While getting Christmas lights out of my parents’ attic, I discovered that they store decorations in the original G. I. Joe box that they gave me as a present in 1988. I legitimately got misty for a second. Win.
#raisedonrad
My first Mac. Also, my first computer, period. The ill-fated Macintosh TV. In 1993, at the age of 10, I was configuring its TV tuner and hooking up my VCR so I could watch TV and video tapes on it.
They only made 10,000 of these, for good reason. Most people hated it, but I loved it. I thought it was a decade ahead of its time, at least in ambition (not execution).
#nerdstatusconfirmed
(the Mac pictured isn’t my actual computer)
The world needs more free-range monkey petting zoos.
Kyoto, Japan
#whatiwilldowheniampresidentoftheunitedstates
Sometimes, Japan is like being stuck in a Gwen Stefani video.
Gion District, Kyoto
For their school project, these kids asked me how I would achieve world peace. Apparently, I said “By spreading the gospel of Metal”.
Kyoto, Japan
If I admit that curry & naan is beginning to rival pizza as my ultimate comfort food, will my friends back home disown me?
Kyoto, Japan
Every single one of these people is reading manga (comic books), even the sleeping girl.
Kyoto International Manga Museum
Kyoto, Japan
I had to wait for what felt like eleven eternities before I could get a shot without dozens of people walking through the frame. It was worth it.
Fushimi Inari shrine
Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto Tower reflected in the side of Kyoto Station. I saw this shot in a travel book once, and I had to stand on top of a recycle bin in the doorway of a convenience store to re-create it.
Kyoto, Japan
A pilgrimage 25 years in the making: Nintendo world headquarters.
Kyoto, Japan
#nerdstatusconfirmed
Kinkakuji, aka The Golden Pavillion, aka The Biggest Tourist Trap in Japan.
Kyoto, Japan
I know the Rockabilly scene is pretty well-established in Tokyo, but I guess the phenomenon has spread to Kyoto. Nice to see some girls cutting a rug; I had thought that it was a strictly “dudes only” kinda thing.
