Pre-Japan - Early Japan photos I can't remember if I put up or not

Kind of small but I took this picture just as we were about to get on the highway from my house to the airport to head to Detroit to head for Tokyo to ultimately head to Matsumoto.

What can I say? Seeing the place where you started your humble beginnings (the hospital I was born) strikes me in some weird way and I felt the need to share. Not an exciting picture but it has a lot of meaning for me in its own way.





Next picture is actually the backs of Dad and Mom's heads as we're heading out. Again something that I didn't think would strike me but I'm glad that I can have this picture.





This picture isn't too clear but it was at a party at Steve and Matt's before we left and I was attempting to get a bottle cap in Bob's goatee. Good times.

My favorite Lost in Translation-esque picture.

This is a video of a famous temple, maybe sort of, that me and Bob came across as we were checking out Nagano city one of our first weeks in Japan. I really feel like the truee essence and atmosphere of Japan can't really be captured in any medium except the deeply personal but I'm hoping you guys will at least get a sneak peek into what it could be like to just be in Japan: the future-past hodge-podge that I love.


This picture you can see on my picture website so I won't bother to go into much detail except that I absolutely loved this wall to death. It was on the wall that lead to the cafeteria area of our hotel in Tokyo so maybe that's why I have such positive images and feelings about it =p
In any case, we could all do with more beautiful things like this in our lives so here, a gift for you.
Speaking of photo websites I'm not even sure I've posted it: www.flickr.com/whenshelaughs




EDIT: According to my current slightly messed up timeline I should have pictures of the debate contest here but I've decided to waste time and actually go to the post on the debate contest to insert the pictures there.

Next post: Weird things and Internet things and very tiny pictures.