6 posts tagged “japan”
- I got a new haircut involving a fringe and new glasses and I don't recognise myself in the mirror anymore
- I went to Budapest for blink_lu's hen weekend and had a fabulous time, met some lovely people and it has made me even more excited about going on my travels. The photo to the left was an amazing bar we went in with tickets and photos and notes pinned to every available space on the walls and ceiling. The floor was covered in straw and people were dropping cigarette ash everywhere. Such a fire risk would never be allowed in the UK. I love it! On choosing this photo I also realised I could make out some of the text in the notes when zooming in to 100%. Here is a sample:
Fabulous.
We went to the zoo and stayed out drinking till 5am 2 nights in a row, which I thought I was getting far too old to do. I also fell asleep in a kebab shop. I can't wait to go back!
- Lucy and Coddy's wedding is merely days away and I am so excited! I haven't been a bridesmaid in 20 years! now I really do feel old...
- I am going to Japan in 2 weeks. I can't wait to be back eating convenience store bento, buying a million books and exploring all the pretty temples. I am so not going to want to come back home.
- I got my New Zealand work visa. 6 months to go. meep
- I have said this before but i really really want to start drawing again. I remember participating in the first illustration friday and looking at the site now I can't believe how big it's grown and that it's been going for nearly 4 years. that's crazy, just think of all the drawing i could have done in 4 years. now i'm inspired again and i'm leaving my job this year so who knows what opportunities there are in the future? A year ago we planned to have a load of cool kumoma products to sell at design festa and of course with 2 weeks to go we have nothing... but it's not too late still and i'm going to try my hardest to have something ready to exhibit at least, even if it is free postcards.
- I'm going to bed now. Good night.
I've been feeling out of sorts all week. unmotivated at work, eating crap food and i've only been to the gym once (although that's mainly because i've not been getting my lift). going to drink some wine and play on my ds tonight and then try to pull myself together over the weekend... i've been getting lots of ideas of things i want to do but not actually doing them... need to give myself a kick.
I've been thinking about starting up a blog for all the pretty things i find - shopping and illustration and design and such. It'll take a bit of setting up but maybe it will help satisfy my need for shiny things rather than just crying because i can't buy them :p. i did relax my budget a little this week and treated myself to some goodies from spicybrown now that they've started shipping to the uk, and the wallpaper guide to copenhagen. I needed cheering up and i have been bringing in a load of cash from ebay and I'm getting £50 for signing up for a new bank account... but now only xmas presents until i get back from thailand!
I've also been thinking about how much I miss japan and all the coolness that is there. i think after i've been to cuba which is definitely next on my list for probably winter 2007, I'd like to go back to tokyo just for a week or 10 days by myself and shop and go to design festa. we missed out on design festa both times we went - went to the international anime fair instead, and i've been longing to go for years. I can just imagine doing what i like, shopping in loft, drinking matcha latte in starbucks. it'll be great :) a while off yet but the idea that i'm going back at some point makes me feel better.
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I thought I'd take a little time out from talking about my non-eventful life to show you some of my favourite children's books. I may or may not have mentioned that I collect them - I love the illustrations. Started off with some favourites from my own childhood and then found some amazing ones in Japan. Now I'm trying to get at least one in every country I visit.
Another book from Japan - I got this from the studio ghibli museum near Tokyo and it's one of my better souveniers. full of fun pop-ups and pull out bits.
I found this book in a shop called crayon house (i think) in harajuku - best kid's book shop in the world - go check it out. anyway i couldn't resist because i remember having a really well-read battered version of this when i was little. this one is in japanese obviously but i think the original is german or something. i can't remember the english title and it's bugging me. anyway it's about highwaymen who kidnap a little girl but she makes them see the error of their ways. it's kind of creepy but in a good way!
I really want to build up my international collection. I bought a couple in china but i was disappointed with the selection there overall. Of course I'll be picking up some in Denmark and Thailand. Also I've been dying to get my hands on some books by a norwegian illustrator called Svein Nyhus so I'll definitely be hunting out some of his books when I'm in oslo. happy sigh!
I am trying to cut back drastically on my spending at the moment but i spent a happy few hours browsing at borders last night and this is what i came back with. These books are so fun and inspirational, i could just sit and look at them for hours. and they are so cheap for art books. i've already browsed the entire publishers catalogue and i'll be planning on aquiring more in the future. I do so love borders and i have missed going there. i just love being around books and i could have just as easily been there all night and not bought anything. plus there's a starbucks and a paperchase. what more do you need? I did also buy myself a cheap pen and keyring from paperchase - the problem with not spending money is that i end up feeling so sorry for myself that i want to buy things to make myself feel better. especially as all my birthday money just vanished into my overdraft....
Anyway my blythe doll auction just ended at £85. not bad. I didn't really want to sell anything that i had up but i do need the money for travel. I'm getting more determined to go to thailand at xmas and i'd like a weekend to copenhagen before the year is out too... anyway i have too much stuff. i do love looking at my japanese craft books but i have so many of them and they're guaranteed to make money on ebay.
i keep missing japan. i was looking at the andon website again today and i can remember being there so well. i can even remember how it smells... i just want to go back and wander round asakusa and go shopping in loft and people watching while i'm drinking matcha latte. who knows when i'll get another chance to go back... i'd really like to see design festa as i somehow mangaged to just miss it the times we've been. one day....
i just want to escape. i want to be in so many places that aren't here and i don't know how to do it. what is making me stuck? i want to get rid of more stuff so i feel like i have less baggage, physical and emotional... but there's nothing holding me here really. only fear of the unknown. maybe i will get lucky and some amazing opportunity will throw itself in front of me. if not i will make the leap some day.
