February 2006 Archives

i think this is the first morning where i actually woke up without being in excruciating pain. yay! i think ive had a slight fever this past week, mitigated (possibly) by hard partying last weekend. and i swear every day this week ive had crazy dreams while in my delusional state. the other night found me in some crazy brain-popping origami world where everything folded in on itself, and last nite i think i was in some kind of building overlooking a factory floor. or something. whatever.

anyhoo...i got back from tokyo last saturday, and headed out that nite with fonz and crump to meet two friends who were in town. we all headed to yakiniku for some bbq loving. i was craving bbq'ing so much that i even tossed in an extra plate of kobe (wagyu) beef...word. we caught drinks at solas afterwards, then met up with their friends at no malice before going karaoke crazy in k-town. yea...karaoke. word.

i stayed in bed most of sunday...or wanted to anyway. and sunday nite was alices bday dinner at max. we waited god knows how long for our table...but stuck it out anyway since we were standing next to the kitchen the entire time and were too hungry to move elsewhere. those bastards.

i was wondering whether i would list down day-by-day my tokyo trip, like i normally do with my vacations. but then i wondered how much effort that would take...all the photoshopping, typing, and recollecting exactly what i did each day. blah, i dont think im feeling up for doing that. i will say tho that i got more out in just the first 3 days than i did the entire time i was in tokyo back in 1999. crissakes, what exactly were we doing back then? i remember dicking around alot, but i didnt think it'd be to the point that i didnt actually even make the most of the time then. ah well, i made up for it this time around.

HIGHLIGHTS | the park hyatt hotel in shinjuku. omg holy shit. seriously, being 47 floors up in the air in a super hi-tech room with a 42 inch plasma and the swankiest bathroom you'd ever seen, you feel like royalty. i basically spent the first 2 days of the trip rolling around in my room and checking out the hotel amenities (including the new york bar from lost in translation). i also wandered shinjuku, harajuku, the new omote sando hills complex by tadao ando, the prada store by herzog and de meuron, shibuya, and everything in between. after we moved over to the hotel okura (of 007's you only live twice), i also got to check out the roppongi area, the roppongi hills complex, akihabara, ginza, the tokyo forum, odaiba, nishi-azabu, and asakusa temple. *sigh* i need to get back to tokyo. like now.

* all pics posted to flickr.

[ audio selection | tomoyo harada - t'en va pas (tambourine mix) ]

must...get back...to tokyo. *sigh* anyway, ill post more later.

crackers, that took longer to pack than i thought. im flying to tokyo tomorrow! woot! cheer! yea, im excited. 10 days of roaming the streets of tokyo, and then some. theres work squeezed in there too, but i dont think any of us will notice it much. or mind either...because crissakes, we're in tokyo! the first two days are dedicated to loitering in and around the park hyatt. i think i just might take a dip in their pool on the top floor...woot.

anyhoo, i dont even feel like writing up too much. must get to bed early...oyasumi nasai!

hmm, its been a while since i made any kind of movie post. there just hasnt been much to get me excited enough to bother mentioning it...so...ah well. this tho, this is cool news. im still in potter mode, since the movies have yet to let me down. so this bit of news recentlys pretty cool, a run-down of some of the newly cast members for the next potter movie, order of the phoenix. this includes luna lovegood, ms. umbridge, tonks, bellatrix, and mrs. figgs. coo stuff. the pic they have of luna is also pretty interesting...very fitting, tho a wee creepier looking than i imagined. good stuff...woo potter!

> new ootp cast members (via aicn)