Past News:

Jan. 18th: Without a doubt, its been much more than a month since I've last placed new content in this homepage. I am ashamed, I am ashamed. But I'm back with a big fat muse related to the incartions of evil that we call reeds.

Dec. 4th: A muse stemming from a flock of crows perched outside my apartment.

Dec. 1st: The moon is infinitely beautiful. Though it's somewhat ironic to write a muse related to that in the morning, where the arrogance of the sun clouds the noble beauty that is the moon, the thought arose and here I am. *Grin*

Nov. 30th: A muse. . . of little content. :P

Nov. 26th: Snowing again. I like snow, even with the chilly, inconvenient implications that come with the white faeries in the sky. Well, a short muse today. :)

Nov. 22nd: Yes, I realize the bottom of this news page is actually exceeding the screen height, and if I want to follow good HTML practice, I ought to paste some of the older news into the "Ye Olde News" section. But I'm lazy! Mwahahaha! Deal with it!! Oh, and there's a new muse up about professionalism. Geez, when will I work on other parts of the page? The biography of Beethoven is long overdue, and Clare has gotten a new look for a looooong time now. *Sigh* What can I say? Human nature is to be dominated by laziness. Or, at least, my nature is. *Grin*

Nov. 17th: I reached for the doorknob and was struck by static electricity. Today's muse is the story of that moment.

Nov. 16th: Wrote the sequel to last time's muse. Today is: a good performance, from the audience's point of view. Well. . . . that was the topic I intended. But as the random nature of random musings tend to randomly proceed (har), the audience's point of view is a relatively small portion of the muse by word count. *Grin*

Nov. 11th: Played a piece today. Haven't performed ina while, and it felt quite good. Wrote a muse about it. . . a good performance, from the performer's point of view.

Nov. 8th: Haven't mused in a while. :P Been watching anime and playing computer games! The wandering samurai in the Meiji era is definitely a setup for some fantastic plotlines.

Oct. 31st: Saw another bird dead on the street. Wrote a muse. Decided that perhaps I am Lucifer. Ended with a resolve to write something more optimistic next time.

Oct. 29th: The little bird. . . that I mentioned before. I found it struggling on the street when I came back from practicing one morning, so I picked it up and tried to help it. But it died on my desk.

Oct. 27th: I'm watching anime again. These impulses, I guess, come in waves. Now that the computer game surge has passed, I'm back to watching anime. Who knows how long this urge to persist. *Grin* Anyway, got another muse.

Oct. 23: A muse. Solo vs. soli. . . And now I'll go to bed.

Oct. 19th: A. . . muse. . . kind of. Not exact the most intelligent words that I have spewed forth from my mouth, the same mouth that is privileged enough to be a part of Clare's kiss. Hmm. . . what am I saying? These words, in effect, have really spewed forth from my finger. Then perhaps I can say that it's the same fingers that are privileged enough to hold Clare's slender, ebony torso and embrace her in a dance each day. Heh heh. . . I'm really hopeless. *Grin*

Oct. 18th later: Argh. . . I'm so frustrated. . . When there is no progress, when I am agitated, when Clare and I are not one being, but rather two struggling individuals attempting these obscene high notes, when practicing is painful, in the wrist, in the lip, in the patience, in the mind, when I wish it's easier. . . I'm frustrated. It's a part of it, I know, and it will pass, I know. But I need to shout it somewhere, even if my voice flails about, flapping all alone as a string of zeroes and ones, in the echoing digital world.

Oct. 18th: I saw that trail of white clouds from a jet plane in the sky today. Then I came home and wrote a short muse.

Oct. 17th: Can you believe that I updated my page, but it's not a muse? *Gasp* Go check out some pictures of the cutest birds that made Oct. 16th an extremely special day!

Oct. 16th: Another muse. This time, as opposed to the aloof philosophical thoughts that plague my mind like a disease, it's actually based on a true story! Starring. . . Rabby and the Three Little Birds.

Oct. 12th: Mused again. Some babble on fate. There appears to be recurring themes of these random musings of mine. The fascination with inanimate objects possessing life is one, the concept of fate another. Also tucked among these chaotic thoughts are some sort of haughty rebellion against the concept of God and pondering over the nature of art. If I actually disciplined myself to focus and tackle these problems one at a time, maybe I can actually reach some sort of solution beneficial to more than the temporary unleashing of ideas that seems to ease the mind in a drug-like fashion.

Oct. 7th: Hey, 'tis my birthday today! Well, nothing spectacular really happened -- no bag of money fell from the sky, nor did I gain a life-altering epiphany. But I did muse a bit.

Oct. 4th: Feeling all mighty and invincible after writing my first program in the Unix environment, I'm here to accompany my webpage at last with a *surprise surpise* muse!!

Sept. 28th: Another short muse, a story about religious slaves and some afterthoughts. It seems I don't do anything except muse on this homepage anymore. . . sorry, I'm just lazy. :D

Sept. 22nd: Mused -- started out as a comparison on the singing merits of Japanese and Latin, then later digressed and became some chaotic babble about the nature of art. Heh, sounds like I'm an almighty philosopher or something.

Sept. 20th: Another muse, a story about a kindhearted fool.

Sept. 17th: Mused today: a deep, sophisticated philosophy hidden behind seemingly boring objects such as hamburgers. Heh heh heh. . . . chicken sandwiches are the best!

Sept. 11th: So it's this day again. . . *sigh* Well, on a lighter note, I've mused for three days in a row, which definitely contradicts the inertia of laziness that seems to govern my lifestyle of late.

Sept. 10th: A somewhat sentimental muse about my highschool years. Well, actually 70% mumble, and 30% actual content, but that's how muses go. *Grin*

Sept. 9th: A short muse. I really like willow trees -- they seem to possess the same serene calmness that is the moon, but at the same time brush their brushes against those who walk by, and bless their paths with green content happiness.

Sept. 6th: Mused. I also watched the Oh My Goddess! and Card Captor Sakura: The Sealed Card movies today! (And the other Sakura movie. . . but it's not as good) To quote from yesterday, "Such a non-productive lifestyle I lead in this summer vacation." Ah, something else to celebrate: now all the news on my second index page are from this year! And my homepage isn't weeping every night of loneliness anymore.

Sept. 5th: Another muse. A rather long one this time. . . I wonder if watching so much anime has put too many weird thoughts in my mind. Such a non-productive lifestyle I lead in this summer vacation. . . *Grin*

Sept. 2nd: A short muse.

Aug. 31st: I seem to be incapable of doing anything besides musing on my homepage now. While I feel a little wimpy, it is my hope that such a slump will pass, and I can finally finish Beethoven's biography, and Clare's shrine. Either way, there's a new muse.

Aug. 29th: A story of Petrouchka in the random musing section.

Aug. 28th: Well surprise surprise, I actually still care about my homepage! *Homepage weeps uncontrollably out of joy, and of course, sheer shock* There there now, don't cry don't cry. Anyway. . . even if it may not look like it, I've given my homepage an organizational makeover, which includes using the nifty template feature of Dreamweaver and converting all the layers to tables! Also, a new guest to the page, the guestbook! *HAR HAR HAR* Anyway, knock yourself out. I think maybe it's finally time for me to finish that Beethoven biography. Y'know, I've noticed some mistakes in the dates on the first page. . . *Gasp* Beethoven was born in 1770! *Repeats to self* Beethoven was born in 1770!! Okay, now that embarrassment is over. . .

Feb. 12th: Oops. . . 2/3 of a month has passed by oh-so-quickly again without me ever setting my eyes on my homepage. I feel really quite guilty for inactivity. . . especially since I'm putting in my news now about the puny, almost-non-existent update that I have today. One more page of the Beethoven biography, and a new pic up at Random Musings.

Jan. 24th: I feel kind of bad for not putting up significant updates. . . well, I've added to the Beethoven branch. His biography is so disgustingly incomplete I feel very ashamed, but I felt I really should put something up. Hopefully, I can finish my version if his biography in the days to come. It's notsomuch a fear that I'll lose what audience I have for this homepage, but rather just an annoying itch of wanting to bring at least a comma-like close to the construction of this site.

Jan. 16th: Mused. It's not very long, contrary to my usual long-windedness.

Jan. 10th later: Added a poem -- Deja Vu of Le Petit Prince -- in the English Compositions section.

Jan. 10th: Mused, and really wanting to write something in the Beethoven branch. But alas, writer's block blocks the writer.

Jan. 7th: Got a couple of pics up in Random Musings, and changed the title of my poem. Y'know. . . I'm debating whether or not to include minute changes such as these in the news. It feels like just wasted space on this page! But I do want whomever readers there are to actually be aware of every single update. . . Yeah, I think I'll continue with the tedious posting of news.

Jan. 3rd: Added an essay, Demise of Utopia to English Compositions. I'm also VERY tempted to take pictures of Clare in the white, pristine snow. But that is as insane as hurling your pet dog in front of the speeding Ferrari just because you think your dog would look nice with the red, sensual Ferrari.

Jan. 2nd: Added to Random Musings. The thought is that I'll cut back on computer games and spend more time on the homepage instead. I wonder how long this determination will last.

Dec. 9th (Early in the morning): Mused again. Something about snow. . .

Dec. 8th: Well waddya know, I'm actually working on this page! I put up the Biology of Clare today, and I feel very productive. I know I know, there are still many spots waiting to be filled in, but I've been playing a lot of computer games lately. Downloaded this super nintendo emulator and all these roms. . . boy oh boy oh boy. Oh yeah, there ARE links on almost each page that redirects you back here. You just have to. . . look for them. *Evil grin*

Nov. 10th: Mused for the first time on the homepage. It feels kind of weird.

Nov. 8th: The work on Clare's branch is drawing to a comma-like pause. While the writer's block continues for Beethoven, I have added to the Random Musings. I haven't done any actual musing over my keyboard in a while, so we'll see how long it takes until Socrates possesses my mind once again and I exceed Geocities' unimpressive 15-meg limit.

Nov. 4th: I was expecting myself to work on one branch at a time, but it seems like I'm developing each of the Clare, Beethoven, and Random Musings page at the same time. Messing around with pics of Clare is an outrageous amount of fun. A note to you viewers though: There are background images in each of Clare's page that are comparatively large in size. Give it a while to load up -- I've spent quite some time adjusting the pictures I've taken and am secretly proud.

Oct. 31st: Preliminary furnishings of the English Compositions branch is finished at last. I'm not sure which one to work on next. . . will have to take lots of glamour shots of Clare. Maybe Beethoven can come first.

Oct 29th: Messing with the English Compositions branch, and having no idea when I'll ever get to the others.

Oct. 28th: My goodness, this is a lot more work than I first expected. I'll have to extend the opening of my homepage indefinitely. This leaves a little itch in the part of my brain that likes to get things done, but I guess I'll cope. There're better things to do than to spend 6 hours on creating a homepage that, who knows, maybe nobody will ever come visit. And I have to deal with Geocities. . . *Sigh* But observe, I have completed a portion of the navigation bar and am actually seriously pondering the map of my site.

Oct. 25th: I've decided to conform and create a homepage. 'Obtained' a copy of Dreamweaver and Photoshop, and created the index of my soon-to-be wonderful website.