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1. Frozen my ass off on top of an active volcano, in the snow:

2. Wondered what the hell a golden turnip was doing balancing off the Asahi beer building:

3. Found a souvenir thingy with my name on it in hiragana! I could never find them when I was a kid, despite having a reasonably common name:

4. Drunk Mucha-themed coffees out of a vending machine:

5. Played House of the Dead III in its native environment, a shiny Japanese arcade:

6. Wondered whether all young Japanese schoolgirls have magical powers, because they sure do look it:

7. Eaten sushi off a conveyor belt (okay, I'm sure dozens of you have done this -- I even did it in Amsterdam -- but it was still SO COOL):

8. Seen a little slice of New Orleans inexplicably lodged in Kyoto Station (I love seeing non-English words I know spelled out in katakana):

9. ...

you just KNOW that font would have crosses through the Os if it were in this alphabet.

10. Marveled at how late-evening light can make even deer shit look beautiful:

I think that this list might be hard for me to make if I weren't in Japan right now. I can think of a whole host of things I've done that not many of you have done, but in general, I prefer to share weird and interesting things with partners and friends, so a lot of you have been there for the good stuff. :) Or, at least, the list I would make might consist entirely of dull things and stuff I did before the age of 18.

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mucha is one of the most visible exemplars of the art noveau period of art, which a lot of people love; it is often very flowy, soft, and nature-oriented. think: lots of nubile young things with soft, flowing, long hair, dressed in gossamer-like fabrics. ;) although he was czech, most of his art just *feels* like paris in the late 1800s (to me, anyway).

i, um, love his art. :)

And here I thought it must have been yet another anime subculture that had completely passed me by. How embarrassing!