"Say Hello to My Little Friend..."

KODAK_1017
Originally uploaded by Kawakatoose.

Hello. I've been really impressed and encouraged by the comments that I've been receiving on the blog. It's great to hear from people. I saw something yesterday I thought I'd post to give you a picture of just how different things can be. Japanese youth culture sometimes boggles the mind. It's a combination of hardcore, cute, and just plain bizarre. Yesterday, I saw a young guy driving around in a shiny black car. I could hear the stereo pounding a block away. As this tough-looking young man with piercings and a small, scraggly goatee drove by, I noticed that in the back seat were two life-size Winnie the Pooh dolls. I guess maybe he was lonely or something and decided to go for a drive with his "peeps". I wish I had my camera. It was the strangest thing I had ever seen. It was even stranger than the time in Mexico when I saw an old Volkswagon Beetle that had been refitted with gull-wing doors (a la Back to the Future). I have to start taking my camera with me so people believe my stories. Anyway, more later.
-Joe