goofing around....

Last week we were goofing around with fireworks and my friends camera. He started the long shots after we ran out of sparklers so last Saturday we goofed around with a pen light on the back of a lighter...pretty interesting stuff!

First the fireworks(Hanabi)



lol this was per the photographer(thanks Aidan)



These were fun, kind of like roman candles but it would launch a little bottle rocket type thing every couple seconds.....



So with that whole idea of capturing between 3 and 20 second exposure's we decided to do this the following weekend!

Here's an attempt at writing my name on the balcony.. remember you have to write things backwards to get it reverse on the camera so apologies, can you see it?????



my peeps were a little better than me! It's hard because you shoot everything in the dark it was funky!!!!



I thought that one was pretty funny... :)

Good weekend!

Fall is definately coming. Had a great time this weekend shooting archery and hanging out with friends. I've also decided to take the Japanese Proficiency exam so I'll be studying it up a lot!

As always trying to keep things together while being over here. It's rough!!!! Especially with a crazy cat and a weird work schedule(Tuesday-Saturday 1-9 and Monday afternoons). Started a new race with Nike + if anyone's down please get in touch with me and I will send you an invite!!! Spread the word people I want to race against peeps!



This archery stuff is freakin fun! I can't believe how well I did too!!!! Second time's the charm I suppose. One good thing about Japan is that people remember you because you're so uncommon I think. I walked in the lobby to get my gear and the guy who set me up totally remembered me and it was great!

This one was 55 meters and shooting about 30 feet up from where I was....only person on my team to even hit the target!!!!!!



This week I'm not doing too much. Next week going to see Metric in Tokyo that should be really fun! Just trying to go with the flow, keep the house clean and stay in touch with peeps. Haha, in about 20 minutes I'm going to meet up with an old teacher I used to work with...she wants to meet up at Denny's. In her e-mail she said she wanted to go to a cozy place, I love that it's Denny's :P

A glimpse of this week!

Castle recooping after my birthday!



Hokuto hiking..



...and dinner! (tried to get the gnarliest shot possible) this was before brains were disposed of! mmmmm squid curry!!! :P Archery tomorrow, hope everyone is having a good weekend!

AHHHHH

I just wrote this huge birthday blog and totally effed it up somehow!!!!!! AHHH I'll re-write it later !

POOP!

i spy with my little eye?????

I love bluetooth!!!!

Not for those gay headsets! But I was just able to bluetooth all my photos to my laptop! And trust me she's not so cute right now!


Since she woke me up at a lovely 5:30 by running across my bed at full speed to jump and climp the curtains right above me....scared she's going to land on my head, I decided carpe deez it up and start my day. Did a little cleaning and took out the trash! Which I'm a little thankful Chich woke me up for because I had for about it last night! But like I said...she's not that cute anymore!! She's a KILLER!



Ahhh!!! I'm starting to hate her but love the bluetooth for the instant uploads...LOL here you go as she climbed this curtain and is doing a good job at being a pain! I wish I was knew some Koreans right now !!!!!(GET IT)




All in all besides my cat things have been good. I've been studying everyday so far this week and am driven to get better at Japanese. Also, I'm back on listening to Weezer...which always puts me in a good mood! Current song, "butterfly" from the Pinkerton album. Also working out and swam 1k last night! About to go running since it's just past 7am!

The weekend is looking exciting...thinking about going snowboarding Sunday morning...lol I went to check the times on the website and saw something funny...let me know if you can pick up the wonderful japanese english :)

http://misaka.kamuisp.com/summer/spec.shtml

or better yet...



Also got some free tickets to the local city soccer teams last Sunday home game for the same day. Free = good! AND! On Saturday I'm going to a hockey game, they want me to play and it's funny because the foriengers on the team(all two of them) are skeptical of my abilities since I grew up in Las Vegas. This makes me want to play even more because :

A. Because it will be fun to get my bearings and show them up in a short period of time.
B. Hockey is super fun and all you do is hit stuff and people all the time!

Might be some good stress relief from Chi-Chi :) Unfortunately gear is expensive as shit but all this is minor details. Then to top things off football starts this week! One thing that sucks about Japan is the fact that I can't just turn on the TV and watch some but I suppose I'm spending my time more wisely...a season break won't be too bad.

Ohh...Never uploaded the pic of my favorite class.


They're awesome! And thanks to me they know hella slang :P not " hella " but some good stuff! I also like them because for my kid classes, they understand me the best when I speak English, which is really fun. Also, this class usually catches me at my worst because it starts Saturdays @ 10am. So they've also seen me after some rough evenings...sorry guys.

Alright time to handle bizniss...catch ya after the weekend!

ARRRGGHHHH

Fear not!

My posts will soon be less few and far between because of a new celly I just got! It lets me take pics and immediately put them up on here...as soon as I figure it out.

Been back just a litle over a week from my fabulous vacation in Hawaii, it was everything I could have wanted and more...well maybe if I improved a little more with my surfing. I realized it's not something I can just go out and do which sucks! And nothing like snowboarding, except in deep powder conditions. Anywho...here's some pics of a hike me and my cousin went on of the Na Palli coast!




The hike was great, the highlight of the trip....although hiking in there was a little bit of regret in going :P 11 miles is far! and up and down hills along a coastline was pretty, but it wore on me for a bit. It was all worth it when we were able to plop down on the beach though and relax for two days. We met some great people and had a lot of fun.

I also got to kick it with my brother while I was there, here was one of our last days cruisin around the island....



I think this trip all of the guy cousins had a chance to relax together! I emerged ping-pong champion throughout, as I am the oldest!

And look what I came home to after about two weeks...


Miss Chi-chi is getting pretty big! And being an equally big terror as well...but she's a little kitty cooped up in a tiny apartment so I really shouldn't be too upset. For now I'm off... work calls!