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いらっしゃいませ! (irasshaimase; "welcome" in Japanese) My name is Noah Bauschen Furlani; I was born on the 12th of September, 1993. This is my website—a sort of autobiographical website, colloquially called a blog, but I hate that word for its "colloquiality". The title, ray=out ("rayout", not "ray equals out"), originates with an anime series called Eureka 7 (anime and manga lovers, this is a must see/read), in which ray=out is the name of an illegal magazine made by the main characters. It so happens that rayout is a nicer way of saying what my original title was, "layout" (the Japanese would pronounce it re-i-a-u-to, or レイアウト). The original title, "layout", was an alternate and more fancy word for a general view of life—an autobiography, the layout of life—if you see what I mean. The graphic design is based on its back cover, which features the three bars (above) which I have made into my website's main mark.
This website has four sections: "home", the current page, "the archive", which contains all of my blog (I have to use the word since autobiographical website is long to type…) articles other than the most recent one, posted below this introductory section. The "projects" page has a review of all the projects I am and have been working on. If you wish to download them—for free—as well as read their "story". Finally, the "other" page is an large accumulation of other stuff. It contains mainly links to sections such as photos, reviews and suggestions, downloads, etc. It also has a link to the "about me" page. To your right, there is a sidebar, at whose head is a countdown to the end of my school, on the 18th of June, at the 15:30 exactly; most of you will have to adjust depending on your schools' final day and hour (if you even go to elementary, junior high or high school). After that is a list of recommended stuff and my favorite music, etc.
One last important notice: to get back to the home page, just click on the title at the top of the page; the others page is, currently, unavaiable.

June 17th, 2008 I've just come back from my final history exam and tomorrow's the last day of school
Melodies of Rebellion, Chapter Nine: "Rupture", My Replica
So, it's been a while, hasn't it? I'm rather late, but I have my reasons (if you haven't read the previous entry, please do—it explains certain things). Alright, so let's step into the vivid subject: this month's chapter is nothing too revealing, except for a scene I'm, frankly, not too fond of. It'll become a lot better in the following months, after "Exterior Threat (Interlude)", a chapter I can't wait to write down, has been "published". However, very unfortunately, the plot will not be advancing too much until we enter Part Five, "Emperor of Babylon", which will put in motion a far larger plot... (did I spark your interest?). I've added a modified version of the "No Shaking Throne" promotional poster on pages 76-77, so you'll have to try and see if you can view the PDF in "spread" mode (two pages stuck together, like a normal book, instead of one page after another) to view its full potential. I still prefer the original version. By the way, the characters that I cut off at the top are "hon" and "nou", giving "honnou", meaning instinct in Japanese.
I've been filling in many pages with mathematical formulas, historical theory, ESL blabber (I prefere to call it b*******, or, as my father calls it, in a more civilized version, "English as a Stupid Language") and tomorrow with scientifical terms. And then it's freedom! FREEDOM! Tomorrow, at 15:00 on the dot, school's OUT! I am very confident about all the exams, and biology is the only one which still remains in the shadow as for whether it'll be complicated or not. Wish me good luck!

May 31st, 2008 It's going to rain, from what I can see, and I'm listening to Kirsty MacColl
I Don't Have All That Much to Say, But What the Heck...
My first article! Actually, I shouldn't be all that happy since recently all my files have been erased from my computer, notably two hundred pages on Japanese History and hundreds of dollars in music (from iTunes; the rest I've put back on my computer from the CDs we have downstairs). And yes, I did have a fit. Besides that, as you can see from the indicator above, as I write this article, there are only 18 days left until school ends! That's very exciting, yes indeed. I can't wait to go to Germany (for six weeks!!!), and merely be off for two entire months. I have some exciting news: first, all my projects are hold for a very particular reason, except for Melodies of Rebellion (I rewrote the entire seven first chapters in two weeks, and am quite satisfied, but I'm supposed to hand out chapter nine tomorrow, so it'll be a little late—sorry); second, ray=out is going to have a magazine (June issue on the way); third, and last, there's a new ray=out wallpaper that you can download as of now: download it (right click, "save target as" or "download linked file as"). Because I am addicted to it (seriously, I could just stare at it for hours and be perfectly entertained I like it so much), it may be transformed to become my logo.
Yesterday, as I was shopping for my friend Liam's birthday present, I walked into my old French teacher who had been fired last year. Fortunately, she found a job at the number 2 school in Quebec, Jean-Eudes (is that how you write it?), and is doing much better. Clearly.
Oh, yes. I noted that Melodies of Rebellion is being redesigned; guess what: the cover page is the same logo. Call me obsessed, I really don't care. The design now focuses on the more brutal "revolution" rather than on the fancy "melody", and contains tons of Japanese characters. Which I really like. You'll see.
I've run out of things to say, so that'll be it for today. See you next time!