My phone camera

Okay, the quality is shit but please enjoy...

Don't mess with the Sith

Especially the ones who wear glasses. I believe this was my second to last night in Osaka. After having a few with my Indiana friends at an Izakaya, we walked back home and, in a moment of utter crazy random acts of temporary theft, I took the construction guy's light saber and struck him down with all my powers! He was pretty okay with the whole thing really. I mean, who tries to resist a sith and actually lives to tell about it? Anyway...to those still residing in the big O, maybe you too should join me and try your hand at messing with local government employees. See where it takes you. I had fun.

The view from the top and Happy Birthday Adelle!

I decided to take a day off of work last week for my friends birthday. We decided to hit the Umeda Sky Building since neither of us had been and it looks really cool from the outside. You can take an escalator all the way to the top (39th floor) and take pictures etc. It was pretty cool! We ended up spending a few hours in there browsing around and finally made it to the top.
This garden was at the very bottom of the building. They appeared to be buildin/fixing something at the time.

I thought these coloured blocks were pretty cool
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Some more neato architecture.

Once we got inside the building, we went up to the 35th floor I think. The had all kinds of displys on these top floors. They had these cool models. I don't really know why they were there, but they looked neat.

This one here I couldn't get a good shot because of the light and glass. I had to take the picture throught the glass - but I really liked the ladies on the bridge. The first shot I took by holding my phone camera over top the glass.

Believe it or not, I actually took this picture through glass as well, not from the top floor. Pretty sweet view of the river and the bridges.

Then it was time to get on the big escalator up to the top!
Da daaaa! We made it! And asked some nice Japanese guys to take our picture. Unfortunately it was a bit foggy that day but the view from the top was still great.

A view of downtown Osaka.

Another cool architectural picture. This shows the escalator shafts and all the mirrored glass windows at the top.

Well, I'm still a Capricorn!

Inspired by the Aquarius quiz, I thought I would test how Capricorn I am. Apparently the same percent that Ookami is an Aquarius. I think these quizzes are rigged!!

You are 73% Capricorn

How Capricorn Are You?

You are 73% Aquarius

How Aquarius Are You?

As an official Aquarius, I must say I'm a bit dissapointed in myself.

Wasting time....

Aaaah, I can't imagine what they did in the old days to fill up their time. Gosh, talking to people, leaving their houses to socialize and like, do stuff. Exercising. HA HA HA HA HA! So, I've been wasting mine the modern way I suppose. Living my imaginary life in Animal Crossing. For those of you who DON'T know what that is, have you been living in a hole in the ground??? What's wrong with you?? Go and buy a gamecube/gameboy DS (or the new DS lite) and get living your fake life!! Work, write letters to friends, decorate your little pretend house with cool stuff. Convince other people to do the same and then visit each other. Yes, many hours of real time spent on finding that perfect sofa for your living room!! Hmmm, or get some pretend dogs. Far past the old tamagochi days. Now you can take your pretend dogs for walks, buy cool toys for them and dress them in ridiculous things. And if you don't spend enough time with them they run away. Too bad you can't integrate the games and keep your pretend poochie from doing their business on your new pretend sofa. He he. So, other ways to waste time. These crazy blogging quizzes that I may be addicted to. Here are a couple for your enjoyment!!

Your Power Color Is Lime Green

At Your Highest: You are adventurous, witty, and a visionary. At Your Lowest: You feel misunderstood, like you don't fit in. In Love: You have a tough exterior, but can be very dedicated. How You're Attractive: Your self-awareness and confidence lights up a room. Your Eternal Question: "What else do I need in my life?"

What's Your Power Color?

I think it may be true. My mom made me these little pillows when I was a kid that were lime green. I love them. I still have them. I brought them to Japan with me. They make me happy. And green is my favourite colour.

Your Bumper Sticker Should Be

Ass, gas, or grass - no one rides for free

What Bumper Sticker Should Be On Your Car?

Bwa ha ha! No comment.

Sayonaras are such sweet sorry...

A mega picture post today because...well, quite frankly i can do what I want. Two of New Zealand's best exports since Xena and extreme sports are returning to the homeland. I can speak for everyone in Osaka that they will be missed and wish them both all the best for their bright futures. This was the best picture of the entire night. Josh, Gypsy; you are the stars of the show we call Osaka-daze. Take a bow.


For god's sake man, calm down! Get that man a beer, and quickly!









Could someone get that scottish fool out of the picture please? He's spoiling the view of the two incredibly beautiful women in kimono.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD!!

My hubby's B-day was on the 24th of June. He thought we were just gonna head to our local watering hole for the evening. Wrong. I planned a surprise dinner at a great mexican restaurant downtown and invited a whack of people to come. It was great. He was surprised, the food was good, and afterwards it was off to the bar. Here are some pics.

The beginning of dinner.

After a drink or 2...

After 3 or 4. Hmm, the grin is getting goofier.

Throw in some tequila.

Aaaaand he's down for the count. It was a good birthday.

Ninja Karaoke Panda!!

And if you understood that then you should writing this blog not me!! He he. So we went to karaoke in Fuse the other night with the usual troops. There was drinking, and singing (well, if you can call it SINGing) and more imbibing of alcohol. There were snacks and giant posters of pandas with ninja swords and googly eyes underneath their noses. Need I say more?

Time to play with the big boys!

We went and set off some fireworks last night - which was the 5th of July here in Osaka by the way. Not Canada Day (1st) or the 4th which the Americans celebrate. There was no reason and that was reason enough. Matt brought enough fireworks for everyone including this big bad boy here. It was actually a bit of a letdown. We were hoping for some pretty fantastic stuff from this T-BAZOOKA. It was really loud though! Woo hoo! Nothing like blowing things up to make your week.

Cat Herding

ROTFL! I thought this was the funniest commercial I've seen in a long time. He he. I particularily love the lint brush.

Lost your steez? Don't worry!

I was quite worried when I lost my steez. I didn't know what to do! Luckily I saw an advertisement in my local clothing outlet. Yes! My steez is back, baby! WOO! YEAH! STEEZ!

Japan can really get ya sometimes...

And that's how I feel after leaving it.




And so I leave you with this final picture, one of the last I took in Osaka. This particular photo was shot from my ultra-favoritest store, Yodobashi Camera. Giant store with a bunch of clothes and shit. Lauren got "caught up" in the chaos of it all.

I hope Seattle is this crazy.

Oh Zelda!

Bwa ha ha ha ha! Boy does this one bring me back to the day. In a weird sort of Japanese way.

YOU TOO can become Dutch!

I saw this today when flipping through CD's downtown and immediately cracked up. Laughing and snorting loudly I'm sure I frightened the unsuspecting Japanese people around me. I immediately thought of YOU Mr Fab and Dutch Bitch. Little did either of you know that here in Japan for only $5.99 YOU TOO can become Dutch. He he. For those of you who DON'T know who Mr Fab is, what have you been doing all this time? You obviously have not checked out the links on my page. Shame on you!! Go. Now. Click away. Enjoy!!