Haircut


Haircut
Originally uploaded by renfield

Eating a bagel, watching the haircut.

Oatmeal bagel


Oatmeal bagel
Originally uploaded by renfield

dad

P was out at a junior high school reunion so I was in charge of the little ones. They both got flu shots yesterday so were feeling a bit down.
Spent the morning cleaning out the closet; now have a pile of old suits, shirts, shoes, jackets, and sweaters to donate to some worthy charity. Also sent off a box of old books. BookOff is a used book store chain that buys Japanese books, and they have a deal with Room To Read, a charity that collects English books for south-east asian countries. I think they stock the libraries of factories that employee child labor or something socially meaningful like that. Anyway was waiting for the delivery guy to come pick up the box of books and the kids were moving slow, so I started cleaning out the closet.
After lunch P took off so I loaded the kids onto the bus and headed to Shibuya then walked to the park in Nakameguro for a birthday party of one of the kids at school.
After running around, making balloon animals, and munching on snacks (that was me; the kids spent most of the time at the playground), we headed home, ordered some pizza, took a shower, and got our jammies on.
Ton crashed out on the couch quickly. The Mighty Mo was fighting it, and I didn't have any breastmilk power to lull him to sleep, so after some sniffling and crying and wandering about, and rolling around and sitting on the couch, I finally got him unconscious. Ton was crashed out on the couch so I dragged her into the bedroom and retreated back to the dining room table to be productive (read: facebook.com. boinboing.net) until P came home.

Post-shower chillaxin


Post-shower chillaxin
Originally uploaded by renfield

Happy birthday Montana !


Happy birthday Montana !
Originally uploaded by renfield

Sugekari park


Sugekari park
Originally uploaded by renfield

various photos

http://www.flickr.com/photos/renfield/sets/72157625339318386/Finally uploaded bunches of photos.
Halloween party at AIS.
Random artistic shots taken by the kids when commandeering the camera.

well done

Congratulations America! We have taken the final political step necessary to ensure that the US economy ends up just like Japan! Welcome to the start of a decade or two of deflation, low employment, and general malady.
The GOOD news is you will probably manage to keep a huge federal deficit (killing all those "terrorists" is expensive), and many of you will go back to having no health care, no social safety net, AND no 401(k), never mind keeping a job and your house.
But I am sure that pales in comparison to the glory of mandatory Christian prayer in public schools that we can all look forward to when President Palin is in charge!
It's not just a party, it's a Tea Party! Well done, America. I am proud of us.

Riku's handiwork


Riku's handiwork
Originally uploaded by renfield

The shoji screens didn't have a chance.

Busted imac


Busted imac
Originally uploaded by renfield

Unless my ancient imac has a secret "inverted black-and-white" mode, methinks it be busted.

EDIT: No, it's not really busted. My youngest somehow managed to randomly bang on the keyboard and put it simultaneously into both "inverted" and "black-and-white" mode.
But it IS an ancient machine!