shuttered monkey

the monky will be a.f.k. for a week and a half or so... I'm off to visit some real monkeys in the Yucatan. today or tomorrow I hope to post the next installment over at everything comes together at 2 a.m., but then both blogs will be idle until I've gone and come back.

there is some slight possibility I might take a picture or two while I'm down there, so watch this space.

naoshima

n.a.g.p.b.y.w.b.m.o.: active violence shop

[updated 9/19]
I wanted to bring this one up from the archives, because concerned-netizen Kwikdraw has resolved the mystery. That storefront is the premier custom airgun shop in Japan, and possibly the world. Rock!
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June 08

this is in Shibuya. I tried to go down to the shop. a spiral staircase led down to a locked metal door with no signage and no handle. perhaps that's just as well.

naoshima ferry

kyoto haunted house: detail

kyoto haunted house

monroe, wisconsin pt 3 of 3

wisconsin panoramas pt 5 of 5

coyote-chan

the dog was out on the back deck growling at something. I went out to see what it was.

exotic ashby BART

reducing adults to cooing idiots pt 2.

that's right, it's a no-holds-barred cute-off... who will be the victor?