tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37438122011-07-22T22:20:25.892+09:00Osamu BrainIntro Let me start off with a brief introduction about my blog. I'm going to include in here my thoughts and opinions that I wouldn't normally put in my webpage. .....that's about it.Umasonoreply@blogger.comBlogger1131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1157626025900318422006-10-23T00:45:00.000+09:002006-10-23T07:52:48.936+09:00Entry #110"I've made it this far, let's see if I'll f*ck it all up."Journal'ello e'er' body.Best wishes and tooth decayingly sweet thoughts to you all.Sorry for not updating my blog for like.... 4 months, but who gives a sh*t.There is but 4 2 months left in my stay in Belgium (for this occasion at least). Professionally, I can say with confidence that I have grown exponentially, personally, not Umasonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1149981725231954042006-06-11T08:21:00.000+09:002006-09-07T19:38:37.510+09:00Entry #109"If a tree falls in the woods....."JournalI used to be a firm believer that your self-identity was completely independent of your surroundings. I believed that while your environment can influence your mentality and way of thought, yourself as a being would stay the same, and only the perception of your true self changes according to the perceiver. After having spent another month in Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1147104481695179892006-05-09T00:27:00.000+09:002006-05-09T02:10:41.306+09:00Entry #108"This is how you remind me..."JournalI'm sitting in a hotel room in Scotland, working on a presentation to give to the execs of Toy*ta Great Britain on my spiffy laptop (with C3ntrino M0bile Technology), munching room service ceasar salad and listening to my ipod.......I feel so CORPORATE!!!Hi everybody. I hope you're doing well.I can't recall any moment in my life where I wished that Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1142812744002737882006-03-20T08:33:00.000+09:002006-03-23T07:27:22.973+09:00Entry #107"The plan that never worked."JournalHow long have I been "blogging"? Three years? Four years?I'm not going to talk about the quantity (or the lack thereof) this time, but rather the contents of my entries.Senior year of college, I believe, was when I first started blogging. Not having been an avid reader/writer/thinker, I didn't exactly know what to write about. By process of Umasonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1137323112765745092006-01-15T19:29:00.000+09:002006-05-15T01:17:42.676+09:00Entry #106"When you get what you thought you wanted..."JournalI haven't blogged in about 3 months, so I'm pretty sure that nobody reads this sh*t any more. Furthermore, I haven't been logged on to AIM for more than 30 minutes in over 6 months. By now, I've been estranged from most of my American friends and my family alike. All for what? I don't even know....For those of you whom I haven't Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1126107446314291152005-09-08T00:17:00.000+09:002006-05-15T01:20:55.830+09:00Entry #105"You a$$"JournalI've been so consumed in self-pity recently that I've forgotten just how much of an a$$ I can be.However, in these last few weeks, I've been reminded of the prick that lies within, thanks to the stimulus from other bigger anus.Here are some conversations I've had recently with some random people and comments I'd wish I'd have replied with.Enjoy!Episode 1Me: Wow.... that Umasonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1123658904003631862005-08-10T16:02:00.000+09:002005-08-17T23:17:54.583+09:00Entry #104"For better or for worse....."JournalAs always, allow me to apologize for having abandoned this blog for such an extended period of time."Sorry."Repentance complete, let's proceed.Don't know how many of you already know about this, but I'll be spending all of 2006 in Europe. Yes, that's 360 days in the great EU. To top it off, I'll be spending part of September and most of October Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1120427714599309672005-07-04T05:31:00.000+09:002006-05-15T01:23:11.840+09:00Entry # 103"Silver plate."JournalLike the premenstrual cycle of a female, the time has come to blog, once again.At the beginning of my business trip to Europe, I was planning to blog at a regular and more frequent rate so as to avoid having to cram "all that I've done" into one huge entry, which inevitably leads to boring you. (Though I suppose boring you is inevitable) Well, as they say, "PlansUmasonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1116525758829834002005-05-20T03:02:00.000+09:002005-05-31T15:07:56.193+09:00Entry #102"Bonjour."JournalInteresting how about every 50 entries, I change continents from which I blog. Perhaps I'll be in South America by Entry #150.In case you didn't know, I'm in Europe, by the way. I'm here to train for field repair experience. This basically means that I get to travel around Europe to look at cars and dealers for a month and a half. It's a pretty sweet deal. I start at 9 Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1115471249643047672005-05-07T22:07:00.000+09:002005-05-10T00:49:22.246+09:00Entry #101"Oops, I did it again."JournalI "forgot" to blog for a month.I suppose I could just change the posting date and claim to have blogged for the month of April, but I'm not that big of a loser. (well I am, because that's what I did for March) I don't have to prove anything to you people, nor do I have to entertain you with my monthly pointless palaver. I do fear, however, that I am Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1111718555150403022005-03-25T11:34:00.000+09:002005-03-25T13:59:01.833+09:00Entry #100"As we reflect upon the times that were, and the time that is..."JournalI did it folks..... 100 entries. Sure, it took me about 3 years to post 100 entries, but the important thing is, I did it.Since the first 50 entries discussed my life in the States, allow me to sum up my current situation in Japan in this memorable entry.Right now, I'm sitting at my desk with no bosses within Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1111550474761513292005-03-23T13:00:00.000+09:002005-03-23T13:02:30.423+09:00Entry #99"Question: Why do we repeat the same mistakes?"JournalAnswer: Because we're stupid.Salutation, folks. It's been a while, .....again. I forgot why I decided to use that particular quote in my italicized subject, but I'm sure I'd have remembered it if it was worth remembering, so I'm going to ignore and forget its existence entirely. With that said, let the blabbering commence...!SpringUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1108791581570917242005-02-19T14:13:00.000+09:002005-03-25T14:00:32.446+09:00Entry #98"Easier said than done."JournalPreludeI received a complement from a friend that my blog was "interesting to read". As if to join the ongoing trend (since one is enough to call it a trend, right?) of flattering Osamu, another friend commented that I "have a way with words". Granted, that second comment could be taken from the phrase "You have a way with words that makes me nauseous", butUmasonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1106390476602436452005-01-22T19:30:00.000+09:002005-02-02T23:29:43.910+09:00 Entry #97 "TOOT ON!!!" Journal I saw on (Japanese) TV the other day a news coverage of the inauguration of Bush, which reminded me that (we're doomed....... we're all doomed......and) my youngest sister was playing with her high school marching band at the inaugural parade. If you're anticipating for some humurous commentary about this particular fact (you're going to be disappointed), yourUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1106295506396283782005-01-21T17:09:00.000+09:002005-01-25T23:17:12.906+09:00 Entry #96 "As a side note...." Journal I was reading through some of my blog entries during my college years (Hell, I have to do SOMETHING at work, right?). Many (most) of them mentioned some sort of defiance and unwillingness to cooperate with the group I was associated with (be it school, work, or both). This is solid evidence that while people can change over the years, they will Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1106106732386446112005-01-19T13:51:00.000+09:002005-01-19T12:52:12.386+09:00 Entry #95 "Happy Birthday to meee~~!!" Journal Mankind is constantly making progress, my friends. As a member of this coveted species, I find it to be my duty to make some sort of progress myself, and present it to my fellow homosapiens. My personal improvement is this: I did not forget my own birthday this year. Granted, there is still another week until my birthday, but by wishing myself Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1105430925790905432005-01-11T17:07:00.000+09:002005-01-11T17:08:45.790+09:00 Entry #94 "One if by land, two if by sea,......." Journal Along with my departure from the U.S., I have left behind what little knowledge of American history I acquired. One of the few remaining parsecs of historical information I retained is that unforgettable quote that starts off the heroic tale of Paul Revere's noble ride. If I remember correctly (which I probably don't), he rode through Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1105419208582779472005-01-11T13:50:00.000+09:002005-01-11T13:53:28.583+09:00 Entry #93 "...and here we are again..." Journal I have done nothing at work for the past three days. Mysteriously enough, despite having done nothing I still completed 100% of my assigned task. For those of you struggling to comprehend this paradox (you idiots), allow me to break it down for you (into convenient, easily digestible, bit size bits): I HAVE NO WORK. Given this fact, why I Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1104999754556134552005-01-06T17:21:00.000+09:002005-01-06T17:22:34.556+09:00Entry #92"Whoa, two entries in one day..... I MUST be bored."JournalRemember way back when (..... oh, I don't know..... around entry 57 or so?) I used to blog at work, crying out that I had nothing to do and was bored to death? Well... history repeats itself.Granted, I'm only bored right now because I have no particular assignment given I just switched departments. However, the mindnumbing Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1104990582938102572005-01-06T14:49:00.000+09:002005-01-06T14:49:42.936+09:00Entry #91"Another year..." I was convinced for a while that the world would cease to function upon my leave. My month of seclusion and the resulting strings of natural disasters and political turmoil has thus proven my theory. We're all gonna die. And with that gleeful prologue out of the way, how's it hangin'? I abstained from AIM with a message on my profile (which, I'm sure, NONE of you Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1101278618852589872004-11-24T15:42:00.000+09:002004-11-24T15:48:57.046+09:00 Entry #90 "Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......" Journal I promised a friend back in the states that I'd update my blog about...... 36 hours ago..... but I didn't. Sorry. =P I owe you a pretzel. I bought an electric shaver over the weekend; it was one of my many impulse buys. Like most impulse purchases, this one was also immoderately expensive. Expensive as it may have been, it was worth EVERY YEN. If anUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1099022963631734502004-10-29T13:08:00.000+09:002004-10-29T13:12:18.936+09:00 Entry #89 "Herald!" Journal My sister is engaged to be married (officially). Despite my repeated proclamations of consanguineous apathy, I am ecstatic. It is very unusual for me to not over analyze everything and find every and all potential flaws in a given situation, but this news of my sister's matrimony brings nothing but positive thoughts to my mind. Despite not having met my Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1098278298956197592004-10-20T22:16:00.000+09:002004-10-20T22:19:50.736+09:00 Entry #88 ".....who am I doing what for?....." Journal I'm broken. I'm losing sight of my priorities...... I have a goal, but I don't know what race I'm running in. Where am I trying to go? Someone help me figure things out. Umasonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1097912354855964702004-10-16T16:39:00.000+09:002004-10-16T16:39:14.856+09:00 Entry #87 "Whoops." Journal As can be predicted from the header quote, I sorta forgot about my blog. Rather, I've was aware of my blog, but I just simply neglected it......... for about a month and a half.......ummm...... my bad? September was a really busy month for me, in that my work was uncharacteristically hectic with various unrealistic deadlines for unfathomable projects. Oddly enough, Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1093353681492067162004-08-24T22:19:00.000+09:002004-08-24T22:23:56.840+09:00 Entry #86 "....it's been a long time. I shouldn't a left you (left you) without a blog entry to get through." Journal I'm beginning to completely lose my sense of time. The drab cycle of work=>home=>work really makes time fly by. I can understand how people fear that their lives are passing them by once they enter the workforce...... Lamenting aside, me preocupan muchas cosas (many things Umasonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1092229320077426322004-08-11T22:00:00.000+09:002004-08-11T22:02:00.076+09:00 Entry #85 "Feliz dia de los muertos..." Journal As I've mentioned before, a guy killed himself in the room next to mine several years ago. I'm convinced that his ghost is preventing me from sleeping at night and causing me to get sick and/or hurt myself. (if I can't blame anybody who's alive, might as well blame the dead.) I also forgot to mention, I drive past a cemetary everyday to get to Umasonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1090830987044741702004-07-26T17:35:00.000+09:002004-07-26T18:02:01.130+09:00Entry #84"I'm melting..... melti~~~~ng!!"JournalIt's hot.       ........Very..............................hot.       It's humid.     ..........Very,.............very......................humid.     It's SO hot and SO humid, that it makes me want to mess around with the format of this entry to make it look more poetic than it really is. (Granted that: a.  I do this regularly despiteUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1090022388227191782004-07-17T08:37:00.000+09:002004-07-17T09:13:49.990+09:00 Entry #83 "The dead are amongst us...." Journal I live in room 223 of my dorm.  The room next to me, 222, has been used as a "storage room" despite the many exchanges in residents at this dorm.  Apparently it's been that way for about a six years now.... last night I discovered why that was the case:     a guy hung himself in that room about six years ago.     Now, I'm not the one to be Umasonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1089767064982655062004-07-14T10:03:00.000+09:002004-07-14T10:04:24.983+09:00 Entry #82 "Drool....." Journal Ever had a dream, wrapped in a warm fluffy tortilla, swimming in guacamole and sour cream? Ever had a dream, smothered in a freshly made salsa, mixed in with hand grated cheese? I have, to say, I've dreamt it once. I've lived the dream that is La burrita (special). All the crispy chips you can eat. All the salsa you can handle. Free refills on drinks, for the Umasonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1089686760129836032004-07-13T11:45:00.000+09:002004-07-13T16:39:18.496+09:00 Entry #81 "I see you pee....." Journal Two consecutive days I blog from work. Two consecutive days I blog from work.... and it's only Tuesday; of the two days that I went to work this week, NEITHER of them have been entertaining enough to keep me from this web address. I suppose I should be ecstatic that I have enough leisure at work to blog about ......... how much leisure I have at work. Umasonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1089614984757810662004-07-12T15:46:00.000+09:002004-07-12T17:04:37.063+09:00 Entry #80 "DUDE! CHEER UP!" Journal I really appreciate all the support from friends that read my blog and sensed that I was depressed. To allieviate such concerns (to be egotistical in assuming they were concerns), I'd like to tell all of you guys right now that I'm not depressed. As a matter of fact, I'm feeling very enriched and satisfied. I finished arranging my first song and I'm going Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1089118376962925892004-07-06T21:52:00.000+09:002004-07-07T19:29:50.866+09:00 Entry #79 ".....imagine a 30 story building in the middle of a rice field..." Journal Seems like yesterday that I was in NY watching fireworks in front of the U.N. building. (and being cynical as sin about it in my blog) Amazing how it's almost going to be a year since I left Uncle Sam. I'm not exactly uncomfortable here, but I feel awkward...... It used to be that some of my friends would Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1088986890419773182004-07-05T09:16:00.000+09:002004-07-06T23:50:42.723+09:00Entry #78 "Look once, think twice, clap thrice, move forth....." Journal Ahh the good ol' blog. Updated about as frequently as Venus is visible from Earth and observed a fraction thereof. The wretched dealership training is over and done with. The month and a half I grit my teeth and bit my thumb at the customers will NEVER become a fond memory. I will only feel nostalgic to that passionate Umasonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1086273607510982712004-06-03T23:18:00.000+09:002004-06-03T23:47:59.603+09:00 Entry #7...(hold on, lemme go check)..7 "Wassup my n*gga!" Journal I've been working at the dealership for a little over a month now. I haven't really sold any cars, nor have I encountered any life changing epiphanies as a result of working here. The only thing I gained is a stamina to walk 14km a day and a nice dark tan, thus completing my n*gger-dom. The biggest drawback to this dealership Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1085659651927395602004-05-27T20:56:00.000+09:002004-05-27T21:07:31.926+09:00 Entry #76 "8 months and 4 days...... but who's countin'?" Journal You might have already guessed, but I've been busy recently. With what, I can't exactly say. All I know is that now is the crux of my life. (funny how I tend to think that EVERY moment is the crux of my life........actually..... no....... it's not very funny at all.) My New Year's Resolution was to decide what I'm going to do Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1084125815990550842004-05-10T03:03:00.000+09:002004-05-10T03:07:59.856+09:00 Entry #75 "It's been a long time..." Journal Basically, April came and went with only one blog entry.... one that included of my b*tching about my injury. I decided to refrain from blogging because......well..... the only thing that I would have posted would have been more whining. Simply put, I got sick.....again........ so I didn't go on my "on-the-fly" road trip. I barely made it to Tokyo Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1081391498590100542004-04-08T11:31:00.000+09:002004-04-09T07:53:17.233+09:00 Entry #74 "If it ain't broke........ break it." Journal I'm not exactly sure how many of you heard of my current disability, but I hyper extended the outer ligament in my right ankle, and partially tore it as well. The inner ligament was also pinched between my ankle bones, so that's not happy either. In total, 2 out of 3 ligaments that hold the ankle together are out of commission, leaving me Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1080538474316055912004-03-29T14:34:00.000+09:002004-03-29T20:59:49.340+09:00 Entry #73 "When you wish upon a star......" Journal Dreams do come true, ladies and gentlemen. The unpleasantry that sits in front of me, that which I have been reporting of for two consecutive blog entries, will be MOVING AWAY FROM MY SEAT!!! WOOHOO!! The beginning of the new fiscal year brought a new member to our group, resulting in a seating change. This accident of nature will now be Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1080107303254446572004-03-24T14:48:00.000+09:002004-03-25T20:40:09.640+09:00 Entry #72 "Don't cry over spilled milk........ *sniff*......." Journal I was perusing through my friends' blogs the other day (at work), and I noticed the blogs that are worth reading (those that don't use words like "cuz", "meeh", "lol", "frenz", "grl", etc.) often allude to other finely written pieces of literature (oft accesible through the world wide web). I think it's great that the Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1079607097616078952004-03-18T19:51:00.000+09:002004-03-18T19:54:51.716+09:00 Entry #71 "I know what boys like.... I know what they want...." Journal After a couple weeks of sabbatical, I am ready to blog again. Why was I gone? Oh........ I dunno, let's just say...... "malaria"..... in mid March..... when it's too cold for mosquitos to survive....... in a non-tropical area........ with readily available modern medicine...... Update I'm blogging again from work. This isUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1078410514684075792004-03-04T23:28:00.000+09:002004-03-04T23:31:30.920+09:00 I'm going to be M.I.A. for a couple weeks...Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1078281296641960442004-03-03T11:34:00.000+09:002004-03-03T13:20:40.013+09:00 Entry #70 "Some call me the gangster of lo~ve..." Journal I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but if I had to pick an iconic character for myself, I'd pick the Joker. Not The Joker from Batman, but rather the joker from a deck of cards. I'm particular about the joker because of the role it plays in relation to the rest of the deck: 1) Most often, the Joker is wild. 2) There is only Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1078214359212629792004-03-02T16:59:00.000+09:002004-03-02T17:07:36.140+09:00 Entry #69 "Hehehe....69..." Journal Apparently my youngest sister showed my mom my blog the other day. Fortunately, her limited vocabulary was insufficient to digest my vernacular. Odd, I find it, that it discerns me when family members read my blog. I am very candit with them, if they have the ear to listen, yet I do not feel entirely comfortable knowing my family knows of my extra-familiar Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1077607163160578442004-02-24T16:19:00.000+09:002004-02-24T19:57:02.623+09:00 Entry #68 "Where the deer and the antelope play..." Journal I have no home. At work today, a colleague of mine asked me "How does it feel to be back?" I instinctively said "Funny thing is, the office feels surprisingly comforting now." He laughed and then said "No no, I mean back home." I had to think about that for a while. I didn't even realize it, but I don't know where "home" would be Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1077326994567918992004-02-21T10:29:00.000+09:002004-02-21T10:32:34.200+09:00 Entry #67 "Music to my ears...." Journal I wrote a song for the geetar. It's sorta short and it has no words. I would like it if you would listen to it. =) The SongUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1077112546554339852004-02-18T22:55:00.000+09:002004-03-25T09:30:19.983+09:00 Entry #66 "Hmm..... *barf*....hmmm.... *barf*.... hmmmmm.... *barf*..... hmmmm....." Journal Contrary to my previous entry, this one has no real personal sentiments or profound morals. I figured I gave enough “meaningful” schmuck in the last entry, so I’m just going to describe, in vivid detail, my battle with the flu. I sit here in my bed, fighting the nausea and the incessant urge to turn myUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1075793416586109312004-02-03T16:30:00.000+09:002004-02-03T23:21:11.810+09:00 Entry #65 "To my friends...." Journal Out of a lack of better things to do, I shall blog. (hmmm... doesn't seem right that I lack things to do at work...) I've been talking to some friends back in the states lately. A lot of them seem either concerned, confused, or simply unhappy with their lives. I can understand what they're going through, and while I'm in no better situation than they are, Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1075295136018067042004-01-28T22:05:00.000+09:002004-01-28T22:11:51.716+09:00 Entry #64 "Ha~~ppy Bi~rth *SMACK!*" Journal It was my birthday on the 26th. I turned 23. All joking aside, I COMPLETELY forgot about it. To me, the 26th was just another Monday at work. I only realized that it was my birthday at 8pm, after dinner, shower, and what not, when I opened the "My Yahoo" page and there was a message on my calendar. The message read, verbatim: "Happy Birthday Osamu!Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1074778448919602002004-01-22T22:34:00.000+09:002004-02-02T16:19:05.700+09:00 Entry #63 "A~~~~ND WEEEEEEEE~~~~!!!!!" Journal I am completely naked right now. (no wait, I have a necklace on, so I'm not completely naked...) I felt it important that I blog at least one entry in the nude. Today's the coldest day in Nagoya this winter, so what better day to blog naked? This morning on my way to work, the bitter cold was nibbling at my bare face. (my naked face, if you will.)Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1074490573134285982004-01-19T14:36:00.000+09:002004-01-21T18:27:13.450+09:00 Entry #62 "...why not?..." Journal I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. (it's a bad, and often useless, habit of mine) People both here and back in the states oft ask me why I chose to leave everything behind and move to Japan to work. As a professional answer, I prepared a statement which has become, in my mind, now trite: "I've always wanted to work for a car company, and since I had Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1074166806923159582004-01-15T20:40:00.000+09:002004-01-21T18:22:39.263+09:00 Entry #61 "Hi e'ery bawd'.." Journal Happy, belated by two weeks, New Year. I've been busy with work 'n' wasting my money going on pointless trips and shopping sprees. As a result, my less than frequent blog entries have become even more sporadic. The only reason I'm blogging now is because a friend of mine mentioned that it was "Funny". (Too bad I was trying to dramatic and serious...........Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1072670423159424732003-12-29T13:00:00.000+09:002003-12-29T13:01:51.860+09:00 Entry #60 "Zoom zoom zoom........" Journal I'm at the train station right now, waiting to take the bullet train out to Tokyo. I have some relatives in Tokyo that I can stay with to ring in the New Year. Should be fun. I have a female cousin that's my older sister's age and another male cousin that's my younger sister's age. It's going to be good talking with people that's not half a Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1072311167234543472003-12-25T09:12:00.000+09:002004-01-21T18:19:34.543+09:00 Entry #59 "Merry." Journal Christmas Eve sort of came and went. I called a friend that was in the same time zone, and that was about it. No particularly special dinner. No gifts, 'cept the underoos that my youngest sis sent me (thanks Emiko) and ties from my mom. Was I sad? Well, this wasn't the first Christmas alone, and I can say that this year was a LOT better than last year's. Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1071119630482498662003-12-11T14:13:00.000+09:002004-04-17T03:27:12.263+09:00 Entry #58 "..auld lang syne..." Journal I may be 14+ hours ahead of you guys, but I ain't dead!!.....yet. Here's my new address in Japan. It's changed three times already since I got here, but this one should last for a while. So send me letters, care packages, erotic pictures, or anything else that would keep me company on those cold, Japanese winter nights.... in my room... all by myself... Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1070512502689035642003-12-04T13:35:00.000+09:002003-12-08T18:38:13.436+09:00 Entry #57 "I'm a wha...?" Journal I'm blogging from work. No, I'm not supposed to be blogging on company time, nor am I supposed to electronically post or transmit from the company network to an unrestricted and/or unprotected server. But hey, the IT team should've thought about that before they put me infront of an unpatched, minimum security Win2K machine. Silly Tollota. What's my positionUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1069998292949399552003-11-28T14:44:00.000+09:002003-11-28T14:45:40.360+09:00 Entry #56 "......nothing...." Journal Thanksgiving came and went for me, just like the two months of factory work. So what did I do for Thanksgiving? ...........Nothing. Speaking of nothing, here's a very intellectual conversation about "nothingness" I had with a good friend of mine: Jamescros: what did you do for tday? Umaso: ummmm Umaso: Nothing Jamescros: nice Umaso: and you? Jamescros: Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1069737457760599632003-11-25T14:17:00.000+09:002003-11-25T14:52:46.903+09:00 Entry #55 "......still at 55?" Journal I've been receiving numerous (and by numerous I mean one) complaints (and by complaints I mean complaint) that I don't update my blogs enough. They (he) may have a point, but the matter of fact is, I update my blogs based on specific instants where the alignment of the moon, Venus, Neptune, and Earth raise the air pressure in Guatemala to my average body Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1068266167204521912003-11-08T13:36:00.000+09:002003-11-08T13:39:04.483+09:00 Entry #54 "Hrm....." Journal Same ol' thang, same ol' thang. Eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, repeat. I have but three weeks left in my factory training. It's getting easier since I just let my body perform the monotonous routine while my mind wanders off to this lovely place I like to call "Imagination Land." (Often visited by drug addicts and drunkards) This week I was happy for no apparent Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1066993366197688872003-10-24T20:02:00.000+09:002003-10-24T21:49:55.903+09:00 Entry #53 "Brrr......." Journal I whined and b*tched at the HR people back in Tollota (that's how the spell "Toyota" in Spain), and they sent me to a dermatologist and called it a "business trip" ('cuz if I'm sick, I MAKE IT their business!). Two days later, the itchiness and the redness are all gone. Had they sent me to a real doc to begin with...... I'm writing this blog entry outside a Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1066533027184586492003-10-19T12:10:00.000+09:002003-11-17T17:40:45.763+09:00 Entry #52 "Hot damn, that burns!!" Journal Yeeeeeee haw! Howdy y'all! I'm out hurr in boony-land, A.K.A. Tahara Factory, and boy-howdy do it smell like cow or WHUT! I really have my doubts as to how much more I can take of this. We're supposed to go through two months of factory "training" so that we get "a good look at how hard it is to make cars." It's just a pretty way of saying "You're Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1065228853390696212003-10-04T09:54:00.000+09:002003-10-04T09:54:40.613+09:00 Entry #51 "Winding up, or winding down?" Journal It's been about a week and a half since I started living in Japan. Things are slowly starting to settle and I'm starting to get used to the rough schedule. Unfortunately, I have to move again for a couple o' months to go work study at another factory. (them Japanese sure like to keep us employees busy. Crazy nips..) I recently encountered a Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1064131444944149012003-09-21T17:04:00.000+09:002003-09-21T17:07:29.803+09:00Entry #50 "Finally....... sheesh." Journal This is my last entry I'll make in America for a while. How appropriate that it ends at 50, as if to symbolize the end of my American half and the beginning of my Japanese half. (I sure hope it doesn't mean that I'm going to die at the age of 44. =P) I really feel that I should write something meaningful and heart warming. (Too bad that my life Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1060194528539760392003-08-07T03:28:00.000+09:002003-08-07T03:28:48.456+09:00 Entry #49 "I think I lost an entry...." 1) In order for a girl and boy to be good friends, they have to be able to really be able to hang out with each other. In order for one person to have a crush on the other person, they have to be able to hang out with each other. X=Y, Y=Z, X=Z Even if there's no romantic intent at first, people get to thinkin'...... and that's all it takes for a crush toUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1057380135053855772003-07-05T13:42:00.000+09:002003-07-05T13:42:14.933+09:00 Entry # 48 "Wi~~~~~~~z BOOM crackle crackle." Journal I went out to Manhattan to watch some fireworks over the East bay with my dad tonight. Here is a recap of the event described by the two of the personalities in me. It was a very warm night. (It was hot, humid, and uncomfortable.) There was a large crowd flowing Eastwards along 42nd St, all glowing with anticipation. (Too many people with Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-1056832949420796922003-06-29T05:42:00.000+09:002003-06-29T05:42:29.303+09:00 Entry#47 "..yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me." Journal Cliffside Park, NJ. It's like 88 degrees outside. I decided to take a nap to beat the heat. It turned out to be a rather long nap, with a dream included. The dream was rather interesting, so I'll tell ya. I was on an old pirate ship which was like a hide out for some... pirates. We had hostages on board and for some reason, we were Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-959957522003-06-25T07:34:00.000+09:002003-06-25T07:34:11.870+09:00 Entry #46 "Can't sleep...." Journal I couldn't sleep last night. This is what was going through my head: 1) If porous means "Full of or having pores," shouldn't gorgeous mean "Full of or having gorges"? 2) If an answer on Jeopardy was the phrase "To be or not to be," do you have to say "What is 'To be or not to be'" or can you just say "'To be or not to be'"? That IS the question, right? Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-957821332003-06-18T15:35:00.000+09:002003-06-18T15:41:01.000+09:00 Entry #45 "The elements of life." Journal This entry is going to be one of those "insightful" ones. I'll try and throw in some humor in there, but heck, my literary capabilities are limited..... very limited. I wish I was... What suddenly inspired me to write this entry? Well, I was watching Good Will Hunting, due to a lack of better things to do, and I discovered why I loved that movie so Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-951628982003-06-02T05:33:00.000+09:002003-06-02T05:34:16.000+09:00 Entry #44 "That is so wierd......" Journal English is wrong. Gorgeous: Definition: Dazzlingly beautiful or magnificent. Should mean: Full of gorges. Secretary: Definition: An officer who keeps records, takes minutes of the meetings, and answers correspondence, as for a company. Should mean: An officer who secretes or manages secretion. (ie: President: An officer who presides. Treasurer:Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-951400182003-06-01T12:35:00.000+09:002003-06-01T12:38:11.000+09:00 Entry #43 "And so, it shall be." Journal I'm done with school....... DONE. I've hated formal education since the third grade, yet I was somehow instituted into public schooling for another 13 years. Note, people, that those 13 years I will NEVER get back!!! Yet, despite my chagrin and whining for those years, I must admit that I picked up a few morsels of knowledge that may or may not prove Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-935140362003-04-30T14:26:00.000+09:002003-04-30T14:26:46.090+09:00 Entry #42 "Lazy lazy lazy lazy lazy lazy Jane...." Journal I thought it would be rather artistic and sentimental chronicle my last month in Berkeley on video tape........ but needless to say, I'm no genius of a producer. I've pretty much ran out of things to film in the first two days. Either I'm a really poor biographer, which is very plausible, or Berkeley's THAT boring..............., whichUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-929266872003-04-20T20:26:00.000+09:002003-04-20T20:28:51.000+09:00 Entry #41 "647-5**8........ Gabe." Some foolio with no "game" tried to hit on a bar waitress at the pool hall last night. In fact, I saved her the torment of having to listen to this guy try and "work his magic" by asking her to ring me up for the table. Meanwhile, this smooth casanova writes his name and phone number on a stick-it-pad and slaps it onto the computer screen while she's not Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-927903502003-04-18T02:57:00.000+09:002003-04-18T16:58:04.000+09:00 Entry #40 "40....39...38...." On Wednesdays I have classes from 9am to 2pm STRAIGHT with no breaks. The night before, I was adamant about not going to class. Sure, I didn't have classes on Tuesdays either, but still, it's the principle. Why skip classes on days you don't have classes? Anyway, at 9am.. I was still in bed. 1 out of 5 classes skipped. 10am, still in bed... 2 out of 5 done. Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-926838792003-04-16T09:46:00.000+09:002003-04-18T16:07:41.000+09:00 Entry #39 "40 days... 40 nights...." Today marks exactly 40 days remaining until I graduate from Berkeley. Even better, it marks 30 days until the BEST sequel to the BEST movie EVER made. That's right, Matrix II, Reloaded comes out on Thursday, May 15th. Is it a coincidence that these two dates are EXACTLY 10 days apart, 10 being the base unit for the metric system? I THINK NOT! I think Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-923142812003-04-10T05:54:00.000+09:002003-04-10T05:54:14.390+09:00 Entry #38 "Oh yeah...... this thing." Journal I sort of forgot that I had a blog. My bad. The End Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-906041932003-03-13T05:01:00.000+09:002003-03-15T21:23:06.000+09:00 Entry #37 "......Decisions, decisions.........." Journal Observe this scenario: There is a war raging between two countries, Coraz and Worick. After years of battle, both sides become low in man power and they resort to hiring mercenaries. The king of Coraz sees his people suffering and wants to end the war with a truce. The king calls upon his strongest mercenary to deliver a letter to the Umasonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-905129802003-03-11T18:42:00.000+09:002003-03-11T20:22:32.000+09:00 Entry #36 "Am I making a big mistake?" Journal .............Am I making a big mistake? Journal (cont.) ..........Yeah..... I'm making a big mistake.Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-903360322003-03-08T11:58:00.000+09:002003-03-08T18:07:39.000+09:00 Entry #35 "You're older than you've ever been....... wait, have I used this line before?" Journal I took an online IQ test. Though they're not 100% reliable, they give you a good idea where you stand compared to the other net junkies and morons out there. I've been taking these and other forms of IQ tests since I was about 13 or so. I was curious as to see how my IQ was progressing, so I Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-902896192003-03-07T16:43:00.000+09:002003-03-07T18:06:44.000+09:00 Entry #34 "Saving the Earth, one joke at a time....." Journal The Mechanical Engineering building, Etcheverry, is right next to the Computer Science Building, Soda Hall. In between the two buildings is a breezeway where the main entrances to the buildings are. Some friends and I were gathering in front of Etcheverry after class, and I saw 10 FOB Chinese dudes walk into Soda. Almost Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-901500942003-03-05T11:38:00.000+09:002003-03-05T15:00:02.000+09:00 Entry #33 "Remember that?" Journal I was flipping through my earlier blogs, and I noticed that I used to do something called the "lifeabets." I was going to go through all the letters of the alphabet and talking about my philosophies of life for each letter. I stopped at the letter "b," I think. So appropriate that I ended that series with the word "Blasphemy." Topics I don't have anything IUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-900613642003-03-04T03:21:00.000+09:002003-03-04T03:27:16.000+09:00 Entry #32 "I can't breath.... I CAN'T BREATH!!!" Journal Complaints I'm not the one to b*tch and complain, (....no wait, yeah I am) but ME107b must be the world's cruelest class. 36 page lab report? 20 pages minimum? COME ON NOW! We're frickin' graduating SENIORS! GIVE US A BREAK MAN! I'm not going to count how many hours over how many days I spent on that lab because..... well..... I Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-898255012003-02-27T16:34:00.000+09:002003-03-02T18:11:32.000+09:00 Entry #31 "Come to think of it........" Journal Last week was pretty busy, but pretty good. I was energetic and happy. Very unusual considering the circumstances surrounding my recent personal turmoil. I think it's all because of my whole run in with the law on Monday. I think that pumped me full of laughs and adrenaline to last me for at least a week. A little sentiment The value of a Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-897590252003-02-26T14:24:00.000+09:002003-02-26T20:06:38.000+09:00 Entry #30 "Son.... it's not a good idea to have your hands in your pocket when the police asks you to stop...." Journal Hazaa! My 30th entry in my blog, and what better story to put in than an episode with the law! The story about to follow is a description of what happened to me on February 24th,2003 at 11:45pm. (It's sorta long, so just skip to the good parts) The funny parts are in bold. Umasonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-896537582003-02-25T02:37:00.000+09:002003-02-25T11:55:52.000+09:00 Entry #29 "Damn it!....... I hate it when you're right." Journal The "Zero Contact Rule" was requested to be implemented by my most recent ex. I couldn't believe it. Not by the fact that Brian was right ('cuz he always is), but more by the fact that it wasn't me who enforced the "Zero Contact Rule." I've always figured it'd be immature and stupid to not talk to your exes (that's ex's as in Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-892996912003-02-18T20:36:00.000+09:002003-02-18T20:36:56.000+09:00 Entry #28 "Wherever you go....." Journal I've been real reflective about my future lately. (kind of ironic to look back at the future, eh?) I'm guessing it's primarily because I'll be moving to Japan, hence, the chances of me finding a gf here and keeping a long-LO~~NG distance relationship would be very unrealistic. Therefore, realizing that, it's best for me to stay out of a relationship Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-888399942003-02-10T17:09:00.000+09:002003-02-10T17:09:31.810+09:00 Entry #27 "*sigh*" Journal Wow, the last entry was in December. Dang, what a slacker. Lemme think now..... so much has happened since then..... ok, here we go I went to Japan the entire winter break. I visited some friends there, toured, met with companies. I got a job with Toyota as an engineer. They'll assign my position later after training. Got dropped by gf at the time on Christmas.Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-856516682002-12-08T06:07:00.000+09:002003-03-04T03:41:12.000+09:00 Entry #26 "Wessai~!!" Journal Wow, a whole MONTH of no blog action, and even LESS action in Umaso's brain. The month of November has been hectic to say the least. Multiple midterms, countless hw assignments, labs up the wazoo and projects to worry about. Throw in a couple of transcontinental trips across America while you're at it too. But enough about my whining, let's get to the good stuffUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-839157862002-11-02T20:40:00.000+09:002002-11-03T05:53:40.000+09:00 Entry #25 "Days go by........" Journal I had a midterm before my flight to Boston on the day of. I had a midterm at 8am the next day after I got back from Boston. I flew out to LA the next day after that second midterm. I had problem sets and lab the day after I came back from LA. I have a midterm on the Monday right after and a midterm on Thursday of the same week. I also have a lab write Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-839153922002-11-02T20:11:00.000+09:002002-11-03T06:15:23.000+09:00 Entry #24 "Wow........ it's been two months and still only 24 entries......" Journal Well, since I've been holding off on blogging for so long, this one will be extra long. (extra spicey and extra crispy too.) Boston I went to Boston last week for a career fair. I had interviews with several Nip-tabulous (it's a word now!) companies and now I anxiously await their responses. The town, howeverUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-832474472002-10-20T20:32:00.000+09:002002-10-20T20:32:40.830+09:00 Bonus It's 4:30am........... and I'm eating a banana..........Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-832245002002-10-20T05:45:00.000+09:002002-10-20T05:45:59.210+09:00 Entry #23 "The more you struggle, the harder it gets...." Journal Midterms, lab reports, problem sets, job interviews, and work. That's my life. Love it or leave it. So why the sudden infatuation with ear piercing and colored contacts? As I approach graduation and get calls from companies, I'm starting to realize that, well, I'm not a kid anymore. I would like to do one HUGE thing before I Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-828937062002-10-13T04:47:00.000+09:002002-10-13T04:47:04.720+09:00 Entry #22 "Moo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~n light." Journal Wow, it's been almost two weeks since I've last blogged. By now, my audience should have dwindled to a meager ZERO. I don't really care. Perhaps now I can start writing about things and not worry about the consequences thereof due to the audience response. Firstly, good job Angels and congratulations to James. Your decade of loyalty has finally Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-822454552002-09-29T05:30:00.000+09:002002-09-29T05:30:56.000+09:00 Entry #21 "You're older than you've ever been and now you're even older......" Journal Next week, I have four midterms and three problem sets due. Can you say "anti-social? A$$tacular. Lately I've been in a funk. I'd like to blame lack of sleep, for you see, it is always the catalyst for whatever funk I have at the time. When I don't get enough sleep, my brain doesn't work as well. When myUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-821840402002-09-27T17:19:00.000+09:002002-09-27T17:23:39.000+09:00 Entry #20 "Underneath it all......" Journal Happy birthday to James. He turned 22 on the 26th of September. Want to blog...... can't blog. Today I feel like I've lost something big................Didn't really lose anything but...... hmmmmmm...... here's a good (I'll be the judge of that) analogy: Let's say you had a bowl of water. Your bowl was full and you were quite content. One day, aUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-820857322002-09-25T17:12:00.000+09:002002-09-25T17:12:24.336+09:00 Bonus Bravo Bryan...... bravo. If anybody could do it, it's you. Also, if anybody's BORED enough to do it...... it's also you. Also, if anybody's NERDY enough to do it...... it's definitely you. Bravo Bryan..........bravo.Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-820675012002-09-25T08:46:00.000+09:002002-09-25T13:36:57.000+09:00 Entry #19 "I am the ultimate hybrid of evil and stupidity......" Journal I sit here with a sore shoulder, eating a hard boiled egg.......... Why am I eating an egg you ask? Because I have about two dozen eggs and nothing else in my fridge, that's why. I have a half defrosted chunk of pork too, but it's sort of hard to eat pork just by itself. (and half frozen, no less) Hence, the egg. I Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-819853892002-09-23T17:34:00.000+09:002002-09-23T23:55:11.000+09:00 Entry #18 *Crack.......* Journal I played soccer this weekend...... twice. Saturday was practice and Sunday was supposed to be a game........ but there were no goals set up, so the game was postponed. Instead I played a pick-up game with the locals. It was fun. If you get the chance, come watch me play just once. =) I think my blog entries are getting thinner and less interesting. I'd likeUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-818869682002-09-21T05:37:00.000+09:002002-09-21T05:48:09.000+09:00 Entry #17 "And in the end.... it doesn't even matter...." Journal FRIGGIN' A!!!!! This week is FINALLY over!!!! This week was damn tough. Had a problem set due every day of the week. I also had meetings, work, labs, helping out with clubs, and other miscellaneous tasks. I'm still in one piece though........ I'm going to Boston in October for a Japanese career fair. It's a gathering of Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-817624732002-09-18T16:07:00.000+09:002002-09-18T17:51:14.000+09:00 Entry #16 "It's been a while........" Journal As you may or may not have noticed, I have been on sabbatical for a while from this blog. Primarily because I've been too busy to even take a piss, but also because this hasn't really been a good outlet for me these past few days. Based on my last two entries, anybody can tell that I was full of negative energies. Regardless, the VERY blog that wasUmasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-816013472002-09-15T03:20:00.000+09:002002-09-15T13:48:59.000+09:00 Entry #15 "Why do you want someone that you can hurt without even knowing it.........?" Journal The third week of school is finally over, while for other schools, they haven't even started their first. I envy them, not so much because they're still in summer break, (well... that too) but more because they're that much further away from having to graduate. I don't mind graduating. Infact, I Umasonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743812.post-815442902002-09-13T16:10:00.000+09:002002-09-13T16:10:16.983+09:00 Entry #14 "....you lose one....... you lose all......." Journal I think my carpet is alive. I dropped a pizza topping on the floor the other day and no matter how much I looked, I couldn't find it. A few days later, it appeared out of nowhere, partially digested. (decomposed) I also noticed that one side doesn't match up with the other side. I think it's growing. I also find random hair on Umasonoreply@blogger.com0