Week . . . 4? 5? 6?: The I Don't Know How Much More Milage I Can Get Out of this Title Format

So this is why they say it's so hard to keep blogs going.

Full size model of the Laputan robot from
Castle in the Sky.

I really don't have much time to write tonight--I'm sorry, I'm sorry!--but I told a friend I'd at least post something, so here we go. Did you see my nifty little link to my photo gallery over on the right? I put that up a bit ago. Until I figure out how to integrate a slideshow into Blogger, that'll be the way to keep up with my photos (or Google+ or Spacebook, of course).

Can't see him too well, but the guy in the
white wolf mask was awesome.

I went to the Studio Ghibli Museum with the group last week. That was pretty spectacular. The whole building looks like it's straight out of one of his movies. Photos weren't allowed inside, so the only pics I have are of the building and the surrounding area. The inside was packed with sketches, paintings, models, and all kinds of phenomenal art. I even got to see a Studio Ghibli short film made exclusively for the museum. Pretty much heaven on Earth for a Ghibli buff like myself. I took home a few nifty trinkets from the gift shop, which I'll snap some pictures of soon.

Okay, I have a Japanese test tomorrow morning and a paper due tonight, but I'll regale you with one more tale. Yesterday I went to the Kawagoe Festival, where I learned how amazing street vendor food can be and how terrifying crowds can be. The big attraction is these large parade float-like vehicles pulled along by 30 or so people tugging two big ropes. When two of the vehicles met, the riders would have some sort of Shinto-style dance competition, before one float trudged away the victor. At least, that's about how much I got out of it. It was a lot of fun, though the crowds were so dense that sometimes you just had to let them push you along in a direction. Just because you want to go right doesn't mean you're gonna go right.

I'm actually going to be getting paid to write for the CIEE blog, so I'll likely repost that material here when I write it, or just provide a straight link to my posts. Either way, financial incentive means you're going to keep seeing posts from me. I'll try to have the next one done in the next few days.

Oh, and I suppose it's worth noting I'm dating someone now. So that's fun.

Laters!