I
once heard an elderly man get asked how he felt about
getting another year older. Without missing a beat he
replied, "It sure beats the alternative now doesn't
it?"
Quite a good way o look at it if you
think about it. What is a year other than some unit
of time arbitrarily assinged to coincide with how much
time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the sun.
I guess thats how I feel about aging.
You see, I turn 35 tomorrow, and to tell the truth,
I don't feel a DAY over 34. :P
For some reason I don't think about
age that much. (if at all, really) The only real birthdays
that I marked as significant were my 21st and 16th since
I could then legally drink and drive. (Wow, that sure
sounded bad....But all kidding aside I assure all of
you I never get behind the wheel even after having so
much as a sip of alcohol)
Though I guess for men it is a little
different.
I know a lot of women that are living
in absolute dread waiting for that next birthday to
roll around.
To celebrate the occasion an evening
full of Izakayas and Karaoke is on order. It should
be loads of fun, especially now that I have finally
kicked the cold that had been dogging me for the past
5-6 days.
--
It seems that Japans 2 year ban on
imported U.S. beef has ended and Yoshinoya will soon
have their trademark beef bowls back.
Hip hip horay!
I can't wait.
While ive become quite fond of their
pork substitute over the past couple of years, I can't
wait to get my first signature serving of their most
famous of offerings.
--
It seems that the Japanese police
have been watching a lot of CSI Miami lately because
they now have a new way of catching gropers on crowded
trains. They take fiber samples from the suspected offenders
hands and then match them up to the clothes of the person
that was groped. So far this new form of evidence has
greatly increased the number of gropers charged with
the crime.
--
A lot of todays shots were taken with
my R-D1. "Street grabs" are what most of them
are. Not fine art by any stretch of the imagination,
but they do have the allure of authenticity. Some shot
from the hip, some with just a little more setup and
thought put into them, but all of them a real slice
of life from Japan.
I really am loving my R-D1...
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