Lunamania

I got to finally see Nobuko's drumming skills on display at the 40th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival. That Nobuko always has such a great smile. We lined the streets and screamed like deranged fans.The Okinawan drumming group she's with was a refreshing blast of energy after a number of floats packed with Ms.Nisei/JAL Queen/random obasan accompanied by shamisen.

This Merchant's Association Beauty Pageant float was followed by a highly amusing and sharply contrasted punk, butoh, horror movie, goth inspired anti-kimono/non-geisha band.

Due to a bout of claustrophobia fueled by an hour of searching for parking, I had to flee J-town without getting to hang out with peeps. Of course, only after waiting for Jack to finish his photo shoot. I swear you cannot take him out in public gatherings without attracting at least one large random crowd of onlookers and admirers requesting a picture. It's very strange, but I suppose this is the life of a beautiful canine.

Gym log: Swim 700 meters; run 2 miles --which for the properly metric centric is 3200 meters. Entertained myself with yet another Yankees loss.