littlemissfab wrote:
naniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii? :beatyou:
fine i take it back... Uranus is the largest planet in the universe!
happy now? :puppydog:
fine i take it back... Uranus is the largest planet in the universe!
happy now? :puppydog:
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Started by ahochaude · 23 Nov 2003 · 35,048 replies
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fine i take it back... Uranus is the largest planet in the universe!
happy now? :puppydog:
krim wrote:
fine i take it back... Uranus is the largest planet in the universe!
happy now? :puppydog:
I don't know if that's a good thing....
....you know with all that gravity and things. :hehe:
Before I head out to lunch, I leave you with this:
Bush takes Koizumi for tour of Graceland
By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 15 minutes ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - President Bush's going-away present to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was some kind of "Good Luck Charm." Amid the ceramic monkeys, floor-and-ceiling green shag carpet and animal-head armrests of Graceland's Jungle Room, the delighted prime minister just couldn't hold back the Elvis lines.
All it took was a simple invitation from Bush.
"You're a pretty good Elvis singer," the president said, in an obvious prompt to his guest. Bush knew what was coming, having previously experienced Koizumi's tendency to burst into song when it comes to the late rock 'n' roll legend who is the Japanese leader's undisputed musical hero.
Koizumi quickly complied. "Love me tender," he sang. "Wise men say, `Only fools rush in.' "
Enter the special tour guides for the two leaders' private tour of Graceland: Presley's only child and heir, Lisa Marie, and her mother, Priscilla. "I want you, I love you," remarked Koizumi, spouting more Elvis tunes. Draping his arm around Lisa Marie, he crooned some more: "Hold me close, hold me tight."
It was the kind of Friday Graceland has never seen.
The Bush-Koizumi tour through the Memphis manse wrapped up two days of consultations between the staunch allies. Koizumi's visit saw military pomp, the tinkling of crystal at a black-tie dinner and two hours of discussions on Iraq, North Korea, U.S. beef exports and other weighty matters in the Oval Office.
But their outing to Graceland, with its oddity quotient and celebrity patina, was the most-anticipated portion. It drew an enormous traveling press corps to accompany the men. Even Bush termed it "an unusual experience."
Swiveling hips, spangled jumpsuits and gaudy interiors aren't Bush's usual style. And this is a president who routinely skips even the most awe-inspiring destinations on his speed-travels — such as India's Taj Mahal.
So it's a sign of his affinity for the Japanese leader that Bush took Koizumi to a tourist hotspot, and by plane, no less, five years to the day after they first met. Aides said the president decided a Graceland tour was the perfect way, along with a gift of a jukebox loaded with Elvis hits, to bid adieu to a leader who is departing office in September after being one of his most ardent defenders on the world stage.
"This visit here shows that not only am I personally fond of the prime minister, but that the ties between our peoples are very strong as well," Bush said after the tour, in front of the white-columned, two-story colonial and a pink Cadillac on its drive.
"My dream came true," said Koizumi, donning gold-rimmed sunglasses as the pair walked to the motorcade waiting to take them to a lunch of Memphis barbeque.
On the way there, they made an unscheduled stop at the National Civil Rights Museum at the hotel where the Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr. was assassinated in 1968. Bush and Koizumi greeted excited children and then went aside.
The mood for the day was set when the public address system on Air Force One played "Love Me Tender" and "Don't Be Cruel" and other Elvis songs. DVDs of Elvis movies were available for viewing. And stewards brought out that Elvis culinary favorite — grilled peanut butter and banana sandwiches, each with 36 grams of fat. The two leaders passed on the sandwiches. Bush drank coffee and Koizumi drank green tea.
"I'm feeling a little heavy," groaned White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten, one of the few presidential aides who braved the breakfast treat. "I so rarely fry my peanut butter sandwiches."
White House press secretary Tony Snow — wearing gold-rimmed plastic sunglasses — did his best, meanwhile, to fuel lingering conspiracy theories that the singer never died, saying that Bush and Koizumi were likely to go to Elvis' "alleged grave site." In fact, Graceland spokesman David Beckwith said the "meditation garden" near the swimming pool where Elvis is buried was the chosen place for the two allies to have some "private time."
The pair saw what most visitors see: the Jungle Room, famously furnished with a 30-minute shopping spree, and the glossy black baby-grand piano near the living room's white, 15-foot sofa, and hundreds of gold records, outfits and guitars in the home's museums.
Also like others, they weren't allowed a peek at the private upstairs quarters, including the bedroom and bath where Elvis died of heart disease and drug abuse in 1977.
The trip to an outside-the-Beltway locale recalls state visits earlier in Bush's presidency.
In 2001, Bush took Mexican President Vicente Fox to Toledo, Ohio, where the two addressed Hispanic voters the day after their state visit at the White House.
The next year, then-Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski also saw his state visit capped with an out-of-town journey. He accompanied Bush to a Polish cultural center in the Detroit suburbs for traditional fare and an audience with the area's large Polish-American — and heavily Roman Catholic — community.
The trips with Fox and Kwasniewski served Bush's domestic politics as well as global concerns. They were aimed at helping the president with key U.S. voting constituencies in battleground states even while the ride on Air Force One and close-up look at American life wowed his guests.
Bush has always favored a more casual brand of diplomacy, holding fewer lavish state dinners than his predecessors and looking for personal touches whenever he can.
For instance, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, like Bush an avid bike rider, was treated to a two-wheel jaunt around the Camp David presidential retreat earlier this month.
Koizumi's treatment goes several steps further, making a visit to the president's Texas ranch no longer the premier reward for a foreign friend.
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060630/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_koizumi_graceland
Bush takes Koizumi for tour of Graceland
By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 15 minutes ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - President Bush's going-away present to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was some kind of "Good Luck Charm." Amid the ceramic monkeys, floor-and-ceiling green shag carpet and animal-head armrests of Graceland's Jungle Room, the delighted prime minister just couldn't hold back the Elvis lines.
All it took was a simple invitation from Bush.
"You're a pretty good Elvis singer," the president said, in an obvious prompt to his guest. Bush knew what was coming, having previously experienced Koizumi's tendency to burst into song when it comes to the late rock 'n' roll legend who is the Japanese leader's undisputed musical hero.
Koizumi quickly complied. "Love me tender," he sang. "Wise men say, `Only fools rush in.' "
Enter the special tour guides for the two leaders' private tour of Graceland: Presley's only child and heir, Lisa Marie, and her mother, Priscilla. "I want you, I love you," remarked Koizumi, spouting more Elvis tunes. Draping his arm around Lisa Marie, he crooned some more: "Hold me close, hold me tight."
It was the kind of Friday Graceland has never seen.
The Bush-Koizumi tour through the Memphis manse wrapped up two days of consultations between the staunch allies. Koizumi's visit saw military pomp, the tinkling of crystal at a black-tie dinner and two hours of discussions on Iraq, North Korea, U.S. beef exports and other weighty matters in the Oval Office.
But their outing to Graceland, with its oddity quotient and celebrity patina, was the most-anticipated portion. It drew an enormous traveling press corps to accompany the men. Even Bush termed it "an unusual experience."
Swiveling hips, spangled jumpsuits and gaudy interiors aren't Bush's usual style. And this is a president who routinely skips even the most awe-inspiring destinations on his speed-travels — such as India's Taj Mahal.
So it's a sign of his affinity for the Japanese leader that Bush took Koizumi to a tourist hotspot, and by plane, no less, five years to the day after they first met. Aides said the president decided a Graceland tour was the perfect way, along with a gift of a jukebox loaded with Elvis hits, to bid adieu to a leader who is departing office in September after being one of his most ardent defenders on the world stage.
"This visit here shows that not only am I personally fond of the prime minister, but that the ties between our peoples are very strong as well," Bush said after the tour, in front of the white-columned, two-story colonial and a pink Cadillac on its drive.
"My dream came true," said Koizumi, donning gold-rimmed sunglasses as the pair walked to the motorcade waiting to take them to a lunch of Memphis barbeque.
On the way there, they made an unscheduled stop at the National Civil Rights Museum at the hotel where the Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr. was assassinated in 1968. Bush and Koizumi greeted excited children and then went aside.
The mood for the day was set when the public address system on Air Force One played "Love Me Tender" and "Don't Be Cruel" and other Elvis songs. DVDs of Elvis movies were available for viewing. And stewards brought out that Elvis culinary favorite — grilled peanut butter and banana sandwiches, each with 36 grams of fat. The two leaders passed on the sandwiches. Bush drank coffee and Koizumi drank green tea.
"I'm feeling a little heavy," groaned White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten, one of the few presidential aides who braved the breakfast treat. "I so rarely fry my peanut butter sandwiches."
White House press secretary Tony Snow — wearing gold-rimmed plastic sunglasses — did his best, meanwhile, to fuel lingering conspiracy theories that the singer never died, saying that Bush and Koizumi were likely to go to Elvis' "alleged grave site." In fact, Graceland spokesman David Beckwith said the "meditation garden" near the swimming pool where Elvis is buried was the chosen place for the two allies to have some "private time."
The pair saw what most visitors see: the Jungle Room, famously furnished with a 30-minute shopping spree, and the glossy black baby-grand piano near the living room's white, 15-foot sofa, and hundreds of gold records, outfits and guitars in the home's museums.
Also like others, they weren't allowed a peek at the private upstairs quarters, including the bedroom and bath where Elvis died of heart disease and drug abuse in 1977.
The trip to an outside-the-Beltway locale recalls state visits earlier in Bush's presidency.
In 2001, Bush took Mexican President Vicente Fox to Toledo, Ohio, where the two addressed Hispanic voters the day after their state visit at the White House.
The next year, then-Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski also saw his state visit capped with an out-of-town journey. He accompanied Bush to a Polish cultural center in the Detroit suburbs for traditional fare and an audience with the area's large Polish-American — and heavily Roman Catholic — community.
The trips with Fox and Kwasniewski served Bush's domestic politics as well as global concerns. They were aimed at helping the president with key U.S. voting constituencies in battleground states even while the ride on Air Force One and close-up look at American life wowed his guests.
Bush has always favored a more casual brand of diplomacy, holding fewer lavish state dinners than his predecessors and looking for personal touches whenever he can.
For instance, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, like Bush an avid bike rider, was treated to a two-wheel jaunt around the Camp David presidential retreat earlier this month.
Koizumi's treatment goes several steps further, making a visit to the president's Texas ranch no longer the premier reward for a foreign friend.
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060630/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_koizumi_graceland
DougFunnieee wrote:Oh yeah, I forgot to mention... The Pillows concert was AWESOME! When I was coming in, they found me with a camera, so I had to check it in. I didn't get any footage of the concert. :doh: But anyway it's time to share my experience. :mrgreen: I didn't think I'd ever see a J-rock concert, and The Pillows no less. The Japanese girl turnout wasn't as big as I expected, but there were still some there. :bonk: The bands that opened for them were pretty interesting. First it was this band called Lemon Dropkick, and they played some good J-rock. Plus the lead singer was a girl, and she was pretty hot. :naughty: The next band was a cover band I guess, and their first song was Asian Kung Fu Generation's "Rewrite". That was pretty cool, but I I didn't recognize the other songs. Oh, and one of the vocalists was a black dude and he was singing Japanese really well, which was a trip, but it was cool.
Halfway through the openers, they actually had girls come out in maid outfits! WTF! They were there to walk around to get people to sign up for some contest or whatever. The host was all like, "how many of you know about cosplay cafes?" and everybody cheered. Haha, hilarious.
The next band was fudgin' whack. It was some kind of goth electronica and the lead singer was a wannabe Marilyn Manson. Their sound was just really generic electronica, and their image made them look like space assholes. Avoid this band called Secret Secret. Moving on.
During the opening bands, we met these really hot girls who were standing next to us, and we were talking to them while we were waiting for The Pillows to come out. They finally came out, and it went nuts. When they played their first song, the crowd became an ocean and we started getting shoved left and right. Man, their music is good, but it's on a whole different level when it's live. Some bands suck live, but they were even better. The lead singer was funny... some of his quotes were (with Japanese accent) "It is hot! I'm going to die soon!" and "I know why you like The Pillows. You like The Pillows because you have good taste in music." And the time he was trying to fix his guitar strap, he was trying to explain it to us but he didn't know how to say "guitar strap" heh heh. Anyway the concert rocked on, and one of the girls got a little close to me, if you know what I mean. :naughty: When the concert ended, everyone stayed there and chanted for an encore. They actually came back out and they played "Crazy Sunshine" to officially end their set. As we were leaving, I can't believe I didn't ask that girl her name! It dawned on me that I had failed when my friend told me he got her friend's name and number. I was beating myself up the rest of the night because I didn't ask that simple question to at least know her name. :banghead: But enough about those girls, The Pillows rocked hard and I couldn't believe I actually saw them live.
Here's some footage of the concert that some people uploaded on youtube, but this isn't the one I went to. The links below were a few days before I saw them. The one that I went to was their last performance on their tour. It's pretty much the same (even the set) and all that's different is that they were wearing different shirts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wve86JzXuI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad9Jfrwm3UQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF2WInCP5Wc
You got to see The Pillows perform :shocked:?! I'm so jealous. They're one of my favorite bands :shamefulcry:.
If beem were here, I would have gotten the boot.
Damn Uranus.
Damn Uranus.
littlemissfab wrote:If beem were here, I would have gotten the boot.
Damn Uranus.
Uranus, His anus Her anus....best advice i can give you is keep your pants on kids.
:shocked: :shakehead:
:hehe:
:hehe:
Did I miss something here? Where's the love? :muack: "Can't we all get along?" -Rodney King
gaijin mark wrote:Did I miss something here? Where's the love? :muack: "Can't we all get along?" -Rodney King
don't worry it's all jokes...b/n fab, krim-inal and myself...there has never been ill will....but the shennigans will continue, i can assure you, sir. :bonk:
Tu_triky wrote:It would be "Jdorama" without shennigans of some kind :woot: [/list:u]
but the shennigans will continue, i can assure you, sir. :bonk:
gaijin mark wrote:It would be "Jdorama" without shennigans of some kind :woot: [/list:u]
agreed. my justice and comedy always prevail in this land....similar to a co-worker's BMW getting towed to the delight of the office
Tu_triky wrote:By a strange coincidence she wasn't at work on Monday, I guess she had some "legal issues" to take care off. And every day this week, she's driven her beater Toyota. :rofl: [/list:u]
agreed. my justice and comedy always prevail in this land....similar to a co-worker's BMW getting towed to the delight of the office
Tu_triky wrote:
don't worry it's all jokes...b/n fab, krim-inal and myself...there has never been ill will....but the shennigans will continue, i can assure you, sir. :bonk:
that is soooo true.
:glomp: on boo
:boot: for krimogoch
*flies off to Uranus*
*uranus explodes*
gaijin mark wrote: By a strange coincidence she wasn't at work on Monday, I guess she had some "legal issues" to take care off. And every day this week, she's driven her beater Toyota. :rofl: [/list:u]
ouch...i guess she learned a costly lesson. :twisted:
littlemissfab wrote:
that is soooo true.
:glomp: on boo
:boot: for krimogoch
and the shenanigans continue.....in outer space apparently...outer rim planets such as Uranus....Busu Aliens like Ayumi Hamasaki....they've reached galactic proportions.
Tu_triky wrote:
and the shenanigans continue.....in outer space apparently...outer rim planets such as Uranus....Busu Aliens like Ayumi Hamasaki....they've reached galactic proportions.
lol....outta the galaxy :nut:
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