New Image Campaign

My image manager (I will try to get him to change his title to "Minister of propaganda and mind-control") is currently performing usability test on preliminary campaign material in Lund. "Emma is nice and calm" - counter action to rumours about Emma being wild and crazy.

The man in the photo is not the Minister of propaganda and mind-control, Mel Gibson or George Cloney, but an innocent guinea pig that was not completely convinced by this particular method of persuasion.

I'm convinced!

Eric Haag's son

24.17 - 26.45... makes me want to have a son NOW!

Found on Camera Memory

7th Heaven

Meguro - Kugayama

We went to explore the suburbs today... 4 hours of walking and talking.

Aoyama Cemetery and Christo at Midtown

Woke up at nine, and after a slow start decided to take a walk to Roppongi. Roppongi is strangely cozy during daylight. Went to 21 21 design sight at midtown, to have a look at the Christo exhibition that they currently have. Never seen the building before... lots of concrete, made me feel right at home.

Two things really cough my attention the quoting about one of the pieces "The Mastaba, a work of art whose only purpose is to be itself"; just being oneself and nothing else, so easy, yet completely impossible. The other thing was what Christo's wife wrote about her becoming and artist, Christo decided at the age of 5 to become an artist, she became an artist after meeting him, out of love for him, "If he had been a dentist, I would have become a dentist".


I walked across Aoyama cemetery on my way over there. The ume (plum) flowers have started now. So pretty.



And as all can see, the weather is brilliant today. Life is good!

Mizzy Bone

Snusmumriken

Extra snus space found...

Politeness

22.03 went to am/pm to get some chocolate... Japanese boy/man held the door open for me.. I was surprised, smiled, bowed, felt special... and just a tad bit guilty... like someone in Sweden would have bought me a drink... is there expectations? The door seem so simple, especially in a super polite, let's do everything we can not to disrupt the harmony, type of society.. but let me tell you .. Japanese people haven't got a clue, have no cultural training in this area... why? well, my best guess is , that one generation ago.. doors did not slam shut in their faces... they had to be slided sideways... rice paper doors, slided sideways... and there was no point making a statement... except for the fact that women were to kneel down, slide it open, tip toe in, kneel down, slide it close, before entering the room... but really, any other way of entering the room would be barbaric...

Sashimi

And winner of the year is...

Retail Therapied

More lovely glass things

Entertaining the Swedes

Snow In Shibuya

Wear Mittens

Why did not general affairs put THAT on their instructions? My hands just returned to semi-normal and I can type.






Thank you for your persistent cooperation in everyday safe and health activities.

According to weather reports, it is expected to snow from this evening (Feb 1) until early tomorrow morning.
Please take care of the following points when commuting or going out.

■ Places believed to be dangerous (slippery)
• Areas with a normally unnoticeable slope such as intersections and the boundaries between footpaths and pedestrian crossings.
• Lines on pedestrian crossings and manhole covers
• Tiled underground areas and store entrances

■ How to walk safely
• Walk with smaller strides than usual
• Bend your knees a little and lean forward slightly as you walk
• Lower your center of gravity and walk with the entire surface of your shoes in contact with the ground
• Take care when starting to walk or changing speed because falls often occur at such times

■ Other
• Have time to spare when going somewhere
• Avoid distracting behavior such as using a mobile phone while walking
• Do not use an umbrella in a way that hinders walking
• Wear shoes that are not susceptible to slipping