Probably the coolest pic I've seen all day
See this:
http://community.livejournal.com/lomography/3412421.html.
Which reminds me of a moment of comedy I had yesterday with my student's motorcycle helmet and a bread knife from the 100yen shop:
Having been watching CSI before I left the house that morning, I had murder on the brain.
I usually find school parties more than a little wearing, which is why I find the lubrication of alcohol useful on such occasions. There's nothing like entertaining on your day off to make you crave all the beer. However, the picnic was made all the more interesting (in fact, the picnic was SAVED) by a Cosplay festival at the local exhibition hall. It being a lovely sunny day, all the cosplayers were out in the sun posing with those huge light reflectors and enormous cameras. Camera-crews were running about trying to get the most scantily clad to pose for them, and the general public looked on in a mixture of lust, shock and bewilderment. I thought it was brilliant. Sadly, this was also the day when I decided not to be bring my SLR with me, so I couldn't capture much of what was going on, but thank goodness for mobile phones:
A bit of a boring picture, but you get the idea.
Later, after a Mexican birthday party, I came across some interesting stuff in Harajuku:
http://community.livejournal.com/lomography/3412421.html.
Which reminds me of a moment of comedy I had yesterday with my student's motorcycle helmet and a bread knife from the 100yen shop:
Having been watching CSI before I left the house that morning, I had murder on the brain.
I usually find school parties more than a little wearing, which is why I find the lubrication of alcohol useful on such occasions. There's nothing like entertaining on your day off to make you crave all the beer. However, the picnic was made all the more interesting (in fact, the picnic was SAVED) by a Cosplay festival at the local exhibition hall. It being a lovely sunny day, all the cosplayers were out in the sun posing with those huge light reflectors and enormous cameras. Camera-crews were running about trying to get the most scantily clad to pose for them, and the general public looked on in a mixture of lust, shock and bewilderment. I thought it was brilliant. Sadly, this was also the day when I decided not to be bring my SLR with me, so I couldn't capture much of what was going on, but thank goodness for mobile phones:
A bit of a boring picture, but you get the idea.
Later, after a Mexican birthday party, I came across some interesting stuff in Harajuku:
A slightly ghoulish tribute to Alexander McQueen in a shop window.
A nearby shop left a Dyson on display.
And another bastardization of the English language.
Today I took a walk with a new friend from Shibuya to Harajuku to Omotesando to Aoyama to Sendagaya to Harajuku to Shibuya.
It took a while.
Then we did some karaoke and I sang Bjork's "Venus as a Boy".
Singing Bjork at karaoke is never advisable.
Now I'm waiting with interest for tomorrow.
We've been called in for a meeting at 10am (I don't start until 1pm) which will explain the "new system".
Should it involve pay cuts in any form the whole teaching staff with go into revolt.
I doubt it will be that bad, but I hate having to give up my morning.
Today I took a walk with a new friend from Shibuya to Harajuku to Omotesando to Aoyama to Sendagaya to Harajuku to Shibuya.
It took a while.
Then we did some karaoke and I sang Bjork's "Venus as a Boy".
Singing Bjork at karaoke is never advisable.
Now I'm waiting with interest for tomorrow.
We've been called in for a meeting at 10am (I don't start until 1pm) which will explain the "new system".
Should it involve pay cuts in any form the whole teaching staff with go into revolt.
I doubt it will be that bad, but I hate having to give up my morning.