I found Nemo!!

So, if you're ever in the Reef on Main st. in Vancouver, you gotta check out the aquarium in the back of the place. Ok, with a name like "the reef" you'd expect to find him... but seriously, it's strange... what's even stranger is that popular culture has made the cartoon more recognizable than the actual fish. I found myself trying to find ways to free him before the evil braces-clad little terror came to kill (err... care for) him. Anyway, the picture is cool. 

Whose wedding day is it?

Take a quick glance at this photo and you see a rather innocuous scene. Just a Wedding party right? A wedding party on the streets of Seattle, waiting to cross the street.

Look a little closer and you see a kilt. One lone (Scot?) in a kilt. Look even further and you notice that he's the only one of the wedding party wearing a kilt... while everyone else is wearing a suit. It stands to reason that it would seem that we have located the groom. It wasn't until you saw the bride, with the groom at her side did you realize that your assumption was wrong. I don't think I've ever seen someone who appears to be in the wedding party and yet sticks out more than the groom. Is he just being proud of his heritage, or just showing himself off? You be the judge. 

Autumn's last blush

Autumn's really blushing this year. I think it's the most vibrant autumn I've seen in a few years. It's more than that though... out of all the colours in the colour spectrum, they all match. They are also always pleasing to the eye. It's like it makes it easier to mix and match everything. I've never seen such an easy to match wardrobe. The planning that has been put into fall colours and spring colours is so evident, that we use it to replicate in clothing lines. Because, after all, we have to match with the season, right? It's like we feel this need to fit into nature. Further proof we're part and parcel made up of the same stuff. From dust we were made, right?

Getting things in Perspective

Yay for Picasa. It enables me to quickly serve the needs of the blogging world while quickly doing a write up of interesting pictures. Seriously, though... as Mac user... it has to be pretty good to gush over a piece of software that only runs on a PC... so I won't... but try it... you will be amazed.

So anyway, this shot is from the International SandCastle Competition... and I thought this sand sculpture was so cool for the way it used perspective. In actual fact, that sculpture is just a flat wall, but it's sculpted in such a way to give it this incredible depth... how many of you were actually fooled into thinking it was a 3D sculpture... okay, technically all sculptures are 3D but this one is totally FLAT! the rest of the sculture was cool too... really though you had to close one eye to see it in perspective.

Interestingly, apparently Ocean sand sucks for this stuff... it's too rounded. The more silty and less "worked" the sand is by tidal or river forces, the better. It sounds like the science of making snowmen to me... you know that snow that really sucks for making stuff... and the stuff that's great for making iceballs and throwing them at people? Sure you all know...
well winter's just around the corner, you better keep your eyes out for me and my cold snow arsenal.  

Ooooh... Digital Joy

So I discovered the joy of digital Photography. Okay, maybe it's not so much digital photography, but the fact that I can take the shot over and over again and know instantly if it works is pretty cool. I have a pretty automatic camera, but it can keep its shutter open for up to 15 seconds...

Keep posted, I'll be doing some cool things in the future with this.

Pork Dumping

Pork Dumping
Originally uploaded by atomiton.

Okay... So where exactly do I dump my Pork? I mean seriously, I've been wanting to dump my pork for a while now, I've got so much extra. Last night we went out for vietnamese food. the waitress was surprised when I greeted her in Vietnamese. (sounds a little like Dchow Gee) which led to some hilarity as Tony decided that it was insanely funny and rambled on for what seemed like eternity in Vietnamese. Oh well, at least he invited her to the memorial.

It's a funny shot... I've walked past this sign many times, but I've never noticed this... but yes, it is in an Asian mall in East Vancouver. Too funny.

I'm sure starting Sunday, I'll have plenty more engrish to share with you from Japan. Here's another good one from a local Thai Restaurant called "Take Thai Home"

Cheers all... until next time.

Episode IV : In expectation of a Prequel

No one likes to start at the beginning, so I'm firmly starting in the middle. It's been clearly established (thanks be to George Lucas) that you can indeed start at the beginning, after the conclusion has been made. So from now on, I plan on watching the end of the movie to make sure it ends well, and then go back and view the beginning. It's better that way. Trust me on this one.

Well, so begins (or rather, eventually continues) this blog.

A Preview of things to come:

• Japan! Yes, I'm going to Japan... and it will be great.
• Japanese! (Closely related to the Japan Topic, I will share my observations of learning a language which has been called as grammatically distant from English as you can possibly get.)
• TESOL! (The Joys of teaching people how to talk... in Engrish)
• Weddings! There are years which are full of them. Oh the Ills and Spills...

Enjoy...