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Getting rid of books!
Toz and I are trying to get rid of our English language stuff, in an attempt to immerse more in Japanese (so we can, actually, uh, read it or something)

So, we're selling most of our books!

A complete list is here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tm5JDTS8cGOM-1fYnk5DrPg&single=true&gid=1&output=html

Prices are very much negotiable. At the end of the week they're mostly going to go to Half-Price books or something similar, so just make offers.

Also, I would love to trade for Japanese language books, manga, anime, or games. Let me know if you have something you'd like to trade.

If you're in town, we can work out delivery or you picking them up. If you're out of town we can work out shipping.

Let me know either here or in email if you're interested in any of them.

More memes.
Stolen from

zqfmbg

Desktop Wallpaper Meme
The Rules:
- Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper.
- Explain in no more than five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
- Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!

My current wallpaper can be found here

I'm using it mostly because it's dark, and so my zillions of desktop icons show up well on it. But also because it's blue and pretty.

selling an ipod touch
2nd gen, new-in-box. Got it through a promotion with a new laptop, decided we didn't really want it (we both have ipods already). $229 new, we're selling for $170. Anyone interested?

Mana Khemia 2 Fest Introduction
Time for another fest! And time for another canned email, stolen from
last year's posting, hoo!

If you are on this list, it is because you were sent email from last
year's list. If you do not wish to be sent more emails concerning
Fest, please let me know.

For anyone receiving this email/post that may not be familiar with the
concept, Fest is an event, started at the time of FF7, where we get a
bunch of people together with their TVs and game systems, and play
through a game together. The game this time is Mana Khemia 2.
Usually, we do very little else (but will occasionally go out to eat, or
do walks, or things like that)

What: Mana Khemia 2 Fest!
Who : All of you! But, see a note below.
When: Setup will be on the evening of Saturday 12/26/09. After setup/dinner, we
will have some sort of gaming competition, to be determined. Fest will
start on 12/27/09 whenever we drag ourselves out of bed (probably 10 am
or so) and we plan to allow people to play until Sunday 12/31/09 (or possibly later)
Right now, we don't have an estimate for game length, but it is likely to be shorter than the Persona fests.
Where: Probably Curtis' house, Madison, WI.
Why: To play through a game together in good company, and listen to Lucas talk about bees! And possibly thighs.

Fest demands that you have not played the game beforehand. There is an
exception for Japanese versions of the game, but generally, it is more
fun if we are all discovering it together.

People generally commit to staying for the entire time. There will be
sleeping space, although there may be a limited number of
couches/beds/etc, so you may want to bring a sleeping bag, etc. We
will discuss more in detail what sorts of things you should expect to
bring in upcoming posts/emails

This email/post is basically to establish interest. Please
reply/comment if you are interested in attending or receiving
continued information, or if you have any questions. More detailed
posts will follow in the upcoming weeks.

Please forward this to anyone you believe would be interested. Note,
however, that we have a space limitation of about 16 people, and 9
slots are already taken, so PLEASE if you are interested, reply early.

Cheers! -Eric

Current Mood: awake

har
Stolen from darksakura, but I'm too lazy to tag her name.

Your morality is 0% in line with that of the bible.

Damn you heathen! Your book learnin' has done warped your mind. You shall not be invited next time I sacrifice a goat.

Do You Have Biblical Morals?
Take More Quizzes

Current Mood: awake

Wow.
People who don't play WoW probably won't understand why this makes me really happy, but...

( Large screenshot within... )

Current Mood: tired

From

tidesong

You are a
Social Liberal
(71% permissive)

and an...
Economic Moderate
(43% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Democrat

Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid
Also : The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

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More memeing!
Tagged (sort of) by

jedi_amara, and unwilling to throw off my memeial obligation.

Here's how it works. I have a list of questions, to which users are the answers. Here are the answers. If you want the list of questions, ask me, and then you have to do the meme.

Is it worth it? Who knows. =P I think she's just trying to do research. ;-)

1. No one I know!
2.

billicious
3. Again, no one I know.
4.

ursulasart
5.

misstoy
6.

billicious
7. No one. We're all misfits.
8.

afgncaapvaljean
9. No one. Now, AIM, on the other hand...
10.

cryskiss
11.

linkplume
12.

happyjolteon, of course.
13.

ddrmel
14. Also

ddrmel (but which? hmmm)
15. Uh, no one?
16.

515mseibel
17.

noonereally
18.

xcapinluv
19.

astralblue,

auriplane
20.

narzissa
21. Don't know what this means. Google doesn't help.
22. Don't know what this means. Google doesn't help.
23.

happyjolteon? ;-)
24.

ashryn
25.

billicious, when he bothers. Also

ddrmel
26.

happyjolteon ;-)
27.

tidesong
28.

megwyn, har
29.

happyjolteon? These kinds of questions are boring when you're actually in a serious relationship,

jedi_amara, try harder next time. ;-)
30. Avoid this questionnaire, at all costs~

Current Mood: amused

Fun with Japanese translation
Now, some day, I hope to learn Japanese. For now, I am stuck with using dictionaries and guessing any time I need to read something.

So I've known for a while that Google has tools to help translate things in other languages, but I just recently learned that you can send things to bots on google talk, and they will attempt to send you translations.

As a CS major, I fully understand the difficulties of creating an accurate translation tool, and I am by no means mocking the people who wrote this stuff. However, it is always entertaining to see what comes out...

( Read more... )

I think, perhaps, we still have a long way to go...

Current Mood: amused

IIDX13段位認定二段クリアー〜

三段 is likely to give me some problems... Spin the Disc does not... um... cater to my strengths.

I did, just for s&g, look at the 四段 course... it starts with two of my old favorites from when I used to play, Era Nostalmix and Absolute. So I can get way further on that one. o_O

I think, however, that I will not meet my goal of passing V 7-key (or "hyper", I guess now) before I have to leave. ^_^;;

Current Mood: sleepy

IIDX13段位認定初段クリアー〜

次は二段。。。

Unfortunately for my psyche, when I left California I was able to clear the 四段 course, but...

Current Mood: cheerful

Ok, people who are still in touch with bemani resources...

Where is the closest IIDX machine to Wisconsin? The closest I can find is Omaha, NE.

For anyone interested in WoW, I'm starting a blog, holyintellect.wordpress.com, to write about some game theory stuff that WoW has inspired me to think about.

Anyone on here use twitter?

I'm trying it out.

meme...sheeping?
Stolen from

xtalcy~

Current Mood: amused

I put in my (one week) notice at work today. Yay me.

I'm going to be taking some time off, the big question is, what to do with that time. There are many options.

Finishing the semester is obviously tops on the list, but after that...?

Even when it's out of sight, the sun shines night and day.

I am unlikely to go, but I figured someone on my friends might care to know that TMBG is visiting...

For

billicious

I am particularly amused by the findings of Drs. Dre and Dogg.

Current Mood: amused