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ShadeOfHue :: Rainy Days

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:51:01 +0000

Rainy days do happen. They tend to knock your door when you're not expecting guests at all. Rain will come and step into your space not waiting for invitation?there is a certain beauty in a rain though. Once he's there, he locks you in and you are forced to do things you've been putting off when the sun shone upon your previous times?your need to be outdoors when the air filled with magic of summer doesn't relieve you from the necessary tasks at hand, but you sure can save them for the rainy day?so let's let the rain in, let's wipe his wet footprints from the floor and let's paint a song dressed in blue?invite her in and light the candles?pour red wine into her glass and let her taste the sweetness?

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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:02:31 +0000

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salted :: The Ides of March

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:19:19 +0000

Here we are half way thru March and it seems like it has flown. Good weather still present, Yahoo! I have clothes waiting to be hung outside, a dog to wash, and grocery shopping to do.
When Shirl and I went to the casino. I must have walked 2 miles a day easily up and down the hallways of the resort and outside. We only ate one meal a day and can you believe it I came back weighing more ???? I was sure I would lose some weight ! GGGGGGGGRRRRRRR! No fair !
As usual I'm getting the camping bug as spring gets closer. Ted has so many things to do before that is possible to the trailer and truck that I'm anxious for him to get started. We actually had a thunderstorm Sat. night according to Mike and Ted but I seem to have missed it. Still have all that painting to do in the house and still don't want to do it, LOL
I guess the sooner I start the sooner I will finish. Kind of like finding something in the last place you look? LOL Later..........

LynnPrince :: zhouxin Reading Unit2 Text1,2

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:16:40 +0000

Listening to Music
There are three levels on which we listen to music. The simplest level is the sensuous level. People listen to music without thinking and simply listen for the pleasure of the musical sound. The second level is expressive level. There is always a meaning to music, but the meaning can't be stated. The last one is the musical level. In this level, we must pay attention to melody, rhythm and harmony. In a word, we must listen to music more actively.

Music's History May Show a Path to Future Peace
Music's history is very complex and it clearly shows flavor of the times. The first settlers of the Appalachian Mountains brought folk music with them. Later, it became country music. Country music was very popular since 1920s. In the 1950s American teenagers began to listen to R&B, which was called soul by the 1960s. Disco and punk were very popular in the 1970s. Rap became popular in the 1980s. The development of music is related to people's concern about social issues, and it shows a path to future peace.

wpsddd :: dailiangyuan(David)_Reading_Unit2(Text 2)

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:42:59 +0000

This article generally introduces the three separate levels of listening to the music. First the simplest way is called sensuous level which means that you just listen to the music for fun. Though it is easy to approach but it's also fundamental and essential. The second is what we called expressive one, which contains a lot of problem. In this level you may feel what the music want to express and have a concrete image of them but difficult to catch the within nature of the music. The third level is the musical level. You will understand the real thought of the composer and get to know the principle of music. Apart from this, it mentioned that we always instinctively listen to the music in three ways at the same time and the most important thing is that we should be more conscious when listening.

mimsycakes :: So, New Diary

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:50:36 +0000

I do kinda miss the last place i had a diary, but i found this place, and it does have quite an extensive options menu to customise the overall look of the diary, which i quite like.. but i miss the minimalistic look of the old place.

I'm going to give this place a go.. in a weeks time i guess i'll know if i want to stay here or not.

So.. quite a few things have been happening again.
My crazy ex flipped out on me randomly and just basically started stalking me, so i had to get rid of my last diary, and start up a new one.

Hence, why i'm here.

I'm going to keep this entry to a short one for now, as i have to start getting ready to go out.. i have a doctors appointment for this morning.. but i'll probably write again later.

Bye for now

liujun :: Liu Jun Reading Unit 2(Text2)

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:53:44 +0000

This article tells us about the three levels of listening to music and encourages us to be more conscious.
The first level, also the simplest level, is sensuous level on which we listen without thinking and are appealed to musical sound.
The second level is expressive level. It's hard to explain what a piece of music expresses but the more expressive it is, the more likely it remains alive.
The third level is musical level. On this level musical lovers should be more conscious about melody, rhythm and harmony.

zhouya :: Response Journal for Week 3

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:40:05 +0000

Michael McCarthy regards discourse analysis as ?the study of the relationship between language and the contexts in which it is used?, which blurs the line between discourse analysis and pragmatics. However, common sense tells us that there must be some characteristics that can distinguish them. According to Wikipedia, discourse analysis is the branch of linguistics that deals with the study and application of approaches to analyze written, spoken or signed language, while pragmatics is a subfield of linguistics which studies the ways in which context contributes to meaning. Also, some scholars believe that the only difference lies in the fact that discourse analysis deals with a series of utterance or writing, but pragmatics takes a single piece of utterance or writing as its object. Admittedly, it is becoming increasingly difficult to draw a clear line between discourse analysis and pragmatics, especially in the field of speech act which falls into the research scopes of both linguistic branches. Nevertheless, as far as I am concerned, discourse analysis aims at generalizing communication rules by analyzing utterance or writing, while pragmatics penetrates through those phenomena and rules to reveal motives driving people to communicate the way they do. For example, for turn-taking in dialogues, discourse analysis seeks for the typical pattern in taking floor and giving up floor; pragmatics proceeds further to explain why people take turns in a certain manner.

When it comes to the scope of discourse analysis, M. McCarthy says the overall aim is to better understand ?how natural spoken and written discourse looks and sounds?. But what is the exact meaning of ?natural?? Is it the way native speakers use their language, or the way that people as social beings use language as a tool of communication? If ?natural? takes the first meaning, it automatically excludes discourse of second language learners from the scope of discourse analysis. On this ground, I guess the author refers to language in daily use which runs contrary to the well-formed, long sentences constructed by traditional grammarians. My interpretation of ?natural? is proved correct by the following words after stating the overall aim: ?this may well be different from what textbook writers and teachers have assumed from their own intuition, which is often burdened with prejudgments deriving from traditional grammar, vocabulary and intonation teaching?.

Last but not least, in talking about cohesive devices, the author overlooks the role of substitution in linking sentences. For example, ?Do you think she already knows that she will have a promotion?? ?I think everybody does.? Here, ?does? replaces the late part of the question. Hence, substitution can do the job of achieving cohesion in discourse, just the same as reference, conjunction, ellipsis and lexical means. What is more, ellipsis can be considered as a special case of substitution: zero substitution, namely, replace words with nothing. For instance, ?How did the burglar break in?? ?Let me show you how.? It can be said that the interlocutor omits ?the burglar broke in? or substitutes it with nothing.

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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:36:03 +0000

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MissJacinta :: Test, test, test

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:11:34 +0000

Well today has been test free, but tomorrow I have Math. I'm not confident I'll do well, but at least I'll be able to finish all the questions (I hope).
I had a spare lesson today, in which I wrote a really sad story/ interior monologue like thing. When I finish it (it stands at two pages for now) I may post it here.

In other news I cyber f***** my best friend and some random guy last night. I soo hated the guy, I wanted it to be just us two, but she would never go along with that. So I had fun with her and tried to not let him cyber touch me, :P

I gotta go study, sorry dearest.

Nilinna :: By Cathy

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:58:28 +0000

14 Mar. 2010 – Response to “Kelly Chan’s pregnancy” in Shanghai Times on Mar. 10 2010
By Wenqian Xiao

This article is an interview. It is Kelly Chan talking about her marriage and her pregnancy. In this dialogue, Kelly Chan clarified that her pregnancy is a truth, although she wore high-heeled shoes on the fifth day after giving birth to her son, and her figure is still slim.
Kelly Chan is a classic example of female famous stars. They do several hours every day, and eat very less food to keep fit, just because they want to show a beautiful figure in front of TV and in photos. Even a mother during the pregnancy will not stop doing this. No wonder people will doubt whether she has pregnancy, or she just ask others to give birth to her son instead herself. She told the reporter that she has no choice but to keep fit for her career, and she is so sad that she does not want to hear more gossips about her pregnancy. She loves her son and often cries when she saw her son’s pictures if she is separate with her son for a few days for her job. Can anyone still doubt for this deep love from a mother?
Another interesting piece of information is about her marriage. Kelly Chan confessed her boyfriend, now her husband, at the beginning of her singer career, and she never has any love affairs. People like to create love affairs without any strong evidence. This is a hard thing for a star to keep away from gossips, because their private life is under everyone’s eyes. In addition, their love is often not so steadily. It is always connected to some business relationships to attract people and improve their publicity, and sometimes just for fun. People in the entertainment world are regarded not treating love so seriously. Therefore, it is hard for them to find someone who truly loves them.
What confuses me most is that how Kelly Chan balance her career and her family. Baby needs mother’s affection, and she often cries for missing her son. It is a sad thing for a mother, and is not good for baby during his growing up. For a woman, it is completely regretful.

jennyim :: life and death...

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:23:50 +0000

gosh
what kind of situation is that???
to be very honest
my very first reaction was super happy for them and super glad that such amazing thing is happening again!!!
but...but....most of the times, reality is cruel
seems that the operation, the process, is the only solution
but to me
of coz
despite the fact that in China it is not allowed unless you pay
+ another fact that financially their family just doesn't allow them to hv an extra one....at the very least, not now...
AND
there is another crucial fact that giving birth actually means putting her life at risk...
right
despite all thes 3
of coz
it should be kept
after all
it is a miracle from God
and it's a LIFE

while Heung has not yet get over MasterChu's death
this little thing out there has to give up its life

*sigh*

right

that is exactly.....life

coz life has a lot of unexpected things lying ahead for us
we just have to accept the things that we cannot change..with serenity
so as the courage to change the things that I can
and the wisdom to know the difference
Dear Lord
guids us
help us
guide me
help me

for I really don't know how to comfort the 2 of them
for I really don't know what kind of support that I can give them...apart from just sitting next to them and give them a hug
I wish
I really wish I can do something more
I wish
I really wish I can say something to soothe their broken hearts
I just wish they know God is out there taken care of everything
really
E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G

yes
by telling them
God is around
by prayting for them
praying with them
Dear Lord
safe them
Dear Lord
show us the guide....

dreamergirl21 :: here again!

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:42:25 +0000

hey ya!
yea its me again, same day, may what..? and hour later? i just finished my stupid definitions and i really enjoyed doing this. i just read part of someone elses entry, and it was really sweet! they wrote all about their life and kids and stuff and i thought it was really cool! so, im going to write about... let me think... ok yea! so last week was spring break! it was a lot of fun, but i still dont want to go back to skool... anyway, i went on a cuise to the bahamas, it was beautiful, even though we didnt get to go to a beach... but the cruise in my oppinion was beautiful and had great view all the time, becuz, no duh we were in the middle of the ocean!! haha! there was a pool, few hot tubs, mini golf, and ping pong! the ping pong and pool were my fav! so i met a few friends on the boat, and i still talk to some of them! its kool making knew friends! i learned alot from them, like how people dont notice how great their lives are cuz some have it alot harder than others. some taught me that even though someone seems strange on the outside, and maybe they r having issues that may seem weird, you have to find the better side of them and try to bring it out for everyone to see! again ill say that im an optimistic person and that i try to see the best in people, the way God made them! its the best way to take on life! anyway, my new friends are awesome and i love talking to them, even though they live kinda far away! anyway, the cruise was amazing, and when we reached da bahamas, we were planning on going snorkeling, but it was kinda cold and i kinda got scared... my dreams of being a scuba diver arent looking too great! hehe!! whatev, ill get over it! fear is just an obstical in the road of your life that eventually youll overcome it...unless your fear is spiders, like me! those little things still scare the bejeezees outa me! no overcomin that! if anyone finds a way to, pleez oh pleez leave me a comment how!!!!!!!!!! but my friend said that spiders are just like humans, but i still think they are the creepiest things ever!!!!!!!! anywhom, gotta go! skool tomorrow... :(.... nite nite yall! sleep tight! Find peace in the Lord and all will be ok! luv yall!

allimom :: THESE REALLY WORK!!

allimom@deardiary.net — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:47:56 +0000

AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES:

1. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONE ELSE TO HOLD THE VEGETABLES WHILE YOU CHOP.

2. AVOID ARGUMENTS WITH THE FEMALES ABOUT LIFTING THE TOILET SEAT BY USING THE SINK.

3. FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SUFFERERS ~ SIMPLY CUT YOURSELF AND BLEED FOR A FEW MINUTES, THUS REDUCING THE PRESSURE ON YOUR VEINS. REMEMBER TO USE A TIMER.

4. A MOUSE TRAP PLACED ON TOP OF YOUR ALARM CLOCK WILL PREVENT YOU FROM ROLLING OVER AND GOING BACK TO SLEEP AFTER YOU HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON.

5. IF YOU HAVE A BAD COUGH, TAKE A LARGE DOSE OF LAXATIVES. THEN YOU'LL BE AFRAID TO COUGH.

6. YOU ONLY NEED TWO TOOLS IN LIFE - WD-40 AND DUCT TAPE. IF IT DOESN'T MOVE AND SHOULD, USE THE WD-40. IF IT SHOULDN'T MOVE AND DOES, USE THE DUCT TAPE.

7. IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

DAILY THOUGHT:

SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.

Save the Earth. It's the Only Planet with Chocolate!

MyNamesPit :: Probably a damn republican too.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:48:05 +0000

"...Hey, I gotta go man, my suspect just pulled up. I'll call you back later." Click.

My oldest childhood friend: a damn city cop. Something I never thought I'd see. It still leaves me with a sense of unease; that this is the same kid I used to get into so much mischief with. Would he still have my back if I got into trouble? Would he still be my alabi? Everything inside me says yes, he'd still be there for me. But I can't be sure. Either way, one things for sure:

If that mutha fuckaz crazy ass thinks I'ma stop ridin dirty up ova dis shit, his ass is trippin! Ya-know-what-I'm-sayin?!

vollyballfreak :: FLORIDA

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:29:19 +0000

GOIN TO FLORIDA MIT MY BEST BUDDY
WEDNESDAY @ 11 AND GET TO MISS SCHOOL
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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jamiethefabulous :: What a crappy weekend

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:19:52 +0000

This weekend has just been crappy all around for me. For one, it hasn't stopped raining since friday morning.

Then friday afternoon I ate at a local place I wont name and spent all that night throwing up and my stomach cramping. Bleh.

Saturday had the fight of all fights with my husband, I was so mad at him I swear I could have ripped his head off and even now I'm not 100% sure what started it, but it took all day to fix and it was very exhausting. I had to just leave the house, I took a trip to run an errand that took about an hour and a half and felt better when I came back.

It's still raining today, and I actually slept in. I have literally not slept in since I was probably 19 and "sleeping in" to me now is 8:30 but this morning my mom called me at 12:24 in the afternoon and I was still deeply sleeping. I am just so tired.

angelsbleed2 :: i should probably explain

drunkensuperstar@hotmail.com — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:16:55 +0000

i should prob explain the who situ

i expect some form of being told off because clearly i would if it was someone else.

being bored is bad, being bored on fb is even worse. especially on a saturday night, when your home, alone, watching inbetweeners box set and doing college work. rickie left the funniest drunk fb status and it made me laugh so i made a comment. then he sent me private message
then we swapped numbers
i knew this would happen when we met in bar med a few months ago.

anyway he was being drunk and doing an asa, where are u? are u out? coming back with me?

er im at home and im alone and sober lol . but no rather then ignoring him like i should have i kept texting back. it was quite funny actually in a ive been single for ages im glad hes as curious now as he was before. after last time and everything. yeah lol.
i cracked when he asked if i was really going to go over and i joking said "yeah im not coming round, rain check?" figuring he had sussed it and would laugh. no no "deal but u owe me" and my big mouth goes "actually u owe me if i remember correctly"

what is wrong with me why can i not control myself. it was like 1am why was i awake ?

the plus side was when i wrote the first entry i hadnt heard from him so assumed the drunk would have forgotten. no no. no he hasnt. and rather then being sensible im really curiouse which is so so so bad. he wanted to pick a day, i went for lets keep it spontaneous, which translates to when im drunk ill call u lol

i know im being a dick and after my moan the other day i deserve what i was moaning about. the other side is that this is rickie. i know that isnt an excuse. nothin will even come of it because it never does. its harmless flirting. must not do anything!!!

VioletXue :: 14 March 2010 --- Response to � From Beijing to Roma� in Shanghai Times on 10 March 2010

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:47:36 +0000

14 March 2010 --- Response to ? From Beijing to Roma? in Shanghai Times on 10 March 2010
by Violet
This article is about a family's long long journey from Beijing to Roma. The young couple are from two different countries, the husband is an American and the lady is from China. Their three-year-old son, Longlong, active and cute, is the initiator of this trip.
Longlong loves trains. He can keep drawing trains for hours. Seeing the little boy's concentrated face, the parents made a decision, ? Why not us going to Roma by train? Let Longlong enjoy a satisefied train ride! ? After a few days' preparation, they stepped onto the train from Beijing to Russia. They enjoyed the beautiful Saut?ed Mongolian Beef then changed onto the train to Siberia. In the author's words, the Lake Baikal looked like a sleeping beauty. It is so blue and clear that people called it ?the blue eye of Siberia'. The family was deeply attracted by that view.
Reading this article made me feel relaxed. Their trip is full of nice sceneries, and also, the deep love among the family members. The young parents who are from two backgrounds surely have some different views, especially on their child. However, they did quite well in dealing with those problems. Because they know that they love each other. This article is only a part of the book, Westward Rails. I recommend this book to those who love train trip and the young parents, it will help a lot.

vienna :: reading 091100039 wanglu

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:43:24 +0000

Text one
This text is mainly talking about the development of the music in America. It goes though hillbilly music, country music, folk music, rock and roll music, soul music, disco, rap music, new wave music. In different ages, the music has its own special features. Looking the history of music, we can find the music can promote the world's peace to some degree. It shows a path to future peace.

Text two
This text tells us we can break our listening process into three separate levels, namely, the sensunous level, the expressive level and the musical level. If you listen to the music just for fun, just care for its sound, and don't think, this belongs to the first level. If you care the expressive meaning, this belongs to the second one, If you care the notes and arrangements of music, then this belong to the third one. In fact, when we listen to music, all the three levels are involved in.