There are two things in the world that's worst than a shitty coffee.

Two shitty coffees.

Kyoto Station. Feb 2011. Fun things coming, soon. Still thinking of the mother land..

This is Con. A local surf dog and also a son a of a real surf guru. He's a tiny human and has hair longer than his own body. I wish the first shot came out, probably would have been a winner of some kind. Jan 2011

Lady Mon is off to Paris tomorrow. Sure, jealousy is one of the words that comes to mind. Safe travels! X

1. Métropolitain coasters, 5 pack, ¥200. Here's a teeny secret. Métropolitain store in Nagoya (Japan) is a doozy second-hand boutique. Most vintage stores in these parts harvest their rug from the 80's - 90's. Cool, but obviously common. Métropolitain went a tad deeper and she's fitted out with all sorts of goodies from the [mid?] 60's - 70's. Almost literally feels like you've walked into the set of Mad Men. The greens, the teals, the pinks, the browns, the tweeds, the buttons, the ties, the rugs, the curtains and the art. She's a little delight.

2. Fumer tue. A cute little French family sits beside me at a tiny shady looking bar in Kyoto. Small talks, small talks. I love how the French speak. Strangely superior. They light up their cigarettes, inhale, exhale. Strangely superior. The little lady offers me a sniff of her now empty packet. I accepted the puzzling but puzzlingly inviting offer. I remember it was sort of warm and sweet. In her honey like accent, she tells me I could keep the now empty packet and added;
"Fumer tue? Means smoking KILLS!"
And sucked the life out of her last cigarette.

3. Toro Y Moi fridge magnet, $3(ish) I took home a tiny piece of the show I went to a few weeks ago. Best gig, worst magnet.

* And fellow Japanese brothers, keep safe. X

Kyoto, Feb 2011. Thank goodness this place hasn't been blasted..

The Mothership weeps. She's been hit, hard and fast. A cheeky blow to the fragile ribs. The earth shook, danced and cried big tears. It cried a deadly body of water at Sendai. For days we won't know the extent. My thoughts! They're already with the affected. The Mothership weeps. I weep with her..

Super Wild Horses = Super Wild Awesome!

Takayama, Feb 2011.

"You really are seedy." She said. I just finished my fourth hamburger in two days. That's not an honest man's diet. I think my eyes have been blow-dried. I'm so out of love with my fire-lit throat. I feel exactly the way I look. I look exactly the way I feel.

I've just had a two-and-a-bit day episode on the Gold Coast for work. The daylight was naturally kind to me. The night times were disguised in various shades of liquor. She had me, and would not loosen her grip on me.