Monday, August 16, 2004

Been a while since I've done one of these.

Layer.one
Name:	Justin
Birthdate:	Dec. 22
Birthplace:	Orange County, CA
Current location:	Cleveland, TN
Eyes:	Brown
Hair:	Dirty Blonde
Height:	6'4"
Righty or Lefty:	I write with my left, I do everything else with my right
Zodiac Sign:	Capricorn; year of the Dog
Layer.two
Your heritage:	I'm half Swedish
Your weakness:	glossy anime eyes
Your shoes you wore today:	three year old Vans
Your fears:	clowns
Your perfect pizza:	Turkey peperoni, bell pepper, black olives
Goal you'd like to achieve:	Learn Japanese
Layer.three
Your thoughts first waking up:	What's going on today?
Your best physical feature:	My hair
Your bedtime:	whenever I feel like it
Your most missed memory:	A week at Universal Orlando
Layer.four
Pepsi or Coke:	neither, Root Beer
McDonald's or Burger King:	Burger King, they have better fries
Single or group dates:	single
Adidas or Nike:	nike
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	lipton
Chocolate or vanilla:	both
Cappuccino or coffee:	cappuccino
Layer.five
Smoke:	never
Cuss:	sometimes
Sing:	ALL THE TIME!
Take showers daily:	What do you mean "daily"?
Have a crush:	do fictional characters count?
Think you've been in love:	Yes, with a real person.
Want to go college:	Tried it, didn't do anything for me.
Want to get married:	Oh yeah!
Believe in yourself:	sometimes
Get motion sickness:	never
Think you're attractive:	Oh yeah, baby.
Think you're a health freak:	nope
Get along with your parents:	yeah, pretty well
Like thunderstorms:	Yeah!
Play an instrument:	Piano, drums, and my voice
Layer.six - in the past months
Gone to the mall:	only to eat and get my glasses fixed (I know I’ve never said it, but yes, I wear glasses)
Eaten an entire box of Oreos:	no
Eaten sushi:	not yet
Been on stage:	not for a while
Gone skating:	nope
Made homemade cookies:	Yes
Gone skinny dipping:	no
Dyed your hair:	no way
Stolen anything:	nope
Label.seven - ever..
Been trashed or extremely intoxicated:	only by exhaustion
Been called a tease:	not to my face
Got beaten up:	yes, long time ago
Layer.eight
Age you hoped to be married:	before I'm thirty
Number and name of children:	one or two; Zara and Jesse, but that’s debatable
Dream wedding:	Small and private involving only imediate family and good friends
How do you want to die:	of old age
Where do you want to attend college:	I'm done with college
Dream job:	Professional Musician or Best-selling Author
Country you want to visit:	JAPAN!
Layer.nine - In a guy/girl...
Best eye color:	anything but ice-blue
Best hair color:	anything but bleach-blonde
Short or long hair:	long
Height:	anywhere between 5'3" and 5’11"
Best weight:	not that big a deal
Best clothing:	Honey, I don't care if you wear nothing at all.
Best first date location:	A nice restaurant, a movie, or a park
Best first kiss location:	Bridge over a river at twilight (oh yeah)
Layer.ten
Number of drugs taken illegally:	None
Number of people I could trust with my life:	Other than my family, my best friend John. Wait...then agian, maybe not.
Number of CDs that I own:	Probably about a hundred
Number of piercings:	none
Number of tattoos:	none
Number of times my name's been in the news:	Once; our ecology class had a project that made the papers.
Number of scars on my body:	lets see...four; my left knee, both my feet, and a small almost invisible one on my upper lip
Number of things in my past that I regret.:	I have no regrets

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Friday, August 13, 2004

A: Ahhh......Oohh......Little lower, little lower.....Oh yeah......Oohoohoohooo. Ooh yeah, let you fingers do the walking.
W: You like?
A: Magic fingers indeed, Washu. You give one hell of a massage.
W: Thank you.
A: Thank YOU for coming over and setting up this onsen. Makoto’s been begging me to take her to a hot spring. Unless she wanted to jump into Old Faithful, she wouldn’t.... wait, let me just relish that thought for a while. Oh yeah, I’m in heaven!
W: Oh, she can’t be that bad.
A: She is. You know how she first came on to the site? By vandalizing it.
W: What?
A: Couple of months ago, when I was in L.A. interviewing Spiderman, she got into my backroom and totally screwed up the colors. Then she put up sleazy rumors about me!
W: Oh my.
A: And I never said she could stay, she tricked me! That little....She’s always poking her nose into my business. I swear, I can’t get a moment’s peace with that girl. She’s a total slob, too. The guestroom looks like a pigsty. And the bathroom, don’t get me started on the bathroom. I just don’t understand it. I mean, in the kitchen she’s a total neat freak, being a chef and all. And speaking of which, the curry she made last night was so hot, I thought she was trying to kill me!
W: Whoa, whoa, relax. (rubs his shoulders)
A: Ooooo, that’s the spot. Ahh. Seriously though, my life would be a whole lot better without her. Sometimes I feel like just booting her out.
W: Now, I know you, Justin. You’d never do anything like that.
A: Yeah, you’re probably right. Maybe I can sell her, like the bitch she is.
W: Oh, such language. (spanks Artukei)
A: Ai! (grabs his towel and sits up) Washu, I told you no funny stuff!
W: That was punishment for speaking rudely of such a nice girl.
A: (Hasn’t she listened to a word I’ve said?)
W: Now lay down. I’ll be back in a minute. (walks off)
A: (lays down) (I wonder how much longer Makoto-san plans on staying here. And why did she even come here in the first place? I know she...wait a minute.) (feels around) Where’s my towel?
???: Heehee.
A: Washu, I said no funny stuff.
???: Looking for this?
A: Wha? (looks behind him and sees Makoto-san holding his towel) AH! You....give me that back!
M: Haha! (runs off)
A: (gets up) Why, you little.....EEK! (realizes he’s completely NAKED and immediately covers......himself) Aw, man. Where are my clothes? (You idiot! You changed at the house!) MAKOTO!!! I AM GOING TO KILL YOOOUU!!!!

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Tuesday, August 10, 2004

A: (at his computer) Let’s see. Anything new today?
O: (flies in)
A: Hey buddy!
O: (nuzzle nuzzle)
A: Did you have fun at Shini’s?
O: Um-hm! ^_^
A: Maybe I should just clone you.
M: Hey, Justin-san. What’s up?
A: (groan) Don’t you have chores to do?
M: Already done.
A: (Frak!) Not much. Just checking to see what’s new on the site.
M: Hmm, rank no.705! Not bad!
A: Do you mind? (What a rubbernecker.)
“You’ve got mail!”
A: Please please please please pleeeeeeeeease. (opens inbox) “Princejosai, get a free quote from...”
All: DELETED! (click click)
A: What should our next post be, Ozz?
O: Hmm...
M: How about you do another interveiw?
A: If I wanted an INTERN’S opinion, I’d ask for it. Oh, wait, no I wouldn’t. Haha.
M: (slaps him)
A: Oww!
M: Watch you tongue!
A: Go pester someone else. We’re trying to work.
M: (glomps him from behind) You know you’re my favorite person to pester.
A: Get off.
M: (lets go, plops on his bed) ........
A: (to Ozz) I’ve been thinking about doing a scene from Amadeus. What do you...
M: Didn’t you start doing those interviews so you could meet Aisha?
A: What? (to Ozz) (Did you...?)
O: (shakes head)
M: I read the archives.
A: I......Yes. It is my dream to meet Miss Aisha Clan-clan someday, yes. In fact, I’m working on it as we speak.
M: What is it with you and her?
A: Um...uh...
M: Do you have a thing for bestiality?
A: Shut up! She’s a beautiful, courageous, and witty young lady. (That, and I seem to have an unexplainable thing for neko-girls.)
M: Um-hm. And are all these traits above or below the waist? Or rather, between the waist and the neck?
A: Wha? Shut up! I’m not that shallow! Sure, she’s a knock out, but that’s not the only reason. She’s a girl I can party with and fight alongside with. I admire her for her tenacity, her fun-loving attitude,.....her crystal-blue eyes, her long white hair, the cute little way she says “nya”, (sigh) those legs, that waist, those... 0_0 (ahem) The point is, my emotions run deeper than that.
M: Yeah, to be specific, D-cup deep!
A: That’s it! (gets up)
M: (runs out)
A: Yeah, you’d better run, wench! (to Ozz) The nerve! Can you believe it?
O: -_-\/
A: .........Maybe we should get a hold of Katsumi or Yuki. Yuki, man, she’s a cutie.

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Monday, August 9, 2004

Just a few changes
As you have probably already noticed, I've turned the staff intro up top into one big pic. I think it looks a lot better, plus it gives me more room in the "edit profile" section. Also, I'm thinking about changing the look of the site. I think all this blue is starting to get boring. What do you guys think?

Well anyway, time for this week's song. This week, it's an Artukei original fresh off the inspiration spurt! Hope you like it! The final version will be heavy on rock guitar (just to give you an idea).


I wanna run faster than the speed of light
Or maybe have the gift of second sight
I wanna leap tall buildings in a single bound
I wanna fly into the sky and around my town
I wanna jump into the pages of a comic book
I wanna rescue the girl that the villain took
I wanna thwart the plans of the enemy
I wanna take anything they can throw at me

I wanna be a super-hero
It’s always been my dream
But those dreams of being a hero
Are not as hard as they seem

CHORUS:
Cause I can do anything
When I’m on eagle’s wings
I can do anything
When I trust in my King
I can do anything

I can tell the mountains to move for me
Or walk upon the waves of a raging sea
And with just the faith of a mustard grain
I can heal the blind and cure the lame
Cause when I’ve got the greatest power on my side
Evil’s got nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
Mark 10:27 you cannot diss
Superman ain’t got nuthin’ on this

CHORUS

In brighest day, in darkest night
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil’s might
Beware my power: Eternal Light!

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Have a great week, everybody!! ;)
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Saturday, August 7, 2004

WE'VE GOT MOVIE SIGN!! (at the request of Winged Youki)
(curtain opens on what looks like a blacksmith’s shop; Makoto is sleeping on a chair in the corner with a bottle in hand; Link enters wearing 18th century garb)
(girlie screams)
L: (looks at Makoto) Right where I left you. (walks over to anvil, sees a hammer out of place) Not where I left you. (looks around, sees a peculiar hat on the table and reaches out for it)
A: (stops Link’s hand with his sword, steps out of the shadows wearing full pirate garb)
L: (backing up) You’re the one they’re hunting. The pirate.
A: You seem familiar. Have I trained you before?
L: I make a point to avoid familiarity with pirates.
A: Ah! Well it would be a shame to put a black mark on your record. If you’ll excuse me.
L: (grabs a nearby sword)
A: You think this wise, boy? Crossing blades with a pirate?
L: You threatened Miss Swan.
A: Only a little.
(the two fight for a minute)
A: You know what you’re doing, I’ll give you that. Excellent form. But how’s your footwork? If I step here... (steps to the right)
L: (steps to the right)
A: Very good. And now I step again. (keeps stepping and fighting till his back is facing the door) Ta! (heads for the door)
L: (throws his sword at the door just above the bar, preventing it from being unlocked)
A: (tries to remove the sword, but to no avail) That is a wonderful trick. Except, once again, you are between me and my way out. And now you have no weapon.
L: (grabs a sword from the forge)
(the two begin fighting again; as they fight, Artukei notices that the room is filled with swords)
A: Who makes all these?
L: I do. And I practice with them three hours a day.
A: You need to find yourself a girl, mate!
(the two fight some more)
A: Or, perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is because you’ve already found one, and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet. You’re not a eunuch, are you? (glances down)
L: I practice three hours a day so that when I meet a pirate, I can kill him!

(the fighting continues in such an elaborate way that without visual reference cannot be described without being excruciatingly long and boring for your part (the reader) and incredibly tedious on my part (the blogger), so it’s best that you just go out and rent Pirates of the Caribbean. Right, right, gotta finish this up. (ahem) The fight ultimatly ends with Artukei taking the ash from the forge and using it as some sort of smoke-screen, blinding Link; Artukei has his pistol pointed at Link)
L: You cheated.
A: Pirate.
L: (moves in front of the door)
A: Move away!
L: No!
A: Please move?
L: No! I cannot just step asside and let you escape.
A: (cocks pistol) This shot is not meant for you.
(Makoto gets up and breaks the bottle over Artukei’s head; Artukei falls to the floor)

(applause)
L: Thank you! Thank you!
(girlie screams)
M: Thank you so much!
L: Artukei, take a bow. You were great!.......Artukei?
M: Justin-san?
A: (still lying on the floor)
L: That was a “prop” bottle, right?
M: Oops.

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Friday, August 6, 2004

   Sexy sexy randomness!
A: (yawns) Better empty the tank before I hit the sack. (opens the bathroom door) AHH!!!
M: (in the bathroom wearing a towel AND NOTHING ELSE!) OH! Justin-sama, you startled me!
A: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to...
M: No, it’s OK. I was just about to take a bath.
A: Oh, OK. I’ll leave then.
M: No, please stay.
A: Why?
M: I may need help in those...hard to reach areas.
A: What?
M: Oh, Justin-sama, don’t be so naive. Why would I stay here if I didn’t have any feelings for you in the first place. (leans in to kiss him)
M: (wakes up) AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!! (pant, pant) What a nightmare.
A: (sits up in bed next to her) What’s wrong, dear?
M: Oh, nothing. Just a bad dream. But you know what would make me feel better?
A: I think I do.
M: Take me, then.
A: You know I can’t turn down the request of a lady.
A: (wakes up) AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!! (pant, pant) What a nightmare.
(BANG!! BANG!!)
A: What in the world? (bangs on the wall) Makoto-san, keep it down over there!
M: (moaning) Ooh. Ahh.
A: Makoto-san? Are you OK?
M: Ooh. Oooh. OOOH!
A: What is she...?
M: OOOH! OZZ! OH, OZZ!!
O: (wakes up) EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
A: (holding his ears) Ai!! Bloody murder, man!
O: (falls on Artukei’s head [he sleeps in the air])
A: Oof! (sighs, shakes head) I keep telling you, buddy. No more funyuns before bed.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2004

   Showdown (Link Interview part 2)
And we’re back! Sorry about the trouble, but now most of the audience has been revived.
A: Way to go, pretty-boy.
L: Hey, I can’t help it if the ladies love me. (brushes hair back)
A: (grrrr) (There’s only enough room for one bishounen around here. If these girls weren’t here, I’d whoop his candy-ass! Besides, what’s he got that I don’t?) You know, you and I aren’t that different, Link. I’m a knight too, you know.
L: You? A knight? How so?
A: I believe in honor, justice, and chivalry.
L: That doesn’t make you a knight; just a wuss.
A: HEY!
L: Kidding. Those are qualities of a knight, but how are you at combat?
A: Thought you’d never ask. Ozz, set’em up!
(Ozz brings in several training dummies and Artukei’s full sword arsenal)
A: Hmm...let’s see...I think I’ll use the Dark Sentinel. (takes sword)
(Artukei goes into a furious and elegant display of slashes and chops and destroys all dummies within 30 seconds)
A: What do you think? Not even a sweat.
L: (obviously unimpressed) Good......for dummies. But how are you against a REAL opponent. (draws sword)
A: Oh, you’re asking for it now, Elf-boy. Just to give you fair warning, I’m not gonna go easy on you.

10 minutes later...

A: I said I wasn’t gonna go easy on you. You gonna be alright?
L: (bandaging up his hand) Yeah. It’s just a scratch. Oww! You’re better than I thought, Artukei. You would make a great knight.
A: Th-thanks.
L: You’ve definitely got some good moves, but your technique seems a little......improvised.
A: That IS my technique. I like to use creativity in my fighting.
L: Well it looks silly.
A: Feh! Ha! You wanna see silly? Watch any incarnation of Dragonball.
L: Uhg! I can’t stand that show.
A: You and me both, brother. Hey! Here’s my quick impression of every episode of DBZ. (clenches fists) AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!
L: (laughs) That’s awesome!
A: Ha ha! Well, I think we’ve taken up enough of our readers’ time. Thanks for coming down, Link. (shakes hand)
L: Any time. This was fun.
A: Yeah, me too. Alright. Link, The Hero of Time, everybody!!



A: One more thing. If we have offended any DBZ fans out there, we have just one thing to say.


L: GROW A FRIGGIN SENSE OF HUMOR!!

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   Look Out Ladies! (at the request of Kisho)
Hello, hello, helloooo and welcome to the show! (girlie screams) You might be wondering why there are so many girls in the audience today. Well, that’s because today’s guest is (girlie screams) whoa, ladies, control yourselves. Today’s guest comes all the way from (girlie screams)....ladies, please wait until I finish the monolog. Thank you. Today’s guest comes all the way from the kingdom of Hyrule. He has been called (screams)....grrr...The Hero of Time. His (screams) past (screams) exploits (screams) OH FORGET IT!! LINK, GET OUT HERE!!
(super-long, extra-loud girlie screams)
L: Thanks, Artukei. It’s great to be here.
A: What?
L: I said it’s great to be here!
A: WHAT!? Hang on! Ozz!
(silence)
A: Thank you, Ozz.
L: What was that?
A: Ozz just set up a psychic sound barrier between us and the audience.
L: Cool.
A: OK, let's get down to it. You know, you have quite a legacy; almost as big as your friend Mario.
L: Yeah, I’ve been in the hero biz for about 18 years, now.
A: I’m a pretty recent fan of your work, actually. Your last game, “The Wind Waker”, was the first of yours I’ve ever played. I missed out on “Ocarina of Time” and the golden days of the NES. But I can’t wait for your next game.
L: Yes, the next “Legend of Zelda” is going to rock. It’s supposed to come out sometime next year.
A: I saw some of the footage at E3, myself. I’m very excited.
M: WAIT!!!
A: Huh?
M: Justin-san, wait!
A: Ugh. What?!
M: (pant, pant) Here (pant) take this. (hands him a sheet of paper)
A: What’s this?
M: Just some questions.
A: You know the rules, Makoto-san. Put all questions and/or comments inside the box outside my office. Besides, I’m right in the middle of an interview.
M: You idiot! They’re questions for the GUEST. (starry eyed) Hi Link. ^_^
L: Hey.
M: (swoon)
A: You two done yet?
M: Oh, sorry. Go ahead, ask him my questions.
A: Right after I’m done with mine.
M: READ HIM MY QUESTIONS, NOW!!!
A: Yes ma’am.
M: ^_^
A: (reads from paper) “What’s your favorite color?”
L: Green.
M: (sigh)
A: “What’s your sign?” Oh, for the love of....
L: Well, I was born in the year of the Tiger, if that’s what you mean.
M: Aww, we’re not compatible. ;_; But there’s still hope!
A: Do you mind?
M: Hey, you’re a Dog, right Justin-san?
A: Yeah.
M: So that means that YOU TWO are compatible.
A: Hello? We’re both dudes!
M: I know. Finally, some hot Yaoi action around here! Woo hoo!
A: OZZ!!
L: Allow me. (gets up) Miss Makoto?
M: Hmm?
L: ^_~ (ding)
M: (collapses)
A: ??? (gets up) Makoto-san? Hellooo? (waves hand in front of Makoto) What’d you do to her?
L: Only what comes naturally.
A: I love you!
L: Eh?
(WHAMM!!)
L: What the heck was that?
A: Apparently, half our audience just fainted. Um...I think we’re going to have to discontinue this interview until later.

Don't worry everybody. We should have this straitened out by about 7 pm EST (that's 4 pm PST). That is, I hope so. L8R!

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Tuesday, August 3, 2004

Know me.
Looking at the results of the survey, no-one knows my weaknesses. (does Mr. Burns impression) Excellent. Got me thinking though; about how my friends here see me. So I looked in my quiz archive, and I think these three put together a pretty acurate description of what kind of guy I really am. Check it out. You may learn a few things.

A nerd that gets the ladies.
You're most like the nice guy. If you were in the anime world,
that would probably mean you are surrounded by millions of
attracive people all longing for your attention and love...but in
the real world that generally means you are spending your
Saturday nights playing Nintendo. Don't worry though,
things'll look up when you get older...I think.




LOVE!


What is your relationship based on?
brought to you by Quizilla


You are a two-winged Guardian Angel!
Wandering the realms of the mortals you often bear
the form of a mere human. It is your task to
guard your charge against the perils of the
shadows. You are good-natured and friendly,
trusted by everyone, helpful and kind. But
when in danger you show a fierce protective
side that often surprises your adversarys.


What kind of supernatural being are you?
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And by the way, if any of you really want to know my weakness, TOUGH NUTS! That's something you're going to have to figure out for yourself. (I know this is really cliche, but) MUWAHAHAHAHAAA!!
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Monday, August 2, 2004

   Never Alone
I bought the new Barlow Girl CD last week (along with Casting Crowns). These girls rock! This was the first song of their's I heard, and I instantly fell in love. Enjoy!

I waited for you today
But you didn't show
No no
I needed you today
So where did you go?
You told me to call
Said you'd be there
And though I haven't seen you
Are you still there?

CHORUS:
I cried out with no reply
And I can't feel you by my side
So I'll hold tight to what I know
You're here and I'm never alone

And though I cannot see you
And I can't explain why
Such a deep reassurance
You've placed in my life
We cannot separate
'Cause you're part of me
And though you're invisible
I'll trust the unseen

CHORUS

We cannot separate
You're part of me
And though you're invisible
I'll trust the unseen

I cried out with no reply
And I can't feel you by my side
So I'll hold tight to what I know
You're here and I'm never alone

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BTW, thanks to those who left comments on my survey yesterday. Those who haven't, check it out.

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