I got a hair cut yesterday. Which one?
HA. HA. Most of the ones on the top of my head.
Then we took a picture.

This is made up of two photos. I cut and pasted them around a little bit.
After the haircut I walked around kita-senju and shot a few rolls of film. The light was great. As I made it to the end of the street I came upon the Arakawa river and sat in the grass for a while.
I got my camera back from being fixed- They said that there was some junk caught up in the gears which eventually forced the top plate loose. My M6 is now running so clean and smooth it almost feels like there is no film in it at all when I advance the lever. The only down side is that my warranty ended a month ago but they gave me a 50% discount on the service- 5000 yen but thats ok because I would like to think that the condition that it is in now feels 5000 yen better than before.

And How!
Thank you Kevin for the glasses and not caring that I stole this picture off of your website.

The bowing Santa is Kevin sensei, the one standing is Greg Sensei. To the left is Principal Matsumoto. This was the scene at the Nebraska Intern Farewell Party/All School Assembly Extravaganza on Christmas Morning here in Chiba. It ended with the entire junior high student population lining up in two rows facing each other and this made a horse-shoe shaped tunnel around the gym that Kevin and Greg walked through. They were treated to many high fives and hugs, and in one instance, a second year student, Yurika, bolted free from the restraints of her friends and mad a mad, mean and low dash at Kevin, knocking him to the ground. This was all in good fun. The final physical contact was had at the end of the path, when the 9th grade boys attempted to toss Kevin and Greg up into the air in celebration. However, due to things like gravity, mass, and the upper body strength of 15 year olds, the two Nebraskans were not quite able to break the surly bonds of this earth. So the kids promptly grabbed and nearly sent into orbit the smallest guy in their grade. They tossed him so high that the astonishment on their faces led me to think that they might be too suprised/impressed to grant him a smooth controlled landing to the floor. I am happy to report that he ended back on the ground alright.
After things settled down, Vice Principal Azuma, who looks pretty cool next to his Nissan Skyline here in this picture, took us out for tonkatsu.

This is Hidetoshi Kugimiya at his photo exhibition
in Shinjuku. You have until 12/27(月) to see it- -
場所:cafeユイット/galleryユイット
(新宿区新宿3‐20‐8 TOPSHOUS 8F 13:30~22:00)