today i went on a trip to find shop gentei, one of the two places in baltimore i know that carries japanese imports; it was definitely more for the adventure. the picture above is my map...the best map ever; drawn to scale and oh-so more accurate than the iphone gps. we were actually able to find the location but we didn't realize since (believe this) the store had no display sign. we walked a full 180 and wandered down some pretty sketchy alleys. we even tried asking two architectural firms located nearby, the last one a door down from the shop and they had absolutely no clue.
it ended well. we found it before my feet mutinied. the place carried mostly men's goods: skate, bike, motorcycle. y-3 skates were 40% off, very nice but none in my size. either way, my friend managed to do some shopping. time not wasted.
after, i bumped into one of my favorite people at hopkins: anatoli, political theory graduate student and ta extraordinaire. i finally met his wife. just as i imagined: socal sweet and smart. man, they give me so much hope after sitting in on all those domestic violence cases. their recommendation for dinner: the helmand, runned by hamid karzai's brother. the appetizers were some kind of amazing. :)
coming home, i found that my pen converter came in; now where is my pen (or ink for that matter)?! night time was spirit within, children of men, and the ice storm as i read today's news and reconnected with friends. i can't explain in a non-rambling format how much i love the first film. children was pretty eye-opening and violent. and the ice storm--well, i like how packed this movie is with famous actors in their youth: christina ricci, tobey maguire, elijah wood, katie holmes....and that dude from numb3rs.
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