakers, can I? *sighs* Too much effort, man. Reckon she'll mind if I turned up in a tux/suit thing?

Kam

Binged @ 07:59 p.m. {Friday, July 2, 2004}

Short Commentry on the Fickleness of Fangirls
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The more I read about him, the more I fall in love with this Roy Batty character.

He's really cool, you know.

Damnit.

Kam

Binged @ 11:32 p.m. {Thursday, July 1, 2004}

*snorts*
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OMGROTFL.

I was going to formulate some kind of meaningful response... but that links has been making me crack up intermittently for the last ten minutes XD.

~Kimi

Binged @ 11:10 p.m. {Wednesday, June 30, 2004}

Kam on: Discussions of Life
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I think I need to see a shrink. Not because I'm doing the teenage angst thing but because I need some help on sorting out my thoughts. Isn't that what they do? Help you think?
But my family's too poor to afford one, so I'll just blab it all here. You can comment if you want, but in Real Life, please don't speak to me about it. It's like digging through my trash and waving my baby nappies in my face. Ugh, how embarrassing.

Anyway. Where do I start? Actually I've always wondered about psychiatrists. What do you say? I've watched that show; 'Dr Katz' before but it always starts off in the middle of a session with some guy going on about how he hates paper bags. Speaking of which, I really hate plastic bags. Has anyone see that new bio-degradable ones they're trying to enforce now? Wacky.

I was talking to RT about TV and realised that quote about learning life’s entire lessons from watching TV is true. I mean, my mum never gave me the Birds and the Bess talk. I never thought that babies came down chimneys and or are found under cabbage leaves. Who gets away with telling kids that sort of crap? Come on, we're not stupid. Actually. I can't remember when I learnt about sex. I can't even remember when I learnt about tampons - although I recall one time my friend, Katrina, telling me (we were about eight, I think) that you were meant to shove it up your ass. We were all like: O.O 'No way!'

Kids tell the dumbest things. Like my brother telling me that hobos lived in the ventilation system above the train station. In retrospective, I should've known.

I think I first learnt about sex from all those children's medical encyclopaedias that my mum brought me. She had this weird belief that I was going to be a doctor when I grew up. When I was a kid I thought I wanted to become a doctor too. But I can't think why. I never wanted to 'help someone,' or anything. I think it was the money and this strange belief the Chinese have; that being a doctor gives you a sort of prestige you don't get in any other job. I mean: wtf? What is it with culture? I don't think I really wanted to become a doctor for my own personal reasons, but rather for my mum. Like it was sort of: 'My daughter's very clever! She'll be a doctor when she grows up. WON'T SHE?'

Sort of forced. Anyway, by the time I was in year six I had already established that there was no way in hell I was going to be a doctor - I wasn't hard working enough.

In that same year, mum told me that I should work hard so that I could be the best. I told her I didn't want to be the best; I just wanted to be average. And she said that being average wasn't special. So I told her, with all the conviction a ten year old can muster, that I wouldn't be average, I would be slightly above average.
And you know what freaks me out? That fact that I have become just that. I can try my very best now and all I can achieve is 'slightly above average.' It makes me wonder what would’ve happened had I said I would be the best. Would I be?

It's funny how all your childhood dreams can become your worst nightmare.

Kam

Binged @ 09:16 p.m. {Tuesday, June 29, 2004}


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Well I'm stumped then o_O... Maybe she was being bitchy after all. Oh well...

And now I go back to making modern notes, while trying not to eat a whole box of Shapes in one day.

[edit, while making notes: Every time I lea down from my chair to get something from my folder, my keyboard knocks on the think which sides out. Now, because my textbooks are on the slidey-out thing, and my keyboard is in my lap, the second enter key is what knocks against it. When I look up I suddenly find I've scrolled down 15 blank pages o_O...]

~Kimi

Binged @ 04:42 p.m. {Sunday, June 27, 2004}

Brilliance of the Moon and Other Tales of Pain
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Well, John brought it book for me. But in return I had to do three hours of manual labour. My feet are really sore, but at least our house is clean! Joy!

Oh yeah, our vacuum cleaner broke so the carpet was getting real grubby. I really, really hate dirty carpet and have been bugging them for ages to get one. And finally! Hurrah!

Also brought new clothes. Nothing special just warm. I hate winter.

As for Alex... she wasn't being tactless, it was a deliberate insult. I just don't get it. The original problem didn't even have anything to do with her, she just stuck her nose in and when I refused to answer, she got all aggressive.

Kam

Binged @ 08:21 p.m. {Saturday, June 26, 2004}

Eh *shrugs*
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Alex? She's in my art class... she doesn't come across as a being bitchy; I think she just sometimes says rather random things out of turn, which could be considered tactless. I dunno. I don't really talk to he all that much. She's just one of those people who is sort of in your class but you don't really converse with them at all. I think maybe she could have just been being a bit randomly stupid/tactless. It's hard to guage without knowing the circumstances.

Was in Kino~ Had to wait around again for them to get ASUKA on-shelf. Saw about ten things I felt like buying but had no money. Found the original Angel Sanctuary; each volume is about 11 bucks; ten with discount. I didn't really order in +Anima, persay. The're getting in about seven copies in the middle of next month, and they'll be on the "new release shelf". It seemed easier from both points of view if I just ring or come in and pick it up around then; she said they weren't going to sell out fast or anything, and that holding a copy/ringing up when it comes in could be difficult. I dunno, the woman was a bit hard to understand at times.

I have this urge to watch Cowboy Bebop right now... And I wish AnimeOne would sub the next Samurai Champloo episode~ >.>

~Kimi

Binged @ 09:00 p.m. {Friday, June 25, 2004}

Should I Have Said Something?
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I have something on my mind. I don't know why but Alex (the girl in my english class, dunno her last name) said something to me today that was seriously insulting. I was a little surprised, so I was looking at her, trying to work out if she really meant what she said. She obviously took this the wrong way and claimed I was 'giving her the death stare.' Trust me, if I was giving her the death stare, she would know.

But now I get this feeling that there's a gap between us. We weren't ever close or anything, but I never felt a cause for discomfort between us. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to stress the rip that she had created. I don't like being confrontation or deliberately causing arguments.

But in retrospective, she may have taken this the wrong way (again) and thought that I didn't say anything because I was wrong. Which I wasn't. Because I didn't do anything.

Has she always been a bitch and I was unaware of it, or is it only today? I shaln't like to judge her on today's performance - she had a pretty good record so far.

I dunno. It's funny how your opinions of someone can change so fast. I've always felt fairly positive about her, I mean, she's a clever girl and obviously insightful. So what's her problem?

*sighs*

Kam

Binged @ 04:28 p.m. {Friday, June 25, 2004}

Lame-O!
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Am watching 'The Bold and the Beautiful.' Arrgh! It's so stuuupiiid!

Anyway. Updated list of things to buy. Now with links!

Known Upcoming Stuff to Buy:
June: [Novel] Brilliance of the Moon - Tales Book 03 ($25)
June: [Manga] Plus Anima - Vol 08 ($12-13)
June: [Movie] Harry Potter 03 - Azbakan ($10)
July: [Novel] Child of Prophecy - Short Story ($25)
August: [Novel] Elegy For a Lost Star - Rhapsody Book 05 ($24)
August: [Manga] Chrono Crusade - Vol 02 ($14)
October: [Novel] Curse - Wars Book 01 ($25)
October: [Novel] Ships - Wars Book 02 ($25)
October: [Novel] Warhost - Wars Book 03 ($25)
November: [Novel] Traitor's Knot - Wars Book 07 ($50)
November: [Manga] Plus Anima - Vol 09 ($12-13)
Total: //$275
Estimated balance: -$125

*jaw drops* I want those reprints, NOW!

Sugoi!

Oh yea, aparently VIZ has released Angel Sanctuary Vol 1. But I really hate the VIZ translations.

Kam

Binged @ 01:47 p.m. {Thursday, June 24, 2004}

Hip-hop samurai and twitching eyebrows
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I never thought a combination of rap/hip-hop and samurai would go well together, but somehow it does. Not surprising, considering it came from the maker of Cowboy Bebop, which managed to splice Jazz and space pirates. What exactly am I going on about? Well, this new anime called Samurai Champloo. It has a whacky name, to be sure. But after watching the first episode I have come to the conclusion that it r0x0rz. It's not your traditional samurai thing in any case. The fight scenes are so cool~ The characters are interesting too. *snigger* Now I don't want to invite any thoughts already; it's only the first episode. But this scene made me crack up. Mugen and Jin, the two main sword-wielding guys, were fighting it out when the building they're in catches fire. They lunge at eachother as the roof collapses; there's a flash of a scene where Jin is sitting in a tub, and suddenly Mugen's hair catches alight. Only it's cold. Next thing you know, they've both been strung up for interrogation and Mugen is splashed in the face with water.

Mugen: What's going on?
Jin: Don't you remember?
Mugen: Wasn't that a dream? All of a sudden that place started burning, and...
Jin: No, that wasn't a dream.
Mugen: Oh yeah, you were in a tub butt-naked
Jin: *eyebrow discernably twitches* That was a dream.

*sniggers* Bwahaha! XD. That was so wierd but funny.

~Kimi

Binged @ 12:48 a.m. {Thursday, June 24, 2004}

Aha!
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Finished! x_X... *dies* My farking printer doesn't work. Oh joy! Now... sleep. Omg. I hope that speech makes sense when I read it.

~Kimi

Binged @ 01:27 a.m. {Wednesday, June 23, 2004}

*stabs speech*
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Must... finish speech. Nyerg~ Just have to do Piso and his death, yes. That'll do. *twitch* So tired.

You are asked to focus on threads of change and continuity that you see emerging throughout this topic and period. How esactly does one fit that concept into what is essentially a biography of someone? I mean, what's there to say? It's not like he was in a position to influence change or something... I suppose there's the treason trials and stuff. Eh, I dunno. Brain, not functioning well.

~Kimi

Binged @ 11:43 p.m. {Tuesday, June 22, 2004}

Works in Mysterious Ways
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Doesn't it struck you as odd that Caligula would be conveniently killed just before he could implement a law that places his idol in the Holy of Holies?

Good for You, Big Guy. You show 'em.

Of course, it wouldn't have mattered by then, but it's the thought that counts.

Kam

Binged @ 05:33 p.m. {Tuesday, June 22, 2004}

Feeling: accomplished
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I'm so tired. Will go to bed after this blog.

Have completed biology assignment like I said I would. Strangely content.

This is very good. Can start and complete history tomorrow: right now, I'm feeling mentally drained.

You would not believe the number of times I had to retype that sentence.

Have sore throat. And winter does nothing for my joints. I can't move my fingers, they're all stiff from typing.

Ah, this new generation of deformities.

Kam

Binged @ 11:19 p.m. {Monday, June 21, 2004}

Artsy verbose
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"Duchamp simply takes random objects and presents them as art; thus making him an 'artist', even though no expertise was involved. The value of an artist then lies in their ability to conceptualise an idea into a visual medium, rather than being based solely on their skill of perfect visual representation."

Watch them BS-ing skills at work, people! I'm such a sucker for art theory. It lets you say the most verbose things and get away with it. Half the crap they write in art books honestly makes no sense. It's all a lot of hypothetical jargon and fancy words. That's all you need to do with art theory; latch onto a concept and let your brain run in circles around it. Just hope that whatever words you spout in the process actually do make sense, however. Nothing worse than a lot of meaningless hyperbole.

And now for Manet~ XD

~Kimi

Binged @ 09:19 p.m. {Monday, June 21, 2004}

*froths at mouth*
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I was checking the reffering URL's for Yami o Sukasu, and I stumble upon this site where I'm mentioned in the credits page. All very well and nice, yes. It's good to know people actually do give credit. Except that all the text in their information section is ripped word for word from my site. At least they didn't steal any images. I've seen some people do that even though the url is blatantly on there. But seriously, I mean... the fuck? That just... annoys me somewhat, more than anything else. I didn't write all that stuff up so someone could copy it. Even in the story section they left in the bit where I mentioned the blurb on the back of the keyring I bought. I'm all for people getting interested in D.N.Angel and making websites, but damn it, can't people at least write up their own content? Is it really that hard for people to write up their own opinions and thoughts on a series which they obviously have some liking for?

I find it ironic that, after clicking their blog link, they have a dislike for "copycats and stealers". Talk about hypocrisy.

Ugh... I'll write a restrained e-mail to them later. For now I have my art essay to worry about.

~Kimi

Binged @ 08:29 p.m. {Monday, June 21, 2004}

omgwtf so much work.
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*whistfully* I remember the days when Sushi cost $1.80...

Soup, hot... tongue... burning! Anyway... I may change the buttons later, but not now (obviously). Lesse what Kimi has to do for the last two weeks of school, shall we?

- Art hand-in
- Prepare art essay for tuesday
- Ancient History Oral assessment task
- Ancient History source task
- Extension 2 Viva Voche
- Finish Extension 2 draft
- English assessment on comparative study
- Modern prepared essay

Feel the pain! . And now, back to work ._.

[edit, after looking through some papers: Oh thank goodness. The report on my english Major isn't due for another month. That makes me feel a lot better...]

~Kimi

Binged @ 03:20 p.m. {Sunday, June 20, 2004}

"I'm a real boy! I'm a real bo- aww!"
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Saw Shrek 2.

Am in love with a cat.

Damnit that was a good movie.

{edit: was most outraged on discovering sushi now costs $2.20 for one roll. And no discount when purchased at 6:00! Never buying sushi again, the faggots.}

Kam

Binged @ 07:57 p.m. {Saturday, June 19, 2004}

I really, really like that Rin girl.
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Oh okay, so it's meant to be that brown-red color? It's very similar to the old one so I wasn't sure if you had changed it or not. It does contrast with the white/grey though.

And now random Inu Yasha Quotes!

Jakotsu: (to Sesshoumaru) Now that I get a closer look, you sure are a sexy guy.

Jakotsu: (to Inu Yasha who is in human form) With your dog ears you were cute but now your body is just so much cuter that I want to squeeze it.
InuYasha: Every single thing you say puts me in a bad mood.

InuYash: (to Jakotsu) It seems clear to me that I'll never be able to have a straight conversation with you.

*cracks up and falls off her chair* Ah, you wacky wacky crossdresser-man-corpse thing.

I probably shouldn't but I am. Yes, Kam's rereading Inu Yasha again.

Kam

Binged @ 12:20 a.m. {Saturday, June 19, 2004}

Huh?
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What do you mean the buttons clash?

Aren't they, like, white-ish with a dark brown border? They should match the Shoiji screen in the corner, and turn a colour similar to the text when you hover. At least, that's what it looks like for me in mozilla and I.E. I'm pretty darn sure I uploaded and replaced the old buttons. Yeah, the splash image is missing. I'll have that fixed in a moment, as well as the 'about' page content (I had them done but I just didn't upload them...). And I'll need to find a new 'new' button too.

What do you mean with the new css, apart from the fact that the 'image' css is still the same?

~Kimi

Binged @ 06:01 p.m. {Friday, June 18, 2004}

*sighs*
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Man... now I'm sorta pissed off.

Damnit, I stayed up too late to finish off my chemistry assignment. Well, the good news is that it's finished. The bad news is that I missed out on something cool.

*stomps her feet*

Okay, then. Hey Kimi. Have you finished uploading everything to capricious? It looks like you didn't bother to update the content in the about page. And the style in the css file is still that same. And the splash pic, like you mentioned. And those buttons aren't done either. Unless you actually intended for that color clash.

Kam

Binged @ 05:47 p.m. {Friday, June 18, 2004}

The art of Avoiding the Question
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I was wondering why I didn't see you there~

So, what happened, what happened. Well, all the people took it in turns to go up and talk about the history of their political parties. There was the Greens, Democrats, Nationals, ALP and Lib's because the Communist party couldn't come. Everyone seemed to be trying to prove that they had been green before the Greens even existed. Well, the Nationals and Democrats did anyway. Obviously Brenden Nelso was there, and he had his own little PR-boi running around taking photos when he got up on the podium. It was really kind of funny; as soon as he stood up there was this camera flash. Andrew Wilke from the Greens was good. I like him XD. But I'll get onto that later. The woman from the Nationals was a bit aggressive though. Everyone kind of point-scored off one another at this stage. Poor guy from the ALP. I forgot his name, but he's something like 85 years old. He had some interesting things to say about the ALP's history but I have the feeling some people weren't really listening to him because he rambled sometimes. He's like a larikin old man with a distinct contempt for George Bush. Brenden Nelson was eerily pursuasive. He didn't come across as annoyingly conservative as some other Liberals. He's says he's a liberal Liberal, or something to that effect. The democrat woman was good though, and she explained about the party and the importance of the balance they hold in the Senate.

This took up the first period, and then we had question time. Tanya asked the first question, which was about the whole electoral role legislation issue; closing the role after an election is called and not allowing prisoners to vote. A lot of the answers seemed to follow a pattern, especially those directed at Nelson. He would get up, slyly avoid directly answering the question, and ramble on about the governments justification for its policy and what great things it will do for the community. Then there would be this hurried shuffle between Wilke and the Democrats as to who could get up out of their seat first to rebuke aspects of Nelson's answer. Invariably the Democrats and Greens ended up supporting themselves on most issues. The ALP member usually ended up adding his own insightful, albeit slightly rambling comments. The Nationals, obviously, had a tendency to rebuke the Greens and support the Liberals; this came up on other things like Globilisation, Free Trade agreement and Education. Josh asked a three-tiered question about Higher Education, after someone asked a) If Nelson was supportive of Public Education, to which he answered 'yes', and then b) Why, then, did he send his children to Private Schools?

Ouch... He went on about personal choice and Catholic values or somesuch. Which seemed a bit strange because both of the schools he mentioned aren't catholic. By anyway. Josh's question involved a lot of heavy explanation by Nelson to teh second part after he asked a) Did Nelson believe in equality for all Australians? - Yes. And then b) In that case, why do those who can pay full-fees in Uni get precedence over those who can't? Nelson still avoided answering the question, instead lauding Government policy. The Democrats rebuked him again, saying Education should be about equal oportunity. When Nelson got up again and started making this strange analogy, the Democrat woman just kept shaking her head all the time and looking somewhat exasperated. Like she wanted to punch Nelson in the face or something.

I got to ask a question too~ I had all these ones written down and I wasn't sure which one to use, but I ended up using this one since the Environment hadn't yet been brought up much.

"If the government is so committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, then why does it continue to refuse to ratify the Kyoto Protocol? The recently released Energy White Paper still places a heavy reliance on fossil fuels, and has brought condemnation from green groups and the renewable energy sector. Isn't the future of Australia's environment and the plight of global warming more important than purely economical rationality?"

I got a little cheer for that question actually, and an extra clap from Andrew Wilke X3. Nelson answered it in a very roundabout way, but he basically condemned himself to concede that the Government did in fact believe economic rationality was more important than the environment. I missed a bit of banter between the Democrats and Nelson because these girls behind me wanted me to give the mike stand back (I was in the middle of a row, so I would have had to pass it behind in an awkward way). I could hardly give it back in the middle of an answer >:O. And I had said at the beginning that, if it was alright, I was going to ask two questions. I never got to ask the second one, but I didn't really mind all that much. Anyway~ Wilke got up after that banter and talked about how economic principles had to be weighed up with long-term environmental sustainability. The Government, he said, only ever measured party policy on one thing; money and economic benefit. The National woman, at this point, seemed to have fallen somewhat silent. Apparently she nodded her head to Nelson a lot though, from what other, more observant people told me.

There were some interesting questions on Iraq, one of which was directed at Wilke. He had some really insightful comments about how the media has manipulated political issues, and about the Iraq war in general. You always got the feeling Wilke always held the last word over Nelson with respect to that particular topic.

Uhm, that was about it. It only went for two periods, actually, instead of three. I wish it had gone for three~ I had so many questions I wanted to ask people. I did stay back for a bit, but only after I had left and then come back. And when I came back people were already talking to them and the bell had gone anyhow.

~Kimi

Binged @ 03:39 p.m. {Friday, June 18, 2004}

Oh and yeah
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It doesn't matter whether or not you can code. We still can't use that because we're on Pitas not MT, and we can't access the blogging script.

I'm looking for a javascript one, but I don't know what it would be called...

Kam

Binged @ 03:48 p.m. {Friday, June 18, 2004}

Curse you, stupid clock
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Ah gee. This really sucks. I just had a look at my clock then and it says, 9:34. But it said that the last time I looked at it. So I check another clock and what does it say?

Damnit, I was really looking forward to going to that political thing. I wanted to see people bash the metaphorical hell out of BN. But I'm not too keen on going in late, so I wanted to go at recess. Well. There goes that plan.

*sighs* So. What happened?

The things I give up for chemistry. *sighs again*

Kam

Binged @ 01:26 p.m. {Friday, June 18, 2004}

Google scrounging
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I found a page which details how to create a Greymatter hack code for MoveableType that will scan through the blog and change emoticon tags into emoticon images. Apparently the coding is a bit old, but it should work. Now, to make sense of it I leave up to you, since my brain is not working well at 12am. And I r not teh coding l33t ;P.

LINK

Oh, and apparently, somewhere on this site a a smiley plugin for a macros coding. Not sure how to implement it on the layout though, to be honest.

~Kimi

Binged @ 12:11 a.m. {Friday, June 18, 2004}

Poor Mozilla...
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Using Moz makes you miss out on some layout spiffiness sometimes. Yayness for it working fine now~ You know, looking at Capri makes me want to draw more. But I have so little time now. Not until the HSC is over. But I find that prospect so depressing, because it means highschool will be over. Now, to people who who are reading this and haven't finished highschool, that probably sounds screwed. But it's true. Think of all the people you'll miss, who will walk down paths different to your own. I swear I'm gonna cry at Ekuba or something. But that particular rant, I think, I will save for another time.

I mustn't be concentrating much right now. While writing up Russian notes I accidentally wrote the "Civil war" as "Civil Warming" ._.

My foot is going to fall off soon. Eugh *goes back to note-making*

~Kimi

Binged @ 10:09 p.m. {Thursday, June 17, 2004}

Don't do that!
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Friggin hell, you nearly gave me a heartattack there. Don't do that!

Yeah, the grey tables was always meant to be there. What you're seeing now should be what I've always been staring at. When I checked the other browser I was thinking: 'I bet Kimi's thinking :"What the hell is that girl on?!"'

I still can't believe that I forgot to check! How embarassing. :)

*slaps self* Must work *slaps*

Kam

Binged @ 09:58 p.m. {Thursday, June 17, 2004}

WTF?
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[edit: Oh, thank goodness. It looks fine now, don't worry. Nice touch with the grey tabled BG. Was that always meant to be there?]

Oh my gawd the layout is so fucked up right now you wouldn't believe. This is what is looks like. Everything is garbled over eachother, bits of text poking up in the top section too. And it's fucked up in my version of Explorer as well (6.0), only less so than in Mozilla

~Kimi

Binged @ 08:11 p.m. {Thursday, June 17, 2004}

Okay... and again!
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Well, I've checked in netscape and it's fine now. It took a little bit of tidying and editing... as well as adding a few bits and pieces but now you should be able to see what I've been looking at. In netscape and windows, anyway. Mozilla is pretty close to netscape, isn't it? How does it look on your side?

Oh yes, sometimes that frigging foot image doesn't load and I don't know why. If you hit refresh it should turn up.

And now I really must get back to work. I'll see if I can find a script when I have the time... although I don't suggest you hold your breath.

Of course, if you want, Kimi, you could find one yourself... just make sure it's not some ungainly hunk of gibberish. :P

[Edit: although it may work now, it does take me hell to load.]

Kam

Binged @ 07:12 p.m. {Thursday, June 17, 2004}

*gonk*
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Here, have one of mine ->

Looks like you're going to need a few more. Coding's a bitch innit?

~Kimi

Binged @ 06:12 p.m. {Thursday, June 17, 2004}

Inu Yasha Fandom
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*laughs like a crazed hyena* I can't believe Kagura fell in love with Fluffy. I mean, he'd sooner rip her to shreds than look at her. Actually... when has he ever looked at her? Rin is such a perceptive little girl.

Oh shit. That's right, I knew I forgot something. I forgot to check what this layout looks like in other browsers. It's fine in Windows....

[Edit: OMG WTF?! Where's that emoticon when you need it? Okay.... this'll take some work...]

Kam

Binged @ 05:40 p.m. {Thursday, June 17, 2004}

I'm not good with titles >:O
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Well that's good~ It's never good seeing a friend depressed...

Hmm, emoticons could be a nifty addition. I always loved this emoticon on Gaia:

It expresses pitiable horror and a general sense of 'Wtf?'-ness very well.

Like, omg wtf?

Have been drafting up some questions for that political forum tomorrow. I feel like I'm going to be grilling Brenden Nelson a lot. I have to think up stuff to ask other people. It's not my fault it's so easy to be critical of the government ._.

[edit] Uhm... is he meant to be doing that? *jerks thumb to the side* He's not aligned to the top any more, now that the entries have stretched the layout vertically.

~Kimi

Binged @ 05:19 p.m. {Thursday, June 17, 2004}

Feeling Better
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Not feeling upset anymore, (for obvious reasons). I dunno, I don't think she really means what she said. I guess I should've asked her to sleep on what she wants to say before she ruined that fragile relationship between us. But I think it's probably better that she's established her true feelings. Now I can hurry and grow up, and fulfill her wish.

Maybe I'll move to America. Nah, they don't have superannuation.

Now there's an idea, uploading emoticons for blog use. I wonder if there's some sort of shortcut script, so the entire address won't have to be typed out everytime.
Ah later, later.

Kam

Binged @ 03:07 p.m. {Thursday, June 17, 2004}

Think of the tapdancing spiders!
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It's moments like these where emoticons are so useful.

I don't know what to say; but then again I never really know what to say in situations such as these ._.... My counciling skills may be (vastly) inadequate, but I'll always be there if you need me.

~Kimi

Binged @ 08:34 p.m. {Wednesday, June 16, 2004}

NO DAMNIT NO
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I REFUSE TO GO THROUGH THIS SHIT AGAIN! Do you hear me? Fuck you, bitch. Fuck you. NOT AGAIN. NOT NOW. NOT EVER. And don't you dare turn on me after all the shit I've gotten from you. All the shit I've gone through for you.

I hate you, Lord.
You may call this 'character building' or 'spiritual growth,' but I say fuck off and leave me be. I never wanted this and it's not helping you either way, is it? So leave me alone.

Please.

Oh gods, I really need help.

Kam

Binged @ 08:13 p.m. {Wednesday, June 16, 2004}

Okie! That's it!
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I think I'm done now. Maybe that side menu is a bit long. Should I add a fanlisting thing?

Kam

Binged @ 07:25 p.m. {Wednesday, June 16, 2004}


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Whee~ It looks better now that there's more entries. Before his foot was just hanging there, but now it buts up against the text so it looks better. Have updated Capri. There's no splash image yet though, since I'm a lazy git. There should be an image of a Shouji screen in the bottom corner of the layout but it's acting funny. Tells me the image isn't there even when I uploaded it >:O. Maybe it just needs some time to settle. Hope the text isn't too dark.

Have also purged some of the junk in the main folder. There's probably more which needs cleaning out but I can do that later.

Uhm, websites, right~ Gimme a moment.

~Kimi

Binged @ 07:10 p.m. {Wednesday, June 16, 2004}

*blinks* Hey, there's another entry already?
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Wow, you're real quick. I just uploaded this.
Still in the process of tweeking. His foot isn't cut off in the original, but the rope is, a little further down. I didn't want it to end just like that so I covered it up with this table. However, where the rope ends cuts off most of that foot, so what do yer know.

This layout looks really cool when there's a massive entry of tight text. Really.

I like the white text to highlight some bits, such as the end text. But I'm still not sure about the page name.
Do you like the calendar function? You can't add events via html, but I've already entered in some of the more important dates for this year. (HSC exam times.... blargh)
I really like the archive bit. It's very cool, neh?

Oh yes, can you add your websites in? I don't know what they are. If the code wrecks havock on your eyes or is too hard to understand, you could just list 'em here and I'll add it in.

I... am rather proud of the way the style sheet is intergraded throughout the html.... :D

Kam

Binged @ 06:55 p.m. {Wednesday, June 16, 2004}

It's purdy XD
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Whoah~ Spiffy~ Nice 'n smooth and simple XD. Ack, but white text.. hard to read. Is his foot cut-off in the original picture, or is the background just not working for me?

I be uploading Capri's new layout now too. Hopefully I won't fuck it up or something. Need to remember which stuff I changed or something~ May rant alightly about HP3 later too, seeing as I didn't before.

~Kimi

Binged @ 06:49 p.m. {Wednesday, June 16, 2004}

Lo and Behold!
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Well? What do you think of version 5?

I just hope this individual entry thing works too.

Pokity poke poke.

Jab

Kam

Binged @ 06:47 p.m. {Wednesday, June 16, 2004}