Kokochi

Mongoloid

After dinner, Ian, Dav, and I headed over to El Rio to see Mongoloid. Man, they are fun to watch. They had a new costume theme: pantyhoses over their heads.

Then we took Ian out for dinner

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Ian's birthday is June 4th. So after walking around town, we headed to North Beach to eat at Cinque Terre Restaurant. The place was empty when we arrived, but by the time we finished, it got packed. Delicious traditional Italian dishes. There was a piano player, and I videoed a bit when he started pounding out Charlie Brown's song.

Happy Birthday Ian!

[my phone is having posting problems, so I'm having to upload afterwards..]

Scrap House

I'll link later, but quite cool. A house made of nothing but scrap material...like firehoses, keyboards, and telephone books. Dav helped build last week At Civic Center with Dav and Ian. Closes tomorrow so hurry on by.

Get your hair cut at KoKoChi

Followed a link that came to Kokochi, and found out that there is a hair salon in Daikanyama, Tokyo. I shall get my hair done there next time I'm in town.

Although I really like the design of the map they provide, I'm not sure how easy it will be to actually find the place. The staff sure looks friendly though.

"とても気さくなスタッフ・・・何でも相談できそう

「ピース」がカワイイ『KoKoChi』のスタッフの佐藤さん中央）" from Daikanyama Homepage

A little morning venting...

Yo Joe Shmoe,

Do you really think I'm going to stop and discuss with you how I'm doing, as I walk my way to work, loaded down with my laptop, etc.? I didn't even have a hint of a welcoming smile.

Yo Mr. Construction dude,

Do you really think I'm going to put my stuff down on the sidewalk, and wave at you from across the street? Stop whistling or you will nail your finger to the building.

Long-ass day!

Just got home! T'was the longest video-conference session in our company history: almost 6 hours long with Tokyo (part was inter-office preparation). We knew we had things that had to be finalized, but we didn't know how long that would take. We clapped when we finished.

I get home and a colleague in France, who is well into his workday, asked:

[00:04] ...nou: you should be sleeping!!!

[00:04] ...nou: you night clubber!

[00:08] Kokochi: heh

[00:08] Kokochi: I'm just about to blog how I was in a 6 hour video-call - until now - for work

But earlier on in the day, I got to watch Major and Stella play. Or rather, Stella graciously allowing Major to think he's a big forceful wolf who could take on Stella ;)

All in a day's work. Worth it!!

Goa Gil

Goa Gil

Originally uploaded by dav.

Here are pics of the Goa Gil party taken by Dav. It's the last party at this particular place since the land was just sold. We have quite a few fantastic memories there and will miss it. Looking forward to finding out where the new party location will be.

I got bitten by extreme-mosquitos that left quarter-size welts. On top of that, for some reason, they all aimed at my butt, biting me through the pants I was wearing. I have a pretty scary looking butt now :(

If you go through all the pics, you'll see Dav left a very special marking for us, complete with a geotagged picture. Now that's romantic in my book!

Off to see Goa Gil

Looking forward to music and camping. Stopping for a vege burger at Blondie's Frosty in Angel's Camp on our way...Check out the frog on the sign! And while we were there, a way cool truck showed up.

Maneki neko

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A cool one. Look closely. Dude.

Flash!

I couldn't resist and borrowed her flash and used it with my phone. It makes such a difference not to have to use night-mode which makes for blurry pictures, although I'll certainly have to learn how to use it so it's not so washed out (Jen and I look like we have no noses!). I'm definitely going to get one!