I should not be writing right now. So much to do. A day that has no end unless I declare “this is enough I can’t take it any further”. Tomorrow I demo something to somebody (maybe sometime I will talk about my work but for now I like being mysterious) and I am a little uncertain, not a little - completely uncertain about how the demo and presentation will progress. Going for the second party of last night’s work party was probably not the greatest idea. I didn’t even talk much, have much to socialize about. The nihonshu was just going back to easily. Possibly stress? Anyway, during golden week oh so long ago one of the things I did was go to a little town close to Tokyo (in Saitama) called Kawagoe. I went with another intern here, Martin, to see a few temples and shrines, old Edo style buildings, and a street lined with candy shops. Prior to going I was worried that I might lose photo taking opportunities due to worry that my travel partner would get annoyed. But then we arrived and Martin pulled a huge black camera (insert brand and model name here…I call them huge black cameras) out of his backpack and I knew it would be a good photo taking day. At one point we turned down a side street to escape a crowd of tourists and I think we both experienced a heart leap into the eyes when we saw a woman’s blue balloon posing for us because it knew how good it looked again the background wall:

That scene made my day.