In Memoriam... with a Side Helping of Fun

IN MEMORIAM!
I say this because my frog died. Exactly 6 days ago, Lilypad the frog died. Most knew her as her nickname; Lily. She was always the fattest frog in the tank, and always the least active one. My favorite memories of her include trees, jumping on others, and Lily just being Lily.

THE TREE
When she was a young, youthful frog, she used to be a bit more active. This included running (hopping) from my hand, hopping to the water bowl, and jumping into trees. The first time this happened was after I woke up. I went down to my frogs' tank and looked in. Surprise! Lily was not in sight. I looked around, called my sister, and she saw Lily sitting in the tree. It was a load of shock and fun in one frog-sized package.

THE JUMPING
She used to always jump, being a frog. Sometimes she liked to jump on other frogs in the tank! She'd see someone, look where she was going, and hop. The other frogs weren't a fan of it, but she was really cute. Plus, the other frogs had a chance to get crushed by Lily's stomach.

THE LILY
Lily was always just Lily. Always her froggy self. Always will be remembered, always fat.

THE FUN (NON RELEVANT TO FROGS)
On the other side... 2 days ago, my mom found a GBA (GameBoy Advanced) game that was under the couch. Guess what? I lost it 2 years ago (Who knows how I lost it)! Thanks, mom!

AnimeAMAZE on iTunes

OK, in this post, I will talk about how to get to the AnimeAmaze radio station on iTunes. Since I only know how to use a PC, that's who this is going to help. (Well, at least for step 1-2)

STEP 1:


Click on the start button.

STEP 2:


Find where the program iTunes is and click on it.

STEP 3:


Locate the Radio button on the left sidebar.

STEP 4:

Find the category labled, "International".

STEP 5:

Find the radio station AnimeAMAZE and play it!

Hope this helps all of you Otaku out there! さよなら!

NOTICE!!!

I am adding entries from June from my trip to China. Look back at June!

KaeruReview: Fun Virtual Community Websites.

Looking for some fun websites to meet new people, but don't want to go to Facebook or MySpace (Well, certainly not MySpace. That's evil) ? Here are some fun websites to go to, and they're all free (to an extent)!

NEOPETS
The website literally everyone's heard of, at least, if they're a kid. The original virtual pet website. Play games, earn neopoints, get a house, plot Neopian dominartion... (forget that last part...) The point is, it's more fun than a pile of Kadoaties!

Features:

• Play games to earn Neopoints to spend things on.
• Participate in fights at the battledome.
• Spend time in the forums. *
• Join a guild relating to your own interests. *
• Own a shop to sell items.
• Own a gallery to display items.
• Dress up your own Neopet. **
• Own a Petpet.
• Own a Petpetpet.
• Participate in the Book club.
• Explore numerous maps.
• Own a Neohome set in the location of your choosing! **
• Join the MMO Petpet Park. ***
• Play Key Quest: A multiplayer game with great prizes! ***

* Must be identified as a player 13+
** May involve Neocash, the stuff you get with real $$$
*** Not good for old computers or those who can't handle flash.

_{LINK: +Neopets}

GAIA ONLINE
Known mostly by fans of Anime and Manga, Gaia's prominent feature is the MMO, zOMG! Where players battle against the Animated. Who or what is that? Find out by signing up!

Features:

• Own your own shop to earn Gold!
• Have a mini-shop in the forums to sell your art, or other services.
• Completely customizable avatar.
• Rally with others using your own car.
• Get your own house and decorate it with a variety of objects.
• Play numerous games.
• Buy Gaia Cash and get exclusive collectors items. *
• Play zOMG and sell your loot for some quick Gold.
• Special community-wide events for the holidays and other special occasions.
• Own your own fish tank. *
• Edit your profile totally freestyle. Also using HTML and CSS for you computer nerds.

*May involve real $$$

_{LINK: +Gaiaonline}

CLUB PENGUIN
The game from Disney that lets all penguins roam free and to do what they want... if they have the money. Be prepared to spend that money if you want to use the full extent of this site!

Features:

• Create your very own penguin to waddle around.
• Become a tour guide to help out the newbies.
• Train in Card-Jitsu and become a ninja.
• Participate in Club Penguin only events like Music Jam, and Medival Fest.
• Dress up your penguin in limitless fashions and show off your personal style. *
• Many games to play with upgrades! *
• Customize your player card with pins and backgrounds. *

*May involve that yearly/monthly subscription. $$$

_{LINK: +Club Penguin}

FANTAGE
A cute game that you might take for a little kids site, but don't be fooled. It's actually somewhat sophisticated.

• Host or star in a Fashion Show. Match a theme and earn Stars.
• Cute chibi-like graphics.
• Buy items to use in your house, or avatar. *
• Buddy up for more fun.
• Cute animations.
• Fun games.
• Large world to explore.

*Some instances may require yearly/monthly membership.

_{LINK: +Fantage}

Which Stands Above and Beyond???

Rank 1: Gaia Online and Neopets.

Rank 2: Fantage
Rank 3: Club Penguin

WHY!?

Gaia and Neopets don't restrict any of their site to the non-paying audience while Fantage does somewhat and Club Penguin does completely!

ChinaLog: Day 1: USA -> Beijing

FLIGHT:
Our flight was delayed 2 hours, but we were inbusiness class, so we were waiting in business class, so we were waiting in a really nice lounge. When we got onto the plane, we were really surprised! It was really wide seat, space to lean all the way back, and an entertainment center! Each entertainmet center was a touchscreen TV/panel thingy and it was equipped with free movies, free TV shows, free music to listen to, and free games. Another cool thing is that some of the games were multiplayer. I beat my mom and sister in reversi. My dad beat me in chess. As food goes, I had pork. Even though I'm a really picky eater, it was pretty good! (I don't like meat and certain vegetables.) Yes... the airplane food was... better than my cafeteria food! The flight ended with me glued to the window looking out onto China. Along with masked people checking all of us with temperature guns. Luckily, no one in our section gave them a reason to quarentine anyone. We met our guide, Huang at the airport and then we drove to the hotel.

HOTEL:
We arrived at the hotel and said goodbye to our guide for the day, then had beef ramen for dinner. (Ramen, Noun. A bowl of clear soup containing noodles, vegetables, and often pieces of meat.) It's funny because my favorite meal is ramen. We finished dinner and then went up to our rooms to catch some Z's. Oh, and by the way, when we were on the way to the hotel, we saw a tollbooth... but it was no ordinary tollbooth... it was Asian-style!!!

Programming

I have begun to learn PHP and CSS. I already know HTML. My summer goal this year is to fully memorize/learn CSS and to get a pretty good grasp on PHP. To clarify all of this:

HTML:
Stands for: Hypertext Markup Language.
Uses: Website building, helps with customization.
Other forms: XML, Extended Markup Language.
Version: 4.0

CSS:
Stands for: Cascading Style Sheets.
Uses: Formats everything on a webpage in one place do you don't have to repeat tags (commands) over and over again.
Other forms: None
Version: 2.0

PHP:
Stands for: PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
Uses: Databases.
Other forms: SQL (Structured Query Language)is like PHP.
Version: 5.1

Hopefully this can help all of you with your programming/scripting languages!

Sick!

I. Am. Sick.

Positives

1. I just got Sims 3 for my iPod literally 30 minutes ago.
2. I can rub it, Sims 3, in people's face's.
3. I am the first to play it, Sims 3, in my house.
4. I stay home regardless of if I feel good or not. (And play Sims 3)
5. I can study for a Chinese exam. (After playing Sims 3)
6. I can go on the computer and iPod from 10AM to 8PM! (And play Sims 3 Age of Mythology)
7. I bet for the above, you expected to see Sims 3, but no, my family does not yet have Sims 3)

Negatives:

1. If I touch my frogs, they will likely die. (And be as green as the plumbbob in Sims 3)
2. MORE homework (When the kids in Sims 3 have more)
3. .......this is pretty convenient, actually. (Because I can play Sims 3)

.....

♦SIMS 3!!!♦