translation help? (my new obsession, Elisabeth)

is there someone fluent in Japanese who would be willing to translate something for me?

I dearly wanted to send a letter to the Takarazuka top star, Saeko, that we saw in Japan when we went. I got a magazine with her farewell photos today, and it just washed over me how lucky I feel to have been able to see her perform in such a beautiful musical. How lucky I feel to have seen her perform before she retired! This year she is retiring.

I really want to be able to send her a letter thanking her, but I worry that if I send it in English, that she will only be able to understand bits and peices of it. :(

She, btw, is the one who is my icon lately. I think she is so lovely, and such a good actress. I'm very sad that she's retiring after such a short time of being top star...

--------( read more about my love of takarazuka )

deleting and selling old computers?

I have a 500 mhz G4 with over 1 meg of ram and a larger HD added (I think a 180 gig drive)

is there any way that I could sell this computer and have it worth my while? If so, how can I go about wiping the computer so that it doesn't have any of my information left?
Mitch also has his previous computer, which would be fine for people just checking email. My old mac however, is actually pretty decent for doing photoshop, animation/post production and some games, etc.

I could really use the money, and with me having a new computer now, the previous one is a space-hogging paperweight.