This crazy looking old lazy is the creator and artist for the Hello Kitty empire.

At Tokyo Motor Show - this car looks like it should form the head for some giant superhero robot.

And this freaky car has two jetboards attached to the back. What in the world will they come up with next?

I don't think this can really be called Engrish, just poor naming by a bunch of European companies. I guess FAG company is really the worst one.

My class from the November Tax College. A pretty fun group. The guy at the front is a karate master who we nicknamed "Dark Mickey" since he wanted to be an evil Mickey Mouse who would punch children. Awesome.

Thanksgiving Party at Top Run (now Hanamasa) in Makuhari. Konosuke made a waffle or something, after eating every single kind of food in the restaurant.

We're enjoying Thanksgiving the same way the Pilgrims would have if they had been Chinese tourists.

Bryan always manages to make these kinds of faces.

Playing Kings at an izakaya after eating all-you-can eat yakiniku is one of the worst ideas on the face of the planet, and we will never do it again.

Mikey showed up late, AND fell asleep super early. This is before karaoke, where he slept in a corner to entire night.

Dawn is disappointed she's a vegetarian.

The little mascot guy on the computer terminal (yes, that's where you order from) looked a lot like Kon.

Chiba AEON Fu-sion!

Blanchard at work.

I subbed for a day at Blanchard's school.

Although buying Christmas gifts at Loft is a little expensive, they at least make it up with nice extras like free wrapping on anything you want. Yodobashi did it too. I even had them wrap up something that was for me, just because I wanted to feel like I had a present to open in mid-December.