Random crap.
I took this picture last week at the east exit of Takasaki Station. These lanterns were put up for the Takasaki summer festival, which is for the last weekend in August, the 26th and 27th. I love Japanese paper lanterns.
When I flew to Japan in January 2000 to propose to Mayu, I took a second camera loaded with slide film. I took these pictures on Fujicolor 200 slide film. First up is Shibuya.
Next is Akihabara.
These slides have been packed away in a box for so many years. I recently took them to a photo shop in town and dropped them off. They were sent away, scanned, and put onto a CD-ROM for me. I am so glad to have these now.
Wow. It’s been over 3 1/2 years since I migrated to Linux. I was so excited and nervous at first, but since then I haven’t looked back. The only software I really miss is Photoscape, which I would use for captioning photos and for batch photo processing. The auto color balance tool on Photoscape is lacking in Gimp.
So June is “Pride Month.” What other months can we celebrate?
Greed Month. Well, that’s pretty much every month.
Lust Month. “Illicit sexual desire.” That ties in with Pride Month, I guess. Lots of overlap there.
Envy Month. I guess that’s every month.
Gluttony Month. Gosh, I guess this is every month too.
Wrath Month. Yikes.
Sloth Month. Well, I guess that depends on the individual.
So if we celebrate Pride Month, why not celebrate any of the other 6 deadly sins people indulge in? I can’t imagine a Sloth Parade prepared for Sloth Month though. Everyone would be too lazy to participate. Gluttony Month… I can only imagine that would be filled with those disgusting hotdog eating contests and such. I guess Greed Month is kicked off every year with Black Friday, turning Christmas from a solemn, joyous celebration of faith and family in the name of Christ into one of blatant commercialism in the name of Santa Claus.