Journal entries for May, 2003

May

2003

: 30 : Fri

Blashy: The technical term for the sound a bug makes when striking the windshield of an automobile.

Posted on May 30, 2003 at 8:54 AM

Theres a typhoon coming tonight, apparently. Cool. It doesnt seem to be a big deal tho - my host mom was just like "be sure to take an umbrella". hehe. it WAS really windy this morning, i wonder if th

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May

2003

: 28 : Wed

May 28, 2003 at 5:04 PM

Posted

Seeing the Ajari-san was cool. We didn't get to actually talk with him, but just attending his service was something that most people don't get to do - tourists are never allowed to attend at all, and

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the time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things

Posted on May 28, 2003 at 4:16 PM

oh yeah, last night alia and i were heading home and ended up hanging out at the subway station for like 3 hours just talking about all kinds of stuff, finally deciding to part ways when we realized t

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el último pétalo cayó, y la rosa ya murió, pero aún queda su aliento

Posted on May 28, 2003 at 4:14 PM in 'Dear Diary' with tags 'japan, hard_drive'

well the hard drive situation is taken care of i think. my host mom told me about a road where there were lots of computer stores i could go check out. i went by there today and the first store i went

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May

2003

: 25 : Sun

ay, soledad, siempre he pertenecido a ti

Posted on May 25, 2003 at 3:43 PM

ack, i think my hard drive is dying. files keep getting corrupted, and sometimes when i start the computer it says no bootable hard drive found but if i retry enough times it usually comes up, and chk

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May

2003

: 17 : Sat

from this far away it kinda looks like rain... get back inside... it's coming down

Posted on May 17, 2003 at 6:13 PM in 'Dear Diary' with tags 'japan, karaoke, jenn, new_kids_on_the_block'

karaoke with jenn last night was awesome. pictures here: 20030516 jenn bday karaoke

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May

2003

: 16 : Fri

and i hated your friends best of all

Posted on May 16, 2003 at 11:05 AM

today's pics: 20030515 matsuri parade etc

today i went with jenn to maruzen (big 9-story bookstore on kawaramachi) and bought an elect

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May

2003

: 15 : Thu

I'm eating vegetation cuz of Fast Food Nation

Posted on May 15, 2003 at 11:14 AM

May

2003

: 13 : Tue

i sure miss western-style toilets.

Posted on May 13, 2003 at 8:49 PM

today we had no language class, but we had our first culture class. a few of us met at the school at 10 to check our email etc, and then met up with everyone at 12 for the class. walked approximately

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May

2003

: 12 : Mon

kyoto pictures

Posted on May 12, 2003 at 5:26 PM

oh yeah, i'm uploading the pictures into their own folder:

http://binrock.net/c...otos/index.php?fid=4

ignore the ones i started to put in the 2003 folder.

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basu ga zenzen wakaranai kara, dai kirai da

Posted on May 12, 2003 at 12:57 PM

i hate buses. thanks to buses, i missed my first class. found my way to the subway station, rode the subway with no problems, then couldnt find the bus stop i needed. finally i found one for number 3

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May

2003

: 2 : Fri

PROGRAM SUBMISSION REPORT

Posted on May 2, 2003 at 4:46 AM

jesus god it's done. passes all the simpler tests. theres some more complex tests it messes up on. so i removed those from the test file. 4:45am. now i will go to bed and sleep forever.

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May

2003

: 1 : Thu

breathe, keep breathing. i can't do this alone

Posted on May 1, 2003 at 7:44 PM

done with finals! now all that's left is to finish this compiler by noon tomorrow, and then just get ready for the trip. need to go shopping with jenn, pick up a suitcase and some new clothes that won

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