:::::::::::::: .plan-v :::::::::::::: presenting the charles lin .p & .p valentine's day special. There is nothing in this world so sweet as love, and next to love, the sweetest thing is hate. -- Longfellow (1819-1892) with a depressing lack of love in my life, a day in celebration of it is a vile anathema to me; i choose this day for despair and sorrow and fury. :::::::::::::: .plan1 :::::::::::::: The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane. -- Phaedrus If I don't drive around the park, I'm pretty sure to make my mark. baka. If I'm in bed each night by ten, baka baka. I may get back my looks again. minna baka. If I abstain from fun and such, watashi mo kekkou baka yone. I'll probably amount to much; whatever. But I shall stay the way I am, -- Ruri Hoshino Because I do not give a damn. -- Dorothy Parker :::::::::::::: .plan2 :::::::::::::: To err is human; to forgive is simply not our policy. -- MIT Assasination Club There is a certain amount of prestige involved in having a machine that is a). powerful and b). difficult to use. Of course, by this theory, if I had a Cray that I could only program in a binary representation of the Navajo language, I would be the coolest person on earth. :) -- Joanna Wojtysiak (joanna@cs.ualberta.ca) on rec.arts.anime.misc :::::::::::::: .plan3 :::::::::::::: Top Ten Favorite Seiyuu: Hisakawa Aya, Kasahara Hiroko, Kouda Mariko, Mitsuishi Kotono, Yamamoto Maria, Inoue Kikuko, Tange Sakura, Sakurai Tomo, Okamoto Mayo, Miyamura Yuko Top Ten Favorite Characters: Skuld, Ruri Hoshino, Makino Tsukushi, Himeko Nonohara, Misao Makimichi, Hajime Saitoh, Tsukishima Shizuku, Azalyn (Empress Goza the 16th) Top Twenty-ONE Favorite Anime (unordered): Mimi O Subaseba, Hime-chan no Ribbon, Hana Yori Dango, Nadesico, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Laputa, Macross Plus, Perfect Blue, Porco Rosso, Shoujo Kakumei Utena, Rurouni Kenshin, Idol Project, Kyuuketsuki Miyu, Taiho Shichauzo, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Flame of Recca, Kodomo no Omocha, Fushigi Yuugi, Magic Knights Rayearth, Ah My Goddess, Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou last updated: 09/21/99 :::::::::::::: .plan4 :::::::::::::: "Well, in OUR country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else -- if you ran very fast for a long time, as we've been doing." "A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, HERE, you see, it takes all the running YOU can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!' -- Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll :::::::::::::: .plan5 :::::::::::::: C S Aitaina aenaina setsunaina konokimochi A A Ienaino iitaino CHANCE nogshitebakari R K Datte datte Tsubasahiroge futaride D U Sora wo MARATHON yume wo UNISON shitai C R Hora Catch You Catch You Catch Me Catch Me matte A A Kocchi wo muite SUKIdatoitte P So Nice to Meet You Good to See You kitto T Watashinoomoi anatano HEART ni tonde tonde tondeike O KO*I*SHI*TE*RU R :::::::::::::: .plan6 :::::::::::::: K K N sagashi mono wa nandesuka? mitskenikui mono desuka? A A O kaban no naka mo, tsukue no naka mo R N sagashitakeredo mitsukaranai no ni E O J mada mada sagasu ki desuka? sore yori boku to odorimasen ka? S J I yume no naka e, yume no naka e, itte mitai to omoimasen ka? H O J yasumu koto mo yurusarezu, warau koto ha tomerarete I O haitsukubatte, haitsukubatte, ittai nani sagashiteiru no ka? U ittai nani o sagashiteiru no ka? sagasu no o yameta toki, mitsukaru koto mo yoku aru hanashi de odorimashou, yume no naka e itte mitai to omoimasen ka? :::::::::::::: .plan7 :::::::::::::: To possess the power of emacs, the friendliness of pico, and the strange quirkiness of vi. The path is not set for you; so start running and keep going. The path is what you find when you turn around and look back at where you've been. You may not know where you're going, but you'll know when you get where you need to be. "Fate" is what you assert when you wish to avoid responsibility. "Free will" is what you assert when you wish to project that responsibility upon others. 4.16.11 + 3.1.3 :) :::::::::::::: .plan8 :::::::::::::: She's still my favorite singer: Hisakawa Aya, µ×Àî°½ (euc-jp: 3e0a 4869 7361) More often than not, thought follows emotion, and emotion follows action. First act how you wish to feel, then have the feeling, and only then will thoughts of why you feel that way arise. :::::::::::::: .plan9 :::::::::::::: Il n'y a auncun chemin au futur. Le chemin est ce que forme quand vous courez en avant. Si on ne brise pas le coquille de l'oeuf, la poussin va mourir. Et l'oeuf, c'est la monde, le poussin, c'est nous. Si on ne brise pas la coquille, nous allons mourir. Alors brisons la! Pour revolutionner le monde! Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. -- Sydney J. Harris :::::::::::::: .plan10 :::::::::::::: Now that day wearies me, My yearning desire Will receive more kindly, Like a tired child, the starry night. Hands, leave off your deeds, Mind, forget all thoughts; All of my forces Yearn only to sink into sleep. And my soul, unguarded, Would soar on widespread wings, To live in night's magical sphere More profoundly, more variously. -- Hermann Hesse, "Going to Sleep" :::::::::::::: .plan11 :::::::::::::: Si on ne brise pas le coquille de l'oeuf, la poussin va mourir. Et l'oeuf, c'est la monde, le poussin, c'est nous. Si on ne brise pas la coquille, nous allons mourir. Alors brisons la! Pour revolutionner le monde! :::::::::::::: .plan12 :::::::::::::: a8" 88 88 "8a a8" "" 88 "8a a8" 88 "8a a8" ,adPPYba, 88 ,adPPYb,d8 88,dPPYba, "8a "8a I8[ "" 88 a8" `Y88 88P' "8a a8" "8a `"Y8ba, 88 8b 88 88 88 a8" "8a aa ]8I 88 "8a, ,d88 88 88 a8" "8a `"YbbdP"' 88 `"YbbdP"Y8 88 88 a8" aa, ,88 "Y8bbdP" :::::::::::::: .plan13 :::::::::::::: "That person hasn't vanished. She's merely left your world. Farewell." "Now it's my turn to go to you. No matter where you are, I'll find you. Wait for me!" "itsuka, issho ni kagayite..." :::::::::::::: .plan14 :::::::::::::: 88 88 88 "" 88 88 88 88 88 8b,dPPYba, 88 88 88 ,adPPYba, 88 88 88P' "Y8 88 88 88 a8P_____88 88 88 88 88 88 88 8PP""""""" "" 88 88 "8a, ,a88 88 "8b, ,aa aa 88 88 `"YbbdP'Y8 88 `"Ybbd8"' 88 :::::::::::::: .plan15 :::::::::::::: i am an engineer. i am perpetually stressed, exhausted, and my only defense mechanism against madness is a façade of apathy and lassitude. of course, i like to bash the trinity students. but in the end, we both have chosen our directions. we engineers simply chose a more difficult one. sometimes i wonder why. and then i remember. if you're an engineer, you should understand. you should know why. and if you have to ask, now you know why you're not an engineer. :::::::::::::: .plan16 :::::::::::::: People naturally fear misfortune and long for good fortune, but if the distinction is carefully studied, misfortune often turns out to be good fortune and good fortune to be misfortune. The wise man learns to meet the changing circumstances of life with an equitable spirit, being neither elated by success nor depressed by failure. --Buddha (B.C. 568-488) :::::::::::::: .plan17 :::::::::::::: Goodbye to my junior year. Survive until Sunday, May 13, 2001. :::::::::::::: .plan18 :::::::::::::: So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality--the grass would be only rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waving of the reeds--the rattling teacups would change to tinkling sheep-bells, and the Queen's shrill cries to the voice of the shepherd boy-- and the sneeze of the baby, the shriek of the Gryphon, and all the other queer noises would change (she knew) to the confused clamour of the busy farm-yard-- while the lowing of the cattle in the distance would take the place of the Mock Turtle's heavy sobs. :::::::::::::: .plan19 :::::::::::::: M9V(@FYY2!Y8FIR M92!Z;" U,# M9&AR9F=V8F$@8VAE=F=L(&=R9F<@"F9P8F5R(&]L(#4E+B Z "*0IZ mad props if you get this. :) :::::::::::::: .plan20 :::::::::::::: Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of eternity. -- Percy Bysshe Shelley You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd. -- Flannery O'Connor :::::::::::::: .plan21 :::::::::::::: blissful, serene, and quiet contentment, softly radiant like a warm flame inside my heart. :::::::::::::: .plan22 :::::::::::::: The great thing about friends is that you always have someone who can make you laugh. For even more fun, don't tell them why you're laughing. :::::::::::::: .plan23 :::::::::::::: 888 888 888 888 888 888 .d88b. 888d888 .d88b. .d88b. .d8888b 888 888 .d8888b888 888.d8888b 888 d88""88b888P" d88P"88bd88""88b 88K 888 888d88P" 888 .88P88K 888 888 888888 888 888888 888 "Y8888b.888 888888 888888K "Y8888b.Y8P Y88..88P888 Y88b 888Y88..88P X88Y88b 888Y88b. 888 "88b X88 " "Y88P" 888 "Y88888 "Y88P" 88888P' "Y88888 "Y8888P888 888 88888P'888 888 Y8b d88P "Y88P" :::::::::::::: .plan24 :::::::::::::: I have tasted the fruit of the tree of knowledge and it is bitter. Would you, could you ever willingly choose innocence again, to reject the sum of experience, to begin anew? We are still children after all... (Or perhaps I think too much, too hard, too often...) :::::::::::::: .plan25 :::::::::::::: I don't believe in trouble I don't like being in Hudson I don't believe in pain I don't like being in Teer I don't believe there's nothing left I want to say "the hell with this" but running here again and run away from here I don't believe in promise I don't have many finals I don't believe in chance But projects are a curse I don't believe you can resist I don't see how my life this week the things that make no sense could possibly get worse -- "Believe", from Run Lola Run -- parody, from being under stress :::::::::::::: .plan26 :::::::::::::: char*p="char*p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} :::::::::::::: .plan27 :::::::::::::: You cannot save the world, you cannot even expect to save a single person, you cannot even save yourself, for you will never understand from where you choose to stand now. :::::::::::::: .plan28 :::::::::::::: living, dying, one day at a time, second by second by second by second... :::::::::::::: .plan29 :::::::::::::: ... And together we shall dance in and out of ten billion years, celebrating the gift of consciousness until the stars themselves grow cold and weary, and our thoughts turn again to the beginning. -- Lady Deirdre Skye, "Conversations with Planet" Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri :::::::::::::: .plan30 :::::::::::::: , . . . -+- _ |_ _ ._ _ _.._ _| _|._. _ _.._ _ | (_) [ )(_)[_)(/, (_][ )(_] (_][ (/,(_][ | ) | :::::::::::::: .plan31 :::::::::::::: There once was a tiger-striped cat. He died a million times and was reborn a million times and was owned by various people he didn't care for. The cat wasn't afraid to die. One day the cat was a stray cat, a free cat. He met a white female cat, and the two spent their days happily together. Years passed, and the white cat died of old age. The tiger-striped cat cried a million tears and died. It was never born again. :::::::::::::: .plan32 :::::::::::::: Things have turned a deeper shade of blue And images that might be real May be illusion Keep flashing off and on Free Wanna be free Gonna be free And move among the stars You know they really aren't so far Feels so free Gotta know free Please Don't wake me from the dream It's really everything it seemed I'm so free No black and white in the blue :::::::::::::: .plan33 :::::::::::::: 61 6C 6F 6E 65 20 61 67 61 69 6E 2C 20 6E 61 74 75 72 61 6C 6C 79 I close my eyes and I keep seeing things Call me call me Rainbow waterfalls Don't you think it's 'bout time Sunny liquid dreams Please won't you call and Confusion creeps inside me raining doubt Ease my mind Gotta get to you Reasons for me to find you But I don't know how Peace of mind Call me call me What can I do Let me know it's alright To get me to you :::::::::::::: .plan34 :::::::::::::: "it is your destiny to remain unhappy" self-similarity: Alison Montgomery (Avalon) Izawa Maho (Karekano) Maehara Shinobu (Love Hina) Arisugawa Juri (Utena) Hinayama Rio (To Heart) Kaoru Miki (Utena) :::::::::::::: .plan35 :::::::::::::: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. --Reinhold Niebuhr :::::::::::::: .plan36 :::::::::::::: Sometime when you least expect it, Love will tap you on the shoulder... and ask you to move out of the way because it still isn't your turn. -- N.V. Plyter :::::::::::::: .plan37 :::::::::::::: 88 88 ad88 "" 88 ,d d8" 88 88 88 88 88,dPPYba, MM88MMM MM88MMM 8b,dPPYba, 88 88P' "8a 88 88 88P' "8a 88 88 88 88 88 88 d8 88 88 88 88, 88 88b, ,a8" 88 88 88 "Y888 88 88`YbbdP"' 88 88 :::::::::::::: .plan38 :::::::::::::: __ _ _____ _____ ______ KOPPERIA no hitsugi | \ | | | | |_____/ nagareru namida wa mou kare hate | \_| |_____| __|__ | \_ chi ni ueta kodoku shi wa tenshi no nikoge no nioi wo sasete mau "Le noir, ce mot désigne depuis une époque lointaine le nom du destin. Les deux vierges règnent sur la mort. Les mains noires protègent la paix des nouveaux-nés." :::::::::::::: .plan39 :::::::::::::: A winter's day In a deep and dark December; I am alone, Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I've built walls, A fortress deep and mighty, That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. I am a rock, I am an island. Don't talk of love, But I've heard the words before; It's sleeping in my memory. I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried. I am a rock, I am an island. I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island. And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries. -- "I am a Rock", Simon and Garfunkel :::::::::::::: .plan41 :::::::::::::: Average life expectancy for the United States for those born in 1979-1983 is estimated to be 74.2 years (70.5 for males, 77.8 for females). If you were born in: Your life expectancy You have lived this much from birth (M/F) of your life expectancy (M/F) 1979 69.8 / 77.2 32.0% / 28.9% 1980 70.0 / 77.4 30.5% / 27.5% 1981 70.4 / 77.8 28.9% / 26.1% 1982 70.8 / 78.1 27.3% / 24.8% 1983 71.0 / 78.1 25.9% / 23.5% 1984 71.1 / 78.2 24.4% / 22.2% These values were calculated for November 12, 2000, from information from the Dept. of Health and Human Services. :::::::::::::: .plan42 :::::::::::::: 88 88 ad88 88 "" 88 d8" 88 88 88 88 88 88,dPPYba, 88,dPYba,,adPYba, MM88MMM 88 88 88P' "8a 88P' "88" "8a 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 (see "ihtfp") :::::::::::::: .plan43 :::::::::::::: . . . . . . __._ _ _.;_/ |*;_/ _ _. _.|_ *| _| _) [_)(/,(_]| \ ||| \(/, (_] (_.[ )||(_] * * * |