Hey everyone....anyone?

Summer is here. I am now a graduate of Ohio University...hooray me!

I have plans this summer to look for a career.

Oh, another update: I have a Wii...W00T!!

How is everyone?

Much luv, Cha

Ohayao Minna!

Just wanted to say Hi to everyone, and give a quick update if ya care, heh.

I just beat Grandia 3. A 40 hour game took me 132 hours to beat. Yea, I did a lot of leveling up, the last boss was too easy. I went through the game collecting all kinds of spells, equipment, and items (powerful). Ended up not really needing them, so sad

I'm still playing Naruto Shippuuden, should have that beat in two weeks - the RPG mode. I'm going to take my time with the Hero mode; wish my roommates liked the game as much as I. I'm pretty good with Sakura (timeskip).

Guilty Gear X2 should be in my mailbox today. ANYONE PLAYED Guilty Gear? What do you like about it?

It's almost time for graduation. While all the high schools are having their proms, I will be studying for finals and getting ready for graduation from college. Wonder if I can get someone to buy me an harmonica for a graduation gift...suppose money will be great too.

HOW IS EVERYONE?

Most funniest YouTube clip - "Party in my tummy" Gabba Gabba show. Check it out.

Much Luv, Cha

Just a heads up to all..

Hope everyone has a Happy V-day!

I've been crazy busy with school. Exams, and a lot of reading. Working at night and then going home to study can be stressful at times, wouldn't you agree.

Good news, I just got to disc 2 in Grandia 3, and I just ordered Naruto Accel. It should be here in a few days.

Also, been very entertained by the presidential debates. I'm wondering when Huckabee will drop out or ask to be McCain's running mate, hmm. Democrats will have a hard time choosing their one nominee - Hil-dog and Obama are both pretty good. Your thoughts?

Just purchased some CDs as well: Lady Sovereign US release, both M.I.A. albums, and some local OH musicians.

Ever heard of Uffie? Listen to her songs: Pop the Glock and Ready to Uff....

I was watching CNN Republican Debate last night, andI realized that Fred Thompson looksjust like a mangalore fromFifth Element. Myfriend at work was so nice enough to make this forus...

Much Luv, Cha

Hey all,

I wanted a new game and needed a new controller, so I went to eBay. Grandia 3 just shipped yesterday, I played I think 2 to 3 hours thus far, and I'm stuck on the first boss - Kornell. The game is great: I love the ambience sounds, the forest looks amazing, great coloring, the battle system is intense, enjoying the storyline thus far, and good voice-acting - I laughed out loud at a few scences - good character performances. I found for a decent price two PS2 controllers with two extension cables. I think these cables will come in handy for Guitar Hero. I just came from the Post Office to pick up the controllers.

So, while walking to the Post Office, a white pitbull came from around a truck. I pan!cked. Wasn't sure what to do. I took a few steps backwards, getting ready to run as the dog galloped towards me. I was noticing its mean looking spiked collar when a guy came around. I know that guy, I thought.

I shouted to him "Is this your dog?" "Yea, it just a pup, so..."he stated. "I don't f--- around with pitbulls, you know" I replied nervously. I dapped him up, and continued on my way, noticing that I was still jitterly as my heart rate began to decline.

I'm not a big fan of dogs, had too many run-ins with stray dogs when I was younger. Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving. Anyone stay true to US history, go out and kill something? Ohk, that wasn't appropriate, but I had a conversation with my roommate and got to talking about how Native Americans experienced well...genocide.

Have you ever went to the store, got to the checkout line, and find out you don't have enough ca$h. Happened to me today, I had everything I needed only to find, "heck, where is my debit card!"

Not sure when I'll post next... Happy Holidays and all that! XD

Well, its noon, time to go to work.

- Much Luv, Cha

Please tell me you have seen the Leroy Jenkins WoW clip????

If you haven't check it out on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU.

In other news, I beat Call of Duty 3 for the X360 two days ago on medium, now I'm playing it on hard. Today I made a lot of progress on Halo 3, just killed Truth.

Down here in Athens, OH, we just had our spectacular Halloween block party. I didn't get to go out to it last night - Saturday - b/c I was working at the bar. Yea, I'm a barback at a local dive bar.

No other updates, still playing Guitar Hero, trying to graduate (last year W00t), hanging with friends, working, and oh yea playing video games.

Hey all,

I just got off the phone with my girlfriend, and now I have strange feelings. She went out with some coworkers on Friday night. She told me on Friday that it was a "girls night out." Spoke to her today and she said her coworker's boyfriend brought his friends along. At this moment I started to feel insecure...

I started thinking about a previous conversation we had: we discussed what we valued most. I value loyalty and she values trust. Okay so I'm thinking "Do I trust her? Yea, I trust her (Yes,I am having a conversation with myself)... I trust her, I think I'm insecure."

Became interested in why so many men are insecure- I googled"trust and relationships" then after that I searched "insecurity and men." The articles I read talked about lack of self-confidence being the case for insecurity issues. So you guessed it! Searched "confidence building."

Found a great site called mindtools.com. Read an article on self-confidence at this link.

Crazy, I'm confident and optimistic in the majority of situations. I'm surprised that lack some self-confidence. Well, the online articles were of some help, thus I will improve. Self-confidence is now a "work in progress."

1) Self-Confident: Doing what you believe to be right, even if others mock or criticize you for it. Low Self-Confidence:Governing your behavior based on what other people think.

2) Self-Confident: Being willing to take risks and go the extra mile to achieve better things. Low Self-Confidence: Staying in your comfort zone, fearing failure and so avoid taking risks.

3) Self-Confident: Admitting your mistakes and vowing to learn from them. Low Self-Confidence: Working hard to cover up mistakes and praying that you can fix the problem before anyone is the wiser.

4) Self-Confident: Waiting for others to congratulate you on your accomplishments. Low Self-Confidence: Extolling your own virtues as often as possible to as many people as possible.

5) Self-Confident: Accepting compliments graciously. "Thanks, I really worked hard on that prospectus. I'm pleased you recognize my efforts." Low Self-Confidence: Dismissing compliments offhandedly. "Oh that prospectus was nothing really, anyone could have done it."

Hey Gang,

I had an uneventful summer... No really I didn't do anything, it was pretty pathetic. Anywho, I'm back at school, and this is my final year! Hooray! I'm cracking down on my studies seriously. Just acquired a Bar-back job at the Union bar and grille. Its a dive bar, and the people are great there. There's so many regulars, the folks are almost like close enough to be regarded as a family. Every weekend there are bands perfomring at the bar upstairs - Union has two floors/bars. Tonight Apples in Stereo will be performing. I never heard of them, but it looks like they are well known. Tonight will probably be busy.

My roommate just got an Xbox 360, and my friend went out on a shopping spree - I mean he went nuts - bought a Wii with controllers and games and the lot. My other friend who happens to be the Wii buyer's roommate purchased a PS3 over the summer. If you guessed that I'll been playig a lot of next-gen games, you guessed correctly.

Well, that's my spill. I'll be back later with more info.

If anyone have ideas for what I should get my GF for our first anniversary...I'm all ears.

-Cha

Well,

Summer is here now officially for me anyhow. My college is on summer break. I got home this past Friday night. The first thing I had to do was EAT. Yea, I went with my sister and cuz to get some Long John Silvers. Mmmm, so good, so refreshing.

Saturday I went to the local library and looked for employment. Found Home City Ice. So I applied online, and they called me today! I will go there tomorrow - Tuesday - and apply in person.

Sitting here at the library's computer lab. Just finished forfeiting my team from Toonami Union's Dimension Wars. I've also applied for a job at CVS. Hopefully they'll give me a call. If I can think of some other places, I'll apply for more on Tuesday or Wednesday.

I really wanted to let you all know that I won't be on GS as much since its summer. Hey, a man gotta make money. I may even get sued for breach of a lease agreement.

Those are all the updates, now if only I can find somewhere to 'board.

Peace, Cha

GO CAVS!!

So yea I'm from a suburb of Cleveland.  Doesn't mean I don't love the Cavs.

First game of the NBA Finals is tonight - Thursday. 

I believe the CAVS will beat the SPURS.  It won't be an easy task...

King James - Duncan look out man!

Hey all,

I decided that with this blog, I'll write about a typical day in my college life. 

I was awaken by my friend Julius knocking on my door.  He yelled through the door, "Charlie some people are downstairs.  They came to see the house."  I put on some shorts and a shirt, and head downstairs.  At the bottom of the stairs I'm surprised to see Symphonie.  She said hi to me and said the realtor is in the backyard.  The realtor asked if anyone else were sleep, and if it was ohk to go upstairs.  "Yea, do ya thang" 

I walked in the kitchen and yet another surprise!  PANCAKES and what is that under the foil?  BACON!!  I grabbed a handful and went to the living room where Symphonie, Luce, and Julius were watching "Stranger than Fiction."  In mid-chew I hear a voice, "Charlie where's your plate?"  It was Symphonie, I glanced at her, then back to the tv, and continued eating the delicious pancakes. 

"Hmm, I really want to take a shower, but there's no hot water"  We didn't pay the gas bill on time, so we don't have any hot water.  Unfortunately, I had to take a cold shower...very hard to do.  When I got out, I had a voicemail.  It was some friends, they were going to Ping (the gym) to play dodgeball.  I called David back and told him I will be there soon, then I got a call from Will.  "Hey man, I'm going to SeniorFest at McCracken.  Wanna come?"  I told him no that I was going to Ping, he offered me a ride there. 

Out of Will's car, I skateboarded up the sidewalk to Ping's entrance.  There with the fellas and Brendan's gf, we searched for an open gym/room.  It was fun playing dodgeball again.  I remember Mike saying when he got hit, "duck, dodge, dip, dive, and...dodge."  We played about 7 or 8 games, our team of four lost.  I committed a wicked cool suicide for a win.  Dave made fun of me when I took off my shirt.  I can't help that I'm skinny...It was hot man!  Just a normal game of prison-ball type of dodgeball, and laughing as Josh and Mike tried to skateboard.

I was skating home, when I heard music coming from Baker (the student center).  I went over to check it out.  There was a stage and a mass of people.  "How cool, an outdoor concert"  It was ACRN's Lobsterfest.  I stayed for about 10 mins, then decided to move on.  Now I'm about halfway home, when I look over and see some young ladies playing volleyball.  "Hey Charlie!"  Oh, someone I know, Janelle (I call her Peanut) and Rose.  I almost fall off the board, "I seen you almost fall, haha"  Great, they just put me on the spot, pointing out my folly.  So I (fully clothed) mooned them.

I went over and played a game of volleyball.  Our team lost.  It was fun, and they had Subway and water.  Although one girl - Toby - gave me a hard time b/c I'm not a Resident Assistant.  "He's not a RA!"  "Yea, but I'm a Security Aide," I exclaimed.  Peanut chimed in "He's a SA"  "Yea where's the reslife unity?"  So they all were RAs.  As everyone gathered their things, they offered me the rest of the subs, yea I took them. 

Finally, at home.  At an empty house.  "Where is everyone?"  Oh well, I watched some old eps of Naruto.  Naruto vs Sasuke when he tried to leave Konoha.  I had to take another shower b/c I was practically covered in sand.  The water again...so COLD! 

Studied a lil for my exam on Tuesday, fell asleep though.  When I awaken I went downstairs to see Julius sitting there watching another film.  Steve (roomie) walked in, talked on the phone a bit and then left.  I got a call from Josh, said he was at BW3 watching the CAVS game.  I went up there, but got bored, so I left.  Texted T-mo, said he was at Red Brick (bar/grille).  We watched the game at 19 South instead, T-mo said he had to go to work (he's a DJ at 19 South).  

Wow!  The CAVS WON!  Finally beat Detroit!  

I had a few drinks, talked to a girl who loved to talk about herself, found out from my former "lover" that she had a new bf, and seen a guy laying on the ground with his head split up.  What a sight!  After the police arrived, hopped in the car with Will and he dropped me off at home.  

That's the end.  What a long day...and what a long post eh? 

If you ever seen MTV's show "Boiling Points", then you know exactly what I'm talking about.

I was in my Sociology course today, and my professor - Niroula - shared a story of a breaching experiment.  His college professor as.signed all of his clas.smates to do a breaching experiment:

  "My clas.smate and I decided to go to...uh...McDonalds.  Now my friend he was crazy, so crazy.  He drove backwards through the drive-thru... Very seriously he asked for a hamburger.  'MAY I HAVE A HAMBURGER'  The worker at window said no.  He asked again.  The worker said no again 'You need to turn your car around'  My friend wouldn't budge, so the employee threaten to call the police.  The police showed up and arrested us...  Our professor had to come down 'No, no that's my students.  It was just a clas.s exercise'  Yea, breaching experiments aren't allowed anymore."

After Niroula finished talking, I guess it meant it was time for cl.ass to wrap-up.  Two girls in the back stands up and put their bookbags on.  "What are you doing?!  He didn't dismissed clas.s yet!  Sit yal as.ses down!" - I exclaimed with a smile.  Clas.s was dismissed shortly after.  As the girls walked by me, "I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings"  I probably insulted them since I was smiling...I thought it was hilariious, and so did some of my clas.smates, heh.

Just in case you don't know:  In the field of social psychology, a breaching experiment is an experiment that seeks to examine peoples' reactions to violations of commonly accepted social rules or norms. Breaching experiments are most commonly associated with ethnomethodology, in particular the work of Harold Garfinkel. The conduct of a breaching experiment is sometimes referred to as "Garfinkeling."   (Taken directly from Wikipedia)

Here's another example of a breaching experiment:  "Another is shopping from others' carts in a grocery store. The taken-for-granted routine is that once you have placed an item in your cart, it belongs to you. The students who performed this 'breach' matter-of-factly took items from the carts of others. When questioned, they responded simply that the item in the cart had been more convenient to reach than the one on the shelf ."  (Taken from sniggle.net)

GO OUT AND DO YOUR OWN EXPERIMENT...AND SHARE YOUR STORY HERE

Here's a list of some sites I frequent for manga:

Naruto central

Animemangafun.com

Onemanga.com

Bleach portal

deathnote.tv - good site to stream the show

What are some sites you recommend?

Yea,

  I don't have any problems with the Emo culture, but I do not like it when girls wear too much eyeliner.  I feel that they look like raccoons.  Here at the university, you typically see the "stereotypical sorority" girl wearing just bit too much eyeliner. 

 I know that girls wear the eyeliner because they think its cute, or someone else thinks it cute.  I however don't think so.  Where did this trend come from?  Why is it supported?  What is with the UGG boots...das boot!  Oh, don't think I forgot about the popped collars Bro (hehe)

Thank you for your time...and that's my rant!

I'm working today from 10 to 5p, its about 11:55p right now.  About an hour ago, a young lady by the name of Erika came to the desk. 

Me - "I was just talking to my roommate Sarah about your sister yesterday.  She played Rugby with her.  I'm not sure of her [Sarah] last name though."

Erika - "You don't know your roommate last name?!" 

Me - "Yea, she kinda just moved in this quarter..."

Erika - "Your name's Charlie right?"

Me - "Yea, that's funny that you remember my name, yet I don't even know my own roommate's last name"

Erika - "......."

Me - "Do you need anything else....a bag for your books?  Well, have a good one."

I used to have a crush on Erika's sister back when she used to go to school here.  She graduated now, but she was one helluva rugby player.  When Erika's sister was in school here, about a year ago (pretty sure...yea ) I met Erika once, but then every so often that Fall quarter I would say hi when I seen her.  As Fall quarter progressed, I seen Erika and her sister less and less...  All-in-all I'm surprised that she remembered my name b/c we sure wasn't and aren't friends.  Heck, I wasn't even that close to her sister.

Hello all or in Japanese Konnichiwa minna,

    So how about that VA Tech rampage or massacre that happened?  A Virginia Tech student shots and kills 32 people including himself.  Don't you just love the wording used by the media?  Don't they have the decency to be a little more compassionate/sympathetic?  I guess if they were, they wouldn't be the news huh..."If it bleeds, it leads."  I'm a Sociology major so I'm persuing the motivation of the shooter.  What cause or provoked Mr. Cho Seung-Hui to do such a thing? 

I do send my condolences out to any who had family or friends in the shooting. 

Wow, that wasn't even the reason I started this blog...what was I thinking about, heh.  I'll be back later to finish this; I have to go talk to an advisor about financial for the next school year.  I have eight more courses to take before my degree is acquired.  I'll be back in about 3hrs.

Hooray!  My first time using Photoshop was about a week ago...  I just completed my first Photoshop banner for GS!  It's not up-to-par to the many more elaborate ones I have seen, but I like it... IT'S MY FIRST!  I'm going to continue playing with photoshop, heck I may try my hand at a signature.

Later, I'm going to the comic book shop to celebrate, heh.  Just joking, but yea I'm going to where the comix graze.

Well, we just finished final exams, now it's Spring Break.  Hooray!  I don't have any plans...  I'm going to work with my friend on his project: he's installing tvs, radios, and doing some wiring at Hocking College.  He said he'll slide a few bucks.  So, this will be my break, trying to make some dineros and probably gonna get well....drunk... 

Oh, I almost forgot, I recently acquired a skateboard, so I'm gonna learn how to skate.  Sure hope I don't break anything...  So far I can move straight and turn, heh.  I fell while going down a slope at the skatepark, I'm ohk though, fell on me bum.  If anyone has any pointers or advice on skateboarding, help me out.  *Don't say:  stay off of it*

My friend went to Columbus yesterday, and guess what he came back with - Xenosaga III - now I can finally complete the series.  Played it today for about an hour and a half.  It's a great game really, I love how they blended the best from the first and the second.

Guess I'll being doing more than drinking this break after-all.  I have a week to play Xenosaga III, learn how to skate, post on GS, and I'm training on Tekken 5.  Just found out the other day, a friend of mine's - Hamilton Illodi - placed 5th out of 300 in a statewide Tekken tourney.  Great huh?  I'm training to one day challenge him again.  I've beat him only once in Tekken 4, I had Ling Xiayou and I think he had King. 

I'm off to the house, stomach is growling quite fiercely...

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