(you can tell that I've been watching the Olympics...)
for a few days now
and I've really been enjoying it~

wow. so amazing...

just a few minutes ago, I saw the my home country win the swimming relay (yay!! U.S.A.!!)

and...
what Micheal Phelps said was amazing.

I am so happy~

-Daiko~
*goes off to watch more of the Olympics tonight*
(please pray for me...)

so that hurricane ended up changing direction
-which is also odd since my cousin who lives in Pinellas had evacuated, but after she left her home the evacuation status was lowered to voluntary leaving only- interesting.

Anyways, hurricane Charley did arrive today- and you can find futher details on its/his(?) effects on many sites- I will not be discussing that in too much depth though.

-for me, it was an odd day
I didn't get to go out today, except for when I went outside the house to move several of my Mom's potted plants (I put some inside the house while I placed some in the garage and in other safe places where the wind wouldn't get to them and cause them to do dramatic damage) and to bring in some groceries.

ugh, I spent most of the day watching the tv though- that wasn't fun (I don't like what's on broadcast television usually, I prefer DVD's and entertaining myself- but that's another topic altogether.) so that I would keep up to date on Charley's direction
...that made me so sleepy- I feel like I slept most of the day away (*slept for more than an hour*).

-over here, I'm a bit north of Tampa
so I and my community was quite fortunate that we did not recieve the full blast of the storm (unlike the poor people who live further to the east from us- like those in Fort Myers) -the eye of the hurricane ended up heading west.

Yeah, I was safe
and this hurricane was a big deal after all- I'll try to not take things like this so lightly in the future (I saw footage of a post office having the winds rip off the metal roof like it was some sort of heavy blanket o.0!! ...)

Thank You Lord
for Your kindness
and for making sure that not too many people were harmed-

Father, I am so thankful.

-Daiko~
(pray for me)

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addendum:
I seem to be having a problem reading the comments in this blog- I'll put up my e-mail temporarily, but keep in mind that I HATE all SPAM.

...

mokonapu[remove this: NO SPAM!!]@hot
mail.com

thank you in advance.

I'm not worried about the hurricane
but it would be good if I was prepared for it- even just mentally since on the news it was said that Hurricane Charley is coming to my state (maybe even to my town). Yet, I've heard that it's going to hit Pinellas county (probably) the hardest- so I'm not worried at all, and I believe that I and my family has the capability (as well as the physical supplies) to literally weather the storm.

-and that's good.

...
Actually, I find this "hurricane hullabaloo" (as I termed it) to be interesting and fascinating in a few ways- to me, it almost seems as if people are excited about this, and I find that strange since Florida is familiar with hurricanes and tropical storms

also, it's quite odd that this seems to be the only hurricane that Florida has had to worry about all this summer- as I've seen it, usually we get more than one to worry about, and it tends not to do too much damage in it's wake

still, this situation is important, so I won't make light of it even though it seems odd.

...
Wow, I devoted a whole bit of a blog entry to a hurricane- who would have thought?

-Daiko
(pray for me)

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off topic: ... my chatterbox has died- I'll see about ressurrecting it later or doing something else with it -sigh-

God is so GOOD.
-Dave and I are now ready to take our classes together for the upcoming Fall semester- I just paid for and found the classes we needed.

-I will go to sleep soon after I post this,
but I'll be back later
(I want to type about all the things that have taken place... and write about more things as well~)

Praise the Lord!
for He is Good.

-Daiko~
(let's all pray for each other...)

I'll return home after I travel through the rain
what I said in the title of the entry is true on so many levels...

literally, it was a very dark night that I drove home through a little while ago- it was raining and lightning as well.

It was really beautiful though... it looks like there's a full moon out and I loved seeing it peek through the thick grey clouds on the way out of the college.

...I found it a bit strange that it rained this night because usually, it hasn't rained around nine in the evening over here. -ah well.

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I have been doing what I can to return home
despite the rain and the other things that stand in the way with regards to attending Mass more often and getting up early in the morning.

I've had help
-it was really nice being able to get up just before eight today- that's hard for me since people in my house tend to go to sleep late ^_^;;
I shouldn't let that affect me too adversely though.
-sigh-

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ah blog, why is it-
no, I shouldn't talk to my blog- it can't answer me

ah... I haven't been able to post-
no, I just haven't posted
not due to a lack of inspiration
but because I find it hard to write down what it is that I've felt and experienced

the longer one takes to record an event
the harder it is to capture that sense of immediacy and freshness.
I think that you, my reader can probably understand what I've said on this matter.

I've mentioned this before (though in words that differ from these) so I'll just do what I can and not linger more on this topic.

...

I have things to say, but a lack of willingness to type them now- well, there is later

and my brother
I'll go look in on him since he may be ill
-that is important.

I'll talk about how much I enjoyed going to the beach with my friends later (that happened yesterday :)

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pray for me please,
and have fun (you may visit my [oekaki board] or [my store] if you wish :)

-Daiko~

the moon looks red
at least it did when I came home about an hour ago
-around nine Eastern, that is...
and I don't know why.

What is a red moon supposed to mean?

I don't know about these sort of things- what makes a moon look red? -it's something in the atmosphere, right?

(Yes, along with the scientific reasons for this type of phenomenon, I would also like to know what people think this is a sign of... I am not superstitious though.)

hmm...

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Anyway, I have been working on quite a bit of digital art lately... I really like this medium, it's so easy to manipulate and to work in- I love that.

...

I guess I'm just rambling for tonight- I have things to say, but I guess I'll mention them later when my thoughts are more collected.

-pray for me.

-Daiko~

-stranded on a desert island-
not really, but I AM stuck at school
-and for very odd reasons. o.o; ...

-sigh- how I wish that I was able to stay here as I usually do, but I wonder what's happened to my younger brother and my car- my brother borrowed my car and left the campus with it, so I must wait until someone arrives to pick me up from school. I'm not complaining, I really don't mind waiting, I just don't want him to get into any sort of trouble, and I don't wish to stay at school until someone else arrives to get me.

-yes, I'm concerned about this
but it could be that I am worrying needlessly
probably, my brother is safe and sound at home by now
and later, my mom will come and pick me up

I'll think positive thoughts
there's no need to get myself stirred up over nothing really (unless something does happen).

Did I happen to mention that my brother ONLY got his driver's liscence last Friday?! I am scared and afraid for him... o.o!!

-please pray for me.

-Daiko~
(yes, please do
pray about this
and for help in school for me and my brother...)

and we'll guard each one's dignity
and save each one's pride
and they'll know we are Christians by our love,
by our love

they will know we are Christians by our love~

I have those lyrics to that song on my mind now- I tried looking this up over at [a lyrics archive] but I wasn't able to find it.

Anyway, that really is my prayer- that whole song, I mean- for unity to be restored and for my people to be loving- it is hard to see this in action though.

...but I still believe that unity and kindness among people is possible.

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Aside from the above, I've had a few other things going on... I want to update my website so that I can incorporate these new things better.

-let's see, as I had [said] [earlier] I now have my own [oekaki board] now. (I acquired it just a few days ago last week- last Monday, seven days from today in fact. o_0) (Please don't be intimidated by my rules- I would love to have people visit the place and have fun drawing- I don't have too many rules anyway... what I'm saying is, please stop by and draw something -it's kind of empty over there.)

and last Friday... I finally got to [creating my own Cafe Press store] YAY!!

-I am happy about that, I really love the fact that I'll be able to use my creativity and have my designs on something other than computer files or on sheets of paper.

Still, please keep in mind that I'm not fully ready for customers today. I haven't gotten all my products finished up yet (I'm really not too sure about that sticker- I think that just popped up while I was testing out some things, but you can buy it if you want it- I'll probably take that "off the shelf" later though. ^_^;; ...)

I'm sorry that I don't have some really good stuff in my store now, but I'll make sure to post an entry in the future when I have enough things finalized over at my store. (I'll be adding my store to my links, but keep what I've said about it in mind, okay?)

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hmm... that's quite a lot, isn't it?
-the thing is, I think I've found myself able to blog again, so I think I'll be posting even more when I can (and it may be quite soon)

interesting...

-oh well, I'll blog more later,
now I've got some work to do
(finishing papers and getting merchandise worked out for my store- and I do want to update my website and learn CSS too...)

-Daiko~
pray for me...

Life would be so simple if we'd all just learn to pray...
(this is part of a song that I have playing in my head- I've heard it quite recently on my [favorite radio station] over where I live, and this is quite good.)

-or maybe, life would be even simpler for me if I would make more time for prayer because, I haven't been doing that- in fact, it seems like I'm neglecting my internal life (not to mention, my God).

I'm sorry Father.
I don't want to, and I'm coming home (albeit slowly)
but please help me as I make this journey back to You- it's really hard for me to fight against my own foolishness, but I know that I want out of my own will and I know the way home.

...

good night everyone
I'm going to sleep early
and will do a proper blog post tommorrow.

-wait a minute,
I'll pray for you too before I sleep!

...there, that's better

see you later...

-Daiko~