~Bon Voyage~

Warning! I must relate some news that may strike many of you as terribly disappointing: I am going on vacation!!!

Yes, although I will not be in the lovely US of A for the next three weeks, I will nevertheless think of all of you while I eat delicious fish babies and their parents. If I'm feeling particularly adventurous (and my travel companion has the energy), then I might also make it to the Tsujiki market to eat some live octopus. Be assured that I will post those pictures.

In the meantime, here are some photos that I continue to steal from the internet because I have none of my own. I provide them for your oogling pleasure (I totally understand the appeal of pornography. Blasted hedonism!)




Loving Japan is not enough. You have to love it
SQUARED!








Shibuya, Tokyo. Like NYC, only much cleaner and cooler. Gosh, I'm such a sucker for bright, blinking things.







I know that secretly, my mother wants to be this woman (FYI: Japanese, not a geisha).








Back to my roots! I hope they don't "errr" everything like the Beijing-ers. I'd like to understand my brethren.








The Fat Man who will bring me lots of money so I can pay for medical school.

Land of Hello Kitty, Here I Come!!!!

Coming up with new blog topics isn't easy. However, when you live with my dad and travel to a few places, the process becomes a lot easier. Rather than regale you with more stories about England or my dad's many faux pas, I will instead fascinate my thousands of readers with my upcoming trip to Japan and China. Yes, given my penchant for living vicariously through other people, I have artfully stolen the following photo off the internet and painted myself in. I figure it's what you're going to see anyway--cities really don't change much from week to week (save Godzilla intervention, that is). So, violating all established laws of physics, this is me in the distant future: