Castle Shima

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
-- Publilius Syrus

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Ow Ow Ow!


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If I die before I learn to speak
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But you can't run away from home without destroying somone's world.
-- Anti-Helena from MirrorMask

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Et Maintenant Nous Sommes Tout Seuls

Protege Moi by Placebo

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A dead man begs you to remember: a warrior's ultimate act is to lay down his sword.
-- Nameless from Hero

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How Swift The Sword
I always liked this song when I first heard it in Blade II, but combined with this video, the song is so much better.

I Against I by Mos Def

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If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius.
-- Larry Leissner

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Lassitude

Exhaustion (among other things)
by Joy Marsh
Today, nothing will be accomplished by me with
determined speech or concise fluid movements.

In others words and to say it simply,
I am tired, tired of the constant icy grip in my neck,
of expectations, of politics, words that instill fear and
confront.

I’ll listen to reason tomorrow. Today I’ll pray for everything I am not.

As I reconcile, fear and doubt mix with the baneful on the
news. It spews a warning shot, so close, so close.
I didn’t move. This is my holy ground.

The death chants that you hear over and over again finally evaporate
as the clear water comes to a boil on the stove.
Free of demands and apocalypse, I sip my tea, then wait for sleep..

Suspended over the room,
a whispered Amen.
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How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on.
-- Anonymous

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Its Not The Smell That Gets You
This is abit long, but funny as hell. Just makes you think about the shit people have to put up with.


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Home is not where you live, but where they understand you.
-- Christian Morganstern

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Nothing to Lose, Nothing to Gain

Somewhere I Belong by Linkin Park

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People say life is like a stream. They're right. Just a while ago I wanted to spit into the wind and I hit my own face.
-- Johan Cruijff

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Getting Kicked Around
This is why I play the sport.


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The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
-- Will Durant

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California Dreaming
The Tour of California started today. I had almost forgotten about it and was fortunate to catch a reminder last night. The TV coverage isnt as prestigeous as the Tour de France, but just as exhilarating.

This is going to be an exciting week. Well, at least for me.
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And Now For Something Completely Different

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Why hate someone for the color of their skin when there are much better reasons to hate them.
-- Denis Leary

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I Have A Really Big Deck
I used to be an avid fan of the card game Magic The Gathering. I still have my collection and am debating about playing again. There are so many new cards and sets, even for Asian mythology, that it would almost like starting over again.

Damn. No wonder we used to call it Magic The Addiction and Paper Crack


Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

Hm. I always thought I was abit more brown.
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When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.
-- Mark Twain

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Scars Of Love
I should have used this yesterday, but I had forgotten all about it. What was I thinking? How could I forget Happy Tree Friends?!

Thats it. I'm getting old.

Carpal Tunnel of Love by Fall Out Boy

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Seduce my mind and you can have my body. Find my soul and I'm yours forever.
-- Anonymous

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Poetry
I had so many quotes I wanted to use for today, I couldnt make up my mind. Then I realized, for all the quotes I had, they could make the entry itself. Especially when I found one that actually surprised me. Not because the quote was unique, but rather by who it was.

So here is a little poetry. Enjoy.

You don't love a woman because she's beautiful.
She is beautiful because you love her.
-- Anonymous

I'd like to run away from you,
But if you didn't come
And find me,
I would die.
-- Shirley Bassey

The greatest tragedy of life is not that men perish,
but that they cease to love.
-- by W. Somerset Maugham

To love a person is to learn the song
That is in their heart,
And to sing it to them
When they have forgotten.
-- Anonymous

To be in love is merely to be
In a state of perpetual anesthesia:
To mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god
Or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.
-- H.L. Mencken

Love is like a friendship caught on fire.
In the beginning a flame, very pretty,
Often hot and fierce,
But still only light and flickering.
As love grows older,
Our hearts mature
And our love becomes as coals,
Deep-burning and unquenchable.
-- Bruce Lee


Hope you had a happy Valentine's Day.
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The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
-- Thomas Hardy

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No, Yes, Maybe.


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When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
-- Ed Howe

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Mistrust Clever People


moar funny pictures
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As is the generation of leaves, so is that of humanity. The wind scatters the leaves on the ground, but the live timber burgeons with leaves again in the season of spring returning. So one generation of men will grow while another dies.
-- from The Iliad by Homer

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I Wont Be Coming Home Tonight
This video was too awesome to pass up. Created and directed by Todd McFarlene of Spawn fame, it definately has his artistic touch to it.

Land Of Confusion by Disturbed

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Where are my feelings? I feel nothing for anyone.
-- Muad'Dib from Dune

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When The Heart Is Cold

Stricken by Disturbed

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But when we came out of camp, thats when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.
-- George Takei

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Happy New Year
Its the Year of the Rat following the Chinese calendar. The Rat is linked to wealth, charm, and order, but also to death, war, and atrocities.

How ironic.

Kenji by Fort Minor

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In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day.
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald

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I Have Hours

Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit

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Football is like life. It requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
-- Vince Lombardi

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Game Over, Man! Game Over!
Super Bowl XLII: New York Giants beats the Patriots 17 - 14.

Sorry Tigress...


Ok, not really. LOL...

Guess those guys that published the book about the perfect season wont be making that many sales now.
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I sing because I have nothing better to do with my breath
-- Anonymous

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Every Car You Chase
Here is another remix by DJ PartyBen. Smile and sing with me.


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Dream the impossible dream. Fight the unbeatable foe. Strive with your last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable star.
-- Anonymous

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I Walk Alone
Here is a remix by DJ PartyBen. I've had the song for awhile and always thought it was a damn good mashup.


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You'll never know why
Your face has haunted me
My very soul has to bleed this time
Another hole in the wall of
My inner defenses
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