A Busy Month

(Insert excuse for not updating sooner HERE)

Ok, now that that's taken care of, perhaps some pictures of us at the mountain? Spring skiing has begun..
We are indeed marvelous.


Take note of that.





And more sillyness...

A WONDERFUL birthday.

Way back when I returned from Hokkaido, was treated to a nice surprise. Jen sent a box of birthday decorations from the US which Joycie had set up for my return.













Later that night, a birthday dinner around my kotatsu, and two different cakes for the birthday boys (mine was an espresso ice cream cake soaked in khalua. Brandon's was chocolate-strawberry... both made (along with a delicious Guamish dinner) by master chef Joycie .









Next... the arrival of the Dark Lord BROOKLYN





















With the Dark Lord's bidding done, I was given leave to go to Niigata for a day at the beach.

There actually is a pen 15 club after all...

It's in Niigata. The beach was only a stop on the way to the Hodare Matsuri in Nagaoka where people come from near and far to pray at the base (not the tip) of a giant 12 foot 1300 pound dong.

Thats right, it was a penis festival. It had all the elements of a normal Japanese festival...




It had girls in kimono, kids playing taiko drums... It just ALSO had dong.





So, the routine was to pray to the giant wooden dong (past the stone wangs) and thendrink some sake. Next, a holy man would hand you a branch of some sort and wish you happiness. As penis festivals are usually associated with fertillity and potencey, I steered clear of most of the rtuals, just watching from a distance.

That was until a Japanese guy grabed me and handed me his spot on the yoke holding up the giant wang.

Of course, the more adventerous girls in our group took their chances and rode the giant wang.












Anyway... that was that.

Tomorrow is graduation day, then New Zealand with Mephisto (of the Pirate Delegation), but perhaps the best news of all is that some good sumaritan decided to plow my driveway (which has been covered in over a meter of snow since January).

The Dark Lord is MOST pleased.

-Rex out