....cause the sun will rise, and you never know what the tide will bring in - Tom Hanks

That's one of my all time favorite lines from Cast Away . Anyways.....

I just thought I would make a quick blog to let you guys know that I am in fact still breathing. It's been almost three months and I realized that I had gotten some new comments on my October blog lol.

I responded to the last few, sry if I missed any. I still can't figure out how make a space so that I can post multiple responses in the same comment without it all running together. This new html sucks.... Anyone know how?

Nothing important though. Third week of school and already had a test today.....ridiculous. But there is some good news. Some of the people that were banned have been coming back to the forums over the last couple weeks. Although a few of them claim they are vets but won't tell me the name of their old profile.....suspicious indeed

I actually skipped class today to watch the Obama inaugauration. Man can that limo drive any slower up to the capitol lol. It's supposed to be historic and I can tell people I saw it so I thought wth it's only one day of class

Well guys hope that wasn't too long. Hope your holidays were fantastic! Good luck and God Bless!!!

So i regularly go on the forums but for some reason I haven't checked my blog in FOREVER. I just did and went to look at the blogs of some of my old friends and found that HARDLY anyone has made a blog in quite some time. Did all my friends leave?

Anyways I thought of something fun to try while being an idiot in the bathroom. First the story: I put on deodarant after a shower and apparently got some on my finger lol. Then I brushed my teeth and when I rinsed my mouth out I thought what is the awful taste and realized I had just tasted my deodarant ........ And I thought to myself I bet no one (or like 2 people) has tasted deodarant before.

So anways: What is something you have done (willingly or by accident) that you think no one else has done. I guess mine would be tasting deodorant, lol. Ewwwwww

- And that's the way the cookie crumbles

Edit: When I try to respond to comments I can't bold anymore and I can't form new paragraphs by hitting enter. It's all one paragraph...HELP!

(I'm sure many of you will go OMG WALL OF TEXT and run away but you know how often I make a blog so I hope you can all find a time to read this eventually. Thanks)

The will of an athlete, the heart of a champion, the resilience of Olympian. The TV commericals are not wrong. Bob Costas is not wrong. Morgan Freeman is not wrong.

These past 17 days I have witnessed some amazing things.

I watched a young man, diagnosed with ADHD, once ridiculed and made fun of for his large ears and his body shape, win 8 gold medals and smash 7 World Records. A man who with a grin of pure happiness told the world, I have completed all I could hope for and I now know who my true friends are.

I watched a woman from Great Britain, suffering from a stress fracture in one leg and a recovering from a sprained ankle in the other, through will, pain, suffering and sheer determination finish 4th in the Olympic Marathon. That's 26.2 miles ON A BUSTED LEG and a sore ankle. She didn't win, but that isn't the point.

I watched a young woman from South Africa, a former Olympic swimmer who had lost her leg in a car accident, compete in the open water swimming competition. That's 6.2 miles in the ocean on one fricken leg!!! She finished in 9th place, but that isn't that point.

I watched an american man return to the Olympics to compete in the decathalon after finishing 2nd place 4 years ago, after having lead in Athens after 9 events crumble in the final event to take Silver. I watched him this time around be able to take a victory lap in the last running event, after having worked his butt off these past four years and create a lead so large after nine events that he was already the champion at the start of the 10th. His victory, while amazing and inspiration ALSO isn't the point.

I watched two women from warring countries, Georgia and Russia, share the podium as the Gold and Silver medal winners. They smile, share a hug and walk off together talking. Despite the negative opinion from one of the countries the women reveal in a later interview that they have become good friends and that all that other stuff doesn't matter. THIS IS PART OF THE POINT!

What thee people work for practically their entire lives is not a chance to win a Gold Medal, it's not to win a medal at all. The pride of walking into that stadium during opening day is a victory for 99% of the Olympians that competed these past 2 1/2 weeks. All they want, is the chance to push themselves beyond the view of what normal human limitations are perceived as. And so they did.

I have watched every single nighttime broadcast of these Olympics and many of the daytime ones. Why? Because I have come to realize what these Olympic "games" truly mean. We have a chance to watch humanity at it's finest. We put everything aside and compete with one another as equals on equal ground with equal opportunity. It doesn't matter how many Golds we win, what the medal count is, or even the age of the Chinese Gymnasts. What matters is that these people are bestowed the greatest honor one can hope for, representing their country, knowing that the population of that country is watching them, rooting for them and believing in them to give it their all.

But what most people don't understand, I think, is the opportunity that it presents to us normal citizens as fans. I will never forget, EVER, the night of the 4X100 relay swimming event. My best friend and I are sitting on his bed watching for Phelps to get another gold medal. "It's in the bag" we say to each other. But as the final leg, Jason Lezak, jumps into the pool a small amount of doubt creeps in. An entire 1 1/2 body lengths separate him and the World Record holder whom he is trying to catch. Until I say "Dude look, he catching up." At the turn he had made up half the distance and as he inched closer and closer I could feel myself getting more and more excited. Both of us on the edge of your seats holding our breath and with a huge surge in the last 10 meters Lezak touches the wall, winning by .01 seconds, my friend and I leap from the bed fists pumping. And then I stop...and I think about what is happening. To become totally enthralled in the moment, pulling for your country against all odds. There isn't a cooler moment one can experience.

I did watch every single minute I could of the Olympics, heck it only comes once every four years. I hope you all appreciated what went on, and if not maybe next time you will be able to enjoy the splendor of what competition at an Olympic level can do for a country and for one single citizen of a nation, me, who for 17 days became apart of what those athletes were trying to accomplish. I felt the joy and the sorrow, tears and the smiles, the pain and the taste of victory. And I will never, EVER forget it. Thanks for reading this

Opening: Hey all. It's been way too long so I decided to make a blog....that's it for the opening

Note 1: Shini is leaving the temporarily......That means that almost everyone that was on this site when I joined is going to be gone....sucks. But I have met some of you new guys , meant that in a good way of course, and I kinda like ya.

Note 2: I hear about some of you guys talking on AIM and MSN and all that but I have never given my screenname so here it is: Marvnharyson88. Yes I am obsessed with football if you made the connection . I have AIM and don't think it works with MSN but there it is

Topic 1: I think I'm going to start reading ahead in the manga. Even though the current Naruto filler is prob. the best one yet by quite a bit. Frankly, I am just getting sick of newbs giving away spoilers so that's that. Lol, is that really a topic? Idk

Random Me Fact:

Let's see a fun fact that comes from my virtues and morals. It's kinda weird then why I try to think of something like this most of what I come up with involves relationships or the opposite sex. I guess that's what happens when your a male at my age .

Oh I just thought of something. The issue of men crying. Umm, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT! The whole tough routine has gotten way old. There comes a time when there is too much stuff going on in our life and you just have to break down and let it out. And by break down I don't mean balling but just some time to deal with some stuff. It happens....TO EVERYONE. I hate when I hear guys say they have never cried since they were 10 or whatever and if that's true you have emotional issues.

It's not really a fact or whatever, just a piece of me Yeah I'm gonna change the name to "Random Me Thought" on my next blog....whenever that might be

Comments welcome of course. Later guys. Best Wishes!

- And that's the way the cookie crumbles

Opening: I've decided that I'm going to use this kinda "format" for all my blogs from now on. Idk, I like all my technology, like my hard drives and all my storage/online stuff to be organized. Even though my room looks like a tornado hit it .

Note 1: Cause I haven't been on much I haven't been making a blog that often (1) cause I dont' have much to say and (2) so you guys don't have to respond to mine when I may not be able to reciprocate . So lately my blogs have been kinda long but since it's like once every 10 days I'd appreciate if you guys read them still Thanks.

Note 2: I went back and watched that Shippudem and Yamato's Kunai was cut by Sasuke's Chidori blade. You can see the piece get sliced off. At first it shows it being cut but then after he got stabbed when he's holding it, it looks whole so that why I was confused

Topic 1: Anyone know of any cheap Wii games that are good? I only have $60 bucks and I wanna try and find two $30 games to kick my summer of right that aren't like for kids and stuff. Most of the ones I want haven't dropped in price yet but do you guys have any ideas?

Topic 2: My finals are approaching in 9 days! Ahh! But at least it'll be summer. I have to get a job but I always liked working way more then attending school so . And I'll have more time to be on here and watch animes and video games and stuff

Random Me Fact:

- When in a relationship girls usually think when the guy has a problem or is going through something it's their fault.

- Also the guy usually either doesn't realize this or chooses to kinda ignore it so

- If your having problems with your "sig. other" both sides should acknowledge this and either talk about it or try to do something to fix the problem. I have seen tooooo many couples get in big fights cause of stupid petty stuff so thats my two cents....

Hey Nicasso, are you satisfied now?

Later guys. Bye!

- And that's the way the cookie crumbles