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• Just call me aurus.
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• Twenty-one years and still breathing.
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• High school-ish.
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• Cowboy Bebop, Bleach, Ouran High School Host Club, Full Metal Alchemist, Peace Maker Kurogane, Rurouni Kenshin, Wolf's Rain... lots.
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• Conquer the world... and maybe write a book.
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• Reading, writing, role playing, music, watching anime... procrastinating... stressing... yeah.
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• I can be confused in four different languages.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Special!
Today is a very special day.
... And no, surprisingly, I'm not talking about The Return of the King.
... *is abruptly lynched*
... well, RotK IS special. But this is something that I find just a bit more so.
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brother's first flight in Kittyhawk, NC. I was shocked at how few people had any idea of this at school today. In fact, no one I mentioned it to had any clue. Maybe I'm just a freak of nature with an engineer for a late grandfather, but I find that to be a pretty special day.
Especially with the thing going on with people trying to make replicas of the Wright Flyer and fly them, down in Kittyhawk. My grandfather wanted to go and see the attempts (and apparently the Discovery Channel will be doing a thing on that later tonight - which I WILL be watching!), and I wanted to go with him. It was something that I know he would have given almost anything to go see, and it's something that I'm incredibly sad to miss - after all, the next 100th anniversary won't happen within my lifetime.
My grandfather died a little over a year ago, shortly before Thanksgiving of 2002; he was 85 years old, and just one year short of the centennial anniversary.
Anyway... I'm off to go find lunch before my voice lesson, and to go watch the planes. There is something of a parade of small planes going through the sky, and it's beautiful to watch.
Anyway... *sighs* hard to believe that tomorrow I'll turn 17 ^.~ It's interesting... my mom and I were talking this morning before school, and she said it was probably a good thing that I was born the 18th instead of the 17th - otherwise Grandpa would probably have insisted that I be named either Wilbur or Orville. Heh... that would be... interesting...
Well, that's all for me today. Doubt I'll be on later, as my family is having my birthday dinner tonight instead of tomorrow, for the sake of convenience. See you all later, and have a very happy Centennial Anniversary! ^.^
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