evilcb surprised me with this cutie today:


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I don't think I've talked about it in here, but when I go to Morimoto with some college friends of mine, it's always quite a production. This is especially due to two of the gentlemen in our party, who have turned the 'omakase' (Japanese for 'chef's choice', more or less) into a form of culinary adventurism. Every time they go there, they've ( Read more... )

This here comic more or less depicts life in the quad I lived in during college.

We even had a tribal mask. It lived above the toilet.

ETA: angryjonny has helpfully dredged up a photo of the mask. Yes, we rigged it to light up. Great for scaring drunk friends during parties.

Question: What was it like being on Jeopardy!So, finally time to write about my trip last week. Sorry it took so long, I got back and had a ton to do right off the bat. Duty calls and all ( Read more... )

This evening, a mini-reunion with my Japan classmates in New York. Tomorrow, hanging out with a good friend closer to home.

It doesn't get much better than this.

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12 hours from now I'll be at the airport, probably sitting in the departure lounge wishing I'd brought more reading material. It's hard to believe my time in Japan is over. I can remember the first days here, when everything was strange and I couldn't read any of the signs and I thought finding directions would be hopeless. The first time I ( Read more... )

I'm into the sad part of any trip: getting ready to go back. Work is over. Classes are finished, and I just have my two exams this week. I've already got one suitcase more or less packed. I have a few more souvenirs to pick up and that will be that. I fly out next Monday (and, due to the vagaries of time zones, arrive a few minutes before ( Read more... )

By God, there was shopping today!

I went with mystedraveneyes. We shopped the hell out of Nakano Broadway. We came home with about 4 bags each.

Today was a good day.

ETA: Pictures of the haul, per _yggdrasil's request. The colour isn't great because I'm having to use artificial light and the main camera is experiencing technical difficulties, but I hope you get the ( Read more... )

The weekend following exams was a holiday here in Japan, known as Golden Week. It's really 2 holidays that occur so close together they just get made into one long holiday. In any case, it meant time to hang out with friends before many of them head back to the U.S. Very sad, that. It's going to be so quiet at the school this summer! Still, ( Read more... )