K-On! on TV Japan

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“K-On!” Cedar Park, 2019

TV Japan is currently airing the anime series K-On! here in the States. I get a little sad at the beginning of each episode because there is a message mentioning Kyoto Animation, which produced this anime and who were the victims of the terrible arson tragedy in July of this year (2019).

I really enjoyed K-On! when I watched it a couple of years ago, and I’ll watch the episodes again since it’s such a fun anime. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it!

Neko Snapshot

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“Cute Cat” Cedar Park, 2019

Just a photo of Anko today. I’m super-busy at work as we finish up a gigantic project. In fact, I worked until about 8 pm at the office! But it was good work and I am satisfied with how much I got done. Happy to be back home, though. 😊

Chicken Sh$t Bingo

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“Chicken Sh$t Bingo” Austin, 2019

こんばんは。How’s it going?

My brother and sister-in-law were in town and one of the places they wanted to go was Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon to play chicken shit bingo. Mariko and I had never been there before so we were very interested in going and seeing what it was all about.

As you might have guessed from the name, it’s a game where a chicken is placed on a large bingo card, and the number he poops on determines the winning ticket. If you have one of the winning tickets, you get a share of the prize money. Surprisingly, my brother and sister won! We had no idea what the prize would be, but it turns out that it was a not insignificant amount of cash. What a score!

If you are in Austin, you should check out chicken shit bingo at Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon. It’s a real Texas experience, with live music and two-step dancing, and buckets of Lone Star Beer. Lots of fun!

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“Winner” Austin, 2019

I hope you had a nice day!

またね~

First Band Competition of the Season

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“Pep Talk” Austin, 2019

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Koa’s high school marching band took part in their first competition of the season, and they did great, finishing 4th place out of 26 bands. Their show this year is pretty good, and of course they spend so much time practicing every day. Mariko and I watched all the finalists’ performances, and they were all awesome! I’m not really very competitive so I don’t get too caught up in the results (at least I try not to) but it’s great to hear and see all the different shows.

Each and every one of these student musicians is really dedicated in order to perform at this level, and it’s really cool to see them all cheering the other bands on. It’s really like a big family, and in this age of social media, they know a lot of the students of the other schools. Band is like one humongous family! Very cool!

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“The Finalists” Austin, 2019

I hope you had a great day!

またね~