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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
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11:13 pm - SO I HEARD YOU LIEK MUDKIPS
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To understand this story, you should understand, that there is a little internet meme out there, where somebody sends a picture of the pokemon mudkip, and types below it, "So I heard you liek mudkipz."
While on the bus, two other people and I were saying to a kid, "So I heard you like mudkips." He had no idea what those were, so obviously we pestered him more. Then when the bus stopped at an intersection, somebody told him to shout that out the window. He does. The Light goes green. The bus drives away.
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Our bus was actually pulled over by a cop because a kid shouted out the window to him, "so I heard you liek mudkips. The cop walks on the bus, takes the kid out of the bus, and has a talk with him. Clearly he had his gun holstered up his arse because he's saying how immature he is. He's asking the kid, "What's a mudkip" "I don't know" "I don't believe you" "I really don't" "How do you spell it?" He talks about how the kid is going to be reported to the principal, and how he's going to be on the "radar". This PMS'ing cop actually said if he saw that kid again, or had to pull over the bus again, he was going to arrest him and ticket him. WTF?!
Then he makes to kid go back on the bus to the very front. Meanwhile this cop is standing behind the kid like a pitbull behind a fence of yarn, and asks, "Do any of you find this guy funny?" Obviously nobody said a word, so the cop adds, "The comedian here is going to apologize for wasting your time." The kid apologizes, the cop makes a few more threats, and the moment the cop walks off the bus all of us in hte back laugh.
On a random note, I'm making pumpkin mousse for the Thanksgiving party I'm not attending. I'll be working...but if I were to stay extra long, I could essentially get 40 hours, or $240 or so for that week.
Also....Adam Lambert's first album came out! There's a lot of hubbub about him in the media. For one thing, it's okay if Britanny Spears and Madonna kiss, but if a pair of men kiss at a televised event, it's a disgusting act that threatens the peace of Christian homes across America. And who cares about provocative things. "My children saw it!" Well your children saw Taylor Swift, and if they saw that, they can probably endure just about anything now, so stop whining. (And yes, I know the whole thing was a publicity stunt.)
current mood:  sleepy
current music: Book of Heavy Metal~Dream Evil
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| Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
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1:20 am - 0_0
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1:14 am - My plans when I wake up this Sunday
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Do my social studies mo, and finish all 5 pages of it, do my cooking stuff, and finish it in time for work. Cram all my stuff in in an appropriate amount of time so that I get a good amount of sleep. Abstain from warhammer till...after black friday. My Space Wolf army can wait another week or two for completion. I have homework to do!
current music: Flag in the ground~Sonata Arctica
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| Saturday, November 21st, 2009
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11:34 pm - Spontaneous Generation
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Some things, no matter how fantasy-like they may be, will seem plausible in the right place. No, I don't believe that a large accumulation of books can cause such an excess amount of information to alter the state of reality itself*. No, I do not believe that love triumphs, or peace can be attained without violence and death. None of that silly stuff. We're talking the works of Pliny the Elder and the teachings of the aberdeen bestiary, where tales abound of flies growing out of dead flesh, of geese growing from clams, and of the she-bear licking her unformed babies into a bear shape. I take my finger and run it alongside the underside of the dishwasher. It needs to be cleaned. When has it been cleaned. I recall observations made on moths and how a black moth in more likely to thrive in a soot-stained industrial town than a white moth of the exact same species*. Observations in a text book; not observations of my own eyes.Why must the mold which I scrub be the same color of the grout on the floor. When was the last time this thing was scrubbed. Don't get me wrong, the cooks take great care of their area. I'm afraid my area has given rise to new species of things. That the proper heat and food, regular bleach-cleanings, might have brought life into this world.
1. Though it might explain the regular library rummage sales, or my school leaving a cart out where they stack books that are outdated or completely useless. (I'm the only reason H.P. Lovecraft's anthology on horror literature isn't in that stack.)
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth_evolution
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| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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9:23 pm - Thinking
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Much to my joy, the witch hunters are not an obselete army. I have no intent on actually using them, but it's nice knowing I'll find people using them.
On a depressing note I found that one of my neighbors died. I'll miss her. She provided such interesting conversation at times, and I'm sure her husband will be different from then on.
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| Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
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1:03 pm - Ahh, Half-days
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My school does them every other week, though they're a little longer than they used to be. Even so, I feel instinctive to go onto my dad's archaic Windows98 and start playing DiabloII. I'd buy the game*, but the way I see it, I'll wait till around college when I get a computer. That game is still well-loved by today's standards. Speaking of that, did anyone see the previews for Dragon Age 2...for a second I thought it was a preview for the next Diablo game...but that's years away. Warhammer is costing more and more money...especially now that I realize I need to buy another unit*. The game is expensive, but worthwhile. I like it more than video games...to an extent. It's a relaxing hobby and will teach me a thing or two about painting. Though for painting pieces from other armies and passing them off as something else, I'm learning it'll be harder to accomplish than is really worth it.
This to
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(Ahhh, I cooked my shell noodles too long while I was typing)
And I might even be able to pass those off as scouts with a little effort and a set of Tau Heavy Weapons*
I still tried to go with the cheapest army (money-wise) that I could. Warhammer is like krak*
Suddenly I've grown bored with typing.
1. I only have the game, and not the installation or cinematics cd.
2. I have pieces enough to make over 20 characters, but the heavy support soldiers I need can't be made from random space marine parts, unfortunately.
3. They're not sniper rifles, but close enough to them.
4. warhammer spelling
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| Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
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6:31 pm - The Concert
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Two days ago had to be the greatest time of my life. You discover metal in the most inconspicuous of manners. You're exploring a windows 98 for music your sister downloaded when Napster was free and/or a person who knew how to start up Napster was there. Your goal is to find good music for Diablo II*. Listening to Requiem, Ghostbusters, and some miscellanious rock isn't enough. You come across on the list of music files an oddly named band--Sonata Arctica, but what makes it even more odd is that it has "Shy" for the title of the song. How could a a name like that not be taken a thousand times over. So I listen it naturally. A pair of acoustic guitars and a keyboard...and yet the genre states it is metal. There's very few songs about being shy. Afterall, why do all the songs have to be about falling in love and the person loving you back. Do one way romances not exist? Do you have to be an emo nasely fuck to sing about hopelessness?: about depression, lust for revenge, betrayal, alienation. This is how I took a new road. No longer would I casually listen to classical, or put country cd's* on my Christmas List. I was going to find a road of iron, steel, and blood--a road of metal.
So a year went by in which Shy was all I really listened too. I was at home working on an English assignment at 12 or so. Naturally I had no intention of putting my full effort into it, so I browsed the net whilst I kept mythology on the side. I thought, "I wonder what else Sonata Arctica has". I came across Wolf and Raven. I liked the video, but it was a little loud for me, so I tried again. What I found "My Land". I fell in love with that song and so asked for a cd from the band...any cd really. Through Ecliptica I was introduced to their old stuff: power metal. The next cd I would get would be Unia...which was drastically different. Either way: after that cd I was devoted to their music.
Almost four years went by since I heard "Shy" in middle school.
I walked into the bar filled with anticipation but thinking, "will this place be big enough". I was also thinking, "Holy Cow! This many people like Sonata? After two songs my my voice was ravaged from cheering. The singer sounded just as good on stage as he did on cd. What charisma! I watched Tony Kakko* waltz by himself to a part of one song, control us like puppets with his handmovements, and bring us into the ecstatic frenzy of a mosh. What a lech he seemed, singing, "running in the cool night air", and holding out the microphone for us to shout, "without underwear". As the piano started playing for "Fullmoon", I was anticipating, "sitting in a corner all alone", but instead heard him jokingly yodel, followed by singing part of "Total Eclipse of the Heart". Eventually he did sing it. My favorite part was still him singing Old McDonald. It was the most metal experience of my life. I could hardly hear a thing after a certain point.
The keytarist was pissed during the concert for some reason, but whatever. Moshing was nothing too violent, so that was good. I didn't surge forward enough towards the stage so I could never really get a high five...but I don't care too much. That concert was amazing! Now I must eagerly await the next time they appear in America. Chicago, here I'll come.
1. still one of the best games ever
2. Real Country. Not that taylor swift shit.
3. the singer and song writer
current music: Sonata Arctica!
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| Monday, October 19th, 2009
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1:58 am - A Crowning Moment in my Life
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I went to my first concert! But I suppose I'll go in order.
The day started out with me doing my homework. I mostly spent my time reading and no time writing, so I would later be forced to type up a mediocre paper (though it's fortunately only a part of the assignment) at this time. I have since finished everything but the citations. Who cares about citations though? I always do those in the morning. They're so boring...
I spent a few hours of the day cooking/cleaning up my mess, and later came upon a good quesedilla reci....
I'll finish this tomorrow. I need sleep...then citations.
NOTE: Brutal Legend seemed like a good game till I found out what some of the songs on there were. Dragonforce is far from metal. It's what metal shits out. (How do people find dates in concerts? Do you just tackle a chick in the midst of a mosh-pit and then go, "so you wanna get coffee?" ) No...that would be an insult to shit. I don't care for DreamEvil too much, but H.M.J.* is pretty good. And monday I have work and then I'm searching for sources on Alchemy. I know half the stuff that people in my group are going to find online, but I suppose for good measure I'll look for (sigh) citations.
1. heavy metal jesus
current mood: crashed...finally
current music: Sonata Arctica!
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| Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
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10:06 pm - Squeee!
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So apparently if one person dresses as the dread pirate roberts and Dr. Baldhead Faust are equally unrecognizable. I had an awesome birthday. I'll go into that in more length later. You can save so much money in getting "all you can eat" sushi. I got the newest Sonata Arctica cd. Tony Kakko's voice is like sex, only it's available to everyone. Speaking of that...no, I have no follow-up for that.
current music: No Boundaries~Adam Lambert
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| Sunday, September 13th, 2009
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10:56 am - Squeee!
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Sonata Arctica released a new music-video, and naturally I am overjoyed. I pre-ordered the cd, and seeing what these songs are going to be like, I'm pretty psyched for both the cd and the concert.
current music: Flag in the Ground
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| Saturday, September 12th, 2009
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12:43 am - Awaiting, Awaiting
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for a legal change of stature. When I'm eighteen (which is a couple weeks away) I intend to get a bank account...and start putting money into savings bonds....and getting a credit card, even though I intend to use it only on rare occasions.
Today in one of my cooking classes I noticed my friend wearing a leather jacket. He offered to do the dishes, but because he didn't want to show his mp3 underneath it he didn't intend on removing it. I figured the jacket was rather plain, but it's stupid to make leather come in too much contact with water. Then again, maybe that's because my leather gloves had been saturated in corn oil. Either way I digress. I said to the chick in my group that she should wash dishes instead of drying them off. Her response was, "You're a sexist." Apparently asking women to do work is sexist. And as much as a despise such morally corrupt and loud mouthed people, I cannot recall saying anything "sexist" to her face. I just found it entirely odd. Now naturally I had to question her reasoning in a form of oratory I love so much--sarcasm. I still can't understand her reasoning to this moment so many hours later. Then again, if teenage girls think vampires walk around in sunlight and don't drink blood, who knows what other convoluted thoughts they have. I mean really...what macabre freak gets a stiffy from a dead person.
Speaking of dead people, I believe I will start a Tomb Kings army for Warhammer Fantasy. Rules Wise, you're fucked without the aid of magic. On top of that you have to cast several of their most important spells in order. That basically means that any moderately fast army could destroy you. Either way, I intend to do the army. They'll be fun to modify. I'll have high priests modeled after cthulhu, as well as several other Lovecraftian references. I think I may have read too much of him.
I think I have a new specialty food. Squash Ravioli topped with an alfraedo sauce containing bacon, mushrooms, nutmeg, majoram, and cinnamon. Dubliner cheese also goes good with it.
Now I'll be off to play some Katamari...and hopefully finish Law of Nines in a few days. Speaking of all this 9-themed stuff, did anyone see the movie nine? A few friends of mine saw it, as well as a few more. I have yet to see it, but it looks interesting.
current mood:  bouncy
current music: Some annoying song from Choir
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| Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
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8:34 pm - Your name came up as an outstanding student
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Marquette University to me:
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In short, I laughed. Not only because of the gross lies of me being an outstanding student, but that they'd think I'd be willing to waste money at such an overrated place.
current music: The Prince is Giving a Ball~Cindarella
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| Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
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2:21 am - Devious Journal Entry
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Artificer Planeswalker by ~craniifer on deviantART
One thing I've always loved about magic is how they explain how you're able to play any mix of cards ranging from goblins to robots. They've got these characters called planeswalkers who traverse different realms and can call creatures from these different realms of being to do their bidding. Quite simple, but it creates a grand image in my head whenever I play a game. I imagine myself as a planeswalker, accustomed to different surroundings. I use what I've learned to fight, and to settle my differences however I can--whether it's a volatile nuclear reactor that I keep pumping full of energy, or a series of spells to save my hide to finish off my opponent with unexpected blade traps. While it's not a good drawing, it's one of the best I've made. It's my idea of what I'd look like when I play my myr deck--summonning armies of robot drones within seconds that continue to strengthen eachother through the various other tools at my disposal.
current mood:  NOT sleepy
current music: DreamEvil
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| Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
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1:52 am - Random Shit
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It's cool when a bunch of people at your work are into Magic the Gathering...enough so that you can play a few games after work. That's how I spent my day.
I'm going to finish The Whisperer in the Darkness very soon.
I need to set aside a whole day to get into Parasite Eve.
There's a busser at my work who annoys me more than any of the other bussers. Most of them are younger than the other workers, which would explain their childish nature (i.e. they rarely do their job and they never listen to what they tell you). Well this one kid asks me to give him a buss bucket, so I hand three over to him. I figured I'd do this because some people were bringing in dishes but nothing to hold them in. He says, "I need only one," and I explain that I want him to put the other two on the rack in the lounge. I should add that he was going to the lounge. So after showing him how serious I was by not separating the buckets, he takes all three, then walks off towards the door to the lounge, and drops two of them on the ground before proceeding to the door. I was to kick that fucker's ass.
I promised a coworker a cake for her birthday, but something always popped up that prevented me from making her one. Finally I made one for her; a carrot cake with an apple-cream cheese frosting. The thing was quite a success and she let all the other workers try a piece. My boss even had one. Despite him stating that he was dieting, he was quite fond of carrot cake. That's cool.
I won a magic game today. Usually 3-way games can become unbalanced from one person targeting another. Today we really didn't have that problem. Granted, one of the players played hardly any attention to me except by getting in little attacks here and there. The other player had a similar themed deck--a deck with the intention of summoning a bunch of little guys and amassing a huge army. I made sure to attack only what I saw fit to attack, and then I killed two of the players off. I nearly died from the guy* with the artifact deck, but ended up prevailing. In the second match I drew a little too much attention at one point and my better cards were killed off. This made me resort to cycling through my deck looking for duplicates of the cards I couldn't return from my discard pile to my hand and returning what cards I could from my discard pile. I staved off death for a while, but the player who had an artifact deck in the previous game beat me with his cleric deck.
1. I know their names, but I have yet to decide on their psuedonyms
current music: Gothic Vision~Luca Turilli
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| Monday, August 17th, 2009
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11:55 am - Awww
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10:51 am - This is one of the only reasons I want a new game console...
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10:47 am - Beowulf old English
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Found this on![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) neutrino_cannon 's page.
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Something tells me I'm going to be watching this a lot.
current music: In Flames you Burn~Dream Evil
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| Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
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5:26 pm - Today...and Thursday
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Bought some food from Farmer's Market as they were Closing Down.
The people selling milk and the truck with the different meats weren't there.
I plan to make Eggplant Parmesean.
Don't know what to do with the string beans They'd be good with some steak.
I bought some pattypans for a buck, but I have nothing to really make them with. Then again, I'm just used to throwing them into alfraedo sauces and mexican food. They're a denser variety of summer squash so they pair well with black beans and cheese. Maybe vegetarian empanadas?
I also got a starter deck for Call of Cthulhu, as well as some other nerd stuff, that put me ten dollars over my recreational budget. What consoles me is knowing that minimum wage went up. I need to keep at least $200 for ren faire. That's doable.
I wonder how much a henna tatoo goes for.
And I still haven't got my hat in the mail!
current mood:  blah
current music: Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
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| Monday, August 3rd, 2009
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12:09 am - Kohlrabi/calarabi pasta; food tally
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Maybe I'll make it a second time and show pictures, like some people do. * Either way, I * was just cooking up a Kohlrabi from my garden before it got too woody. The stalk was nigh impossible to cut. I needed a pair of heavy-duty yard shears that I use to cut chicken-wire with. (That was the only thing that worked.) The thing was easy to peel and the leaves were in perfect shape. SIDENOTE: the leaves of the kohlrabi taste noticably better than cabbage, but they cook significantly faster. I then chipped up the Kohlrabi with some butter...later adding in some mushrooms. Of the variety I'm not sure...nor are they mushrooms, but it sounds more appetizing than fungi.... trust me, in no way could they arrive in America with out the FDA's consent. They're black and provide a great color to any dish. Meanwhile I boiled some rice noodles that were also near-impossible to cut. I swear those regular ol' scissors could break on that stuff...with the knife proving of no avail and my hands not strong enough to break. The noodles were al-dente within 4 minutes. While doing that I made a roux and added in some parmesean cheese, mustard, and a small amount of mustard-powder. The cheese was just meant to balance out the mustard a little. I added in some milk to make it a little less thick. This sauce would later go on the pasta. As the kohlrabi and mushrooms seemed just about done, I mixed in the leaves and a zucchini-blossom or two. It made a perfectly light and flavorful meal. Consequently, my garden isn't doing so well this year. I believe the tomatoe plants are lacking in fruit due to the fact that I didn't buy tomatoe plant-food spikes. That, and last year there was much more rain. Gods...I had far more tomatoes than this last year. Last year I had a few pounds...or however is much to make approx. 2 pounds of spaghetti sauce, some pizza-sauce, garden-gifts for a few friends, a random snack, and several more that died in the middle of fall. I planted more zucchini and pattypans. Last year...well, did I post the picture in here? A got a few of those, not to mention a few pattypans that were wider than the palm of my hand. Did the plants from last year sap out too many nutrients? I realize that last year I was more than generous with plant food. i148.photobucket.com/albums/s11/craniifer/zuccini.gif One of those was enough to make 2 loaves of zucchini bread...or was it 4? My memory is "nicht sehr gut" when numbers are concerned. My rhubard was pretty small. It's gotten bigger, but I've trimmed off dead parts and flowers so many times I'm wondering what will be left. The cabbage last year was impressive enough. It wasn't a blue ribbon in size, but it was enough to make stuffed cabbage rolls.* And with the stuff that grew back I had a lot left over, but only used a little of it raw on a sandwich or in a stirfry. I managed to grow three small pumpkins. They were used in a chocolate-pumpkin cheesecake. The thing was beautiful and it tasted delicious. Though nobody else at Thanksgiving was nuts about it. Then again, who wants to eat anything after all those appetizers, turkey, stuffing, and sides, right? Right?! A got a couple of ornamental gourds, but not as many as I used to grow when I was younger. After all...who eats ornamental gourds. The cucumbers were doing well. I had A LOT in the peppers-department. Where did all it go? Why has mother gaea forsaken me? 1.You know who you are . 2. Damn indenting option on richtext.
3. I've just realized that I don't know how to properly use hyphens?
current music: The Choosen Ones~Dream Evil / Mother Gaia~Stratovarius
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| Saturday, August 1st, 2009
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12:22 pm - It's grown a little too much
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In the few days I was away from my garden my Kohlrabi practically exploded in size. I'm kinda forced to cook it today...and nothing unique. I just have to cook it while I have the opportunity.
current music: Kamelot
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