<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883</id><updated>2011-12-25T12:01:44.700-08:00</updated><category term='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0kPUZLs63I/AAAAAAAAAB4/TmzF1IQW7hw/s1600-h/DSC00756.JPG'/><title type='text'>Memoirs of a Corey</title><subtitle type='html'>Optional Instructions: Read, digest, and enjoy!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>39</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-3951754201078051660</id><published>2011-12-25T11:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-25T12:01:44.710-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Merry Season To All!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXvRsOh9qlY/TveAMRBMoxI/AAAAAAAAAMo/WTm-Wocdd_k/s1600/Christmas-Tree-Fireplace-1024-127315.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXvRsOh9qlY/TveAMRBMoxI/AAAAAAAAAMo/WTm-Wocdd_k/s320/Christmas-Tree-Fireplace-1024-127315.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690157602421121810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have been pleasantly surprised with today being as much fun as it was!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even though I am far away from family and friends, I was able to have some fun with my fellow coworkers with some unexpected gifts, and then enjoy a meal with them  as well.  It was a nice piece of home.  Then I was able to Skype with everyone back home, and even got to sit in on my wifes xmas present opening.  It made me miss being back that much more, but I felt so lucky to be able to share it with everyone none the less!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My wife pointed out something very important though; thank goodness for the internet, eh!?  If this had been 20 years ago my xmas experience here would be much different!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anyways, I wish everyone a very merry holiday season!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-3951754201078051660?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/3951754201078051660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-season-to-all.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3951754201078051660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3951754201078051660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-season-to-all.html' title='A Merry Season To All!'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXvRsOh9qlY/TveAMRBMoxI/AAAAAAAAAMo/WTm-Wocdd_k/s72-c/Christmas-Tree-Fireplace-1024-127315.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-3697389936992967397</id><published>2011-11-11T11:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T11:12:13.557-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ukelele's Are Great!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EFRXEemO8bc/Tr1yV_vrrkI/AAAAAAAAAMU/9lX3RZ__D3w/s1600/417AJDY2BFL.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EFRXEemO8bc/Tr1yV_vrrkI/AAAAAAAAAMU/9lX3RZ__D3w/s320/417AJDY2BFL.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673816827770940994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Last week I got a ukelele in the mail.  Ever since, I have been playing a few hours a day, and I must say this little instrument is great!  I've been having a great time playing it, and find myself wondering why I didn't play it before.  It's perfect for being deployed  because it is small and easy to store!  I'm finding that it is easier for me to play than the acoustic guitar.  Unfortunately strumming has always proved to be difficult for me, and this is no exception.  I'm practicing alot though, so with any luck I will continue to improve!  This is definitely my new favorite instrument though!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-3697389936992967397?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/3697389936992967397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2011/11/ukeleles-are-great.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3697389936992967397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3697389936992967397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2011/11/ukeleles-are-great.html' title='Ukelele&apos;s Are Great!'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EFRXEemO8bc/Tr1yV_vrrkI/AAAAAAAAAMU/9lX3RZ__D3w/s72-c/417AJDY2BFL.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-5216034397885393508</id><published>2011-11-08T07:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T07:41:17.125-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Doctor Who...ville?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SC2Ubpqbmiw/TrlM2cSnI_I/AAAAAAAAAMI/Slon_QjYcTk/s1600/whatsupdoc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672649703840752626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SC2Ubpqbmiw/TrlM2cSnI_I/AAAAAAAAAMI/Slon_QjYcTk/s320/whatsupdoc.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yP-9rK-NPGs/TrlLLpCY2jI/AAAAAAAAAL8/ye05i-Tz2qA/s1600/Whoville.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672647869016365618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 194px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yP-9rK-NPGs/TrlLLpCY2jI/AAAAAAAAAL8/ye05i-Tz2qA/s320/Whoville.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;As I started to fall asleep the other night, a thought crept into my head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Every person in Whoville's last name is "Who", right?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;And, presumably a town of that size would need atleast one person trained in medicine to take care of health issues.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So by that logic, does that mean that they have their very own "Doctor Who"? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Let that wrinkle your brain!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hzD0TIVct3M/TrlJ3dqQpHI/AAAAAAAAALk/kr0JvOmFfX0/s1600/Whoville.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C2PoslWdVRk/TrlJxhKDGfI/AAAAAAAAALY/67whpFpE0MU/s1600/Whoville.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-5216034397885393508?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/5216034397885393508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2011/11/doctor-whoville.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/5216034397885393508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/5216034397885393508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2011/11/doctor-whoville.html' title='Doctor Who...ville?'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SC2Ubpqbmiw/TrlM2cSnI_I/AAAAAAAAAMI/Slon_QjYcTk/s72-c/whatsupdoc.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-3992017711213126294</id><published>2011-11-08T06:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T07:21:17.203-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Witches &amp; their Broomsticks...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8iCfRxZuMM0/TrlFDUdBvHI/AAAAAAAAALM/SvDJ43eGAQc/s1600/Witches.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672641128982232178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8iCfRxZuMM0/TrlFDUdBvHI/AAAAAAAAALM/SvDJ43eGAQc/s320/Witches.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; So, there I was talking to my British friend Anna today as she was sweeping out her office. She stops sweeping for a minute and asks me if I knew why witches had brooms. Several things came to mind, but as I wasn't sure if this was a joke or not I just shook my head no. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a minute, Anna says that this isn't a joke, and that she heard this from her supervisor. So she starts tell me that the reason witches have brooms is because they used to apply ointments and what not to the knobby end, and then stick 'em up their bum's. She pauses. I just look at her waiting for her to laugh, until I realize that she's serious. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, I laughed....alot. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started wondering though why witches did have brooms. Surprisingly, Anna wasn't completely crazy. Here are the best theories I could find...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Witches disguised their wands as broomsticks to avoid suspicion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This seems feasable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Witches would use broomsticks to temporarily trap the spirits of people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weird, but fits with the classic Medievil sterotype of evil witches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. "Some people speculate that in the Middle Ages women publicly accused of being witches (or at least women with knowledge of herbology did "ride" brooms. They applied a layer of paste made out of trance inducing plants (such as belladonna) to the broomstick and "rode" it, as a way of applying the hallucinogenic herb to the thin skin of the labia where it might be quickly absorbed into the blood stream. However, due to the witchhunts and the general beliefs of the time, little to no reliable information exists to corroborate this belief."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Huh. Who would have thought?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-3992017711213126294?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/3992017711213126294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2011/11/witches-their-broomsticks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3992017711213126294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3992017711213126294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2011/11/witches-their-broomsticks.html' title='Witches &amp; their Broomsticks...'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8iCfRxZuMM0/TrlFDUdBvHI/AAAAAAAAALM/SvDJ43eGAQc/s72-c/Witches.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-3964057084010709695</id><published>2011-07-20T10:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-20T10:42:31.706-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally something to Blog about!</title><content type='html'>Well, as you all know, I am not the best at keeping this up to date.  There hasn't been too much pressure up till now though anyways since Patty always does such a great job updating hers!  But, since now we will be separated for a while, I figured this is a good chance to try and do a weekly thing where I can let everyone know what I've been up to and post some good pictures of the places that I've been!  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To start off, I'm just going to put up some of the pictures that I've taken since leaving Misawa.  These are not going to be as good as Patty's unfortunately, but I couldn't hope to approach her level of talent or dedication to her art, so I won't overly try!  I also started a Picasa album where I am going to put all of my pictures.  Please feel free to check out the page as I will probably not put all of my pictures on the blog!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can find the link to my Picasa Photo album here!  &lt;table style="width:194px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/114954922555801524442/MyAdventures?authuser=0&amp;amp;authkey=Gv1sRgCMrn--W7ypyHngE&amp;amp;feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-e2IB8_VSQy8/TicMA52qDLE/AAAAAAAAAJA/yi4GI6eUkvc/s160-c/MyAdventures.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/114954922555801524442/MyAdventures?authuser=0&amp;amp;authkey=Gv1sRgCMrn--W7ypyHngE&amp;amp;feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;"&gt;My Adventures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-3964057084010709695?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/3964057084010709695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2011/07/finally-something-to-blog-about.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3964057084010709695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3964057084010709695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2011/07/finally-something-to-blog-about.html' title='Finally something to Blog about!'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-e2IB8_VSQy8/TicMA52qDLE/AAAAAAAAAJA/yi4GI6eUkvc/s72-c/MyAdventures.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-1031594518330383387</id><published>2010-12-09T09:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-09T09:23:22.660-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jet lag</title><content type='html'>This year I have been doing quite a bit of traveling.  I have accrued over 100,000 miles traveling for business alone!  Needless to say, I'm quite sick of traveling.  More to the point, I'm sick of jet lag.  It's been hitting me pretty hard the last couple of trips, and this one might be the worse yet.  So far, I've really only been able to sleep about 3 hours a night.  Not a huge fan of that.  If it doesn't change soon (which I really hope it does) I guess I will have to try and figure out something to help me sleep more at night.  I really dislike sleeping pills or other drugs intended to make you sleep, but I'm sure I can find some sort of natural remedy.  Like I said though, with any luck, I'll snap out of it in a few days and then I can start sleeping a whole night again!  Here's to hoping!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-1031594518330383387?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/1031594518330383387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/12/jet-lag.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1031594518330383387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1031594518330383387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/12/jet-lag.html' title='Jet lag'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-6977780399850007299</id><published>2010-04-25T04:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T04:15:14.615-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Busy Busy</title><content type='html'>Well, it has been quite a while since I have written anything, but I have a good excuse.  I've been working quite hard at knocking out as many classes as I can for my bachelors!  My degree audit has finally been completed, and I only need about 10 more classes to finish my degree.  Needless to say I am pretty excited.  With that being said, I'm taking a few classes and also taking CLEPs to get some of those lower level credits out of the way.  So, I have literally been consumed by school.  It is quite exhausting but it will defnitely be worth it in the end.  Given that I think I am the only one that looks at my blog, I don't feel any great  need to constantly update this, but I will do my best to get on top of it better!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-6977780399850007299?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/6977780399850007299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/04/busy-busy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6977780399850007299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6977780399850007299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/04/busy-busy.html' title='Busy Busy'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-1994055219891480593</id><published>2010-03-07T00:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T00:20:34.236-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Feeling Supremely Unmotivated</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S5NgcTC7w9I/AAAAAAAAAEw/OAZmaeMhkB0/s1600-h/jfa2637l.jpg.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S5NgcTC7w9I/AAAAAAAAAEw/OAZmaeMhkB0/s320/jfa2637l.jpg.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445802413686244306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can't remember the last time that I felt so incredibly unmotivated.  I have some homework that I need to do, but I just can't muster up the gumption to get it done.  Infact, I don't want to do anything except sit on the couch, watch something, and then go to sleep.  I tried motivating myself earlier by getting up, taking a shower and going out and getting something tasty to eat.   I figured that would kind of jump start me.  I was wrong.  I just don't feel like doing anything!  I'm not sad or anything, just kind of unmotivated to move around.  I think I'm going to go to sleep early tonight and get a good night sleep.  Hopefully that will set everything straight and I will be good to go!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oh...I did find some motivation to play some of this game called "Heavy Rain" on the PS3.  It is frakin amazing!  If you haven't checked it out yet, I definitely suggest you do.  It is like a choose your own adventure movie.  Really keeps you on the edge of your seat and makes you feel like you are really incontrol of the story.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-1994055219891480593?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/1994055219891480593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/03/feeling-supremely-unmotivated.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1994055219891480593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1994055219891480593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/03/feeling-supremely-unmotivated.html' title='Feeling Supremely Unmotivated'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S5NgcTC7w9I/AAAAAAAAAEw/OAZmaeMhkB0/s72-c/jfa2637l.jpg.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-355530165106164328</id><published>2010-03-02T04:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T04:56:33.430-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sigh....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S40IMEFjm1I/AAAAAAAAAEo/u--zlIBU-f8/s1600-h/facepalmbq8dj7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S40IMEFjm1I/AAAAAAAAAEo/u--zlIBU-f8/s320/facepalmbq8dj7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444016527909296978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, against my better judgement I just &lt;i&gt;tried&lt;/i&gt; to watch the first episode of the TV series "The Legend of the Seeker".  I had to turn it off.  It was so bad on almost every front I can think of casting, acting, writing, adaptation of the original stories...it was just a disaster.  For those of you who don't know, this utter travesty of a show is supposedly based off of "The Sword of Truth" series written by Terry Goodkind.  Now, the first 3 or 4 books of this series are great.  Seriously good fantasy fiction.  The first book, Wizards First Rule is definitely on my top 10 books list.  The only thing that this show has in common with the books is pretty much the names of the characters.  Just about EVERYTHING else is different, and sucks completely.  I can't even impress upon you how sad I was.  Even if you had never read the books before, the series still sucked.  I definitely do NOT recommend this show to anyone.  If it wasn't bad enough that there was 1 whole season of this show, they decided to make a 2nd season!  I am definitely not alone in my view of this show.  In my search for other people to commiserate with, I ran across this &lt;a href="http://www.sheepvomit.com/The_Legend_of_the_Seeker_Traves.html"&gt;review/letter&lt;/a&gt; to the author, Terry Goodkind.  It is pretty darned funny.  Arg...well, I don't know what else to say.  Picard pretty much sums it up for me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-355530165106164328?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/355530165106164328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/03/sigh.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/355530165106164328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/355530165106164328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/03/sigh.html' title='Sigh....'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S40IMEFjm1I/AAAAAAAAAEo/u--zlIBU-f8/s72-c/facepalmbq8dj7.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-8530855657952207987</id><published>2010-02-11T21:17:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T21:30:03.958-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My Blog is a Sad, Lonely Darth Vader...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S3TnVwXwIII/AAAAAAAAAEg/dnUkU0rNDXU/s1600-h/sad+vader.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S3TnVwXwIII/AAAAAAAAAEg/dnUkU0rNDXU/s320/sad+vader.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437225011090825346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S3TnIb8VdSI/AAAAAAAAAEY/So7WlApb_Ns/s1600-h/images.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So, I was just looking at &lt;a href="http://worldaccordingtopatty.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty's blog&lt;/a&gt; and saw her post about having people from all over the world come visit her &lt;a href="http://worldaccordingtopatty.blogspot.com/"&gt;site&lt;/a&gt;!  I was pretty intrigued by all of the random searches that  led people to her &lt;a href="http://worldaccordingtopatty.blogspot.com/"&gt;page&lt;/a&gt;, so I thought I would ck my own analytics page to see what sort of fun stuff led people to my life!  The results were less than exciting.  Now, I realize that I haven't really had much to say at times, but I thought random hits would have happened.  Yeah...not so much.   Patty has people from like 47 countries visiting her website.  She is just more exciting than me!&lt;div&gt;Maybe if I just mention &lt;a href="http://worldaccordingtopatty.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty's website&lt;/a&gt; enough time in my blog, with hyperlinks to &lt;a href="http://worldaccordingtopatty.blogspot.com/"&gt;her page&lt;/a&gt;, people will hit on my page by accident!  I doubt it, but here's to hoping!  I find my own lack of faith disturbing...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-8530855657952207987?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/8530855657952207987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-blog-is-sad-lonely-darth-vader.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/8530855657952207987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/8530855657952207987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-blog-is-sad-lonely-darth-vader.html' title='My Blog is a Sad, Lonely Darth Vader...'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S3TnVwXwIII/AAAAAAAAAEg/dnUkU0rNDXU/s72-c/sad+vader.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-1237331142656067945</id><published>2010-02-11T03:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T03:27:51.388-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fun on the Couch</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S3Po1G3h_UI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/X4Z97fafK9g/s1600-h/Photo+on+2010-02-11+at+20.22.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S3Po1G3h_UI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/X4Z97fafK9g/s320/Photo+on+2010-02-11+at+20.22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436945174240558402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Often later in the evening, I find myself sitting on the couch watching a little tv, looking at the internet a bit, and constantly looking at the clock to decide what is a good time for me to go to sleep.  Patty is usually on her laptop looking at her boards, so this is some nice quiet time we have.  It's kind of funny when we are both just sitting here next to each other, each using a computer!  A bit wierd, yes...but it works for us!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-1237331142656067945?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/1237331142656067945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/02/fun-on-couch.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1237331142656067945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1237331142656067945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/02/fun-on-couch.html' title='Fun on the Couch'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S3Po1G3h_UI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/X4Z97fafK9g/s72-c/Photo+on+2010-02-11+at+20.22.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-6874926620005966476</id><published>2010-02-07T03:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-07T03:26:05.627-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Back to Blogging</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S26hxxJnWBI/AAAAAAAAAEI/nYOeZH7iG-Q/s1600-h/gallery-big-01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S26hxxJnWBI/AAAAAAAAAEI/nYOeZH7iG-Q/s320/gallery-big-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435459676662093842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S26hxtUSEBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/yEvs61cHiJ0/s320/Eve.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435459675633094674" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well, I actually wrote up a whole new big blog, but Safari crashed and now I'm left to start over again.  Sad.  This will be much shorter than my original post.  Basically though, I realized from my hiatus of blogging that I actually really liked it and missed doing it.  I therefore decided that I would make an effort to do this more often!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, even though I didn't take these photo's (obviously) I wanted to put up a couple of pics of things I've been doing lately!  The first is my new MacBook Pro!  I love it.  It is great.  We decided to get it since our other laptop is broken and since I am going TDY so much that I needed something to do my homework on, and so that we can skype together!  The other picture is of a game I've been playing!  It's actually been out since like 2003, and I've always wanted to try it.  I'm happy to say that it hasn't disappointed!  If you want to find out more about it, you can ck it out &lt;a href="http://www.eveonline.com"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anyways, that is about it.  I'll post some nice pics tomorrow!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-6874926620005966476?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/6874926620005966476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/02/back-to-blogging.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6874926620005966476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6874926620005966476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/02/back-to-blogging.html' title='Back to Blogging'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S26hxxJnWBI/AAAAAAAAAEI/nYOeZH7iG-Q/s72-c/gallery-big-01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-3644010034191554930</id><published>2010-01-22T01:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T01:10:55.299-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It's all fun and games some nights!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1lrBHyEASI/AAAAAAAAADo/A9eQPUQ-0fY/s1600-h/DSC00801.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1lrBHyEASI/AAAAAAAAADo/A9eQPUQ-0fY/s320/DSC00801.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429488492784910626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1lrAvxGgtI/AAAAAAAAADg/F7wHomHfCYQ/s320/DSC00804.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429488486338429650" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Patty and I played a new game with our friends last night, it was called Dominion.  It ended up being a card game, which I thought Patty would hate, but it was really fun and we both had a great time!  It always helped that I won!  :)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tomorrow we are going snowboarding at Appi.  I'm really excited to try out my new board, and to go out again and hit the slopes!  I'm really excited for Patty aswell.  I know she is going to feel way more incontrol this time and hopefully I'll get to take her down some of the bigger runs!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-3644010034191554930?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/3644010034191554930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-all-fun-and-games-some-nights.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3644010034191554930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3644010034191554930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-all-fun-and-games-some-nights.html' title='It&apos;s all fun and games some nights!'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1lrBHyEASI/AAAAAAAAADo/A9eQPUQ-0fY/s72-c/DSC00801.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-6568337912426444517</id><published>2010-01-20T05:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T05:29:12.138-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Snowboard Day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1cEQB_CchI/AAAAAAAAADY/PHXUDyUpF2A/s1600-h/DSC00800.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1cEQB_CchI/AAAAAAAAADY/PHXUDyUpF2A/s320/DSC00800.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428812549275677202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well, my snowboard, boots, and bindings all came in the mail today!  Needless to say I'm pretty excited!  My apologies for not posting anything for the past few days, but I didn't realize how late school would really go to, and how tired I would be.  I'll be sure to post earlier though to make sure I get a pic in every day!  Anyways, either this weekend or next week, I can't wait to shred the mountain up with my cool board!  They also included a nice winter hat, a baseball cap, and a pair of headphones for free in with the package!  I highly recommend the place I got the board from (The House), which you can find &lt;a href="http://www.the-house.com"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  They had wicked fast shipping and great service!   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-6568337912426444517?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/6568337912426444517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-snowboard-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6568337912426444517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6568337912426444517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-snowboard-day.html' title='Happy Snowboard Day!'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1cEQB_CchI/AAAAAAAAADY/PHXUDyUpF2A/s72-c/DSC00800.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-7001192377043948862</id><published>2010-01-17T05:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T05:11:42.925-08:00</updated><title type='text'>That's alot of Warhammer!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1ML2ff0YkI/AAAAAAAAADQ/3Uoj0JOWkTs/s1600-h/DSC00780.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1ML2ff0YkI/AAAAAAAAADQ/3Uoj0JOWkTs/s320/DSC00780.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427695006707376706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I traded some stuff for this sizable Warhammer army awhile ago, only to come to the conclusion that I don't really have the time (or the desire really) to play alot or get these guys up to a table top standard (ie painting and whatnot).  So, I spent awhile today trying to sell them off.  I think I might have some buyers too, which is very nice.  These guys are always in demand so I hope I can move them.  In another note, my side still hurts from my massive fall on Friday.  Yesterday I was in all sorts of pain, and not just my side.  I had this killer headache all day, and I didn't get around to posting a blog.  Anyways, I felt guilty and the need to explain so, there you go.  Anyways, good times, noodle salad.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-7001192377043948862?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/7001192377043948862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/thats-alot-of-warhammer.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/7001192377043948862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/7001192377043948862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/thats-alot-of-warhammer.html' title='That&apos;s alot of Warhammer!'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1ML2ff0YkI/AAAAAAAAADQ/3Uoj0JOWkTs/s72-c/DSC00780.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-210268049097715130</id><published>2010-01-15T14:20:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T14:26:37.411-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Snowboarding at Mikado</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1DqqSoOOXI/AAAAAAAAADA/C89Rh5ycDUg/s320/DSC00773.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427095563257395570" /&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1Dqq6GhkvI/AAAAAAAAADI/Y2Fd8ASJKn8/s320/DSC00779.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427095573853475570" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;My friend Ed and I took leave from work yesterday to go snowboarding.  We were hoping ofcourse that there wouldn't be anyone else there really except for us, and boy were we right!  After a little adventure getting there, we finally arrived to find that it was pretty much us and 4 other people on the slopes.  The Japanese Army was also doing some training for a little while, but only on one run of the mountain.  It was a really great day, filled with amazing views and awesome powder.  I really only fell once (I'm getting much better now!)  but that one fall made me think that I punctured my kidney.  I fell so hard that somehow I elbowed myself in my right side, and bruised my insides pretty bad...needless to say it took the wind out of me. Luckily though I was able to shake it off and keep going!  It was a great day and I'm looking forward to going again Monday! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-210268049097715130?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/210268049097715130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/snowboarding-at-mikado.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/210268049097715130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/210268049097715130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/snowboarding-at-mikado.html' title='Snowboarding at Mikado'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S1DqqSoOOXI/AAAAAAAAADA/C89Rh5ycDUg/s72-c/DSC00773.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-6143196571052845823</id><published>2010-01-14T14:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-14T14:49:39.303-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My First Snowboard</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0-eqwXfxAI/AAAAAAAAAC4/9pCq4cXXxNk/s1600-h/burt-clash-comic-ltd-58-09-zoom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0-eqwXfxAI/AAAAAAAAAC4/9pCq4cXXxNk/s320/burt-clash-comic-ltd-58-09-zoom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426730533379884034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Since I have been snowboarding so much, Patty and I thought it would be a good idea if I actually bought a board.  That way I don't have to rent one every time we go, and in the long run we will save money on it!  So, I ordered this one lastnight!  The best part is that it already shipped out too!  So, I'm hopeful that I might even get it as soon as next weekend so that I can use it soon!  Anyways, I'm pretty stoked.  They say that you should really like the artwork on your board too because that is half the fun.  I have to admit, I'm pretty enthused about this board...the weird thing is that I've never been too into comics though.  I mean I've liked some, and even own a couple, but I was just surprised that I liked this one so much!  Well, this board should last me the next couple of years, so I look forward to carving up the mtns on it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-6143196571052845823?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/6143196571052845823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-first-snowboard.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6143196571052845823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6143196571052845823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-first-snowboard.html' title='My First Snowboard'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0-eqwXfxAI/AAAAAAAAAC4/9pCq4cXXxNk/s72-c/burt-clash-comic-ltd-58-09-zoom.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-7504748557968073970</id><published>2010-01-13T02:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-13T02:07:05.980-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fun in the Snow!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S02aml0hE9I/AAAAAAAAACo/MTivM1LonA4/s1600-h/IMG_5059.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S02aml0hE9I/AAAAAAAAACo/MTivM1LonA4/s320/IMG_5059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426163113829405650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Since it snowed a whole bunch, Patty and I decided to go outside and build a snowman!  It was the first time she had ever made one, and we both had alot of fun!  &lt;div&gt;Aside from that, I've been researching snowboards for the past week or so, with it culminating today.  I think tomorrow I am going to go and look at purchasing one.  I'm excited!  There is so much fun to be had in the snow I can hardly contain myself!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even Patty said she likes the snow!  Ahhh...how we love Misawa!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-7504748557968073970?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/7504748557968073970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/fun-in-snow.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/7504748557968073970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/7504748557968073970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/fun-in-snow.html' title='Fun in the Snow!'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S02aml0hE9I/AAAAAAAAACo/MTivM1LonA4/s72-c/IMG_5059.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-1227167455405128054</id><published>2010-01-12T02:20:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-12T02:24:03.997-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Won't This Work!?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0xNBC1bqKI/AAAAAAAAACg/mRnyqzSmRC8/s1600-h/DSC00762.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0xNBC1bqKI/AAAAAAAAACg/mRnyqzSmRC8/s320/DSC00762.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425796331410794658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Patty: The PS3 won't play the disk!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: Hmm...weird.  Are you sure it's not showing it on there?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Patty: Yeah!  Look!  (flips through all the menu's) It's not there&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: Hmm...weird.  Try ejecting it and then putting it back in.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Patty:  Ok.  (PS3 beeps to let you know there is no disk in there)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: Are you sure you put the disk in the player?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Patty: Hehehe...whoops!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Disk Fail.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-1227167455405128054?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/1227167455405128054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-wont-this-work.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1227167455405128054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1227167455405128054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-wont-this-work.html' title='Why Won&apos;t This Work!?'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0xNBC1bqKI/AAAAAAAAACg/mRnyqzSmRC8/s72-c/DSC00762.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-2961700882943709713</id><published>2010-01-11T03:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T03:36:53.999-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hazah!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0sNR3b60vI/AAAAAAAAACY/r8KDhRxw7CQ/s1600-h/DSC00760.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0sNR3b60vI/AAAAAAAAACY/r8KDhRxw7CQ/s320/DSC00760.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425444776687882994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I spent the better part of my short evening tonight beating Mirror's Edge.  There are some tough parts in that game.  It made me really glad that people put video's of how to beat it on Youtube.  Some consider it cheating, but I would much rather look up how to get past something if I've been at it for 20 mins, then just sit there and get more frustrated.  That is the reason I hardly ever finish video games.  I get stuck and then just want to forget about it!  Anyways, I beat it, so now I can rest easy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-2961700882943709713?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/2961700882943709713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/hazah.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/2961700882943709713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/2961700882943709713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/hazah.html' title='Hazah!!'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0sNR3b60vI/AAAAAAAAACY/r8KDhRxw7CQ/s72-c/DSC00760.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-3057741830367136280</id><published>2010-01-10T04:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T04:10:44.325-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chu-Hi Sunday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0nDNEzjPjI/AAAAAAAAACI/uFICHF-tB9s/s1600-h/DSC00759.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0nDNEzjPjI/AAAAAAAAACI/uFICHF-tB9s/s320/DSC00759.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425081855540149810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0nDDEUw5BI/AAAAAAAAACA/oD5B-Fzi9ik/s1600-h/DSC00759.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;For a day of recovering sore muscles, an alcoholic beverage is quite nice.  I highly recommend the white peach chu-hi's for just such an occasion.  These vodka based drinks are simply delightful!  &lt;div&gt;Aside from having a few of these, Patty and I went over a friends house for dinner and some board games.  We played a game called "Agricola" which was really awesome!  It is definitely on our list of games we have to buy now.  It's alarming the pace at which that list is growing...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-3057741830367136280?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/3057741830367136280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/chu-hi-sunday.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3057741830367136280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3057741830367136280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/chu-hi-sunday.html' title='Chu-Hi Sunday'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0nDNEzjPjI/AAAAAAAAACI/uFICHF-tB9s/s72-c/DSC00759.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-8040402347632035425</id><published>2010-01-09T15:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T15:23:23.154-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0kPUZLs63I/AAAAAAAAAB4/TmzF1IQW7hw/s1600-h/DSC00756.JPG'/><title type='text'>Snowboarding at Appi</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0kOh_WVuRI/AAAAAAAAABo/YQ9jjt0GYuU/s320/DSC00752.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424883203248077074" /&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0kPUZLs63I/AAAAAAAAAB4/TmzF1IQW7hw/s320/DSC00756.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424884069176241010" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Yesterday I went snowboarding with some friends at a place called Appi. It was awesome! I decided to include a few more pictures as it was pretty nice up there! As you can see there were alot of trails, and they even had a 5k trail that was great! I did that one quite a few times myself! I think I'm getting pretty decent at snowboarding, especially since I've only been twice now. The only thing I really feel I need to work on as far as basics is just trusting my toe-side of the board more, but I think that will only come with experience! Anyways, it was awesome...and now I am sore. :)&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-8040402347632035425?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/8040402347632035425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/snowboarding-at-appi.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/8040402347632035425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/8040402347632035425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/snowboarding-at-appi.html' title='Snowboarding at Appi'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0kOh_WVuRI/AAAAAAAAABo/YQ9jjt0GYuU/s72-c/DSC00752.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-4673462240621013546</id><published>2010-01-08T05:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T05:51:39.448-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ice Cream Spoon For The Win!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0c3OT-v-eI/AAAAAAAAABg/SkI3iF0rp_0/s1600-h/DSC00750.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0c3OT-v-eI/AAAAAAAAABg/SkI3iF0rp_0/s320/DSC00750.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424364995212212706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I present to  you the worlds best ice cream spoon.  It is flat, and rather shovel-like, which is mighty perfect for eating frozen treats.  The Yakiniku House in Misawa is the only place I have ever seen ice cream spoons like this before.  Coincidentally we also ate dinner there tonight with our friends Ed and Chessa (as well as their daughers).  It is always quite delicious.  Afterwards, we enjoyed a game of Battlestar Galactica at their house.  Overall a very nice evening.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-4673462240621013546?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/4673462240621013546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/ice-cream-spoon-for-win.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/4673462240621013546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/4673462240621013546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/ice-cream-spoon-for-win.html' title='Ice Cream Spoon For The Win!'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0c3OT-v-eI/AAAAAAAAABg/SkI3iF0rp_0/s72-c/DSC00750.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-1787450716267608018</id><published>2010-01-07T03:16:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T03:21:48.691-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Back on Track</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0XCjSYM0HI/AAAAAAAAABY/9jsdFpNmiqA/s1600-h/DSC00746.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0XCjSYM0HI/AAAAAAAAABY/9jsdFpNmiqA/s320/DSC00746.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423955237722181746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Well, as the title would suggest, I'm back on my education track.  True that it is not particularly the track that I would like to go down, but at this point in the game, I would just really like to finish my degree.  The fastest track to that is to get my degree in Asian Studies.  Since I should be able to either test out of, or skip all together the language portions of the curriculum that will significantly reduce the amount of credits I need to finish this.  I still have quite a few classes though that I need to get out of the way, so I'm just focusing on taking those right now.  I'm a bit sad I don't have more flexibility in the classes I can take because I would really love to take some astronomy classes.  Maybe someday.  Anyways, hopefully all will go smoothly with me finishing up my degree, and if OTS still looks like a good idea when I'm done, I'll apply and get picked up!  We shall see.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-1787450716267608018?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/1787450716267608018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/back-on-track.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1787450716267608018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1787450716267608018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/back-on-track.html' title='Back on Track'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0XCjSYM0HI/AAAAAAAAABY/9jsdFpNmiqA/s72-c/DSC00746.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-5266122299926288636</id><published>2010-01-06T04:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T04:05:07.378-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Going Prehistoric</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0R70f9OjwI/AAAAAAAAABQ/v3UYh6-iNo4/s1600-h/DSC00745.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0R70f9OjwI/AAAAAAAAABQ/v3UYh6-iNo4/s320/DSC00745.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423595993122639618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;After watching a few new episodes of "Heroes" that just downloaded, I was roaming around the internet and found this interesting browser based game called BC Wars.  Basically, you make a cave man, and then run around collecting clams (which I guess is money) and killing dinosaurs.  It sucked up a good 30 mins of my time.  Mildly entertaining. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-5266122299926288636?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/5266122299926288636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/going-prehistoric.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/5266122299926288636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/5266122299926288636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/going-prehistoric.html' title='Going Prehistoric'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0R70f9OjwI/AAAAAAAAABQ/v3UYh6-iNo4/s72-c/DSC00745.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-4271920770067176600</id><published>2010-01-05T05:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T05:09:06.664-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm not too exciting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0M5Vbc06mI/AAAAAAAAABI/YeCBB1Bn2B0/s1600-h/DSC00743.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0M5Vbc06mI/AAAAAAAAABI/YeCBB1Bn2B0/s320/DSC00743.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423241416592910946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Well, today was pretty uneventful.  After I got home from work, Patty and I went and got some sushi aka lifeblood, and then we went grocery shopping.  Good times, eh?  When we got home, we each had a beer, and pretty much spent the rest of the evening watching Star Gate Atlantis.  I know I know...I'm a dork, but really...I'm ok with that.  Infact I plum like it that way.  Oh, and for the record despite what Patty might say, she has taken a liking to the show.   :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-4271920770067176600?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/4271920770067176600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/im-not-too-exciting.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/4271920770067176600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/4271920770067176600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/im-not-too-exciting.html' title='I&apos;m not too exciting'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0M5Vbc06mI/AAAAAAAAABI/YeCBB1Bn2B0/s72-c/DSC00743.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-1842009300025899416</id><published>2010-01-04T02:51:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T03:00:12.608-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Day 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0HI1YgC1wI/AAAAAAAAABA/Zn3ZAkVj0js/s1600-h/DSC00742.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0HI1YgC1wI/AAAAAAAAABA/Zn3ZAkVj0js/s320/DSC00742.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422836245766264578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today some of our friends dropped off a xmas present for us!  I was pretty excited because as you might have found out already from Patty's blog, we've become quite the board-gamers!  Anyways, we got the Battlestar Galactica board game, and I decided to read through all of the rules.  The board games we normally play might have about 4 or 5 pages of instructions, but this baby had 30 pages chock full of rules!  It looks like it will be really fun!  I can't wait to play it!  If your interested in learning more about this game, you can ck out reviews and such &lt;a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37111/battlestar-galactica"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  So say we all!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-1842009300025899416?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/1842009300025899416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/day-1.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1842009300025899416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1842009300025899416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/day-1.html' title='Day 1'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/S0HI1YgC1wI/AAAAAAAAABA/Zn3ZAkVj0js/s72-c/DSC00742.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-3274938484139086211</id><published>2010-01-03T21:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-03T22:01:40.550-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Epic Fail</title><content type='html'>For all of my avid blog readers out there, anxiously anticipating my blog updates I must apologize.  I have not done quite a good job at keeping you all in the loop with my blog.  However, since pictures have been said to be worth 1000 words, I thought that I would follow Patty's example and try to do this Project 365.  This I think I can do, and would even be into!  I love photography, and I can think of nothing I would like more than to share them all with you!  Now, unfortunately I can't take pictures of where I work, so they will have to be of other activities I have done throughout the day.  Unlike Patty though, I'm not going to start a new picture blog...I'm just going to use my current one...afterall, these are my memoirs, are they not?  In any event, I will start it tonight!  Thankyou for taking part in my life...however distant!  :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-3274938484139086211?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/3274938484139086211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/epic-fail.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3274938484139086211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3274938484139086211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2010/01/epic-fail.html' title='Epic Fail'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-1461791122746435283</id><published>2009-10-21T03:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T03:07:29.561-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I DECLARE.....</title><content type='html'>my intentions to write a blog!  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I know I have been yet again bad at writing, but I would like to write a blog now.  Sadly, I have not the time as I must sleep to try and conquer this stupid cold that has taken over my life.  For the 3 people that are interested in what I have to say, stay tuned.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After these messages, we'll be right back!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-1461791122746435283?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/1461791122746435283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-declare.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1461791122746435283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1461791122746435283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-declare.html' title='I DECLARE.....'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-328865598633562053</id><published>2009-07-17T02:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T02:39:40.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Brief Note</title><content type='html'>I haven't written for awhile, so I thought I would just let everyone know that I am still alive!  Patty and I haven't been up to much since camping.  Last weekend we ran a 5k race together.  The weather turned out to be quite hot, but overall it was a good race.  We ended up going with a friend of ours named Kara, who was quite stoked to run the race, and also really wants to do the triathlon that is coming up!  I will be in MD then I think, so I will not be able to participate!  I can't say as though I am terribly sad about it.  I like to do physical activity alot, but I'm just not a big race person.  &lt;div&gt;Other than that it has been really low key for us.  Patty has become addicted to a farming game.  She plays it all day long!  Basically she has a little farm which she plants vegetables in, and then when they have grown she harvests them and sells them!  Sometimes these "plants" take days to grow!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In retaliation of her online farm, I started to play a rather silly game called Tagoria.  I don't know how much of a game it actually is because all you do is really click on things to and wait to find out what happens.  It is pretty uneventful, but strangely addicting.  I find myself looking forward to the little battle reports it gives about the fights.  They are really kind of ridiculous, but oh well...it is something to do!  The link to the game is below so you can all ck out the "game".  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anyways, that is about it. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(254, 241, 215); white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tagoria.com/?ref=100715-4ENTG" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;img src="http://195.170.99.197/nas/img/en/banner/468x60/tg_banner1.gif" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-328865598633562053?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/328865598633562053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/07/brief-note.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/328865598633562053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/328865598633562053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/07/brief-note.html' title='A Brief Note'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-6426202163849055102</id><published>2009-06-19T00:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-19T00:59:44.063-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Promotion!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/SjtFasYMY-I/AAAAAAAAAA4/lv9mEDc0m4I/s1600-h/e6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 119px; height: 112px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/SjtFasYMY-I/AAAAAAAAAA4/lv9mEDc0m4I/s320/e6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348945307324146658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I have been waiting all week to find out the results of my promotion test to E-6 (TSgt), and today I finally found out!  I got promoted!!  Needless to say I am pretty flabbergasted!  I honestly didn't think I made it, but I guess all that studying I did the few days before really paid off!  I only made it by 2 pts, but it doesn't matter because I passed!  This was only my 2nd time testing for Tech so I feel great!  The average is much higher.  The average to make TSgt is about 11-12 years...but I made it at the end of my 8th!  So, even though I was slow to pick up SSgt (mainly due to apathy) looks like I made up for it here and I am still ahead of the curve!!&lt;div&gt;Unfortunately, I won't sew on till next year around this time.  My line number is 6811, which has nothing to do with my score, but just my time in service/time in grade.  The way I am looking at it though, the hard part is out of the way!  Now I just have to sit back, and wait for my line number to come up! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A bunch of us are going out to dinner to celebrate at this amazing Korean restaurant in Hachinohe.  Patty and I are both wicked excited!  Some of the best food ever.  And there will probably be much drinking to go along with the food aswell...hey..it's a celebration!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anyways, I got promoted.  I am happy.  That is all! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-6426202163849055102?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/6426202163849055102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/06/promotion.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6426202163849055102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6426202163849055102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/06/promotion.html' title='Promotion!!'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/SjtFasYMY-I/AAAAAAAAAA4/lv9mEDc0m4I/s72-c/e6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-7813565053758789996</id><published>2009-06-15T01:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T01:42:01.397-07:00</updated><title type='text'>College Bound</title><content type='html'>As you may or may not know, I have been trying to make some headway on my higher education for awhile now.  So, a few weeks ago I signed up for a few classes, and today marks the start of the term.   Unfortunately the "military lifestyle" is sometimes none too conducive to taking classes.  Luckily, it seems that I will all together avoid shift work here at Misawa, and beable to be on a day shift indefinitely.  I am absolutely thrilled at this...not because I really love day hours, but just to beable to have a steady shift that I know I can take classes is a huge load off my shoulders. To be honest, I feel quite behind the curve education wise at this point in my life.  I always imagined I would have finished my schooling way before now.  I am a bit embarrassed truth be told.  That's not to say that I haven't had alot of school since joining the military, because hell...I'm a linguist...but it doesn't equate to a degree.  Pretty  much everyone in my family has a degree of Bachelors or higher, and I want to join the club!  &lt;div&gt;I'm pretty close to finishing my CCAF degree in Communications Technology, and I am also very close to completing the course work for my Associates in Chinese from DLI.  I will feel much happier at least when those are done.  However, I am still quite a ways away from finishing my BS, which I am proud to say I am majoring in Psychology!  I'm really excited to take these classes and soak up as much knowledge as I can.  I have alot of ideas on what I could do with this, or down which paths in the future this could lead me when I get out, but for now I know I need to learn to walk before I can run.  As the Chinese say, "&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px; "&gt;一步一步!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;"&gt;Anyways, wish me luck in this new(ish) endeavor!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-7813565053758789996?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/7813565053758789996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/06/college-bound.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/7813565053758789996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/7813565053758789996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/06/college-bound.html' title='College Bound'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-5503635682051407785</id><published>2009-06-09T02:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T23:12:48.637-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Swine Flu</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Si9O1SwO20I/AAAAAAAAAAw/zfu6kzdHv2s/s1600-h/images.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 109px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Si9O1SwO20I/AAAAAAAAAAw/zfu6kzdHv2s/s320/images.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345577960186239810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of being sick, here is a picture of the Swine Flu.  Let's hope I don't have it!!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-5503635682051407785?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/5503635682051407785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/06/swine-flu.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/5503635682051407785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/5503635682051407785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/06/swine-flu.html' title='Swine Flu'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Si9O1SwO20I/AAAAAAAAAAw/zfu6kzdHv2s/s72-c/images.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-3452671821423302689</id><published>2009-06-09T00:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T00:53:45.405-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I couldn't stave off the sickness</title><content type='html'>So, after about 1 1/2 weeks of staving off Patty's illness, I have finally contracted this silly bug.  What's worse, is that my voice still hasn't recovered from karaoke on Friday night, so I kind of sound like my vocal cords have leprosy.  It is unfortunate.  I hope I am better soon.  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-3452671821423302689?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/3452671821423302689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-couldnt-stave-off-sickness.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3452671821423302689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/3452671821423302689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-couldnt-stave-off-sickness.html' title='I couldn&apos;t stave off the sickness'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-6221207344060164974</id><published>2009-06-01T02:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T02:53:33.824-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Curious Cuisine</title><content type='html'>On Sunday Patty and I decided to go up to the Shimoda Mall for fun...ok, actually I really wanted to see the new Star Trek movie, and we haven't been to a Japanese movie theater before.  They really are a bit different from American theaters for 2 main reasons.  One, the price is about $20 per person, and second, there is actually reserved seating that you choose when you purchase your ticket.  Pretty crazy, right? &lt;br /&gt;Now, what I really wanted to mention here though is there is this great shop that sells all manner of wonderfully delicious breads/desserts.  We have been by that place several times, and infact one of the first places that we were taken when we came to Misawa was the mall, and this little bread shop.  They have just about everything you could imagine...cheese bread, scones, nan filled with indian curry (delicious btw), cold pizza slices, and the oddest one, a breaded and fried ham and cheese sandwich.  Yes...that is right.  They bread and then fry 2 slices of ham and a slice of cheese between two pieces of white bread.  Maybe your not that suprised by it, but I sure was.  I suppose Americans tend to fry some pretty weird stuff too, but I just had never heard of breading and frying a sandwich! &lt;br /&gt;We ended up getting one, and to tell the truth, I liked it!  It was pretty much just how you would think it should taste...crunchy on the outside, and ham sandwichy on the inside.  My only critisizim would be that it was cold.  I think it would have tasted way better had it been hot or even warm.  I wish I had a picture of it, but sadly we didn't think of taking one...oh well..maybe next time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-6221207344060164974?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/6221207344060164974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/06/curious-cuisine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6221207344060164974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6221207344060164974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/06/curious-cuisine.html' title='Curious Cuisine'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-865152782882802703</id><published>2009-05-29T18:23:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-29T18:27:17.793-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Delicious</title><content type='html'>This morning while waiting for a friend to pick up his car from the mechanic, I stopped at a Lawsons (a japanese convienence store) and got a little riceball and a bottle of green tea.  I have to say, having those two things in the morning were great!  They really woke me up, filled me up, and didn't sit too heavy in my stomache.  I seem to find that most breakfast type items usually feel heavy in your belly and kind of wear you down.  This did just the opposite!  I felt quite spry afterwards!  Patty and I went to the gym about an hour after I ate, and we both ran and felt pretty good about it!  Patty is starting to really starting to find her groove again with running.  I'm very happy for her!  I just need to work on finding my own..it's just too bad I hate running.  Oh well..maybe with more green tea and riceballs I will feel more positive towards running!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-865152782882802703?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/865152782882802703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/05/delicious.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/865152782882802703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/865152782882802703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/05/delicious.html' title='Delicious'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-8849714657818342556</id><published>2009-05-26T04:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-26T04:27:24.769-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thoughts on Vitamin Water</title><content type='html'>So, I'm not a fan.  A friend of mine offered me a bottle of this beverage while we were hanging out earlier and at the time it sounded good.  It was supposed to be dragon-fruit flavored.  I thought, "well, I like dragon-fruit...I bet this will be pretty good".  Unfortunately, it followed suit with every other sip of Vitamin Water I've ever had.  It just tastes like really watered down gatorade.  The worst part is that it is about $1.00 per bottle!  Crazy....well, I guess no more insane than buying a bottle of gatorade, but then why wouldn't you just buy gatorade?  You could just buy a bottle of water instead, and it would probably be much more satisfying....and if you got it out of the tap or such dispensing units, it would be for free!&lt;div&gt;Thinking on it, what specifically is Vitamin H2O supposed to do for you?  Supply you with your daily amount of vitamins?  Don't people realize yet that taking 500% of your DRI is not particularly good for you?  For that matter, gatorade is way over-used too...I don't think your body needs that many electrolytes.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That's really all I have.  Sorry...didn't mean to rant.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-8849714657818342556?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/8849714657818342556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/05/thoughts-on-vitamin-water.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/8849714657818342556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/8849714657818342556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/05/thoughts-on-vitamin-water.html' title='Thoughts on Vitamin Water'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-1562173667936684622</id><published>2009-05-25T03:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-25T04:02:42.783-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dilemma...well to me</title><content type='html'>Oh yeah...just thought of one other thing I can share.  &lt;div&gt;So, I recently just got ripped off of an ebay deal, which I was quite unhappy about.  Hopefully I will be getting the money back though, so I can go and spend it on something else.  :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For those of you who do not know the extremely fun, yet incredible time sink/money pit hobby known as Warhammer, you won't really understand, but my dilemma is this:  I want to start a new 40k army, but I don't know which one to do.  I can't decide between the Eldar, Tau or Daemons.  So many choices, and each has their own positives and negatives.  So, I could really use your help!  If anyone has any suggestions please let me know!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-1562173667936684622?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/1562173667936684622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/05/dilemmawell-to-me.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1562173667936684622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/1562173667936684622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/05/dilemmawell-to-me.html' title='Dilemma...well to me'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075127962191786883.post-6246175474661071639</id><published>2009-05-25T03:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-25T03:50:52.342-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Beginning</title><content type='html'>Well, as you all may or may not know, my last attempt at blogging was a miserable failure.  So, in an attempt to inspire myself to keep my blog up to date, I have decided to make a new blog!  I can't promise anything interesting, but I will try to write a little something from time to time.  I hope this will be as pleasurable for me as well as for all of you!  That's all I really have for this installment!  Please stay tuned for more!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ooo....the theme song from Edward Scissor Hands was just playing...!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;:)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9075127962191786883-6246175474661071639?l=memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/feeds/6246175474661071639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-beginning.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6246175474661071639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9075127962191786883/posts/default/6246175474661071639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://memoirsofacorey.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-beginning.html' title='A New Beginning'/><author><name>Corey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09345189408098832383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NfckSb2FQYs/Shp8GMBUn0I/AAAAAAAAAAM/13xD7Y4KYr4/S220/IMG_3482.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
