Confessions of a delinquent blogger..

みんなさん、遅くなってすみません！Err, I mean sorry that this post is soooo overdue!  For me, writing a blog is like washing dishes: when there's only a few, it's easy to put off because it doesn't feel like a lot of work, until the dishes/days start piling up, at which point you just ignore the problem until you run out of money for eating out or your apartment starts to smell (or both).  Ok well that analogy was D.O.A. but basically I'm trying to apologize for being late with my post (an ongoing theme of this blog as long-time readers are aware).  Anyway, on the the good stuff!

1st, a few bullet points of the major updates from my life here in Japan:

• I have a new girlfriend, Tomomi (朋美)
• I have a new job!  Yes I sold out and joined GREE, a mobile social network/gaming service
• I have been cooking a lot more (pics to follow) which leads me to my next update..
• I have... gotten fat (ok, not really but as my girlfriend would say my stomache is "puni-puni")
• I got a wicked sun-burn at the beach two weeks ago and I'm still recovering from it
• I'm coming to the East Coast in November (I'm 100% sure!)

Now, on to the meat of my posts, the pictures!  It's been a while so there might be quite a few, sorry if the page is taking forever to load ;)

1000 Sunny (If you don't know what I mean, you really need to read some One Piece!)

My friend Ko (neighborhood bartender) and his daughter at the annual Jamaian festival in Yoyogi park.

Phil Marfuta, my classmate from MIT, passed away this year from brain cancer. R.I.P. brother.

A cool car I saw in Akihabara (the Electronics district of Tokyo)

My pal Rob adjusting the 3D cameras I was using to make a motion capture studio at my last company

Another sweet car in Akihabara! (J come visit!)

And, another car (I like cool cars) this one is pretty weird looking though, I have to admit!

Your average Tokyo freak!

My and my secretary play virtual golf after a hard week of work!

My office the week before I changed jobs, full of cool stuff!

I got my neighborhood friends to make the East Coast hand sign!

Some promotional mascot -- feel sorry for the guy/gal, it was hot that day!

Lamborghini!!!!

This is a pretty cool vending machine I saw in a Yokohama train station, all the items are shown and bought through an interactive touch-screen

Hawaii dance competition!

ME...

A shoe I wanted to buy, but...

They only carry up to size 9 in Japan!! Unbelievable!

With my drinking buddies...

...and again!

At the beach!

Me and my friend Mona at Zushi beach.

Rob (left) and Dave (right), my former co-workers

I had a good night and met my current girlfriend there!

Sushi by the plate at a Kaiten-Sushi spot (that means rotating Sushi, because all the sushi is on a conveyor belt that covers the whole resteraunt, you just take the plate you want to eat! Each color is a different cost.)

Feelin' good!

Me with an eggplant on my head (dont ask... seriously)

I brought food to work with me!  Korean stew that I cooked the night before.

I just love this cartoon, really it's pretty sick, but I love it!

Me and my girlfriend's hands -- chu (Japanese) = pusu (Finnish) = kiss!

Morning Glory on my balcony!

Again, I have to work until the last train....

Me and Ryan, my good friend who is 1/2 Hawaiian and 1/2 Japanese

My girlfriend hods her doggy

I made this pasta!

At my last house party

Aaaaa, working late again!

My arm got reaaaaaly badly sunburned, if you come to Japan in the summer, be aware that the sun is super strong!

Banana cat!

..... do I need to say it?

My girlfriend in a makeup magazine!  She has a makeup blog that's pretty famous.

My girlfriend cooks me rolled cabbage (ground beef wrapped in cabbage leaves and steamed)

Heck yeah, Bruins and Boston back on top again!

 Remembering Phil with (left to right) Melahn, Me, Andrew, and Justin. I was also MITs 200 year anniversary

My fiend and former room-mate Brendan got laid-out in a hit-and-run while he was biking home.  He is okay now though.  (Luke, I *am* your Father!) 

At my home party

Here's looking at you, kid!

 Brazilian festival in my neighborhood

You will be mine, oh yes, you will be mine...   =p

Again at the beach in Zushi

Message in a bottle!

I make food for me and my gf

My new office! (informative link)

Fireworks seen from my balcony

Ive been cooking a lot! This is fried pumpkin with honey, Korean stew ("Nabe"), cheese & crackers, and cake!

My famous omelet (thanks for teaching me, Dad!)

My girlfriend Tomomi-chan's famous pancakes!

And.. breakfast! Cereal with bananas, more fried pumpkin, and bread from a bread shop near Tomomi-chan's office

"Hiyashichuka" (Chinese dish very popular in Japan made from egg, cucumber, tomatoes, and cold Chinese noodles)

Tomomi-chan makes creamy mushroom pasta!

Another home party!

My friend Tsukuda-san who lives in the same building made all this food (well, most of it!) Wow!

Hiroshi-san (the other bartender at my favorite local bar)

Me and my girlfriend!

Honestly, I don't remember this picture being taken but I had a good time it seems!  On the balcony of my apartment at my last home-party (I think!)

More breakfast! Eggs and bacon.

Tomomi-chan makes Hayashi rice (rice and Japanese style curry, which isn't spicy at all!!!!)

At the beach again!

My friend Mai meets a dog

Another wonderful breakfast!

Tomomi-chan with her beeest friend  ;)  (just kidding)

Delicious!

More of Tomomi-chan's famous rolled cabbage!  Sooo tasty!

Thanks for watching, folks!  More to come soon ;)