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For the second time this evening, Alice was making her way to a Hawthorne's bedroom. 

Of course, this time was much less troublesome, and did much less to her anxiety levels. And thankfully she could dress in much less constricting clothing, as it seemed that buried beneath the Versace and Gucci and Dior there were clothes that she didn't feel guilty sleeping in. The t-shirt she wore was surely made of finer material than anything she'd worn in the past five years of her life, though the shorts that hung around her thin freckled legs (that were slowly losing the discoloring bruises that had littered them) had a tag displaying a brand she'd never properly heard of. Still, she felt comfortable now, able to slip into the role of the eager friend. (It was easier than the other roles she'd played.)

Thank you.

This picture sums up the whole Mayercraft experience: Show yourself. Be yourself. Enjoy yourself. Play hard, so that you are in debt to yourself, so that you must then work hard to repay it. You’re not better than anybody else, but NOBODY is better than you. Can’t dance? SAYS WHO? And when you’ve returned to dry land, back into your roles, where the world tells you what to do again, right before you start doing it, you’ll smirk and think to yourself “That was big, big, fun.” The word “fans” doesn’t cut it. Thanks for one of the best times of my life.

 Love

John

-JM. Battle Studies Blog.

Hanami In The Rain

Cherry blossoms (sakura) were in full bloom this weekend, and with them came the event known as hanami. In spite of the cold rain, I grabbed the trusty M8 and walked a park in Shibuya to take it all in. As I was strolling along, I spotted some movement in the treeline and followed it to find a makeshift forest rave party. It was fantastic. No trouble, no tension, no threat of the shut-down. It was like a 15 minute detour into the sixties. The pics are in black and white but that’s actually the way I remember it. The kids are all right…. I had to include a photo of me dancing like a fool, because I don’t feel right taking pictures of something like that if I didn’t actually take part in it. I can’t explain it but I think it’s a spiritually sound concept.

-JM on Honeyee.com