Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Tsuita~~~ I arrived~~~

my arrival to tokyo was not apocalyptic but it was sad because i will miss the kindness of our friends in matsue...

My photos aremostly on Flickr, now!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaiiuueeoo/

Monday, June 1, 2009

last night we did fireworks

senko-no-hibana
)a traditional Japanese sparkler thingy(

!!!

Sunday, May 31, 2009

these are a few of my favorite things: when the dog bites, when the bee stings, when i'm feeling sad

today is our last day in Matsue and i am rather sad.

I have met people with nice majors here: Agricultural Economics (Misako and Amiko), French(Yu), Comparative Culture?? (Minako).

I learned a dance called "henna o-jiisan" and it is rather nice. You move randomly while saying "hen-na-o-jii-san," which means "strange old man."

Also, I heard a mother goose verse from Yu and it sounded like this:

Josie Posie, pudding and pie
kissed the girls and made them cry
when the boys came out to play
Josie Posie ran away

Which the explanation of: Josie is actually Georgy and then what about this Georgy?
Or Josie is a woman.
Anyway, I have met several people highly skilled at Mother Goose.

My trip to Tokyo is prefigured by two impressions:
1. the videogame Shin Megami Tensei, which takes place in a post apocalypsey sort of world and is centered on Tokyo,
2. Abe Kobo's novel Kangaroo Notebook, in which there is an episode where the nameless male protagonist is in a department store with an IV hanger with squid genitals hung upon it andhe enters some subterranean cavern ...

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Supplemental Materials #2

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38702939@N03/

Matthew's

Photos

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35053858@N08/

these photos are Pate's, who is also on the trip.

pretend they are mine!