NOTE TO MYSELF

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Time to come back, Kenji. I really really need to come back.

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KONY 2012 and Invisible Children

So, evidently it’s been only two days since the world started to pay attention to KONY 2012, and the energy has started shifting.  Of course I too watched the video and read few articles about Joseph Kony and Invisible children, and I was just about to hop on the wagon when I came across this blog by Michelle Banner’s KONY 2012 and Invisible Children.  A good read.

#KONY 2012

Following is from fastcompany.com
A little-known American charity dedicated to helping victims of African conflict has scored a public relations coup. Invisible Children’s new 30-minute Kony 2012 video, directed by Jason Russell, has been viewed over 440,000 times since being placed on YouTube on March 5. The film is intended to raise public awareness of the devastating Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) conflict in Uganda; Fast Company has written previously about the LRA’s routine use of child labor and rape.
So far, the campaign has managed to get more than 4 million total views across the web in a little more than 48 hours. The documentary focuses on Joseph Kony, the LRA leader responsible for years of violent atrocities in Uganda and nearby countries. According to Invisible Children, the film and a related campaign “aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.” Invisible Children has been canny about marketing the film through social media via the use of Twitter hashtags (#kony2012) and celebrities. Rihanna, Stephen Fry, and The Onion‘s Baratunde Thurston have all tweeted about the film. In addition, Invisible Children is organizing a celebrity pressure campaign to get, among others, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Lady Gaga to publicize #kony2012.

Weekend survived

Santa Barbara, Wilcox Property (aka: Douglas Family Preserve)

Customization Update on iPad

My very good friend of mine brought me his iPad this afternoon. He said he could live without, but I want to be able to do 1)image presentation, 2)update my blog and Facebook on location with image upload. I don’t intended to do image editing on iPad(maybe very basic such as cropping and exposure control, but not that important).

Ok, this is where I am at as of now:

– Music synchronized with my iTunes in my Mac
– Image files uploaded from my Mac to iPad
– Image files deleted from my iPad
– Missing Apple ID and password
– Can’t upload images to WordPress
– WordPress has new app for iPad users and I will download it tomorrow after I retrieve Apple ID and password (so that I can upload images)
– Set URL bookmarks with default browser (Safari)
– Can’t upload images to Facebook and of course there is an app for it, and again I will download it tomorrow after my ID and password.
– No Japanese language kit in this iPad :(
– Fining out most of the hardware functions
– If I update my OS(my PC), I can sync data using Bluetooth

Ok, time to go to bed. It’s been fun. Thanks almighty iPad.

Accessing my blog admin with my new device: iPad

Whenever we get a computer related new toy, you’d have to invest almost a day or two to sorta get the hang of it (right?).  A good friend of mine is letting me use his iPad that he is not using.  Of course this is not my first time around with such devices, still I’m finding myself somewhat frustrated with few new features here and there. I’ve been on it for three hours now, I guess I could play with it for few more hours.

Ok, so I am finding out that I can not upload image files using iPad platform, is that it?  I’m gonna google it.

Alrighty, I found an extremely useful blog from the down under Sue Walter and Bonnie Burt’s THE EDUBLOGGER told me that there was an app for it (of course!).  I’m gonna take a short break, stretch and feed myself a bit and tackle with the image upload issue later :)

What else do you guys know about iPad?  Any tips and tricks?

2012 New Year’s Resolutions are out

My housemate Kaja did a wonderful thing the other day: listed all of our housemate’s New Year’s resolutions on a piece of paper and posted on the dining room wall!!  Thank you Kaja!!   Speaking of which, I want/need a used long board if anyone can loan me for this summer?  (or have one for sale?)

Clean or Not So Clean

Clean or Not So Clean, that is the question of this morning.  I know I want to go excellence over perfection nowadays, so I shouldn’t be even worrying about shit like this.  There’s little voice in my head saying, “it won’t hurt. just few minutes of your time.. go ahead, dwell on it”.  ugh.

CLEAN VERSION

NOT SO CLEAN VERSION

Lost Contact Reconnection Process

２年ほど連絡と取ってなかった家族ぐるみ友達に声をかけました。元気になったら遊びにいきますと。I have not been in touch with my dear friends for over two years now.  I contacted them saying I’d be well and love to come around like old times.  I gave it until 2013.  Is that realistic?

Should I or Should I not?

Good morning. I’ve spent too much time on my Blog before.  I spend too much time on FB now.    I have a friend in Japan who decided to go on FB diet.  I think I’m going to tag along.  My goal is allow one hour in the morning (early morning at that), and another one hour in the evening (before the bed)… I need a serious game plan if I really want to make it work.  Any suggestions?  Does that sound realistic?

Back in the U.S.S.R (and then some)

Of course I meant the US, but my fingers could not resist The Beatles in my head. No biggie.  Anyhow it’s been five days now in my elements and SLOWLY getting back into the swing of things.  It’s been a long time that I wanted to do something with feeling of “I’m gonna do it goooood” as I wake up in the morning.  It’s a good sign.

日本語クリック

Behind the Scenes of PJC’s movie project for her school

Sweet and loving couple.

Gentle with each other.

She finds another girl in his cell.

He kills her.

A dead woman.

The man feels terrible.

… then decides to save himself.

Last humanly contact with the dead.

Subconscious sees him.

Evidence of the dead.