Tokyo is a Kind of Sad Place

It's very sad. Reading about important buildings in Tokyo almost always follows the same pattern. "This beautiful Jinja dates back to 1200, when it was founded to protect the (blank) clan. It was moved to Tokyo to protect the (direction) and welcome pilgrims. However, it collapsed in the Kanto Earthquake in the 1920's, and then burned down in the fire bombings of 1945. The current building dates to the 1960's, though there's one gate that goes back to the 1700's." This is the case for pretty much every building. It's getting depressing. Ah well. :(

I Definitely Does Not Want to Injure Nobody

1. After a long, long time and many promises, I've finally gotten all the pictures I've taken in the last year up in some sort of viewable form! I got my ass an account on Flickr, perhaps not ideal but I like it so far, and all of my pics are uploaded here. They are organized in a preliminary fashion but most are not yet labeled or any such. At the moment I do intend to label them with what they are, including (in the case of people) first names. If there are folk who don't want that info public (it will be first names ONLY, so I don't think there is any harm, but I could still understand reticence) let me know and I'll figure something else out. :)

This includes pictures from Amishville last year, dyrecorn and nekomata's vow renewal, the Widescreen finale, the Regency game, sapphohestia's going away party, and some other social functions people might actually care about. Also has lots of pictures from my trips and other random stuff. :)

2. ( This Meme Looked Fun )