I lived in Japan for about 2 years (83-85), I was 3 at the time. While living there I spoke fluent Japanese. When we came back my parents had a hard time getting me to speak English. Sadly, I lost my ability to speak Japanese, so now I am slowly re-learning. My parents kept a journal of our life in Japan. Thanks to this I am able to remember our time there. I like the photos of me in my Japanese schoolroom; you see all my Japanese friends, and me with bright blond hair sitting in the middle of them.

While living there we became great friends with the Izawa family. Mr. Izawa came to visit us in 1987, it was great to see him again. After falling out of contact for many years I recently sent him a letter. Our families still have a strong bond, these many years later. Mr. Izawa wrote that he may be able to attend my wedding this Fall.

I’ve been fascinated with Japanese Culture all my life. Last Christmas my mother gave me a home movie of our time in Japan. I was feeding some deer, running around the Todai-ji Temple grounds and even driving a boat by Mount Fuji. It was a great experience to see myself back in Japan having fun.

Other Possible Titles:

Reflections of Japan
Echos from my life in japan
Lines of a lost life in japan
Japan life to remember
My Japanese childhood
My Young Konnichiwa
Nippon wa Kokoro no Naka (Japan is within my heart)
A Blond Boy in the Land of the Rising Sun
OSU! My Japanese Heart (Osu is what you used to say to greet your friends and they would in return say OSU! It means hey, etc)
The Rising Sun in My Young Heart
My Kodomo Kokoro (My Child Heart)
Itsumo Iru (Always there, always existing - referring to your memories, thoughts, life in Japan)
Gaijin Ja Naku (Not a Foreigner)
My Birth of Japanese Heart (Nihon no Kokoro no Umare)

Some funny titles Rodrigo came up with

My Japanese soul
How i became a ninja
Childhood memory cravings
Before the Dawn of a ninja life
The Dawn of my japanese heart
In the begining there was Japan (or the name of the city you where in)
Behold!
Only left cuz i didnt know better
My parents forced me to leave

This theme changes 11 times throughout the day, and has 4 different backgrounds! Here are the characters in this theme (in order):

Tanuki - Pom Poko
Porco Rosso
Howl’s Moving Castle
Kodoma - Princess Mononoke
Laputa Robot Soldier - Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Nausicaa - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
No Face - Spirited Away
Cat Bus - My Neighbor Totoro
Soot Sprites - My Neighbor Totoro
Totoro - My Neighbor Totoro
The Baron - The Cat Returns

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I made this and Google accepted it. Check it out!

My Studio Ghibli iGoogle Theme

Here is how to create your own

Metal Gear Solid 4 & Metal Gear Online (MGO) will be one game. MGO will be integrated into MGS4. Online will support 16 players in the following modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, King of the Hill, and Team Sneak. You can customize your character with up to three skills from a large selection. A couple examples are “Marathon” which allows you to run faster or longer (not sure), and “Narc” which reveals the location of the enemy trying to kill you. They’ll be over 100 different weapons you can use online.

The magazine includes a 2008 PlayStation calendar, nice too. There are some tips to creating custom classes in Call of Duty 4 as well.

But the biggest surprise is the photo below!

MetalProxy noticed that my Kanji Theme was in the latest issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine, Jan. 2008 with MSG4 on the front! I’m on page 11 in the bottom right. Here is a scan of it, click on the image for the full version.

It took about 168 lbs of explosives to bring the building down!

Just after 6:45 Saturday morning, the downtown skyline changed forever as crews imploded the Key Bank Tower.

The tower, at 50 South Main, came down to make room for the City Creek Center development project. By the year 2011, new shopping centers and houses will stand in the Key Bank Tower’s place.

It only took seconds to bring down the 20 story building. Several downtown blocks surrounding the tower will remain shut down Saturday morning during clean up.

You can see footage here & here

Channel 5 with have 4 cameras as well.