the phone tells all
Wed, 2006-03-15 19:01 | by Erin
So I haven't posted anything lately cause I have been busy with my new job. It is pretty tough to think you know all the tricks and then find out you don't know shit! I do miss Panache a little just cause I had it soooooooooo easy there. But you are never going to make it to the top takin the easy road.
So whats been going on
Me on the train. I am smiling cause I got a seat.
The first pics that came up were from our great strawberry picking adventure.
In America you pay about 1 dollar for a quart of strawberry's that you go out and pick your self. The price maybe slightly higher now but that is what I remember. Japan as always is a little different. The adventure starts as most adventures in Japan do getting in a car and driving a hour. After that you pay 15 dollars per adult and 10 dollars for kids to go inside a green house with a small dish that has a some icing in it and eat strawberry's for 30 minutes. This is Japan at its funniest. Here are some of the pics of that and well it was fun for Eric so I didn't really mind that much.
I saw a angel in Shibuya crossing.
So there are a bunch of other things going on aughh Eric and I went to the Gotemba outlet mall and I took a bunch of pictures. He really likes having his picture taken.
I had some time off before I started my new job and Eric and I went to a English class together at my friends English school. We had fun and I my friend said Erics English is good but he should start going to English school soon..... I am working on it.
For anyone in Numazu or Gotemba interested in English lesons please check out Brents English School and Bar "Speak EZ"
Brent has a very innovative approach to scheduling and teaching. Check it out!
Anouther day we went to my friends bar and watched the band set up and after that we went to a game center and played a few games.
Finally I went snowboarding in Hakuba Japan. It was really cool. I still suck at snowboarding and I smashed my self up the first day so bad I did not want to go back the second day. I went with my bro Scott and he was awesome. Here are some shots of us as we climbed to the top of the peak for a photo op.
Oh ya and finally Eric and I went to see Ultraman! It was pretty cool. There was like a fun part where they clapped and sang along and then there was the show where a bunch of Ultramen jumped and kicked and fought thier way throught there enemys. It was fun here is a pic of Eric with Ultraman.
Me on the train. I am smiling cause I got a seat.
The first pics that came up were from our great strawberry picking adventure.
In America you pay about 1 dollar for a quart of strawberry's that you go out and pick your self. The price maybe slightly higher now but that is what I remember. Japan as always is a little different. The adventure starts as most adventures in Japan do getting in a car and driving a hour. After that you pay 15 dollars per adult and 10 dollars for kids to go inside a green house with a small dish that has a some icing in it and eat strawberry's for 30 minutes. This is Japan at its funniest. Here are some of the pics of that and well it was fun for Eric so I didn't really mind that much.
I saw a angel in Shibuya crossing.
So there are a bunch of other things going on aughh Eric and I went to the Gotemba outlet mall and I took a bunch of pictures. He really likes having his picture taken.
I had some time off before I started my new job and Eric and I went to a English class together at my friends English school. We had fun and I my friend said Erics English is good but he should start going to English school soon..... I am working on it.
For anyone in Numazu or Gotemba interested in English lesons please check out Brents English School and Bar "Speak EZ"
Brent has a very innovative approach to scheduling and teaching. Check it out!
Anouther day we went to my friends bar and watched the band set up and after that we went to a game center and played a few games.
Finally I went snowboarding in Hakuba Japan. It was really cool. I still suck at snowboarding and I smashed my self up the first day so bad I did not want to go back the second day. I went with my bro Scott and he was awesome. Here are some shots of us as we climbed to the top of the peak for a photo op.
Oh ya and finally Eric and I went to see Ultraman! It was pretty cool. There was like a fun part where they clapped and sang along and then there was the show where a bunch of Ultramen jumped and kicked and fought thier way throught there enemys. It was fun here is a pic of Eric with Ultraman.
I read the news today oh boy........
Mon, 2006-02-13 14:57 | by Erin
I was in bar drinking on Friday February 10 th. My boss was buying me a few drinks and along with some other co workers for my last day at work. One was a English chap who I am not particularly fond of.
He started in on me about America. I don’t take that type of thing lightly ever I believe, or did believe that not only is America the best country on earth but for all its wrongs it is the most honest and forth write government on the planet.
I apologize to anyone I ever argued with.
Today I watched Loose Change a documentary on 9-11. It lays out the total deception and planning of 9-11 with scientific fact and common sense. It is scary and sad. The information is so clear and laid out so well that it seems almost unbelievable that no one has been able to put it all together.
I am so upset I need to think about what should be done.
Please take 1 hour of your time. Watch this video and think about what we should do to take America back from the thieves who are robbing us of our lives liberties and our fathers mothers sons and daughters.
Stand for something or fall for anything.
This is loose change 2 which uses google maps to layout some aditional evidence.
For the original click here Click to watch: Loose Change 9-11 Alex Jones Conspiracy
Me Eric and a bunch of sweaty men!
Wed, 2006-02-08 01:40 | by Erin
As I walked to the train in Yokohama I looked at my phone and saw some one who's number I did not recognize had called me. This is usually pretty strange cause the only people who call are customers I know and my wife. More on that later.
Anyways I called the number back and no answered.
Bummer.
A minute later my phone rings and it is my favorite client. The office manager tells me she has some free tickets to WWE Smackdown on Saturday in Yokohama. Would I like to go? HELL YA is my reply. I made a few quick calls to work out the logistics of what we would and called her back and said I would love to take the tickets.
I stopped by their office and picked up the tickets and rode the bus back to Gotemba to see Eric. Along the way I drank a beer or 3 and sent some clients some e-mails and some how got of sync and screwed up a bunch of names. Now a 45 year old English man wants to know why I gave him my personal e-mail address.
I got home and crashed out.
The next day we all went to McD's and then from there Eric and I got on Shinkansen. On the way I showed Eric the tickets.
I thought Eric would be more excited than he was about it but he just wanted to draw his bugs on my notepad. He looks pretty happy about it here.
We got to Shin-Yokohama about a hour and half before show time. We went to the arena and I was prepared for a long boring wait. But it was anything but the case. Eric found that the WWE had a Smakdown Vs. RAW video game and easily pushed his way to the front of the line to play.
After getting his butt whooped by Ray Mystierio.
We got in this line that almost went around ¾ of the building. I was pretty impressed by how quick the line moved around the buliding. We were inside in no time and had no trouble getting to our seats.
When we got inside I found out that I not only got seats but some pretty prime seats 13 rows from the front. I got this shot of Eric in the front row.
Along the way I met a friend from the company who gave me the tickets. He offered me better seats which I thanked him for ..... but it turned out ours were a little better. So we stayed where we were and watched the sites.
Then there were these Japanese guys ......... wild they were dresses up like the current tag team champions. Oh there was a guy dressed like Kane who scared the crap out of my kid.
Then I saw Yosuke, a mid thirtys Japanese dude dressed up BRAVELY as the Rock. I have to admit from afar he could almost pass for the Rock. Sorry this picture sucks. Trust me he had the Rocks moves and look down.
Finally the show started and it was great Eric totally got into the whole thing. When every one would stand he would hop on to his chair to see. When the wrestlers would come out he jumped into the isle and dance like the guys in the ring. When he was bored (like during Ray the crippler Stevens match) he sat down and drew in a note pad I gave him.
Durring the Ray Mysterio VS Orlando Jones match he was so excited and almost fell off his seat after watching Ray do a 619 on Orlando. I think most had the same reaction was pretty stoked to see it live especially since it was right in front of us almost.
Eric is too smart for his own good. Before the show they were handing out signs that said YOU SUCK! Which people hold up and chant when Kurt Angle come out. I like Angle I know he has a role to play and he always does his part. A side effect of that is that people shout YOU SUCK when he comes out on stage. A 2 time gold meddle Olympic wrestler does not suck.
Anyways I gave Eric the sign and instructed him to hold it up on the side that says YEAH not the YOU SUCK side. He quickly observed that he was doing it wrong and looked at the sign looked at every one around us and then looked at the sign again and switched it to the YOU SUCK side. I tried to argue but it was useless.
We took the train back to Kichijoji and it was cold when we got there and almost 11 pm. My little guy showed no signs of tiring out. We stopped at Yoshinoya for some curry,cheese n rice.
It was a lot of fun and I want to thank every one at ...... for remembering how much I love wrestling and saving those tickets for me.
E./
I thought Eric would be more excited than he was about it but he just wanted to draw his bugs on my notepad. He looks pretty happy about it here.
We got to Shin-Yokohama about a hour and half before show time. We went to the arena and I was prepared for a long boring wait. But it was anything but the case. Eric found that the WWE had a Smakdown Vs. RAW video game and easily pushed his way to the front of the line to play.
After getting his butt whooped by Ray Mystierio.
We got in this line that almost went around ¾ of the building. I was pretty impressed by how quick the line moved around the buliding. We were inside in no time and had no trouble getting to our seats.
When we got inside I found out that I not only got seats but some pretty prime seats 13 rows from the front. I got this shot of Eric in the front row.
Along the way I met a friend from the company who gave me the tickets. He offered me better seats which I thanked him for ..... but it turned out ours were a little better. So we stayed where we were and watched the sites.
Then there were these Japanese guys ......... wild they were dresses up like the current tag team champions. Oh there was a guy dressed like Kane who scared the crap out of my kid.
Then I saw Yosuke, a mid thirtys Japanese dude dressed up BRAVELY as the Rock. I have to admit from afar he could almost pass for the Rock. Sorry this picture sucks. Trust me he had the Rocks moves and look down.
Finally the show started and it was great Eric totally got into the whole thing. When every one would stand he would hop on to his chair to see. When the wrestlers would come out he jumped into the isle and dance like the guys in the ring. When he was bored (like during Ray the crippler Stevens match) he sat down and drew in a note pad I gave him.
Durring the Ray Mysterio VS Orlando Jones match he was so excited and almost fell off his seat after watching Ray do a 619 on Orlando. I think most had the same reaction was pretty stoked to see it live especially since it was right in front of us almost.
Eric is too smart for his own good. Before the show they were handing out signs that said YOU SUCK! Which people hold up and chant when Kurt Angle come out. I like Angle I know he has a role to play and he always does his part. A side effect of that is that people shout YOU SUCK when he comes out on stage. A 2 time gold meddle Olympic wrestler does not suck.
Anyways I gave Eric the sign and instructed him to hold it up on the side that says YEAH not the YOU SUCK side. He quickly observed that he was doing it wrong and looked at the sign looked at every one around us and then looked at the sign again and switched it to the YOU SUCK side. I tried to argue but it was useless.
We took the train back to Kichijoji and it was cold when we got there and almost 11 pm. My little guy showed no signs of tiring out. We stopped at Yoshinoya for some curry,cheese n rice.
It was a lot of fun and I want to thank every one at ...... for remembering how much I love wrestling and saving those tickets for me.
E./
So you say it's your Birthday!
Fri, 2006-01-27 22:06 | by Erin
Ya January 25th every year I celebrate getting a little older and a little slower but hopefully a little wiser.
The day stated off easy enough I went to my favorite client and did some server patching. That out of the way I headed to the office to get some parts for a job out in Sitama Minami Otsuka to be exact.
As I sat down on the Yamanote line train I was busy thinking about my client who has had a lot of problems with thier multi billion YEN many terabyte raid and I was thinking about how I was going to trouble shoot the problem when I got there. If I had been paying more attention I might have noticed the sickly old man sitting down next to me. I could smell him but didnt think much about him till he threw up on my leg.
Ya it wasnt alot but it was sick. I quickly used my company time sheet (that I needed at my clients site) to wipe the mess off my leg and off my bag. In a few minutes we were at Shinjuku station. I changed trains and threw away the time sheet and hopped on the next train.
