Garfields’ Monday morning

Today is Monday, and after a lazy sunday afternoon everything is spinning on 150% again. Many people hate to go to work, in fact the standard morning phrase is usually “God, have to go to work again…”. I consider feeling myself lucky, because the only thing I say in the morning is like “F*ck, I have to wake up” But when I had my share of coffee, or chocolate flavoured milk, I’m happy again, and ready for work.

Funny thing, because I like what I do, and they pay for that. Sometimes it is stressful, because you have to make decissions that have effect on others’ work, but usually, it’s full of fun and enjoyment

This morning I had done the usual boring administrative stuff, done a presentation for new-hires, been to the daily operations meeting, and now I’m planning for the upcoming meeting I’ll have with my team. Oh… you may ask yourself, what the hell I do… well, to be honest I don’t know. I herd cats, I build planes in the air, and run with squirels. Yes… I work in the IT industry.

And in the evening I’ll have some sushi at a japanese restaurant… just the thing I need after a full weekend made of Japanese-motion-picture goodness.

In the end, what I’m trying to say is… Mondays are hard, and Garfield is right… I hate mondays, but it’s only because I hate to wake up…

Obtained: When the Last Sword is Drawn

Another fine piece of japanese samurai art has been added to my growing collection of motion picture madness. Mibu gishi den is a very enjoyable material about samurai history. Although I have to admit, it can’t get close to the Seppuku experience, but it’s still one of the best sword-drawing pictures I’ve seen. It has some samurai ass kicking, but not in Azumi style where action is the boiling point. Instead of taking a violent blood bath, Mibu gishi den focuses more on it’s characters and their own stories. The “hero” Yoshimura is funny yet mysterious with all the things left behind. Humour comes first, but after we go deeper into the story, we find out how anguished his life is. Besides this, what really catched my attention was the presentation. The clothes, the places and every single little movement they make… pure cocaine for my japan-freak eyes. Although the ending is a bit longer then what most people could stand, it’s doing it’s job well and all the pieces are put together. Worth to watch for everyone who enjoyed Seppuku and love to see historical japanese stuff. Awesome culture for the eye!