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I've added more inspiring stories as well as jokes. I also just mailed off a nametag to Dani Rage and an award (Stellar) to Charismatic Insanity. I should start a list of award winners, no?
Cole @ 12:59 AM
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Spectacular Vernacular!
What is love?
You're so Vain..
Ryusendo Caves
Pink For October
Japan, here I come!
7 Programs for an Easier Life
A few fixes
Riight
I receive dictionary.com's word of the day. I find it interesting but I don't have the retention I'd like so I'd figure I would try to remedy that by using several in a blog post and what better way to do so than to provide some information on myself? Because this is my first time using some of these words, please forgive my solecisms. After this exegesis, feel free to read on. (Or not.)
Being a peripatetic, my main mode of local transportation is my own 2 feet. I love to feel the sun or rain (though not so much the wind) to breathe the air, especially cold winter air and to bask in the feeling that is the outdoors surrounding me. Certainly, I am not always graceful and my walks are much more of a galumph than anything else. Of course, anyone who knows me would think this tidbit pellucid.
Often during these walks I cogitate, sometimes letting my mind wander or something focusing on something that has become an idee fixe for the time being. This is often helped by the fact that I am listening to music on my MP3 player; often, someone can pass me by in vehicle and try to gain my attention but I am so focused - sometimes on my chimerical daydreams- that I do not notice.
This activity is often efficacious in helping me to clear my mind, calm down or just unwind myself, even as times when I might seem disconsolate. My love of taking walks is not always enjoyed by myself, however. It's a gregarious fondness and I enjoy walking with someone else, sometimes enjoying conversation from mindless to meaningful and other times we may remain taciturn.
While for some, walking is no more than unpleasant moil, it is quite sapid to me.
Because I love language, I fear this entry has become too prolix or abstruse and this shall be its terminus.
Cole @ 10:33 PM
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Being a peripatetic, my main mode of local transportation is my own 2 feet. I love to feel the sun or rain (though not so much the wind) to breathe the air, especially cold winter air and to bask in the feeling that is the outdoors surrounding me. Certainly, I am not always graceful and my walks are much more of a galumph than anything else. Of course, anyone who knows me would think this tidbit pellucid.
Often during these walks I cogitate, sometimes letting my mind wander or something focusing on something that has become an idee fixe for the time being. This is often helped by the fact that I am listening to music on my MP3 player; often, someone can pass me by in vehicle and try to gain my attention but I am so focused - sometimes on my chimerical daydreams- that I do not notice.
This activity is often efficacious in helping me to clear my mind, calm down or just unwind myself, even as times when I might seem disconsolate. My love of taking walks is not always enjoyed by myself, however. It's a gregarious fondness and I enjoy walking with someone else, sometimes enjoying conversation from mindless to meaningful and other times we may remain taciturn.
While for some, walking is no more than unpleasant moil, it is quite sapid to me.
Because I love language, I fear this entry has become too prolix or abstruse and this shall be its terminus.
Cole @ 10:33 PM
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baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more...
All joking aside (not really), I shall answer this question!
Love is grilled Nutella and banana sandwiches (I didn't add the walnuts, strawberries or cinnamon and sugar and I also didn't use anything other than plain ol' white bread - y'know, cause I'm white)!
I just happened to stop in front of the Nutella at the grocery store the other day and decided to pick them up. I didn't get bananas because I was sick of them and then was kicking myself later, at home, when I wanted to make something with it because, while the spoonfuls of Nutella straight (out of the jar but it sounds like I'm a junkie this way) were good, they could be better.
Luckily, I actually did have bananas so I did have a banana and Nutella sandwiched, grilled bien sur. (Because the first time I had Nutella was on crepes in French class, yeaaars ago; actually that was the only time until just recently but I remembered loving it..)
I know the combination sounds a little odd, especially the grilled part - perhaps because I think of grilled cheese and how salty it is - but it's really quite heavenly and I'm not sure if it's just the lack of cheese or the specific butter I am using, it wasn't so salty that it clashed with the other tastes.
Of course, that has been my supper for the last 2 nights. And I might sneak one in for dessert tonight. So easy and quick and they even taste good burnt which rocks because I tend to become distracted by the computer when cooking! Like you are now, Cole? Yes, Cole, like I am now.
So there you have it; love is a party in my mouth.
Cole @ 8:57 PM
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All joking aside (not really), I shall answer this question!
Love is grilled Nutella and banana sandwiches (I didn't add the walnuts, strawberries or cinnamon and sugar and I also didn't use anything other than plain ol' white bread - y'know, cause I'm white)!
I just happened to stop in front of the Nutella at the grocery store the other day and decided to pick them up. I didn't get bananas because I was sick of them and then was kicking myself later, at home, when I wanted to make something with it because, while the spoonfuls of Nutella straight (out of the jar but it sounds like I'm a junkie this way) were good, they could be better.
Luckily, I actually did have bananas so I did have a banana and Nutella sandwiched, grilled bien sur. (Because the first time I had Nutella was on crepes in French class, yeaaars ago; actually that was the only time until just recently but I remembered loving it..)
I know the combination sounds a little odd, especially the grilled part - perhaps because I think of grilled cheese and how salty it is - but it's really quite heavenly and I'm not sure if it's just the lack of cheese or the specific butter I am using, it wasn't so salty that it clashed with the other tastes.
Of course, that has been my supper for the last 2 nights. And I might sneak one in for dessert tonight. So easy and quick and they even taste good burnt which rocks because I tend to become distracted by the computer when cooking! Like you are now, Cole? Yes, Cole, like I am now.
So there you have it; love is a party in my mouth.
Cole @ 8:57 PM
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I just finished (well, nearly) the section of pictures of myself so all pages use handy dandy thumbnails. There's even a few images which have been lurking around the domain for some time so there might even be a few you haven't seen.
I've also updated the cam image but new pictures won't be up immediately.
Also, because we all like to swear (or curse or cuss, if you prefer), tell me what your favourite curse word is here.
Cole @ 11:32 PM
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I've also updated the cam image but new pictures won't be up immediately.
Also, because we all like to swear (or curse or cuss, if you prefer), tell me what your favourite curse word is here.
Cole @ 11:32 PM
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The trip to the caves was disappointing, at best; though I'd managed to find a couple great pictures online, it appears that those were the only good pictures the caves had to offer. Well, that's not entirely true. I did take quite a few pictures but many of them seemed repetitive. Overall the caves were small, much smaller than one would think considering Ryusendo is the third largest in Japan and the best part of the trip wasn't even the focus but there were plenty of random signs to be found. But let me start from the beginning.
Friday night, I hit the bed late. Bad idea, I know, but I was busy doing things, among them working on the site and blogging. I did prepare a bit by making some sandwiches and picking up a few snacks.
Of course, I woke up in a bit of a crappy mood on Saturday and some grumpy time ensued on both my part and Rian's. In the process of getting ready, I dropped my toothbrush and, because I didn't want to wake Rian - who didn't wake up as early as I would have liked - the clothes I wore weren't freshly washed (though they weren't exactly dirty.)
Slip the arguing and threats not to go, we head to the library where the buses are waiting, find ours and hop on. The caves are only 90 miles of so south but the trip is expected to take 3 hours. 3 hours! Of course, I figure they just wanted to be safe and estimated the trip generously and there were also 1 or 2 rest stops to be taken into account.
For the most part, I played Mario Kart DS or chatting with Rian while Who Frames Roger Rabbit? played on the only TV at the front of the bus (which was old and in disrepair. The padding on the side of the bus, beneath the window, was ripped and holey on Rian's side. Nice).
The tour guide assured us that the road ahead would be winding and bump so please make sure to have some gum or candy if you experience motion sickness. Too bad he told us after we were on our way. OF course, if I experienced motion sickness I wouldn't spend any time, let alone 3 hours (each way) on a bus, unless I had to. Apparently I am alone in this sentiment because the little girl sitting behind me became sick and threw up all over the aisle.
Her parents were quick to clean it up and I felt bad for her. I don't have a really weak stomach so I could handle it but it didn't make Rian feel any better.
We finally reached our destination without any obstacles more major than I couldn't find a single bathroom which contained all of these things: hot water, soap, a means to dry one's hands. All the bathrooms I encountered had cold water, some had soap and the only one with a way to dry one's hands (ratty old towels on the counter) did not have soap. Unfortunately, the latter was the one at which I was forced to use the squatty potty. Don't worry, it's not like the button of my jeans fell off during this escapade, either. Of course, with everything I packed (camera, DS, food, ID), I did not manage to pack hand sanitizer so I was faced with this dilemma: How do I wash and dry my hands and keep them clean enough to eat? I decided I couldn't, not really.
So, I made Rian run around to every bathroom we could find in hopes that one of them would at least have soap and a way to dry my hands, even if I had to use cold water. None did. One had a broken hand dryer, though. I think he became exasperated with me when he started asking "Why even bother? You know it won't have it." He was right.
One of the restrooms was at the caves. We arrived 45 minutes early and, initially, the guide said we;'d leave 45 minutes earlier but we went back to the original schedule, much to Rian's chagrin because he already did not want to be there.
We first went to the Ryusendo cave - the "big cave." Our guide estimated it would take 30 minutes to traverse but it took more like 15 - 20 minutes. It was quick. We exited and were like "Well, that was it?" And we weren't exactly hurrying, I stopped to take many a picture; well, as many as we could considering that the first 10 minutes you spend heading down and into the cave then the last minute you simply take 150 or so stairs up and back out into the land of the living.
We paused outside, watching all the other people who were already bored of this so-called adventure before hitting the "nature trail" which was all of 3, maybe 3 blocks long. However, it did afford a much better view of anything than the caves did, following a river which many, small waterfalls.
We then crossed the street and decided to check out the smaller caved which took us 5 minutes tops to go through. If the first were disappointing, the second is similar to some of the small towns in Wisconsin - gone in the blink of an eye. And though both caves advertised the types of bats which dwell in them, I saw none. Pity.
So, in a little less than an hour we'd finished everything there was to do or see about the Ryusendo caves and were ready to cut out losses (temporarily and monetarily) and head home. Of course, the "tour" made one more stop at Kitayamazaki beach after another hour's worth of driving.
The beach was on the ocean and offered a terrific view from several difference terraces, separated by 750 stairs. The guide encouraged us to make the trek down and back up, if we were up to it but discouraged straying from the path because tourists had come across bears before.
We only went down to the second terrace. I was quite excited because it was my first time seeing the ocean up close and I did take many pictures. I was not up to climbing 750 stairs. Even the 100 - 200 stairs we took was hellish going back up after climbing all the steps in the caves and my legs felt like they were barely able to move after I reached the top. It didn't help that my legs had already been sore before the tour.
We finished off by having an ice cream and purchasing something similar to a stress reliever ball from a shop. It's quite unique in that it's flesh coloured and has a nipple on it. Only in Japan, eh?
The trip back was less than painless. The girl behind me threw up again. Luckily on the aisle but this time much closer to me, and it smelled. Like ice cream. Luckily my boobs smelled good so I kept my head in my shirt for a while, whilst watching Mrs. Doubtfire. I had forgotten how funny that movie was; in fact, that was probably the best highlight of the trip.
Cole @ 4:53 PM
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Friday night, I hit the bed late. Bad idea, I know, but I was busy doing things, among them working on the site and blogging. I did prepare a bit by making some sandwiches and picking up a few snacks.
Of course, I woke up in a bit of a crappy mood on Saturday and some grumpy time ensued on both my part and Rian's. In the process of getting ready, I dropped my toothbrush and, because I didn't want to wake Rian - who didn't wake up as early as I would have liked - the clothes I wore weren't freshly washed (though they weren't exactly dirty.)
Slip the arguing and threats not to go, we head to the library where the buses are waiting, find ours and hop on. The caves are only 90 miles of so south but the trip is expected to take 3 hours. 3 hours! Of course, I figure they just wanted to be safe and estimated the trip generously and there were also 1 or 2 rest stops to be taken into account.
For the most part, I played Mario Kart DS or chatting with Rian while Who Frames Roger Rabbit? played on the only TV at the front of the bus (which was old and in disrepair. The padding on the side of the bus, beneath the window, was ripped and holey on Rian's side. Nice).
The tour guide assured us that the road ahead would be winding and bump so please make sure to have some gum or candy if you experience motion sickness. Too bad he told us after we were on our way. OF course, if I experienced motion sickness I wouldn't spend any time, let alone 3 hours (each way) on a bus, unless I had to. Apparently I am alone in this sentiment because the little girl sitting behind me became sick and threw up all over the aisle.
Her parents were quick to clean it up and I felt bad for her. I don't have a really weak stomach so I could handle it but it didn't make Rian feel any better.
We finally reached our destination without any obstacles more major than I couldn't find a single bathroom which contained all of these things: hot water, soap, a means to dry one's hands. All the bathrooms I encountered had cold water, some had soap and the only one with a way to dry one's hands (ratty old towels on the counter) did not have soap. Unfortunately, the latter was the one at which I was forced to use the squatty potty. Don't worry, it's not like the button of my jeans fell off during this escapade, either. Of course, with everything I packed (camera, DS, food, ID), I did not manage to pack hand sanitizer so I was faced with this dilemma: How do I wash and dry my hands and keep them clean enough to eat? I decided I couldn't, not really.
So, I made Rian run around to every bathroom we could find in hopes that one of them would at least have soap and a way to dry my hands, even if I had to use cold water. None did. One had a broken hand dryer, though. I think he became exasperated with me when he started asking "Why even bother? You know it won't have it." He was right.
One of the restrooms was at the caves. We arrived 45 minutes early and, initially, the guide said we;'d leave 45 minutes earlier but we went back to the original schedule, much to Rian's chagrin because he already did not want to be there.
We first went to the Ryusendo cave - the "big cave." Our guide estimated it would take 30 minutes to traverse but it took more like 15 - 20 minutes. It was quick. We exited and were like "Well, that was it?" And we weren't exactly hurrying, I stopped to take many a picture; well, as many as we could considering that the first 10 minutes you spend heading down and into the cave then the last minute you simply take 150 or so stairs up and back out into the land of the living.
We paused outside, watching all the other people who were already bored of this so-called adventure before hitting the "nature trail" which was all of 3, maybe 3 blocks long. However, it did afford a much better view of anything than the caves did, following a river which many, small waterfalls.
We then crossed the street and decided to check out the smaller caved which took us 5 minutes tops to go through. If the first were disappointing, the second is similar to some of the small towns in Wisconsin - gone in the blink of an eye. And though both caves advertised the types of bats which dwell in them, I saw none. Pity.
So, in a little less than an hour we'd finished everything there was to do or see about the Ryusendo caves and were ready to cut out losses (temporarily and monetarily) and head home. Of course, the "tour" made one more stop at Kitayamazaki beach after another hour's worth of driving.
The beach was on the ocean and offered a terrific view from several difference terraces, separated by 750 stairs. The guide encouraged us to make the trek down and back up, if we were up to it but discouraged straying from the path because tourists had come across bears before.
We only went down to the second terrace. I was quite excited because it was my first time seeing the ocean up close and I did take many pictures. I was not up to climbing 750 stairs. Even the 100 - 200 stairs we took was hellish going back up after climbing all the steps in the caves and my legs felt like they were barely able to move after I reached the top. It didn't help that my legs had already been sore before the tour.
We finished off by having an ice cream and purchasing something similar to a stress reliever ball from a shop. It's quite unique in that it's flesh coloured and has a nipple on it. Only in Japan, eh?
The trip back was less than painless. The girl behind me threw up again. Luckily on the aisle but this time much closer to me, and it smelled. Like ice cream. Luckily my boobs smelled good so I kept my head in my shirt for a while, whilst watching Mrs. Doubtfire. I had forgotten how funny that movie was; in fact, that was probably the best highlight of the trip.
Cole @ 4:53 PM
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I didn't go Pink For October, which you may or may not have noticed. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month but I have been very aware.
At the Pork, there's currently an icon contests going which has seen phenomenal results. I made 10 icons myself, just finished tonight. My goal was to educate because we can do so much more than simply "Think Pink," although that is a good start.
With that in mind, here are the icons.
Cole @ 12:06 AM
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At the Pork, there's currently an icon contests going which has seen phenomenal results. I made 10 icons myself, just finished tonight. My goal was to educate because we can do so much more than simply "Think Pink," although that is a good start.
With that in mind, here are the icons.
Cole @ 12:06 AM
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Site updates below. Interest stuff here.
Tomorrow, Rian and I are going on a tour of the Ryusendo Caves which is about 90 miles south of us. Since we don't get off base much, I looked into the packages that the base travel service has and we decided on this one based on interest, price and schedule.
Though we have to leave early (6:30 AM) and bring our own lunch (bah! crap!), I'm sure it will be awesome, even though it wasn't first first choice. There's some really gorgeous pictures of it online which have me even more excited about it.
Of course, I hope to take pictures, too but I never take as many as I want afterward (hindsight, right?) and I never take pictures of the things I really wish I had!
I hope to do some more tours, especially if this is a good experience.
-prods you, the visitor-
I just fixed the CSS issue with my quizzes so now you can go have fun and see what completely incorrectly but still entertaining result you might get!
I'm also working on getting the last of the accidentally deleted content back up. I only have a handful of pages left and then you'll see some new sections such as Internet 101 and a Makeup Guide!
I've also added links so you can add my pages or blog posts to your favourite social bookmarking site, if you so choose. I encourage you to choose so!
Cole @ 10:23 PM
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Tomorrow, Rian and I are going on a tour of the Ryusendo Caves which is about 90 miles south of us. Since we don't get off base much, I looked into the packages that the base travel service has and we decided on this one based on interest, price and schedule.
Though we have to leave early (6:30 AM) and bring our own lunch (bah! crap!), I'm sure it will be awesome, even though it wasn't first first choice. There's some really gorgeous pictures of it online which have me even more excited about it.
Of course, I hope to take pictures, too but I never take as many as I want afterward (hindsight, right?) and I never take pictures of the things I really wish I had!
I hope to do some more tours, especially if this is a good experience.
-prods you, the visitor-
I just fixed the CSS issue with my quizzes so now you can go have fun and see what completely incorrectly but still entertaining result you might get!
I'm also working on getting the last of the accidentally deleted content back up. I only have a handful of pages left and then you'll see some new sections such as Internet 101 and a Makeup Guide!
I've also added links so you can add my pages or blog posts to your favourite social bookmarking site, if you so choose. I encourage you to choose so!
Cole @ 10:23 PM
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I stumbled across a great article today1, which I think you'd all enjoy. It's called 7 Programs That Will Make Your Life Easier and it outlines types of programs which, while perhaps not necessary, improve the quality of life and reduce the amount of strife in relation to your computer and internet. It even have whole lists of suggestions of programs which will do the trick.
Here's a few excerpts because I know that more than one eyebrow is raised in response to the words "easier" and "life" in the same sentence. If you've been around the internet and computers more than a few years, most of this should come as no surprise but you never know what you may not have heard of of what you've forgotten about.
The Article
1 I'm really into using super-script tonight - not sure why. If you haven't noticed, I didn't discover that article but I still thought it was pretty good. -w-
Cole @ 10:12 PM
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Here's a few excerpts because I know that more than one eyebrow is raised in response to the words "easier" and "life" in the same sentence. If you've been around the internet and computers more than a few years, most of this should come as no surprise but you never know what you may not have heard of of what you've forgotten about.
Spyware/Adware Detection
Even legitimate sites can become hacked or contain a malicious code or file. Detect malware on your system and prevent new infections. Reclaim your internet, e-mail client and browser after an infection.
...Viruses can cause your system to act up, run slower, download files, connect to sites/servers, display messages (to yourself or others via e-mail) delete or damage files, and reformat your hard drive.
...utilities offer the option of file compression which makes the archived file smaller in size than the original files and password protection to keep certain prying eyes away from things.
...text/HTML editors show syntax highlighting which shows different parts of code in different colours and fonts. This allows one to easily see structure and to find errors, such as a pesky missing quotation mark. In Notepad, one might spend hours pouring over a document to find a missing quote...
The Article
1 I'm really into using super-script tonight - not sure why. If you haven't noticed, I didn't discover that article but I still thought it was pretty good. -w-
Cole @ 10:12 PM
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Rian and were awakened shortly before 11 this morning by the sound of sirens. I first looked out the balcony but could not see anything; as the sirens grew closer I peeked again and saw what appeared to be a parade of 5 or 6 different firetrucks with a few police following. Neither of us could figure out what was going on and resigned ourselves to being angry and sleepy - until they came around once more! Luckily, that was it but I am stupefied and more than a little bit curious about the point of this "show."
Cole @ 4:32 PM
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Cole @ 4:32 PM
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Since YACCS keeps crapping out on me, I've switched the blog comments over to Enetation. Unfortunately, this means a (possibly temporary) loss of comments. If you've commented, I did see it. If you comment, now I can visit your website by clicking your link directly!
Speaking of comments, head on over and read the new opinions I added; then add yours!
Cole @ 12:39 AM
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Speaking of comments, head on over and read the new opinions I added; then add yours!
Cole @ 12:39 AM
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Recently I purchased a bra and panty set - that's 2 things - from Hot Topic. As you can imagine, these two garments were not all that large and, if you tried, could probably be squeezed into a legal envelope or padded enveloped. undoubtedly, they could both easily fit in one garment type shipping package but what does Hot Topic fit them in? A box. A god damned cardboard box at least 1foot cubed. What a waste of space and not to mention packaging. Of course, it came with several feet of packaging paper to fill the space in the most (95% of it) which the actual order did not. Genius, I tell you.
Cole @ 9:26 AM
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Cole @ 9:26 AM
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