July 2008
5 posts
new adventures
Here are some recent photos from the Torii Beach Wine Festival.Kimono girl Jazz all day long Jazz all night long hanging out on the grass serious fireworks John is back, yay! Before he came back I got a chance to go rock climbing with some friends. It was at an indoor “gym” here, and really fun. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to even make the first couple of steps, but...
Camilla & Lee
Thought I’d share some pics of Camilla and Uncle Lee
The Haps
Just got home from my Japanese final. Such a great feeling. I remember when I got on the bus on the way home from my last final at UCSD - art history. It was 5 years late, but like grapes left on the vine too long, it was only that much sweeter. I rode the shuttle around the campus an extra loop, looking for ghosts who lurked amongst the eucalyptus trees…. DDcones, TylerCones and all...
SHISAS!
In case you’re wondering what those crazy looking dogs are in my header, those are our new shisa dogs. Every house in Okinawa has them… We went shopping on Kokasai Street (big shopping district) to buy Clay some Shisa dogs before he moved off the island. I saw these and there was something about the bright colors and just the lunacy of these guys that made me think they’d fit in...
Critters
We were driving to Japanese class last night at dusk, and a huge black bird was flying along side the car. No. Wait. That’s a….oh my god, that’s a BAT. Bats instead of birds. They are everywhere. This one was like a Gunner bat, nice and round around the belly, no doubt from sucking children’s blood. They hang out in the trees, come out at night. In other trees, the...
