i’m putting this here in writing so you can all hold me to it: I will buy a new digital camera by next tuesday. yes, last week i dropped mine, and now there’s a piece of tape holding the memory card’s cover closed. if that’s not a sign that it’s time, i don’t know what […]
actually, ume is pronounced ooo-meh – but i still like the title. anyway, this weekend we went to Ayako’s home town of Saga to celebrate the plum festival called “ume matsuri”. this festival takes place at the nearby shrine that is up. we arrived in saga around 3 on saturday, and had missed that day’s […]
Okay, so look what you eat on Girls’ Day – Hina Sushi! I was dying. I didn’t want to eat them and left them for last. We also ate Chawanmuchi but that wasn’t as exciting looking so I didn’t take pics.
tuesday night chad and I travelled to Isahaya to see Deerhoof play. It was quite the adventure. I had read about the concert a week before on pitchfork and emailed the contact for the show. He told me that the show was sold out, but ended up getting us two tickets. Here are some highlights […]
Today is Girls’ day (click for more information). For girls’ day, people with daughters get hina dolls and put them on display. Even my tamagotchi has them on display. Hina Dolls are beautiful and expensive. And you don’t play with them. They’re just decorative. On Saturday we went to JUSCO to look at them. Some […]
before this weekend starts, let’s talk about last weekend. last weekend my host brother came in to visit from Tokyo. he’s 29 and married with a baby on the way. we hung out for a big in the afternoon, and then again in the evening after he came back from drinking with his friends. he […]