Osakatomebaby

I would be terribly grateful if you could go to this short film festival and let me know how it is before it comes to Osaka. Thanks, you're all beautiful.

(I'm really going to pack now).

Just in case anyone was wondering, I can assure you that kilts are hot, though I realize this probably seals my nerddom forevermore. But it's probably in the genes, I come from a long line of kilt-wearers. Right Roy?

My mom used to say, as Americans will about thier otherwise obscure ancestry, that her side of the family used to have a castle in Scotland, the most photographed in Scotland in fact, but there being seven brothers they had somehow given up or otherwise lost claim to it. So much for that.

She also said something to the effect that Lord Byron said of our family that they were the most wild and untamed savages upon which he had ever set eyes. (This was before I was born no less). Now Byron believing in noble savages and all, that would be a compliment. Mind you the fact that I cannot find one iota of evidence on the Internet to backup such a claim does not make this bit of family lore untrue. At least not any more than any other American ancestral lore.

(I'm supposed to be packing. I have to move at 9am tomorrow. This is a familiar situation).

Okay I am now unofficially offering a prize to be mailed to YOU from ME in Japan to the first person to comment with the correct answer to the "poll" below. There is a correct answer and it's not that difficult, so the prize will be something cheap and crappy but it will be from JAPAN so it will be inherently cool.

Rocky, why do you have to show on a night I work and the evening before I move??? If I can get out of work quickly I guess I can catch the last half but would there be any point? To miss Science Fiction Double Feature, Dammit Janet, There's a Light, Time Warp...but most importantly, Sweet Transvestite. Last time this showed here I missed it by a day too, May. Suppose they'll show it again in another 5 months.

So here's a poll for you:

1) What's your favorite color?
2) Where do you get your cocaine?

I am very tempted to post that picture of Colin from the rocky party he had in high school. Heh heh.

Neat. Wes Anderson, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, stop-motion animation, something about Japan...Trailer.

This rocks. I can phone friends online abroad for free and the quality is gooood. I just talked to my bro and little sister on the phone for like an hour and it cost 1 euro. I think I'm gonna ditch the land line and save like a jillion bucks and they are not paying me to say this. Wooo.

It's a small world after all...It's a small world after all...

*spins*

*bonks head on wall*

Yeeeeee.

Thanks Dan.

Wow. There is a modern Indian art museum in Himeji. Gotta tell the Kala people.

So just for fun here's a picture of Justin (India Justin) in...ah...India.



One of the coolest nights there we met one of his artist friends and sat on the roof drinking slightly less than cold beer then wandered over to his top-floor studio, which was covered by a raised leaf roof. Cool enough in the evenings to paint and relax in style, but I wonder how it managed in the monsoon.

He showed us a massive tryptych and innumerable gods, beasts and other creatures. Not the least among his works was one erotic painting. No problem showing the guys, and guess he didn't care about showing me since I'm not an Indian girl, but he did say "don't tell my wife". What silly fun. Really I almost asked him if I could buy it but was passing out from jet lag and the club the night before so missed that golden opportunity. Perhaps there will be more. A very nice man...