Japan

[COLOR=Navy]lol. These analyzations of me really amuse me. Some of what has been posted is true....or a lot of it. I wonder if I should tell you what it all really means....ah what the heck...here goes...nvm...I like being mysterious. [B]Lady Dust[/B] You are still somewhat going for a Kill Bill theme or something that close to fitting that criteria when it comes to your username. With your custom title...you can never seem to stick with one name for a very long time. After awhile, you get bored of your old one and switch to your new one. Switching from China to O-Ren, and now to your current one is proof enough for that. Your avatar and signiture remind me of Kill Bill a lot. It has the South West feel to it. You are also a big fan of RPG's.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy][B]Delta[/B] [B]Username:[/B] Maybe you know some Greek, since your username is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. [B]Custom Title: (I ♥ Geisha Skin)[/B] Unlike most people here, you actually love the Geisha skin. You may also know some alt key codes because of the ♥. [B]Avatar:[/B] You like the color of pink and black. [B]Signiture:[/B] I think that you really like XXXHolic at the moment because of you banner.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]If you ever feel like reading a book, you can also read [U]The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II[/U] by Iris Chang. Also, like I mentioned before...another good book to read is [U]FlyBoys[/U] by James Bradley, even though it mostly concentrates on American fighter pilots. It still talks about the atrocities of what happened in China.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Here are the only seven pictures that I have available at the moment. I'll get more when I get the chance. Here is Downtown Spokane and Riverfront Park. It's an ok place to hang out. There are fireworks there on the forth of July, and the IMAX theatre, as well as the ice palaceSpokane falls, carrousel, Red Wagon slide, and gandola ride. [IMG]http://www.cbpa.ewu.edu/~pamweigand/spokane.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.spokaneriverfrontpark.com/images/red_wagon2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.spokaneriverfrontpark.com/images/rink2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.spokaneriverfrontpark.com/images/carrkids_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.spokaneriverfrontpark.com/images/imax-spokane.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.spokaneriverfrontpark.com/images/park1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://webpages.charter.net/crstrode/Photos/fallssm.jpg[/IMG] I'll get more as soon as I can get them. Could I post pictures of other places I used to live?[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Tigervx][FONT=Arial][COLOR=Teal]They stole their language from China [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE] They didn't exactly steal the Chinese language. The Japanese language was influenced by it, but that's it. [QUOTE=Lady Dust]Everyone attack the 14 year old Japanese girl why don't you... :animesigh [list] [*]Ancient Civilizations and their Achievments [*]Art of the World [*]Other culture's achievments [/list] That's what. And I think Japan should close it's doors to America. China did it and look how far they came along. Props to China, boo to America. America coud be the "greatest" country but those poor immigranst don't know what they are getting themselves into. America could be a land of opportunities, but it really isn't all that great. And I think all Japanese items should be drawn out of America. They should take out the people and bring them home, take out the car's, food, anime, manga, language. The American children could still learn about Japan, but they just won't have a taste on it. And I think that's why all guns and missiles are pointed straight at America. Face it everyone hates them. And I can see why.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=Navy]WTF? What you said made absolutely no sense as many have stated before hand. Have you read no history books ever?? Many came to America seeking a better life because of oppression and starvation. Remember Einstein? He came here because of WW2 and the Nazis. Pilgrims? They came here to escape religious oppression in Britian. Irish? A lot of them came here when that potatoe famine occurred. Pretty much all of them did seek better life in America. A chance to get back on their feet. If Japanese goes into isolation again, do you think they will survive? Answer is no. Remember when the a lot of European Jewish were all sent back to Israel after WW2? There were hardly any room for them to move in. That made the Palestinians have to move out and that caused havoc. Japan is a small country as it is with very many people in it. Most of the country is mountainous meaning that only certain parts can be lived on. If they withdraw, many people around the world will be upset. Video game, anime, cars, and manga are just some of the biggest industries that everyone around the world enjoy. Almost all countries love the US. I know. I've been to almost every country in Europe. The French are just bull headed. Britian are really nice to us. When I was living in England, they were the nicest people I met. Props to China? They are a Communist country for crying out loud. They stand for everything the US is not. They don't pay their people very much money, and females aren't favored over there much. Why do you think that there are mostly girls that are up for adoption over there? Many countries don't hate the US. We help them out in time of war, and other needs. We did a lot to help in WW2. For example, the highest numbers of deaths from D-Day were mostly American. We did a lot for the French. We saved their country from the nazis. I don't remember who said it, but I read that North Korea are aiming toward Japan than America. I totally agree with that. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]There are a few that come to mind. The ending of Trigun as a big one for me. It made me scream in anger, cry, and be shocked at the same time. That was my reaction with [spoiler]Wolfwood's death.[/spoiler] Another one would be the end of the Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz movie. [spoiler] The first time I watched it, I kept on thinking, "Is Heero Yuy dead??? I don't know dang it! lol[/spoiler] The last one would be the entire Perfect Blue movie. That movie always make you guessing till the very end and keeps you on the edge of your seat.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]I've been trying to color in photoshop more and more lately. Here are some of things I colored. Please post comments. I drew them all, scanned them in, and colored them. The first one is from Naruto. It's Gaara, Temari, and Kankurou. [URL=http://www.deviantart.com/view/17877729/]http://www.deviantart.com/view/17877729/[/URL] Second is of a demon angel. [URL=http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/18020856/]http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/18020856/[/URL] This last one is of Tifa from FF7, and my friend Jason, who is obsessed with her. Jason is the puppet. [URL=http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/17985961/]http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/17985961//[/URL] Thanks for the replies in advance. Hope you like them. ^_^[/color]

[COLOR=Navy][B]Touma Seguchi[/B] [B]Screen Name: [/B] You really love Touma at the moment. Maybe you are in an obsession phase about the anime...specifically the keyboardist from Nittle Grasper. [B]Custom Title:[/B] Again, you are a big fan of that band in Gravitation. You enjoy their music, and you love Touma. [B]Signiture:[/B] What more can I say? You are just crazy about Touma at the moment, lol[/COLOR]

[quote name='Xander Harris']Maybe Miso is what I'm thinking of... can you describe what's in it??[/quote] [COLOR=Navy]Nori, bean paste dissolved in water, tofu...that's all that I can remember off the top of my head. When I go to Japan, I'd also want to buy Ramune soda, and gyoza a plenty.[/COLOR]

[quote name='Xander Harris']I'd eat me some of that awesome Japanese soup (the name of which escapes me) that the exchange students at our college make sometimes...[/quote] [COLOR=Navy]Are you thinking of Miso soup? Anyways, I'd try to find a place to stay. As soon as I get that settled, I look for food. I'd try pretty much everything but octopus and squid. I would just be running to anything that caught my eye...whether it'd be a store, shrine, or temple.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]PokeMon Red and Blue Version: (gb) I played these for about four months until I captured all of the Pokemon in the game. My first two games that I ever owned. Sonic The Hedgehog 2: (sega genesis) I played this over at a friends house obsessively till I beat it. One of the best games ever![/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Oh be quiet, kakashi! Just because I am not a 'hardcore' gamer, doesn't mean I'm inferior. The only reason why I don't finish a lot of games is because I lose interest....not because of being casual or whatever you want to call it. I just have a short attention span when it comes to games. That's why I'm not much of a RPG fan. I love Sonic, DDR, Devil May Cry, and Need For Speed: Underground (to name a few). They never lose my interest. I've been working on Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time since April of last year. I'm not like my friend, Regan, who is really hardcore when it comes to games. When he got the new Paper Mario and Halo 2 game, he beat it within a couple of days. I can never do that. I don't think that I am any better than him....unless it's DDR, but that's besides the point. Who cares whether or not I'm hardcore or casual. I enjoy games, and that's all that should matter. If I beaten it, I should be allowed to give advice. I never skip anything when it comes to cut scenes and things like that. I've been working on Devil May cry 1 for about a month and a half now and I'm just about three quarters of the way done. Also...the reason why I only own six games is because I'm broke half the time and my parents hate video games. If I want a game, I have to buy it with my own money and on my own time. With being broke half the time is because I buy games when they are about $20. That's not casual, that's just common sense. Plus, I have other interests too. So, x kakashi x, don't assume that all casual gamers are alike. What you said wasn't very nice. I love lots of games, I really do. If I had the money and the time, I'd buy an XBox, Halo 2, PSP, and GBA SP, and play day and night, but I can't. So please watch what you say. (sorry for the rant)[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]The best part about this poem in particular is the rythmn. I LOVE the rythmn. Not bad of a subject choice either. Three words can describe this poem perfectly? Awesome! Superb! I'm hungry! I know that the last one wasn't a word, but what the heck...it made me hungry. All of your poems dealing with food really really make me hungry...and crave for what ever you write about. A+++[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]I guess that I am weird for this, but my favorite weather are thunderstorms and tornadoes. The tornadoes make pretty colors in the sky. I remember in first grade that the skies turned from a light blue to a purplish black mist color...really sweet...the destruction of the fallen trees around the area were really awesome. (Just so you know...I lived in Illinois where there were a lot of tornadoes...but they never really touched the ground) Thunderstorms are also really awesome. The warm downpouring rain. The thunder and the flashes of lightning. The best weather to sleep to in my opinion. Just hearing the rain, and the patterns of thunder and lightning mixed in.....oh how delightful. Another relaxing thing....and I just thought of a third favorite. Is a just downfall kind of rain....the amount of pressure and force you see when rain comes down in tropical rain forests. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]I love all animals equally. Cats and dogs especially. I used to hate cats because they were always mean to me. That changed when I got a cat. Actually, my sister is the one that got it. I'm the one the cat chose to be best friends with. My cat is awesome! I can't imagine how I used to hate cats. I love my dog and cat both to death. Let's see the pros and cons for each, shall we (in my point of view with my cat and dog) [U][B]Shannon (dog)[/B][/U] [B]Pros-[/B] She is very sweet and cuddly. She has an awesome personality, as well as cute. She is a black labrador retriever....making her an awesome pet to have around people. She is fun to play with and makes me laugh. She has the best patience in the world. If someone or something annoys her, she just walks away. She's a good old girl. [B]Cons[/B]- She can get annoying at times...like...wanting to go outside and inside and so on and so forth. Some days she is just always on the wrong side of the door. Since she can't get on my bed anymore by herself, it gets really annoying when she wants up on my bed in 5 in the morning.She also loves to eat human food, so stealing always occurs. Dealing with the dog poop is annoying too. [U][B]Cosette aka kitty(cat)[/B][/U] [B]Pros[/B]- She is a loner like me. We hang out at night a lot. I was the first one of the family to earn her friendship, as well as training her that being held is fun. Before she hated to be held or anything.....I used to be the only one she'd allow to pick her up and cuddle her. Even though she was declawed, she still never scratches with her feet...ever. She purrs and meows every so often, but she's not overly loud...which is really nice. She's funny, and to entertain her is inexpensive. Just give her a string and she's happy. She is also easy to take care of. She also doesn't mind when I have my fingers run through her tail. [B]Cons[/B]- Though I worked on her quite a bit, she still doesn't like strangers all that much. (she runs away and hides) She also doesn't like to get held all too much....the longest I was able to have her in my lap was ten minutes. The longest I could cuddle her was a half hour. It's cool that I'm the one she chose to be her best friend. Overall, I love my cat and dog equally. I can't imagine just having one and not the other. That'd be torture. I guess that it mostly depends on the owner, the other major factor is thr personality.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]I'm 5'10". I used to wish that I was taller. Now, I realized that if I am any taller, all of the guys would be shorter. lol[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]I'll be graduating on the 11th of June. I am going to work, hang out with friends, and make the best of my summer before college. I'm going to be celebrating my birthday in July. I plan to stay up as late as I can some nights when I don't have work the next day. I'm also going to keep with my studies of the Japanese language and hopefully keep my math skills sharp. I'm going to Oregon for a couple of weeks at the end of June, as well as a trip or two to the amusement park that is nearby...also I hope to meet Panda this summer too.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]I haven't heard anything about Japan claiming some island as their's, but I do know about the whole textbook issue. I don't agree with the textbook change. From the book that I read, [U]FlyBoys[/U] by James Bradley, I learned what the Japanese really did at that time. It was horrible. All that they changed in the history textbooks was leave out some of the details of what they really did to the Millions of Chinese and Koreans. That's all. The reason for the anti-Japanese protests were because they believed that the Japanese government were sheltering their growing youth of sorts by not telling their kids how much pain their ancestors really caused during WW2. About the Chinese Nuclear submarine, and such. Do you realize how close the Japanese islands are to China and North Korea. The North Koreans absolutely hate the Japanese. Shooting nuclear rockets over Japan is proof for that. Can't we just make amends and live in peace?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy][B]Desbreko[/B] You are the lover of video games....Zelda being your absolute favorite. You love to collect rupees in the game, and you love the purple Link. You love anime like Ranma 1/2 and Love Hina. You also like to make websites and to help others when they are in need. You are a nice person and you are the kind of person that cares for your friends. You also seem to have a sense of humor as well. :p [/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]Just so you know, this list is incredibly long. [B]Scotland[/B] I visited a lot of this country...or rather drove through it. I saw quite a few towns. I didn't go far enough North to see the Locks though. Beautiful country. [B]England[/B] Lived here for about three years. I went to London often, and I visited many of the villages and cities. I lived in the Cambridge area. What I liked most about this country were the castles and the nice people. Out of all of the countries in Europe, the British were by far the nicest. I loved Dover Castle and Warick castle. I enjoyed absolutely everything about London. Another town that I really enjoyed was York. I wish to go back to this country again someday. I also visited Legoland, as well as the forest of Robin Hood. I even met the Sheriff of Nottingham. He's a very nice guy. [B]France[/B] Not my most favorite place in the world. Paris was nice and all, but the fancy resturants made me almost sick to my stomach....even without eating the food. Clams and snails are not for me. I really enjoyed the sub sandwiches that I got on the street though. I went up the Effiel Tower as well. Paris was so pretty from up there. My favorite town of France is a port called Calais that you entered from crossing the English Channel on a ferry. It was a lovely there. I enjoyed my first real crepe there, and I found a French tickle me elmo! When I was in Paris for New Year's, seeing people celebrate in the streets was entertaining. People, very drunk, were driving in a traffic jam at 2 in the morning playing techno very loud.They were hanging out of the cars as they drove along, as well as make their cars bounce up and down. lol [B]Ireland[/B] I didn't like this country all that much. For one thing, a lot of the major cities had a lot of pollution. So much that it made me cough excessively. I toured the Waterford Glass place, as well as the town of Cork. Going to Cork is my most favorite place of all. Located there is none other than Blarney Castle. I really enjoyed looking at the various druid stuff as well as kiss the Blarney Stone for good luck. Kissing the Blarney Stone was really scary. The castle ruins of Blarney castle were about three stories high. The Blarney stone was located a little below of the roof of the castle. There was a hole in the roof right next to the stone, and the only way you could kiss it was by laying on your back, and totally leaning off the edge backwards. The only thing that was keeping you from falling was a man holding your feet. [B]Germany[/B] This country was awesome!! I loved going to Heildelburg. I went there many times when I lived in England. One time I was there, there was a wedding held at the castle ruins just above the hill. The wedding was so pretty....as well as the ruins. I met my british friend, Keith on a trip there once as well as other British friends that I still keep in contact today. I once bought a huge gummy bear that was bigger than my hand. I finished it all in one day, which gave me a belly ache. The Rhine river was really nice, but it got really annoying at night because of the many gnats. >_< I also visited a lot of Vineyards there...that was a lot of fun. Germany also has some of the best chocolate too. WAY better than Hershey's. Another city that I went to here was a town called Koln. I went there for a Christmas shopping trip. The snow was really pretty, as well as inviting. (You hardly get any snow in England T_T) I tried strong warm juice/wine. I didn't like it very much at all. Southern Germmany is absolutely gorgous! I stayed at a four star hotel that was there. Oh how I loved it. [B]Belgium[/B] I miss the Chocolate factory from here. You buy any chocolate imaginable here. I even bought cigarette shaped tootie rolls there. ^_^ [B]Austria[/B] This place has the cleanest water I've ever seen. The water tasted and felt so good. [B]Romania[/B] I stayed here for about four to five days. I was on a mission trip here. It was pretty nice for a third world country. Though, there was a lot of pick pockets here. They treat Americans like they are pigs. >_> The hotel packed our lunches with two big sandwhiches, and a huge chocolate bar besides. When we gave a peasant woman one of the sacked lunches and an extra chocolate bar, her face lit up so much. It was like she saw an Angel. That made me feel really good inside. Most of the people in Romania mostly had carts and donkeys for transportation. It was pretty interesting to visit that country. While I was there. I learned a very interesting fact. When a father has a woman ready to marry, he hangs up all of the pots and pans outside of the house. That shows that they have wealth, and please marry my daughter. I remember when I was there that the water was undrinkable....even to brush our teeth. [B]Translyvania[/B] I mostly drove through here. I got to drive past Dracula's castle!! Spooky place. [B]Hungary[/B] Hungary is also a third world country, but not in as bad a shape as Romania. I feel proud that Romania and Hungary are trying to get back on their feet after the fall of Communism. I visited a hospital there for the mentally retarded and mamed people. I was handing out stuffed animals out to the residents. This one guy received a tickle me elmo, and he had the biggest grin you'd ever see as he squeezed the tummy over and over again hearing the laugh and vibrations. [B]Normandy[/B] I visited the WW2 beaches in Normandy. It was kind of sad looking at the beaches and bunkers, but at the same time very interesting. There are even wild boars at some of the locations. heh [B]USA[/B] I went to all the states where the American Civil War took place. My brother is a war geek. I loved the boardwalk, as well as the salt water taffe. I also enjoyed seeing the wild horses, and stay at this one hotel next to this marsh. There was a net there, and I caught a crab. I was born in Florida, and I lived in Illinois for nine years. I now live in Washington state. [B]The Netherlands[/B] I visited the famous Keukenhof tulip gardens here. That was a really pretty place. I bought my coke cola jaw breakers in the Netherlands. I will never forget them because they tasted so good, and they were silver in color. Amsterdam is one of the most dirty places left and right...especially the red light district. That district got it's name from when hookers always turned on a red light while having sex. My favorite village in The Netherlands though was a village called Valkenburg. This place has some castle ruins up on a hill. They are lit up by lights at night. They are so pretty. The night life here during the summer is very exciting. Any age is allowed in the bars. The bars have lasors, strobe lights, and techno blasting. They were some of the best dance clubs in my opinion. I wouldn't mind moving here and living in Valkenburg the rest of my life. [B]Luxemburg[/B] I mostly stayed at this place for an hour. If you didn't know, this place is sort of a providence....or whatever it is called. It's a country/city.....that's pretty much it. There wasn't much to do here. [B]Wales[/B] I mostly drove through here to get on the ferry to get to Ireland. It is mostly hills, though really pretty. [B]Canada[/B] I went camping in the national forests close to Montana and Washington state. The people weren't very nice here, and the towns are barren on Sundays. The national parks were pretty though. [B]Mexico[/B] I went here for a mission trip. Getting across the border was a pain in the butt. I love their Dorito flavors as well as their soda. Oh how I love their strawberry soda. You can't drink their water either. I went to a bat cave while a was there. That was pretty interesting. I haven't seen so much bat dung in my life. [B]Switzerland[/B] I don't remember all that much from here except that it was really hilly.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]In general, I think that all of the recent Hip Hop/POP music, excluding early 90's, are totally overrated. There were just songs back then were pretty good...like TLC, and Waiting For Tonight by J-Lo were pretty good. Now everything is really annoying. It's EVERYWHERE. Plus, that's pretty much all that my school plays at their dances. Rap is also overrated. Sure, a lot of them write their own lyrics, and with raps, that takes a lot of work. Still, I think that the artist treating women like animals in their videos are overrated and getting really old. Linkin Park- I love their older music (Hybrid Theory CD and prior). They are still overrated, I think. They are played obsessively on the radio. Even more so now when they joined up with Jay Z for those couple of albums. Rap doesn't belong in rock. Godsmack is very overrated. Every time I hear them getting played, which is very often, I get a headache. Bands and genres that I believe are underrated are: Breaking Benjamin, Symphony X, Rammstein, techno/dance/rave genres. You don't see much hype about Breaking Benjamin. I like their first album very much, and that Blow Me Away song on the Halo 2 soundtrack is simply superb. Symphony X. Each time I listen to these guys, my love for the metal rock genre grows. I love a lot of their songs. They are all beautiful, and I love their music a lot. Rammstein is another underrated band. Not a lot of people know about them in America....(I only know a couple people in my school that know about them) Their music is simply one of a kind. Plus, the lead singer, Till Linderman, has a very deep deep voice, which is something you normally don't find in most singers. Compared to a lot of bands when they perform in concerts, (From what I've seen anyways) no concerts are as extravagant as theirs. Each concert is compiled with various pyromaniac stunts like Till Linderman wearing a coat that is aflame to the microphone stands aflame. Really awesome! The techno/dance/rave genres are also underrated. They are mostly popular only in Europe, while most hip hop and pop music is popular in the US. These genres are really awesome. Some of the beats are totally bizarre but really cool. The ideal dance club music. Some of the artists are in these genres are DJ Sammy with his song, Heaven, Ian Van Dahl, and Dune. These genres are a lot of fun and a lot different compared to any other kind of music. [/COLOR]

[quote name='ThatOneOddDude']A friend of mine started playing Runescape the other day and he said some guy tolf him to follow. He led him out into the desert, then teleported away... hows that for morality?[/quote] [COLOR=Navy]At least that player didn't have your friend follow him into the wilderness....otherwise he would of died and a lot of his stuff stolen. People can be mean in Runescape, but there are a lot of nice people there. The times that I played Counterstrike, no one was mean. The only thing bad in games that I've seen was when my friend Josh, and my friend's little brother Ryan betray their teams in Halo 2...what idiots.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]"My Japanese teacher doesn't like me." Laura replied with a sigh. "This idiot that sat behind me was making fun of my black eye." "Ow! That looks painful." Kyoshiro replied with concern. "Yeah, the pain is killing me. Whenever I meet up with those stupid ass cheerleaders that gave me this black eye, they are going to get it! I swear! This whole school is out to get me. What are you doing here?" Laura sat down in the chair next to him. She dropped her bag to the left of her chair. "Damn girls. I just bought this bookbag yesterday too. I'm not made of money. Shit...." Laura just noticed that her white hoodie was stained with blood from the beating.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Navy]To tell you the truth, you, like many other guys, may never know what women think, feel, and want. A lot of my guy friends can't seem to understand me sometimes. My thoughts and actions are whatcan be described as 'over their heads.' Women are just hard for most guys to understand. Some women find it hard to understand some guys, though, that may be a bit rare, I guess.[/COLOR]