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Hi. I'm Tony, and for some reason I can't quit this site. No matter how hard I try, I always end up coming back. I don't know how this all started. I want to use this entry to reflect my entire life. This is probably the only record of me ever reflecting on my life without talking about it to someone.

It all began when Extrapolation of the expansion of the universe backwards in time using general relativity yielded an infinite density and temperature at a finite time in the past.This singularity signals the breakdown of general relativity. How closely we can extrapolate towards the singularity is debated—certainly no closer than the end of the Planck epoch. This singularity is sometimes called "the Big Bang", but the term can also refer to the early hot, dense phase itself, which can be considered the "birth" of our universe. Based on measurements of the expansion using Type Ia supernovae, measurements of temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background, and measurements of the correlation function of galaxies, the universe has a calculated age of 13.772 ± 0.059 billion years.The agreement of these three independent measurements strongly supports the ΛCDM model that describes in detail the contents of the universe. In 2013 new Planck data corrected this age to 13.798 ± 0.037 billion years.

The earliest phases of the Big Bang are subject to much speculation. In the most common models the universe was filled homogeneously and isotropically with an incredibly high energy density and huge temperatures and pressures and was very rapidly expanding and cooling. Approximately 10−37 seconds into the expansion, a phase transition caused a cosmic inflation, during which the universe grew exponentially. After inflation stopped, the universe consisted of a quark–gluon plasma, as well as all other elementary particles. Temperatures were so high that the random motions of particles were at relativistic speeds, and particle–antiparticle pairs of all kinds were being continuously created and destroyed in collisions. At some point an unknown reaction called baryogenesis violated the conservation of baryon number, leading to a very small excess of quarks and leptons over antiquarks and antileptons—of the order of one part in 30 million. This resulted in the predominance of matter over antimatter in the present universe.

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, 231.4 million years ago, and were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for 135 million years, from the beginning of the Jurassic (about 201 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous (66 million years ago), when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of most dinosaur groups at the close of the Mesozoic Era. The fossil record indicates that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs during the Jurassic Period and, consequently, they are considered a subgroup of dinosaurs by many paleontologists. Some birds survived the extinction event that occurred 66 million years ago, and their descendants continue the dinosaur lineage to the present day.

Dinosaurs are a varied group of animals from taxonomic, morphological and ecological standpoints. Birds, at over 10,000 living species, are the most diverse group of vertebrates besides perciform fish. Using fossil evidence, paleontologists have identified over 500 distinct genera and more than 1,000 different species of non-avian dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are represented on every continent by both extant species and fossil remains. Some are herbivorous, others carnivorous. While dinosaurs were ancestrally bipedal, many extinct groups included quadrupedal species, and some were able to shift between these stances. Elaborate display structures such as horns or crests are common to all dinosaur groups, and some extinct groups developed skeletal modifications such as bony armor and spines. Evidence suggests that egg laying and nest building are additional traits shared by all dinosaurs. While modern birds are generally small due to the constraints of flight, many prehistoric dinosaurs were large-bodied—the largest sauropod dinosaurs may have achieved lengths of 58 meters (190 feet) and heights of 9.25 meters (30 feet 4 inches). Still, the idea that non-avian dinosaurs were uniformly gigantic is a misconception based on preservation bias, as large, sturdy bones are more likely to last until they are fossilized. Many dinosaurs were quite small: Xixianykus, for example, was only about 50 cm (20 in) long.

Although the word dinosaur means "terrible lizard", the name is somewhat misleading, as dinosaurs are not lizards. Instead, they represent a separate group of reptiles that, like many extinct forms, did not exhibit characteristics traditionally seen as reptilian, such as a sprawling limb posture or ectothermy. Additionally, many prehistoric animals, including mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, and Dimetrodon, are popularly conceived of as dinosaurs, but are not taxonomically classified as dinosaurs. Through the first half of the 20th century, before birds were recognized to be dinosaurs, most of the scientific community believed dinosaurs to have been sluggish and cold-blooded. Most research conducted since the 1970s, however, has indicated that all dinosaurs were active animals with elevated metabolisms and numerous adaptations for social interaction.

Since the first dinosaur fossils were recognized in the early 19th century, mounted fossil dinosaur skeletons have been major attractions at museums around the world, and dinosaurs have become an enduring part of world culture. The large sizes of some groups, as well as their seemingly monstrous and fantastic nature, have ensured dinosaurs' regular appearance in best-selling books and films, such as Jurassic Park. Persistent public enthusiasm for the animals has resulted in significant funding for dinosaur science, and new discoveries are regularly covered by the media.

This soon lead to Anime (Japanese: アニメ?, [anime] ( listen); English Listeni/ˈænɨmeɪ/). Anime are Japanese animated productions usually featuring hand-drawn or computer animation. The word is the abbreviated pronunciation of "animation" in Japanese, where this term references all animation, but in other languages, the term is defined as animation from Japan or as a Japanese-disseminated animation style often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastic themes. Arguably, the stylization approach to the meaning may open up the possibility of anime produced in countries other than Japan. For simplicity, many Westerners strictly view anime as an animation product from Japan.

The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917, and production of anime works in Japan has since continued to increase steadily. The characteristic anime art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of Osamu Tezuka and spread internationally in the late twentieth century, developing a large domestic and international audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, by television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the internet and is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences.

Anime is a diverse art form with distinctive production methods and techniques that have been adapted over time in response to emergent technologies. The production of anime focuses less on the animation of movement and more on the realism of settings as well as the use of camera effects, including panning, zooming and angle shots. Diverse art styles are used and character proportions and features can be quite varied, including characteristically large emotive or realistically sized eyes.

The anime industry consists of over 430 production studios including major names like Studio Ghibli, Gainax and Toei Animation. Despite having a fraction of the domestic film market, anime achieves a majority of DVD sales and has been an international success after the rise of televised English dubs. This rise in international popularly has resulted in non-Japanese productions using the anime art style, but these works have been defined as anime-influenced animation by both fans and the industry.

Anime arose in the early 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation techniques also pioneered in France, Germany, the United States and Russia. A claim for the earliest Japanese animation is Katsudō Shashin, an undated and private work by an unknown creator In 1917, the first professional and publicly displayed works began to appear. Animators such as Ōten Shimokawa and Seitarou Kitayama produced numerous works, with the oldest surviving film being Kouchi's Namakura Gatana, a two-minute clip of a samurai trying to test a new sword on his target only to suffer defeat. The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake resulted in widespread destruction to Japan's infrastructure and the destruction of Shimokawa's warehouse, destroying most of these early works.

By the 1930s animation was well established in Japan as an alternative format to the live-action industry. It suffered competition from foreign producers and many animators, such as Noburō Ōfuji and Yasuji Murata, who still worked in cheaper cutout animation rather than cel animation. Other creators, such as Kenzō Masaoka and Mitsuyo Seo, nonetheless made great strides in animation technique; they benefited from the patronage of the government, which employed animators to produce educational shorts and propaganda. The first talkie anime was Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka, produced by Masaoka in 1933. By 1940, numerous anime artists' organizations had risen, including the Shin Mangaha Shudan and Shin Nippon Mangaka. The first feature length animated film was Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors directed by Seo in 1944 with sponsorship by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

I was light weight college educated but I never graduated
Professors on that bullshit, I ain't have the patience
Find myself sleeping through academic proceedings
Staying up most evenings, writing, ******** or reading
Seeing lectures while weeded
And staring at some cleavage
Learning big words having very little meaning
Jesus even in the meetings I was seeking
A reason to explain this game without the twenty page thesis
A view without class that's a class without a teacher
Or a struggle rapper takes but without the thousand features
Scholar not collegiate but intelectually seasoned
Having drunk conversations over very sober readings
Maybe sober contemplations over very loaded readings
Where bookmarks mark where we (Oof!) and we (Ah!)
Here we are, 2012, they're like "What the ******** a book?"
I'm like "Look, It's the quickest way to get up out your hood!"
Not from knowledge but the knowledge with practical application
Not reading for escaping, but knowing where you came from
Burning through those papers when I'm burning through the pages now
Break it down, chop it up
Break it down and smoke it up
Break it down, smoke it up
Break it, then chop it up
Grab another book, grab another book

Much paranoia began as many were speculating that the king was building an army to overthrow the Third Estate. This was called the “Great Fear of July 1789”, in which peasants were filled with paranoia and fear that a riot broke out. On July 14, 1789, the Bastille fortress, a symbol of royal tyranny, was stormed in an effort to obtain gunpowder and armed themselves for the speculated attack. During this frenzy, the rioters looted and burned down the homes of tax collectors, landlords, and other elite. This Great Fear inspired the National Constituent Assembly to abolish feudalism on August 4, 1789, marking the beginning of a new order. On August 26th, the Assembly then had presented the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”, which included liberty, equality, property and the right to resist oppression. However, for many months, the Assembly pondered on the distribution of power and order, such as who would be in charge of issuing delegates. Or who the clergy would obey, the Roman Catholic Church or the French Government. The political parties were divided into Monarchists, Girondists (consisted of merchants, financiers, industrialists), and Jacobins (tied with the hysteria). The National Constituent Assembly attempted to create a monarchy-type of system in which the king and the people both shared power. However, in 1791, the king attempted to flee from the country refusing the still be in power after having most of his power weakened.

Jessica was the first member to be signed with SM Entertainment in 2000. In 2007, she was chosen as a member of the group Girls' Generation. The 9-member girl group debuted on August 5, 2007.

In addition to her group activities, Jessica released two singles with Seohyun and Tiffany: "Love Hate" (Hangul: "오빠 나빠", lit. Bad Older Brother) and "Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!)". Jessica collaborated with 8Eight for the song "I Love You" from their 2nd album Infinity which was released on March 3, 2008. She is not the one in the music video, but is the one singing the harmony and adlibs.

In addition, she had various duets — one with Shinee member, Onew, called "One Year Later", and one with Park Myung-soo, "Naengmyeon". She sang the "Seoul Song" with Super Junior's Leeteuk, Sungmin, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun and fellow group members Taeyeon, Sunny, and Seohyun.

Jessica released a digital single titled "Sweet Delight" on October 13, 2010.

She also participated in the soundtrack of KBS drama Romance Town with the song "Because Tears Are Overflowing" (Korean: 눈물이 넘쳐서 ). The song was released on May 18, 2011.

In addition to acting, Jessica sang the OST for “Wild Romance” alongside Kim Jin-pyo. The song was digitally released on January 19, 2012.

On August 15, she released "Butterfly" OST for the drama To The Beautiful You with her sister Krystal. She also sang the OST "Heart Road" for the drama The King's Dream which was released on September 7.

On October 18, Jessica released the song "My Lifestyle", which is Hyundai i30‘s theme song.

She sang an OST for Dating Agency: Cyrano named "The One Like You" which was released on July 2, 2013.

The French Revolution began to become more radical, as France declared war on Austria and Prussia for allying themselves with French counter-revolutionists, the nobles, whom emigrated in order to restore the king’s power back. France hoped that the war would spread their principles of the Revolution across Europe, while Austria and Prussia wanted to keep the king in power, eventually Great Britain joined in as well. Meanwhile, King Louis XVI was thrown into prison in August 10, 1792 by the extremist Jacobins on the account of treason of the state while numerous other clergy were killed.
Along with the introduction of the Guillotine, murders and massacres ensued in attempts to stop counter-revolutionists. The Assembly eventually became the French Republic, and on January 21, 1793, King Louis XVI was executed under the charges of treason against the state. Marie-Antoinette, his wife, soon suffered the same fate nine months later. France continued to execute accused counter-revolutionists under the order of Robespierre whom lead the Committee of Public Safety. Over 17,000 people were trialed executed, not including those that had died in prison. This was a ten-month period known as the “Bloody Reign of Terror” that is until Robespierre himself was executed in July 28, 1794 under the same Guillotine the rest of the executions were carried out.

Finally, on May, 9th, 1993 I was concieved. At age 2 I was immigrated to the United States of America in hopes that I would achieve a better lifestyle than in that third world country named Mexico. At age 13 I bitched and whined about the wanting to use the internet. This lead to me somehow uploading Galaxy Angel episodes on youtube.com and then a strange weaboo girl private messaged me if I had ever heard of Gaiaonline.com. I asked myself "Gaiaonline.com?! What is that?" And this is where our tale of adventure and wonder leaves us off. Thank you so much for taking the time to read the story of a magnificent human boy named Tony. My one and only wish is to be remembered for the happiness and laughs I was able to bring on this site. I'm sorry if I ever caused you sadness or despair. I'm sorry if I ever messed things up between us. Just never forget this one line though.

Learn to love yourself if you haven't,
and if you have,
don't ever stop. f*****t.