AIM

turns out....

AIM is more than just an IM program.

". . .We all want to live. And in large part we make our logic according to what we like. But not having attained our aim and continuing to live is cowardice. This is a thin dangerous line. To die without gaining one's aim IS a dog's death and fanaticism. But there is no shame in this. This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai. If by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. His whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling."

- Hagakure pg. 1-2


"One who is a samurai must before all things keep constantly in mind…the fact that he has to die. If he is always mindful of this, he will be able to live in accordance with the paths of loyalty and filial duty, will avoid myriads of evils and adversities, keep himself free of disease and calamity and moreover enjoy a long life. He will also be a fine personality with many admirable qualities. For existence is impermanent as the dew of evening, and the hoarfrost of morning, and particularly uncertain is the life of the warrior…"

- Code of The Samurai (pg 15) Daidoji Yuzan

Halou - Video

Halou's new release "Wholeness & Separation" comes out Tuesday May 23, 2006....

Star Wars Deleted Scene/ youtube

looks like this is real. there's really no way to prepare for it.

Talented Youth Reprimanded for Expresssing Selves/ using MySpace

I read this in the Seattle PI. today.

Friday, May 12, 2006 · Last updated 5:37 a.m. PT

Teens arrested for graffiti after images posted on MySpace

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHOUGAL, Wash. -- It didn't take long for police to arrest a couple of brothers in a rash of graffiti after images of the scrawling appeared on the Internet with boastful remarks, some showing the apparent perpetrators.

The 13 colorful scrawlings appeared in March and April on business walls, fences, a billboard and bridges in this town of about 10,000 east of Portland, Ore. Last week Officer Tom Davis made posters offering a $150 reward for tips leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever was responsible and hung them at Jemtegaard Middle School and Washougal High School.

Within two hours, police were contacted by two witnesses who directed investigators to MySpace.com, a popular Web site with teenagers, Sgt. Kim Yamashita said Wednesday.

"In some of the pictures they actually posed with the graffiti," Yamashita said. "That makes it a little easier."

Police obtained a warrant, searched the home of the brothers, ages 16 and 13, and seized paint, pens and markers, as well as a CD with more images of the graffiti.

The older brother was arrested Wednesday. The younger, 13, was arrested Sunday and was being held for investigation of first-degree malicious mischief and intimidating a witness.

Yamashita said the younger boy threatened to beat up someone he believed had informed on him.

Police pegged the cost of painting over the graffiti at $2,375.