two random pics and end of the year drinking party!

in Japan, offices provide glasses for people. from left to right is: weak, medium, and strong. lol.
here's a lady picking through the day's new addition to the rotten cabbage pile next to my apt.yuichi is leaving!
that's a messed up peace sign my principal is giving me (ya'll remember the nose-picker), everyone's plenty drunk at this point.
drunk man talk!
and i took pics of the many courses served too at this fancy place. so there'll be a whole thing for that. just you wait. ;)

WONDERFUL, AWESOME PARK DAY!!!

beware of the happy snakes!
hello, ken!
horray river! kristine is really good at skipping stones!
it's me! i spent nearly the whole day bare foot, it was amazing!
ange going down a tiny road
little cutie with freshly dried feet.
yo!
sup!lion?

watching the sunrise

it's a ghost!
someone had an accident with their water bottle! ;)
sunny faces!
ta-dah!
and this is everyone else when we got back. they totally missed out!

pinocchio, the final chapter!

pinocchio!
the awesome stage!
james! i think he looks more like a zombie than an old man.
this picture captures insanity.
the theater! guests sit on floor pillows, it's a very cool and traditional style theater.

MUSE!

smitha, the wonderful lady who let us take her car! and drink in it! ;)
heellloooo gilly!
vodka = good!
traveling the Beam
yes, i like my lasagna with plenty of orthodoxy!is that not some freaky, blue, gold-headed penis?! and believe it or not, that freak house is a factory!!! can you imagine working there? i think the pizza delivery kids would always know what building you were talking about!the gig! and i just looked through the pile of flyers they gave us at the door, and NIN is playing there in the end of may!!!... i think i have to go!this is the only pic i could stealthfully take before putting down my stuff and throwing myself in the throng. that's the lead singer, he was so close! me, kirsten, elena, smitha, and gilly. can you see how wet we are?
whew! getting ready to go outside!

various pics

the lady digging through the cabbage pile outside my apt.
old people rocking out, or sleeping, i can't tell...
and playing ring toss! there's not a pillow on her back either, it's that bowed. she's spent her entire life working the fields, and probably still does. the older female generation around here has had a hard life that i'm glad i didn't have to live through.
kirsten, the tragic film artist!anya, the muscle-bound umbrella weilder!

hanami sushi bento making class

a flock (herd, gaggle?) of women cooking with a flurry.
hello ange.
flower-shaped sushi roll!

let's enjoy!yummy!

pictures from backstage

yeah. people have decided that i almost look like mimi from the drew carey show! my shirt is stuffed with a blanket and a jacket, which is a good bit of padding.