Our family here went on a three day trip up to Izu this weekend to go to an Onsen resort (hot spa kind of thing). I posted a ton more photos to Flickr and some are private; if anyone wants access just either comment with you Yahoo ID or e-mail me.
Also if Yahoo phases out Flickr in favor of their subpar “Gallery” site I’ll be totally pissed, what with having just upgraded to the premium version.
Well the first week here went fairly well! I finally seem to over the jet-lag (I feel like an old man for Christ’s sake). We hung out with a bunch of our friends this week for various outings to places around and inside Tokyo, and everything has been cool.
I got to play a Playstation 3 at the Sony Building - specifically Gran Turismo 4 HD. It was visually gorgeous, way nicer looking than I expected… but it’s still Gran Turismo 4 with zero damage and shitty A.I. Not to mention I’m quite sure that the copy I own on the PS2 outputs in 1080i already (if I had an HD television). The launch of the system was today, but I didn’t see it basically because I forgot it was on the 11th here but no big deal.
Oh and last night I ate horse sashimi! Yeah that’s right, uncooked. It tasted pretty much exactly like I expected, and though I ate two slices I’ll probably never try it again in my life but at least I can say I have now :-)
Also Matt I miss you dearly please call - you never answer! If Matt agrees I’ll go up and hang out with him after he works during the following week. And that’s about it for now.
Well we made it to Japan last night, and it’s a day later and I’m fucking wiped. I started uploading a bunch of photos to my account on Flickr since it has a much nicer package all around than when I shoehorn things into Wordpress. There’s an RSS feed there somewhere too that I’ll link to once I awake fully.
And I gotta say - it’s a nice and warm here. Take that Canada!