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Today I saw something awesome!

2009-01-22T21:20:18Z

We were at the supermarket! And there were lobsters! And they were FIGHTING! And it was cooooooool!

...am I lame for finding that cool?

We got a puppy!

2008-12-02T01:19:13Z

Oh my God, Sakaeguchi and I have a little puppy and her name is Juanita Sakai (Juanita was me and Sakai was Sakaeguchi, who named her after Iron Chef French Sakai Hiroyuki) and she is sooooooo cuuuuuuuuute and she has cooking things and we are getting her a chef's outfit for Christmas this year and just wait until you see her!

Sakaeguchi is going to post the pictures and videos of her really soon! She's just too adorable and I need to keep hugging her because she's way too cute and soft and just...awwwwwww!

Muno likes bugs!

2008-11-03T19:36:42Z

I Like Bugs is actually on my TV right now! Eeeeeeeeeee!

...I got way too excited, didn't I? But I love this song!

OH MY GOD FREE TACOS!

2008-10-28T22:29:27Z

So in Game One of the World Series Jason Bartlett stole second base and America won a free taco, and today we got to go and get it!

The restaurant was all decked out in baseball stuff! We're in Pennsylvania right now, obviously.

See, see? It was so exciting!

And we saw this on the way back!

NO, MASSIMO!

2008-09-17T20:54:08Z

The Italian laboratory program is really boring, but it's also really easy. Honestly, a lot of it is just me listening to the computer talk and clicking on 'I have completed this exercise.' I get points for that. I like that. Sakaeguchi thinks I'm not properly learning through this thing, but I'm already good enough at Spanish to understand a lot of this anyway, so it's not a big deal.

I also like it whenever the scene is set in a train station because then Kazuki stops what he's doing and turns the volume on the computer all the way up so Junta can hear everything. It's really funny.

And there's this one lady who just barks, "NO, MASSIMO!" which Sakaeguchi found hilarious. I ripped that file with Audacity and added it to the Nishiura playlist at Tajima's request.

This was actually interesting.

2008-09-06T16:21:56Z

I found this on Yahoo! this morning... Musical taste "defines personality" Fri Sep 5, 5:38 AM ET Fans of classical music and jazz are creative, pop lovers are hardworking and, despite the stereotypes, heavy metal listeners are gentle, creative types who are at ease with themselves. So says Professor Adrian North of Scotland's Heriot-Watt University who has been studying the links between people's personalities and their choice of music. "People often define their sense of identity through their musical taste, wearing particular clothes, going to certain pubs, and using certain types of slang," North said. "It's not surprising that personality should also be related to musical preference." In what North said was the largest study ever conducted into individuals' musical preference and character, researchers asked 36,518 people from around the world to rate how much they liked 104 different musical styles before taking a personality test. "Researchers have been showing for decades that fans of rock and rap are rebellious, and that fans of opera are wealthy and well-educated," North said. "But this is the first time that research has shown that personality links to liking for a wide range of musical styles." The study concluded that jazz and classical music fans are creative with good self-esteem, although the former are much more outgoing whereas the latter are shy. Country and western fans were found to be hardworking and shy; rap fans are outgoing and indie lovers lack self-esteem and are not very gentle. Those who like soul music can take heart as the research concluded they are creative, outgoing, gentle, at ease with themselves and have a high self-esteem. And if you've ever wondered why people driving expensive sports cars often have music blaring from their vehicle, North could have an explanation. Those who choose to listen to exciting, punchy music are more likely to be in a higher earning bracket, he says, while those who go for relaxing sounds tend to be lower down the pay scale. North is still looking for volunteers to take part in the research. Details on http://www.peopleintomusic.com/ (Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Steve Addison) Copyright © 2008 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

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2008-09-05T14:39:43Z

...I totally don't want to take the Italian quiz today.

Even if it won't be hard and I'll get to do it on my own time. I just don't feel like doing it 'cause I'm lazy. And there might be math! How horrible would that be, if there was math? I really hope there won't be any math.

...I think today is a 'no motivation' day. 'Cause it's Friday and we get to have fun later tonight and tomorrow (I hear we're playing Bible Game tonight!).

...please don't make me take this quiz...

You mean I have to do math, too? But it's not a math class!

2008-09-03T22:28:40Z

So I discovered this week that I'm actually really good at Italian! It must be the Spanish.

The funny thing, though, is that tonight's Italian homework has math in it 'cause we're doing numbers. Is it kind of wrong that I tried to use my calculator even though it was simple addition and subtraction? 'Cause I did, but my calculator was out of batteries. So I used my Sakaeguchi instead. He did the math for me although now that I look at it the math was actually really easy and I probably could have done it myself but math in a language you don't fully understand yet looks so much harder!

I'm a moron, I know.

Funny name night!

2008-08-23T05:46:44Z

I think tonight was a night for people with funny names to go to Shea Stadium. Just look!

Not a person, but as Sakaeguchi pointed out to me, who's guarding the jails while they're here?

This one is TOTALLY my favorite.

That's kind of an awkward last name, isn't it? Now if Hanai was at the game with us tonight, Tajima may have ended up squeaking at that point...

Lizzette? Sounds like a Mary Sue name...

Also, Koharu, I was told to post this for you. It's Grampu!

LEONES! On the TEEEEVEEEEE!

2008-07-30T19:33:53Z

There is an episode of Dora the Explorer called Leon the Circus Lion!

And we HAVE IT! It was on iTunes (Tosei was looking for more material to dub due to the lack of Peppa)! Of course, they also bought the episode called Choo Choo. Bye-bye, Takase! And they got two songs - I'm The Map and Super Map. Rumor has it that Shingo will sing both.

...and apparently all four of the dubbers AND Sakaeguchi knew about this episode's existence. And they got it to surprise me. I guess when we make a cake later, I ought to let Sakaeguchi have some of the batter this time...normally I get to lick the whisk. But this is just too nice of him - I totally owe him this time. So he'll get some batter, too, somehow...

I was so close!

2008-07-26T02:00:02Z

I've never been this close to real leones before! But look how close I got today!

See? Crazy!

They had fake!leones out front.

And I petted one!

El museo tiene muchos leones!

2008-07-24T05:43:48Z

I really want to have una fiesta del leon right now. Because there were so many in the Met today!

I got really excited.

And then we went to Medieval Times, which was really exciting and stuff! And it was supposed to take place in Spain, too!

LEON! LEON! LOOOOOOK! And it's even green and yellow!

Leon at the actual show. AND THEY MADE THEM EVIL! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

It made me very, very sad. Shame on you, Medieval Times, for making them be evil. Because you are wrong. They may maul me, but they're good animals!

Boardwalk!

2008-07-22T04:18:44Z

Today we were by the ocean (or as Noggin puts it, beside the seaside!) and it was really nice! The weather was great but the water was really cold. Oh, and Sakaeguchi and I tried to make a cake out of sand, but it didn't work too well and we didn't take any pictures of our efforts because they kind of sucked.

Santa? WHAAAAAAT?

This is a LIONFISH! There were leones in the aquarium!

And in the gift shop, see! (I think these go with the set 1863_project bought at the Bronx Zoo!)

Look, an ugly mermaid toy!

And more!

And even more!

And a hula girl!

This thing really, really freaked me out. I'm serious.

These people are crazy! CRAZY!

I have a plane with my number on it!

2008-07-21T02:02:16Z

It's not as cool as Atobe's plane, though. His actually has his face on it.

We kind of went up in one of those old planes today, and it was a little scary at first but once we were in the air it was awesome. And it was nice and cool, too, which was great because on the ground it was way too warm and everybody was getting sick and stuff...

If you pull its arms out, it makes annoying screeching noises! It's awesome!

And before I forget...

We all know how much he loves that WOW show!

More leones!

2008-07-08T06:04:46Z

1863_project's kid brother recently graduated middle school. 1863_project's grandmother likes buying her two grandchildren really noisy toys, and she gave 1863_project's brother...UN LEON! And he sings! So I filmed him!

...of course, I was so excited that I held the camera sideways. Go figure.

LEONES!

2008-07-07T00:17:56Z

Okay, today was all kinds of awesome - 1863_project took us to the Bronx Zoo! It was amazing! All the enclosures are so big - the animals get the space they need and stuff! It rocks!

We covered pretty much the entire zoo today. It was insane. We got a bunch of amazing pictures, too, and some videos which are, well, kind of crazy. Especially the ones in which Junta starts quoting Kai-Lan and asking tigers if they're mad. But I got some big cat videos of my own!

I'm so excited, aren't I?

I discuss the possibility of playing Lion's Den at the zoo with them.

Oh, and the gift shop rocked. I now have my very own leon, which Sakaeguchi and I named Juan after our future TV show's mascot. But the best was when we were in the car and I opened the tag, which had the same information in several languages.

I really, really want to do this again someday. Because this was every kind of awesome.

I'm a DRAGON!

2008-07-04T07:15:04Z

Okay, I don't know why, but every time I see this clip on Oobi I crack up. I find it hilarious.

I got SERIOUS.

2008-06-22T04:52:27Z

Well, I finally did it - I swore at un leon.

PARADE TODAY!

2008-06-19T07:05:31Z

Oh, we got it!

Oobi...GRAMPU HAIR!

2008-06-13T06:58:11Z

Yes! Sakaeguchi is letting me post the video he got of Oobi at the barber! Here it is!

I wish this was my supeingo no sensei!

2008-06-12T05:15:37Z

I saw this in the newspaper today. And I loved it.

A Spanish teacher named Leila Leon? Sign me up!

OH MY GOD!

2008-06-10T04:42:35Z

Okay, I have a new favorite show ever. It's called...wait for it...BETWEEN THE LIONS.

Here are five videos of it. I talk in all of them. And I think Sakaeguchi laughs in most of them, too.

Hot YouTube Action!

2008-06-09T05:00:39Z

I have no idea what this is. All I know is that it's in Portuguese, they're doing something called the 'Dance of the Square,' and that it made Sakaeguchi sink out of his chair onto the floor laughing because it was so weird.

This second one...I do know what this is. I saw it on The Soup! It's La Pequena Prohibida! (It was based on this music video.)

We share a brain with somebody we don't know and that's awesome!

2008-06-06T02:34:05Z

Okay, so 1863_project's mom works at an elementary school as a librarian. And this elementary school put out a cookbook, so Sakaeguchi and I were looking through it because we were tossing WHAAAAT? Cake ideas around.

And THIS PAGE was in it.

Yeah. Yo Gabba Gabba! on the left, DELICIOSO on the right. We were absolutely floored. Apparently somebody out there thinks just like us - and how awesome is that?

Presenting our new mascot!

2008-06-04T04:56:56Z