somebody thought of that and someone believed it · Monday, October 31, 2005
HAPPY HALLOWEINER!
a real-life (and husky) action figure and me on the bridge near Meiji Jingu Shrine throwing Hadoken
the coolest kids at the shrine. the girl is taking part in the Shichi Go San Matsuri (odd numbers are considered lucky in Japan and 3/5/7 are ages, and actually i think for the boys its 2-5-7 because in the past, boys didn’t live as long as the girls so they would celebrate at age 2 for their health and longevity. click here for more info). how adorable is that little girl in her kimono?! didn’t get any pics of the little boys in their hakima, but that little one in the blazer is too cool for school.
more shorties. so crazy cute it hurts.
i’ve seen a handful of weddings at the Meiji Jingu shrine. It must be weird to have a bunch of tourists shooting your wedding. Apparently, it’s only $2,000 to have your wedding at this famous shrine—and that’s cheap compared to the usual chunk of change you have to throw down for a mediocre, small wedding – approximately $30,000!! if you’re lucky, you’ll break even with the money you receive from friends and family (starts at about $300 per person, but of course you give more if you are closer).
and after that, a little walk down Takeshita Dori (i have probably posted a million pics of this crowded street). I usually try to avoid this street on the weekends. Big crowds certainly lose their appeal quick when you live here.
so i ventured out to the Suite 16 gallery halloween party on saturday night. it wasn’t bad at all, but it was pretty empty at first and once again, the smoke has totally fucked up my throat. there was a guy with chickens that was supposed to do some sort of performance..i was sort of scared he was going to play the geek, however, he never performed and left sort of early.
a chicken at the sweet 16 gallery halloween party.
later, there was a dancehall dancer. she was wearing these crazy short purple lame booty shorts and bra-top and she tore the dancefloor up. i wasn’t sure if she was just going to be doing the usual solo freak sesh, however, she was doing all sorts of dirty acrobatics like this: (needless to say, the boys loved that shit).
The owner of the gallery was telling me how he wanted her (along with all the other guys). he told me that he told his wife not to “ruin his game.” i thought that was a little strange and then found out that that’s just the way his relationship worked with her. he said, “yeah, man, i’ve always been like that and i’m not gonna change.” hmm. o.k.after all that, a hardcore band did some covers. they were pretty good.
i met some 36-year-old japanese-american guy that was balding and hiding it under a newsboy cap. he was super drunk (i’m hoping) and was spitting ALL over my face. i am fucking sick of drunk people talking really close to my face and spitting all over it.
anyways, there were pics of naked girls on the wall (the owner is a fashion photographer and also shoots girls in the porn industry) anyways, he was like “Oh my god! is that two girls??” i respond blankly (rolling my eyes), “yes.” like a little kid he says, “so do YOU ever think about being with another girl?” at that point my eyes were rolling so far back in my head that i swore they were going to swivel back into position a different color. he then proceeded to tell me that sometimes he fantasizes about guys and that him and his guy friend just looove to tell japanese people that they are lovers for kicks. I quickly walked away from that conversation to go wipe my face off.
the other guy that was throwing the party came up and aggressively offered my sister, shin, and me sips from the beer can he was chugging—and this was AFTER he coughed in my face and told me he was super sick. GROSS. we all politely refused and then he offered us something from the bar. when we refused that, he got irritated and was like “look, i’m offering you a free drink- you want it or not?” i was like, “i’m cool.” he stomped off. later he came back, clearly fucked up (not sure if he was mixing his cold meds with the alcohol but probably) and said, “dude, in about 30 more minutes, more 80 more people are going to be here.” i’m not sure if he was feeling insecure at the lack of people there or what. anyways, i didn’t stay around for another 30 mins to find out. jeff and i rolled out just as the cops rolled in (on their bikes).
ah yes, and in other news, last week, elise and i were walking to get lunch when i spied a man strolling the hood in VERY short silky shorts. i started to laugh when i looked up at his face and realized it was the Groping Frenchman! aaack! anyways, we had a short conversation. I asked him why he wasn’t in france – he had told me that i had better come home with him because he was going to france for a month the day after the 55DSL party – and he casually said he “missed his plane”. ha ha. he was pretty touchy feely again and we got out of there as soon as we could. must be my karma. how could he live right by my work?! i am hoping that is the last of our run-ins with Frenchie.
inspired by little 5-year-old Taku’s enthusiasm for my music, i decided to attempt to provide some more head-bobbing joints for the kiddies. it was sort of hard to pick out the songs that didn’t have cuss words in them but here is the tracklist i came up with:
Wordy Rappinghood – Tom Tom Club
Ghost Writer – RJD2
The Rainbow Connection – Kermit the Frog (for nostalgia’s sake)
Groove me – King Floyd
Sunshowers – MIA
Love Foolosophy – Jamiroquai
Kaze Wo Atsumete – Happy End
It’s Like That – Mariah Carey
I’d Rather Dance with You – Kings of Convenience
Hip Drop – The Explosions
Falling Into – Stateless
Every Party Has a Winner and a Loser – Erlend Oye/Prefuse 73
Only Ragga – DJ Chronic
Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head – Burt Bacharach
Break My Stride – Matthew Wilder
Use Me – Bill Withers
And She Was – Talking Heads
Ah Oui Comme Ca – Chromeo
for now, g’nite.
c-murda
p.s damn it is cold AND i made it to world 4 in Yoshi’s Island and unlocked quite a few secrets. quite a feat using the ol’ keyboard!
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- the pictures of the little kids in kimono are so beautiful. and I still can’t imagine the French guy in tiny silk shorts!
ACL
— ACL Mon Oct 31st, 7:42pm # - So do you think about girls??? HAHAHAH
Nice track list, but DJ Chronic?
— J Smiley Thu Nov 3rd, 9:12am # - RJD2 and Prefuse73. I went to 2 parties last week, one night Prefuse was DJ’ing (Prefuse at a store front on Milwaukee, he was super drunk, was OK, better when he plays his own stuff) and the next night RJD2 DJ’d at the Puma store. RJ serioulsy laid it down, I mean EVERYONE was shaking azz. One of the best DJ scenes I ever saw.
As far as that French fuck, you serioulsy need to punch him in the penis or face, I mean it. wtf. Not cool and not tolerable in terms of the feel copping. fuk him.
— tony L Fri Nov 4th, 10:08am # - Gee, I wonder where I can take dirty acrobatic class….
— Wayne Fri Nov 4th, 11:31am # - Wow that is awesome… on behalf of everyone at LRHB Industries, I give you mad props for your wonderful posts. Keep it up, mami!
Your public needs you!
— LRHB Mon Nov 7th, 2:06pm # - Hmm waz the french guy called Claude by any chance?
— mike Fri Dec 9th, 4:43am # - Hi Mike – nice website – not his name wasn’t Claude – crap i can’t even REMEMBER what it was – but last i heard he worked as a male prostitute – eek….
— chako Fri Dec 9th, 7:28am #