This is one of those weird nights again. Passed out from exhaustion in the couch potato chair and drifted in and out of sleep while watching the usual "comedy-variety" shows on Japanese TV, which all consist of a bunch of untalented folks called "talento" in Katakana, all sitting around and hitting each other over the head while saying "What are you saying?" Then, they all laugh and do it all over again.
So, I drag myself into bed and POOF, I'm wide awake. SIGH.
Yeah, I'm gonna write about the weather (how mundane can one get?). It is very changeable here. We had a warm sunny day which turned into a chilly, slightly rainy night. The next couple of days will be those grey, STAY-IN-BED type days. However, there will be no time to do that.
I helped some of the students make a short movie today. Got to rollerskate for no particular reason, and drive my car backwards for about 1/4 of a kilometer. Perhaps, when the movie is done, I can post a link here. Not getting fancy with the blog yet, but I suppose it will eventually. OK, enough said for the day. HUNH!
5.23.2001
It has been a harrowing week. There has been a lot to do, and a lot going on.
Here in Japan, they do a sporting event called UN-DO-KAI (all vowel pronounced as short versions, so U as in spOOn, O as in grOAn, AI as in whY). I had to purchase two sets of training jerseys with matching shorts and long pants, so that she can practice this week. She is in first grade. All the other kids' parents had to do the same. It's an interesting way to keep the economy stimulated, though it obviously hasn't been working well for some time.
Sunday, my day to sleep in, I have to wake up EARLIER than is usual for a weekday to go to the event. We'll spend a half day there as all the kids run and dance and jump and do all that play type stuff.
I finally came up with the soundtrack to my next mini-movie. I'll be composing some music to go along with the images. Here in Hakodate, there are remenants of old fireproof storage houses around the older part of the city. They are of fascinating structure, and in various stages of decay, renewal and disrepair. It will be a mixture of a montage of these images, interspeced with my vocals, and some spoken narration bordering on poetry to boot. Should be fun to make a straight movie without interactivity. That's coming up next, actually.
More when my feet unfreeze. This northern climate is a KILLER!
Here in Japan, they do a sporting event called UN-DO-KAI (all vowel pronounced as short versions, so U as in spOOn, O as in grOAn, AI as in whY). I had to purchase two sets of training jerseys with matching shorts and long pants, so that she can practice this week. She is in first grade. All the other kids' parents had to do the same. It's an interesting way to keep the economy stimulated, though it obviously hasn't been working well for some time.
Sunday, my day to sleep in, I have to wake up EARLIER than is usual for a weekday to go to the event. We'll spend a half day there as all the kids run and dance and jump and do all that play type stuff.
I finally came up with the soundtrack to my next mini-movie. I'll be composing some music to go along with the images. Here in Hakodate, there are remenants of old fireproof storage houses around the older part of the city. They are of fascinating structure, and in various stages of decay, renewal and disrepair. It will be a mixture of a montage of these images, interspeced with my vocals, and some spoken narration bordering on poetry to boot. Should be fun to make a straight movie without interactivity. That's coming up next, actually.
More when my feet unfreeze. This northern climate is a KILLER!
