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♥to become a nurse♥
♥another trip to Japan♥
♥become fluent in Japanese♥
♥mushroom zakka chair a.k.a kinoko isu♥
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Watching-- Azumanga Daioh, Spirited Away
Listening to-- Daft Punk, some J-pop/trance
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Friday, January 7, 2011 @ 2:50 PM 
happy new year!
A whole new year! Time to start blogging again. It has been a hectic past few months. I had
heart surgery in October of last year, which resulted in an 8 week recovery, but I am back to
my old self as of recently. School is about to start again, and I have been working at a nursery
for a few weeks. I love working with children! Maybe I won't be too busy this
semester...although I am taking an A/P class Anyway, I will try to blog every now
and then when I find the time!
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Me
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I'm a 22 year old girl who is currently a student trying to get into nursing school. I have a calico kitty named Mike
(pronounced meekeh, a popular name for calico cats in Japan), whom I love very much, although she can be very mean!
I am a very friendly, but quiet, person, and I am always open-minded about learning new things and about different
cultures. For about 6 years, I have been studying Japanese which you could say is one of my past times. I have actually
lived in Japan and gone to high school and college for 3 semesters for a total of about a year.
I currently live with my
parents, brother, and my uncle.
Some of my hobbies are: web design, making stuffed animals,cooking, pixeling, and of course, studying Japanese.
Favorite color: pink, all pastel colors
Favorite food: sushi, cold sandwiches, cucumbers and sweets
Favorite music: J-pop. Especially Ai Otsuka, ,EXILE,GreeeeN,Utada Hikaru,Rie Tanaka,Hanako Oku,Home Made
Kazoku and more : D I also enjoy J-trance, and anime music. Other than Japanese music, I like Daft Punk, 80's music,
and 90's dance music
Favorite anime/manga: Azumanga Daioh, Lucky Star, Di Gi Charat, Pita Ten ( I love all of Koge Donbo's work!)
Favorite Japanese doramas(drama): LIFE, Daisuki!, 1 Litre of Tears (very sad..), 14 Sai no Haha, Akai Ito, Koizora
Favorite games: I love my Nintendo DS! I like to play, Harvest Moon, Pokemon Soul Silver, Taiko no Tatsujin, Pop n'
Music, Sims 2, Katamari Damacy, and the MMORPG, Mabinogi
Favorite movies: Lost in Translation, all of the Studio Ghibli(Hayao Miyazaki) films, especially Tonari no Totoro
Current obsession: anything kawaii/Japanese, kao ani, cute pixels, San-X(tarepanda!), Q-Lia, and of course, JAPAN~
Likes/Dislikes: I love anybody who is sweet, kind, and understanding of other people's feelings. A gentle, fun-loving
personality is something I admire.
A judgemental and insensitive trait is one that ticks me off. I also HATE racism and
ignorance. As for other things, I don't like tomatoes, tofu, and I basically can't eat grapefruit! I also dislike most
actresses/singers(britney spears, disney channel stars,etc.) because they set a bad example for young girls, making
them think they have to look a certain way to be accepted.
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Fansites, forums, and listings that I am a part of~
Fan
Forums
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My Toys
Some cute adoptees I have collected over the years. Click on each image to visit the site where I got them from.
These are for viewing only. Do not save anything from this page. Thanks to Ferny Dust for the very cute toybox <3
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Friday, January 7, 2011 @ 2:50 PM
happy new year!
A whole new year! Time to start blogging again. It has been a hectic past few months. I had
heart surgery in October of last year, which resulted in an 8 week recovery, but I am back to
my old self as of recently. School is about to start again, and I have been working at a nursery
for a few weeks. I love working with children! Maybe I won't be too busy this
semester...although I am taking an A/P class Anyway, I will try to blog every now
and then when I find the time!
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Origami Lucky Stars
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Recipes
Chocolate Cornet
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Chocolate Cornet
Here is how to make a chocolate cornet as seen on the anime, Lucky Star They are so good and I recommend you try them!
INGREDIENTS:
2 egg whites
½ cup sugar
1/3 cup sifted flour
3 tablespoon butter, melted and cooled
For the cream filling:
1 ¼ cups whole milk
2 oz. semi-sweet, melted
3 egg yolks
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
PREPARATION:
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Beat the egg whites til stiff, sprinkle
the sugar over them and fold over gently. Fold in the flour and the butter in the same way. Butter and flour a baking sheet, then heat it up in your pre-heated oven.
Drop
the batter onto the hot baking sheet by tablespoons and spread thinly.
Bake for about 3 minutes, and the wafers are
gently golden. Be careful not to burn yourself!
Quickly take the wafers from the sheet with a spatula, and while still
warm, roll into cones. If they cool too quickly and become brittle, return them to the oven briefly. Fill with cream filling,
let them cool and enjoy!
Cream filling:
In a small saucepan, warm the milk over low heat until it is just hot enough to steam. While the milk is warming, whisk
together the egg yolks, sugar, flour, cocoa powder, and cornstarch until the mixture is completely smooth.
Once the milk
is steaming, add the melted chocolate to it and whisk until it is fully incorporated into the milk. Add half of the chocolate
milk, whisking constantly, to the egg mixture. Add the milk and eggs back into the hot milk, continue stirring, and heat it
for 1-2 minutes, until the custard reaches 170F on a digital thermometer and is very thick. Remove from the heat, stir in
the vanilla extract, and chill before filling pastry.
This chocolate pastry cream recipe makes approximately 2 cups
flavored cream.
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Adopt-a-Dango
These dango are came from the anime, Clannad. They traveled all the way from Japan looking for new homes. Please take
one home today and put one on your site!
Be sure to link back to me please!
  
  
New shipment of dango arriving soon
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Pixels
Some pixels I have created for you to use however you like! But please do not copy or alter them in anyway,
and don't forget to link back!
Misc.
Pandaneko:
 
San-X
Oyasumi Bakura:
 
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Backgrounds
Here are some backgrounds for you to use for your website. These are not 100% made by me and I do not take credit.
Just save the image, upload the image to a file host(such as Photobucket)and paste the code into your site.
 
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Favicons
If you do not know what a favicon is, it is that little icon that shows up before your site name ( usually just before the url
field in your browser).
They are really cute, so I have made some for you to use if you want Save one of the icons to
your computer, add the code below between the < head > tags of
the index part of your site, and you should be ready to
go! If you want to make your own favicon, go here
<![CDATA[＜link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"＞]]>
Icons
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My Q Bee Quilt
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Site
About
Credits
Contact
Links
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About my site
After having studied and practiced HTML over the past 6-7 years, I have finally created Harmony Dreams! I hope to
learn a lot more about web design, and improve my site.
Although I don't have much on my site right now, of course I
plan to add more as I come up with ideas. While thinking of what to call my site,I wanted to name it something that would
give visitors peaceful thoughts. Finally,
"Harmony Dreams" came to mind. I started this site because of my desire to
show my love for everything Japan to the world!
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Credits
 Designer : Katie
Material:
Cyworld
Sozai :
choco*choco
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Contact me
Questions, comments, or just want to say hi? Send me a message! No rude or inappropriate comments please.
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Favorite sites
Here are some of my favorite sites!
Kawaii/pixels
Anime
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Link me?
Want to link to Harmony Dreams? Take one of these and upload it to your own server! No direct linking please!
Thank you :3
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32x32
Donate a button? e-mail me!
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