Friday, March 18, 2005

Imperial Escort

I had a meeting in Tokyo the other day with the Ministry of the Environment. As we were driving toward the expressway, we were stopped by the passing of the Emperor's motorcade. We then followed them onto the expressway, and all the way into Tokyo. It was kind of like having the Emperor escorting us to our meeting...

The meeting itself was one of the most frustrating meetings I have ever had. We were trying to get them to define one of their laws, but the law is not adequately defined, so they couldn't do it. All in all, very frustrating.

On the up side, I have gotten back more Medium Format pictures from the photo lab. I got the first roll of black and white I shot with my Ricohflex VI, and the first roll of color I shot with my Kiev. Both are viewable at http://eljusto.smugmug.com/Medium+Format, if you are interested. I am still shooting my first roll with the Moskba 5.

I am having a party this evening to celebrate my passing the PE exam. I know I found out about in almost two months ago, but this is the first date that enough people have been available to make a go of it. I am taking everyone out to Izikaya, which is Japanese for "eat and drink", mostly drink. We will probably go out for Karaoke after.

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