They were standing there as if judging her, though she was a competitor no longer. Nothing she could do, except try to keep her feet planted and remember to make eye contact with each in turn. The one thing that kept her going was the knowledge that none of them were qualified to judge her.

Sridhar, the outer avatar of LD, leaned forwards across the table. “What makes you think that you are qualified to join us?”

She stood up straighter. “In all truth, there are others as qualified to lead.” Ritual modesty…in actuality she was sure she had made…

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I’m sure most people have experienced this before; there’s a song that you just associate with a certain person/place/event. Songs with more personal meaning than you could possibly get from the lyrics. Here’s some of mine; if you have some, comment or post on your own blog.

• あたらしい世界 (The Gospellers) - My favorite song out of my entire collection. It’s just so hopeful.
• Runaway (Linkin Park) - A hide-and-seek movie made with Patrick Y. (friend from middle school.)
• Tubthumping (Chumbawumba) - The “Ouch!!!” movies, also started by Patrick Y. My version included clips from Star Wars and SSBM trailers, mostly.…

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Read clockwise from top left. Translation below

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