Usagi Yukata

Earlier this month I wore my usagi yukata to the Shambhala Day Gala. Usagi is rabbit, yukata is a summer kimono. I plan to be wearing this yukata a lot because its the year of the Iron Rabbit. I didn't get photos that did it justice on Shambhala Day but I did yesterday. In Japan its not... proper to wear it until usually May but I'm in Texas and it was 90 degrees yesterday, so exceptions can be made with climate! I wore it yesterday because I was attending an anime convention at Our Lady of the Lake University. I'm part of the San Antonio College Japanese club and the club was selling various Japanese food to raise money.

In the picture I'm sitting next to my friend who is also the President of the Japanese club. I find very amusing that my best photo in this yukata was when I was feeling really icky from allergies and almost didn't attend the convention!

Enjoy the Irony, World Water Day

Today at work my kids were treated to outside science program that is usually reserved for the older kids, my grade has never been given the opportunity simply because of their age. Today the topic was Global Warming and while they didn't completely understand the concept they were able to grasp it fairly well that it impressed the guest instructor. They were given little globe bouncing balls as rewards. I was given one too. On the fling of the moment just after they all went home I took a picture of it with my reusable water bottle from World Market. When I got home I discovered via twitter today was World Water Day. One irony was the fact the kids did and experiment to understand the melting ice caps and the fact that today was World Water Day was never mentioned once. The other of course was my picture, as you can see.