Tokyo Photo Dump

I did not have much time for photos this trip, and when I did have free time, I was lazy... I will plan better in November, but for now, here is a lazy post of things I liked:

A little bit of Philly in Shinjuku:

The flight:

Yeah yeah, I really liked the view...

Tokyo at 5am:

The elevator lobby on each floor:

Three guys, a girl, and a dolphin:

Wandering for food at night:

ICE CREAM CREPES!!!

^and the lack/misuse of apostrophes!

Ridiculous shopping in Shibuya:

Fancypants shopping in Ginza!

A quiet Yoyogi:

A post on food will follow...

Desynchronosis

It's 2:45AM. Ten days ago I left on one of these:


Reality:


My brain's interpretation on reality:

^Shinjuku

Trip highlights:
-Mini RIT reunion
-Awesome Namco-Bandai programmers
-Work
-Ramen
-Trains
-Shower restrictions
-Maid Cafés w/ Barclay bankers
-Nerding out with an Evergreen 747-200F Captain

When are we eating?

The beginning of the end of the world college friend wedding phase of life has commenced!!! First up:

From Colorado Springs, we have Jill!
From NYC, we have Ant!

This was probably the most fun I've had at a wedding.
This was a RIT gathering at its finest:

Q: The ratio?
A: spot on.

Q: Endless talk of airplanes, spaceships and race cars?
A: obviously

Q: Hooning?
A: duhhhh

Q: Lots of whiskey fueled shenanigans?
A: lolz lolz lolz

Q: A TRUBOTRON?!?
A: JEA!!!


Now, the trip... Flying out over the Rockies was aight. Flying over Mt. Rainier?

^AWESOME!!!


Lt. P. Lo showed us around an abandoned AF Academy:






Q: Whoa, Phil! What did the Air Force do to you?!
A: huh?
Q: You're HUGE!
A: I guess? You make it sound like I'm some sort of freak...

^Yea man, FREAKIN awesome!!!
The P. Lo fan club at the Chapel.


One of many hipster moments:



And finally, the beautiful Bride and Groom!!!

Punchbowl Falls

What does one do when presented with the first day of genuine spring weather?

Leave the state in search of even better weather!

Actually, a friend came to visit this past weekend. One of these things he wanted to do was photograph the series of sights off of the Columbia River Highway in Oregon:



I was all for it, but I had to warn him:


We stuck to the hikes and trails we were used to. Actually, we settled on seeing one waterfall that wasn't even on that map...




Note: While Xing had a high performance waterproof jacket, he was not wearing any sort of high performance pants/shoes/socks/etc.


"Hey Joshua, how would you photograph those trees?"

^like that.