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I would like to personally thank all of you who posted on a comment on the previous entry. HOWEVER, the number of people that left comments did not total anywhere near 500. So I am still encouraging people to leave a comment on that post.

Today in class we learned the real reason behind the awful smell that comes out of Lake Biwa on an almost daily basis. We had all just assumed that the smell was caused by the lot* of dead fish that would find their way to the shore to rot - BUT NO! That was NOT the reason…

*lot: a “lot” of fish is around 25 big ugly fish, plus about 100 little fish.

The real reason for the smell is because of……. CARP HERPES. That is correct, I just told you that the CARP swimming around in Lake Biwa have HERPES. And take it from me, judging by the smell some days, there must be an abundance of CARP in Lake Biwa. Let me also add that the people who have been swimming in Lake Biwa over the past month and a half were not pleased to hear the news. I, for one, have never (and now will NEVER) gone for a swim in Lake Biwa.

I have decided to post a “Picture of the Day” for the remaining 8 days I am in Japan. This may continue once I get home, or it may not. Today’s image is entitled: “Tokyo Art”. I hope you find it interesting.

So…

Apparently the other day my Nana tried to log onto my site and it said ONCE AGAIN that my Bandwidth Limit* had been reached.

*Bandwidth Limit: Using the terms I understand, from what Noel has told me, it means in a nutshell that my site has had a ton of visitors, so many visitors in fact, that the space allotted for the visitors was used up.

This is very good news. HOWEVER… (Why would I would be mentioning this if it was not followed by the popular little word: “however”) HOWEVER, I would really like to know who is following this site. There is an easy, quick, and pain-free way to do this. I am asking you, if you frequent my site, to leave a comment. Since I am sharing my pictures, my stories, and my life with you, I would like you to share your name with me. (You don’t have to write your full name if you are afraid of internet scares, your first name and how you know of me will do just fine.) I am only asking because I am curious as ever, never before have so many people come to my site, and I must say, I am honored. Thank You All.

Here are the steps for leaving me a comment:

1. At the bottom of each entry is the word COMMENTS in pink writing. Click on that word…

2. Enter in your first name and your email address in the appropriate boxes…

3. Write me a sentence or two if you are feeling spicy…

4. Then click the POST COMMENT button.

That is it. It is easy, fast, and fun for all. Not only will I get to know who is reading my website, so will you. At any time, return to the site, click on the comments box again, and you can read the other comments that other people have left.

I am excited about this, as should you. I will be severely disappionted however (there’s that word again) if I only receive a few comments. I looked on my stats page, and it listed over 500 NEW people coming to my site last month alone. WHO ARE YOU ALL????? (I say NEW people because it counts the computers that have been to my site, not how many time you clicked on it in one day. For example, if my Nana got on the computer 11 times in one week, and she clicked to my website 40 times (in hopes of an update), it would still register as only being 1 of the 500 people.

I hope this makes sense, and I hope you leave a comment. Please!!! I want to know who you are! If there are no comments left at all, I will be forced to shut down the site altogether on account of heartbreak. Thank you for you time!

I know it has been a while, but I have finally taken the time and effort to post pictures onto my website, as promised. I do not, however, have the time to explain the pictures in detail as I often have done in the past. I will only give you a brief explanation/preview here, and you can figure the rest out by yourselves. Enjoy Japan!

1. The first lot of pictures were taken at… UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN! (As I am sure you could have figured out)

2. The next two, were taken in Kyoto. One of them is Noel and I atop Monkey Mountain (No monkey’s are shown, just the view) overlooking Kyoto. The other picture is us in Gion, Kyoto. We are stading in front of a huge orange temple. (I am sorry, the name of that temple escapes me at the moment…)

3. The bottom 7 were all taken in Tokyo. Some of them are a brief view of the city, some of them are of funny pictures on the wall, and a couple are of Tokyo Tower, which was great to see.

I hope you laugh and amuse yourself, we sure did.

Bye for now!

I swear I am still here and still alive, and you will be getting pictures soon. Not tonight, because I have a paper to write out, but tomorrow I will put pictures on the site? I promise.

Here is what has been keeping my busy, in a nutshell.

1. Went to Tokyo.
2. Went to Osaka.
3. Went to USJ - Universal Studios Japan
4. Worked on homework.
5. Worked on my essay.
6. Planning to start working on my presentation…
7. Went to an Aquarium.
8. Slept.
9. Ate a whole lot of food.
10. Went Shopping!!!

So as you can see, I have been to many places recently, I am planning on posting a couple pictures from each place…

Sorry this is it for now, I must get to bed.

Today was Noel’s birthday, he is 20 years old. I hope he had a great day, here are some of the highlights:

1. He woke up early and had to take a midterm. Not Fun.
2. Jeff came and took him and me to lunch, we ate at Bikuri Donkey, which is one of Noel’s favorite resturants. (Thanks Again Jeff!)
3. After lunch Jeff took Noel to get a haircut, and I will let Noel tell you all about it. Receiving a Japanese haircut is a very interesting thing…
4. After the haircut Noel and I came back to JCMU where Noel got to open his presents from me. I hope he liked them!
5. Jeff came back and got us around 7 or 8 and we went to his house, where Noel, Jeff, Asusa, and myself had the BEST dinner ever. We had a Taco-Fiesta, and everything was excellent.
6. Dinner was followed by an ice cream cake, some dry ice for fun, candles, singing, and a video that I will show you when I get it uploaded to my computer.
7. After we all “stuffed” with food, Noel broke out the best PS2 game ever invented, for Japanese people anyway. (You can’t buy the game in America, nor can you play it on an American PS2.) It is the drum game, visit Noel’s site and read all about it, he has an entry about it.
8. Two hours after that, Jeff and Asusa took us home. THANKS JEFF AND ASUSA AGAIN FOR MAKING NOEL’S BIRTHDAY SO SPECIAL!

Here is a picture of Noel and I in Kyoto one night.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN HUNNY!