Happy Birthday to Meeeeeeeeeeeee.......

KODAK 2005 09 19 13 11 22
Originally uploaded by Kawakatoose.

Well, I've hit the big 2-8. I'm almost as old as my mom. Charity and I had a good day yesterday. We set off to Osaka and spent some time at Universal City. We didn't actually go into Universal Studios Theme Park. I think we will go sometime, but there was still a lot to see in the areas around the park. There are many shops and restaurants there with movie memorabilia. I think the alien from X-Files was really interesting. Everything had a neat art deco style to it. After visiting Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and Elmo, we went to four bookstores to find the books we needed for a class, then we made our way to the Umeda Sky Building for a Mexican cultural festival put on by the Mexican Consulate in Osaka. It was really surreal to be eating tacos, listening to mariachi music, and watching Mexican dancers in Japan. It was even weirder when I realized that the performers were most likely Japanese. It was a good time and it made me miss Mexico. Well, we hope to return to Mexico sometime when we go to visit Nancy and Albert, whenever that is. After the festival, we went to the Dotonbori river where they have the huge neon lights. They are really spectacular at night. All in all, it was a good day. Thank you to all of you who thought about me on my birthday. I appreciate it. Until next time,
-Joe