19.4 SCORE! YAYY!!!!

I have to give props to Pam and her brown hat that I stole that night. Thanks hun!

Musical Nite Out - Sanjo

Just because...

I like the guy in his 7-11 outfit. Nice!!!

Gotta love those clean bathrooms.

Whale or Horse?

What would you eat???

After an odd long debate with Natasha over what actually goes into school lunches, I came up with the question:
If it came down to it.....would you eat whale or horse?

I found something to prove why I would pick the larger of the two.

Cleveland Scene featured an article on the horse meat export market.

"Each year, roughly 60,000 horses are slaughtered for meat. Nearly all of it is sold overseas, to countries like France, Belgium, Italy, and Japan, where horse is a delicacy. With mad-cow disease posing a serious threat, horse meat is a welcome low-fat, high-protein substitute for beef. Its flavor is a cross between beef and venison, slightly sweeter in taste, and surprisingly tender. And the U.S. is the world's largest provider. Though Americans will readily eat cows, pigs, chickens, and fish, there's something unseemly about eating animals largely considered pets."

oh and something else racking my brain-
I have eaten McDs twice in the last few weeks and since McDonald's has rolled out its worldwide slogan,"I'm Lovin' It!" which is a good slogan and all, but is it good for a Japanese marketplace? Wouldn't it come out "I'm Rubbin' It!"
Our is that just me?

Anna's House Party

Anna's House Warming Party held in Shibata last Saturday. It was a fun house party, don't get to do much of those in Niigata!







Jenny- hun....seriously, what did you do to your jeans?

Joel's belated Birthday cake! Sorry it's belated Joel - DON'T KEEP QUIET about it next time. ;P Shame! Thanks to trusty Pam to remember!

Looky! Looky!

Look what I found!

TEXAS BBQ.....hehe

1/2 of the ol' Apartment

Okay, so...I took these pics a while back when my apartment was clean. My worst habit it just NOT cleaning, so I don't have pictures of the full apartment just yet....but will soon...someday! :)
Top pic is the Living Room, Middle is the kitchen (of Course!), and the bottom one is the adorable old Japanese coloring prints I found and put up on the wall.

My Inspirational Point

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. - G. K. Chesterton

P.S. This is the view from my balcony.

Out and About

Saturday @ Shame and Hot Spot.
Usual Niigata Night!
This was Ros and Natasha's first Martini EVER(olive and all).










Crazy, but hilarious dancing!

I'm slow - I know!

Here's my pics from the Super Sanjo Social that happened...YES...two weeks ago. Y'all know I'm slow with the pics (sometimes). Any who, enjoy!







Sam's brilliant photography skills. But it is kinda cool!




Pictures I've stolen from other peps! Thanks y'all - y'all being Ros, Phil, and Kristen.
Very Classy picture, not sure why we crawled in the wet boat.
I swear, NO MORE PEACE SIGNS!!!