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                <title>Rock Band 2 Tracklist</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:00:10 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Obviously of no use to anybody but myself (and maybe someone who wants to play, should they visit my page), I'm making a list of all my Rock Band songs, simply because I'm bored, and I've always wanted to; since all my other lists are here, why not this one? Anyways, on with it:<br /><br /><b><i>----------------------------------------------------------<br />319 SONGS - 180 DLC, 84 RB2, 55 RB<br />----------------------------------------------------------</i></b><br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />THE 88 - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Sons and Daughters<br /><br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />ABNORMALITY - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Visions<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />AC/DC - 19<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Let There Be Rock<br /><i>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />LIVE - 18<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</i><br />Thunderstruck (Live)<br />Shoot to Thrill (Live)<br />Back in Black (Live)<br />Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be (Live)<br />Heatseeker (Live)<br />Fire Your Guns (Live)<br />Jailbreak (Live)<br />The Jack (Live)<br />Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Live)<br />Moneytalks (Live)<br />Hells Bells (Live)<br />High Voltage (Live)<br />Whole Lotta Rosie (Live)<br />You Shook Me All Night Long (Live)<br />T.N.T. (Live)<br />Let There Be Rock (Live)<br />Highway to Hell (Live)<br />For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (Live)<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />THE ACRO-BRATS - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Day Late, Dollar Short<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />as made famous by AEROSMITH - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Train Kept A Rollin'<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />AFI - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Girl's Not Grey<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />ALANIS MORISSETTE - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />You Oughta Know<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />ALICE IN CHAINS - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Man in the Box<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />ALIEN ANT FARM - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Smooth Criminal<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Ramblin' Man<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />ANARCHY CLUB - 2<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Blood Doll<br />Get Clean<br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />AUTHORITY ZERO - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />No Regrets<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />AVENGED SEVENFOLD - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Almost Easy<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />THE B-52'S - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Roam<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />BAD COMPANY - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Shooting Star<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />BANG CAMARO - 2<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Pleasure (Pleasure)<br />Rock Rebellion<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />THE BANGLES - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Walk Like an Egyptian<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />BEASTIE BOYS - 2<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />Sabotage<br />So What'cha Want<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />BECK - 1<br />--------------------------------------------------------------</b><br />E-Pro<br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------<br />BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - 1<br />------------------------------------------... ]]></description>
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                <title>CORRECTMEIFI'MWRONGBUTAREYOUASKINGFORA CHALLENGE?!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:11:11 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to others! Encourage them to do it too. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! *Stolen from =<a class="u" href="http://setzer-nara.deviantart.com/">Setzer-Nara</a>*<br /><br /><br />Pick your Artist:<br />"Weird Al" Yankovic<br /><br />Describe Yourself:<br />Such a Groovy Guy<br /><br />How do you feel:<br />White & Nerdy<br /><br />Describe where you currently live:<br />Spatula City<br /><br />If you could go anywhere, where would you go:<br />Albuquerque<br /><br />Your favorite form of transportation:<br />Stop Draggin' My Car Around<br /><br />Your best friend is:<br />Skipper Dan<br /><br />You and your best friends are:<br />Young, Dumb & Ugly<br /><br />What's the weather like:<br />Twister<br /><br />Favorite time of day:<br />Midnight Star<br /><br />If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:<br />Talk Soup<br /><br />What is life to you:<br />Good Enough For Now<br /><br />Your most recent relationship:<br />She Never Told Me She Was a Mime<br /><br />Your fear:<br />Germs<br /><br />What is the best advice you have to give:<br />Everything You Know Is Wrong<br /><br />Thought for the Day:<br />I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead<br /><br />How I would like to die:<br />Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White<br /><br />My soul's present condition:<br />Generic Blues<br /><br />My motto:<br />Dare to Be Stupid<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>Saucy~</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:36:23 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well well, looks like Ake's decided to throw up a new journal, courtesy of =<a class="u" href="http://setzer-nara.deviantart.com/">Setzer-Nara</a>. Saucy~<br /><br /><u><b>RULES:</b></u><br />1. Post these rules.<br />2. Each tagged person must post 8 things about their self on their journal.<br />3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal.<br />4. Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.<br />5. No tag-backs.<br /><br /><br /><u><b>MY EIGHT THINGS:</b></u><br /><br /><br />1. Regardless of what you think of it, I love my beard. To death. Don't even come up to me with that "ewww" attitude. If you don't like it, too bad. Get over it.<br /><br />2. I AM A SUCKER FOR NOSTALGIA. I cling to my childhood like life support.<br /><br />3. I consider myself a very sappy, romatic person, but everyone who reads this will think I'm lying through my teeth. Regardless, I am a very sensitive guy.<br /><br />4. My passion for music burns almost as much as my flame for nostalgia, if not more. I LOVE to sing, I play the hell out of every rythmn-based game, I listen to just about everything you could ever think of (along with everything else you don't), and would love nothing more than to learn how to play my keyboard better. *still practices* Do wish I had me a nice keytar, though.<br /><br />5. I've got one tattoo already, and I plan to get more. If all goes as planned, my left arm will be devoted to my favorite music artists, with signatures and bust-shots; my right is sworn to geekiness, video games and nostalgia. (My current tattoo is "Weird Al" Yankovic's signature, if you were wondering; My next will be Ronnie James Dio's signature, if all goes well.)<br /><br />6. I am a MASSIVE gamer, and a retro one at that. I absolutely love me some NES, SNES and Genesis, and I'm slowly building up a collection. That's not to say I don't love the current-gen, though.<br /><br />7. Speaking of games, one of my dreams is to open and run my own 80's-90's themed arcade, and live off that. Call me a Kevin Flynn in the making (and if you get that reference, I LOVE YOU.)<br /><br />8. I would very much enjoy a long, hot bath right now.<br /><br /><br />I tag no one. Get off my lawn, you hippies. <3<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>NES/SNES/Genesis List</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:55:10 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Thought I'd put up a list of some old-school games I own, just to have as a handy reference, should I be away from home. This list is not complete (mostly on account of mislocated Genesis games), so this is all what I have upstairs in my room. Enjoy! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br /><br /><br /><u><b>NES</b></u><br /><br />1. 2-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt<br />2. 2-in-1 Super Spike V'Ball/World Cup Soccer<br />3. 3-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet<br />4. Adventure Island<br />5. The Adventures of Bayou Billy<br />6. Alpha Mission<br />7. Battletoads<br />8. Castle of Dragon<br />9. The Chessmaster<br />10. Classic Concentration<br />11. Contra<br />12. Deadly Towers<br />13. Dick Tracy<br />14. Dr. Mario<br />15. Dragon Warrior<br />16. Dungeon Magic<br />17. Faxanadu<br />18. Fester's Quest<br />19. Final Fantasy<br />20. Golf<br />21. Home Alone<br />22. Hoops<br />23. Karnov<br />24. The Legend of Zelda<br />25. Metroid<br />26. Othello<br />27. Popeye<br />28. Racket Attack<br />29. Rad Racer<br />30. Shadowgate<br />31. Spot<br />32. Super Mario Bros. 2<br />33. Super Mario Bros. 3<br />34. Taboo: The Sixth Sense<br />35. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<br />36. Tennis<br />37. Top Gun<br />38. Track & Field<br />39. Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition<br />40. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?<br />41. Yo! Noid<br />42. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link<br /><br /><br /><u><b>SNES</b></u><br /><br />1. Contra III: The Alien Wars<br />2. Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest<br />3. Donkey Kong Country<br />4. The Mask<br />5. Mega Man X<br />6. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers<br />7. NBA Jam<br />8. Paperboy 2<br />9. Ranma 1/2: Hard Battle<br />10. Shaq-Fu<br />11. Street Fighter II Turbo<br />12. Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts<br />13. Super Mario Kart<br />14. Super Scope 6<br />15. Super Star Wars<br />16. Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back<br />17. Super Tennis<br />18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time<br />19. Wings 2: Aces High<br />20. WWF Super Wrestlemania<br />21. Zombies Ate My Neighbors<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Genesis</b></u><br /><br />1. Comix Zone<br />2. Ecco the Dolphin<br />3. Paperboy<br />4. Shaq-Fu<br />5. Sonic the Hedgehog 2<br />6. Vectorman 2<br /><br /><u><b>32X</b></u><br /><br />1. Star Wars Arcade<br /><br />Also, if anybody reading this would like to donate to my collection, or own any games they are getting rid of or selling, give me a shout!<br /><br />------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/journal/20697313/">To-Do List</a><br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/journal/22708818/">Game List</a> ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>Game List</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:40:04 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b><u>Games of 2009:</u></b><br /><br />Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (XBLA) -- June 29, 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />Batman: Arkham Asylum -- August 25, 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />Champions Online -- September 1, 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />Guitar Hero 5 -- September 1, 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />The Beatles: Rock Band -- September 09, 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days -- September 29, 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />BrÃ¼tal Legend -- October 13, 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />Saw -- October 23, 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />DJ Hero -- October 27, 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />Left 4 Dead 2 - November 17, 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br /><br />Edge of Twilight -- Q3 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion -- 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />Splatterhouse -- TBA 2009 <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br />Duke Nukem Forever -- When it's done <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br /><br /><b><u>Need to pick up:</u></b><br /><br />Bionic Commando <br />Guitar Hero: Smash Hits<br />The Incredible Hulk<br />Iron Man<br />Left 4 Dead<br />Lord of the Rings: Conquest<br />X-Men Origins: Wolverine<br />Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerators World Championship 2009<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>N is for NACHOS</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:32:01 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Rules: If you comment I'll give you a letter of the alphabet and you have to make a journal and list TEN THINGS you like starting with the letter I give you.<br /><br />Today's episode was brought to you by the letter...."N"! <a href="http://ohjoyplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/o/h/ohjoyplz.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconohjoyplz:" title="ohjoyplz"/></a><br />Given to me by the oh-so-crazy *<a class="u" href="http://tehcapn.deviantart.com/">TehCapn</a><br /><br />1.) Nitro (the 80's speed metal band)<br /><br />2.) No More Heroes (CRANBERRY CHOCOLATE SUNDAE!!)<br /><br />3.) Nachos w/cheese (These sound so good right now)<br /><br />4.) NES (8-bit fo the freakin' win.)<br /><br />5.) Nabeshin (Excel Saga, Puni Puni Poemy, etc..)<br /><br />6.) Nestea (Drink it canned all the time at Tyler's, anyway)<br /><br />7.) Naxan (One of the coolest Nobodies to grace *<a class="u" href="http://castlethatneverwas.deviantart.com/">CastleThatNeverWas</a><br /><br />8.) Naps (Only because I'm very tired right now)<br /><br />9.) Nightmare on Elm Street, A (Freddy > ALL OF YOU)<br /><br />10.) N+ (Frustrating game, but it can be worth it...burnt out on it right now, though.)<br /><br />There's me list...I'm dead tired, so sorry it sucks. D:<br /><br />------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/journal/20697313/">To-Do List</a><br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/journal/22708818/">Game List</a> ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>R.I.P. Uncle Russell</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:33:06 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So...my Uncle Russell passed away today; man, it completely caught me off-guard. I didn't think going with my family to hospital would bother me too much...and it didn't really. I consoled them the best I could.<br /><br />But man...when we got to see him, I was a total mess. God, I loved my Uncle Russell, even if he wasn't very close or around most of the time. My eyes hurt so bad all day just from crying at the hospital.<br /><br />Anyways, that's not why I really wrote this journal...last thing I want is for everyone to feel sorry about me. After the hospital stuff, I was feeling a lot of mixed emotions, and after some misunderstandings and assumptions on both sides, I was kind of snappy with good friends...I won't name names, but they know who they are. I apologize...I just really didn't want to bring anything up involving Russell, and make it seem like I was using his death as an anger crutch. I know it probably doesn't seem any different here, but I can express myself a lot better in written word than I can in person, and when I'm by myself.<br /><br />Anyways, that what's up with me, I guess. Pretty crabby day.<br /><br />Rest in peace, Russell Campbell. I'll never forget you man, you were pretty awesome.<br /><br />------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/journal/20697313/">To-Do List</a><br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/journal/22708818/">Game List</a> ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>Features! :D</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:48:47 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Totally responding to *<a class="u" href="http://dazedpink.deviantart.com/">DazedPink</a>'s journal (who is totally awesome by the way, check her stuff out!), and thought I'd jump on this bandwagon thing. o3o<br /><br /><i>Rules:<br />The first 15 people who comment on this journal will get a feature slot, with 3 pieces of their art thumbnailed. After you've commented and I've featured you, please make a journal entry like this of your own, and feature me there.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://dazedpink.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/a/dazedpink.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondazedpink:" title="dazedpink"/></a><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://DazedPink.deviantart.com/art/The-Green-Trickster-49779310"><img src="http://th09.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/058/b/7/__The_Green_Trickster___by_DazedPink.jpg" width="106" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://DazedPink.deviantart.com/art/78-Drink-97950460"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.com/fs36/150/f/2008/258/c/b/78__Drink__by_DazedPink.jpg" width="98" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://DazedPink.deviantart.com/art/Ice-100324140"><img src="http://th03.deviantart.com/fs37/150/f/2008/284/0/0/__Ice___by_DazedPink.jpg" width="121" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><br />(Also, check out my new-ish icon, thanks to ~<a class="u" href="http://sklavenbrause.deviantart.com/">Sklavenbrause</a>! It's awesome.)<br /><br />------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/journal/20697313/">To-Do List</a><br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/journal/22708818/">Game List</a> ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>Updated To-Do List</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:02:31 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://fauxfo.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/f/a/fauxfo.jpg?1" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconfauxfo:" title="fauxfo"/></a> - Xalcsu (10 Free Sketches) <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br /><br /><a href="http://xardwen.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/x/a/xardwen.png?1" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconxardwen:" title="xardwen"/></a> - Xardwen (10 Free Sketches) <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br /><br /><a href="http://kinno-nabi.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/k/i/kinno-nabi.gif?3" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconkinno-nabi:" title="kinno-nabi"/></a> - Infrakex (10 Free Sketches) <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br /><br /><a href="http://akumachou.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/k/akumachou.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconakumachou:" title="akumachou"/></a> - Laixsynd & Kajex (10 Free Sketches) <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br /><br /><a href="http://castlethatneverwas.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/c/a/castlethatneverwas.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconcastlethatneverwas:" title="castlethatneverwas"/></a> - The Band That Never Was (For fun) <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br /><br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/k/akekazori.gif?1" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconakekazori:" title="akekazori"/></a> - De-rezzer Keyblade Revamp (Straighten it out) <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br /><br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/k/akekazori.gif?1" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconakekazori:" title="akekazori"/></a> - Ryouga-chan (Just for myself) <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/star_empty.gif" width="17" height="16" alt=":star-empty:" title="No Star" /><br /><br />Finally, another updated due list. For anyone who was one my last one, with the 10 free sketches...sorry, I only kept the ones I was interested in doing.<br /><br />------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/journal/20697313/">To-Do List</a><br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/journal/22708818/">Game List</a> ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>Stolen from Frankie! :D</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:47:54 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ 001. Name â Brandon Lee Miles (like the Crow, booyah)<br />002. Nickname â Ranma, Akekazori, Ake, Droxbann, Jiri<br />003. Status â Uh-num-a-num. Num-num.<br />004. Zodiac sign â Virgo.<br />005. Male or female â *strokes beard*<br />006. Elementary â Indeed dear Watson, quite elementary.<br />007. Middle School â Eh, three different ones...all bleh.<br />008. High School â Sucked until I got to RCB and met some sweet friends.<br />009. Smart â Yeah, I thought so too.<br />010. Hair color â Dark brown, fading into light brown at the tips.<br />011. Long or short â I want it really long, but right now it's only about 'boob-length'.<br />012. Loud or Quiet â I've been told I'm quite loud; if I am quiet, I usually am thinking about serious things.<br />013. Sweats or Jeans â Jeans totally, usually shorts if I have some available.<br />014. Phone or Camera â Phones are more convenient...but I dunno'. I'm not much for either.<br />015. Health freak â ROFL. No. You hand me some chicken wings, pizza, taquitos or what have you; they'll be gone in an instant.<br />016. Drink or Smoke? â Ew, no to both....though I have wondered about wine sometimes.<br />017. Do you have a crush on someone?  â No, not really.<br />018. Eat or Drink â Definitely eat. o3o<br />019. Piercings â Haha, no way. I'm scared stiffless of needles...though that brings us to the next question...<br />020. Tattoos â Yeah, one; freakin' awesome autograph of "Weird Al" Yankovic on my left bicep. I'd like some more, too.<br /><br />FIRSTS:<br />023. First piercing â N/A<br />024. First best friend â Probably Ronald Fragmin...but to tell the truth, I'm not really in contact with my first couple friends anymore. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /><br />025. First award â I think 2nd place in the spelling bee, around 3rd grade.<br />026. First crush â No idea.<br />027. First pet â Chow Chow, our family's awesome Chow....I miss him so much. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)" /><br />028. First big vacation â Lol, I've never been on anything you could even consider a vacation.<br />030. First big birthday â I guess when I was like 8 or so? We went to Showtime Pizza, if that's considered big; it seemed awesome at the time.<br /><br /><br />CURRENTLY:<br />049. Eating â Nothing, even though CJ just ate 6 tacos in front of me, lol.<br />050. Drinking â Nothing....would like some tea, though.<br />052. I'm about to â Maybe play some Duke Nukem 3D or LEGO Batman.<br />053. Listening to â Tyler playing Armored Core: For Answer, with CJ and Lucas on commentary.<br />054. Plans for today â Well, with what's left, just hang out with my friends here at Tyler's place.<br /><br />YOUR FUTURE:<br />058. Want kids? â Not really, no.<br />059. Want to get married? â Maybe, one day....I'm not sure yet.<br />060. Careers in mind â Honestly, I'd be happy just owning and running an independent 80's themed arcade. Maybe not awesome money, but enough, and I'd be happy. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br /><br />WHICH IS BETTER WITH GIRL/BOY?<br />068. Lips or eyes â I'd usually say eyes...I suppose it just depends; I do like eyes, though.<br />070. Shorter or taller? â I get kinda' nervous around people taller than me actually, being tall myself.<br />072. Romantic or spontaneous â Is both too much to ask?<br />073. Nice stomach or nice arms â I don't really pay too much attention to either...as long as ther both decent, it doesn't really matter.<br />074. Sensitive or loud â See 072.<br />075. Hook-up or relationship â Relationship.<br />077. Trouble maker or hesitant â Somewhere in the middle, please.<br /><br />HAVE YOU EVER:<br />080. Lost glasses/contacts â Contacts in the sink...and I've destroyed my own glasses several times in fits of rage several years ago, before I chilled out.<br />081. Ran away from home â No.<br />084. Broken someones heart â I think so.<br />085. Been arrested â No.<br />087. Cried when someone died â Totally with you Frankie, even if it's someone I don't know, if I care enough about them, I will. <br /><br />DO YOU BELIEVE:<br />089. Yourself â Sometimes.<br />090. Miracles â ...Somewhat.<br />091. Love at first sight â I used to...anymore though, I'm careful about it...<br />092. Heaven â Yes.<br />093. Santa Claus â Not anymore.<br />094. Sex on the first date â Lol, I don't see that happening. But.... <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)" /><br />095. Kiss on the first date â I don't see anything wrong with that.<br /><br />ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:<br />097. Is there one person you want to be with right now â Yeah, there is someone, and yet, there i... ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>TR2N</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:39:17 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Everyone needs to watch this right now:<br /><br /><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5029479/tron-2-trailer-video-makes-pants-wet-worldwide">[link]</a><br /><br />Words cannot express.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>The Whole Shebang</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:56:51 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Man, it's been rough as of late, so sorry to anyone I owe art to or anything else I can't think of right now.<br /><br />I'm in a bind right now, so I'm taking care of that...getting my stuff outta' this apartment, and tryin' to figure out exactly what I'm doin' and all that.<br /><br />Just thought I'd keep everyone updated on why I've not been frequently on as of late.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>Survey of Threes.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 13:33:44 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Stolen from <a href="http://kinno-nabi.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/k/i/kinno-nabi.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconkinno-nabi:" title="kinno-nabi"/></a><br /><br />THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:<br />Brandon<br />Ake<br />Hippie (lol)<br /><br />THREE THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST 33 MINUTES:<br />Submitted some sketches of Dajex<br />Talked to Lindsay through notes<br />Rode the bus home from school<br /><br />THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:<br />My hair (it needs to grow faster!)<br />My height<br />My beard (gone of course, cosplay time)<br /><br />THREE THINGS YOU DISLIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:<br />My gut (don't mind it too much really, though)<br />My horrible vision<br />My hearing (I say 'what?' so much now, lol)<br /><br />THREE THINGS YOU'RE AFRAID OF:<br />Needles (the kind when you get a shot)<br />Elevators (and I work with them on a daily basis now x___x)<br />Spiders (this the most, but a lot of other insects scare me too)<br /><br />THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:<br />Nike shirt (ew)<br />Black and red shorts<br />Blue box-frame glasses <3<br /><br />THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS:<br />"Dare to be Stupid" - "Weird Al" Yankovic<br />"Faux de Fa Fa" - Flight of the Conchords<br />"Out of Control" - Oingo Boingo<br /><br />THREE REASONS WHY YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE:<br />Robert C. Byrd High School (my turning point to awesome, lol)<br />deviantART ( <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /> )<br />Music (didn't get into it until high school...crazy, huh?)<br /><br />THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES:<br />Drawing (deviantART, lol)<br />Video games<br />Hanging out with my friends<br /><br />THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:<br />Hang out with my friends<br />Work on my missions and Dajexs some more<br />Get paid (lol)<br /><br />THREE BOYÂS NAMES:<br />Spartacus<br />Jermaine<br />Link<br /><br />THREE GIRL'S NAMES:<br />Zoe ( silent 'e' )<br />Zelda<br />Z!<br /><br />THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:<br />Visit all sorts of cool places 'round the globe<br />Do a really awesome-looking cosplay<br />Meet Ronnie James Dio & Mick Foley<br /><br /><br />THREE PPL YOU TAG<br /><a href="http://davidbowieplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/a/davidbowieplz.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondavidbowieplz:" title="davidbowieplz"/></a> & <a href="http://zoidbergseestoo.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/z/o/zoidbergseestoo.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconzoidbergseestoo:" title="zoidbergseestoo"/></a> & <a href="http://sureisboringplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/s/u/sureisboringplz.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconsureisboringplz:" title="sureisboringplz"/></a><br /><br /><br />( Ok, so I goofed off tiny bits...sue me. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/razz.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=P" title="=P (Razz)" /> )<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Meet Droxbann!</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:33:43 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Taken from <a href="http://axelismyother.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/x/axelismyother.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconaxelismyother:" title="axelismyother"/></a>, and made to my knowledge by <a href="http://pixie-kissed-faery.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/p/i/pixie-kissed-faery.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconpixie-kissed-faery:" title="pixie-kissed-faery"/></a><br /><br />1. Choose a few of your own nobody OCs. Five at the most. AS MANY AS YOU WANT XD (if you only have one then that's fine too )<br />2. Make them answer the following questions.<br />3. Then tag three people. Whoever wants to do this can, of course <br />4. Feel free to go ahead and add some questions yourself!!<br /><br />Character(s):<br /><a href="http://akekazori.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/k/akekazori.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconakekazori:" title="akekazori"/></a><br />Droxbann, No. VIII in <a href="http://castle-oblivion.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/c/a/castle-oblivion.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconcastle-oblivion:" title="castle-oblivion"/></a><br /><br /><br /><br />~~General:<br /><br /><br />~~Hey there! So.....just wondering, how old are you?~~<br />Droxbann: I'm a little over 19...why do you ask? <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/flirty.gif" width="30" height="26" alt=":flirty:" title="Flirtatious" /><br /><br />~~Do you have any kids?~~ <br />Droxbann: They're not really my style, so no, no kids.<br /><br />~~Any other family that you'd like to mention?~~ <br />Droxbann: Well, there's my Somebody, if you wanna' even count that...other than that , just all the awesome dudes and dudettes in the castle.<br /><br /><br />So You're a Nobody, huh?:<br />~~What is your title and how does it pertain to your power/element? And what element/power would that be?~~<br />Droxbann: "The Mellow Maestro" would be my title, and I think it fits quite well, don't you? I'm a very laid-back dude, and well, my element is sound, so put two and two together...bada-bing, bada-boom!<br /><br />~~Awesome! So what's your weapon of choice?~~<br />Droxbann: It's this keytar! *holds up triumphantly* Yeah, I see you laughin', bro. Don't doubt me, unless you want your eardrums popped. *narrows eyes*<br /><br />~~Nifty, I wish I had one of those ...So do you usually get along with the other Organization members? What about the Superior?~~ <br />Droxbann: Everyone's usually pretty cool ta' me, though I'm not exactly on best terms with Pixel right now. I'll make it up to him...he's my bro, in a sense, right? As for the Superior/s, I'm not too familiar with Tsurix, but Axtasnah and Dheilxic both seem alright.<br /><br />~~I see....Do you have any Nobody buddies? What are their names?~~<br />Droxbann: You kiddin'? I got a buncha' pals! You can usually always find me hangin' 'round Reltyx, or striking up a chat with Infrakex. There's bunches more too, and with each new Nobody, there's another could-be friend.<br /><br />~~Mm-hmm, I see......And what about your Somebody/Other? What would their name be? How do you feel about them?~~<br />Droxbann: Well, I have to give him some credit...he's my User, after all. What's that? Eh, I'll tell you about it sometime later...long story, you see. But yeah, I suppose he's alright. Oh, his name? It's *haven't came up with it yet, will fill in later*.<br /><br />~~Ah, I understand. So where did you come from? What's it like there?~~<br />Droxbann: It's, well....it's kinda' hard to explain, dude. I'm from a computer mainframe that you'd probably be more familiar with as "Space Paranoids". I could bore you with the details of how I'm here now, but that's for another day. As for the scenery, well, there's not much environment at all, and it's little hard on the eyes, but it's home. There's not much to do other than play some games on the Grid, but that's fun as heck, so I visit rather often, when I'm not busy in the castle.<br /><br />~~Is there anywhere in particular that you like to spend the majority of your time?~~<br />Droxbann: When I'm not on the Grid, I like to chill in my room. I prefer company, however.<br /><br />~~What kinds of missions are you usually sent on?~~<br />Droxbann: Well, I've completed one...sort-of. Can't say Superior was too happy about that. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/a/animesweat.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="^^;" title="Sweating a little..." /><br /><br />~~Speaking of missions...Have you ever had to kill anyone?~~ <br />Droxbann: Not yet dude, but if the mission calls for it. I'd rather not though...I'd get my coat and pajamas all messed up...<br /><br />~~I see......Is there anyone that you would LIKE to kill? Or is there anyone that you hate?~~<br />Droxbann: Can't really hate, you understand...but no, I don't have any secret grudges; everyone's fine in my... ]]></description>
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                <title>Thanks Guys! ^.^</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:10:02 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Wowza, I got a little over 1,000 pageviews....yippie!!!!! *does a little jig*<br />
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Thanks to EVERYONE who's ever viewed, commented on, or favorited my art, you guys are the best! ^_^<br />
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Oh...and sorry for taking forever with the sketches guys...it's coming along, trust me. Which reminds me...after these are done, and after I finished some kinda' cool 1k pic, I should totally get to work on that female Ryouga I promised way back on March 5, 2005! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=D" title="=D (Big Grin)" /><br />
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^_^<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>WTF dA?!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:00:11 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ "Akekazori,<br />
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1 deviation of yours, listed below, has been removed from deviantART due to a violation of our policies:<br />
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Title: PKMN Trainer ID Card<br />
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WHAT THE FLIPPING F*CK DA?!! Yeah, ok, it makes sense I guess, the ID was made using the screenshots from the game, and I had nothing to do with creating any of the Pokemon, Badges, or Super Nerd character. But I'll guarantee you that it was no different than any of the billions of fanart dA gets everyday. Whatever...that picture's gone now, didn't feel the need to save it on my cpu. You'd think they give a warning or something, you know, a kind of "Hey Brandon, we feel you should take this off, it might be violating something." Sigh...next thing ya' know, they'll remove my new ID: "WTF?! There's a bullseye in this! DELETED!!" I don't know anymore...I'm gonna' go clean my room.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Bottled Feelings, Take 2.</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:37:11 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ You know the feeling when you lose a friend? I do. Not a loss of life and death proportions, just you stop talking, cold shoulder and such. You try to rekindle the friendship, but they want nothing to do with you, so it seems. To quote my last journal of this sort, "It's like someone takes a wrecking ball to your heart, but it doesn't break, it just leaves this big dent that hurts constantly." I dunno what happened...I just know it sucks now.<br />
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"This deviant has blocked you!"<br />
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T__T<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>RIP Steve Irwin 1962-2006</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:17:20 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Dang...this sucks. I grew up watching Steve Irwin, from watching it at the kitchen table while eating at a friend's place, to lying on the couch bored and stopping on the channel. RIP Steve.<br />
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060904/en_afp/australiapeopleirwinwildlife_060904125808">[link]</a><br />
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Iconic Aussie wildlife daredevil Steve Irwin has died as he loved living: seeking out the world's most dangerous and exotic creatures in their own domain.<br />
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But, in a strange twist, it was one of the less dangerous creatures that he has confronted that ultimately claimed his life.<br />
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The ebullient environmentalist, one of Australia's best known exports, was killed when he was lashed in the chest by a stingray's poison barb while filming underwater on the Great Barrier Reef on Monday.<br />
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"We have probably lost one of the most passionate wildlife people on this earth," said Irwin's producer John Stainton, who was filming with Irwin when his heart was pierced by the stingray's venomous tail.<br />
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Irwin's overflowing passion for animals, reptiles, fish and other creatures -- however deadly they might have been -- was a lifelong affair that made him a household name across the world.<br />
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His infectious enthusiasm and natural showmanship grew out of a childhood spent at the small reptile park started by his parents in Queensland, northeastern Australia, where he learned his love for creepy crawlies.<br />
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Born Stephen Robert Irwin in the southern city of Melbourne in 1962, the future "Crocodile Hunter" was exposed to such creatures from the earliest age by his reptile-enthusiast plumber father Bob and mum Lyn.<br />
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When Irwin was eight, his family moved to Queensland to launch a reptile park at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast, where he helped care for and feed the slithering menagerie which he soon adopted.<br />
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He would spend his spare time catching fish and hunting rodents to feed to his 3.6-meter (12-foot) pet python and his crocodiles.<br />
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Irwin's father taught him the ropes, even training him to jump into rivers in the region to catch crocodiles at night with his bare hands, an antic that would become one of Irwin's signature moves when he became a global television star.<br />
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As an adult, Irwin launched into the crocodile trapping business in areas of Queensland where the beasts were troubling residents, and in 1991 he took over the family business which he would turn into a global attraction.<br />
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Fate took a hand in Irwin's fortunes in 1991, when he ran into an old friend and television producer, Stainton, who oversaw the making of Irwin's first documentary, "The Crocodile Hunter", in 1992.<br />
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The show depicted the crocodile-trapping honeymoon of Irwin and his new American bride Terri Raines, who he had met at the park, and it turned Irwin into a TV personality.<br />
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Over the next 15 years, Irwin would make more than 70 one-hour episodes of his unusual wildlife documentary series, as well as scores of other shows with titles such as "Croc Files" and "Croc Diaries".<br />
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The unusual mix of Irwin's boundless enthusiasm and apparent fearlessness while getting close up and personal with terrifying creatures turned him into a star, notably in the United States where he is the subject of countless impersonation acts.<br />
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But his passion for promoting environmentalism and educating children in the ways of the wild had got Irwin into trouble as well as making him legions of fans.<br />
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In 2004, the father-of-two became the focus of a public firestorm when he fed a chicken to a hungry crocodile while holding his one-year-old son Bob in his other arm.<br />
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Irwin hit back at critics, saying the child was in no danger and insisted that he would continue such antics if they taught children about wildlife. His eight-year-old daughter Bindi looks set to follow in her dad's footsteps.<br />
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"When I was a very small boy, my dad did the same for me," he retorted. "In fact when I was nine-years-old he let me jump, restrain and capture my first crocodile." ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>Bottled Feelings...</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 17:32:33 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ You know the feeling when you like  someone for a long time, but keep it  bottled up forever, then you lose the  chance to express how you feel, or  obstacles prevent you from doing so? If  you don't, I can tell ya now, it's not  fun. It's like someone takes a wrecking  ball to your heart, but it doesn't  break, it just leaves this big dent  that hurts constantly. Hopefully I'll  be able to overcome the obstacles....I  don't like this feeling. ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>Life Survey</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:30:12 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well, lithiumkitsune had this, as well  as many of her friends, so I'm gonna do  it to! ^^ Here I go:<br />
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x THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND  THEN REPOST.<br />
(x) snuck out of the house (Of course,  everyone does this at least once)<br />
(x) gotten lost in your city (I do it  all the time...stupid  absent-mindedness)<br />
( ) saw a shooting star<br />
( ) been to any other countries besides  the united states <br />
( ) had a serious surgery<br />
(x) gone out in public in your pajamas  (If you count public as outside on my  porch)<br />
( ) kissed a stranger<br />
(x) hugged a stranger (Can't remember  who...after all, it WAS a stranger!) <br />
(x) been in a fist fight ( I hate  fighting, with all my heart...but I  lost my temper)<br />
( ) been arrested<br />
( ) done drugs<br />
( ) had alcohol<br />
(x) laughed and had milk/coke come out  of your nose (Only once...chocolate  milk, 3rd grade)<br />
(x) pushed all the buttons on an  elevator (Who hasn't done this?!?)<br />
( ) made out in an elevator <br />
( ) slept in an elevator<br />
(x) swore at your parents ( Not out  loud though)<br />
(x) kicked a guy where it hurts (Haha,  my poor, poor brother)<br />
(x) been in love ( I am right now, as a  matter of fact!)<br />
(x) been close to love (Obviously, if  I've been in love...)<br />
( ) been to a casino<br />
( ) been skydiving<br />
( ) broken a bone<br />
( ) been high<br />
( ) skinny-dipped<br />
(x) skipped school (Oh yeah, all the  time)<br />
(x) flashed someone (I was little, I  didn't know better)<br />
(x) saw a therapist (More like my  middle/high school counselers, but I  was in there ALL the time)<br />
( ) done the splits <br />
( ) played spin the bottle<br />
( ) gotten stitches<br />
(x) had an IV (Ick...when I had  ammonia)<br />
(x) drank a whole gallon of milk in one  hour (What can I say, I love milk!)<br />
(x) bitten someone (My brother when I  was little, on several occasions)<br />
( ) been to Niagara Falls<br />
( ) gotten the chicken pox <br />
(x) kissed a member of the opposite sex  (Noone special though)<br />
(x) kissed a member of the same sex  (Truth or Dare, couldn't be helped)<br />
( ) crashed into a friend's car<br />
( ) been to Japan<br />
(x) ridden in a taxi (All the time)<br />
( ) been dumped <br />
(x) shoplifted (I feel bad about this  now)<br />
( ) been fired<br />
(x) had a crush on someone of the same  sex (So I had a very small crush, so  what? I was confused at the time...I  still am)<br />
(x) had feelings for someone who didn't  have them back (Read above)<br />
( ) stole something from your job<br />
( ) gone on a blind date<br />
(x) lied to a friend (I try not to, if  I can help it)<br />
( ) had a crush on a teacher <br />
( ) celebrated mardi-gras in new  orleans<br />
( ) been to Europe<br />
( ) slept with a co-worker<br />
( ) been married<br />
( ) gotten divorced<br />
( ) had children<br />
( ) saw someone die <br />
( ) been to Africa<br />
( ) Driven over 400 miles in one day<br />
( ) Been to Canada<br />
( ) Been to Mexico<br />
( ) Been on a plane <br />
( ) Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show<br />
( ) Thrown up in a bar<br />
( ) Purposely set a part of yourself on  fire <br />
( ) Eaten Sushi <br />
( ) Been snowboarding<br />
(x) Met someone in person from the  internet (Becca! Yay!)<br />
( ) Been moshing at a rock show<br />
( ) Cut yourself on purpose<br />
( ) Been to a moto cross show <br />
(x) lost a child (Not intentional, not  at all...we found him though)<br />
( ) gone to college<br />
( ) graduated college<br />
( ) done hard drugs<br />
( ) tried killing yourself <br />
(x) taken painkillers (I DO get  headaches, of course...I'm only human)<br />
(x) love someone or miss someone right  now (Sigh..if only she knew I liked her  more than a friend...) ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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                <title>Mic Check...Is This Thing On?</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:33:59 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Umm...I have no idea where these  journals pop up at on here, so this  will be my test one! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/a/animesweat.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="^^;" title="Sweating a little..." /> Once I figure  this thing out, I'll post more often. ]]></description>
                <author>~Akekazori</author>
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