--Howie Day
The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you
I'm open, your closed
Where I'll follow you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find you and I collide
I'm quiet you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know
I'm always on your mind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
Somehow find you and I collide
Don't stop here
I lost my place
I'm close behind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find you and I collide
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Euprymna scolopes
What is your favorite marine animal??
Euprymna scolopes is a small (to just 35 mm ml) sepiolid squid endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. While nocturnal like other sepiolids, it is unusual in that it ranges into very shallow water just 2-4 cm deep. Most other sepiolids are found in relatively deep water.
E. scolopes can be found at night nearshore over sand flats by wading with a light or lantern or snorkeling with a dive light. During the day it buries itself in the sand. When it emerges from the sand it keeps a "sand coat" on its dorsal surface which is presumed to give it camouflage when attacking prey. The sepiolid is relatively short-lived, just 3-10 months from egg to its semelparous death. Eggs are 2.0 mm in diameter and laid on the undersides of coral ledges in shallow water. Paralarvae grow very fast; Hanlon et al. (1997) found E. scolopes to breed and lay eggs in the laboratory just 2 months after hatching from the egg. Juveniles are frequently found with adults in shallow water. Adults are sometimes trawled offshore in mid-water in depths to 138 fathoms. They have been reared in the laboratory on live shrimp in Hawaii and on mysids at Woods Hole.
It has been proposed that E. scolopes can become an easily-reared cephalopod for laboratory research projects. Numerous laboratory studies have been done researching its symbiotic bacterium Vibrio fischeri which lives in the sepiolid's light organ to produce a weak light under the body of the animal. This gives it counter-shading and camouflage from predators.
Euprymna scolopes is a small (to just 35 mm ml) sepiolid squid endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. While nocturnal like other sepiolids, it is unusual in that it ranges into very shallow water just 2-4 cm deep. Most other sepiolids are found in relatively deep water.
E. scolopes can be found at night nearshore over sand flats by wading with a light or lantern or snorkeling with a dive light. During the day it buries itself in the sand. When it emerges from the sand it keeps a "sand coat" on its dorsal surface which is presumed to give it camouflage when attacking prey. The sepiolid is relatively short-lived, just 3-10 months from egg to its semelparous death. Eggs are 2.0 mm in diameter and laid on the undersides of coral ledges in shallow water. Paralarvae grow very fast; Hanlon et al. (1997) found E. scolopes to breed and lay eggs in the laboratory just 2 months after hatching from the egg. Juveniles are frequently found with adults in shallow water. Adults are sometimes trawled offshore in mid-water in depths to 138 fathoms. They have been reared in the laboratory on live shrimp in Hawaii and on mysids at Woods Hole.
It has been proposed that E. scolopes can become an easily-reared cephalopod for laboratory research projects. Numerous laboratory studies have been done researching its symbiotic bacterium Vibrio fischeri which lives in the sepiolid's light organ to produce a weak light under the body of the animal. This gives it counter-shading and camouflage from predators.
Some of the things I love about the original Pokemon
-Dexter
-The randomness
-The Japanese culture references
-Misty (sans Togepi)
-actually seeing Ash learn and become better
-Team Rocket not being annoying and repetitive
-the original Team Rocket motto
-the original VA cast
-Misty vs. Ash
-Ash and Gary’s rivalry
-“Whose that Pokémon?” (original version)
-Pikachu’s Jukebox
-the original 151 (plus the next 100)
-The randomness
-The Japanese culture references
-Misty (sans Togepi)
-actually seeing Ash learn and become better
-Team Rocket not being annoying and repetitive
-the original Team Rocket motto
-the original VA cast
-Misty vs. Ash
-Ash and Gary’s rivalry
-“Whose that Pokémon?” (original version)
-Pikachu’s Jukebox
-the original 151 (plus the next 100)
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Stuff From My Childhood
Pokémon
Furby
POGs
ATC
Spice Girls
Aaah! Real Monsters
Rugrats
Doug
Eiffel 65
Animaniacs
Pinky and the Brain
Weird Al
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bop It
Skip It
Beanie Babies
*NSYNC
Backstreet Boys
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera
Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask
Dragonball Z
Tenchi Muyo!
Toonami
States
Silent Ball
Four Corners
Freeze Tag
Power Rangers
Brass Button Bears
Tech Decks
Yo-yos
Gameboy Pocket, Camera, and Printer
Tamagotchi, Giga Pets, and virtual pets
Star Wars prequels
9/11/2001
Human genome
Puff the Magic Dragon
Gullah Gullah Island
Allegra’s Window
Eureka’s Castle
Blue’s Clues
Invasion of Iraq 2003
Invasion of Afghanistan 2001
Pres. Clinton’s impeachment trials
Chevron cars
Lincoln Logs
Columbine
Furby
POGs
ATC
Spice Girls
Aaah! Real Monsters
Rugrats
Doug
Eiffel 65
Animaniacs
Pinky and the Brain
Weird Al
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bop It
Skip It
Beanie Babies
*NSYNC
Backstreet Boys
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera
Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask
Dragonball Z
Tenchi Muyo!
Toonami
States
Silent Ball
Four Corners
Freeze Tag
Power Rangers
Brass Button Bears
Tech Decks
Yo-yos
Gameboy Pocket, Camera, and Printer
Tamagotchi, Giga Pets, and virtual pets
Star Wars prequels
9/11/2001
Human genome
Puff the Magic Dragon
Gullah Gullah Island
Allegra’s Window
Eureka’s Castle
Blue’s Clues
Invasion of Iraq 2003
Invasion of Afghanistan 2001
Pres. Clinton’s impeachment trials
Chevron cars
Lincoln Logs
Columbine
Monday, September 13, 2010
Update (my ff.net profile)
August 11, 2009
I haven't updated my profile in quite a while so here goes.
Storywise I am currently working on two crossovers. One is Tenchi Muyo and Dragonball Z (Legend of the Triad 3) while the other is Tenchi Universe and Dragonball Z (yes, there is a difference). The second one I haven't started to post because I want to finish it before I do in an attempt to be more consistent with updates in case it garners any fans. The other story, A Hero's Sojourn, is something I am working on finishing this summer. I wrote it in 2001 when I was only 15, and I am trying to type it up from the written version now that I am older and a better writer (hopefully). It's part of a much larger series that I am going to try and slowly revise and type up. If you can believe it, it's loosely related to GS Distress and GS Distress II, two Pokemon fics I have up. I don't know if I will ever redo those two, but there is a third I haven't posted here on ff.net yet so I might do that one. Then it gets fun and becomes another crossover, this time Pokemon and Zelda: Ocarina of Time. All of these were written when I was in eighth grade (hence the lack of quality in structure, grammar, etc). The plots are good, though, I promise.
So why have I decided to go back and bother with old stories? Mostly it is because I never finish anything I start. The last year or so has made me want to finish things. Something made me realize that, wow, we don't have time in this world. So I'll be working on all of that plus going to school (possibly finally transferring to a university if they accept me), and working part time at a grocery store.
Artwise, I don't draw much anymore because it just doesn't interest me. I take pictures mostly of animals and nature when the opportunity arises. I will try and touch up old stuff and at least make face portraits of my OCs, but that's about it.
Speaking of OCs, below I will link to some pics on my DA of some of my characters.
I haven't updated my profile in quite a while so here goes.
Storywise I am currently working on two crossovers. One is Tenchi Muyo and Dragonball Z (Legend of the Triad 3) while the other is Tenchi Universe and Dragonball Z (yes, there is a difference). The second one I haven't started to post because I want to finish it before I do in an attempt to be more consistent with updates in case it garners any fans. The other story, A Hero's Sojourn, is something I am working on finishing this summer. I wrote it in 2001 when I was only 15, and I am trying to type it up from the written version now that I am older and a better writer (hopefully). It's part of a much larger series that I am going to try and slowly revise and type up. If you can believe it, it's loosely related to GS Distress and GS Distress II, two Pokemon fics I have up. I don't know if I will ever redo those two, but there is a third I haven't posted here on ff.net yet so I might do that one. Then it gets fun and becomes another crossover, this time Pokemon and Zelda: Ocarina of Time. All of these were written when I was in eighth grade (hence the lack of quality in structure, grammar, etc). The plots are good, though, I promise.
So why have I decided to go back and bother with old stories? Mostly it is because I never finish anything I start. The last year or so has made me want to finish things. Something made me realize that, wow, we don't have time in this world. So I'll be working on all of that plus going to school (possibly finally transferring to a university if they accept me), and working part time at a grocery store.
Artwise, I don't draw much anymore because it just doesn't interest me. I take pictures mostly of animals and nature when the opportunity arises. I will try and touch up old stuff and at least make face portraits of my OCs, but that's about it.
Speaking of OCs, below I will link to some pics on my DA of some of my characters.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Pokemon and Education
Just a quick little thought...
When I was younger, I used to wonder why the trainers in Pokemon that were still kids didn't seem to attend school. I read one story where an author explained this away in an interesting manner, but I was just thinking myself. Education is something we here in the "first world" consider to be important and necessary. Pokemon doesn't even take place in this same world (possibly a variation of it since real world places are mentioned both in original Japanese and in the dub). So why would they necessarily think that our brand of eduction is important since Pokemon seem to be such a huge fixture in that world? They wouldn't necessarily, and there's nothing wrong with it.
Just the thoughts of someone studying anthropology and learning to appreciate other cultures, I guess.
When I was younger, I used to wonder why the trainers in Pokemon that were still kids didn't seem to attend school. I read one story where an author explained this away in an interesting manner, but I was just thinking myself. Education is something we here in the "first world" consider to be important and necessary. Pokemon doesn't even take place in this same world (possibly a variation of it since real world places are mentioned both in original Japanese and in the dub). So why would they necessarily think that our brand of eduction is important since Pokemon seem to be such a huge fixture in that world? They wouldn't necessarily, and there's nothing wrong with it.
Just the thoughts of someone studying anthropology and learning to appreciate other cultures, I guess.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Why You Should Capitalize the Names of Pokémon
Pokémon is the term used to describe a type of organism like plant or animal. Following this logic, you would not need to capitalize it when using it in that way. However, the individual names of pokémon should always be capitalized. Why? Because they are all different species of pokémon, and you capitalize species names, scientific or layman's. You would capitalize Growlithe the same way you would German Shepard.
To borrow from Wikipedia: "Proper nouns (also called proper names) are nouns representing unique entities (such as London, Jupiter, or Toyota), as distinguished from common nouns which describe a class of entities (such as city, planet, person or car)." As each species of pokémon is a unique entity belonging to a larger group, it should be capitalized.
In the end, who cares anyway??
To borrow from Wikipedia: "Proper nouns (also called proper names) are nouns representing unique entities (such as London, Jupiter, or Toyota), as distinguished from common nouns which describe a class of entities (such as city, planet, person or car)." As each species of pokémon is a unique entity belonging to a larger group, it should be capitalized.
In the end, who cares anyway??
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