A few things

Pretty Artistic ay? Yeah..I took this :-D
More artisticness and photos HERE.

So this is just a quick post with some new pictures. A couple of observations and realizations.

1) It is really good that I have a light on my bike at night because there have been many times where I could have been riding too fast and re-created my biking accident if I could not see a curb.

2) Japanese internet is ridiculously fast.

3) "DVD" shops are not really for DVD's....regular DVD's that is...they are more for...Adult Entertainment. I had to learn that the hard way.

Story time, quickie version. In the pictures you will notice a building called Sega World. Yes, Sega, like Sonic the Hedgehog. It's an arcade. It was a fairly decent place, it wasn't the best, but they did have Tekken 6 so I had a good time with that. And it was only (roughly) 50 cents a play. But anyway, on my way to Sega World (because it took about 25 minutes by bike to get there...give or take a few), I passed a "DVD" shop. I was excited because I am looking for a Blu Ray version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and it is supposed to be released in Japan before it comes out in America. The reason I want it so badly is because it has a demo of the new Final Fantasy XIII video game (which is going to be AWESOME!). I thought that this movie was supposed to be released sometime in March so I figured I would go check out this store since I passed it and look around. When I peered in the window I noticed something strange, "It all looks like adult entertainment," but then I thought "This can't be true, because it says DVD shop, like wouldnt there be some circle with a line through it that is over the number "18" if this was an adult entertainment shop. So I ventured in, hoping that it wasnt ALL adult entertainment. Well..it was...and after staying in there for an hour just wondering WHY it was all adult entertainment, I bought a few things and left. JUST KIDDING! So after I realized it was all just..that...I left, astounded that a "DVD" shop was basically a porno place. Crap, finding this Blu-Ray disc was going to be harder than I thought if EVERY "DVD" shop is an adult entertainment shop.

But anyways, you might say "Well maybe it was just that one." Well..you'd be wrong. I went to another more BIGGER "DVD" shop that I pass all the time going to different places in the city. So finally I decided to check it out. They had some American movies in there so I figured "This has to be legit"...well...it wasn't. There were a few "regular" movies, but all in all, yup, more of the same. And the funny thing is, the guy that worked there kept asking me to put my bag in a locker. It was a fairly spacious store, I guess he didnt want me "sneaking some home". Once I understood what he was saying and I understood that they did NOT have Blu-Ray, I left, oh well, there is always online ordering.

But secondly. I went to a Shrine today, watched some people pray and learned about some religious things. We had off today because today (March 20th) is supposed to be the Spring Solstice and the day when you honor your ancestors by visiting them at their graves. Pretty respectful stuff I'd say. I took pictures of that as well. Everything is still going fantabulous and I'm loving Japan, I just hope I can find a REGULAR dvd shop that sells Blu-Ray...oh wait..that one in the mall...but that is a 30 minute bike ride, hmm I'll have to check that out again next month. I found out Blu-Ray FF7:Advent Children got pushed back to April. Wish me luck! :-D

-Jeremy aka The Realizationer