Whew! It really has been a long time since I posted an entry, but I promise that I have a good excuse: finals. In one week I had three presentations (one in Japanese) and a final paper due, for which I spent the entire preceding weekend in my room. The following week I had three Japanese exams and another final paper due, for which I spent the entire preceding weekend in my room. In short I did nothing (and saw less) of interest. About the only interesting thing that I did at all was go to see the illumination at the Rhom company headquarters just outside Kyoto city proper. It was beautiful. Fall came late here, so many of the trees still have their leaves, even if they’ve turned yellow, which meant that when they were filled with tiny randomly blinking lights they looked as though they were made of gold. The company itself makes tiny parts for cell phones and the like, so lighting up a couple dozen rows of trees was small potatoes for them, but the result was utterly gorgeous and I’m afraid that my photos do not begin to do it justice. They also had a couple massive trees covered in a net-like configuration of blue lights, which basically made them look like very large baskets, which was a little odd. The last most exciting lighting trick was done with a weeping cherry tree that had no leaves on it, but had been meticulously covered in white lights that traced every branch. Worth seeing, if you’re in the area.
-You can still buy anything that you would ever want at the 100yen store. I managed to get watercolours in 12 shades, three different sizes of paint brushes, paper that did not warp when wet from painting, two CD-R’s and silver eye shadow for about $7 (all for one of my projects)
-Even when not at school in Boston, I still manage to wind up with ridiculous amounts of work. This must be some sort of twisted talent of mine.
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