Hey if that's you, you kind of look like George Michael, can you break into your version of Faith? Were you honked with Fred Durst covered it? haha! :)
Yeah, that was me when I was about 25 pounds heavier, in far less physical shape, had less taste in clothes, couldn't find a good barber (or a good hairstyle) and realized, but not fully, just how magical a time and place I was living in.
With wisdom comes age, indeed. Thanks for being a great friend!
Yes, the color of the wall really caught my eye. There's a kaigan road that runs from the small town in Chiba-ken where I lived south to Togane-shi, and then on to Minami-Boso and Tateyama-shi. I always used to drive past an abandoned pachinko parlor on this road, and one day I got out of my car to take a look. The place was locked up, there was garbage strewn inside, and all the pachinko machines were still lined up in the aisles. I would have loved to have gone in to take photos, but I had to settle for this green outside wall.
Togane, Chiba prefecture, Japan, 1997 or '98
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Hey if that's you, you kind of look like George Michael, can you break into your version of Faith? Were you honked with Fred Durst covered it? haha! :)
very cool.
Thanks, guys!
Hey Beachy,
Yeah, that was me when I was about 25 pounds heavier, in far less physical shape, had less taste in clothes, couldn't find a good barber (or a good hairstyle) and realized, but not fully, just how magical a time and place I was living in.
With wisdom comes age, indeed.
Thanks for being a great friend!
Hi Anu,
That was a different life in a different world, 10,000 years ago ...
Hi Greensleeves,
Yes, the color of the wall really caught my eye.
There's a kaigan road that runs from the small town in Chiba-ken where I lived south to Togane-shi, and then on to Minami-Boso and Tateyama-shi.
I always used to drive past an abandoned pachinko parlor on this road, and one day I got out of my car to take a look.
The place was locked up, there was garbage strewn inside, and all the pachinko machines were still lined up in the aisles.
I would have loved to have gone in to take photos, but I had to settle for this green outside wall.
wow...you were a hip and happenin' guy!!! Very Top Gun!
Hi LB,
And now I'm old ... :)
Hi Greensleeves,
Yes, yes, I do, too. The traces of human warmth were what made this place so interesting.
Hello Anu,
I sure hope so... :)
HAAA!! Hey, I am right there behind ya!!!
"And now I'm old ... :)"
Aren't we all :). It happens, heading west.
BTW, you DO look like George Michael in that picture.
Hi Kitty,
Yes, the circle eventually closes, only to begin anew.
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