random favorite vids

Vidivodo.com : aqua timez - alones music video  Etiket: aqua_timez

Aqua Timez - Alones


Queen - Don't Stop Me Now by tintinchezlespicaros
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now


Extreme - More Than Words by iamseb
Extreme - More Than Words


John Denver - I want to live

odd enough to be kinda cool.

Listening to:
Hatsune miku Pachelbel's canon in minor keys
Reading: Naruto and Bleach
Current Anime: ...
Feeling: Mostly sad.
Internet Tabs: Facebook
Obsessing Over: friendship
Current Rant: friendships take time.. If you can't, or are unwilling to take time for them.. they go away.

eek! tagged!!

Gee thanks Mesh. Lol!
ok ok.. so. i gotta say 10 things about my room. hmmm...

1) Its messy... something about the whole chaotic-orderliness of it all appeals to me.
2) There is always a clear path from bedside to door. Stay on the path if you value your existence!
3) The walls are painted a sunshine yellow.. with white hatch-work on one side. no, this doesn't improve my waking attitude. I'm not a morning person.
4) I have two windows, one is usually cracked open to add fresh air circulating the room via the ceiling fan. (no, my curtains are never open.. I prefer a twilight gloom to my sleeping space.)
5) There are several pics on the wall, mostly of sunflowers, one of lemonade n ice, one of cranes, and um.. there's also one of a big white tiger trying to stalk off the wall.
6) I have a riot of stuffed animals attempting to claim one corner of the room from ceiling to floor, crowned by a large reindeer and an old teddy bear.
7) There are various books and art tools hidden strategically around the room and only -I- know where to find them, thankyouverymuch!
8)Lessee.. I have a huge thick handmade quilt(My sister is amazing!)usually draped over the footboard of the bed... since I sleep 'nest' style, this is often the only 'folded' blanket in the room. (and Yes, I -do- have a favorite soft blanky, which is there, ready to snuggle with.)
9) I have two dressers, one doubles as a convenient shelf.. and the other is being overrun by the stuffed animals.
and 10) I have a nightlight. *shrug* got a problem with that? I dont. :D

ok.. there ya have it. *shifty eyes* I'll get you back for this...somehow. *sly grin*

thought provoking

"The way I look at it too is; I live my whole life for God and enjoy a relatively good life and I die, and say I was wrong...........what did I have to lose? Now say I live the same lifestyle I die and I'm right..................The choice is yours my friend"

by a randomly found forum poster.

ehhh, its another one of 'those' days.

Listening to: The evening hum of my computer.
Reading: Naruto ... still.
Current Anime: Kyou Kara Maou
Feeling: Frustrated and sad.
Internet Tabs: Rinku's website.
Obsessing Over: the blehhs... I guess.
Current Rant: no rant atm.. just a bit of depression.

Yes yes, even I have down days. "I read the news today.. ohboy",.. another dear friend is drifting away. I expected it really. Tried not to see it but.. ah well... It happened anyway and there's nothing to save it anymore,.. if there ever was.
Had a friend's dad pass away recently. I didn't really know the guy.. But I liked him, from what i did see. Kind of a gruff big guy with a warm heart. I'm sure I'll miss him.
It's amazing to note how people affect each-other soo much. Even with just the briefest of touches. and it can happen even virtually as well. I don't quite know what to think of it most of the time.

other times..I wish I could just roll back to a moment or three and take an eraser to a few of things I said and/or did and make the memory of them a bit more tolerable.

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Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
closed.

Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?
yep

Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?
Sheets never stay tucked in through a single night.

Have you ever stolen a street sign before?
no

Do you like to use post-it notes?
yep

Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?
sometimes

Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?
neither

Do you have freckles?
yep

Do you always smile for pictures?
nope

What is your biggest pet peeve?
getting my glasses wet.

Do you ever count your steps when you walk?
yep

Have you ever peed in the woods?
yep

What about pooped in the woods?
yep.. well when ya gotta go, you gotta go.

Do you ever dance even if theres no music playing?
mhmm

Do you chew your pens and pencils?
sometimes

What size is your bed? queen, i think.

What is your Song of the week?
Imagination - by jes brieden

Is it okay for guys to wear pink?
i guess so

Do you still watch cartoons?
sometimes

Whats your least favorite movie?
I try hard to block out horrible events in my life.

Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?
a jungle island somewhere.. seems like a good classic spot.

What do you drink with dinner?
iced tea

What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
ranch or honey sauce

What is your favorite food?
pizza!

What movies could you watch over and over and still love?
10th kingdom.

Were you ever a boy/girl scout?
yep

Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine?
nope

Favorite kind of sandwich? peanut butter and jelly

Best thing to eat for breakfast? pancakes!

When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween?
a cat

Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
nope

Which are better legos or lincoln logs?
legos

Are you stubborn?
nope! *crosses arms*

Who is better...Leno or Letterman?
neither!!

Ever watch soap operas?
a few times

Afraid of heights?
nope

Sing in the car?
yep

Dance in the shower?
sometimes

Dance in the car?
ehh??

Ever used a gun?
yep

Do you think musicals are cheesy?
some are.. in a good way!

Is Christmas stressful?
can be.. has been.

Ever eat a pierogi?
mhmm

Favorite type of fruit pie?
cheery

Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?
astronomer or a dancer

Do you believe in ghosts?
yep

Ever have a Deja-vu feeling?
mhmm

Wear slippers?
nope

Wear a bath robe?
at times.

What do you wear to bed?
depends on how warm it is

First concert?
john denver

Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart?
wal-mart.. i guess

Nike or Adidas?
neither

Cheetos Or Fritos?
hmm tough one.

Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?
peanuts

Ever take dance lessons?
nope

Can you curl your tongue?
onto its side, yep

Ever won a spelling bee?
yepyep

Have you ever cried because you were so happy?
a few times

Own any record albums?
yep

Own a record player?
yep..somewhere.

Regularly burn incense?
nope

Ever been in love?
yep..several times.

Hot tea or cold tea?
cold tea

Tea or coffee?
tea

Sugar or snickerdoodles?
snickerdoodles!

Can you swim well?
I can swim.

Can you hold your breath without holding your nose?
yes

Are you patient?
not particularly

Ever won a contest?
don't think so

Ever have plastic surgery?
no

Which are better black or green olives?
green olives

Can you knit or crochet?
crochet

Best room for a fireplace?
living room

Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way?
not normally

Do you miss anyone right now?
yes

Does it matter?
no. not at all, really.

First for the pudding, then for the Stew!

oops.. seems I have lost track of my emoticons... hm.. guess I'll take a page from the list of a favorite haunt of mine for a time..

Listening to: The sound of morning silence and key tapping.
Reading: Naruto ... still.
Current Anime: Magical shopping arcade ... again.
Feeling: Frustrated, growlish, and sad. (I have a headache)
Internet Tabs: Rinku's website.
Obsessing Over: my side of the story, Damditall!

.....

Current Rant: game idiocy and some of the people involved.

Gotta get this one out in the air before it turns me an ill shade of purplish-red or something....

This is the reason I don't like to go to bed angry, not only can I not sleep worth a lick or nod, but I'm still in an ill temper when I finally drag myself out of bed. and then there's also the thought of it turning into bitterness if not resolved... which makes it a lot harder to get shed of.

ok.. Here's the situation.. I am helping someone dear to me, with a quest in a rather fun game. we are looking for scrolls which will give us entry to a special dungeon and a boss which needed to be soloed.. which is what the main quest was about.
we find only one scroll.. and it's got a time limit. so we decide to go for the main dungeon so my dear can get the boss solo.
now as far as I know for sure, no-one else in the group was allowed to enter the boss room. ok, so we get all the way down, then mdear goes in to solo the boss...beats it..and doesn't get the quest update.

So he then gets pissed and leaves us hangin at the dungeon. After a while of trying to talk to him.. trying to cheer him up, I finally get invited to 'find' him. Once located, I once more try to be of support.. and I get chewed on instead. imagine my surprise as he heaps ala blame onto me, says I withheld valuable info from him, of how he had trusted me, and I screwed it all up for him.. etc etc etc.

Now here's the issue... Before this time, a couple of days maybe, another friend wanted assistance with the same quest, which I helped in. during the dungeon run, she insisted on picking up all the door keys.. and when we came to the boss room, she had us disband and return to the surface.
When mdear showed up. I told him about the friend having gone through the quest. but either he didn't get the connection, or he wasn't listening.. how was I to know? When we got into the main dungeon, he was racing along.. not giving any real opportunity for chatting, and I sorta figured he must already have an idea as to how it worked... especially as I wasnt to sure if it was all necessary anyway. Big mistake. soooo

While I am willing to accept the thought that he didn't know something I should have shared... I -did- tell him about the friend having gone through it.. several times, in fact... I think perhaps he could be looking the situation over a bit more carefully before throwing around accusations. beh.

At this point, I think I'm gunna bow out of this particular quest. dearful can foot it on his own.. especially since I have no desire to be blamed for 'screwing it all up' for him again.

Someone once summed it up for me in this way.. the next time you go pointing a finger at someone else.. take a look at your hand, and you'l notice not one, but three fingers pointing straight back at you.

The bible puts it another way..

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Matthew 7:1-5 *

In other words.. what you give out comes back to you.. don't be putting the blame or scoffing at others for their flaws and mistakes when you just may have bigger ones of your own to deal with first.

others have their own way of saying it..
Karma - the totality of a person's actions in any one of the successive states of that person's existence, thought of as determining the fate of the next stage. **

and..
What goes around, comes around. ***

-sigh- I guess this is another one of those "lessons learned" deals.

When some great sorrow, like a mighty river,
Flows through your life with peace-destroying power
And dearest things are swept from sight forever,
Say to your heart each trying hour:
"This, too, shall pass away."

When ceaseless toil has hushed your song of gladness,
And you have grown almost too tired to pray,
Let this truth banish from your heat its sadness,
And ease the burdens of each tiring day:
"This, too, shall pass away."

When fortune smiles, and, full of mirth and pleasure,
The days are flitting by without a care,
Lest you should rest with only earthly treasure,
Let these few words their fullest import bear:
"This, too, shall pass away."

When earnest labor brings you fame and glory,
And all earth's noblest ones upon you smile,
Remember that life's longest, grandest story
Fills but a moment in earth's little while:
"This, too, shall pass away."

-by: Lanta Wilson Smith



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* http://www.openbible.info/topics/judging_others
** http://www.yourdictionary.com/karma
*** http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_what_goes_around_comes_around

A Special Day

A special time for wonderful friends.



Tai and Kita, Mabinogi Jan 2009

Kita says, don't grouch about the gloves. She had to have something old to go with the new dress. lol!

And for the hours after...



New wedding armor!! Isn't it great?!

**********

Nother quiz type..

Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following.
You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question. And you can not use the same word twice. ok


WHAT IS YOUR NAME: Sunnyelf

BOY NAME: Samwize!

4 LETTER WORD: SunT

GIRL NAME: Sandra

OCCUPATION: Skater

A COLOR: Silver

SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Scarf

BEVERAGE: Soda

FOOD: Salmon

SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Soap

A PLACE : Sunnyville

REASON FOR BEING LATE: Sorry... no excuse

SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: Shut-Up!!

Merry Kiss-Mouse!

Rata in his new Frostfell Outfit.. frozen whiskers and all.

Another "pass it along" quiz.. two by two.

1: Two names you go by:
A) Ratty
B) SaliasT

2: Two things you are wearing right now:
A) Sweater
B) Jeans

3: Two things you want very badly at the moment:
A) Snow!
B) A leisure Christmas

4: Two things there are very important to you:
A) Friends
B) Family (sometimes the same thing)

5: Two things you did last night:
A) Enjoyed EQ2 Frostfell
B) Went to bed..slept through the whole night.

6: Two things you ate today:
A) Breakfast pocket
B) a Piece of Pink Candy

7. two people you just spoke with:
A) Friend
B) a Cat. (well, -he- thinks he's a people!)

8: Two things you're doing tomorrow:
A) Stay warm
B) Play online

9: Two longest car rides:
A) Florida
B) Canada

10: Two favorite beverages:
A) SunKist Orange
B) Cinnamon Horchata

Imagination

Neat Video I came across on youtube.. the music seems to fit the scenes perfectly.



The movie name is "5 Centimeters Per second".
The song, called "Imagination", is by Jes Brieden.

Another quiz/survey sort

Basics:
Name: Kanicha-Oni-Linatulan aka SaliasT aka Sunny Elf
DOB: 09/08
Birthplace: I have no real idea.. but lets just say Mich. US
Current location: 'in' my email box
Eye color: green/brown
Hair Color: red/brown
Height: 5'
Heritage: Scottish, Germanic
Piercings: None.
Tattoos: None.

Favorite:
Band/Singer: um um! uhh.. so many to choose from!
Song: Currently - Kakashi's Theme by Tasiro Masuda
Genre of Music: instrumental, country, pop, rock, classical etc.
Color(s): Royal Purple/blue
TV show(s): TV?
Movie(s): The Matrix, V for Vendetta, 10th kingdom
Food: Fresh Blueberries
Store: half-price bookstore
Number: 4?
Drink: Sunkist Orange
Clothing Brand: None really.
Shoe Brand: Birkenstock
Animal: Fox
Pizza topping: Cheese, sausage, and pineapple
Season: Winter
Month: December!
Holiday: Christmas Break!
Flower: Tiger lily
Tree: Aspen, Sugar-maple
Rock: the floating ones.


This or That:
Sunny or rainy: Rainy
Chocolate or vanilla: Vanilla
Fruit or veggie: Fruit
Night or day: Night
Sour or sweet: Sweet
Love or money: Love
Phone or in person: In person
Poor & happy or rich & miserable: Poor and Happy
Looks or personality: PERSONALITY!!
Coffee or tea: Tea
Hot or cold: Cold


Your:
Goal for this year: Survive through the new year.
Most missed memory: good times with friends in Oregon.
Best physical feature: Smile.. so I have been told.
First thought waking up: -tired- is it morning already? *followed by disgust*


Future:
Do you wanna get married: So many sweethearts out there!
Do you wanna have kids: sure, kids are fun.
If so, how many: dunno?
Do you wanna go to college: yep.
What do you want to be: A healing mage.


Do You:
Dance in the rain: No
Smoke: Ew, No.
Drink: No
Shower daily: Yes.
Like thunderstorms: Yes.
Curse: Um, occasionally.
Sing: Yeah! quite often.
Play an instrument: flute, guitar(a little) and the cd player.
Think you are good looking: not particularly. *shrug*
Get along with your parents: I sposin.


Other Questions:
Can you whistle: Yes
Right or left handed: Left
Your bedtime: bedtime? whazat?
Biggest fear: being alone.
3 things you can't live without: Can't live without or don't want to?
Color of your room: sunshine yellow.
Siblings: 2 Sisters, one brother.
Middle name: wouldn't you like to know...
Pets: 2 cats and 1 dog.
Nicknames: as stated at the top of this quiz.
For or against gay marriage: I don't agree with the lifestyle.. but then again, it's not my lifestyle choice in question here, now is it?
Thoughts on abortion: against. it's an inhumane practice.
If you could be anywhere right now where would you be: Not Here.
Do you wear contacts/glasses: yep
Are you afraid of the dark: yes and no. More a fear of the unknown, then of the darkness itself.

Taking a que..

1. Start Time: too early in the morning!
2. Name: "Kanicha-Oni-Linatulan" aka SaliasT
4. Astrology sign: lady with a pitcher in the shape of a dragon.
5. Gender: Funny you should ask.
6. Hair color: Brown/red
8. Eye color: Green/Brown
10. Favorite color: royal purple/blue
11. Glasses: Yep
13. Tattoos: No
14. Hometown: dinkyburg usa
15. Single or taken: Completely taken.. by this quiz. :D
16. Siblings Yep. gots a couple of em.

HAVE YOU EVER...
17. Cut your own hair? Yes.
18. Did something in the past month that you will regret? Yes.
20. Skipped school? Yes.
22. Bungee jumped? No.
24. Punched someone? Yes.
25. Cheated on a test? yep.
26. Been arrested? No.
27. Broken into someone's house? umm...
30. Been rejected? Yes.
31. Been to a funeral? Yes.
32. Used a lighter? Yes.
33. Been on stage? Yes... accidentally. I was a stagehand and the curtain-puller was vacant at his duty post.

FAVORITE...
34. Season: Winter
35. Food: Fresh Wild Blueberries!
36. Ice cream flavor: Cherry Jubilee
37. School subject(s): Art
38. Candy: Babe Ruth
39. Breakfast cereal: Apple Jacks.
40. Favorite band(s)?: too many to count.
41. Book: Twilight
42. Movie: Matrix, V for Vendetta, 10th Kingdom
43. Song: Made to Love - Tobymac
44. Park: Where?
46. Place: Morning Nook.
47. Sport to watch on TV: Don't watch TV Sports.
50. Letter(s): M
51A. Favorite fast food restaurant: A&W, Casa Taco
51B. Favorite restaurant(s): Outback, Red Lobster
52. Disney Princess: umm yeahh Euw.
53. TV station: Don't really watch TV.
54. Name for a son: Liam
55. Name for a daughter: Grace

DO YOU PREFER...
56. Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla
57. Alcohol or drugs? Neither.
58. Long relationships or one night stands? Long Term.
59. Dogs or cats? Cats.
60. Scary movies or comedies? Comedy
61. Short or long hair? long
62. Croutons or bacon bits? Baconbaconbacon!

FIRST THINGS THAT COME TO MIND...
64. Mexicans: Border towns *shiver*
65. School: A total strain.
67. Cows: Moo!
68. Canada: Mounties
69. Mouse: Ratakin!
70. Hand: Lasso Rope

THE PAST 3 DAYS, HAVE YOU...
71. Talked on the phone? No.
72. Watched a movie? Yes.
73. Cried? Yes.
74. Smoked? No.
75. Drank a glass of water? Yes, several.
76. Done Drugs? No... wait. does Nyquil count?
77. Read a book or magazine? Yes.
78. Watched TV? No.
79. Looked in the mirror? Yes.
80. Taken a shower? Yes.
81. Taken picture? No.
82. Listened to music? yep
83. Told someone you love them? Yep. Told My best eq2 friends that. ........-We be the mutual admiration society! lol!-........
84. End time: Still too early in the morning.


Listening to: my blog playlist
Reading: nothing this post as I'm typing it out.
Current Anime: fruits basket.. again.
Feeling: Not tired.
Internet Tabs: Playlist, Blogger, Gaia
Obsessing Over: EQ2 crafting and stupid Zomg game on Gaia

nother pic

new outfit on the rata. looks good in purple huh?

ehh?

links to piccies.. (removed most of the pics after they were viewed by a friend, sorry.)

Link 1
This is a pic of rata's acorn home. This is upstairs.

Link 2
This is downstairs. View from Rata's bed.

Link 3
Again, downstairs, looking back at the entry by the pool.

and the GH! try to remember.. this is from a small rat's perspective. Also, it's still being worked on, pardon the bare walls.

Link 4
Main entry.

Link 5
Dining room.

Link 6
Game anyone?

Link 7
Have a seat... warm yourself by the hearth.

Link 8
Downstairs hall.

Link 9
Kitchen, getting ready for the holiday.

Link 10
Ahh.. nothing like a relaxing evening at the spa...upstairs.

Butterflies

Catch Another Butterfly
....John Denver

Do you remember days not so very long ago
When the world was run by people twice your size?
And the days were full of laughter
And the nights were full of stars
And when you grew tired you could close your eyes

Yes the stars were there for wishing
And the wind was there for kites
And the morning sun was there for rise and shine
And even if the sniffles kept you
Home from school in bed
You couldn't hardly stay there after nine

And I wonder if the smell of morning's fad - ed
What happened to the robin's song
That sparkled in the sky?
Where's all the water gone
That tumbled down a stream?
Will I ever catch another butterfly?



Do you remember campouts right in your own backyard?
Wondering how airplanes could fly
And the hours spent just playin'
With a funny rock you found
With crystal specks as blue as all the sky

And I wonder if the smell of morning's fad - ed
What happened to the robin's song
That sparkled in the sky?
Where's all the water gone
That tumbled down a stream?
Will I ever catch another butterfly?

Now I watch my son, he's playin' with his toys
He's happy, I give him all I can
But I can't help feelin'
Just a little tingly inside
When I hear him say he wants to be a man

And I wonder if the smell of morning's fad - ed
What happened to the robin's song
That sparkled in the sky?
Where's all the water gone
That tumbled down a stream?
Will I ever catch another butterfly?

more on the rat familly.

The youngest of the Rat brothers, Ratclyff, Decided that if his big bro Ratakin could betray out of the life of evil, so could he! It took some doing, and a lot of help from a great friend and guildie, but finally he came to the city of Qeynos. For some time there, he was paranoid of the guards, feeling for certain, that they would quickly raise arms against him. Given the tendency, it might be awhile yet before he's comfortable passing by without a care. As even Ratakin, long used to padding about the goodly cities, still gets the occasional sing of steel and a yell of "For the glory of Qeynos!!" (which never seems to fail to near scare the whiskers clean off his face!)
Both his eldest brother, Brennard, and his cousin, Snooks, shake their heads in wonder at just what could have possessed the rat family's baby brother to do such an insanely stupid thing. (They actually expected such a stupid thing from Rata.) Still.. Ratclyff now feels (acutely!) the loss of his enjoyable blue"chaos"mist form.


Family and friends. Ehh? Where'd did Ratcliff get to This time?!
Big bro Brenard, Ellywick the Sage, Cousin Snooks, and Lumin'osity

A Submarine of a Different Color

I read the news today, oh boy..

It seems a rather famous musical artist(RS) had walked off a chat show (R&K) because he was not allowed to sing one of his songs in the time given to him.
As I understand it, the star was willing to cut his song a bit shorter then its norm, but the producers of the silly chat show insisted it be under a shorter limit. Somehow, none of this had been properly conveyed to the artist and he was unaware of it until close to the last minute.

Now, before you get the wrong idea, I am no fan of this oh-so-special star, nor of the mentioned chat show. But I feel the need to comment. (and to the person who claimed this man was not -actually- a part of the famous band because he replaced someone early on, is false. Even though he is a replacement, he is -Still- a member of the band...and to add, he is who most people recall when thinking of this particular band.. not the guy he replaced, so.. stick it in yer ear!)

This man is famous. In all the efort he spent helping to wow the thousands of fans, and turning music into a new era, of making albums spin to the top of the charts over and over ..of keeping the beat all that time..., I think the man deserves a little respect by now.

Whats a single minute anyway? a little less pointless chatter would be a given, but really, come-on, who would miss it? Let the man sing his song. The extra minute wouldn't hurt.. Not to you, not to us, and certainly not to him. Show a little respect. The guy is part of a legend!

As it is, I have been told, he went onto other shows, equally as chatty, and got the extra minute, if not more, and there was no loss for it. So why did the producers of R&K have such an issue? Makes a person wonder just how high up in the air the nose's of the show's producers are actually held.

..........

Good Movie

It's called "San Wa" or "The Myth" and stars Jackie Chan and Kim Hee-sun.
Jack, is a famed archaeologist led in search of a legendary "levitation" stone and plagued by dreams of being a general. He has been tasked with protecting a princess on her way to the king's palace.. and a heart is lost in the process.



Jackie is such a wonderful showman/actor, and a wonderful martial artist. I have greatly enjoyed just about every flik I have seen him in.
Put in with another great martial artist and you have another of my favorites...

The Forbidden Kingdom Starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
A city kid finds himself in the heart of the mountains with a legendary staff. So he sets out to return the staff to its rightful owner, said to be the imprisoned Monkey King. He is accompanied by a drunken master, a monk, and a warrioress (who speaks of herself in the third person). Together, they endeavor to keep the kid safe to his destination, and away from the grasping reach of the Jade Warlord.

A Concern

A friend of mine really got me chewing nails over the subject of hotlinking.. but really, its not a new subject for me, as I have given this one quite a bit of thought before. Just for kicks though, I decided to look up the definition.. here's one, in a sense.

Hotlinking is the action taken by a person linking directly to a picture(or audio or video) found on a random website, for use in a forum or pages of their own. yes, this is a lot like straight linking, only to a picture, and it takes up a bit more of that precious bandwidth.. which in the grand scheme of the internet, is actually quite a big number to start with.

This is where it gets sticky. This days people, especially hosts, are concerned about the amount of bandwidth that is being used. Usually they make the folk paying for space use, pay for it as a part of their monthly fee. in other words, if a single picture gets linked to and appears on a thousand different forums.. it can get fairly pricy for the original host of the picture. In defense, people have gotten to saying "No hotlinking directly to pictures" on their pages of pictures. and if you do it anyway, you are stealing their bandwidth, which is a no-no. (theres also the danger of the host changing the picture you are linking to... could make for a nasty surprise eh?)

On the other hand, there are places that allow for the linking of pictures.. within limits, of course... since everyone has them. Places like photobucket, and bunches of avatar hosts, who will give you the direct link to their pictures for use in forums and the like. Now, if your link somehow exceeds their limit, they may shut down the picture temporarily until the usage rate is back within the limit.

So, consider this..
If you have a web site, with pictures being hosted on it, and you link to one of those pictures for use in a forum, you are still hotlinking... but not really stealing, because its your own site.

If you see a picture on someone elses site, and they tell you no, your hotlinking to it is stealing their bandwidth.

If you see a picture on someone else's site, and they say its ok, your hotlinking to it is still hotlinking, but with the owners permission. so its not really stealing, because you have the permission to link.


All in all, if you don't want to "host" all those pictures yourself.. ask them to make up their own photobucket account and hotlink to them, themselves. Its not that hard to do.

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definition example 1 from free-hosts.
Definition 2 from wiki
Definition 3 from the urban dictionary.
help info on YouTube for embedding vids on other sites.
Photobucket's definition (which allows 25GB a month in bandwidth usage, btw.)

"Dancing" the Best of the Best

I'll let this one speak for itself. Watch and enjoy. :)



As I understand it...
Video dancer: Matt Harding along with a host of others.
Music: "Praan" by Garry Schymann, sung by Palbasha Siddique
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