What I Did With My Afternoon, 10 April 2011

[Bob Schroeck]

Peg and I went to a cherry blossom festival held at Branch Brook Park, in Newark, NJ today. The real festival stuff will be happening next weekend, but they're predicting rain for that date this far out. So just in case, Peg and I decided to go look at the blossoms today, even though most of the trees are still barely budding, and if the weather is good next weekend after all, we'll go back for the organized festivities.  The link there goes to my Flickr account and the pics I took.  Fortunately, the park has a wide variety of cherry species and reportedly has a 4-week blooming season, as opposed to the 2-week ones you get where the cherry population is more homogeneous.
Now I have to learn the "sakura" song for next weekend. 
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

Now I have to learn the "sakura" song for next weekend. 

Just don't mix it up with the "Sakura Taisen" song - it's a great opening theme, but a bit odd to sing at a cherry blossom viewing...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[LilFluff]

Sounds like more fun than doing taxes. On the other hand I'm pleased to have had those come out much better than I had budgeted for.
And Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan might not be the traditional sakura viewing song, but it's a nice bouncy song.
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.

[Black Aeronaut]

Though if you do feel up to it...

Hikisaita yami ga hoe furueru teito ni

Ai no uta takaraka ni odorideru senshi-tachi

Kokoro made koutetsu ni busou suru otome

Aku wo kechirashite seigi wo shimesu no da

Hashire Kousoku no Teikoku Kageki-Dan

Unare Shougeki no Teikoku Kageki-Dan

Machi no hi ga kiehatete obieru teito ni

Niji no iro someagete odorideru senshi-tachi

Akatsuki ni gekijou wo terashidasu otome

Aku wo horoboshite seigi wo shimesu no da

Hashire Kousoku no Teikoku Kageki-Dan

Unare Shougeki no Teikoku Kageki-Dan

[Sakura] "Watashi-tachi seigi no tame ni tatakaimasu"

[Maria] "Tatoe sore ga inochi wo kakeru tatakai de atte mo"

[Kanna] "Atai-tachi wa ippo mo hikanai ze!"

[Airisu] "Itsu no hi ka kono teito ni"

[Kouran] "Aku ga nakunaru hi made"

[Sumire] "Watakushi-tachi wa tatakai-tsuzukemasu!"

[all] Sore ga Teigoku Kageki-Dan na no desu!"

Yume sae mo chigiretobi itetsuku teito ni

Ai no hi wo dakitomete odorideru senshi-tachi

Inochi sae koutetsu ni chikaiau otome

Aku wo kirisutete seigi wo shimesu no da

Hashire Kousoku no Teikoku Kageki-Dan

Unare Shougeki no Teikoku Kageki-Dan

Hashire Kousoku no Teikoku Kageki-Dan

Unare Shougeki no Teikoku Kageki-Dan

[Bob Schroeck]

Thanks, BA, but that wasn't quite what I had in mind.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Black Aeronaut]

But of course! That's what tongue-in-cheek is for! (^_^)