Welcome to Lithuania

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By InCulto. This one's kind of a fun song. It's about their country. There's only a few parts I'm not so sure about. This is one of the ones I found yesterday. It's the same band that was selected to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision 2010 contest. Supposedly, the band's going to try to represent their country again, with this song next year. (That's what I gathered. Could be wrong.)





According to the crazy holiday listing I found, today's National Baby Boomers Recognition Day.  My parents are Baby Boomers, so I guess it's a day for them.  It was pretty cold today again.  The forecast says it might be around 70 the next couple of days. I'll believe it when I see it.  Played some of the same Irish tunes as before. Just trying to improve on them. Sounded and felt really good.  When it sounds good, it kind of sucks you in. You just want to keep playing.  Maybe tomorrow will be even better!  I posted chapter 9 on one of my fave forums. We'll see what they think about it. They seem to comment more over there.  I'm still working on the next sentence for the grill's manual. Almost done with it, though.


In Kuroshitsuji, they arrive at the curry contest. Agni's curry entry is called: Blue Lobster and 7 Types of Curry. Everybody, loves it. Sebastian's curry entry: The Curry Doughnut. It's like a giant deep-fried bun made out of naan, with the curry as feeling. Looked funny at first, then when they opened it, it actually looked really good. I wouldn't mind trying that if it was real. They loved it too. In fact, towards the end they said Agni and Sebastian tied for 1st place. But, someone took the trophy and said it wasn't over yet. 

In Hetalia, it was France, Prussia, and Spain against Austria. (They're in the pic. They're also called the Bad Friends Trio.) Austria thought he could trust England. He was defeated in the first battle, and England went neutral and told him he went off to fight France. Hungary joins forces with Austria. She joined, because Theresa begged her to. With Hungary's help they halted the invasion. She's pretty awesome at fighting! Don't want to get on her bad side. The war ended with the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and Prussia running off with Silesia. 

In Letter Bee, no one knows who's at the highest rank, Head Bee, they just take orders from him. Gauche and Lag meet some pretty weird creatures on the way to Cambel. Lag's mom was taken to Akatsuki, and you can't get there unless you have a permit. Since Gauche told him they aren't really friends, Lag steals his gun and plan's to bust through the bridge. Gauche saves him from a Gaichuu Bucker, and they work together to defeat it. Lag has an artificial eye with one of the spirit bugs inside. (He didn't know what it really was. It's in the pic.) Lag's mom said the red stone was used to cure a disease he had when he was born. She told him not to tell anyone. Lag kills the Bucker on his own. Afterwards, Gauche passes out from his wounds. So, Lag carries him on his back all the way to his aunt Sabrina's place and takes care of him. (Where Lag was supposed to be 'delivered'.) When he's up, he asks for Sabrina to stamp and sign the delivery. She throws him out saying he was heartless, after what Lag did for him. After Lag finds him again, Gauche finally calls him his friend. Then, Lag says he wishes to become a Letter Bee just like Gauche, as he leaves. 5 years pass, and he sets out on his journey to become a Letter Bee, and find his mother and Gauche. 


I played Tower of Doom again. I won the game, and took over the entire island. There was an extra survival mode island. It was pretty lame though. 


For drawing, I finished Loathe's wings. Also, started inking him in red. He's looking pretty interesting so far. 


deviantART fave: Happy Canada Day I did not make this! A funny comic featuring Canada and America from Hetalia. Kind of sad, too. Poor Canada. 

Eatern European Funk

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By InCulto. Some of the Youtube vids that I posted had this song in it, and I'm starting to really like it. This song was Lithuania's entry for Eurovision 2010. Some people thought this should have won. Very fun song. Another one that makes you want to dance.  I'm going to look for more songs from them too.  Here's their vid again:





Today was actually warm!  We almost hit 70, last time I checked. Got up late, again. But, I really had a hard time sleeping last night. I played some more Irish tunes. Only made a couple of mistakes, so it sounded pretty good. 


Yesterday, I caught up on Naruto Shippuden. It's been an amazing battle with Pain!He basically wiped out the village. The only really sad parts were when Shizune and the frog sage died. I liked them! A lot of the greats are dying. I thought Ibiki and Ebisu would die, but they survived. Even though, Ibiki probably wishes he hadn't. Naruto showed up and is still fighting Pain on his own. He took down all but 1 (the core or leader) of the Pains. We found out at the end of the most recent episode who Pain really is. The 'Pains' are really puppets made out of corpses, and the 'puppeteer' is Nagato. I knew it! Naruto got pinned down by Pain, and the sage is dead, so the only ones that can save him now are the other ninjas. (Unless Naruto has another trick up his sleeve.)

日本語

I finished a sentence, and started another from the grill's manual. In my romaji I'm going to start typing how they pronounce some of the particles in modern conversation. (Only pertains to particles.) Like, instead of は or ha it's pronounced wa. If it's を or wo it's pronounced o. Which, I think is more confusing, but I guess in context it's not as much. 手や指にケガをする恐れがありますので、取扱いの際は十分注意してください。 (Te ya yubi ni kega o suru osore ga arimasu node, toriatsukai no sai wa juppun chuui shite kudasai.) Please use caution while handling, because you could injure your hands and fingers. 

I also found a site that can add furigana to text you input. Furigana is a Japanese reading aid that helps in figuring out how to pronounce kanji. It consists of smaller kana printed next to a kanji. In horizontal text, it's above the line of text. Vertical, to the right of the text. Many people use it over there, especially when the kanji's not very common. I had forgotten entirely about furigana, but at least I have it now. This will be a valuable studying tool for me. 

Tonight, I'm going to a Friday night service at our synagogue.  Our synagogue doesn't do too many of those. Especially, ones that aren't kid-centric. It should be fun.  The only downside is we have to have our Shabbat dinner a little rushed since it's at 7.  We do like a mini service at home usually. Mom's making white fish (not sure what kind) in an olive-y caper sauce, with some noodles that will have the sauce on top. We saw the sauce at Costco, and it sounds and looks so good!  We're also having a crunch cherry pie. Can't wait! Sounds all too good!