A little color..

Today I colored my hair on a whim for the first time in 10 years.
I love this little salon. Aki (my hairdresser) and I had a great time
for the 3 hours I was there. He is Japanese and has been here for 5
years. Didn't know a word of English when he arrived and now he is
very fluent. Started dreaming in English after 2 years. He gave me
the most excellent neck massage even though he alluded to it being
forbidden. He said that when he was working at a different salon as
an assistant (only did shampooing) the customers always lined up for
his hair washing station. I like the blonde, but Aki and I were both
hoping for a little more blonde so I am returning on Tuesday for a
little fix.
This picture of SJP was the one I brought in for reference.


Update: I had it fixed today. Major improvement. He basically did the same exact thing as before, but left the toner in longer so as to make it more golden rather than platinum.

Fun with my new 0.25x Super Fish Eye Lens

A Sunny Sunday

Every Sunday, Kevin and I go to the local Up Market to enjoy the most excellent Ethiopian food.

Fun with my new Lumix

The building to the left of the church is a pub called Ten Bells. It has changed names many times over the years, but has now returned to the name it held when Jack the Ripper went there to pick up his victims. It has been open since 1666.

Chinatown with friends

Liverpool Street Station sighting on 1/15/09

Kevin spotted this today while walking by on his lunch break, promptly texted me and I ran over there to capture this mock 'Flash-Mob' on my new camera. Unfortunately I had to break it down into 2 low quality movies instead of the 1/2 gig HD movie I originally shot. It was really awesome to witness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1117183/Dance-Of-The-Commuters-400-strong-flash-mob-gets-funky-Liverpool-Street-Station.html

(Need to copy and paste.)

It was actually just a T-Mobile commercial, but real people were also just walking through randomly as it wasn't obvious because the cameras were on the 2nd level where I was standing. The only thing that could be seen as suspicious was the sheer amount of attractive people in any one given area in London.

I seriously want to become involved in this Flash-Mob business.

Disappointing Immigration

I was ready to dance through UK customs for the first time visa-in-hand, but was saddened at the total absence of officials at entry because I entered via Dublin.

A side note: lately I've had some great vegetarian fare on the airplanes with my special meal request. While my Aer Lingus meal (above) was quite good, I think the best I've had so far was United.