Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Bar Nudie



I was unable to determine whether or not Bar Nudie was, in fact, a, er, nudie bar. I hope it isn't though, because that would render my posting of this picture a most unsavoury act.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Shinkansen shenanigans



So, I got the shinkansen (that’s the bullet train to those of you who aren’t as amazing at understanding Japanese as me) on Monday. It was ace.

The picture quality above is, admittedly, poor, but if you look closely through the windows, you can see the very fabric of time bending.

Not having the internet

because your selfish bastard of a neighbour, whose internet you were stealing, decided to block you, because you were stealing his internet, is totally shit.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Costco



I am, of course, aware that Costco is not an exclusively Japanese phenomenon. But LOOK at the size of this jar of peanut butter. It’s like some sort of delicious peanut buttery, er… anvil. Or some other similarly-sized stump-shaped object. Like a tree stump perhaps.

Or a goblin-man.

There’s no escape, goblin-man, I’m going to eat you up on my toast. Like this: nyom nyom nyom.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

High school students



One of my students very thoughtfully drew me a picture the other day. Oh, those kids...