Geeks 'r' Us

Should I say I have a wonderful wife? Or perhaps a very sympathetic one?

Even though she despises video games, Nao tagged along to the Tokyo Game Show with me on Saturday. She says that she couldn't bare the thought of telling people that I headed there on my own. That's just too geek for her!

Hey I'm not that bad. Though I should have worn the Mario costume as I had really wanted too!

There were some pretty looking new games.

The Metal Gear Solid 4 area was awesome. They had it done up like some kind of military prison camp. AND a military prison I'd love to be kept in cause all the guards were hot models dressed in sexy army garb! (Go ahead I'm a geeky perv!!)

They had a setup for the new Resident Evil game which is called The Umbrella Chronicles. It looked like the entrance to the mansion in the first Resident Evil game.

It made me realize how much I don't have time now to play all these awesome games!
I'll just stick to Super Mario 3... Best game ever!

The place was packed! There were thousands of people. The wait to get into any of the game trail areas was between an hour or two.

Rose and Nao were hanging out in the kids corner while I was checking everything else out. Rose got some sweet free gifts like a Megaman notebook. All kinds of stickers too.

I took some pics if you'd like to check them out, just click!

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Interesting Rose

Rose is getting more and more interesting as she grows up. She is really starting to know what she wants! This morning she grabbed my hand and led me to the kitchen. She grabbed a bowl and started pointing at the cereal. She was saying "koko! KOKO! (here, Here!) She wanted cherios!

Birthdays

Ok... I'm 14 days late. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAO. Problem was Nao's birthday fell right in the middle of summer vacation. And I was lazy... Sorry! But I did make a very nice dinner and cake for her!





My birthday was good too. We went to our traditional birthday place Fujiya! Who cares that earlier this year there was some controversy over the freshness of its dessert products. They have a doll that dances to the birthday song!! That's all that matters.... Rose, Nao and I enjoyed a great dinner with some free ice cream. (Cause it's my birthday!)

Poor Man's Pool

It's been hot. Too Hot. So Rose and I put together some stuff we had around the house to make up a little pool! A plastic drawer and a tarp!! Yeah... Say it for the white trash! But we had a lot of fun hanging around the pool all day. Sitting in the shade. Relaxing with some juice or root beer. I told Nao that when she gets back from work one day she might find me drunk by the pool! Anyway Rose and I had a blast during summer vacation.

Summer Vacation is here!

Two days into the summer vacation. It's great cause I could spend my Sunday without the spectre of work on Monday hanging over my head like a piano in those old cartoons. What a great day! We went to Kumagaya the city where Nao's grandmother used to live. They had their huge fireworks display last night. The best part was we could set up some tables and chairs right outside of Nao's grandma's house and watch the show. Rose was in seventh heaven because every ten or fifteen minutes trains go roaring past so she can wave and say bye-bye to all the passengers. She liked the trains more than the fireworks!!

Today we spent most of the day cleaning Nao's grandma's house getting ready for O-bon.
It's the ghost season in Japan where you invite your ancestors to visit your house for a few days. Nao's dad is going to pick them up from the cemetary tomorrow morning. I hope they don't have to much luggage!!!

Because it's the first O-bon after Nao's grandma's passing we have to prepare some special thigns for her visit. That's basically what were setting up today. Things like fruits, lanterns, and pictures around the family shrine. It's a little sad....

Rose was happy cause she got to make a horse out of an eggplant and some chopsticks. Apparently ancestors love to ride in on vegetables!

Festivals

Last Friday night was Rose's school summer festival. For a few weeks now they have been practicing their dance techniques and carrying their little shrine. The shrine was decorated with pictures from the Japanese cartoon Anpanman. The show is all about bread people and their fight against the evil germ man. Rose's teacher said that all of the kids did great during practice. They danced and carried without any trouble. But on the night of the show all the kids got cold feet! We think it's because mom's and dad's came. So the kids would huddle around their parents! Rose wasn't immune either. She kept wanting me to pick her up! They had food, games, and some fireworks at the festival too.

On Saturday was the Oizumi Festival. Nao's sister's band came up to play. Nao was so excited and couldn't wait to see the band play, but woke up on Saturday morning feeling terrible! She had a high fever and stomachache (She feels much better now), but was disappointed because she had to stay home. So I went with Rose, Jiji, Baba, and Nao's aunt to watch the show.

Rose was very happy because she could her her favorite song. The ba-ba-ba-ba song. She's listened to it so much in the car that she can even sing along in her own way with it now. My god it's driving me crazy!!! Can't go in the car anywhere and it's Rose asking, "ba-ba-ba-ba PLEASE!" That and at home all Elmo, all the time!!!

Her are more pictures from the festivals!!!! CLICK!

Trip to Disney Sea

We had a very, very good 3 day weekend!

Friday we took Rose down to Disney Sea for her birthday. I really think enjoyed it. Well, except for the characters! We ran into many of the characters. Rose would get very excited looking at them from far away, but once we got closer she'd clam up or hide her face. It was pretty funny!
Since it was Rose's birthday she got to wear a special birthday sticker and everyone, EVERYONE, at the park wished a happy birthday! I think Rose liked the Mermaik Lagoon the best because they have things for the little kids to enjoy. Plus it's fish themed so she was pointing out all the fish to us! They had a Little Mermaid show too, which she totally enjoyed!
She fell asleep while we were waiting to get in the first time and slept through it! But when I went to the Tower of Terror Nao took in once more and Nao says she loved it!
We took plenty of pictures! You can see them here.....

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