Today/Yesterday/The day before that

Wow...

Today was pretty frustrating.

I woke up, and it was one of those days where I really just didn't feel like getting out of futon.

I missed my first class (on purpose), and put the final touches on a presentation for my speech class while I was at my apartment.

My presentation was about the 8th wonder of the world. If you would like to see it than download it. Please excuse whatever spelling/grammar errors that may be present in the presentation. For that matter, please excuse the mistakes on my blog as well. I need to start proofreading my work. (Actually, you can't download it).

I had a date two days ago.

It was pretty nice. On the way back home, I was riding the train, and this chic yakked on everybody! It was crazy. I haven't seen anyone throw-up in a long time, and there was so much of the crap. She got it all on this salaryman, and he was so pissed. She said sorry, and ran off of the train immediately, but that shit was all over the place... ok maybe not all over the place. Nobody said anything. I almost threw up from watching. I took pictures:



Actually, over the last couple of weeks, I have had several dates! Which I'm happy about, but... I fucking suck at dating. I don't know what to do, or what to say, and shit. I mean, after about 5 minutes in, when you've asked all of the obvious questions, it's like... ok... I feel as though it's my responsibility to keep the date interesting, even though that is most definitely a mutual responsibility. If the person you're having a date with can't hold a conversation, but they don't realize it, than you get that sigh, mixed with the whole raising of the eyebrows thing, and the slumping of the shoulders, and then you feel awkward, and want to go home, right?

I'm very happy I've had some dates though. I got no play in Toledo. I guess I have to learn many things...

On Tuesday I'm going drifting!!! I'm so excited about it. I haven't driven a car in so long! I'm going with one of my friends (who is a girl), and she says that there is a girl there who she's going to introduce me to... yossha!

I'm going to take my camera of course (I will be taking my camera with me EVERYWHERE I go now. I mean, look at the great yak pic that I got!).

My life is so awesome right now.

Don't forget to vote for Ginza's most oshare.

Ginza's most お洒落 contest

*Update* (9/28/09) - A few people have told me that they couldn't vote, so I will also open a poll on the right side of the page, so that you can vote there as well!! Voting for Ginza ends on the 10th of October.

This week I decided to do Ginza...

This was really difficult. There were SO many people there that wouldn't give us the time of day. A lot of them wouldn't even look at us to decline politely. As a result, we ended up not getting to shoot a lot of the people that we really wanted to shoot.

I think that I will put on my best clothes, and try to go to Ginza again, and see if we get a better response.

It was really tough. It took us nearly 5 hours to get 8 people to take pictures. Nearly the opposite of Harajuku, where we easily got 8 wonderful people to allow us to take their picture.

Most of the girls seemed to have this outrageous, super self-important, conceited attitude. A few declined very politely, but some of them had made us out to be perverts, or something, before we had even said anything. Their eyes, said, "I'm too good for you," but at the same time said, "I feed on this type of attention!!!"

Anyways, here are the pics of this week's lovely, and kind souls: (note that for some of them the pictures really don't do them justice). I'm sorry, I will try my best to take better pictures in the future.

#1 - This guy was very nice. When we asked him if we could take his picture he was so cool about it.




#2 - Is actually a group. It seems we always have at least one group of people who are willing to have their pictures taken, I think I'll continue this tradition next week too. They were very nice, and polite. They were returning from a wedding ceremony. Very classy!




#3 - Wow! I really love this guy's suit. His shoes were also very, very nice (sorry the picture REALLY does not do him justice). He also had a very nice mohawk! I want to be like him.




#4 - Very striking blue skirt. I think we caught her off guard a little bit... sorry.





#5 - Very nice, and simple. On a more personal note, when she smiled, my soul lit up! Her happiness was very powerful, and contagious.




#6 - This guy was also VERY well put together. I loved his tweed blazer. He was very hesitant about taking the picture, and smiled from ear to ear while taking the pictures.




#7 - Lucky number seven. This person was VERY kind, and a joy to be with. I'm going to put two pictures of her up!





#8 - Another pair. I wish I could've taken a better picture, but they seemed to be in a hurry, and I didn't want to take up anymore of their time.




So that's what I got! I WILL go back to Ginza, as I stated above, but I will have to change my approach for the people in Ginza. It is VERY difficult.

I would like to say 'thank you' to all of the people who did let us take their picture. I appreciate it very much.

To vote, simply write the number of the person/group that you like the most in the comments area. Also, feel free to make any other comments. Voting for Ginza will end on the 10th of October.

Next week is Shimokitazawa, and then probably Takadanobaba.

Wish me luck, and please vote!

Great Day!

First I'd like to officially announce the winner to the first round of Harajuku's contest.

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#3!

I'm shocked really. I wish more people would have voted. There were only 12 votes...

So, I WILL be doing another round at Harajuku, but this weekend I did Ginza, and I will post the pictures, and info in another post.

So I had a pretty good day today. I met with a very beautiful girl, and we explored Yoyogi park. Today there was an Indian festival called 'Incredible India' in Yoyogi park, and I saw a pikachu picking up garbage with the help of Rudolph the red-nose reindeer! I was lucky enough to get a picture with the duo.

Harajuku's most お洒落 contest.

I've been talking about doing this for a REALLY long time. Well I've finally did it.

I've went out with a friend, and we searched for the most fashionable person in Harajuku. It was SO much fun. I basically walked up to people, and asked them if I could take their picture. There were a couple of people who said no, but for the most part, everyone was glad to do it.

So, my plan is to go to different areas of Tokyo and get an idea of how people dress there. I think that it would be useful for people who want to keep track of trends here in Japan.

What will happen is that I will take as many pictures as I can of people in each area, and each week people will vote on who they think is the best dressed person out of the pictures I've taken. I will keep the photo of the person who wins, and months from now I will do Tokyo's most お洒落 (fashionable), and the winners from all of the different areas of Tokyo will be entered.

Understand?

I may do some areas twice (I actually plan on doing Harajuku again), and I reserve the right to throw in at least one person's photo into the finals.

This is not a beauty contest. If you're going to vote, please do so based on the person's overall appearance. Please do not vote for someone, because you like their lips.

I forgot to get the names of all of the people (...), so I will number each photo, and if you want to vote, simply post a comment with the number of the person that you like the most.

So, here they are:

#1. - This person insisted that her dog be in the photo with her.



#2. - A duet. I actually helped the girl on the left with a homework assignment after I took her picture.


#3. - I've seen a LOT of people where neon colored clothing here, so I had to take his picture. I will try to get more later.



#4. - I love this guy's shirt.



#5. - Believe it, or not, but I think this is #4's girlfriend. They're both awesome.



#6. - This guy was so incredibly well put together. He's not a tiger, he's a snake (like my brother).



#7. - My friend, and I were drawn in by this guy's shirt, and pink shoes.



#8. - And last, but most certainly not least we decided to take the picture of someone who wasn't as flashy as our others subjects.



Please vote! If your picture is up here, feel free to vote for yourself, or someone else. Also please comment! Tell us what you think. If you'd like to see me shoot a different style than say so. If you want to suggest a place to shoot, let me know. I'm open to all suggestions. Voting for this will end on the 20th of September. If you post a vote after the 20th, it will not count, but feel free to do so anyways. Thanks.

I was on TV!

Last week, I went to Shibuya, and there was a guy, who asked me a few questions about earthquakes in America, and if I would be properly prepared in the event of an earthquake here in Tokyo.

I entertained him, by answering his questions, and whatnot, but my Japanese is not perfect (quite far from it), and so when I finished it, I prayed that they would not use any of the footage.

When he approached me I initially said no, but I'm a communications major, and so I thought... if I were to approach someone for an interview, or something, I would want them to answer my questions, and whatnot, so I gave in.

I'm not sure when it was on TV, but it was posted on JapanProbe. Here's the link:

http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12371

If you just want to see me (no one else is important, right?) skip to 1:53. I'm only in for like a second. I'm hitting my head, and I smiling from ear to ear...

Enjoy.