Kokochi

Louden, TN

We're here. Beautiful weather (yay! I get a summer) and so relaxing. My parents haven't arrived yet. Checking out Uncle David's big toys.

Travel scenes

Flying with Dav and Ian to Knoxsville, TN to visit my aunt & uncle and grandmother while my parents visit too. This is a rare occasion for all of us to be together! My parents were in NY and later will be in SF too.

I don't quite get it

At the bus stop on the way to work. Two shoes (the kind nurses wear), left perfectly just as if the person was walking, and POOF! Gone. I get one shoe being forgotten, as in if the person was carrying them and lost one. But two, positioned the way they were....I don't get it. What happened?

B-day dinner

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At Todai...so-so quality buffet but with lots off Japanese food so it's OK. Dav and our friend Ari have the same b-day (today) so they eat for free. Dav got a remote control tiny car. Dav is quite pleased with his new toy. Boys will be boys!

My baby's B-day

Today is Dav Yaginuma's Birthday. Hugs and Kisses forever to my baby.

(pic via Todd)

p.s. Happy Birthday to Oscar too!

Decompression 2005

It was such a beautiful day (but no cell coverage so I couldn't moblog even though my email is working now) and tons of fun. Dav and I thought we'd stay only for a few hours, but kept meeting friends and friends, and ended up staying til dark.

I think Ian and family had a good time except poor Julia decided at one point that it all was a bit too much. No one looked like gentle nice princesses, and there was a bit too much freakiness for her, I think. Tyler seemed to get into it, and even found a headband with bouncy Burning May symbols attached. For a first time, I think it was a good dipping into the scene. Glad they came!

I think what makes Decompression special is meeting up with friends...close ones and ones we missed even seeing at Burning Man. Got more blessings for our marriage, introduced different circles of friends to each other, and just enjoyed.

My favorite photo is the 4th down on the left. Our friend Alex from Campalicious had a baby. Found him standing with his friend who has a baby too. Two fabulously hip chill looking men, hanging out with their babies. It was the most beautiful scene.

Ian and family joining too.

Julia brought over her pink pink pricess outfit, with a matching pink pointy cap lined with pink fur. Tyler was a ghost buster, an incredible costume made by Ian and Izumi. Specialized goggles, a egg-carton-soda-bottle-made-ghost sucking machine complete with a hose, and a veritable badge to make Tyler official. Lugging around the ghost sucker proved to be a bit cumbersome for Tyler in the end, but he looked cool!

I had Ian and Izumi step into the matching racoon outfits Dav and I have. They looked adorable!

Bunny in the kitchen

On our way to Decompression.

Girls of Campalicious ... just wanna have fun.

I've been dying to post these pictures for a long time, but this whole "Girls of Campalicious" project was secret from the guys, so I obviously couldn't post before Burning Man.

So finally, here is a sneak view of what happens when a bunch of us secretly get together, dress up in provocative and playful ways, have some wine, and work with an awesome photographer. All of us knew we'd have fun, but we had an absolute awesome time. With the spotlight on us, one at a time, surrounded by girlfriends egging you on to pose in ways we never had...whew! We were amazed at ourselves.

But we had a serious goal, and we achieved it. It was to make Girls of Campalicious trading cards (thanks to Jessafire's creativity, Elida's photographic touch, and Christine's printing skills). Whoever got three cards, handed out at Burning Man, got to receive a full-body massage by us. We had 2 men (actually friends) who actually showed up (bright and early on Sunday), to claim their prize. They were so eager, and quite pleased (last pic is us giving the massage).

I have to say this whole project was a complete success!

ps. I'd post all of the collector's trading cards, but I didn't get them all myself :(

A bit of belated Burning Man fashion

I'm rather uncomfortable of this post having so many pictures of myself, but my goal is to share some of my Burning Man fashion that I love so much. So please forgive...

Dav made a dalmatian bunny outfit from scratch. I'm so proud of him. I didn't have time to make a copy, which I plan to, so I put on a fluffy prom dress, boots, and my bunny hat. Someone (my brother), said I look like I'm 5 years old. He should know, I suppose.

My Fetish Friday outfit, and the white outfit I wore for the silver and white party/Katia & Pete's wedding parade. That was fun; all 40 or so of us walking in silver and white, and riding a silver bus to the man, then a white bus back.

ZEBRA :) See the tiny plastic zebras in my hair?

Dav and I out and about. My obnoxious pink outfit - Raven and I made twin outfits (same stockings, boots, furry fluff chanel outfit, and wigs) and rode around to pink bars and ended up in the Center Camp fashion show.

And check out that passed out guy! This is our camp "living room" and he must have been mighty comfortable!

When Dav and I got our butts branded (as in cattle). A night out in the fanciest hotel on the playa. They had a coat check and a beautiful bar. I swear it felt like we stopped into a secret spot for the elite.

Skimpy outfits that my husband bought for me. Blush.

Essential dust masks. And the Saturday night Campalicious group photo...a veritable tradition.

The art was fantastic this year. This is of a mother and child, lit up at night with water flowing from their fingertips. And a path of gigantic footsteps leading up to them, lit by fire on some sort of water-like liquid. Amazing. But it wasn't even my favorite...(still can't decide).

[UPDATE] I have a 2008 fashion post up here.