Another rare surf-by posting

what started as one-three months of waiting, has turned over into the new year. -sigh- well, I haven't truely abandoned you all! no plans to, anyway. Still being stuck in 'cut-off' from the net statis has given me a nice long review of what it is i valued most about the net..
I miss my friends.. the connection, you know? I miss being able to see places on the other side o th' world.. places I will never get to visit in this lifetime. I miss the fun, the games, the drama, and series shows. I miss google maps and streetview. I miss viewing cams and videos of some of my favorite places in the world. I miss being able to quickly search for recipes and information whenever I pleased... and get lost. I got lost in-surf a lot. hmmm there should be a name and condition for that... like um.. derailed en-surf.

so.. no fear.. sooner or later... (prolly later) I shall return to online statis... until then, I will utilize the rare moment with library or college and try to cram all of my question/answers into a single day of surfing. wee! Just like this day of posting.

Hope yer holiday season is survivable.

hey there. its me again, for anyone who cares. lol!!
Having ongoing issues with connection of late.. so this is just a visit really. But I'm still here! maan, I hate it when reality intrudes into my nicely comfy online fantasy!
so, yeah.. I miss my games, my online friends, my dramas! I even miss, sad as it seems, youtube! Not to fret though, My love of the net will not be denied forever! I shall be back!! I have the confidence... >.> I think. given another month or three... maybe.. well untill then, I'll have times like this.. unseen perhaps, but still present. mewhahaha!..ha...ha.. Want my attention? Like the site? my post? anything useful to add? Post a Comment!! dernit.

One more time around the mulberry bush

Listening to: 'Waiting on Springtime' by GReeeeN
Watching: 'I hear your voice' drama
Playing: nani
Reading: Essential Kanji
mood: ehhh slightly depressed, slightly annoyed.
Latest Rant or scoff: see below...

Yahoo Answers... and suspends. Apparently with no given reasons.

Here I was actually trying to follow the rules of the site, staying nice, not bantering or arguing with people, even when they tried to start it, sticking with just answering the question as best I know, and only adding relevant links that I don't think is virus'd or has a ton of advertizing pop-ups. There are only two moments, i can think of that could have been a possible reason... and since this is My blog, I can state my thoughts on them, so there! Some person was asking for information concerning the GED. So I tried to give them as neutral an answer as possible.. The GED IS a viable alternative, why would the gov, offer it otherwise? Personally, I was given to favor the idea, when.. while heading for my final year in school, the teachers and counselor were giving me grief over trumpd-up charges even my father, the mighty mugwump himself, couldn't understand, I withdrew. One of the teachers had said there was no such thing as an equivalency test, so I looked into it... and there it was.

Unlike a diploma, which any monkey can manage these days (seriously), The GED actually tested how much you retained lo those many years of being taught by your local school system and its hard working, if rather uncaring, teachers.
Anyway, two other answers later, some person gave an answer that ragged all over mine and anothers, by saying they were absolutely horrible advice and to not attempt to even consider doing such a detrimental thing etcetc... and the asker chose that as the best answer. yay for them. Although I spent a bit of time fuming over the idiocy presented and accepted.. I didn't reply or say anything about it, just let it sink under other questions and answers.

The last question I posted to, wasn't a 100% question. It was referencing a website known for asian drama video links that had recently closed its website for mysterious reasons. And then, the name and links etc popped up on another site. The asker had said, isn't it wonderful that its back again?! and then said since it had to be a question of sorts, to list the top 5 drama's in each country liked.

So, I, following another posters comments, said this site being 'back' wasn't my first choice of places to go to, but it was good to be able to be found somewhere when I look for information others might not have... which happens fairly often to me. I then listed top 5 in three countries producing dramas.. in no special order. That was that.
When last I saw, there had been other answers in a similar fashion, both before mine and after.

Now, if it is related to Asian drama, I have been putting my blog review addy in under the links box. I did not do so for things not related to dramas though... since it doesn't apply. This was in keeping with the community guidelines.

here is the guideline I refer to.

"... If you have years of experience in something, have a special hobby, own your own business, or if you are a knowledge partner, it's OK to accompany a good, on-topic answer with a link to your website, blog, or email to offer more information. However, it is not OK to post links that are unrelated to the topic or are clearly meant only to solicit others for personal and financial gain."

http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines

Drama addiction and review is quite the hobby for me. And after a list of some 300+ watched drama/movie reviews, I think I can qualify as having a bit of experience in the area.

Now, it is possible that the question was deleted.. because it wasn't really a question.. more like a statement and sharing of info about a specific subject in some controversy (as most video linking sites are). But even were that the case, why suspend the answerers?
Edit: I found it, only my answer had been deleted. even the one I was 'following' was still there. (the chosen answer said the site was a rip-off. ok, so? Why should I care, as I stated in my answer.. it isn't really my first choice anyway.)

And...

If it was for the GED answer, why suspend me for answering the question at all? I violated no guidelines that I can see.

and..

Just to throw in the odd wildcard... where does it say you cannot vote for your own answer? hm? especially when others do the same, and the asker doesn't vote for any answer at all.

And..

What about my upstanding Reputation Yahoo answers just sullied?!

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Since I"m in a ranting mood...

Once more I am being faced with a net-turn-off. which is somewhere, im my mind, between a power-play (which is a pet peeve) and an idiot provider, who seems to think a whole household of gamers easily equals less then 50gb of download a month.
-.-

edit: soo... long story even shorter, (playin a hat trick here) I falls offline until the bill can be paid.. then online again... maybe.. with a huge ol limit. (unless a new provider can be found without such an unreasonable demand on a crowded household's download)

Not to worry...

The Icy Glare

The rat family has returned!! Huzah!!

Its sooo good to see them again!
all in the lovely land of Sweet EQ2!


First flight on gnomish wings.

Stylish no?
(Nevers taken em off if'n I don't gotta. *squeek*)

Well,... here I am.. and.. I'm still here..sorta ... Yay!
The imps o the Everquest 2 portal, have relocated my lovely rat family too. Yay! Everquest 2 imps, you rock! so promptly too! thankyou! Now to see what all has changed in the time I have been gone.


Ratakin

Falling off the edge of virutal world.. yet again.

Here it is yet another time around the wheel.. and I find myself having let go of my 'best love'.. which is the internet.. for a time. I'll still likely get on once in awhile, when I can borrow a laptop, or library computer... So I'll likely be scarce for a bit... waiting for the moving dust/tempest to settle once again.

Have I ever mentioned just how much I detest moving!?!!

this and that.. and the other thing too.

Listening to: イカロス(ikarosu) by GReeeeN
Watching: 'Incarnation of Money' drama
Playing: Suikoden Tierkreis
Reading: Essential Kanji
mood: alergic/fighting off a replay of sickness
Latest Rant or scoff: see below...


Random comment concerning a Korean Drama called Full house 2.
"~Follows the same story line as the first one."

semi-silent rebuttal..
"Full House 2 is -nothing- like the first drama. Did you even watch it?"
"Makes me doubt whatever you might have to say about other drama suggestions."

Full House 1, was about a girl writer who loses her family home (thanks to a couple of enemy-friends, who sell the place from under her.. not even going to go into the hows of that one) and her getting close/working for the singer/rich guy who bought the place in some sort of personal agreement to get it back.

Full House 2, was about a young martial artist, set free from her grandfather's watchful presence for a month or so to try to become the next leading clothing designer, and 2 up-and-rising singing artists and their horrible agent, who winds up splitting them up and taking one of the guy's family home away from him. Somewhere early on, the guys end up hiring her as their outfitter and both fall for her clumsy charm.

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Ah Mesh, I really miss ya... miss Green as well. Hope things are going along swimmingly for yaall.

In this wide world of language styles

American English

The word water, in American English isn't really a lazy way of speaking as most people seem to think. Its an alveolar flap that makes the tt's sound a bit more like 'dd's. (I believe, for the British English, its 'butter' or batter, that also makes that noise? not sure.) wah'tderr. There is always the exception of when we are trying to speak very clearly for the listener.. vs just typical chatting.

The tip of the tongue taps or slightly slides very briefly against the ridge on the upper palate.

barter is word that has this alveolar flap. bar'tdur. whereas 'matter' and 'batter' still sound like 'tt's. mah'terr bah'terr.

I do think it does depend a little on a given area as well though.. as some people say things differently from one side of America to the other side.
It's a bit like trying to decide what sound is used with which word. ay-long, ahh-short, or the slightly nasally aeh as in nah? most Americans I have heard call the word.. apple.. aeh'pul not ahh'pul or ay'pul. this is of course, in general. each area from this state to that, might have a slightly different (local) way of saying it. How do you say it?

butter - buh'tdur
barter - bar'tder
better - beh'tur
carpenter - kahr'pehn'tur
winter - wihn'tur
letter - leh'tder
matter - maeh'tdur
sitter - sih'ter
attribute - ah'trih'byut
cassette - cae'seht
chatter - chaeh'tur
military - mihlah'tay'ree
battle - baeh'tdul
central - sehnt'rul
dirty - der'tdy
ninety - niyn'tdy
bitter - bih'tur
fetter - feh'tur
glitter - glih'ter
nettle - neh'tul
written - rih'ten
pretty - prih'tee


This alveolar flap/tap is also shown in other languages in varied degrees and word usage as well.

the Japanese 'ɾ'
the Dutch 'ɾ'
the Spanish 'ɾ' as well.


refs.. Antimoon
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Oh by the way!!! If you are a Firefox user, as I am, you would do well by this add-in.
it's called Session Manager. and it's purpose is to restore your tabs and groups after a crash. No more tears of frustration over suddenly lost tabs or groups you were working on. A click later, and your back on course. Of All of the add-ins out there, I think it must be the most important gotta-have for any Firefox user. I can't seem to say enough good things about it. Go check it out for yourself!

Session Manager

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Listening to: Kiseki by GReeeeN
Watching: Time Team episodes. various Jap-Eng vlogs
Playing: Mabinogi.
Reading: Essential Kanji
mood: Not too bad
Latest Rant or scoff: Video prediction doomsayers can be pretty funny.

tags.. and some English pronunciation.. phonicly-speaking?

Ok so.. this isn't a vlog... its a blog, and therefor harder to convey things such as accent or the look of a place... And Although I wasn't tagged by name, I was amused enough to give it a whirl here anyway. so.. hang onto yer hats yaall!

Its a blog adaption of a video tag!

Accent tag.

My accent.. if it could be said that I have one.. is um.. American English.. with a 'deep southern drawl' influence and a whole lot of what I call old-fashioned 'pet' words and phrases from.. all over the place.

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A bit of an english pronunciation before I go on, to help with my 'phonic' sound description..

A. there is 'ahh' (short vowel) as in.. about, Asparagus, and daughter.
'aeh' (a bit like 'ehh'.. only with the 'nahh' sound) as in.. apple, absolutely, ant, trash, can, and dam.
'ay' (strong/long vowel) is in.. hay, tray, okay, April, ape, and ain't.

E. 'eh' (short vowel)as in.. bleh, friend, send, pending, trend, cherry, and ten.
'ee' (long vowel) as in.. tween, spleen, scream and eek.

I. 'ih' (short vowel) as in.. sniff, rift, quick, and drip
'iy' (long vowel) as in.. eye, sigh, bye, tie, and cry

O. 'ah' or 'uh'(short vowel) as in on, off, love, dove, done, and some
'oh' (long vowel) as in.. so, dough, toy, over, flow
OO (long or sometimes short U sound) as in.. soon, toon, root, and foot(fuht)

U. 'uh' (short vowel) as in.. gum, under, us, sun, duck, drum, and fun
'oo' (long vowel) as in.. tube, true, blue, and due


G and J. Guh (hard sound) or Juh (short sound) as in.. glue, grape, just, and jingle. and when pairing g and h together.. they go completely silent. as in.. night, fright, blight, and sight

C. sometimes sounds like 'kay' and sometimes sounds like 'Ss',
as in.. case = kay's, copper = kah'per cinch = sinch, circumstance = ser-cuhm-stahns


then a whole bunch of double vowel sounds..
ae/ia = 'aye' or rarely 'ee' as in.. aeon, aerie, daemonic, pediatrics
ai = 'eh' 'err' or 'aye' as in.. said, fair, acclaim
au = 'awo' 'ahh' 'ehh' or 'ow' as in.. abound, about, account
ea = 'eh' or 'ee' or occasionally 'ehr' as in.. dead, earth, tease
ei = 'ay' as in sleigh, freight, and reign
oa = 'oh' as in.. oak, moat, boat
ou = 'ow','oh' 'oo' as in.. sound, trout, mound, gourd, four, colour, you
io = 'eeoh' or 'shun' (-tion) as in.. onion, brio, radio, nation, creation
ie = 'ee' or 'iyeh' as in.. achieve, piece, diet
ia = "eeyah" or 'iyah' as in.. lamia, alias, diaper
ua = 'ahh' or 'ay' as in.. squash, aqua, aquarium


on the odd occurrence there are three vowels in a row, mesh the first two, then sound the last one. beautiful = b'ee'-u-tih-ful, continuous = con-tihn-yoo-uhs

double of the same consonant are just made into one sound.. sometimes separated by a quick 'breath' mark. butter = buh'ter, llama = lahmah, summer = sumerr


always exceptions to the rules..

gh = (ignored), often making the vowel before it long) as in.. night, fight, bright, freight
-ing = -een'guh or 'ihn' as in do'ing

'e' at the end of a word. called a silent 'e' - it makes most vowels before itself long ones.
make = mayk, fright = fr-'iy'-t ...except in certain cases, as in.. fishes/fish and other such words that change depending on the counter.. mongoose/mongeese/mongooses, goose/geese, mouse/meece/mouses etc
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Aunt = I weeble with this word. sometimes its 'ahh'nt and sometimes its aeh'nt.

roof = r oo f (long oo sound, like uu)

route = like root. (long oo sound, like uu)

wash = wahh'sh. Sometimes it comes out sounding a bit eastern with an 'r in it. wahh'rsh

oil = oy'yull ... (oy/oie, as in.. soy or toy)

theater/theatre = thee'uh'tur ('th' as in.. thought, think, thistle. not the hard 'th' as in this, that, those)

iron = iy'ern

salmon = sae'mon (ae sound..as in apple, ant)

caramel = care-eh-mel or cahr-ah-mel (care (long A sound) as in .. april, bear, swear, ape, air.. car (short a sound) as in.. tar, far)

fire = fiy'yr (the silent 'e' at the end makes the 'i' vowel long)

water = wah'tdur ... yes folks, here it is.. the American English alveolar tap. and you didn't think we had one. lol! it's like.. the tip of the tongue goes up to the edge of the ridge in the upper part of your mouth and 'taps' or briefly slides against it to make the 'tduh' sound that isn't quite a 'd', a 't', nor is it quite an 'L' sound either. I have been told, its a bit like butter is for the British English.. and is much like the Japanese 'r'. (which sounds nothing like an 'r' to me.)

sure = sh-err (some people make it sound more like shohr)

data = day'tah (some people make it sound a bit more like dahtah)

ruin = r'oo'ihn

crayon = cray'on

New Orleans = New-Or'lins (some call it New-Or'lee'ons)

pecan = pihk'kahn (some say pee'kaehn)

both = bohth

again = ah'gehn

probably = prohb-ah-blee

spitting image = spihting ihmaj

Alabama = Aeleh'baem'ah

lawyer = loy'er

coupon = koo'pahn

mayonnaise = may'oh'nayz (most just say may'oh. some call it mah'nayz)

syrup = sih'rup

pajamas = pah'jah'mahz (some just say pee-jays)

caught = koh't

naturally = nat'rehlee

aluminum = ah'loom-en'uhm

envelope = ehn-vehl-ohp


What is it called, when you use toilet paper on a house? TPing

what is the bug, that when you touch it, it curls into a ball? taterbug or pillbug

what is the bubbly carbonated drink called? coke/soda or softdrink

what do you call gym shoes? sneakers or tennis shoes

what do you say to address a group of people? hello or hiya!

what do you call a spider, or spider-like creature that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs? daddy-long-legs or harvester spider

what do you call you're grandparents? grandma and grandpa.. or grandpapa

what do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket? grocery buggy/cart or basket

what do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining? rainshine or foxrain

what is the thing you change the tv channel with? (not that I have one but..) the remote or godbox

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Toilet tag ?!!

1. Spray things that you like.. hmm ok..

shhht .. I like hot chocolate n marshmallows on chilly days.
shht .. I like Chai tea, english style! (with milk and sugar)
shhht .. I also like manga and graphic novels
shhht *cof* I Love peach cobbler!
shhhht .. I like jpop, tpop, and kpop music... like kat-tun, 183 club, and mblaq
shht .. I like comedic film.
shht .. I like cats.
shhht *cofcof* and I love asian Dramas!


2. how does it smell?

A bit overwhelmingly of cuddles and giggles... with a hint of vanilla citrus.


3. draw a youtuber with your eyes closed.


I don't actually have to say who I believe this to be, right?


4. what is the last thing you bought. why did you buy it?

last thing I bought... groceries.. because I was getting hungry.
But the last non-food, non-household, thing I bought was a kanji book.


5. show us your toilet area.
How about i describe it instead? a room large enough to have 2 oval sinks, a toilet, and a tub/shower with glass doors. beside the toilet on the floor, is a brush, and the occasional household cleaner. in the window sill, right next to it, (left side) is shampoo-ish items and the toiletpaper. on the sills of both mirrors over the sinks, toothbrush holder, hairbrush, and liquid soap container. in tub sills, shampoo, soap, and back brush. Next to the tub, behind the door, is a built in cupboard, where I mostly keep beauty and hair stuff. general theme of the room is.. uhh... white walls, grey linoleum floor and the stray towel or two at any given time.


6. flush one thing you want to delete from the world.

only one thing? *mumble* stingy *mumblemumble* ok
The whole 'rat race' concept..and by it, having to fight against a constant catch22, which keeps you struggling just to stay in one spot. *flushhhh* ....


7.show us your best faces.

>.> <-- innocent askance eyes
:P <-- raspberry
:D <-- I thought it was funny
XD <-- laughing hysterically
^ ^ <-- cute smiling eyes
o.o <-- surprised face
-.- <-- not amused face


8. who do you tag?

good question... I would tag Mesh and her sis, but dunno that I'd ever see a reply to it. Ditto for Darkelfie and her sister. so.. ok.. I'll tag Aztaro! .. and you as well, dear reader! send me a link to yer blog when you have completed it ok? I'd luv to read it!

all 'tag' rules apply.. in a guideline sort of way. don't over-gross it, don't off-topic spam it, do be creative with your answers. do have fun with it. thankyouverymuch (Elvis has now left the blog!)

Tera First - step right up

Listening to: "Kiseki" by GReeeeN, "Every Single Day" by Shower
Watching: Murder She Wrote Reruns, ongoing dramas
Playing: Tera
Reading: random blogs, Youtube
mood: Neutral
Latest Topics of Interest: The Rather funny and random directions that spammers take. How to increase comments on a blog and getting the word out there.. come see this site!! :D


Not long ago, I was introduced to a new portal going to a place called Tera. At first it was a crimp really. It's a Huge world, which meant for a loong wait in transit... and then, when I'd finally arrived.. I couldn't seem to view it properly at all. Made my eyes hurt just to read the too small writing on the signs. *rubs eyes* and I wasn't too sure I wanted to stay. I nearly didn't.
As it turns out though, several of my Mabinogi guildies had also located the same portal and helped me to adjust things a fair bit.







So I figured to stick it out a bit longer. Finally having adjusted settings adequately and getting used to things enough to get around, I wandered from this place to that, doing the random quest, and clumsily falling off of the random cliff, doing the occasional face-splat into rocks or trees.. and all too often, backpedaling -into- monsters while trying to keep distance from yet -other- monsters(!!) fortunately, the race I chose is rather adept at running away.






So far, it's a lot of fun exploring and.. knowing there is soo much more yet to be seen is so exciting to me! I understand there is crafting and enchanting available, still haven't figured out much more then extraction and the expense of refinement. >.< Overall, though, this place seems worthy, even for the addition of one small Elin archer.

It seems they have the right idea for what free-to-play should mean. (free-to-play.. all the way through.) The detail is amazing.. maybe not as ooooo'ish as Aion had.. but really pretty nice. General gameplay reminds me a fair bit of the worlds of Warcraft and Everquest 2... as well as the mouse-drive camera weirdness of Dragonquest.. which takes a fair bit of getting used to for me.

As something of a solo artist, this game is very worth checking out. just.. watch out for the little silver poke-balls next to the monsters names. Party monsters are freakingly nasty.

Remember:
The lag monster is alive and well! Have a care, lest you find it chewing on yer heels.

Lets do it!..Here we go!

Listening to: "Every Single Day" by Shower, "All The Things You Never Knew" by Leehom, "Wahaha" by kanjani8
Watching: Youtubers -

Gimmeaflakeman and Tomoko with teaching news,
softypapa and his wildness hikes,
Hallyu Back and her funny drama reviews,
TheJapanChannel for scenes from -the- scene,
Simon's Cat, and Maru

Playing: Mabinogi.
Reading: Magically Dramatical Mistakes, WaniKani, Memrise
mood: Neutral
Latest Rant: Looking for Art Program Tutorials... I need a good one for vectors!..still!!...especially for the PSPro x5


A day like any other really. Future doesn't seem bright, trying to not think on it.. living in the moment. All in all, it hasn't been that bad of a moment really. Not particularly exciting, and not particularly boring or depressing either. Things I'm not happy with.. guess that will always be the case.. in one subject or another.. right? But that, if I pause to really give it some thought, the breeze outside is rather nice too. not too warm, not cold, and no mosquitoes.. or wasps buzzing about to cause concern. Yepyep, I like winter the best of the seasons. Everything is sleeping awaiting spring's renewal.. but for the rabbits and coyotes of course. Dry brown grass rustling in the puffs of breeze.. tossing dead leaves about rather capriciously. bird song tweeting in the winter sunlight. Not a bad time to be paying attention.


As usual in my life, I'm best looking beyond the trees before me at the forest.. as much as I enjoy hearing about and wishing I could explore other places.. This place right here, is ok.. it has its charm.. even if its been largely neglected by me most of the time. I have been in worse places really... other adventures in other timelines... through other portals. Normally, I'd say words best suit the moment, but let me explain my thoughts with something other then words. Oh, and I might mention, these scenes are soo not mine in origin.. they are PD pics found on the net (google Public Domain images). This is Texas to me.

The whole world's got Talent

The Worlds Most Amazing Asian Synchronized Dancers



Kitties On The Beat



Ah Ha Lim... wow has he got nimble fingers for the card trick!



I Don't Care Anymore
by Phil Collins

Ever feel like this?

キセキ by GReeeeN



'Secrets' by One Republic
played by Bryson Andres



Money Won't
sung by Brendan Macfarlane



Piano talent
played by GuiGui Zheng



FUNNY XD



Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix
Cover by Luna Lee on a traditional Korean Gayageum



(here's hoping you all can see this one)
Stand by me.. around the world style.

its a new year..

Listening to: random Video drama Reviews
Watching: old Father Dowling Mysteries
Playing: Mabinogi.
Reading: random blogs
mood: Neutral
Latest Rant: Art Program Tutorials... I need a good one for vectors!

Happy New Year!.. well hope it's going alright for those of you aware of the changes.