Furigana Injector!

Hello Ya'll,

For those of you who are studying Japanese, here is a great add on for Firefox: the furigana injector. Will add furigana (reading for kanji) beside (or above with the Ruby ext.) Can be set to ignore as little as the first 100 Kanji, so is great for beginners and when progress, the readings can be scaled back. I truly think this is a great add on and a must for any Japanese student!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=furigana&cat=all&advancedsearch=1&as=1&appid=1&lver=3.5&atype=0&pp=20&pid=3&sort=&lup=

Speaking of studying... a great website I found: http://www.yakitome.com Enter text and a robot, (choice of many different voices) will read it back to you. Also supports German, Spanish, and French. Used it last night to read my history notes back to me.... well it was kind of funny cause I mark things in the notes, that the teacher says will be on the test with a *. "star 1879 star Louis "x" "v" "i".... (ex, vee, eye). But great to read articles off web pages too! Let me know what you think! ROME – Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was punched in the face at the end of a rally on Sunday by a man holding a small ... As always you can email me at iknowchristalena@yahoo.com!

Yule Altar

Hello Again!

Just wanted to post some pictures of the Yule Altar. Some nice fresh Rosemary, a yule log, wreath, and a Yuletide god and goddess. This was done very inexpensively, I changed the altar cloth out to a new color (by altar cloth I mean mostly rectangular leftover piece of fabric I keep for these occasions.) Then, by draping some ribbons over the altar, and not cutting them or gluing them to something, I can re-use them latter. Found some images on the internet and printed them off, (Hint! buy the ink in bulk and re-fill the cartridges themselves, then it becomes even more inexpensive and good for the planet too). Lastly, I just got some rosemary out of the garden.

Healthy Carrot Cake

Aloha!

Just had the Carrot Cake Clif Bar today. Quite sweet compared to some of their other bars but much better for you than cake. Only 240 cal. and 20% fiber and protein for the day. Highly recommend. I have always been a fan of their blueberry bar.

Happy Yule!

Just to get everyone in the Yuletide mood here are tow classic Christmas songs that have been adapted for Yule. Blessed Be!

Earth Ship!

No it's not aliens landing, it's just sustainable living from roof to basement. We sometimes think that green is a new movement, but the people out in New Mexico have been living the dream for 30 years. check this out and make your next home an earth ship! http://www.earthship.net/

Is this for real? Chavez a Wiccan?

Chavez Preaches Wiccan Book To Venezuelans

November 7, 2007, 1:09 am
Filed under: Communism, Entertainment, Issues, Politics, Religion, South America, Tree Hugging, World | Tags: Chevez, Communism, Hugo, Hugo Chavez, Politics, Religion, socialism, South America, totalitarianism, Tree Hugging, Venezuela, Wicca, wiccan

Hugo Chavez has openly declared his new conversion to Wicca, a nature-based religion, early Monday morning. To the astonishment of many followers, or Chavistas, he has already begun pushing the conversion of the entire nation to Wicca with a fully televised announcement.

Wicca is an ancient nature-based religion with converts scattered all over the world. Wiccans, meaning “naked witches,” see this as a great advancement to their naturally small following.

“Of course this is easy for him,” states Carlito Sanchez, a Venezuelan student. “Following his recent constitution reforms, in which he extended his term from five years to seven, he’ll have no problem instituting this devil-work as a state religion.” With totalitarianism – Chavez’s complete grasp on the nation’s media, mind, and economy, commentators calculate it should be fairly easy to carry out a few thousand, if not, millions of Venezuelan converts.

Televised broadcasts are scheduled to run for three days with Wiccan documentaries, following the president’s personal reading out of various books including Wiccan, the History of the Wicca, and the official gospel, the Book of Shadows. It is also recorded however, that as the Wiccan population may grow enormously with the conversion of an entire impoverished and overpopulated nation, Chavez’s popularity rating is likely to plummet.

“Maybe this is why he created the seven year term in the first place,” remarks Sanchez.

Too Funny

Cool Summer Drinks

I know it's hot outside at the end of summer so here are some new drinks I created that are light, refreshing, and alcoholic. First the Naughty Arnold Palmer: Fill an ice tea glass with ice and half way with ice tea, and the other half with mike's hard (or harder) lemonade. Next, Cranberry Mint-juice: Fill glass with ice and half with Mint ice tea and the other with mike's hard ( or harder) cranberry lemonade. Then, the Margawiner: Fill blender with ice, one shot triple sec, and fill with Arbormist, blend and serve. Lastly the Posh Roman, Fill a shaker with ice and one part red wine (merlot works well) and three parts water and one tbs. simple syrup (sugar dissolved in hot water), shake and strain. Hope these will cool you down and buzz you up at the same time. Enjoy the rest of summer!

Light Beer...

Lets see, I just tried the MGD 64 tonight for the first time and I think it is ok. It really isn't a great beer, but the calories are right, the only downside is less alcohol at 2.8% abv, but that can always be a good thing if you don't want to drink as much in the first place. It reminds me of a bud-light watered down... hummm well I think the search will go on. Until next time.

Seems the West has a Little to Learn...

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http://www.myvideo.de/watch/6007911/Thirupaachi_2005_song_Kannum_Kannumthan_eng_sub

I was amazed when I saw this video for two reasons. First the girl is absolutely beautiful, and wholesome. I was so happy to see her with clothes on! Sorry, I am all for everyone dressing how they want, but the point of clothes is to wear some, and so many artist today only make it big because they look good in a bikini, not on the merit of their music. Like "Lady Gaga" or whatever, her whole video she is half naked and singing the same two lines over and over again. Second the lyrics to this song are so refreshing. All day at work I have to listen to this "Gangsta" rap; about shooting people, disrespect for women, and being a "Balla'." But on the lighter side, this video should put a bright spot in your day.

Crying for Love

So when I saw this video I started crying. These people are doing so much for children in need. I'm sure you have all heard of Locks of Love, but this gift in itself was truly amazing to me.

10 Reasons You Should Walk to the Bar with a Cane.

10. I'm afraid they're terribly in fashion now and everyone will start carrying one soon.

9. If you get too drunk you can use the cane to walk home.

8. If the bathroom door is missing the lock, you can use the cane to keep the door closed.

7. You can squish bar roaches from a distance.

6. If the Bouncer tries to close the door on you, you can wedge you cane in the door.

5. The cane is a phallic symbol. 

4. If your friend brings a cane too, you can fence in the bar.

3. You can milk it for free drinks.

2. If a fight breaks out you already have a weapon.

1. Canes are chick magnets.

I hope you got a laugh out of it and come back to my blog often for updates and fun stuff.

On a more serious note.  If you haven't tried "goodsearch" yet, you are missing out.  Use the site just like google or yahoo, but every time you search the site gives money to the charity that you designate.   There are 80,000 non-profit org. to choose from including the ASPCA, Peta, Best Friends Animal Society, Children's Tumor Foundation, Cystic Fibrous Foundation, Elephant Sanctuary, and The World Wildlife Fund to name a few.

  http://www.goodsearch.com/ 

So go put it on you toolbar and use it every time you search, not only is it free for you, you can feel good every time you use it.

Forest Porn

Hello, again. I have been very busy so forgive the long time without a post. My friend Alex let me know about this website and I thought you should know too. Go to this site

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0910-01.htm

to read more about it, but the main idea is to send in your amature porn movies and the procedes go to helping save forest.

Here is a video to spice up the old blog.




Go make some love to show you love trees!

Help feed Hungry People for Free

Go to this website and for every trivia answer you get right they will donate 10 grains of rice to the hungry.  They have vocabulary in foreign languages as well including German and Spanish so you can use it as a free resource to learn your material.  Play at work online when you are bored or when you are waiting on your next flight and just can't get to sleep. http://www.freerice.com/

In lighter news, I had to dress up for a school project and I went to the store dressed like a Witch.  Here is a picture for your amusement.