this article had me in stitches:
JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME KICKS HIS OWN ASS!!
anonymous anger:
#@*!!! Anonymous anger rampant on Internet
just finished Kite Runner and cried my eyes out reading it (which seriously hasn't happened in a long time). i definitely recommend it; it's a fantastic book.
i'm currently reading Wild Swans about 3 generations of women in China. the bulk of it is about communist China. scary shit in there!
and just the other day, i saw this on the news:
Cosmetic surgery addict injected cooking oil into her own face
now THAT is fuckt.
11.13.2008
11.04.2008
Day trip to Kawagoe
needed a change of scenery so i put my lazy bum on a trip up to Kawagoe, or Little Edo as they like to call it.
First stop was Kita-In Temple:
put your money in, gong the bell, clap twice, and pray:
stone lanterns leading up to the graves of some (probably) very important folks (i really gotta improve my japanese!):
the 500 stone buddhas. i didn't realize you had to PAY to get in. there was no one at the gate and there was no place to put your money. i just thought it was free. oops.
this guy looked freaky!
my favorite one: the nose picking buddha:
a smaller temple on the same grounds:
there was this big chrysanthamum/mum festival thing going on. i clicked a few photos of the ones i thought were very cool looking:
they don't have to be all fancy. i like regular flowers too:
a very short walk from Kita-In temple is Naritan Betsu-In temple:
on to main street! the architechture of old school tokyo is still in tact here:
the symbol of Kawagoe: Toki no Kane (the bello tower):
a quick look at Hikawa shrine. i love these lanterns:
Stay out of the damn water!
ah, but it looks so peaceful!
kawagoe is all about the bright purple sweet potato. check out these yummy steamed buns!
that is one big purple potato:
kashiya yokocho (or candy/snack alley):
i love these bobbley head things! this one was my favorite:
hope the bench doesn't break!
i love the architecture!
and now for something completely different, a walk down Taisho Roman street:
a long exhausting walk but a good day out of the hustle and bustle of tokyo. i was sad to see that a lot of the little japanesey shops that sold paper goods and toys and other old school stuff have out there have closed. the bad economy is taking its toll . . .
First stop was Kita-In Temple:
put your money in, gong the bell, clap twice, and pray:
stone lanterns leading up to the graves of some (probably) very important folks (i really gotta improve my japanese!):
the 500 stone buddhas. i didn't realize you had to PAY to get in. there was no one at the gate and there was no place to put your money. i just thought it was free. oops.
this guy looked freaky!
my favorite one: the nose picking buddha:
a smaller temple on the same grounds:
there was this big chrysanthamum/mum festival thing going on. i clicked a few photos of the ones i thought were very cool looking:
they don't have to be all fancy. i like regular flowers too:
a very short walk from Kita-In temple is Naritan Betsu-In temple:
on to main street! the architechture of old school tokyo is still in tact here:
the symbol of Kawagoe: Toki no Kane (the bello tower):
a quick look at Hikawa shrine. i love these lanterns:
Stay out of the damn water!
ah, but it looks so peaceful!
kawagoe is all about the bright purple sweet potato. check out these yummy steamed buns!
that is one big purple potato:
kashiya yokocho (or candy/snack alley):
i love these bobbley head things! this one was my favorite:
hope the bench doesn't break!
i love the architecture!
and now for something completely different, a walk down Taisho Roman street:
a long exhausting walk but a good day out of the hustle and bustle of tokyo. i was sad to see that a lot of the little japanesey shops that sold paper goods and toys and other old school stuff have out there have closed. the bad economy is taking its toll . . .
10.31.2008
Halloween!
the day was quite busy! i cooked a lot the day before and held a class. here are some of my students decorating paper mache pumpkins after some gumbo lunch and a lot of snacky foods . . .
Yokies made an apple crumble pie! here it is pre-oven:
and baked golden goodness after! i love my new tart pan:
the "candy bar":
and the dessert bar at night:
yep, that's a tower of fudgey pumpkin brownies:
the bevy/wine bar:
veggie plate:
and my gumbo. i think it turned out very good this year:
chris AKA astro boy (i think he just likes to be naked):
scary movies and lots of food:
pikachu dusty:
neil shows us his freaky finger trick over dessert:
dusty taps into his inner pikachu:
good times!
Yokies made an apple crumble pie! here it is pre-oven:
and baked golden goodness after! i love my new tart pan:
the "candy bar":
and the dessert bar at night:
yep, that's a tower of fudgey pumpkin brownies:
the bevy/wine bar:
veggie plate:
and my gumbo. i think it turned out very good this year:
chris AKA astro boy (i think he just likes to be naked):
scary movies and lots of food:
pikachu dusty:
neil shows us his freaky finger trick over dessert:
dusty taps into his inner pikachu:good times!
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