This being Halloween, I thought I’d share with you a video of the setup for my school’s annual Halloween party. You can see the size of the hall we use and get an idea of how we entertain 100 of our students for two and a half hours.
Archive for October, 2011
Believe it or not, the (not-pictured Step 2 of the) instructions were actually useful because the lock was like some sort of logic puzzle where you have to figure out the exact direction and angle at which two pieces of metal engage and disengage. While conceptually a good idea to save space in those tiny airport restrooms (when was the last time you saw a stall as big as the one in the diagram?), this door proved more novelty than useful.
It’s basically a prison phone so you can talk to people on the other side without having to deal with going out of and back into the secure area. Neat idea, eh?
In this photo alone, you can see over a dozen varieties, and you can tell the shelf is in need of restocking Japanese people eat a lot of seaweed, let me tell you. I can also tell you the names of the kinds I don’t like, and ways to prepare it that taste like slimy, salty rubber.
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![]() ![]() Las Vegas Sparerib PringlesPosted by: David in Japan, tags: food, Las Vegas, Pringles, spareribs
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![]() ![]() Someone call CPSPosted by: David in Japan, tags: child, gambling, neglect, pachinko, sad
There wasn’t anyone else around, so the baby was definitely with the two gentlemen playing pachinko. I’m not sure which of them was supposedly taking care of him(?), but for the kid’s sake I hope he doesn’t do so regularly. Like Las Vegas, Japan has an unpublicized population whose gambling addiction sometimes leads to familial neglect.
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2011
![]() ![]() High five chainPosted by: David in Japan, Social Life, tags: Halloween, high five, students
The interesting part is that the big red button is ON, and the big green button is OFF. And so I ask Why, Japan, Why?? |