Saturday, June 6, 2009
Cameron Switzer had another excellent ride up Takatori Yama. On the way up he met Max&Chika coming home from a "bike&hike". Then on the way down he met two wild boars at WildBoarCrossing. The young boar ran away into the bush, but the adult followed Cam in the bushes and then stopped to watch. They were about 15ft away and just looked at each other. Cam could see the giant wild boar's nostrils moving. It was glorious! THANK YOU!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Cam is sitting in the outer genkan with his hot new asian lover PhoEeebe, listening to the wind chimes blow in the wind, watching the birds chase the butterflies, being fascinated by the salamander Saori-chan gobbling up ants, enjoying the shadows growing on the walkway, and admiring the beautiful hydrangeas begin to flower. Life. Is. Good. Or in my dialect, "自然でいいわ！"
Chilblains in June? Get Real!
It took a few years of living in the harsh climate of Japan but my body has adapted and I now get all the same afflictions as those here such as the killer cedar pollen hay fever, chilblains and more. Usually the chilblains disappears about the end of March when the weather finally warms up, but this year it isn't going away! This is a video intended for friends, to update them on my goings on in my life. If that doesn't interest you, please feel free to pass me by. And if it does interest you, thank you for watching!
I love you!
Cam
P.S. I tried uploading this to YouTube FOUR times, and it errors out every time. I have no idea why...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Where in the World is Stefnee Lee?
On Saturday I went for a ride up into the mountains on the other side of the river to Niko Niko Gawa (remember that place?). I then sat down to relax and read a book deep in the mountains. A Suzuki Samurai drove past with an elderly couple and as they passed by slowly they stared at this weird sight of a white (terribly handsome... of course) young man in excellent (of course) shape, sitting on the side of the road in God Forbid Fukui, and reading a goddamn book!!!!!! And a GREEN book, no less!
When Stefnee was here I took her up to that place on the very next day after she arrived.
As I passed by, I wanted to take a few photos just to remind her of the wonderful time she had here on Sunday, March 15th, 2009.
I love you!
Cam
Looking downriver from the dam
Looking upriver from the dam (low water)
Stefnee is supposed to be reclining on these stairs!
Stefnee's little Samurai chum
Sipping from the Eternal Fountain of Stefnee's Dragon Piss
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Globalized Love(ly) Knick Knacks
Mayu and I collected a LOT of stuff over the 20 years I have been here in Japan. In fact, we used to have most of it displayed in the old house here and there around the place. We loved and cherished it all! But since we moved to this lovely home which is much smaller, a good majority of it has been in boxes in the closets for the entire five years!
As the closets are pretty jam packed full, I have been going through them and doing a lot of cleaning out. I don't want to throw away all of these little knick knacks, but realize that an "osusowake" (passing along gifts, or "re-gifting" as it is known in N.A.) might make for a great way to keep the Globalized Love Community concept alive and well!
What I would LOVE to do is send them around to the world to YOU, my friends, who might like something little from me, filled with copious quantities of Globalized Love. That would give me the greatest pleasure to know that a piece of me is sitting on some mantle, or in some china cabinet, or chewed on by some teething baby somewhere in the world. I love you guys, and I love our connection.
A lot of what I have is little gifts mailed to us by my parents, relatives and such over the decades here and I would like to share them with you; most of the stuff is NOT Japanese. We have been living here so long we don't think of going around and collecting Japanese stuff. It would be like living in ... Stefnee, Kansas and decorating your entire house with everything from... Stefnee, Kansas!
What I propose, is this:
If any of you out there would like me to send you something (I won't be telling you what it is, so it will be a surprise), send me a PM with your REAL name, address, postal code and I'll shoot it off in the post with a personal memo... just from me! *swoon*.
I really would love to do this.
I have a favour to ask and this is TOTALLY voluntary....
If you would like to send a few dollars to my PayPal account (intrmarket@yahoo.com) to help offset the postage costs of me sending something filled with my unconditional love and admiration to you anywhere in the world, I would be grateful. I wish I were a white collared criminal with infinite funds easily accessible by me through Credit Suisse (and not yet busted), but alas poor Yorick, I am not. You can log into PAYPAL from this link.
Anywhoo, if you like this idea, then let me know! And if you can log into your Paypal account and shoot me a few dollars to help out with my expenses to send my love to you, I would love that too.
I love you!
Cam
P.S. I wanted to put that cool DONATE button on this blog like Sheila did on hers... but I found out that unless my account is an NPO account, the DONATE function is not available for Japanese accounts. That means I have to do this the BFI way, and get you to go and log in, then fill in everything manually. And I do apologize for that. *bows low*
Monday, June 1, 2009
The Incredible Headless Man
I don't think I could have set this up, even if I'd tried!
I love you!
Cam