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.Monday, August 13, 2007 ' 11:01 PM Y

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I recently came across 趙治勲's Elementary Go Problems. I was so happy I could do the first problem. You see, I haven't actually played Go for a really long time, and for that I seriously felt ashamed for myself. It seems that procrastination is a great big weakness of mine for now, which I honestly and sincerely want to correct at some point. Hopefully soon. Ah, see? That's the procrastinator talking again. Summer is already ending, and I haven't finished my summer reading. And for that I feel very ashamed too. But somehow not as much as for not playing Go. I guess the reason is simple. Summer reading, is, well, summer reading. While they can enhance my reading skills, blabla, intellect, maturity, blabla, I realize that Go has always had this special place in my heart. While I cannot deny that it is because of (藤原の) 佐為, (進藤) ヒカル, as well as (塔矢) アキラ from ヒカルの碁 who actually lighted this flame of love for 囲碁, I... respect, not knowing what word best describes this relationship I have with Go (but I think "respect" is a really good word), Igo and its profoundness which comes from its "obscene" simplicity.

And so as I went online to check for Affordable Go boards, I cam across (easily) those US$300+ boards, oh and of course not forgetting those Go boards, the type with legs, that cost around US$1,700+. It is pretty amazing how much they cost. I'm not saying they should cost less because it's really good wood they use, and from them emanates an air of austerity and a profound-esque aura. But you see, a poor school girl like me who hasn't even started college, simply has no money to buy such expensive things. A Go board at that too; imagine me trying to convince my dad that we should spend US$300 on "a piece of wood with lines". And I don't even think these include the stones. Which are going to cost money too. So for now, I just need to settle with getting the really thin no-legs Go board. I mean, I don't mind no-legs, but hey, come on, thicker will be fine, right? And I like it bigger too, because if it's tiny, every time I place the stones on the board, I'm bound to hit the surrounding stones. Imagine atari. Oh man.

Ahh~! But I really want those Go boards (tables, actually), the type with legs... (as quoted from ヒカル from ヒカルの碁) Hahah.

あ〜！(here I was supposed to insert the exact quote ヒカル said to his grandfather about wanting the kind of Go boards with legs, but I can't seem to find it anywhere online! And my ヒカルの碁 is with Lijie, so I'll just update this place when I get to it :))

Till then, take care :D!

c'est moiY

Corinna Kasiman
Eighteen
Cheshire, Connecticut
Northampton, Massachusetts

Oh oui, j'adore la France!Y

les choses que je veux:
+?
les classes que je veux prendre:
+Music
+Neuroscience
+Japanese
+French
Smith
:: English
:: Calculus
:: Biology
:: French
:: Ballet
la musique que je veux jouer:
+Mozart Piano Sonata in A Minor
ceux pour qui je veux travailler:
+Ghibli Studio!
+piano? a concert pianist? perhaps? perhaps?
mes intérêts:
+Piano
+Music
+TV dramas
(mainly Japanese and Korean ones)
+Surfing random websites
+identifying puns
(and other literary wits)
+lenguajes (haha!)
+LINGUISTIKOS!
+singing
+囲碁
+storieesss:D
mon veut:
+Finish my play!
+make a Flash video out of my play/story and drawing the scenes and composing the music for them
je veux être comme:
+梅沢由香里 for her 囲碁 awesomeness
+新海元 from "Good Luck" for
remembering himself in spite of
everything
+Vitus from "Vitus" for being a brilliant
genius
+カイ from "ピアノの森”

projets en cours
+Cell Division (Yale Med Ob/Gyn)
06/07~08/07
+Project "Angelic Layer"
on hold
+Play/Story
05/08~current

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