Long Live the King!

I'd been waiting for my car to return from its inspection and it is now fit to drive. Soooo...I drove out to the Sendai City Agriculture & Horticulture Center so I could see the newest hay-sculpture. It's King Kong!

I approached him to take a close up...

And was grabbed!

I managed to escape and checked out the Godzilla shrine. The volunteers remembered me from last Halloween and this time suggested I drop some coins in tribute.

There were a couple of sculptures from before. Such as a T-rex and Raptor.

This bull may be new.

I'm pretty sure I've seen this boar before. This time he has a target on him.

I scored three times in a row and won a handful of crisps. (I gave most of them away to the aforementioned volunteers.)

Upon entry, one can see a new tiger. Rather daunting.

There were several booths set up selling arts & crafts and I picked up some pumpkin seeds and spinach. I heard a guitar off in the distance and much to my surprise, it was my old pal Yukie! (Click the label Pony Tails for more history.)

I recorded them performing "Neverending Story", I wish I'd been ready for Lupin.

Afterwards, I wandered over to the (possibly manmade) lake and then grabbed some yakiniku.

Since I was a stones throw away, I skipped over to a nearby ocean. 

I still haven't figured out how to embed a "short" so here is a YouTube link to the sea. See!

Since it's Superhero Day, I broke out my new Batsuit.

Finally, after storing my winter tires behind my tv, I placed some of my stuffed stuff atop them.

Not a bad start to Golden Week!

Scream and Scream Again Again!

 Although I'd like to comment on the classic Price/Lee/Cushing movie...

(Aside: I just did a Mytwoyenworth check and I've used the "Scream and Scream Again" title twice already! Therefore this blogpost title has been altered. 

ps. This is one of the rare occasions in recent history whereupon I have been blogging under the influence. So base any incoherence accordingly.) 

...I am instead commenting on the latest movie in the SCREAM franchise. I am unable to ascertain when its Japanese release date is so therefore, I have been forced to succumb to less than legitimate sources to watch this classic.

I have been unable to ascertain what its release date here is. Maybe it was released weeks ago or maybe it will be released three months from now. 

Heh, no matter. Here's a trailer.

Regardless, I had a free evening and a few beers, so I decided to watch Scream VI even though I don't think I've seen a Scream since Part II, maybe III.

And this is the best song in the entire franchise.

What follows is me spamming my friends as I watch the movie. Consider it the equivalent of Twitter without a Twitter account.

At this point I had run out of brew (Only 4 in 1 hour. Cue many pee breaks.) Therefore I had to break out the big guns...I opened my GODZILLA SAKE!

Okay, my ability to copy screen caps of my conversations went awry. The next entry reads:

"I gotta say. This is a well done movie. The sake ain't very tasty though."
The next entry:

Damn, I meant to crop out my friends' names but I'm too pissed and lazy to go back and do it again.

Okay, ultimately I didn't understand the ending. Or for that matter the entirety of the last few minutes. Then again, like I said I have missed a few movies. Hopefully aficionados of the Screamers will get it.

Was it worth watching? Yes. Will I watch it again when it shows up in theaters here? Maybe. IF I take the time to view Scream III,IV,&V. Perhaps. I had a lot of fun getting drunk and watching it and spamming my friends and drinking more and blogging about it!

Follow up...Here are a few more pictures of the Sake I consumed after the beers disappeared.

Inevitably I had munchies and the only snackable item I had available was this set of Onibaba Cookies I happened to have lying around.

It hit the spot. But alas, No one else will be able to sample them. They all got consumed.

Consensus. Scream VI Okay. Ending confusing. Worth watching? Yes. Wednesday Addams gal* cuteness factor? Off the charts.

*Jenna Ortega

The Easter Beagle!

Fans of Snoopy will recall that he was once an Easter Beagle.

Here in Japan, Easter is relatively low key though I am now seeing some Easter treats for sale in the supermarket. A few months ago, Furuta makes Choco-eggs and came out with a Snoopy selection.

I have 16/17 of them, I may have to go online to get the 17th one. Here are the ones I do have.

Supine Snoopy.

It was a dark and stormy night...

Atop his Sopwith Camel. 

As a Cub Scout leader. (below)

As a famous surgeon.

As a famous tennis player.

As a Maestro.

As a professional hockey player.

As a Bandleader.

As a Russian?? I'm not sure.

Taking a bath with friends in his water bowl.

Woodstock giving directions.

One rarely sees any of the other Peanuts characters in merchandising here in Japan. Here's Chuck the pitcher.

Lucy as a figure skater.

Sally checking out her locks.

I'm missing fisherman Snoopy.

And I'm sure I have Linus somewhere, I just can't find him right now. 

SPOILER! This is the secret one...






















SPOILER!

As a result of a sledding mishap, the gang end up as Snowpersons.

That's all from me. Happy Easter! I hope you can find The Easter Beagle in its entirety somewhere.

Here I am today after an egg hunt with 60 kids. (With Elvis too!)