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Up at usual time. One of the dope things is that Adelaide and Tokyo are only ½ an hour apart so jet lag was nil. Our apartment was pretty bloody close to train tracks IMG_5916.mp4 Skatepark in this wicked spot under the train tracks for several blocks Took the train into town Graffiti at Ebisu as per usual. Shibuya scramble not as hectic as it used to be with one street closed off. Schnitzel with bandages to hide the tats/provide much-needed support to left knee. Fuck this was a nice coffee and so sorely needed. Hit up the Gashapon place. Big mistake because my daughter got so hyped about it and we spent a lot of money in these places throughout the trip. The Iceman MQUE Tower Records Good lord the older fatter me loved fried stuff on a stick so I was pretty hyped on this one. Takeshita street Harajuku Corn dogs or what I imagine corn dogs are. Some Korean hotdogs Animal café (very dubious animal welfare standards I suspect) Gigantic fairy floss is another big mistake from me. but the kids loved it and they crashed hardcore when they got home. then because the kids were cactus and Disneyland was tomorrow we headed back for some relaxation with the kids hitting the Ipad and schnitzel trying to convince mrs Schnitzel to add another stamp to our passport so to speak doradao day is a couple days in future14 points
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Think it’s been far too long since we had a travel pic thread and since I’m all for generating new content on here and avoiding the “back in the days” nostalgia thought I’d put my photos where my mouth is. It was a gloomy rainy day last April when I looked at flights. And since I have the right combo of a bit of spare cash and a TOTAL lack of long term planning Ibooked some flights for last September to Japan. The plan was to fly to Tokyo, then to Okinawa for one week where we would drive around, and then to Osaka before flying home from Tokyo. This way we hoped to combine Japanes-y stuff ( for me) with tropical warmth (my wife), Japanese food (me), Disneyland/colossal aquariums (kids), bullet train (my son), and J-Pop and kooky fashion (my daughter), animal cafes (my kids). So, hope you enjoy. Had a crazy moment when my wife (for some reason I cannot fathom) packed my daughter’s old and new passports but forgot my son’s and we nearly had a big old argument. Had to fly to Sydney and overnight there. 7 years ago when I left Sydney I was stoked to see a tag on this wall but the scene has gotten way more hardcore. Flying over PNG Sunset ooks cool through the Polarised windows Landed. Japan really doesn’t trust gaijins you have to give some of your fingerprints before you even get to immigration. NOTE the stupid fucking sushi soft toy my daughter insisted we take Made it to the house. Kids to bed Schnitzel to 7/11 for beers13 points
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The big day for the kids Tokyo Disney land Breakfast of champions Pork Buns and iced coffee. manhole cover shot because it was nice In our $150.00 Uber to Disneyland because where we were staying would have involved 4 trains to get there. Monorail from train station before we hit the queue. Fuck me it was like 5,000 people long and it was 25 minutes before opening time. But being Japanese it was fast to get in and no bad vibes. The same queue in Australia would be full of people complaining about it. Everybody was decked out which was really cool. I was 100% in the top 10 fattest people in the entire 20,000 people there that day. It's funny the Japanese seem to like nice, clean-to-eat food until you get to Disneyland in which case everybody is walking around chomping on a big ol greasy smoked Turkey leg good thing about riding the teacups was that the parade came out while we we in the queue right next to it Thicc? (mrs incredible haha) biting this tshirt for a piece one day. I thought it was pretty cool to wear some bootleg disney shit at disneyland Had to stay for the night time parade the exit was also mobbed as was the giftshop - this shit was like the last dry deck on the titanic. then we got outside and discovered that an uber was going to cost about $250.00 and would be a wait so I grabbed a taxi. The one taxi in Tokyo where the driver spoke not a word of English and could not read a word of English so I had to set up google maps and pray my phone didn't go dead on the 40 minute drive home. One thing is for sure. TOKYO by the freeway at night is a beautiful experience. it's just a sea of lights as far as the eye can see. would have taken photos but my phone was dying and I had to wave my arms to describe which way to go to the cabbie. Until we reached the home area and he understood what I meant by "OTA CITY" then we high-fived. more later Always. I always keep 12oz in mind when traveling.12 points
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Dorado Day for @LUGR Morning snorkel with the boy - visibility was shit. found a wicked concrete pipeline I could walk along to get miles out in the water. Probably a sewage line but it meant we could walk out rather than swim out. An interesting thing from the US occupation was the rise of drive-in diners all over the island. we were told to go to Cape Zanpa Drive-in. So we did. Coffee and burgers and shakes went up the lighthouse and watched a guy frantically casting to take advantage of the Dorado kicking around the deep water cliffs (my wife's camera has a piece of dust stuck in the lens can you tell?)11 points
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Had to be up semi early the next day love all the train posters they have in japan my inner rail nerd wanted to steal it. Airport where we found out the robotic baggage check-in does not mess about with weights. We had to repack all the bags just right and eat all the snacks etc. Tokyo goes on forever from the air. Landed in Okinawa. can of coffee. Rental car The Toyota TANK lol! Then 37km drive along the main north-south freeway. Okinawa is the only Japanese prefecture with no rail at all. During WW2 the United States bombed the railways so heavily that it was eliminated and during the occupation, the US put in freeways instead of rebuilding. Driving in Okinawa is pretty fun. The top speed limit is 80 km/h but I was doing 100 km/h and still being overtaken by everyone. The apartment was fucking sweet was a bit scared it was gonna be a shithole but I needn’t have worried. Cool bus for a restaurant. The creatures are called Shisa and they came to Okinawa from China in the 14th century. Closed mouth – good spirits in Open mouth bad spirits out Love a good Asian restaurant. Eating would be so much more fun if Australian restaurants decked out like Las Vegas. The tank in all its glory. Looks like a piece of shit but was great for parking with sliding doors and the back was flush so you could park real close to a wall. went to American Village for dinner in Chatan. it's close to Kadena Airforce base and was packed with African American servicemen and their ultra tanned Japanese girlfriends.11 points
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Breakfast then off to town Largest city is Naha traffic sucks so they have a monorail that goes around town. Pokemon trains etc. Samurai mac but I can't recall what made it special. went through the centre of town to kokusai Dori coffee obviously didnt work on this dude 2000's era graff at Xlarge went to DonQuiote discount store. this shit is an institution in Japan. I love it for the bonkers signwriting in the store - all hand cut hand painted lettering. each store employs a full time sign painter to do their merchandising and it rules. found paint so I decided to go scope a spot out under the freeway near our apartment. Went back that night expecting it to be a ghost town and came face to face with a group of bus drivers eating noodles round a card table.10 points
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From a mural project 12ozProphet did back in 2010. Day 1, superintendent of NYC schools showed up randomly, and got heated with the crew for not using safety gear, mistakenly thinking we worked for him. Next day started playing it safe Even Marty donned the official AKA safety gear. Mr. Raven, Futura, Martha Cooper, and an anonymous 12oz legend in the back Futura turning $12 kicks into collectors items. Octavio taking a different approach to footwear. Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfont dropping in. Me giving an interview covering the virtues & downfalls of hostess snowballs Octavio & Gustavo taking an actual interview break Crew Taking a break in that hot NYC summer heat/humidity Back in the Lab AKA/12oz Headquarters Finishing up the job. Futura let me drive the whip that day, insane 1 of BMW, and I didn't scratch the rims. Finito. Originally the the school said it had to be an educational mural, so the Twins gave a B&W sketch showing all the flags and the school gave permission thinking at least the kids could learn the flags. Later, they did all the flags the wrong colors. Genius. My favorite is the Molotov Cocktail ancom flag where the left ball would rest.10 points
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I hope you break em off for all the monies @SMdoubleXLGood luck tomorrow!9 points
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last day. son decided to be a rapper using GarageBand on his iPad. couldn't let these lyrics die. discovered I was gonna miss this by two weeks ahd time to kill so took local train to Kobe took shinkansen back to tokyo. Mt Fuji from Shinkansen then got to Tokyo and took a train to Haneda and Home. The end. Now that I've killed everybody's data if they are looking on a phone. Hope you liked. Schnitzel9 points
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somebody recommended a beach to me but they must have gotten the name wrong because it was utter shit hermit crabs everywhere had to refill the car and this was a bit hard until the attendant got out an English translation on his phone thank god he did because I had zero idea how to do it. never manged to tan at all. shisa shop9 points
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The next few days were kind of blended we didn't do much Okinawan flavor noodles let him have a taste of the local beer Went to a cave complex tourist village. GPS took us the strangest way we were driving through sugar fields and there was flooding everywhere Kids had a good old laugh at this claw machine session. went to the far south of the island because I wanted to get some WW2 sites visited. was a massive fail because my kids were being little turds and I didn't want to be disrespectful to the dead.9 points
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Took the kids to the massive aquarium in the north of the island. Reefs all around the island mean it’s great for snorkeling Was unbelievable how big it was Kids are big fans of pufferfish Whale shark These little eels hang out in the seabed Deep sea fish Saw this and knew it had to be posted here. Not sure if it validates what somebody was thinking but the combo of dogs and whales had be shown. Hotdog decked out like one of those eels On way home hit up a supermarket Awesome chips – if you see them try them (we never saw them again) Okinawan specialty goes back to the postwar period when the only land-based protein came out of GI ration packs. Spam and egg Onigiri. So damn good, has some type of toasted Miso sauce in it. Okinawan dishes have lots of American influence like these and Tacorice. But this was the winner random wedding on a beach Got home. Kids discovered wardrobes were a good spot to chill Forgot my beer in the freezer so it partly froze but the wide mouth can is a nice touch. Blackhawks or something flying out from Kadena base.9 points
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I remember running out of ink all the time and then someone shared a hack for unlimited ink...I repped the oontz hard after that! good times.....next Friday is my 20 year 12oz anniversary.9 points
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@misteraven- Having known you for quite some time, this stood out for me: "I have a tendency to over think shit and often take it way too seriously from jump street, which in turn has a tendency to bog things down and become over built and top heavy. I'm trying my best to reign that tendency in and treat it as something just fun and informal." While I felt that when reading it, I know that it is that overthinking, that attention to detail, and wanting to make something perfect that has made everything you've been part of stand on its own. There is no equal. I don't think it's any secret to anyone in this forum, or anyone familiar with just the 12oz Prophet brand, but you have single-handedly shaped how Graffiti books, magazines, websites, and other forums look and feel. Your aesthetic isn't a reaction to what others are doing but more what your heart tells you to do, and I know we all appreciate that level of dedication. I think this is one of the many reasons why 12oz Prophet has always had a loyal following... because we know that even if it takes years for a new drop we are confident that it will be very much worth the wait. If it's a book or magazine or shirt we know that if we don't act as soon as it drops that product will no longer be available due to being sold out. I say all that to convey that I will always show support for 12oz Prophet, the forum & website, and the 12oz Prophet Collective. Podcast: There are quite a few Graffiti/writer/artists podcasts out there and they're all basically the same. They interview a well-known writer, dive deep, and keep it about 60-90 long. Granted, there are some that are damn good and I enjoy them but I'd like to see a different perspective. I'm honestly not sure what that perspective is because any writer tuning in to hear what a respected writer has to say is hoping to hear about writing, their history, good stories, etc.. So maybe it's the interviewers that shake up the format? Thinking about podcasts like Smartless where you have three hilarious fellas interviewing their peers (for the most part), and the format is similar to hundreds of others but it's the banter back and forth between the three that is entertaining. Mobile app: Curious to see how this affects viewership of the forum. I'm just wondering if not having a mobile app up to this point has been what is keeping folks from coming back. Everyone seemingly lives on their phones, not their laptops/desktops, so I'm hopeful this will increase traffic.9 points
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Yo brehs - I got that work out of class promotion I was talking about a few weeks back. Thanks for the encouragement. Hopefully my wide stance flex will mean that I can turn it into a permanent thing. /manageroner8 points
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Working on it guys... Trying to get the facility stabilized, which is where my focus has been for this last while. Definitely working on it though. Soon...8 points
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Now here is where I fucked up. In Tokyo, we were in the boonies so it was pretty quiet Okinawa was like a Japanese Hawaii so it was chilled but Osaka I booked us an Airbnb in the fuckin' guts of it and it was chaos and my kids hated it. Right in Nippombashi in a tiny apartment. the apartment was so packed with furniture and stupid lamps and space invader machines and more In the end, we stacked about 20 things on the veranda so we could turn around without knocking something over. not sure if a love hotel or brothel across the road. was packed 24/7 in Dotombori another dubious animal welfare scenario pork roll more Donquiote (think I took pics of over 100 of these placards on my trip) took kids to another aquarium to kill time. I remembered it from 20 years back but it wasn't as amazing as I recalled. went for some Takoyaki here was still super busy at night8 points
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Thank you for this. AND your continued support. The stress of this has been overwhelming. Lawyer told me (at the beginning of this) that it would probably run into the summer, as far a decision goes. went back to work mid January. They put me in a different dept that is much more laborious than previous dept. I lasted one week and went back to the dr to adjust my work restrictions. I truly felt I was being set up to fail. I feel like I have eyes on me all the time. I know I’m paranoid and I lack hella trust but then I got a call a few weeks back that they want to settle. But they also want me to resign as terms of the settlement. This has caused some major depression and my ulcer to majorly flare up and it has consumed every ounce of my soul. I hide away and talk to no one when I’m under this kind of decision making stress. Keeping a straight face at work has been trying at times by because I work with fantastic people. I also just hit my 4 yr mark there. Employee #5. Begun the grow as a start up now we are corporate. I’m a damn good worker and they will feel it when I’m gone. We made our settlement offer last week and have heard nothing back. We see the judge today so I have no idea where we stand. He said a settlement could take up to a few months and that’s ok. I want to earn my wages as long as I can. I have been in touch with the school I went to a while back and am able to get some leads on jobs. I think I’m finally at the point of accepting this Silver linings right?8 points
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To be fair, from what I’ve seen, the two posters that I had next to no constructive conversations with seem to be MIA. I realized it was time to step away from all that when dudes were deleting messages I had made and then responding to other messages so it looked like I was being flagrantly ridiculous; I started taking, and had screen shots to prove it at the time.. but at that point I had to ask myself, what the fuck am I doing? While Mercer and I certainly disagree about some matters, our conversations mostly remained civil, at least in my memory, and I’ll own the responsibility for when things got out of hand and childish on my end. Shit happens.7 points
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interesting day today went crab dabbing/ raking at Webb Beach north of ADL @aimer you guys ever go crabbing? it's fun but tiring and I bought my waterproof camera along. apologies for the photos but most of the time I just aimed the camera roughly at the target and fired away because I couldn't see the screen in the glare. so if you do not know you have a rake thing that runs through the sandy bottom and when you feel something that feels like a rock you reverse it and hopefully it's a crab and he grabs on the rake looks like this this one dropped a claw the claw itself another one just wouldn't let go. the beach is crazy by my estimate we were well over a kilometer out but it was still only thigh deep. but it was so muddy it took almost an hour to get back to the car. the top line is the shore The tide went so far out it looked like there was dry land but it was mud mud mud. fisheries are fucking strict about sizing on blue swimmer crabs and I accidentally lost my measuring gauge so I was just playing around. So without a measuring gauge and with too much distance to walk to the other guys each time I caught a crab I said stuff it. Not going to run the risk of fisheries catching me saw a banjo shark- sorry pic is upside down tried to take more pics but he threw sand in my face so I said fuck it and grabbed him. @LUGR I know I shouldn't but he was out of the water for 15 seconds tops. again I couldn't see the camera screen so crappy pics but check his eye out and the row of spikes on his back. put him back got one more pic the last crab I saw pinched my Achilles tendon then stood there looking for a fight he very nearly got a crab rake to the face because I was tired and hot and thirsty and a long way from shore and well over it. anyways hope that was crabtacular not craptacular Days in pies let's bring it back7 points
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went to ctach freight. missed it by my house so went uphill and caught one side it slowed down and went into the passing loop so I knew I could zip and get in front of it. hadn't counted on all the nerdy trainspotters. thought a freight was going to be passing so was preparing to get the double and instead it was some retro passenger train then I got the other sizde of the freight line but crappy shots then this guy held me up. just wouldn't move I got past and watched a guy try shoo him up the tree BUT KOALAS ARE FUCKING DUMB It decided to try and get into his car and given it's claws would be a disater for the guy so he jumped in first really awkward on the ground IMG_0739.MP47 points
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