The holidays went by so fast this year! I was off all of last week from my full time job. So with a few sporadic shifts at the library, I pretty much had the entire week free. Aside from eating too much turkey on Christmas Day, I did make time to meet up with friends over the break. Last Tuesday I took Eri-chan out to watch Disney On Ice. That was the only thing I could think of that would…
What another amazing run this year at TIFF! I was really lucky I got all my first choices during the balloting process, because all my movies fell on the weekend. I didn’t have anything in particular I wanted to see this year aside from Smuggler, so I tried to find a mix of movies. I ended up seeing two from Japan, one Korean suspense movie, an Ukrainian movie, a Canadian feature and a documentary. Six is probably the max I…
I think I’ve gotten slower updating in the summer. I can’t believe it’s almost over now! August has been a little rainy, but otherwise it’s still pretty nice out. A few weeks ago I went to Sushi Kaji with my sister and my aunt who was visiting from Texas. It’s been almost two years since I’ve last gone to the restaurant. It was kind of nostalgic because we sat at the same table from our first visit. The food at…
I survived my movie marathon!! It was a grueling 3 days and I don’t think I will ever schedule 6 movies in 3 days again. However, I had a great time at the festival this year and I’m happy I caught a few good films. =) I guess the biggest hype this year from Japan was the North American premiere of Norwegian Wood. I couldn’t get tickets to the first two screenings, so I missed the Q&A with the director….
There’s not much to update on for the past few weeks. The summer seems to be drawing to a close and I just want to enjoy the last few days of warmth and sunshine before fall comes along. However, I didn’t forget about these photos from two weekends ago. We took Toshi to Niagara-on-the-Lake and had a picnic lunch in the park. It was his first ‘big’ trip in the car ever since he came home from the breeders. For…