Mena Trott — co-creator of the Movable Type software that runs this site — recently enjoyed Thai food and American Psycho.
Mena and her husband, Ben, are the world’s cutest technology couple. One quite another note, they visited Tokyo Disneyland and Disneysea this past January. Brrrr.
Month: March 2003
Two Shades Of Blue From Shiga Kogen
After the mountain clouds blew off around noon, we had spectacular weather for a day of boarding at Shiga Kogen. The above photo was taken from the top of Yakebitai Yama (2000m), looking across a valley to another of the 21 resorts that make up Shiga Kogen. Even though we could see all the way down to Nagano in the distance, I wasn’t able to get a good photo of that view because the sun was shining so brightly from that direction.
By the time we left around 5pm, the sun was just setting behind the resort mountains. The photo below was taken in the parking lot, looking west.
Heading to Shiga Kogen
What a beautiful day. Sunshine and plenty of fresh snow in the mountains. Off to try out a new ski area, Shiga Kogen.
The Two Towers
I remember watching the credits roll after seeing The Fellowship of the Ring more than a year ago, thinking what a long time a year would be to wait for the second installment.
That year and several months seems to have gone fairly quickly. I just got home from watching The Two Towers, which opened in Japan last weekend. My first impression is that I enjoyed first episode more, but that may just be because of the anticipation and raised expectations. I still thoroughly enjoyed The Two Towers, and can’t believe another year will have to pass before seeing the conclusion.