» Sunday, January 21, 2002 « I finished the new layout for me blog. Err, which is this one. o.O I think I need to get some rest. My back is stiff and if I continue sitting any longer my legs are going to explode. Exercise time!! -^_^- It was thundering during dinner. It was so cool! I *L-U-V, LOVE* Thunderstorms. Everything about 'em; the loud thunder, the flashes of lightning, and the quarter-sized rain drops. **smiles, then sighs with content** It was a lovely show. It only lasted a half hour or so, but it was still great. Maybe there will be another one tommorow night? There was one last night, and the night before that. I love winter! Still can't decide if I should upload my new layout and transfer the info to over here. If I do, that means that this will be my last entry for this layout. Another thing that bothers me, is that I don't know if Tripod.com allows off-site linking. If not, I'm screwed. I could sign up with virtue.net, but I really don't feel like dealing with that right now. ANOTHER thing that pauses me from uploading the new layout, is that the new layout looks really nice for February. And since there's still eleven more days till the new month, I'm not sure if I should wait or just go ahead with the new change. Either way, I need to get up and walk around. Guess I'll save it for tomorrow. **glances at clock** I mean, sometime later today. =_=;; » Jade sat and wondered at 12:08 a.m. » Sunday, January 20, 2002 « I think I'm going to change my layout again. I like this one and all, but last night I learned how to use div alignment tags. If you set it up right, it looks like an IFrame, only it's not! It's really cool and I'm really anxious to try it out. I found some pics that would look GREAT as a background. All I have to do is scan them, size 'em, and write the HTML. :) Plus, this page is getting pretty long. Oh yeah, I'm gonna start on the new layout. I'm surprized at how much homework I got this weekend. I got something from each class. ugh. I already completed my History and Japanese work. yay. I should probably keep working, instead of writing here. Oh well. I also embellished my new composition book this morning. I taped a sun/moon/star/clouds tanish-gold wrapping paper over the black cardboard. Then I taped a magazine pic of a long blue rose to the back. All in all, I think I did a great job. It looks really nice. I'm not sure what I'll use it for, though. I'll think of something. 'Kay, I guess I'll start working on the new layout for this blog. Ja ne! » Jade sat and wondered at 05:24 p.m. » Friday, January 18, 2002 « Oh, thank God for Fridays.... this week sure was long. Although, it went by kinda quickly. o.O? Hmm, day-to-day life does seem move by fast. Ah well. Still glad for the THREE DAY WEEKEND! No school on Monday. :D I plan to stay up all night all weekend, and then recharge on Monday. Despite my need to over-exagerate everything, this week wasn't so bad. Even though I barely had time to do anything for myself. Well, if you don't count eating, watching TV, and finishing homework. My website isn't up yet. Hell, I haven't even bought my domain name yet, or even know where I'm going to host it. Urgh... What really sucks is that I'm going to have to start my February layout this weekend. If I don't have my site up before Jan. 25th, all my work for the January layout will be for nothing. NO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O! I can't let that happen. I'll have to do research tonight. In my Japanese II class, we're learning how to write traditional letters. =^__^= I luv my Japanese II class! One day I'm gonna visit Japan. Even though all the locals will be talking WAY to fast for me, and I most likely won't understand most of what they're saying, I'm still going to go there. Can't wait! ^__^ "...But where were they going without ever knowing the Way? Anyone could see that the road they walked on was painted in gold; it's always summer, they'll never get cold; you can see their shadows wandering off somewhere; they won't make it home but they really don't care..." I'm listening to FastBall right now. I love 'em! This is one of my favortie songs. Guess the name of that song and get a free ice cream sundae! *^_^* **sigh** better start researching for a domain host site. Ja ne! » Jade sat and wondered at 09:20 p.m. » Monday, January 14, 2002 « Ugh, so here I am. I survived the first day back to school. Bleh. I mean, yay. o.O? School sucked today. I was SO not prepared. I had my books and all, but mentally, I was a no-no. To start off this "lovely" day, I slept in. I would have missed the bus, if it hadn't come twenty minutes late. GRRR! I hate my school's bus schedule crappy thing. High School students should get top priority, correct? Well, apparently NOT HERE!!! ARGH! Every day most of the students have to wait around an hour to get picked up from school in the afternoon, and be taken home. why? Because elementary and intermediate (they don't call it Junior High over here) get to use OUR busses first. Yup, they suck. I guess more busses would help the problem, but our mayor sux big time. They waste money like it grows on trees, and what do they really want to do with it? They want to build a giant statue of that fat loser in Honolulu! %$#^$%&^%#$^#^*(#@@!#$%^&*%#^!!!!! **continues grumbling and grouching until catches sight of clock and remembers why she started writing this in the first place** Anyways, my day. Got homework in Math and History, no biggie. Looking forward to English, because we're going to spend most of the quarter focusing on a literary seminar circle sort of thing. Sounds good, except we have to choose American Literature books. Problem? The books that we have to choose from are on a list that contain REALLY good British books. I wanted to read A Tale of Two Cities, but it's British. Figures. I'll find my book tomorrow in class though. I did not enjoy the walk home from school. It was hot, I was thirsty, extremely grouchy about absolutely everything, I think I said "I hate you, you big ball of fire in the sky" like a hundred times. **sigh** It's so nice to be back in school. -_-; Crap, I set my alarm to go off at 5:30 am tomorrow morning, and it's almost midnight! I don't like waking up in the mornings. It's so cozy in my warm blankets, I don't want to get up. But, I have to. Only one year and a half to go before I'm FREE! FREEDOM! HOW I LONG FOR THEE!! Oh wait, then I'll have to go to college, and get a job. There's no escaping it, is there? It's like an impending doom; you know it'll strike but you don't know when, so you spend each day waiting for it. But when it doesn't strike, you dread the coming day for it might come, and despise yourself for ruining this past day, because you wasted it worrying about the impending doom that you just can't shake. **looks at what I just wrote** I have no idea what I'm talking about. So, okay. Oyasuminasai! ^^ » Jade sat and wondered at 11:19 p.m. » Thursday, January 10, 2002 « I didn't buy my domain. In fact, I spent most of the day researching for a registration place. No way in hell am I going to spend $25+ to buy my domain name. uh-uh. The place I was going to buy it at turned out to have hidden charges, so I looked for a new place. I'm going to buy it at www.directNIC.com. They're really organized and they seem to know exactly what they're doing and how to explain it you in PLAIN ENGLISH! How nice. Hopefully I'll be able to buy it tomorrow. *sigh* » Jade sat and wondered at 05:22 p.m. » Thursday, January 10, 2002 « Well, I went to war with another giant cockroach last night. Or, I guess I should say this morning (1:00 AM). **sigh** Where are these creepy little bastards coming from?? I swear, if there is one thing on this planet that I SERIOUSLY hate, it's giant bugs. Giant bugs outside, I don't give a damn. Giant bugs inside, or worse they're near my room, I go primal on them. Ha ha ha ha ha, I love my bug-squashing shoes. They're one of the few things I can always depend on. =) I'm going to try to buy my domain today. YAY. Wish me luck!! » Jade sat and wondered at 09:43 a.m. » Wednesday, January 9, 2002 « Oh my God. Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, OH ME GOD! I'm... done. I finished my website. The layout, the links, the content, everything. **takes a deep breath, then screams** I'M DONE!!!!!! **falls to the floor and breathes a sigh of relief.** I can't believe I'm really done. I'm going to buy my domain tomorrow, and hopefully have it ready for the public by Saturday (it takes around 2 days for a new domain to appear on the web around the globe). ::sigh:: wow. Me, little Ashley, is going to have her very own DOT COM! O.O! .^__^. I think I might cry... **sob** Alright, on to other news. I wasn't able to add any new entries this past week 'cause of Pitas, which really made me mad. I hope this will go through. So, I'll just go through the briefs. (*) On Monday I declared war on a giant cockroach at 2 AM. I, of course, defeated the ugly lil bug with my monster-squashing silver Sketchers slippers. It's like the soles of those shoes were made for tearing bugs apart. ^^ (*) On Sunday I started writing a new story for my website. YAY! I've had the idea for the story for like 3 weeks, but I never bothered to write it till now. I forgot some of the dialogue in some of the scenes, but I'm sure I'll remember it when I get to those parts. It's going to be a three-part fic about a girl named Allison who uses her brain to out-smart her targets and steal their valuables. However, everything gets twisted around in the third part and her targets find her. What will happen? Guess you'll have to find out! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA! I luv being a writer. *^__^* Hmmm....what else did I do this week? I wrote thank-you notes to me family for the Christmas/Birthday gifts, I worked on my website, I almost finished the Fourth Dungeon in Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, and my computer froze twice in day because of Neopets.com. :( I was forced to give away 4 of my accounts, in hopes that my computer wouldn't freak out as much. Neopets is killing my new computer! NOOOOOOOOO! :*( Oh well. » Jade sat and wondered at 09:33 p.m. » Tuesday, January 1, 2002 « ...it's really the first day of 2002. Whoa. I think...I'll stay up all night and watch the sun rise. That would be, a nice way to start the new year. :) » Jade sat and wondered at 12:44 a.m. » Monday, December 31, 2001 « HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! ^___^ Yup, I am officially 16 years old. YAY! Also, the president of Neopets is another year older today. How odd! Anyways, since today is totally my day, everything I say for this entry will be about ME! First, what presents I got-- $75 (cash/check), $50 in gift certificates, and two GameBoy Color games: Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, and PowerPuff Girls: Paint the Townsville Green. :) I started playing the PowerPuff game today, but I didn't get very far. I'm on the second level, and I can't fight for beans! ^^; I need to work on my technique. Next, how I celebrated my B-Day. I woke up around 9:00 am, and started my day by opening presents. No breakfast, and no embarresing video cameras. Thankfully, the battery died a minute or so after I started to read the birthday cards. ^__^ I don't mind getting my picture taken, but I HATE being taped. I never know what to say, and my voice always sounds funny. Maybe it's just me. ANYWAYS, after the presents I went online and surfed for awhile. Around 12:30, my parents took me to the Hard Rock Cafe and had lunch. I was going to order the Strawberry Shortcake Icecream thing, but I got french fries first. By the time I finished them off, I was too full to get the Shortcake. :( Oh well, maybe next time. After lunch, we went to Blockbuster to rent Rush Hour 2, Spy Kids, and Swordfish. I can't wait to watch Rush Hour 2 tomorrow! Jackie Chan is one of my favorite actors. After that we went to K-Mart, and then to the movies. We saw Ocean's Eleven, and it was GREAT! I love that movie! Everything about it was perfect. ^__^ Okay, time to go check up on Dad and the fireworks. We got some really cool ones this year. We bought two big ones, called The WildCat and Black Knight. OoO, they sound very promising. I'll tell all about 'em tomorrow. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! Oh, and have a happy new year, too. ;) » Jade sat and wondered at 06:32 p.m. » Sunday, December 30, 2001 « I watched the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within tonight. It was good, but I totally got lost in the ending. Then again, I don't know the first thing about ANY of the Final Fantasy games, nor what the hidden plot was about. Yeah, yeah, Aki must save Earth from the phantom ghosts by collecting the 8 spirits, blah blah blah. But what about the ending? What were those small blue lights, and WHY were they going to outer space? AND WHY did the writers kill off Neil? He was like the coolest character in the plot! Or, at least the one with the best sense of humor. ::sigh:: I guess I'll never find out. Sure, I could go to the official website and read the lowdown on the movie plot, but by tomorrow morning I won't care anymore. LOL! ;P Although I didn't really do much today, I did work out a bunch of bugs for website. I finally have my site's layout exactly how I want it, I know how Charlie (my site's mascot) looks like (cutie kitty, no duh), AND, er...well, that's about it. ^__^; I got a late Christmas present in the mail today from my Uncle. It was a really cool caligraphy set! It came with an old fashion fountain pen, blue ink to dip the tip in, and some stationary cards. YAY! I really like it. Maybe I'll use the pen to write them a thank-you note? That'd be cute. Hmmm, I can't believe that my birthday is TOMORROW! I'm going to be officially 16 years old at 4:30 am Pacific time on monday. Wow. It's weird. Sad part is, I probably won't be able to celebrate that much on my B-Day. I'm getting sick again, along with my family. I felt like I wanted to barf all day....ugh. It figures, but I'm actually not that upset. I know, it's the whole Sweet Sixteen thing, but I really feel like 17 is going to be my year. My intuitive instincts are telling me that 2003 is going to be a GREAT year, or at least an exciting one. ACK! I just remembered that I don't have a new year's resolution yet. :/ Well, I still have tomorrow to think of something. Good ol' tomorrow. But wait... isn't TODAY but yesterday's TOMORROW??? o.O ah, who cares. » Jade sat and wondered at 12:20 a.m. » Friday, December 28, 2001 « Oh, my head hurts. I think I'm getting a migraine. u.u I've been on the web most of the day, learning all about frames and tricks and iframe tricks and all this other crap for my website. I finally know exactly how I want the layout to look like, so I guess that's a good start. I was going to do a layout similar to this site, but this is going to be my first original, totally mine, paid for domain. It would seem wrong and downright silly not to create my own layout. And so I did, after spending an intire hour just staring at an empty box drawn on a blue chalkboard. Yup, I actually did sit there for an hour, deciding how I wanted my site to look like. Nothing helps to bring out your natural creativity than staring at a blank canvas. ^__^ So, what do I have to show for today? Well, I finished most of the layout. I just have to work out a few bugs in the javascript, re-write all the pages so that it'll fit the frames, draw all the layout pictures, and then I'm done! =) I know, it sounds like a lot of work, but if I can finish it before January 14th, I'll be able to buy my domain! XD I even know where I'm going to buy it from. I can't wait! But I have to make sure I'm completely ready before buying it. I don't want to lose any money, just because I ended up having a few loose ends. *yawn* Oy, my headache is gone, but now my shoulders are aching. 9_9 Figures. Off to bed then. Night! » Jade sat and wondered at 11:50 p.m. » Wednesday, December 26, 2001 « Day two of having a laptop. Feeling ~ odd. I still feel like this is some kind of dream. I mean, I totally was not expecting to get this. I always dreamed that one day, after I got out of high school, I would go to a store and pick out my laptop, and be off to college. Of course, I never actually thought that dream would come true. It would stay in one of those "Dreams that you hope will come true, but actually won't" files. But now that it has happened... I guess it's like a dream come true. It's a very odd feeling. I'm not use to it. Although, I don't think you are suppose to get use it. 'Cause then it wouldn't seem as special. *thinks for a few more minutes, then hugs self because of warm fuzzy feelings inside* I didn't acomplish much today, except download (upload?) favorite songs from my CDs to my laptop's Media Player. I think I got... 28 songs on file right now. I wish I could download songs from the internet, but it only lets ya borrow them. That means you can only listen to the songs if you're online. =_=; It's kinda bothersome, so I didn't bother downloading any. I can see through the living room window that there's a really pretty sunset that I'm missing. I'd get up to look at it, but in truth I really don't want to move. My back's a little stiff, and dinner will be ready soon so I'll have to get up anyways. ::sigh:: Hmm... I feel like I want to write more, but I don't know what to say. Oh well, I guess I'll end it here. Since Mom plugged in the A drive module thingy, I can work on my stories. I keep my stories and art and crap on floppy disks, but since this laptop can only have a CD/DVD or a floppy disk at a time, I couldn't work on any of my stories. But now that the A drive is working, I can freely work on my stories. YAY. » Jade sat and wondered at 06:00 p.m. » Tuesday, December 25, 2001 « :: sigh :: Ah, another lovely Christmas has come and gone. I know, the day isn't over yet but I just felt like writting early today. My God, it sure is hot and muggy today. Weird, because it was really cold this morning. I wish it was still nice and cold, but sadly, that's not how the weather works here on the Big Island. :( So, MERRY CHRISTMAS! I had a very nice day with my parents. I got some good presents, but I think the best one of all was this! What is it, you ask? It's the very thing that I type on! Yup, it's a COMPUTER! A laptop to be exact, and I couldn't have been more happy. I was totally shocked when I got it. I definetly NOT expecting to get one, or at least not this year. I've been saving up to buy one when I went to college. But now... ^___^ 'Scuse me while I go hug my mom again. » Jade sat and wondered at 03:47 p.m. » Sunday, December 23, 2001 « Note of the Day: Boys + Bows = Bishouen! :: drools :: * * * * * What a nice day today was. I saw Lord of the Rings today, and it ROCKED! Seriously, I love this movie to death. The scenery was breathtaking, and the story was actually interesting. I've heard of the story before, but I never bothered to read the books. But what *really* made the movie fun was Orlando Bloom. Mm-Mm-Mmm! Now that is my kind of guy! Incase you don't know which actor I'm talking about, Orlando played that blonde elfen cutie with the bow and arrow. Hmmm... If he was wearing a long green hat, he would almost look like Link from Legend of Zelda! :: drools some more, then squeals high-pitched and dances around the room :: *^___^* LoL, anyways. I'm listening to Rickdees Top 100 hits thing on the radio, but I keep drifting off. Soooooooo sleepy. I can't believe that tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Maybe it's just me, but it totally does not feel like Christmas. It feels like winter, but only because it's 65 degrees and dropping, and I'm suddenly realizing that I'm not wearing socks. Crap. So yeah, it's winter, but Christmas? Maybe holiday music is what I lack. It's true, I haven't played any holiday music this season, but only because we don't have any good CDs. And it's not like the radio is trying to help either. Actually, I've only heard like 4 holiday songs on the radio ALL MONTH! Sheesh! What's going on here? * * * * * I read a really great comic strip in today's Sunday Funnies. It was called B.C., and it made me cry. Seriously, it's one of the best holiday comic stip special things I've ever read. Infact, I'm going to cut it out and tape it to my wall. =) It's comics like these that help make people realize that Christmas is NOT about presents and Santa and reindeers and all that other stuff. It's about the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, our Savior. So, thanks Johnny Hart, for being one of the few people who write about the true meanings of Christmas. G'Night, all. Sleep tight. Don't let the Stress bugs eat yer brains out. o.O Erm, yeah... » Jade sat and wondered at 10:24 p.m. » Saturday, December 22, 2001 « It's still Saturday? Sheesh, this must have been one of the longest days ever. Then again, there's only two more days till Christmas. No wonder things are going so slowly! -.- I did a lot today, including cleaning out the black hole under my bed. Omigosh, I found school work under there from 1998! I must have said "So that's where it went!" like a hundred times. ^^; Well, now it's all nice and clear, and the recycling bin is big and full. I finally downloaded PrintShop Pro 7 to my computer, but it's really confusing. I used to have PSP 4, until somehow the company realized my 30 day tryout was over. (I think the ticker was around 1425 days... teehee!) I've been reading tuturials on computer graphing/coloring Anime pics, but they all say how to do it on Adobe, not PSP. u.u Figures. Hmmm... what else did I do today? I didn't work on my website, that's for sure. Seriously, I am so burnt-out on working on the layout. I worked on it for like 3 days straight after Christmas Break got out. I think I hurt my back from sitting down so much. =_=; I should really be working on my stories though. I mean, after I finish the layout for my site, I'll have no more excuses for not buying my domain. And I know from websurfing that a site is only as good as the content it holds. I've seen some bitching sites with the most kawaii layout and arts, but there's nothing to do at the site. It's kinda like window shopping-- pointless. Ow... my back is starting to hurt again. Bleh. Better get going. Ja ne! ^^ » Jade sat and wondered at 09:39 p.m. » Saturday, December 22, 2001 « Mmmm, I like my new layout! *^_^* I like how the dark background brings out the brightness of the other colors. Somehow reminds me of Las Vegas though... o.O? Ah well. I guess... I should go. I've been working on the computer for over 4 hours straight, and I need to turn off the Christmas lights upstairs. Not a big task, I know, but once I get up there, I'm positive I'm going to walk around for awhile. See, the 2nd floor of my house is more like a loft than a living area. The only things up there are old gym equipment, 22 windows (seriously), and a balcony. It's large though, and it's nice to just walk around up there. Good for releasing tension, I guess. So I'll go, for now. I should try to write in here more often, though. It'll help for writing skills. I despise writting on paper with a passion. Those poor trees! » Jade sat and wondered at 12:09 a.m. » Friday, December 21, 2001 « ugh... I've decided to re-do my blog layout. Something simple. I want... a table in the middle... and links at the top. How do I do that again? I can't seem to remember at the moment. Christmas is too soon, presents are swimming around in my mind. Waiting... waiting to be opened. Can't... THINK! ARG! ::sigh:: Okay, now to find an HTML site that explain how to make a table with the little scrollie bars on the table itself, and not the page. bleh.. » Jade sat and wondered at 09:59 p.m.