(The following is an e-mail from the past, composed on Thursday, October 12, 2006, and sent via FutureMe.org)

Dear FutureMe,

Merry Christmas!

Is awesome. Internet channel is fun, especially how you can use it to watch stuff on YouTube or similar. The only problem is getting to sites. The Wii needs some kind of keyboard. Or a way to send links to it. Hence my idea. Pretty much, it’ll be just like the Wii’s current bookmarks, except you can access it from your PC and add links on your PC that way it’s easier to type them in. And of course, the internet is meant to be interconnected, so you’ll be able to send links to friends too.

Mom: Come here.
Me: *Goes half-way down stairs while she’s fully down, holding a box of Triscuits in one hand and 2 Triscuits in another.*
Mom: Catch. *Tosses bag of gold coins from brother’s Birthday party*
Me: *Hands are full and thus misses*
Mom: What was that for? I said catch!
Me: My hands were full!
Mom: You know what? Watch it, I’m tired of your attitude.

The Verdict*: Overglorified issue. Dunno which side to truly believe, since we all know there’s propaganda flying back and forth and things each side doesn’t want their supporters to know.

Does it make my internet faster? Then go for it.
Does it change the way I browse the internet? If not, good.
Does it change what sites I can access? If not, good.
Does it censor anything? If so, hell no.

*T.J. is not a judge nor is he authorized to make legal decisions for anyone, being a minor

K, so it’s not the SBOE’s fault my site was blocked, they, along with many other people, use “SmartFilter.” Apparently somehow my site got blocked for Criminal Skills on one version. From what I’ve read of other cases, it may be a bot that mistakenly marked the site, which makes sense as it probably read my news posts from when people hacked or attempted to hack the site.

The Tech Center is still very annoying at times, though.