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                <title>Anime's Best/I'm still alive</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:41:06 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Wow, it has been well over a year now since I have made any sort of sign that I am alive here at DA, kind of sad when you look at it.  Hell, I bet a lot of thought I packed up and left for good.  Well if youre reading this then you might be pleased to know that I am still alive and kicking, just not like I used to. Things are continuously busy for me it seems and since I am not in any kind of writing course anymore, it makes it harder and harder to write things on my free time because I seem to be just drained at the end school and such.  But that does not hold me from viewing work that is posted by everyone.  Though I no longer comment on work any more due to time constraints, I do take great pleasure in viewing everyones work.<br />
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But enough about that now, what brings me to this post is something that I have been pondering for a long time.  Today I took sometime out of my day and got a chance to read some mangas and watch some anime since it must have been a month since I last got a chance to.  As I was watching through random episodes, I found myself come across One Piece and as I was watching I started thinking to myself.  Just random things at first but then I found myself thinking more and more into it.  What I was wondering was, in anime/manga, which character is the most memorable one? Like who really pulls out those defining moments in the series that makes you look at him and go wow.  Now, I know most people when thing like this our ask, names like Sasuke and Naruto, Spike(Cowboy Bebop), or even Kenshin (Samurai X) are the first to come to mind in most cases but I wanted to dive a little deeper and look to see what else I could find.  After thinking for a couple of minutes I came to the conclusion that my choice would be Luffy(One Piece).  Now I know that is an odd choice because lets face it, Luffy certainly isnt the brightest character in anime but I have seen and read all of One Piece to date and every time there was something big going on Luffy pulled it off with such grace and emotion that you cant help but be drawn in by what he says.  I mean examples of this are clearly shown in the recent events at the war in Enies Lobby.  His speech to Robin has to be one of thee greatest moments in anime I have seen.  But not only that, when Nami was finally crushed by Arlong, what Luffy does and says you can help but feel good.<br />
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This brings me to the point of this post. If you are reading this please answer because I would really like to hear everyones opinion on this for my interest and too see if maybe I either skipped over someone or am being one dimensional.<br />
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1. Who do you think is the most memorable character in anime/manga?<br />
2. What do you think is the most memorable moment in anime/manga?<br />
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Ill post my answers to this in my comment section, but I look forward to what people have to say about this.<br />
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Till next time<br />
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Craig Barry<br />
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-Im still here<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>The Holidays</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:06:13 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Alright, another year has finally come and gone.  This was for a lack of a better word, interesting.  Plenty of new experiences, hardships, pains, friends, and fun occurred throughout the entire year making it the most active one in recent memory.  Recapping everything that happened throughout the whole year would be long, long fucking post.  There are some highlights that are worth noting including my friends kegger in August (I dont know how but I ended knowing everyone that was there), smoking my first cigar (there have been more that followed), Tys birthday, frequent poker nights, and the site of G-unit getting drunk for the first time (and certainly not the last time).  To be honest, this year wasnt really anything big till the last week of the year.<br />
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First up, Christmas.  For my grandpa just passing away, it was actually one of the best Christmas the family has had in years.  The highlight of that day had to be when I got my PSP from my parents.  To be honest, I didnt think they would get it for just because of the huge cost of it.  So that was a delightful surprise that left me speechless but I think brother and I gave our mom the biggest surprise when she opened up her gift and found a picture of us with Santa, something that we havent had done in years.  So she was quite happy with that and I am pretty sure my Dad was pleased with his bottle of booze and Pink Floyd DVD (tried to recreate his younger days when he would do drugs and go to concerts by bands like Pink Floyd).  So all in all, Christmas was a good day.  <br />
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Boxing Day was another eventful day to say the least.  How much I spent that day is irrelevant but lets just say I was a little spending whore.  Two things that I was proud that bought that were the Sin City: Recut and Extended and the Neon Genesis Evangelion box set.  Other then that, G-unit saved my ass from getting destroyed by fixing my family computer.  That sums up that day because I really didnt much after that. I was just way too tired to do anything else.<br />
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Now coming to the end of the year, I look upon New Years.  Before anything started or people headed over to Tys house, Ty and I took a trip over to Sherway put my Thin Blood theory to the test and pick up some more supplies for the night (which eventually became known as The Wall).  So around 5ish, the first beer was opened and Mike, Ty, and I started drinking.  Everything was pretty calm until people started getting impatient waiting for Noah to come so we could play poker, except when Noah finally got here, there was the problem with a lack of chair.  Thanks to Mikes quick thinking and assistance from Ty, chair were found although, I really dont know how or where they got them but they got the chairs none-the-less.  So just as poker finally started, pizza came which resulted in the game being delayed even further.  So the plan was to start the game around 8:30 and well by the time we actually started the game, it was almost 10:00.   At 10:05, I was eliminated from the game but honestly really didnt give a damn because I met someone else to hang with.  It was kind of embarrassing though because she would ask if I remembered her name and for the life of me I couldnt remember her name. Sure I can remember it now but that doesnt help me at all now since I forgot to ask for an email or number. (I know I fucked up royal)  Well then came the New Years which I must say I am off to a much better start then last year.  So everything was going good for everyone. People were still playing poker, I was outside with some people smoking a cigar and then, the inevitable happened. Matt, Tys friend, threw up all over the poker table and caused the game to come to a screeching halt and end to the game.  Once that happened, everyones buzz was just killed for the night.  After that, everyone was sure Matt was dead but his faint giggles proved us otherwise.  After all that and everyone pretty much left Ty, Alyce, and I went for a walk. When we got back Maritn had just disappeared and apparently it took him an hour to way around Tys block.  The cause of this was every five steps he needed to sway in the wind. (weird yes?)  Well if you didnt find that weird, maybe his obsession for cheese or Meghans Moms cookies was.  The highlight of the night had to be what we did to Ryan.  It is true, it really was Ryans Day as we ended up drawing a big penis on his cheek and then made him a nice pink thong with shaving gel.  Either way, Id say New Years was pretty good time and we should do it again sometime.<br />
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Now to the Friday that just passed. This was an interesting time to say the least.  First, Ty and I traveled to Mac which took an hour and half at least to get there, no thanks to the bus driver. (Ty, I think u were right.  He was retarded)  Once we got to Mac, the duffle man was welcomed with open arms and it was a non-stop party as we proceed to drink at 6:30.  There really was... ]]></description>
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                <title>Hello</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:58:01 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Hey everyone, I just stopping by to let  you all no that i am still alive and  well.  I just haven't been able to get  to da for a long time now but hopefully  I can change that soon. I guess a big  reason that i haven't been around  though is that i haven't had anything  to post for a long long time, I guess  it could be writers block I am not too  sure.  I have been doing something to  entertain myself though, so that is  something good. Thanks to downloading,  I have managed to see some really  interesting animes as of late.  These  anime's include Noir, .hack//sign,  Gundam Seed,Turn A Gundam, Gundam X,  Bleach, Shaman King,Mobile Suit Gundam  and Full Metal Alchemist.  Within these  titles, there were some really amazing  series as well as some really  dissappointingones as well. I guess I  will give a short opinion about each.   If you don't feel like readings them  that is cool, I hope to post something  soon enough.<br />
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Noir: A real beauty of an anime. This  series focuses more on a story line  then non-stop flashy guns fights,  althought the gun fights are pretty  crazy anyways.  I thought that it was a  real surprise on how this story molded  together. An impressive and suspenseful  storyline that is certainly worht a  look at.<br />
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.hack//sign: I guess it is not much of  a secret that I am a huge fan of .hack,  so I was expecting alot from this  series seeing how it was a prequel to  the video games, and boy did it  deliver.  I couldn't tear myself away  from it. This is one of the series I  hope to own by the end of the summer.  Once agian, it is worth alook at but I  suggest that if you do take a look at  it, watch abit more then 1 or 2  episodes cause it sets up the whole  story in the first couple and may take  awhile to get into.<br />
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Gundam Seed: This series was really  disappointing to me. I felt alittle  robbed after watching this series  because there was nothing new or  exciting about it. It had all been done  before in Mobile Suit Gundam and Gundam  Wing.  The only reason why I continued  to watch the series though was because  the fight seen were pretty impressive  so wanted to see if they would evolve  or not. They kindof did but not really.  Anyways, I could say more about it but  I won't. I just leave it at  dissappointing.<br />
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Turn A Gundam:  This was really  surprising. It isn't your typical  Gundam series, infact it is very very  interesting how everything goes in it.  This is the first Gundam to have a  original story that wasn't somewhat  stolen for the first Gundam series.  I  say if you are looking for thing to  watch, give this ashot. I say you maybe  alittle surprised on how solid this  anime is.<br />
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Gundam X: Possibly one the best  Gundam's I have seen to date.  It  revolves around the theory of the  "Newtypes" and as the story progresses,  more and more is revealed about  "Newtypes".  This was simply stunning  this anime and I was really really  pleased with the whole deal. This is  another anime that I want to purchase  at some point.<br />
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Mobile Suit Gundam: I am ashamed to say  that iit is only now that I have seen  the first Gundam series anime.  I am  shamed and desserved to be beatin. All  I'll say is that if you are a Gundam  fan and still haven't seen the  original, your not a Gundam fan.<br />
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Bleach: This series isn't lisenced yet  but trust me, it will be very soon.  Very Very soon.  Another stunning anime  that should be seen by everyone. I can'  say much about it cause the series is  still on going but right now, it is a  must see.<br />
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Shaman King: You'd be surprised on how  good this anime, as long as you don't  watch it in english. I am sorry but  this anime has been rape in the ass  hard. It is really sad because it is  such a good anime when it isn't in  english.  I really do want to buy this  series but it won't be worth it because  the english version is just horrible  and it is sad to see. I want to do a  rant about 4kids but not right now.   Still, if you can see it in Japanese,  do yourself a favor and see it.<br />
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Full Metal Alchemist: My God this anime  was something else. I don't know what  else I can say about it.  It was just a  work of art. It is probably one of the  best animes of all time and I would say  it is even better then Cowboy Bebop  (another amazing series). I would buy  this series in a split second if it  wasn't so pricey. If see any anime at  all, it should be this one. Plus there  is a movie being released to complete  the series this summer. ^_^<br />
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Well that is all for the anime and  such.  I could actually provide a  better description and whatnot but that  would take a lot of time.<br />
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On a side note, it seems I have a  subscrpition to DA for a week.  Interesting. And I hope to start  commenting and viewing your stuff soon.<br />
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Till next time Later<br />
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Balmung.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>The Month of Despair</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:05:04 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well it is that time of year again.   Out of the entire year, this has to be  my least favorite month. Mostly because  I am not a fan of the whole Valentines  Day stuff.  I never really celebrated  or done anything with anyone on that  day.  I just think of it as another day  were I sit at home and watch TV.   This  year though maybe alittle different for  the first time though.  I am actually  thinking of abandoning my shut-in life  style and try to go out.  I may take  someone to see the movie Finding  Neverland, which I have nothing about  great things about, but who knows.  There is still plenty of time ahead of  me to figure it out.<br />
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Anyways, another big problem with this  month is the coming mid-terms.-_- God  how I dispise them. This semesters  mid-terms are not gonna be a piece of  cake like last time either. Right now  the only class that I am not after of  is my Wired Writing class. I am doing  great in that class so no worries, but  as for everything else, I am pretty  sure I am fucked. It bad enough that I  can't understand wat my teacher says in  one of my class but everything just  seems to be made very complex.  Maybe I  am making abig deal out of this shot  for nothing but who knows. Another  thing that is bugging me at school  happens to the teacher I don't  understand.  She is determined to start  a war with me and all I can say is  bring it on. I'll be ready. So far she  has called me a "lair" and a "moron"  yet I am one of the top students in her  class.  I dunno why she would want to  start a war with me, but if she starts  something, I swear that I'll be the one  to finish it.<br />
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Anyways, that ends my relative useless  rant but what can you do.<br />
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Well till next time,<br />
Later<br />
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Balmung. ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>My Goals For 2005</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2005 13:53:27 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well a new year is well on its way and  like most people, I figure that I  should set-up some goals to help make  this year a hell of alot better then  the one that passed.  Sure there are  the obivious ones that people make,  like to drink less alcohol or become  more involved in the community, but  unless hell freezes over that ain't  happening.  But I do have some goals  that come somewhat along those lines.  So without any real delay here they  are.<br />
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1. Become less offensive - This is just  in general whether it is race or sex, I  just want to stop being offensive to  people.<br />
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2. Make some friends at school - I have  no friends at my new school, I think it  is time I should make some.<br />
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3. Get my G-2 - I need to start driving<br />
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4. Stay on the honor roll - This is the  first time I have been on the honor  roll, I'd like to stay on it.<br />
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5. Remain drug free -  enough said<br />
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6. Stop acting like an ass - enough  said<br />
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7. Exercise at least 3 times a week - I  am getting fat, I need to start getting  in shape again.<br />
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8. Beat Star Ocean - It has been 6  months, I think that is way to long to  take to beat a game.<br />
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9. Buy the new System Album - No matter  what the cost, I must have.<br />
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10. Being slapped less - So far I am  off to a worse start then last years. <br />
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11. Keep my commenting up to date -  enough said.<br />
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Well this is the list of goals for me.  I'll try to keep updating with my  progress but I guarntee nothing.   Anyways, if you have some goals and  want to share, please feel free to do.<br />
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Untill next Time, Later<br />
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Balmung. ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Question for all....</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2004 20:15:04 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ An interesting question was asked to me  that I finally had to think about of  the first time in a long long time.  Someone at school was talking to me  about the music I listen to, and in his  curiosity he asked me a very simple but  yet complicated question. He asked me  why do I listen to the music that I do.  I had to think about it for a while and  to be honest, I couldn't think of an  answer to give him. I just ended up  telling him that it put me at ease  whenever I listened to it. Then I ended  up going on to say that in some cases I  could even relate to what was being  sung.  So we continued to talk for abit  longer and it came to a point where he  ended up asking another simple yet  complex question. His question was this  time, of all the songs out there, which  one can you relate your life to? Once  again, I couldn't give him a quick  answer. I ended up scorlling through my  song on my laptop and after abit, I  stumbled upon the answer. The song that  can be related to my life is by Green  Day, called Boulevard of Broken Dreams.   It seems wierd when I think about it,  but that song pretty much sums up my  life.<br />
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Anyways, now to get to the point of  this. After this conversation, I  thought i would be an interesting  topic. So to anyone who reads this  journal, I ask you this question: What  song out there can you relate your life  to?  Just simple question that can have  a simple answer.<br />
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Well that is all for now,<br />
Later<br />
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Balmung. ]]></description>
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                <title>Halo 2: Not that great</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:25:08 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Alright, first of all, I like to think  of myself as a reasonable man. When  someone does something in creditably  stupid, I don't insult or make fun of  them to there face. No I wait until  they leave, then I make fun of them.  Same goes to assholes, jerks,  cockyshits , etc.  Now I know your  trying to figure what I am getting at  with this and I will in just a second,  but first I must make this clear. THIS  IS MY OPINION! SO DEAL WITH IT!<br />
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Now on to my main point. As pretty much  everyone knows, the apparent game of  the year was released last week. That's  right, I am talking about Halo 2 for  Xbox.  Now I personally, I don't like  to come on and complain, bitch, yell,  rant, or just bad mouth games, because  it is a waste of my time and yours.  Unfortunately, the immature students at  my school have pushed me to this. Halo  2 IS NOT the game of the year.  That is  right, Halo 2 is nothing.  I have now  had the disappointing pleasure of  playing Halo 2.  It has been only 3  days and in 12 hours, I beat the game.  Pretty sad, seeing how I don't even own  the game and I beat it already.  Even  multiplayer isn't that great unless it  is on Xbox live.  Anyways, to top off  the extremely short game play,  epscially after all the hype, the story  was just plan bad and lame. And to top  it off, the ending was just there. How  the game got such rave reviews, is  still a mystery to me but if your  rating it on the Xbox Live bit, then it  is understandable.  To me, at best the  game is an 7.5 - 8 out of 10.  Oh well,  what can you do.<br />
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Why am I writing about this you ask?   Well like I said, the immature students  at my school pushed me to.  For the  past 10 days, all I have heard is "Halo  2 is the best game ever" or "Halo 2 is  shit".  I have had enough of this shit  cause when ever they ask me what I  think and I expressed what I feel, my  head gets ripped off. So here I go  again, HALO 2 IS NOT THE GOOD, INFACT,  IT IS JUST AVERAGE!<br />
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So now your wondering what game do I  think will be the game of the year.  Well, here I'll tell you. Now remember,  this is my opinion and I am going out  on a limb here, seeing how I haven't  played the game yet, but I feel that  METAL GEAR SOLID 3 will be the biggest  game of the year. But I will see when I  play it myself.  While on I am on this  rant I might as well mention, that  Ratchet and Clank as well as Jak 3 are  just plain bad games. I have played  these games too and just lost interest  in the games.<br />
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Well I have said my piece, now feel  free to comment or state your opinion.  I won't mind but I may disagree. But  Hey, it is a free country.<br />
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Well, I have said my piece, so Later.<br />
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Balmung ]]></description>
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                <title>WTF? My Page Has Been Defaced</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2004 17:13:38 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ What the hell has happened to my page?  Why is there this deviant notice shit  on my page. My page isn't some  advertising billboard for D.A. Thw  worse part about this is that they just  put it on my page.  I didn't even get a  note or a warning about it.  If they  were gonna do this, they could have at  least sent me some kind of warning.  *sigh*  Maybe I am makin a big deal out  of nothing because i have been in a  real pissy mood for about a week and a  half, I am not too sure. But I am still  not happy with it.<br />
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Anyways, I am out.<br />
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Later,<br />
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Balmung. ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>3, 2, 1...</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2004 22:39:47 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ BALMUNG IS BACK PLEASE INSERT  LIQUOR!!!!!!<br />
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Yes yes, the one and only Balmung is  finally back to D.A. after a long  lay-off full bumps and twists.   Anyways, I am now back and catching up  on everything outstanding, mostly  commenting.  So since i have soo much  commenting to do, and I have limited  time everyday, have to modify my  commenting somewhat. So here is how it  goes:<br />
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Commenting:<br />
-All work that is in my message board  will be viewed in the next week or so,  sometimes even twice.<br />
-Not all work will be commented on,  because i have multiple post from some  people and it would take to long and i  do not want to lose and old post i have  not seen yet.<br />
-If there is not a comment on the  devation, check your main page. I will  post comments on there as a general  thing to save some time. But you have  my word, I will view it.<br />
-If you do not receive a comment within  this week, do not panic, one will  becoming soon.<br />
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Well that is the general thing I am  goin on. I can not wait to see what is  in store for me.<br />
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Anyways, there is more to come but I  have to work it in around school and  stuff but i will be on D.A. alot more  now.<br />
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So till, I see your work.<br />
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Later, <br />
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Balmung. ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Count Down: 24</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:05:02 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ just 24 hours remain.... ]]></description>
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                <title>Count Down</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2004 22:05:29 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ In 48 hours something huge will  happen.... ]]></description>
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                <title>Good - bye ...</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:04:41 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Today is the day that I have feared for  a long, long time. For the past 3 years  my Aunt has been battling a very rare  type of cancer. It was a terrifying  battle that pain the heart to see what  she had to endure. Well today was her  inspirational (I use this word because  I see very little people desiring the  will to live like her) battle came to a  sad and horrible end. Yes, today my  Aunt passed away.  To be honest, I  really don't know what to feel.  All I  know is that there is this pain deep  inside me that has awakened again and  the only thing I feel I can turn to is  the bottle that rests in my hand. Ever  since I have known that she wasn't goin  to make it to the end of the week, I  have hit the bottle hard.  Anyways, not  with standing that, I feel as if I now  have to be that boulder to support the  rest of the family (not just my parents  and brother but my cousins and uncles  and aunts as well) and on top of that,  I feel that it would be great respect  to write a peom to be read at her  funeral or at least use an old one (if  anyone could help me out, that would be  great).  Anyways, I am sorry now about  commenting on everyones work. I was  gonna use this week to catch up on  commenting but I guess now it isn't  gonna happen. I promise I will when  thing start to cheer up. <br />
<br />
Now I am off, I need to come up with a  peom and I think it will be best to be  by my family's side right now. <br />
<br />
Good - Bye Aunt Nancy<br />
<br />
Later everyone else,<br />
<br />
Balmung ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Top 10 and 6 Anime Movies/Series</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/2708145/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2004 23:12:52 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I was sitting at home yesterday  watching T.V. and it dawned on me, I  have alot of anime and have seen tons  of  it.  So this gave me a brilliant  idea, I should input my opinion on the  anime that is out there right now.   After much delay, I decided to post my  top 10 picks in anime series and my top  6 of movies. After posting them, I'd  quickly summerize why and then let you  comment on my choices, thats is even if  you read this. So, now with out any  further delay, here they are.<br />
<br />
Top 10 anime series<br />
<br />
10. Kenshin (OVA'S)<br />
9. Gundam Wing<br />
8. Mobile Suit Gundam: War in the  Pocket<br />
7. Escaflowne<br />
6. Trigun <br />
5. Boogie-Pop Phantom <br />
4. Evangelion  <br />
3. Witch Hunter Robin<br />
2. Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th Mobile  Suit Team<br />
1. Cowboy Bebop<br />
<br />
I guess it shouldn't be such a surprise  that Cowboy Bebop was number I mean  this series was just beyond belief. It  was simply amazing.  One major surprise  was the third place finish of Witch  Hunter Robin. I know that I haven't  finished it yet but up until now this  series has delivered more than expected  and just keeps getting more and more  interesting as the episodes progress.  As for teh second place finisher,  Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th Mobile  Suit Team. You cannot call yourself a  mecha fan unless you have seen this  series. Although it is only 13 episodes  in total, it is almost just as good as  Bebop. Everything in the series in just  flawless from beginning to end. I  consider it a must see.<br />
<br />
<br />
Top 6 Anime Movies<br />
<br />
6. Metropolis <br />
5. Mobile Suit Gundam: Chars  Counterattack<br />
4. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust<br />
3. Cowboy Bebop: Knockin On Heavens  Door<br />
2. Grave of the Fireflies <br />
1. Perfect Blue<br />
<br />
For those of you who are not familiar  with Perfect Blue, it is the Best  Thriller in anime history, in my  opinion. It keeps you in suspense the  whole time and you will never figure it  out until the end. If you have seen it,  then you know what I mean. As for Grave  of the Fireflies, it has been a long  time since I saw it but from what I  remember, it was a very tradgic tale  and was really really good. Then there  is good old Bebop. Yes the whole crew  is back in this full length feature. It  is actually a very well developed story  line and everything but there was one  major flaw in it. It's flaw was that  there was no Vicious. I kinda was  hoping to see him in it but he wasn't.  But at least Vincient was a cool enemy  so it was too disappionting.  A big  surprise to the list though to most  people would be Metropolis. I feel that  this movie was under appericated by  people and should be seen. It is very  good and has a impressive 3-D effects.<br />
<br />
Well this rounds out my list. Feel free  to post your own list if you wish too.  Or if you have any questions or  comments on my list don't hesitate to  post it in a comment. I would be happy  to reply as long as it is within  reason. Or send me a note.<br />
<br />
Anyways, That is all for now.<br />
<br />
Later,<br />
<br />
Balmung ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Thingy</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2004 20:28:53 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Something I swiped off of *Kat-boy's  page. Fill it out..., its great fun <br />
<br />
<br />
Who are you?<br />
<br />
Are we friends?<br />
<br />
When and how did we meet?<br />
<br />
How have I affected you?<br />
<br />
What do you think of me?<br />
<br />
What's the fondest memory you have of  me?<br />
<br />
How long do you think we will be  friends?<br />
<br />
Do you love me?<br />
<br />
Do you have a crush on me?<br />
<br />
Would you kiss me?<br />
<br />
Would you hug me?<br />
<br />
Physically, what stands out?<br />
<br />
Emotionally, what stands out?<br />
<br />
Do you wish I was cooler?<br />
<br />
On a scale of 1-10, how hot am I?<br />
<br />
Give me a nickname and explain why you  picked it.<br />
<br />
Am I lovable?<br />
<br />
How long have you known me?<br />
<br />
Describe me in one word.<br />
<br />
What was your first impression?<br />
<br />
Do you still think that way about me  now?<br />
<br />
What do you think my weakness is?<br />
<br />
Do you think I'll get married?<br />
<br />
What makes me happy?<br />
<br />
What makes me sad?<br />
<br />
What reminds you of me?<br />
<br />
If you could give me anything what  would it be?<br />
<br />
How well do you know me?<br />
<br />
When's the last time you saw me?<br />
<br />
Ever wanted to tell me something but  couldn't?<br />
<br />
Do you think I could kill someone?<br />
<br />
Post in ur comment. Later ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Thing went from Bad to Worse...</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:08:19 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Things haven't been going to well for  lately and well today news from my Mom  took things from shit to diarrhea. The  news was that my Anut, who has cancer  but was in remission now, has three  tumors in her body and has to have her  chemo taken to the next level. And on  top of this, a friend that i have known  since i was young has a brain tumor  too. So now all this shit is now  raining down on me and I have studies  and fuck on top of all this, I have  been in a pissed off, shit mood too.  This is going to be a rough couple of  weeks. Well I will be posting stuff  soon, it is just a matter of time. But  it will be posted soon. So well later. ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>I Apologizes</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/1935777/</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 19:37:41 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I am sorry to every one on my friends  list who is getting alot of   Submittions by me but haven't been able  to see them. It seems that DA doesn't  like my computer and is being gay so  everytime I go to post something, it  fucks up on me. It is really pissing me  off. SO once again, I am sorry for  this.<br />
<br />
Later;<br />
<br />
Balmung ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>I Got Good News</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/1883819/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2004 14:33:06 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Hey Hey Hey. It is Balmung just thoguht  I'd tell you the results of that  Remembrance Day Poetry contest that I  had entered back in November.  Well  I'll get right to the chase, I got  first place in my zone of Toronto.  For  achieving first place in my zone, they  immediately sent my poem to the Cities.   Would you believe it, I won that too.  I couldn't believe it either because I  felt that my poem wasn't really that  good. But that's not what they saw, so  now, they have sent my poem to the  provincials and I will recieve the  results in April, so when I recieve  those, I'll be sure to post them.<br />
<br />
Anyways, if you would like to know the  name of the poem that I am talking  about, it is entitled Remember Our  Heroes.  <br />
<br />
Well that is it for now, Later. ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>L.P., POD, Hooba, and S.O.T.Y., my hat goes off to</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/1736331/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:43:37 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ If your reading this then you must be  wondering what I mean.  Well I will  tell you what I mean, I just got back  from one of the best concerts in the  world!!!  This concert had the Bands  Story of the Year, Hoobastank, POD, and  LINKIN PARK performing.  Every band  that played was simplely amazing.  It  doesn't even matter that I didn't even  get to mosh because the concert was so  fucking good.  And the eoncore that  Linkin Park did lasted about a half  hour and everyone was going nuts.  I  really had a blast and I'm pretty sure  that <br />
Kat-boy and Psychosaiyajin had a blast  too.  If you ever get a chance to see  Linkin Park live, don't blow it, It is  well worth the money. Well I'm tired  now so I'm going to bed. Later. ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>What the Fuck have I Been Doing?</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:48:05 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Hi everyone.  It is me, Balmung finally  posting a journal entry for the time  beening because I have been too fucking  busy to post anything on this site.    My fucking job was killing me.  I  pretty much worked the entire week for  at least 4 weeks in a row and I thought  I was a part-time worker but apparently  I wasn't.  Anyways my season ended so I  know longer have to worry about work  getting in the way, but another reason  is the I have writers block I guess you  could say.  Everything that i have  written seems to just seem like crap  and I'd throw it away.  Oh well, I  finally started writing a poem that  feels right and should be posting it  soon.  Other than that, I had a good  Christmas and a great New Years (Right  Kat-Boy) and I hope you all did too.   Also for all you anime fans out there,  if you are looking for a new anime to  watch, try the Witch Hunter Robin  series.  It is made by the creator of  Cowboy BeBop and is really good.  So  try to watch an episode or 2 and see  what it is like. <br />
<br />
Anyways, Later<br />
<br />
Balmung <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Thirteen</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:25:05 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Hey Hey Hey guys!!!  How are you all  doing!!!  I'm haivng a blast playing  FFX-2 for playstation 2.  It is so  fucking good you don't even understand  unless you have played it.  Another  game that I'm playing that has seem to  sneak under the radar is Fire Emblem.  It was released about 2 weeks ago and  it is not stop fun.  This is the first  stratagey  game that I have played in a  long long time and it is really really  worht the money I spent.  Anyways, this  weeks band is ..... MUSHROOMHEAD!!!!  This is another band that I got the  honour of seeing when they opened for  Godsmack back in September.  Well the  song I chose is Thirteen and and it is  off the album Thirteen.  Really good  song, check it out.<br />
<br />
"Thirteen"<br />
<br />
In a church by the face<br />
He talks about the people going under<br />
Only child know<br />
A man decides after seventy years<br />
That what he goes there for <br />
Is to unlock the door<br />
While those around him criticize and  sleep<br />
And through a fractal on that breaking  wall<br />
I see you my friend and touch your face  again<br />
Miracles will happen as we trip<br />
But we're never gonna survive unless<br />
We get a little crazy<br />
No we're never gonna survive unless<br />
We are a little<br />
Cray cray crazy<br />
Crazy are the people walking through my  head<br />
One of thems got a gun to shoot the  other one<br />
And yet together they were friends at  school<br />
Get it, get it, get it, yeah!<br />
If all were there when we first took  the pill<br />
Then maybe then maybe then maybe then  maybe<br />
Miracles will happen as we speak<br />
But we're never gonna survive unless<br />
We get a little crazy<br />
No we're never gonna survive unless<br />
We are a little<br />
Crazy<br />
No no we'll never survive unless we get  a little bit<br />
A man decides to go along after seventy  years<br />
Oh darlin<br />
In a sky full of people only some want  to fly<br />
Isn't that crazy<br />
In a world full of people only some  want to fly<br />
Isn't that crazy<br />
Crazy<br />
In a heaven of people there's only some  want to fly<br />
Ain't that crazy<br />
Oh babe Oh darlin'<br />
In a world full of people there's only  some want to fly<br />
Isn't that crazy<br />
Isn't that crazy Isn't that crazy Isn't  that crazy<br />
Ohh<br />
But we're never gonna survive unless we  get a little crazy crazy<br />
No we're never gonna to survive unless  we are a little crazy<br />
But we're never gonna survive unless we  get a little crazy crazy<br />
No we're never gonna to survive unless  we are a little crazy<br />
No no never survive unless we get a  little bit<br />
And then you see things<br />
The size of which you've never known  before<br />
They'll break it<br />
Someday<br />
Only child know<br />
Them things<br />
The size<br />
Of which you've never known before<br />
Someday<br />
<br />
Well that is about it.  O!! Wait before  I forget, I also won the Smash Brothers  Melee Tournment last week. Yea go me!!!<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" />  Better luck next time mechanicalengel.  Later. ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Poem</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:52:47 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Hello, everyone!! I'm back!! Well it  has been awhile since I have actually  been online because work has been  pissing me off.  I have worked 7 days  straight and 13 of the past 15 days. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/steaming.gif" width="15" height="24" alt=":steaming:" title="Steaming Mad!" />   Oh well at least I'm getting alot of  money now so I'll swallow my pride for  now.  Anyways, this weeks band is......  TAPROOT. Yes this band is pretty  fucking good, although I haven't seen  them live yet.  But I want too so it is  just a matter of time until I do.  Anyways, the song is called Poem and it  is off the CD called Welcome.<br />
<br />
<br />
Poem<br />
<br />
overbearing panic attack entrenching my  veins<br />
in an hour i'll be ok <br />
i pray this pain will go away  permanently someday <br />
I'VE seen more than...<br />
I should have to...<br />
I'VE seen this on my own<br />
<br />
this song is a,<br />
poem to myself,<br />
it helps me to live... <br />
in case of fire,<br />
BREAK the glass, <br />
and move on into your own...<br />
<br />
reoccurring drowning effect entrenching  my brain,<br />
i hope you'll be ok someday,<br />
so i can say that you moved on in the  right way... <br />
WE'VE seen this and <br />
WE'VE breathed this and <br />
WE'VE lived this on our own...<br />
<br />
this song is a,<br />
poem to myself,<br />
it helps me to live... <br />
in case of fire,<br />
BREAK the glass, <br />
and move on into your own...<br />
your own...<br />
<br />
BREAK...<br />
<br />
this song is a,<br />
poem to myself,<br />
it helps me to live... <br />
in case of fire,<br />
BREAK the glass, <br />
and move on into your own...<br />
<br />
Anyways, until next time. Later ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Easier to Run</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:03:41 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ K, I get right to the point. I will try  to comment as much as I can but it will  be hard. I'll still try my best.   Anyways, today's band is Linkin Park.   Need I say more?  Anyways the song is  called Easier to Run and it shows the  bands darker side whiched I liked so  take a look see:<br />
<br />
Easier To Run"<br />
<br />
It's easier to run<br />
Replacing this pain with something numb<br />
It's so much easier to go<br />
Than face all this pain here all alone<br />
<br />
Something has been taken from deep  inside of me<br />
The secret I've kept locked away no one  can ever see<br />
Wounds so deep they never show they  never go away<br />
Like moving pictures in my head for  years and years they've played<br />
<br />
(If I could change I would take back  the pain I would)<br />
(Retrace every wrong move that I made I  would)<br />
(If I could stand up and take the blame  I would)<br />
(If I could take all the shame to the  grave I would)<br />
(If I could change I would take back  the pain I would)<br />
(Retrace every wrong move that I made I  would)<br />
(If I could stand up and take the blame  I would)<br />
(I would take all my shame to the  grave)<br />
<br />
[Chorus]<br />
It's easier to run<br />
Replacing this pain with something more<br />
It's so much easier to go<br />
Than face all this pain here all alone<br />
<br />
Sometimes I remember the darkness of my  past<br />
Bringing back these memories I wish I  didn't have<br />
Sometimes I think of letting go and  never looking back<br />
And never moving forward so there'd  never be a past<br />
<br />
(If I could change I would take back  the pain I would)<br />
(Retrace every wrong move that I made I  would)<br />
(If I could stand up and take the blame  I would)<br />
(If I could take all the shame to the  grave I would)<br />
(If I could change I would take back  the pain I would)<br />
(Retrace every wrong move that I made I  would)<br />
(If I could stand up and take the blame  I would)<br />
(I would take all my shame to the  grave)<br />
<br />
Just washing it aside<br />
All of the helplessness inside<br />
Pretending I don't feel misplaced<br />
It's so much simpler than change<br />
<br />
[Chorus]<br />
It's easier to run<br />
Replacing this pain with something more<br />
It's so much easier to go<br />
Than face all this pain here all alone<br />
<br />
It's easier to run<br />
(If I could change I would take back  the pain I would)<br />
(Retrace every wrong move that I made)<br />
It's easier to go<br />
(If I could change I would take back  the pain I would)<br />
(Retrace every wrong move that I made I  would)<br />
(If I could stand up and take the blame  I would)<br />
(I would take all my shame to the  grave)<br />
<br />
I was going to post Numb but the video  is out and extremely popular so this  song was just as good. ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>The Noose</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2003 07:19:26 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Hey, It's me just posting this weeks  song.  For this week, I went to a less  heavy band with "A Perfect Circle."  The  band have been formed for a while now  and are doing quite well.  Since the  first album, they have now they have  added Twiggy from Mason's band, (he  quit mansons band not too long before  joining) too play bass.  When you hear  the band play, the vocalist sing he  might sound familiar because if you  didn't already know, he is Mayard from  Tool <---- Extremely talented band.   Anyways, the band is A Perfect Circle,  the album is Thirteenth Step and the  song is called The Noose. Take a look.<br />
<br />
The Noose<br />
<br />
So glad to see you well <br />
Overcome and completely silent now <br />
Without himself <br />
You cast your demons out <br />
And not to pull your halo down <br />
Around your neck and tug you off your  cloud <br />
But I'm more than just curious <br />
How you're planning to go about <br />
Making your amends to the dead <br />
To the dead <br />
<br />
Recall the deeds as if <br />
They're all someone else's <br />
Atrocious stories <br />
Now you stand reborn before us all <br />
So glad to see you well <br />
<br />
And not to pull your halo down <br />
Around your neck and tug you to the  ground <br />
But I'm more than just curious <br />
How you're planning to go about <br />
Making your amends to the dead <br />
To the dead <br />
<br />
With your halo slipping down <br />
Your halo slipping <br />
Your halo slipping down <br />
Your halo slipping down <br />
Your halo slipping down [repeated]<br />
<br />
Your halo slipping down to choke you  now<br />
<br />
This song is one of the best on this  under rated Cd.  If you get the chance,  take a real good look at it. Later <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>World So Cold</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:19:29 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ This weeks band is Mudvayne.  This band  is fucking amazing and had the honor of  seeing them live last Febuary and it  was so good. Anyways, The band is  Mudvayne, the song is World So Cold.<br />
<br />
World So Cold<br />
<br />
When passion's lost and all the trust  is gone,<br />
Way too far, for way too long<br />
Children crying, cast out and  neglected,<br />
Only in a world so cold, only in a  world this cold<br />
Hold the hand of your best friend, look  into their eyes,<br />
Then watch them drift away<br />
Some might say, we've done the wrong  things,<br />
For way too long, for way too long<br />
<br />
Fever inside the storm,<br />
So I'm turning away,<br />
Away from the name<br />
(calling your names)<br />
Away from the stones<br />
(throw sticks and stones)<br />
'Cause I'm through mending the wounds  of us<br />
<br />
Keep your thorns<br />
'Cause I'm running away,<br />
Away from the games<br />
(fucking head games)<br />
Away from the space<br />
(hate this head space)<br />
The circumstances of a world so cold<br />
<br />
Burning whispers, remind me of the  days,<br />
I was left alone, in a world this cold<br />
Guilty of the same things, provoked by  the cause,<br />
I've left alone, in a world so cold<br />
Fever inside the storm,<br />
So I'm turning away,<br />
Away from the name<br />
(calling your names)<br />
Away from the stones<br />
(throw sticks and stones)<br />
'Cause I'm through mending the wounds  of us<br />
<br />
Keep your thorns,<br />
'Cause I'm running away,<br />
Away from the games<br />
(fucking head games)<br />
Away from the space<br />
(hate this head space)<br />
The circumstances of a world so cold<br />
<br />
I'm flying, I'm flying away,<br />
Away from the names<br />
(calling your names)<br />
Away from the games<br />
(fucking head games)<br />
The circumstances of a world so cold<br />
<br />
Why does everyone feel like my enemy,<br />
Don't want any part of depression or  darkness, I've had enough,<br />
Sick and tired, bring the sun, or I'm  gone, or I'm gone<br />
<br />
I'm backing out, I'm no pawn,<br />
No mother-fucking slave to this,<br />
Never lied<br />
Never left<br />
Never lived<br />
Never loved<br />
Never lost<br />
Never hurt<br />
Never worry about being me, or anyone  else<br />
Not a care, no concern, don't give a  shit about anything,<br />
<br />
Backing out, giving up, no  mother-fucking slave to this,<br />
Never lied<br />
Never left<br />
Never lived<br />
Never loved<br />
Never lost<br />
Never hurt<br />
Never worry about being me, or anyone  else<br />
Not a care, no concern, don't give a  shit about anything,<br />
<br />
I need to find a darkened corner,<br />
A lightless corner,<br />
Where it's safer and calmer,<br />
<br />
I'm turning away,<br />
Away from the name<br />
(calling your names)<br />
Away from the stones<br />
(throw sticks and stones)<br />
'Cause I'm through mending the wounds  of us<br />
<br />
I'm running away,<br />
Away from the games<br />
(fucking head games)<br />
Away from the space<br />
(hate this head space)<br />
The circumstances of a world so cold<br />
<br />
I'm flying, I'm flying away,<br />
Away from the names<br />
(calling your names)<br />
Away from the games<br />
(fucking head games)<br />
The circumstances of a world so cold<br />
<br />
This song is the best song from the  entire album and it was hard to choose  because the Cd is so fucking good.   Anyways until next time later. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Spiders</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2003 07:00:23 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well this well be my first post on my  new idea, for my first entry I am going  to choose a song from my favorite band  to start.  The band is System of a  Down, and the song is called Spiders.<br />
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<br />
Spiders<br />
<br />
The piercing radiant moon<br />
The storming of poor June<br />
All the life running through her hair<br />
Approaching guiding light<br />
Our shallow years in fright<br />
Dreams are made winding through my head<br />
Through my head<br />
Before you know, Awake<br />
Your lives are open wide<br />
The V-chip gives them sight<br />
All the life running through her hair<br />
The spiders all in tune<br />
The evening of the moon<br />
Dreams are made winding through my head<br />
Through my head<br />
Before you know<br />
Before you know I will be waiting awake<br />
Dreams are made winding through her  hair<br />
Dreams are made winding through her  hair.<br />
<br />
This song is probably one of their best  song, and I recommend checking it out.   If you download the video, well I can't  explain what happens in that, it is  just fucked up. Later <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>New Journal Idea.</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/1301261/</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:19:03 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I'm thinking of changing my journal for  awhile.  Instead for documenting  horribly disgusting stuff about wat  happens around me, I think that I'll  start posting song Lyrics for people to  read and maybe take interest in hearing  the band.   Because I am a metal  listen, obiviously most of the lyrics  that will be posted will be metal, but  I'll try to do a variety of different  types of music.  Also if you like the  lyrics that you read you can leave me a  comment and tell me what you think of  it.  Also remember, try to buy CD's  because if you don't then, well that  means less and less music will be made.<br />
<br />
Later<br />
<br />
Balmung <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>The Weekend</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:05:20 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ This weekend was full of many ups and  downs so I will class them accordingly.<br />
<br />
UPS:<br />
<br />
On Friday, I got a new girlfriend and  well let just say that I'm not a real  swift talker at times.  Anyways it was  a funny site to see.<br />
<br />
Saturday was the best day of the  weekend cuz I got to go downtown with  my good pal <a href="http://katboy-2499.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/k/a/katboy-2499.gif" width="50" height="50" alt="katboy-2499" title="katboy-2499" /></a>. We had good times down  there.  We ended up going to an Anime  store were I finally after 2 and a half  years got the Gundam Model Tallgeese 3.   With this model, my collection is  almost complete for the movie series.   All I need now is the Serpant and my  collection for the movie series is  complete.  As for <a href="http://katboy-2499.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/k/a/katboy-2499.gif" width="50" height="50" alt="katboy-2499" title="katboy-2499" /></a> he got this really  cool Trigun wallscroll for his room.  (Trust me it is REALLY cool)  Anyways  after that we wandered around for like  2 hours more before we decided to head  home.  On the subway home, these 2 girl  kept staring at us like we were freaks  or something, so, at our stop Katboy  and I got off and as the subway train  was leaving we started waving at them  and well from there I guess we kinda of  creep them out.  Anyways, we went back  to Katboy's house were he tried to  teach how to  play NHL 2004. Well, he  smoked me the first 2 game by scores of  7-0 and 9-4, but I was not to be shut  out from winning and I finally beat him  in Overtime 4-3.  Go Domi!!!<br />
<br />
Sunday: <br />
The good part about Sunday was that I  got for points in hockey and I got  Millar's Report to complete The 08th  Mobile Suit team series.<---- Amazing  series.<br />
<br />
<br />
DOWNS:<br />
Sunday:<br />
In hockey my own Dad traded to the  other team because they were short  players.  Damn Dad.<br />
<br />
Monday:<br />
Thanksgiving here was a hell hole.  I  had to make sure that the younger kids  didn't see the parents drunk and i had  to make sure that my parents didn't get  drunk so I could home as soon as  possible.  On top of that my 3 and 4  year old cousin open mouth kissed each  other. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/puke.gif" width="24" height="15" alt=":puke:" title="I think I am going to PUKE!" /><br />
<br />
<br />
Ok I can't write anymore, it just goes  downhill from here.<br />
<br />
Later <br />
<br />
Balmung <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Time to move on.</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/1256643/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2003 18:50:14 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Ok, I mean this in the most  non-offensive way possible.  America,  it is time to get over the events of  September 11.  Seriously it is time to  move on.  It is has been 2 years now  and still your mouning over the loss.   I know it was a tragic event that  happened that day and I know that the  losses were huge, but you have to move  on.  If you think your over the events  of September 11, well I bagged a  differ.  I'll use the baseball games as  an example.  Every game in the playoffs  so far at the 7th inning stretch,  instead of stretching like what used to  happen, the crowd stands up and they  play god bless america on the speakers.   Over it, my ass.  I say this as a  member of the neighbouring to the  north, GET OVER THE EVENT.  What is  done is done and you can't change that,  so deal with it.<br />
<br />
I apologize if I have offened anyone.<br />
<br />
Later <br />
<br />
Balmung <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /><br />
<br />
If you don't like my opinion, you can  kiss my ass. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/finger.gif" width="35" height="16" alt=":finger:" title="I am unintelligent and resort to petty name calling to get my point across" /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/k/kissjarksass.gif" width="41" height="33" alt=":kissjarksass:" title="Kiss jark's yellow Alien ass!" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Wat Am I Doing?</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/1231965/</link>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:27:11 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Hey, it's me, Balmung and I'm just  giving a quick heads up on wat I'm  doing in the future.<br />
<br />
School:<br />
Math: God I hate this class. The  teacher, the work just piss the hell  out of me. I have a major assignment  starting that revolves around  collecting data and shit.  In other  words SHIT all.<br />
History: Nothing much, just a stupid  essay on the coolest guy in Canadian  History, Louis Reil.<br />
English: Just finished a seminar in  class. Nothing new for a while.... I  hope....<br />
Gym: Gym is Gym.  Free class.<br />
Other: I'm going to submit a poem into  a contest so I'm getting some help from  a teacher.  You people can help me out  by telling which poem you think is best  by sending me a note with the poems  name. THX<br />
<br />
Home:<br />
Nothing... I have no life right now.<br />
<br />
Out-side of Home:<br />
concerts: I might be going to one  towards the end of the month with my  friend Adam, but that is subject to  change.  On the plus side hte best band  in the world, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, is  suppost to be coming to town in  December which I refuse to miss. Also  the Plegde of Allegiance might be  started again featuring Mudvayne,  SlipKnot, System of a Down, and Lamb of  God or Spectula.  If it does happen to  start up again, it will be huge.  Good  times ahead, I hope.<br />
Sports: Field Lacrosse is ending soon  and it couldn't come any sooner because  our team blows.  We have only one win  and we'll just leave it at that.  At  least Hockey will be starting soon and  then it is just fun fun fun. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /> In  football, Go Denver Go!<br />
Work: I am back at Toys R Us and that's  about it.<br />
<br />
What is happening now?<br />
Music-> A Perfect Circle and Taproot<br />
Video Game-> .hack//Outbreak <--- A must  play series<br />
Movie-> Waiting for Matrix: Revolution  and Return of the King<br />
Anime Movie-> Mobile Suit Gundam:  Millar's Report<br />
Anime Series-> Mobile Suit Gundam:The  08th Mobile Suit Team<br />
Working On-> A Sandrock Sketch and A  Deathscythe Hell Sketch and well as  more poems<br />
<br />
Well that's it for now.  If I forgot  something, well I guess it wasn't  important.<br />
<br />
Later <br />
<br />
Balmung <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Buy The New Perfect Circle CD!</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/1168903/</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:01:36 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Why the hell are you reading this?   Didn't you read the title.  Now do wat  it says and buy the CD, it is fucking  amazing.  The band them selves is  amazing. BUY THE CD DAMN IT!!<br />
<br />
Later <br />
<br />
Balmung <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /><br />
<br />
If you don't like my opinion, you can  kiss my ass. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/finger.gif" width="35" height="16" alt=":finger:" title="I am unintelligent and resort to petty name calling to get my point across" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/k/kissjarksass.gif" width="41" height="33" alt=":kissjarksass:" title="Kiss jark's yellow Alien ass!" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Reality TV Blows</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/1155345/</link>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:08:43 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Everyday now it seems that I find more  and more morons on TV risking there  life or getting embrassed all for their  10 to 15 minutes of fame.  Is it just  me or has the whole world all of a  sudden gotten alot more stupid. I was  watching a TV show last night called " Anything For Love" and honestly this  show was the shittiest show I've ever  seen.  I saw this one part were a guy  who lost his girlfriend two years ago  to a job opportunity for her wanted to  surprise her by asking her to marry  him.  She doesn't even have a clue who  it is either which is suppost to build  the suspense and when she finds out,  everyone expects her to say "Yes" expect  this person wanted to be special and  say "no." This provided a few minutes of  laughing as I heard this guys pathetic  attempts to try and convince her to  change her mind.  Then after that  crappy excuse for a segment of a show,  they brought another lady on who got  rejected last time they air the show  and surprised her with a secret  admirer.  So they brought the guy out  and sure enough he got shot down too.   The only difference now was that I  didn't laugh when he got shot down  because this guy didn't even make an  attempt to have her change her mind.   The show just went down hill from there  and it eventually hit a point were I  couldn't stand it anymore and just  turned off the TV.  But this hasn't  been the only shitty Reality TV made  lets not forget the classic Survivor  and Fear Factor which show just how low  people can go.  Then there are the new  one that are just retarded (Paradise  Hotel, Tempation Island) which place  couples or singles with guy and girls  and it tests the strength of your  relationship or to help make a  relationship.  When did humans go  wrong, honestly are we that desperate  just to recieve TV time.<br />
<br />
Reality TV blows and people are fucking  morons to go on them.<br />
<br />
Later,<br />
<br />
Balmung <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /><br />
<br />
If you don't like my opinions, you can  kiss my ass. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/finger.gif" width="35" height="16" alt=":finger:" title="I am unintelligent and resort to petty name calling to get my point across" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/k/kissjarksass.gif" width="41" height="33" alt=":kissjarksass:" title="Kiss jark's yellow Alien ass!" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Bush, No one cares!!</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/1138472/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2003 18:16:39 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ It is Sunday.  Time for nachos, beer  and football.  So I turn on the T.V.  and watch the Cowboys and Falcons go at  it.  Not a bad game but I've seen  better. Anyways, after the 4:00 pm  games there is about a 2 hour gap to  the next televised game.  So during  this time i decided to watch Crouching  Tiger Hidden Dragon on Fox until the  next game.  As I'm watching it i get  hungry and i decided to get something  to eat.  I come back to continue  watching the movie and all of a sudden,  SPECIAL REPORT comes up.  Right when I  saw this i thought something important  came up in Iraq and was going to be  told to the world but sure enough, I  was wrong.  Instead President Bush  though it would be a great idea to tell  America absolutely nothing.  That's  right!! His fucking speech was nothing  more than a shitty waste of 18 minutes.   All he talked about was how they have  nothing more than what they had did  when he addressed the nation last time.   What really got to me about the speech  and was the only 2 things that i  managed to catch was that they were  rebuilding  the Iraq army and that they  were giving money to them as well.  Am  I the only one missing something here?  I thought thats who the american army  was fight in the first place.  So he is  rebuilding the army in Iraq, what makes  him think that the army won't fight  back. Maybe I'm mising the point here,  i really don't know.  Anyways, the  point I'm making is that NO ONE REALLY  CARES ABOUT WHAT GOING ON IN IRAQ IF  THERE IS NOTHING HAPPENING. Moron. <br />
<br />
<br />
I know that I might take alot of heat  for this but oh well,<br />
<br />
Later<br />
<br />
Balmung <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /><br />
<br />
If you dislike my opinion, you can kiss  my ass. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/finger.gif" width="35" height="16" alt=":finger:" title="I am unintelligent and resort to petty name calling to get my point across" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/k/kissjarksass.gif" width="41" height="33" alt=":kissjarksass:" title="Kiss jark's yellow Alien ass!" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>Where's my gun?</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/1107694/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2003 18:24:46 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I swear most people today are so  fucking retarded it scares me.  Today  I'll use my ride home from work.  It  started when I got on the bus, the next  stop the bus picked up one more person.   Now this is were the stupid people  started to mass.  Now I was sitting at  the back of the bus on the right side,  and the whole left side was empty, not  a single person on the left side.  So  seeing this any normal person would sit  there, but no this person wasn't  normal, he was a fucking genius and sat  right beside me.  I mean what was the  guy on.  The whole left side is open  and he sits beside me.  Fucking genius.   Anyways it didn't stop there,  I then  made it to the subway where I met more  morons.  One that sticks out in my mind  was this mother and her son.  Whenever  the kid lend over to do something  retard, she push him off the seat on to  the floor. This wasn't once that she  did this though, it was repeated over  and over until the stupid kid ended up  bashing his head off the seat because  they did it while the train was  stopping.  I ended up laughing when I  saw it happen so that wasn't so bad.   Then the subway finally got to my stop  and I got off and went to take a piss  and guess what, I found more fucking  geniuses.  That's right now as I walked  up to the stall to unleased the lizard  and let it relieve itself, out of the  handicap stall (That's Right, THE  FUCKING HANDICAP STALL) walks two of  the dirtiest men I have ever seen and  from what I can could tell a woman (I  could be mistaken).  And as I'm pissing  he has the nerve to yell at me  "thats right we were fucking  her." WOW, Congradulations  ASS-HOLE, you fucked an ugly bitch with  another guy good for you.  If he was  smart, he should have just kept walking  cause I couldn't even hear them, I was  listening to Perfect Circle on my CD  player.  Anyways, the retards kept  massing after that incident.  I went  outside to wait for my bus and low and  behold my arch-enemy was out there.   That's right a little girl wearing  ugly-ass skimpy clothing.  The worst  part was she was dancing around like a  little fairy and even started to dance  around me.  I swear it is days like  these that make wish that I had  invested in a gun or a sword that way I  could do this world a favour a dispose  this area of all stupid people.  But  until then I have to put up with this  shit.<br />
<br />
Well I'm done, Later<br />
<br />
Balmung <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" width="47" height="16" alt=":headbang:" title="Headbang!" /><br />
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<br />
If you don't like my views, you can  kiss my ass. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/k/kissjarksass.gif" width="41" height="33" alt=":kissjarksass:" title="Kiss jark's yellow Alien ass!" /> <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/finger.gif" width="35" height="16" alt=":finger:" title="I am unintelligent and resort to petty name calling to get my point across" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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                <title>WTF is wrong with people?</title>
                <link>http://balmung.deviantart.com/journal/1029302/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2003 21:30:50 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I just got back from my cottage today and honestly i don't no whether  to throw-up or just plain cry.  Everything up there was going good  until the last day.  On the last day my 5 year old cousin came up to  use the cottage.  As soon as i left my room to say hi to everyone  (totally against my will) i saw what my little cousin was wearing and  the toughest decision that i have had to make in months came up.  I  decision was to either scoop my eyes out with a spoon or at least burn  my eyes with paint thinner.  I mean seriously what is wrong with  society today.  Why is it that everywhere i go there is some stupid  annoying child wearing belly shirts or short shorts or whatever else  that Britney Spears wears?  Don't parents realize that it is wrong on  so many levels.  Anyways back to my 5 years old cousin, she at the time  was wearing a belly top and a like baby shorts.  Then after being there  for no more then an hour, she goes and changes into something else that  if a normal aged girl (normal aged being 19-30) you could tell that she  was a slut.  I mean she is 5 YEARS OLD. 5 YEARS OLD!  What the hell was  my anut thinking when she bought this crap for her.  Doesn't she  realize that it isn't cute.<br>
I think that parents should stop by kids slutty clothes period.  That  ways i won't have to face tough decisions like the one i faced today.<br>
<br>
Anyways I'm going to get the paint thinner.<br>
Later,<br>
Balmung <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/pissedoff.gif" align="middle" alt="I am PISSED OFF!" title="I am PISSED OFF!" border="0" />  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/frustrated.gif" align="middle" alt="frustrated" title="frustrated" border="0" />  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/puke.gif" align="middle" alt="I think I am going to PUKE!" title="I think I am going to PUKE!" border="0" /> <br>
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If you don't like my veiws, you can kiss my ass.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/k/kissjarksass.gif" align="middle" alt="Kiss jark's yellow Alien ass!" title="Kiss jark's yellow Alien ass!" border="0" />  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/finger.gif" align="middle" alt="I am unintelligent and resort to petty name calling to get my point across" title="I am unintelligent and resort to petty name calling to get my point across" border="0" /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Lacrosse Results</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:55:36 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I just finished playing 4 games of lacrosse in 2 days and I swear to  god there isn't one part of my body that isn't bruise, bloody or  scarred.  Usually I'd be pissed off cause they occur due to cheap  shots, but I'm too proud of the tournments result to really give a  fuck.  The team ended up winning the silver medal by beating Markam in  the silver finals.  A huge reason for this result is because of the  amazing play of our goalie.  With out him we would have lost for sure.   He says that in the final game it was because of me that we won because  I scored 3 goals but everyone , including me, know that he is real  reason why we won.  Anyways a big shot out go to him and the rest of  the team.<br>
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Later,<br>
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Balmung <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/headbang.gif" align="middle" alt="Headbang!" title="Headbang!" border="0" /> ]]></description>
                <author>~balmung</author>
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