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  <title>My life on digital paper</title>
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  <updated>2007-06-30T09:51:33Z</updated>
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    <title>This fucking guy...</title>
    <published>2007-06-30T09:51:33Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-30T09:51:33Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">lol, that asshole from youtube is now making new accounts just to bug me.  &lt;br /&gt;at first I was angry, now I feel special enough that he makes a new youtube account each time just to talk to me :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here's his stuff:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;br /&gt;i know you are loser in your home country.&lt;br /&gt;you are pathetic smelly pig.&lt;br /&gt;you are pitiful loser not only in U.S but also in Japan.&lt;br /&gt;go home as soon as possible&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hey pig, you think you are cool guy?&lt;br /&gt;you misunderstand yourself.&lt;br /&gt;you are nothing but ugly smelly pig.&lt;br /&gt;remember that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;why are you so pig?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; i also know you are lolita.&lt;br /&gt;dont touch our children by your smelly pig hands.&lt;br /&gt;take a bath every day, not shower.&lt;br /&gt;loser otaku asiaphile dude&lt;br /&gt;HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;his screen names are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hstk78&lt;br /&gt;antiRacistGrp&lt;br /&gt;YabanJean</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:megadarkzero86:3450</id>
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    <title>megadarkzero86 @ 2007-06-25T23:26:00</title>
    <published>2007-06-26T05:26:46Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-26T05:26:46Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Asshole has been sending me nice hate messages like:&lt;br /&gt;first:&lt;br /&gt;i know you are loser in your home country.&lt;br /&gt;you are pathetic smelly pig.&lt;br /&gt;you are pitiful loser not only in U.S but also in Japan.&lt;br /&gt;go home as soon as possible&lt;br /&gt;second:&lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;br /&gt;hey pig, you think you are cool guy?&lt;br /&gt;you misunderstand yourself.&lt;br /&gt;you are nothing but ugly smelly pig.&lt;br /&gt;remember that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is what i wrote:&lt;br /&gt;Well, if you were a guy who could actually defend himself in a fight I would assume you would have shown it off on Youtube already.  You are a the pig, pussy/pig/scared-fag and never message me again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please go die, you piece of shit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway, spam his account please-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/profile?user=Hstk78"&gt;http://youtube.com/profile?user=Hstk78&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:megadarkzero86:3224</id>
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    <title>CHECK OUT MY NEW VIDEOS</title>
    <published>2007-06-20T08:38:44Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-20T08:38:44Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Inbetween looking for jobs today I uploaded some Japan videos on my Youtube profile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;check it out at &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;www.youtube.com/gokuson86</content>
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    <title>CHECK OUT MY JOURNAL!!!!!</title>
    <published>2007-06-09T02:21:15Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-09T02:21:15Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I think LJ is gay/retarded and only blog on my myspace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;check out my blog about Japan at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;blog.myspace.com/liquid_bullet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;laterz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Sam out</content>
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    <title>Nobody treats my family like shit EXCEPT ME!</title>
    <published>2007-06-02T07:29:33Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-02T07:29:33Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Nobody gives my family shit except me!&lt;br /&gt;Category: Life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I gave a lot of things from my apt. to my mom and little brother today. It's so funny^^, when I went over to her house is was around 16:30. Her neighbor is some crazy asshole who is like insane or something, lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My little brother and I were moving this big desk up the stairs and laughing and he came out and started shouting at us telling us to be quiet. Normally my mom and little brother would say something like "I am sorry" or "ok".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you know me, you know I don't take shit from anybody I don't know. So when he said that I was telling him to "go fuck yourself" and "suck my balls", lol. He said he was going to call the cops, I told him "go ahead, who are the cops going to believe, some crazy old asshole? Or the single mother and her teenage kid?".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I called my mom, she said he didn't call the cops^^. I kinda want to go back there and fight him, lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tanoshi ne^^?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-sam</content>
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    <title>AWESOME ENCOURAGEMENT!</title>
    <published>2007-05-30T07:01:09Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-30T07:01:09Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I found this by jumping around a couple forums today at work:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"hello,&lt;br /&gt;The thing is not to get shot down by negativity.You get up at the crack of dawn with determination and a goal in your heart to get something done.&lt;br /&gt;Stay motivated and don't let other's pull you down.&lt;br /&gt;It's too easy.&lt;br /&gt;Keep a positive relationship with your girly and keep off the booze till you get something.&lt;br /&gt;YOU may have to do 3 or 4 jobs to keep yourself afloat.Location is important as well.The busier the business is the more work will come to you.&lt;br /&gt;Standing around with your hands in your pockets is not a place to be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't knock yourself out.Keep your trapdoor shut till you are making enough to buy your own meals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listening to noise and head pollution from others in not the solution.I always think of the future without talking about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't get buried in a heap of thoughts from others.&lt;br /&gt;YOU came here to start a new life.YOU may have to paddle faster up the river,but in the end the effort will be worth it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's all about the attitude.&lt;br /&gt;Everything here is about perfect timing.&lt;br /&gt;The timing is now for you.&lt;br /&gt;Live like no other as life is not as simple as some may think.&lt;br /&gt;Keeping positive is the trick to living an everyday life in Japan."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel totally sparked for going there now and making it on my own!&lt;br /&gt;I just finished up packking up everything in the kitchen, all that is left for me to do now is pack up what is left in my room, which is nothing &amp;gt;.&amp;lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Sam out</content>
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    <title>Kool article on how Jap government hates Americans-</title>
    <published>2007-05-30T01:40:39Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-30T01:40:39Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Why No Working Holiday Visa for Americans?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Kevin Burns &amp;lt;kevinsenglishschools@hotmail.com&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Why no working holiday visa for Americans?Home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    by Kevin Burns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    "U.S. citizens planning to work in Japan should never enter Japan using a tourist visa or the visa waiver, even if they have been advised to do so. Such actions are illegal and can lead to arrest, incarceration and/or deportation."--That comes from a pamphlet at the Japanese consulate in Seattle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Accoridng to one English school chain owner in Japan: "The Catch 22 is: if Americans don't enter Japan on a tourist visa, however, they often cannot work in Japan, as it takes just too long to secure a working visa. Companies would rather hire someone who already has the appropriate visa, someone who can get the visa quickly, or someone who is willing to break the law, by entering Japan on a tourist visa with the plan to work in Japan by changing it to a working visa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Illegal? Yes. Necessary, though? Definitely. Sometimes laws don't coincide well with reality, and sometimes laws downright discriminate against certain peoples."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    The citizens of the following countries can secure a working holiday visa to come to Japan: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Korea, France, Germany the United Kingdom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    You will notice that America, supposedly Japan's friend and ally is not on the list. According to the Japanese consulate in Vancouver, you can secure a working holiday visa in as little as three days. A treaty was negotiated between these countries and Japan that allowed for the creation of this visa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    This visa allows you to work in Japan for 12 months and it can be renewed in some cases or switched to another visa after it expires in many cases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Americans are hamstrung by this. It really is an impediment to working in Japan. Americans who have the yen to come to Japan to work, can only come with a tourist visa or a working visa. Switching from a tourist visa to a working visa happens all the time, though you won't hear a Japanese immigration officials talking about it much. It is one of those open secrets so common to Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Getting a working visa can take up to four months. So on the one hand, an Australian can get a visa in a matter of days, but an American has to wait months. Why the difference? Why are Americans given such a raw deal?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Perhaps the American government simply doesn't want such an agreement. To this author's knowledge they don't have a working holiday agreement with any nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    It is interesting to note that Japan first chose Australia for the working holiday program, then New Zealand, followed by Canada. The impression it creates is that Australia was most desirable to Japanese eyes. Is there a desire to make it more difficult for businesses in Japan to hire Americans? Verily, that is the result. What this leads to is fewer Americans in Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Why would Japan want to create impediments for Americans hoping to live and work here? Could it be that America does the same to Japanese? Perhaps it is simply more difficult for Japanese to get a visa to work in America than it is in New Zealand, for example.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Perhaps it is because there are already many Americans here. There are American military bases throughout Japan and their personnel number well over 40,000. Japan has to deal with all the problems foreign soldiers cause when they mix with the civilians of Japan. There are also many American business people, and of course American English teachers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    In spite of the barriers against them, many Americans still manage to come to Japan and work. However, without this bureaucratic obstruction, there would be more Americans in Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    I assert that having more Americans in Japan has traditionally been an idea incongruous with the feelings of many Japanese politicians. Keep the Americans out as much as possible seems to be their goal. But don't make it so obvious that there is a backlash from the American government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    According to the Japan Association of Working Holiday Makers, "The Working Holiday Scheme is intended to promote a greater mutual understanding between our respective countries, and to broaden the international outlook of our young people. The Working Holiday Scheme makes it possible for citizens of one country to enter the other country for an extended holiday while encouraging in temporary employment in order to supplement their travel funds."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Maybe the Japanese authorities simply want more diversification in who comes to Japan. They want to encourage people from other countries to come. This could simply be the case: restrictions on Americans for diversification of the foreign population here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    It would give Japanese a broader exposure to many different nationalities here in Japan, and therefore, a broader view of the world (perhaps it is hoped).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    A Japanese business manager suggested that "because of the high crime rate in America, as compared to other countries like New Zealand for example, the Japanese authorities feel that Americans are more likely to try to bring guns or drugs into Japan. Or they don't want any more American influence in Japan and want to limit it as much as possible."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    It is interesting that some Japanese feel that Americans are undesirable. They give their opinion that Americans are more likely to break laws or be a negative influence in Japan, because they come from a society, that is seen by Japanese to be violent and law breaking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    The Japanese media, too, seem to be members of this anti-American illuminati. If an American serviceman rapes a Japanese woman, it is national news for days or weeks. So again, American men at least, are portrayed as a dangerous element in Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Yet if a female American JET teacher is raped, sexually harassed, or sexually assaulted, (a few incidents of which happen every, year according to a JET official who wishes to remain anonymous), there is not a newspaper in the land of Fuji that will touch such an unpalatable story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    JET is an official Japanese program, and its' image cannot be tarnished. To publish such a story would cause a Japanese loss of face, an international embarrassment. It is okay to embarrass the Americans with stories of their rapes of Japanese women, (no matter how rare they are.) But a journalist who dares to try to get an embarrassing incident about the JET program by the editor would probably be fired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    For whatever reason, the Japanese authorities are doing an excellent job of discouraging businesses from hiring Americans, and opting instead for an Aussie, Kiwi or Canuck. In these days of terrorism and war,securing the proper working visa for an American can take up to four months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Head hunting companies in Tokyo are also reporting that securing working visas is taking much longer than before, though this seems to be across the board and for all nationalities. If you can get a working holiday visa in three days, you greatly increase your marketability.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Sometimes Japanese laws are unrealistic. The law may state one thing, but the reality of the matter is another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    English schools need teachers. Often they need them quickly. Teachers sometimes don't give any notice and just quit. The English school must hire someone quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    If the working visa for an American takes so long, schools will naturally try to hire someone they can sponsor for the proper visa more quickly. Indeed, English schools are encouraged by Japanese immigration to discriminate against hiring Americans, by the bureaucratic system they have set up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Plus Americans themselves, being law abiding citizens on the whole, don't want to break Japanese laws either. If an English school says, "Come on a tourist visa, we need you now, then we will switch the visa over to a working visa, don't tell Japanese immigration." Naturally the prospective American teacher is suspicious of the school. The school is essentially telling them to break the law. The school realizes though that the law is forcing them into an untenable situation: They need teachers now, not in four months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    One good thing about Japan is that the law often bends. The fact is many Americans if not most, come to Japan on tourist visas, then switch to working visas. This is simply a fact of working life in Japan, as few teachers quitting their positions in Japan give more than one month's notice. You do the math. It doesn't give schools enough time to secure the working visas for Americans. So they either have to hire a citizen of the Commonwealth, or tell a U.S. citizen to come on a tourist visa and switch it over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    If I were American, I would complain. Why are you given such a raw deal in Japan?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    The writer is a Canadian from the Vancouver area. Japan Living: Learn about living and working in Japan from those that do! &lt;a href="http://www.eikaiwa1.com/jp.html"&gt;http://www.eikaiwa1.com/jp.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Update: The visas for our last two teachers have taken well over four months to secure! This situation makes it very difficult for employers to&lt;br /&gt;    sponsor employees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    For More Information on the Working Holiday Visa Program for Japan&lt;br /&gt;    see: &lt;a href="http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/w_holiday/"&gt;http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/w_holiday/&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <title>Japland being so easy breezy and Jap and Easy</title>
    <published>2007-05-28T08:48:39Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-28T08:48:39Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I think this trip to Japan is going to be good, I feel like I am going to figure out myself like I did the first time I went there.  Without my friends or critism, I am going to do my own thing and once again see who I am and hopefully make good on the situation and stay for more than 3 months.  I am basically stranding myself in Japan.  I won't be able to come home.  I am changing my return ticket to Guam instead of the U.S and making it at the end of 3 months of being there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All this will be good for me, my plan is fuck around and see shit and have fun for the first month.  Since I have to be Jewish and save my money to last longer instead of blowing my whole wad in one month.  Instead of exploring places around Tokyo and possibly going to Okinawa, I think I am gonna go see all the big cities again, like Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto, possibly Fukuoka or Nagasaki. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then for the second month I will stay with Pat and look for a jobs that are willing to illegally hire this foreigner in a freelance style  form of payment.  Like I said, I want to ask my dad for some cash and that will be a BIG help.  I have heard so many stories from celebrities and random people saying how they didn't exactly follow all the rules when they were visiting other countries (like the train trick I came up with).  There is always gonna be somebody to bend the rules, I just hope I can find that person so they can give me a chance to live in the country I think about constantly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THEN FOR THE THIRD MONTH- It really depends if Pat lets me extend my stay at his place (and if he moves into the new apartment with 2 bedrooms).  Otherwise I plan on coming back to Tokyo and asking the Guesthouse owners if I can work there for free in exchange for staying there.  Then look for a job while I am staying there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AFTER the third month- go to Guam for 3 days, just chill and shit at the youth hostel there, maybe explore the island.  Then come back to Japan and maybe go back to staying with Pat or go back to Tokyo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Researching the facts on the internet was a little dissapointing at first.  Everybody on every forum would say talk about how a foreigner has no chance of staying there and getting a job without a 4 year degree and a Work Visa.  It was really fucking bringing my spirits down.  But then I realized who all these assholes were- people who went to college, got a degree and ended up in Japan or came there looking for one and now don't want more foreigners coming there, lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There were a shit load of foreigners I found at the bars and restraurants who obviously didn't have a college degree or 5+ years of that kind of experience.  This time around, I am going to be sure to ask a lot of fuckin questions to them while I am out there.  Luckily most of them were really friendly and willing to answer my questions and I bet most of them were barely on the internet making testimonials like those 4 year degree assholes with too much free time on their hands, while the other gaijin were probably too busy living life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Either way, there is no turning back.  Bryan asked me today "what if you run out of money?  Then will you come home?".  That was a question I didn't even want to answer, thats just like asking "When you come home are you gonna live with your mom again or get a place?".  I don't know and I am not going to think about it, since that is thinking fucking negatively and not helping my situation and putting my focus somewhere else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;College degree= proof of 4 years of education and a lot of money spent w/ many hours of dedicated work put into it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am have nothing against college.  I think it is a great place to research anything that peaks your interest, it's even enough to help you get a career in that field.  There is no doubt in my mind that I will go to college someday and get a degree, but right now, I am YOUNG and AMBITOUS with life ahead of me.  I feel renewed and refreshed!  College can wait. Obviously meaning I will graduate a couple years after my buddies do, but you know what?  Whatever.  I have chosen my path for now and I plan to stick with it^^.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people who have been reading this might think  "What if you don't get a job and be forced to come home?" ...well, lets just hope it doesn't come down to it.  I have my doubts, but then I think of CompUSA's old warehouse manager "WADE".  He saved up for a while and then moved to Europe and tried to start his own freelance bussiness and got an apartment and everything.  He planed on staying there for as long as he could or at least over a year.  After 3 months I saw him at COMPUSA buying something.  It didn't work out for him and now he is back home in the U.S doing whatever.  See, that is a situation I don't want to get myself into, but when I compare it to mine I don't feel full of self doubt.  He probably followed his rule book, page by page and he didn't have any friends out there to help him (and he only spoke English) and he had never been there before. I have all the Pros to his Cons, therefore I am not worried.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, shit I have been typing for a while, I am outta here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 days!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Sam</content>
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    <title>MOVING TO JAPAN</title>
    <published>2007-05-27T19:17:58Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-27T19:17:58Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">This vacation to Japan has turned into a move to Japan.  Thats right!  I am outta America!  It all started because the new boss or my boss hear-saying a bunch of shit on how I can't go to Japan unless I quit my job, otherwise while I am out in Japan I would be fired.  At first I was very pissed off about this, but then I just stopped carring.  Thats all I did.  I had a clear head, sat down and just thought about the situation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are the first things I thought about::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st time I went to Japan-  I was experiencing a new culture, just going around exploring.  I wasn't planning on staying there because I was so psched about moving in with my douche bag roommate.  So I stayed for a month and a half and came home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd time I went to Japan- I was too focused on bonding with Brian and Jeff, trying to have fun.  Not really looking for a job out there, since I had 3 months on my lease and was psyched to be starting college.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd time I am going- I have to quit my job in order to go, I only have 2 months left on my lease that I can pay for.  I didn't really like college and plus, the only reason I was going so it would be easier to live in Japan.  This time I have buddy that is willing to put me up for enough to get my feet on the ground.  I have already packed all my things in the apartment and my friend is going to take it and store it in his basement while I am gone. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am really psched, I don't know if I can get a work Visa, but I will try to find a job that will sponsor me and let me stay for more than 3 months.  Otherwise, I am going to do a "Guam Weekend- since Japan only lets you stay for 3 months on a Visitor Visa, you leave the country for 2-3 days, then come back to Japan to get a new Visitor Visa".  When I see my dad on Friday I plan on asking him for some money (if he has any) to telp me get set up.  It's not neccessary, but it would help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know, when you have a feeling like you know you want something and you are gonna get it no matter what?  Well thats what is happening right now.  This is the same feeling I got when I got my Cadillac or when I moved into my first apartment.  I am motivated and letting nothing cloud my mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a little confused on what I should do with the situation that was supposed to happen when I came back to America (move into a new apt. w/ Kirin and Ady).  But then I talked to both of them about it and they understood this means a lot to me (plus Kiran's parents were being little dirty Indi's bout it, lol REBATES!).  I have to pay off my credit card, but I can do it while I am out there, just can't pay it off all at once^^.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am really gonna miss all of my friends that I have made in the last 2 years.  I will still be able to talk to them and see them through Skype.  I told them if I end up staying in Japan indefinitly, I will try to come back and visit durring off peak seasons for a easy ticket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, thats all.  This might be my last post in America for a while.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Laterz peoplez&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Sam out&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S- for any of you I don't get to talk to that often, contact me at&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aim screename- megamanlightx86&lt;br /&gt;Skype- gokuson86</content>
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    <title>Jeff choked me</title>
    <published>2007-05-22T06:05:46Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-22T08:01:43Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;lj-embed id="6" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight has been kind of an eye opener for me.  I don't mean that like I have in the past for dumb shit I never stick to (weight loss, etc.).  Like there was something that felt like it was life changing tonight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeff knocked me down to the floor and choked me.  This wasn't play fighting where "I try to get Bryan to say uncle", Jeff actually wanted to hurt me... and what did I do when that situation occured?  Nothing, I didn't do anything.  I didn't fight back, I didn't move, I didn't speak.  I just laid there and didn't respond at all.  I felt as cold as a surgeon.  I could have done anything durring that, punched him, yelled for help.  But no, I just laid there and actually waited to see how far he was going to take this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bryan freaked out.  While everybody was in shock about what happened.  I got up and just sat down, kind of in shock about what happened, tried to figure out what happened?  Before all of that, Jani and I were talking about the in's/out's of Christianity and then I go to sit in a chair and Bryan pulls out the chair from behind me.  This didn't hurt, but I was just like "ok, well I am gonna act like it did to make you look like a dick in front of everybody else".  Which worked, but then Jeff said "He's angry about that, what an asshole, you should beat him up". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then he threw an empty plastic bottle at my face. &lt;br /&gt;I did nothing.  He threw it again. &lt;br /&gt;I saw the bottle. &lt;br /&gt;I picked it up and threw it at him. &lt;br /&gt;Next thing that happens is Jeff pushes me down and starts choking me.&lt;br /&gt; Bryan and Phil are yelling "Dude what the fuck are you doing?!?!?!  Get off him?!?!?!"&lt;br /&gt;Both of them start pulling Jeff off me.&lt;br /&gt;Jeff gets out of their grab and tries to still choke me in a headlock saying things like "This is fun, eh?".&lt;br /&gt;I do nothing and continue to do nothing til he gets pulled off me by Phil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, a lot of you who are reading this are probably thinking "Jeff is an asshole" or "What the fuck?  Sam didn't do anything to instigate that!".  It's kinda funny, so did everybody else.  Me on the other hand, I can't tell if it was shock or what but I did not feel anything, before or after the fight.  Kind of like when I met my dad for the first time in 15 years.  I saw him, I talked to him, but I didn't feel any kind of emotion to go along with the experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another funny thing, I always say I hate myself each year before now, like the way I acted and interacted with people.  I think I change, but today I realized that I never do.  I was always angry in highschool, angry at my mom.  In middle school I was angry at mom and everybody.  In elementary school I was angry at everybody.  I thought maybe I had gotten past this part in my life, but sadly, I don't think it will ever go away. "I am not angry at anybody right now" I have been saying for so long, to an extent this might be true, but I still do so much shit talking behnd people's backs!  Why do I do this?  I do it to everybody!  MY family, my best friends, people I have never even met! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was thinking about what to say in this blog on the walk home from Brefflen's I noticed I was sounding like those women from the tv shows or Lifetime movies where they always say shit like "Oh, he only hit me because I deserved it".  Right now though, I feel that is 100% true.  I did deserve it.  Jeff being angry and attacking me like that has probably been boiling up inside him since I became part of the group.  Not til tonight that I realized I have been a complete Jackass to him.  I always joke and confront him on how he owes our other friends money or how I associate his girls name with the sound of masterbation, but I never really thought about how that might be seriously affecting Jeff.  I always joke and pretend to live in the moment, but the truth is I am always on impulse and thinking about so many things at the same time, I never really actually "Go with the flow".  It is more like "say shit or do shit that will be funny or entertaining to me now, w/o thinking about the consequences".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am posting this blog just so I can get a better perspective of what happened and what I should do about it.  My mind feels so clear, but so extremely cloudy at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is this a life changer, I don't know for sure.  What I do know is that I haven't been the nicest or smartest person since as far back as I can remember.  I want to be able to talk to people and not just say shit for the sake of saying shit for a while, but can I?  Looking back, whenever I see myself having a revelation like this, it sticks for a couple days, maybe even a few weeks, but I always revert back to my old ways.  I have been trying so hard to change myself!  Change my clothing, change my apartment, change the things I buy; but I never actually try to change ME.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I talked to Bryan and Jeff for a while after all of it went down.  Bryan was so shocked, he said it was very scary seeing Jeff do that to me and it was very scary to see that I wasn't even trying to fight back.  Bryan, I have spent almost every free minute I have had for the past year with him.  I might talk shit about him from time to time but looking back on all that now, I can't say anything but "He is the best friend a guy like me could ever have".  Even though I wasn't feeling affected by this "fight", he was...seeing me in that situation, he actually was scarred for me.  Jeff, I never really talked to Jeff seriously, like I did with Bryan, it would be jokes at or not at his expense.  It seemed Bryan was as clueless to this as I was. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the end, everything is cool and what I am getting at is, this was bound to happen for so long.  It's just a sad that I had to figure all of this out by having Jeff choke me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-sam out</content>
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    <title>Made some movies^^</title>
    <published>2007-05-21T05:17:15Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-22T06:04:19Z</updated>
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    <lj:music>Tomorrow's Nobodies</lj:music>
    <content type="html">Drunk Again...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;lj-embed id="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and my tribute to the gay man :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;lj-embed id="5" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;awesomeness w/ rape :P</content>
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  <entry>
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    <title>Lazy day and talking about health</title>
    <published>2007-05-19T06:45:44Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-19T06:45:44Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I woke up at 10 am, last night I hung out with Bryan and everybody after going to Cats.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it is 12:04 AM right now and all I have done today is play Pokemon Sapphire and watch Chappelle Show.  All day, I have gotten my team from 25 to 35 and watched all of the first season.  The only thing I did that was productive was go and get my pants measured and hemed by Bryan's sister-Megan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Wedsnday I went to Tom's wife Teresa's class to be a guinea pig for them.  She is a nutritionist and a herbaligist and is the head teacher at her school (small place by Valmont and 30th).  Anyway, if anybody who reads this, you would remember how the other month I was trying to get fit and healthy, well I thought this would help and I would be getting good advice that I would have to pay for.  It was basically me sitting in a room with 20 people sitting around me asking me questions about my life/health.  &lt;br /&gt;The whole point of me going there was so I can get a detailed exercise/diet plan I can follow.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will admit, since Bryan's health plan for me was really improvised and seemed like it wouldn't help me overall, so I stopped a little while ago and have been kind of in a Junk Food depression binge for the past 2 weeks.  Bryan keeps making me feel like shit when I am around him, because he brings up how my un-motivation to lose weight and get healthy.  Yesterday I just kinda snapped at him for it finally.  The situation went something like this: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bryan- "Wow Sam, Wendy's?  You sure are gonna get laid if you keep eating that shit"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sam- "You know what?  I only had 3 options, go to Subway, spend $7+ on the only sandwich I like that is still bad for me (Spicy Italian), The gas station where the only thing cooked there is a microwave burrito, or Wendy's-that is cheap, tasty, and cooked."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bryan- "Whatever fatty, yeah, well, you could just not eat, that would help ya still get laid"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sam-"ANYBODY CAN FUCK!  IT'S NOTHING SPECAIL!  To tell you the truth, the only reason I wanted to get laid wasn't to 'connect with a person' or 'get a girlfriend'!  It was to just feel better about myself and if anything, use that as an excuse to say I am better than everybody in the group!  I am not saying I don't want a girlfriend, I am just saying, I want to have somebody to be in Love with and have sex as a bonus!  If I really wanted to fuck so bad, I could just get a hooker and not bother getting healthy!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Point is, Bryan keeps trying to keep me down about eating bad now, which is good, shows he is a good friend, but he makes it sound like I am thinking this visit to the nutritionist is going to be the miracle that cures me.  Yes, it does sound like that, it sounds exactly like that, but the one thing that I never had before when trying to diet is people supporting me and giving me proper direction.  These students are going over all my medical history, what my current diet consists of, what vitamins I am deficient in, what my budget for groceries is, how much I want to cook, and how and when I can fit exercise into my schedule. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Now that all these people are making a health plan for me I am more than confidant on them, because they will make me a schedule and all I will do is need to follow it.  Just like I said, Bryan was like "just eat healthy stuff and get exercise"... that is a very, very fucking broad, these people are gonna give me the specific instructions and directions on how I should live daily.  I have done this before and I can do it again and since the person that is fully helping me with this is my best friend's wife I am more than confidant she will be able to help me in the future^^.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow, that was a lot of bitching, lol.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Otherwise I am very happy Japan is happening so soon.  The only thing that sucks is that I found out my buddy Eric won't be able to go.  It sucks, but you know, what can you do?  I am also happy that Ady's parents are all for him moving in with Kiran and I, and Kiran still needs to talk to his parents about it (which I am not worried about since they want him to move out).  Oh, and yeah, finally Phil is going to pay me for putting his computer together this weekend too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now back to Chappelle (Waaaaaaaaay better than that shitty hack of a comedian Carlos Mencia^^).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Sam out</content>
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    <title>28 gays later</title>
    <published>2007-04-18T06:03:03Z</published>
    <updated>2007-04-18T06:03:03Z</updated>
    <content type="html">tonight is andrew's 21st birthday.  bring on the gay, lolz0r0z&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-sam</content>
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    <title>penis</title>
    <published>2007-02-08T09:02:18Z</published>
    <updated>2007-02-08T09:02:18Z</updated>
    <content type="html">is not what i want to talk about, making a journal is cooler on myspace -.-</content>
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