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Name: John
Country: United States
State: Virginia
Metro: Fairfax County
Gender: Male
Interests: philosophy, politics, reading, mountain biking, basketball, computing, anime, manga and American comics, cinema, wuxia, jdrama, cars, and wasting enormous amounts of time sleeping, eating, and searching.
Occupation: Student
Industry: Legal
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Member Since:
6/24/2004
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| Passed the Maryland Bar and am applying for the DC Bar. Next question is to go either for the California, New York, or Hawaii Bar...
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| Taken from another blog, it describes the end of the PlanetES anime series. Please don't read on if you plan on seeing this great series. I'll lend you the DVD's if you'd like. The game the two characters are playing is Shiritori, which involves one person giving out a word, and the next person must use the last character of that word or phrase to form another word. This continues until someone can't come up with a word or uses a word that ends in -n, which has no beginning word in Japanese. You can read more about it at the other blog.
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ケ。ケッスラーシンドロム。
ke. kessuraa shindoromu.
"Ke". Kessler Syndrome. |
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ム。無重量用軸受け。
mu. mujuuryouyou jikuuke.
Zero gravity bearing. |
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ケレス。
keresu.
Ceres. |
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ス？ス。スピン抜け。
su? su. supinnuke.
Spin release. |
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ケ。計器飛行。
ke. keiki hikou.
Instrument flight. |
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ウインドウ開け。
uindou ake.
Window opener. |
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ケネディ宇宙センター。
kenedi uchuu sentaa.
Kennedy Space Center. |
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ア？アですか？
a? a desuka?
"A"? Is it "a"? |
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ア。
a.
It's "a". |
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アナンケ。
ananke.
Ananke [a moon of Jupiter] |
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ケ、ケ。鍵盤ハーモニカ。
ke, ke. kenban haamonika.
Keyboard harmonica. |
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髪の毛。
kami no ke.
Hair. |
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又ケかよ？
mata ke ka yo? [I think it's ka yo, though that sounds a little odd.]
"Ke" again? |
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もうないでしょう？
mou nai deshou?
Can't you think of another? |
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ケね。あるよ。結婚しよう。ウだよ。
ke ne. aru yo. kekkon shiyou. u da yo.
"Ke", huh. Ah, got one. Will you marry me? That's "u" to you. |
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うん。
un.
Yes. |
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[ヨシャ。]お前の負け。
[yo sha.] Omae no make.
[Alright!] You lose! |
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The Tour de France is over and Alberto Contador, surrounded by all sorts of craziness, rides away with the Yellow Jersey (and White Jersey). It was quite an exciting Tour, with great mountain battles and a time trial nailbiter to the end. It's too bad they don't broadcast more cycling in the United States. I would absolutely watch it.
Now time to get my fat ass on the bike again, and to the workouts. I think I will try and lose 5 lbs this August.
I'll start blogging more about my journey.
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| I must say, the Tour de France Stage 14 was one of the craziest cycling races I have seen in my life. The number of attacks in the final climb, culminating with the victory of Alberto Contador was great. I can only hope Stage 15 will be as good tomorrow.
I'll be taking the Maryland Bar on Tuesday. Hopefully it won't be too bad.
I hope everyone has enjoyed their Harry Potter days. Now that all the books are out, I promised my roommate that I would read them. Of course, for the primary purpose of criticism. =)
If the books end up being well-written, then I win. If the books aren't very good, then I win, too. Gotta love win-win situations!
Summer days do bring
smells of sweat, food, and youth
wisping slowly by
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Just finished reading the book, The Zen of Fish. I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to know more about the world of sushi. The writer has done his homework, learning the art of sushi making and the practices behind getting the ingredients for sushi.
Here is a supplemental article I found interesting about the business behind sushi, as it affects local restaurants.
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/restaurants/3870.html
Here's a great song I got from watching a movie of the same name, Nada Sousou.
furui arubamu (album) mekuri
arigatou tte tsubuyaita
itsumo itsumo mune no naka
hagemashite kureru hito yo
harewataru hi mo ame no hi mo
ukabu ano egao
omoide tooku asete mo
omokage sagashite
yomigaeru hi wa nada sousou
ichiban hoshi ni inoru
sore ga watashi no kuse ni nari
yuugure ni miageru sora
kokoro ippai anata sagasu
kanashimi ni mo yorokobi ni mo
omou ano egao
anata no basho kara watashi ga
mietara kitto itsuka
aeru to shinji ikite yuku
harewataru hi mo ame no hi mo
ukabu ano egao
omoide tooku asete mo
samishikute koishikute kimi e no omoi nada sou sou
aitakute aitakute kimi e no omoi nada sou sou
Translation:
I whisper "thank you", as I leaf through this old photograph album,
to one who always cheered me on, within my heart
And should the memories of that smile I think of,
come rain or shine, fade away into the distance
They return in the days I search for a glimpse of your face, a stream of tears
Almost a habit now, I wish upon the very first star
Looking within the evening skies for you with all my heart
The memories of that smile I think of, in sorrow or joy
And if you can see me, from where you are
I'll live on, believing that someday we'll meet again
And should the memories of that smile I think of,
come rain or shine, fade away into the distance
In loneliness and yearning - my feelings for you, a stream of tears
If only we could meet, if only we could meet - my feelings for you, a stream of tears
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| Well, it seems the new list of the Seven Wonders of the World has
been released. The list was generated from online polling and text
messaging, after taking a preliminary candidate list. From what I can
see, there wasn’t much input from the scientific community as to what
the Seven Wonders are. Without further ado, here are the new Seven.
• The Great Wall of China
• Petra in Jordan
• Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer
• Peru’s Machu Picchu
• Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid
• The Colosseum in Rome
• India’s Taj Mahal
Number 8, as an “honorary member”, are the Great Pyramids at Giza.
I find the list interesting. It seems that the list created
reflects one great wonder from each major region, with the exception of
3 wonders based in Central and South America. Although I do recognize
Macchu Pichu and Chichen Itza as great wonders, I’m not so sure of the
statue of Christ the Redeemer. Either way, I have a feeling there was
definitely regional block voting going on. UNESCO has pretty much
washed its hands of responsibility of the whole ordeal.
Then again, it doesn’t really matter. It wasn’t like the original
Wonders of the Ancient World was a list that included anything outside
of the Mediterranean.
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