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Night of the Hunter

That's a good movie.

24 Hour Theater

Last weekend had my actorial debut in Seoul. Had less than 12 hours to memorize my lines, no minor challenge since I sort of had the lead role in the play. This would also mark my first pantless production. Though in Bent I was topless, so those few people who managed to catch both plays could have a pretty good idea of what I look like nakie. Our play was called RinseCycle Romance and keeping with the spirit of 24 hour theater our writer wrote the play between 10pm and 4:30am within the same 24 hour period. In all there were 5 plays including Monica's showstopper "Gerbil Power" I'm a little suspicious of the writer of my play seeing as how she wrote me into my boxers after she met me and spent a lot of time taking photographs of me half nude on stage. Hmmm. What's a boy to do?

Birthday Pastels

Recently made birthday pastel portraits for two friends of mine. Mark Bell and Damien Holguin.

A Nara deer

A Nara deer
Originally uploaded by monica_brite

Dumbass deer walked right up to me. This place has got to be a deer hunter's paradise.

Snowman

Our snowman
Originally uploaded by monica_brite

I may be 290 years old now, but I'm still cool enough to make a snowman. Mon added the hair.

Japanese Gardens

Our new apartment
Originally uploaded by monica_brite

Even in bustling Tokyo we were able to escape to a few of the many tranquil meticulously designed Japanese gardens that always seemed like the experience of walking through a painting. Here I am pretending it is warm sunny day as I don the T-shirt and cheery smile. What you don't see cropped out of the foreground is a heavy winter coat I am eagerly dying to get back into.

Tanooki Suit Mario Bros 3

Kevin and the Tanuki
Originally uploaded by monica_brite

Mario 3 - The Tanooki suit. You had a tail and could fly, but could also turn into a statue to deflect fireballs. It was a helluva a suit. But a real Tanuki has a couple of things they don't sho you in Mario 3 and that is hugenormous testicles that actually drag on the ground. These little Tanooki statues were all over Kyoto greeting you with a bottle of whiskey, an innocent smile, and cahones bigger than your fists.

Thought deer were timid and gentle?

A deer butting Kevin's butt
Originally uploaded by monica_brite

Then you've never been to Nara, Japan where these sacred creatures have been eating out of the hands of tourists for decades. If they see you have any deer crackers on you and you aren't forthcoming you may even get a little bump as this overlyfriendly creature is demonstrating.

A-mazing Japan

A homeless man in Tokyo.
Originally uploaded by monica_brite

Occasionally as Mon and I tromped through the streets of Tokyo we would find ourselves a little lost. This was one such moment where at a 4 way intersection it seemed as if every road I looked down looked exactly the same - a ton of lights, a ton of Japanese people, and some buildings stretching out far far into the distance. We always eventually found our way, but it was damn cold that night and I was even considering taking a $200 taxi ride to my hotel. Of course for that price I might as well just go check into another hotel.

Copyright Infringement

Twins
Originally uploaded by monica_brite

I need a patent attorney. Someone has taken my image and is using it to sell hot dogs all over Tokyo. Don't have some rights to my own face? What kind of cut should I be getting here?

Nara, Japan

Kevin on his head
Originally uploaded by monica_brite

I heard when I was little that if you dug throught the Earth to Japan you'd end up upside down on the otherside of the Earth where everyone walks upside down, but I didn't believe it until I landed in Nara on me head.

Tokyo I Love thee

Howdy, I took 443 photos of Tokyo and lost them all because I hit the wrong button on my camera which is hilarious because its the same way I lost my Prague and Jamaica photos. Okay, maybe its not so hilarious and I should go buy a less finicky camera but I'm cheap and thankfully Monica's got a bajillion photos of theses cities. One of my fave things to do in Tokyo was to go to the hot ection of the vending machines there and buy a coffee drink. Funny thing is, we have them all over Korea too, but I never noticed them until I was in Tokyo.

I mainly noticed them because Tommy Lee Jones face was all over the machines promoting BOSS coffee. It almost looks as if he had the real LOST in TRANSLATION moment of being told to look intensely in the camera for a Japanese product. He looks very very intense. And at first I doubted that whatever they paid Tommy Lee Jones was worth it for their company especially if Lost in Tranz 2 million figure is accurate, but after I drank my 17th, or 18th BOSS coffee I figured they got a bargain.