I give up...

Alrighty. Fine. Let's see how this goes (as I am super exhausted and probably will not be able to type or explain anything coherently).

So anyway I don't feel like resizing 50 some odd pictures of my third day in Japan all tonight, so I'll do it sometime tomorrow or next week or whatever. Or slowly. I don't know. I'm lazy like whoa. T__T

But yeah, since I already have the NY mini pictures resized, I'm going to post them. Enjoy, m'dears.

CYC DimSum. All your base are belong to us!.
My sexxay roomies. First question: Do I look like a GUY in this picture? (Left to right) Viv, me, Deb, Grace, and Diane:
The loggers. We divvied up the bed according to how much we moved in our sleep. Grace and I were fighting for blankets by the morning in our "kickers" bed. Hahaha. Oh well.
Debby and Diane. Being FOB.

Myly and Ibis.
In our first NY taxi to Seward Park (L->R: Diane, Deb, Viv, and Grace)
Yup! We're here!!!!!

Me and "mommy Viv." Haha. Goodness, they had me upreffing, which is ... traumatizing. Gyaaahh.... >_<
Gracie-poooo!
Lauren, Kelly, and Scott, waiting for our turn to play.
Ibis and Lauren:
Debby and Diane (again):
WHAT a cute park. I LOVED it. So ... FRIENDLY!!!
Tha Dim Sum youn'! Just playin'. These are my roomies trying to be... ghetto... >_<;
Ah yes, the New York TAXI CABS. WE GOT CHARGED EXTRA. GRRRR...
Dim Sum Eating Dim Sum?!?!?!! Yummmmmaaayyyy...
Alright, ready to play:
Serve it up, PANDA!
Oof... passing...
WHAT is Myly doing? Dancing?
All the team. Minus me. I was the photographer, after all:
Me, Diane, and Deb. Yeah, that's right, pimpin' the V!
Myly is checking out some hot bootay on the boys' courts....
And this is what she sees...
But first, me and Lauren! Omg, those bags under my poor eyes.... Ickyy....
Dang, used. Or a free ball...?
Jay! Wow, this kid has grown up a LOT since I first met him. I remember when I scared him when he was in 8th grade and kept telling him how much he looked like his sister... AWWW... *pats Jay on the head* SO CUTE...
Hahahahahahahahahahahhaa. THIS FOLLOWING PICTURE IS GREATO. We saw a guy with perfectly manicured eyebrows that... Could only have been PLUCKED. KYAAAAA.... SO GHEEYYY... ^__^ Too bad my picture is too bad to be able to tell.... We were trying to be inconspicuous:
Mr. T and Bob!!!
Ah, we didn't go out and party, but... these are some pretty FINE ladies here! Viv, Deb, and Diane being pretty in pink:
The thugett--- I mean, Grace, Panda, and Lars:
And since I fit in no category, I just sat and took a picture with Grace. Smile!:
Ground Zero. May they rest in peace.
Uh... Hahaha. I AM a dork. Actually though, I guess Debby and Viv are dorkier, because... they washed their uniforms while in NYC.... >_<;;; So I dried them. With the iron.
Diane's turn to stare. Dude, she's focusing sooo hard. So is Viv. I think Viv is staring at one of the many hot Canadian boys she spotted. Tsk tsk, what a PIMPETTE!!
Viv, me, and Deb.
Gah, I want these ups.... *jealousjealous*:
Ahh, isn't that just a beautiful picture??? Sexxay.
I love how the guys have to bow before (and after?) each game. Cute. Why don't the girls do it? Huh huh huh...???!!
Me, Diane, Grace, and Lauren. The sun was super bright at this point in time. What crazy weather we had.
Panda, Myly, me, Diane, Grace, and Lauren. Where are Debby, Viv, and Ibis? Ibis, I don't know. But Viv and Deb were PASSED OUT on a mat. Haha. Hilarious.
Scott-- our team mascot/waterboy/cheerleader and Lauren's boyfriend. Thanks, man, for being there for us!
Awww, they've grown up too!! (Remembers when Kevin Kahn went up to me and went "duuude, why are you so short??!!!" ........ =__= HAHAHA. FUNNY)... Paul and James Lee...
This picture is for Diane. Hon, if you want any closeups, please let me know.
It started pouring in the middle. Myly is so innovative!
Viv, Tiffany, and me. Yay!
I'm not sure if she's scared of me or if I'm scared of her. Jen and me. Yep, I think I'm definitely scared of her. SIKE. She's a cool kid. Her and her sister both.


That's it, folks. Banquet pictures (the few that I have), will be up...

Eventually.

Some HOTTTTT girls...

Check it.

YES. Because urinals are greato.

Hahahahahahahaha... I cracked up when I saw this. Don't you need something like this to start off a Friday? It's great. It's going be a good day, it seems.

Japan - Day TWO

Dang. That took a LONG time to load. Sorry guys, but it looks that I can only do, at most, half a day to a full day's worth of pictures per day. It depends on the day, but that means no NY mini pictures until... Next week. Sorry. ^__~


Ok, so I got to Japan, had some Japanese food, and this is the very NICE Narita Hilton we stayed in:Our bus. Nice and bright red. Unmistakably unmissable. Those two standing near the door are our tour guides, Kevin and Amy:
Our first stop was the imperial palace. And this is the imperial guard/police... hut?
The closest we get to seeing the imperial palace-- the imperial GATE! W00t. What EXCITEMENT.... T__T;;
Me and another view of a bridge further along the moat around the castle:
The Japanese are clean like NO other. I'm serious. no trash cans, and yet, NO LITTER. IT IS CRAZY. SO CRAZY I TELL YOU. EVEN THE BATHROOMS ARE CLEAN AND SMELL NICE. WHAT IS WRONG WITH JAPANESE PEOPLE!?!?!?! ... hehe, I like it though.
Erica and me, in front of the Imperial Gate. She and I roomed together. She came with her parents; I was on my own. It was nice though. She's a few years younger than I am-- A year younger than Jon, actually.
Tokyo Tower! All of you who read those manga with scenes from it, well.. here it is!
"Keep out," eh, Mike and Amy?? Just kidding. Only at night. It's rare for Japan to have large patches of green around, so people (non-homeless) will come and sleep during the day under (and over) newspapers. They look homeless, but apparently... they're not.
Ah, our first group shot. From left to right: Erica, Michael, me, Ming, Gordon, and Amy. Hooray. We're cool:
I'm too much of a dork to be able to pass this one up. AMINO VALUE. COME ON. SOOOOO DORKY!!!!
Ahh... school children! Aren't they cute?
I forget the name of the shrine we went to. Asakusa, maybe? I don't remember. It was enormous though, and had a LOONG road filled with shops (and LOTS of yummy looking food... O_O)


Hey, don't these guys look a bit... familiar? Wait, didn't we DRESS JUST LIKE THEM? O_O AUGH. So the Japanese dancing from last year really WAS authentic.... Sort of..
I WANT THIS WIG:
Just about the cutest schoolhouse ever. Complete with bell clock tower. Adorable, I say.
Japan is a place where eeny weeny things are a NECESSITY. Including trucks, apparently.
And cars.
And taxis. I'm serious, folks.
Ah... Here we are... the most expensive place in the world, where a bill of Japan's largest denomination would not be able to afford the piece of ground it landed on if it were wadded into a small little ball. No joke. Welcome to GINZA....

These little buggers bob like crazy. Fueled by light, they'll never stop... I ended up buying three in Taiwan for me and my brothers to stare at... (yes, in Taiwan, because everything there is dirt cheap... heh)

GINZA!!
Only in Japan will you see Monks on the street asking for donations....
Ah, this was near Harajuku area... The Meiji Shrine. Apparently people bring barrels of sake to appease the spirits. Yes. For those of you who like your drink.. well... enjoy staring...

Kevin, our main tour guide (more on him later) kept point out these things out to us. I'm not sure what they're called. They're pretty, but... they're EVERYWHERE. Literally.
Ok, so this is Kevin. He says he's not gay and that he's married, but he's just about the gayest man I have ever met in my life. Ming even said that Kevin grabbed at his butt. Not the most hetero thing to do, but... Eh. Some basic information about Kevin: He's 27, has been in the tourguide business for ten years, and has been married for seven. His wife is Japanese, but he is only half-- Half Jap and half Taiwanese. He knows how to speak Taiwanese, Japanese, and Mandarin. Very gay. Walks with a slight sway, and has the most flexible and loose wrists in the world.
We have to wash our hands before entering another shrine. Left hand is washed first, I think.
Pretty designs in the door!
A real life miko. Awesome.
Ah, we finally made it to our hotel! This is in Shinjuku-- the Keio Plaza Hotel. It's gorgeous. And humongous too.
Amy and me in the lobby. We were waiting for everyone to come back downstairs.
Ah, wandering around in Shinjuku, and Amy and I found this little statuette. It was cute. And we took a picture! Whee! Do I look like him...? her....?
Mmm... Shinjuku night life. We went to the Sakuraka(?) because apparently they have "cheap" electronics. Apparently, American prices must be cheap, because they were approximately at the price of stuff here. Oh well. It was cool looking around at new stuff though...
AH. RAMEN FOR DINNER. IT WAS SO YUMMY. OMG. I CAN'T GET OVER HOW GOOD IT WAS. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY NARUTO LOVES IT SO MUCH. AAAHHH.... (lucky for us, Amy's mom spoke Japanese, and helped us around.. ^_^)
Starbucks wannabe? I think so.
Our hotel. One of the nicest ones around.
Hehe. That's it for the second day! We were all exhausted in the end. When I took this picture, I could barely walk around, my feet hurt SO much. It was PAINFUL. But FUN.


^_^ I hope you enjoyed this flood. More to come... tomorrow. Hopefully.