A's

Heck yes. I just got an A on my research paper on Achilles in my Mythology class. Woohoo!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear MOMMY!!!!! Happy birthday to you! (^_^)v I love you Mommy!

Oprah Parody

Kara introduced this to me. It is freakin' hilarious. We love you Oprah!

"Bow down to Oprah infidels!"

MAD TV parody

19th Birthday in Hakone

Yeah! It's finally finished! Its really long but finished. I mean, how are you suppose to put an entire weekends worth of awesome fun into less than 10 minutes, huh?

Anyway, this is in Hakone, Japan (obviously) on March 21st and 22nd. Sasha, Kimi and I went and stayed in the Fujiya Hotel to celebrate my b-day and it was amazing. Hakone is beautiful, the hotel was well worth the 9800円 we spent on the room with its onsens (hot springs) and fancy restaurant with complimentary breakfast and we simply had a great time.

Badgers

Chante and I made this last summer on the floor of my living room after spending an entire week together which accumulated a lot of inside jokes. Man this was so much fun. Totally obscure and strange but amazingly fun.

The rat in the beginning is my late rat Virginia, may she rest in peace. All sound effects compliments of Chante's cell phone. We shot this with my really cruddy camera too so sorry for the bad audio. You'll love it anyway if only for its obscurity.

Just some funny funnies I read today. Funny funnies, hahaha, I crack myself up...


The Hollywood Creative Process


"No slacking off Dad. The cost of a college education goes up every 2.3 seconds."
I thought it was fitting that this one was published on my birthday.

Tokyo DisneySea

A little vid of our trip to Tokyo DisneySea. The park was amazing! The details were unbelievable and each area was so focused and unique. The rides were a lot of fun as well. I think my favorite was Journey to the Center of the Earth and Indiana Jones. We also saw a show in Mermaid Lagoon that was fantastic. They had Ariel in a mermaid costume suspended from the ceiling. The costumes and the puppets and everything made the show. It was in Japanese but the songs were the original English so we could sing along. After that Sasha, Kimi and I were singing the song a lot... ^_^

Anyway, it was amazing and we had a great time. Hope you like the video. I know its a little long but I couldn't make it much shorter!

Moulin Rouge

Kimi and I just finished watching Moulin Rouge. I haven't cried that hard during a movie in a long time. Not only was the music, singing and acting amazing but the story and the way it was played out was absolutely amazing. I have a new respect for Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. I never knew they could sing and act like that. I am thoroughly impressed. I'm gonna go become an actress in musicals now.

Hakone

For my birthday Sasha, Kimi and I went and spent a night in Hakone, a rural city in Japan known for its totally awesome natural hot springs. It was an amazing trip that you will soon be able to see on a video I'm doing. But until thats done here are a few pictures.


On the slow train to Hakone. It took about 2 hours all together on the train.


Japanese garden outside of out hotel.


Water mill in the garden.


Flowers in one of the many green houses in the garden.




View from the front of the hotel.


さくら(sakura) blossoms


滝（たき）Waterfall we found on a hike. きれいですね！


橋（はし）Bridge with my beautiful Sasha


滝 Waterfall again






川 (river) Next to the bus stop that we decided to do some more rock climbing in.


私のサシーさんは鼻をすすります。(My Sasha sniffing a flower.)


My Sasha





That's it for now. Keep your eyes peeled for the video!

Kitty Washing Machine

This video is hilarious. Poor little kitty...

Tokyo Tower vid

I edited my video a little. Just added some transitions to make it a little smoother. Other than that its exactly like the first one I posted.

Books

Finished a few books lately. All having to do with ancient Greece. Maybe that has something to do with my being in a Greek Mythology class this semester. Who knows?...


Sappho's Leap by Erica Jong

A good and easy read. The ending was disappointing because it was way to happy to have been about a women who kills herself over a man but the entire book was also very feminist and it just wouldn't have been right for her to die over a man. Another large part of the book is about Sappho's love affairs that at some points were a little too graphic and unnecessary but I can never truly hate a happy ending so overall I would probably give it a B-.


Bacchae by Euripides

A classic Greek tragedy. This was a good one. It is about the Greek god Dionysos who comes back to his hometown of Thebes and is rejected by its citizens (who are also his relatives) that he then proceeds to punish but making his aunt, Agave, rip her son to pieces. What do you expect from the god of wine and theater? We had to read this one for class by the way. Grade: A.


Medea by Euripides

A little different from the previous play but just as brutal. Medea, a Corinthian and therefore foreigner in Greece, marries a Greek man, Jason. After they move to an area in Greece Jason marries the princess. Medea is now the scorned lover that decides to get a little revenge. She kills the princess and her father with poison and then murders in cold blood her two sons by Jason. Jason comes and finds her and she magically rides away in a chariot pulled by dragons and thats the end. Very good play that shows the value and place of foreigners and women in Greek society. This one was just for kicks. A+


The Essential Homer Translated and Edited by Stanley Lombardo

Very good abridged version of the classics. I read the Iliad for my research paper on Achilles. I'll tell ya it was a lot different then the movie. But I still like Brad Pitt. I can't really grade this. I mean, come on, its Homer. I do think its pretty ironic that the cover is of a famous Japanese woodblock print, the most famous in fact.

Its Cold

On the way to school. Ya, its cold.

Shigeko in Sasha's earmuffs. She is so funny.

Pics by Kimi, again...

Tokyo Tower pics

Some more pictures of Tokyo Tower.

















And thats the end.

Purikura

Japanese photobooths. These things are totally awesome. They are so much fun and usually cheap. Here are some examples of the ones we've done so far.

One of our firsts. 200 yen at Daiso!

With Kara in Akihabara.

Before Vanilla on Friday. With my new hair that I got re-straightened on Thursday. Now its real straight!

I love this one!

Of course all photos of our photos are courtesy of Kimi. Who is the bomb.

Vanilla again...

So as a part of Sasha's initiation to Japan we had to take her to Roppongi at least once so on Friday we went to Vanilla and did some dancing. It was crazy amounts of fun but also really tiring. As you can see from the pic below of us after we got home at 7am on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Kimi.


Oh ya, we had a great time...

Tokyo Tower

Sasha and I went to Tokyo Tower the other day and I put together a little video of the view. This is my first video so cut me a little slack but I still think it turned out pretty well.
Anyway, the tower was amazing. Quite a view with buildings are far as you could see. That was fun.

The Breakfast Club

My Sasha gave me The Breakfast Club for my birthday yesterday! I absolutely love this movie. It is good times with the 80's movie goodness. The best part is that Kimi and Matt have never seen it so we WILL watch it, we will.

My Sasha's Here!

Yeah! My Sasha is in Japan! So far we are having a good time. Its been an interesting experience sharing a futon with two people but I think we've been friends long enough that its okay.

First Japanese meal eaten at Jonathans. Tonkatsu with rice and miso! Yumm-y.

Are you sure this stuff is good?

Sitting outside in the cold eating Baskin Robins. Because we can!

I'm go glad she's here! \(^^)/ Yeah!