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  • I have failed in my duties.  like 20 days, almost.  sorry.  work has overcome me.  i’m so tired when i get home i dont want to do much of anything.  I even take naps sometimes when i get home and dont wake up till 10:00 then i eat supper.  in the past few weeks, i’ve dj’d another show, i’ve feared for my life in a storm, i’ve worked on a crane, i’ve made reservations for this weekend.  i contemplated buying an xbox.  because i wanted to play shenmue 2.  but then i figured i’d better finish shenmue 1 first.  so i’ve played that quite a bit.  i’ve gotten addicted to www.hotornot.com i’ll waste all hours of the night on that thing.  then i chat with whoever online for hours, and i eat dessert later and ahhh.  and i make excuses as to why i haven’t written here.  but i made up for it, i even put up a new web cam pic.   i think i’ve even written a new poem, but i haven’t posted it here yet.  so yea, i’m taking one of my annual trips to busch gardens this weekend.  a great 3 day vacation is ahead of me.  but, now i’ve gotten chatting again online, and although i was going to rant and all that, it’s already 12:40 am here.  it took me over an hour to write this one paragraph.  that’s the story of my life

    What’s interesting to me tonight is the investigation of over 7,000 people in Britain for child pornography.  Call me stupid, or naive, but I didn’t know that many people lived in Britian.  Ok, not so much, but i know it’s small. And 7,000 people for such a small place really seems like a whole lot of people, so anyway damn!  what’s wrong with you people?  Apparently, the FBI setup an undercover operation.  You know what that means, they took pics of naked kids and offered them up for download.  not really, but it’s a ironic thought.  anyway, they did create a Yahoo group.  of course, said group does not exist anymore.  also, this supposed url to a new york news article of a police officer busted in this investigation does not exist anymore. a search on the web site shows nothing under ‘candyman’.  anyway, this was called Operation Candyman.  They traded ftp sites and the like of places that carried kiddie porn.   a search on all newsgroups found this particularly interesting thread including some news of this item, some of the accused, and some other political revelations.  however, the number of people included in the investigation is contradicting across news stories.  In the first article i linked, it says 7,000 people in Britain.  In this one, it says 7,000 total worldwide and about 2,500 in Britain.  In the official FBI release,  it says 7,000 people worldwide, and 2,400 in other countries outside US. That doesn’t add up either, since they conducted the investigation worldwide.  Interesting at how some of these people who have been under investigation are so ashamed, more than a handful have committed suicide.  One even committed suicide before his trial came to be.  Turned out, government agencies were not able to hack the passwords he had hiding his porn collection, hence no evidence, hence he could not be convicted.  The guy would of gotten off free, but he killed himself before hand.  So what’s my point?  Well, one, why the discrepancy in numbers between the articles?  And, do i really need to say it?  Dare I even contemplate it?  Ok, if you haven’t already, i’ll do it for you.  They have all this power and lure to capture these kiddie porners.  They create fake messaging groups, fake web sites, charge people for access and capture and investigate credit cards.  They are in cahoots with the ISP’s to provide information about these people.  This investigation has been ongoing since 2000.  And here, it comes.  Yes, i dare say it.  i might as well.    But they can’t do a search on some terrorists who internationally plan and attack their targets?  Ok, i’ll leave it at that.

    Maaya Sakamoto’s newest works are reminiscent to me of some Tori Amos.  Especially Here, and Daniel does too a bit.  ah hell, all 4 samples you can get from the site sound like Tori. But, don’t compare.  I’m not comparing.  I should say remind.  They are very different individual artists.  And yes, Here, Daniel and Toto are in English in case you’re scared.   you can hear some samples from her official site.

    Some lady had her credit card stolen.  The thief used the card to place bets on a horse race.  He won, money was deposited directly into her credit card account.  Thief is arrested, she keeps money!  I wouldn’t complain either. 

    The memory hole.  I found this one particulary interesting.  Some guy found caribou calfs in a place where oil drilling was going to take place.  he placed a map of it on a web site.  he got fired.  map now deleted.

    Extreme ironing!! My God, i have never read such an article before in my life that clearly is the true establishment of redneck, mental anguish and pain and just simply damn bizarre.  Is it bad I can relate to some points in it?  I especially don’t see what’s wrong with aliens walking around the dead man’s body while he laid in bed for a month.

    Have some fun    Gesh what an intro!

    I was told not to link here.

    Have some fun Gesh what an intro!

    I was told not to link here.

  • i feel like writing, but don’t feel like linking.  deal with it.  hear my rants.  contemplate my thoughts.  I’ve been listening to more Maaya Sakamoto recently.  nice stuff, even the Japanese songs.  I just bought a new 120gb hard drive.  i replaced my 60gb here in this computer.  i’m moving the 60 to another computer.  haven’t done that part yet.  but i moved my sound card from this computer to my old computer.  and I’ve recorded a demo song tonight (not me) and it worked perfectly.  so now i can use my audigy to record.  yay.  i know that made no sense to you.  you don’t care.  you don’t even know how to turn your computer off.  somehow it came on, and it’s been on ever since.  i know.  www.hotornot.com ok, so i made one link.  deal with that.  i removed 2 months worth of news from the front page toinght.  dammit ive typed 5 2word s and ave made 503032 mistakes so i’m not using the pbackspae  ce key anyjmore tongth.  dammit. i must be tiredddddd.ahh well. i had ice cream already.    this hemisphere is not really round.  more like a half radius.  is half the distance from the center around to the radius cut in half if you half the size of the circle?  but how can you half something that only has 1 side?  so i’m not here.  this time is my life.  you can’t determine what you said to me tonight.  i cant even determine what i’m writing.  i can now say i’ve played a bass guitar.  no biggie.  i want a set of drums.  even just to see if i’d like it.  ha, i cant even play the instruments i have and i want more?  maybe drums are my calling.  maybe my calling is just to record and mix and provide sound rather than to make the notes.  or maybe it’s to be a nobody that people go to the webpage of just to cheer them up because the person writing is so lame.  so where do i go to get cheered up?  i go to google.com and search for a random phrase and select images and see what pops up.  i go to www.kuro5hin.org and see how many people have clicked on my ad there.    this isnt as political as i thought it would have turned out to be.  sorry, not in the mood maybe.  i’ll stop while i’m behind.   write me!!  radial@mindspring.com or contact me on yahoo messenger my screen name is radialmonster.  also visit radialmonster.isfunky.net  and enjoy! 

  • Tuesday, July 30, 2002

    here’s another
    cosplay link.  here’s some
    good art work.  My good friend Marty
    sent me some info about the snakehead fish.  it’s this massive fish
    originally from asia.  It grows up to 3 feet long, and as an adult can
    swallow other fish it’s same size due to it’s large head.  It even eats
    small mammals, meaning maybe a squirrel or something.  their main diet is
    crayfish.  but what’s so freaky about these things is some of them can use
    their large fins to walk out of the water, and stay out for 3 days!
    They’ll go on the prowl, or move to a new water source.   earliest
    report i see for these on cnn is on july 5.  hmm, my birthday 😉  and
    for some strange reason, the
    page
    has been removed.  the next article on CNN is
    here on
    July 20, 2002.  however, during my research the fish was first recorded on
    October 5, 2000.  Here’s the best

    article
    on this fish i’ve found.  watch out! and yes, Marty, it’s not
    just in Maryland, they’ve been officially found in six other states: Hawaii,
    Florida, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  NC isn’t
    listed there, but i wouldn’t be surprised what we have in our backyards!  a
    place where we’ve communicated with aliens, heard nonexistent people, and other
    strange unexplainable phenomena have occurred. While researching, i discovered
    this great article of Chen who illegally immigrated from China.  It’s an
    interesting
    read.
    another blog.
    strokin
    b3ta

  • Monday, July 29, 2002

    oh my, i was just
    inspired to write a new piece of poetry.  check it out under the poetry
    section link on the left.  enjoy.

    The largest ‘thing
    on land that moves.  life-size
    replica
    of something that pretends to move.
    Google
    continues to rock it.
    the duct
    tape guys. 
    i don’t know enough math to know if this is supposed to be
    a
    joke
    or not.  maybe you will. in fact, here’s the only one i can
    appreciate:  “Theorem: a cat has nine tails.  Proof: No cat has eight
    tails. A cat has one tail more than no cat.  Therefore, a cat has nine
    tails.”   i cant do simple math without a computer.  not a
    calculator, mind you.  it must the be the regular windows calculator
    program.  not set to scientific mode.  did you know the win calculator
    had a scientific mode?  Ok, shoot.  here’s one more that got me.
    From: sld1n@cc.usu.edu
    Prove that the crocodile is longer than it is wide.

    Lemma 1. The crocodile is longer than it is green:
    Let’s look at the crocodile. It is long on the top and on the bottom, but it is
    green only on the top. Therefore, the crocodile is longer than it is green.

    Lemma 2. The crocodile is greener than it is wide:
    Let’s look at the crocodile. It is green along its length and width, but it is
    wide only along its width. Therefore, the crocodile is greener than it is wide.

    From Lemma 1 and Lemma 2 we conclude that the crocodile is longer than it is
    wide.

    www.groovelily.com
    saw this great band thursday night in cary at
    the six string cafe.  got some
    cd’s and got each member to sign it.  thanks.  ok, i found
    this while searching for hell.
    well, whether they identify it as
    unidentifiable
    or not, anything that suddenly disappears from the sky would appear to be a ufo
    to me.   japanese culture is
    interesting to me

  • Thursday, July 24, 2003

    just to let
    everyone know i’ll be heading out to busch gardens early saturday morning, will
    return sometime sunday.

  • Tuesday, July 23, 2002

    I hope it’s ok.
    I don’t mind ads as long as it doesn’t distract from what your viewing.  I
    put a Amazon link on the left side there with the latest DVD movies that have
    been released.  I also have a link on the left that right now says Buy from
    me!  I may change that, cuz you’re not buying from me.  Although i do
    have things for sale.  that will come later.  anyway, click on the buy
    from me and it will take you to a link for the wonderful Lik-Sang company.
    These guys have tons of crap for video game systems, and general electronicy
    stuff.  enjoy.  I buy all my console cables from these guys, they are
    extremely cheap and have things you can’t find anywhere else.  promise.
    i thought a simple S-Video switch box would be easy to find.  sure, i found
    some for like a few hundred dollars.  the one i got from Lik-Sang was only
    like 15 bucks or something.  I’ve already received it and it works
    absolutely perfect.  I also bought S-Video cables for my Dreamcast and N64.
    Now i can use the switch box to go between my consoles and my DVD player.
    sweeet.     Amazon.com has almost every movie you could
    possibly want.  If it’s not in the newly released list on the front page
    here, go to my Buy From Me link and simply search on WHATEVER thing you’re
    looking for.  Books, movies, music, whatever.  i dont care.  just
    search for it from my site and i will love you.  also, the pretty pic of
    Osama his mamma up top announcing  his gayness is not just a pretty pic.
    It actually goes to T-Shirt Hell.  This site has all sorts of great
    t-shirts that you really won’t find anywhere else.  funny funny stuff.
    I dropped a lot of the other stupid ads that were at the very top of my page.
    I only left a few.  I will also put up a section for all the online dating
    places there are.  there are a ton of them and speaking from experience,
    the same people aren’t on all the sites.  so if you are single and
    interested in meeting someone online, or you aren’t single and are still looking
    to meet someone online for whatever purpose you may have, sign up with all the
    sites you can.  get your ad out.  let people see your pathetic face,
    and listen to you egostatistically hype your fake personality up so you can get
    a girl (or guy).  be truthful in these things.  if you are an ass, say
    you’re an ass.  you’ll be happier to meet a fellow ass than to meet someone
    who mistook you for something you think will get you responses.

  • Monday, July 22, 2002

    Ayumi Hamasaki’s +4 mix, orchestral version!  I have the techno/dance-ish
    version, but this one is also a must have!

  • Sunday, July 21, 2002

    so i read this
    article a while ago, and wanted to post about it.  problem was i felt the
    article didn’t give enough information.  today, i found another article,
    from the register.  as much as
    i recognize artists rights to their works, i just as much hate government
    attempting to control access.  a panel was set up of different groups to
    discuss ways to go about solving some of the problems facing the technology and
    hollywood types.  problem was that little thought was given to represent
    the consumer in said panel.  so, some citizens took it upon themselves to
    attend this meeting.  read what happened here.

    You like
    fairies?  check out some works by this great artist

    Cicely Mary Barker. 
     But this artist,
    Jessica Peffer is absolutely
    excellent.  good job.

  • Sunday, July 20, 2003

    and thats not all.
    is this a journal site or a link site?  should i post my personal things,
    or interesting links i find?  the internet is the linkage of cool stuff to
    other cool stuff.  so first, a brief linkage feature. bush lied about the
    war.  we did it
    just so
    we could get the oil fields
    .  it was denied by all the administration
    this go around that we did not purposely set oil fires in the last war.
    here’s proof
    otherwise
    .  listening to the opponents, saddam was a good man. we
    should of let him stay in power.  bush lied to everyone to convince us to
    go for it.
    here’s
    proof otherwise.
      The BBC admits the guy that was found dead recently
    was thier informant for weapons and he probably did embellish his stories.
    but thats ok, says blair.
    history
    will forgive us.
      but things are just great in post war iraq.
    here’s proof on that too.
    in other worldly news,

    france has banned email
    .
    south korea says its not
    scared
    , others who read alternative
    news
    knows otherwise
    .

    I realize i’ll be cancer free
    .  things can always be

    new and improved

    July 5 was my big two six.  i hosted a
    pool party which seems to be a favorite among my friends.  glad everyone
    enjoyed it.  for my birthday, my mom wanted to take me out to eat.
    but we couldnt go until last thursday.  it was my choice of where to go.
    and when I found out Alysson Light was
    playing at the six string again i
    promptly made up my mind.  But first up, was a singer i hadnt heard before,
    the wonderful Lisa Ray.  I enjoyed it
    enough to buy the CD, which she gladly signed for me.  Thanks Lisa.  I
    also pre-ordered Alysson’s new cd, which was supposed to have been able to sell
    thursday, but wasn’t quite ready yet.  Both artists are Tori Amos fans,
    playing regularly at the tribute concert held in Carrboro every year.  And i
    was treated to several of her songs done by both artists.  including a
    particular interesting version of Winter, in Japanese by Lisa!  A great
    tribute to her work, i’m anxious to see Tori again in concert.

  • Tuesday, July 9, 2002

    I now know what burnt
    soupy lasagna tastes like.  and smells like.  and is like to clean out
    of a burnt pan.  naked.  with hot oil .  having an audience.
    outside.  listening to
    virgill on the
    loudspeakers.   my god elements rocks it.  5 years ago maybe take
    a 5 or so, i saw a tape in one of the tape holder thingies sitting beside the
    cash register at a gas station.  I didn’t have the money to buy what I saw,
    for i would have bought it then.  I passed it up, and would get it the next
    time i came by.  it wasn’t there.  it wasn’t there then, or the next
    time or the next.  it wasn’t at that station, or that one, or that one or
    this one.  i honestly kept my eye out for years looking for said tape
    again.  everywhere i went that had one of these displays.  today, i
    finally found it.  at a gas station that is no more than 10 miles from my
    house, that i’ve only been to no more than 5 times in my entire life.
    there it was.  Steven
    Wright.
      so of course i picked it up and listened to the whole thing
    already.  absolutely hilarious.  it’s a recording of a show he did in
    some club years ago.  brilliant stuff this guy.  weirdo.  i adore
    him.  i try to be funny sometimes, but my jokes end up more involved than
    his.  and spontaneous.  and perverted.  and naked.  and i
    don’t have an audience.  outside.  the grass is littered with hot oil.
    there are lots of elemental rocks lying around.  lay.  lye.  lie.
    low.  am i boring you?  good!  excuse me.  *burp* its about
    that time.  i once wrote about a 5 page document without any paragraph
    breaks.  I have received a They Might Be Giants t-shirt and the new NO! cd.
    I have the DVD U-571 which i watched tonight.  I have Ayumi Hamasaki’s cd I
    mentioned the last time.  I have some other things i dont remember. i
    bought a bag of cracker jacks even. just so i would have some presents for my
    birthday.  (the toy inside the craker jacks)   today i went to
    staples.  i bought some things.  i bought notebooks and i bought a pc
    game, warcraft 2 battle.net edition.  sweet.  the lady at the counter
    asked if i shoudl be playing my games or doing my school work.  i told her
    i didn’t go to school.  she gave me the evil eye.  i said serious.
    she said come on.  i said guess my age.  she said 16.  i showed
    her my brand new driver’s license.  she said it was fake.  i showed
    her the hologram.  she said i could make that on the computer.  i paid
    with my credit card.  she asked if i get carded at bars, i said i rarely
    drink.  i told her i get carded at movie theaters.  she said not
    around here, they don’t care here.  which is true.  i used to go to r
    rated movies when i was in middle school.  cept i had no middle school,
    only elementary and high.  ahh well.   (btw, my b-day was July 5,
    I’m 25 now)  the theater in Louisburg has this nice retro feel to it.
    which it is.  especially the lower theater.  i don’t know if it still
    does, but it used to have a small arcade room on the 2nd floor.  i spent
    lots of time in there before.  i once went to a movie there where me and my
    friend were the last 2 people they let in, it sold out.  i think it was
    Ghostbusters 2.  or maybe 1.  but prob 2.  it seems like i was
    offered to just go there one time and make out with some girl, but now i can’t
    remember who.  ah those were the days eheeh.  i block out old things i
    don’t like.  like old girlfriends.  i give them names sometimes.
    only 2 have names.  one more has a name just because its fun.  but the
    other 2 because we parted on bad terms.  but then maybe a bad term to me is
    me not initiating it.  crack the riddle in my poetries and you’ll hear all
    the details.  my cat ran outside yesterday.  i dont know if i’ll let
    him back in.  its the third time in about 2 weeks.  i love him to
    death, but i cant deal with the bugs he brings back inside.  i even give
    him baths in flea and tick shampoo.  dont ask why i’m writing this.
    ask why you’re reading it.  www.fark.net
    www.wired.com  did you know you can
    access my website through
    radialmonster.isfunky.com
    ?    did you know i also own
    www.polkadottedpigs.com?
    don’t ask.