Where’s Drew?

Pic taken in Fujigaoka, Yokohama.

This is what you’re sending your 4-year-old to school in?

Oooooh! Pretty!

And it’s not like I’d forgotten this site was here. I’ve just been busy with other stuff.

More on that later.

The new face of Japan

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Now, I don’t mind the occasional complement, but this was just weird.
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It seems like most every store/ business/ company in Japan has its own mascot character.

“Create” (a drug store chain) is no exception. Their mascot, seen around the shop and on seasonal coloring pages kids can do at home and then bring back tithe store to have them displayed, is a very cheerful hippo. I can’t recall any associations between hippos and health – and there probably aren’t any – which means the character choice makes as much sense as any of the hundreds of other mascots.

None.

But at least it’s cute.

After ages of inactivity, I started posting again – and even went 5 days in a row. Then the weekend came and I didn’t write at all. So what happened? Two things.

1. I wasn’t feeling so hot. Not that I was actually sick or anything. I was just tired and had no energy.

2. I started playing World of Warcraft.

I’ve never been into MMOs before, but I started playing Mu Online since M. does and I wanted there to be a game we could share and play together. Mu’s not a bad game, just a bit dated. The graphics and interface aren’t up to the standards I want from my games, but I stuck with it and now my character is pretty cool.

I’d seen stuff on WoW ever since it came out, but always avoided it. I know I have a very addictive/obsessive personality. For that reason alone I never even tried any MMO. I know what massive time-sinks they can be. I know I’ll get sucked in and play for hours on end.

And I wasn’t wrong.

WoW is very nice. It offers what I want from a game and looks good, even with the visuals turned down to keep my MacBook from running too hot.

Of course, now I want a full-on gaming PC so I can run it with everything maxed out at 1080p on my projector… ^.^

They’re very organized. There are days for burnable garbage, unburnable garbage, recyclables – even a special day for corrugated cardboard.

But when should you toss out your old gorrilas?

You can use the computer after I’m done. ^.^