A random smattering of travel stories and photographs from many places I've visited. Thoughts on recent happenings, mostly.
2011: Japan (cont.)
2010: Caribbean, Japan
2009 Vietnam (cont.)
2008: Israel, Vietnam
2007: China, Japan
2006: Venezuela, Japan
Also, I am a member of The Watercooler and founder of B.A.M.F.
Namely, THIS:
Telltale Games runs a contest every year in October for fanart. Most people submit drawn works, but the winners are usually more creative (the only rule is that you can't submit anything illegal)- past winners have included cakes, sculpted bars of soap, a flaming effigy, poetry, and a dress-up kit.
Unfortunately, I lacked the tools to sculpt anything here in Japan and I'm not resubmitting my plush doll. So I am finishing up a pretty epic doujinshi, it will be about 10 pages in full color when it is done. I'm about 33% done with it. It's due in 8 days, but I will definitely have it done in time.
Soo... turns out Pokémon is one of the few DS games out there that is region locked to prevent people from importing it. Since I had already opened it to find that out, Yodobashi Camera wouldn't take it back. So what did I do? I brought it next door to the used bookstore and sold it to them FOR A THIRD MORE THAN I PAID FOR IT. So I'll get Okami next week anyway.
I was saving my Yodobashi gift card that I acquired from buying my cell phone to purchase Okami Gaiden (the Okami sequel for the DS). I really was. But... I caved. I got Pokémon Black today. Yep. And, in unrelated news, I'm surprised how often I see Japanese people sleeping on public transportation.
