YES WE CAN

Ah precious internet how I love thee. I've been perusing The Facebook, hitting it a little harder than usual making up for a weekend spent out of town and away from my beloved hard drive. And what do you know, I stumbled upon a gem of inspiration of TED Talks proportions. Over at Dipdive.com Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas was inspired to turn politics into powerful performance, peppered with just enough glamorously inspirational testimonials to get this blogger on her feet and out to the post box to mail off her absentee ballot. For more information about the U.S election process and how to vote absentee go here and here.

Wordless Wednesday

I saw this concept on Lulu's blog over at Cherry Blossom Adventures and decided to give it a whirl.
A Dr. Sketchy Models exhibition.
Enjoy.

Sketchy Olympics

I know. I know. Lately the ole blog just looks like one Sketchy advert after another. But look at THIS.

That's the model for Dr. Sketchy's April Event!
This WEDNESDAY 4/23
Doors open at 6p Show time at 7p
You sooo don't want to miss this.
details HERE!
That's all I'm saying.

A Sketchy Earth Day

What a weekend!
It really is all a blur and so are the pictures but well worth the dizzying effort. If you couldn't make it to the Dr. Sketchy 1st Birthday party at Velours you missed one truly unforgettable spectacle. The Anniversary celebration marked the launch of the new Dr. Sketchy's Tokyo logo and fashion extravaganza for trendy-chic t-shirt designer Chief & Mischief. Super Hooper Deanne of TokyoMade kicked off the evening with a stellar hoop performance that set the mood just right.

Her hypnotic hips and LED hoop were certain crowd pleasers that kept everyone drooling for more. Then Stacy, the Voguing High Priestess of Velouria mesmerized the crowd with sensational cape tricks.

And rounding off the evening with a truly scandalous strip tease was Bex, the Costuming Temptress of the Night. So sizzling was her performance that we nearly were escorted out stage left for over-exposure!!!


More pics here.
Many more curious Sketchers were added to the Dr. Sketchy fold and the buzz surrounding Chief & Mischief, reached new heights as models and promoters alike sported the new Spring line down the catwalk at the ultra glamorous after hours lounge, Velours.

Sunday I was off to save the World, through hooping of course!
Super Hooper, Deanne organized a lovely day of Hoops and Mother Nature. One only needed to get to her, a challenge that was met with many colorful distractions. The first of which was the stupifying 20 minute traffic jam at the Harajuku turnstile but once I made it out and swiveled my hips in the direction of Yoyogi Park; I bumped into two revelers from the night before taking in the usual Sunday parade of Goth Lolitas loitering on the boulevard for all the shutter happy tourists.
Picking up speed we made our way passed all the foot weary dancing Elvi and onto the Green where the Hooping Fairy godmother awaited us with open hoops and a heartwarming smile. The rest of the day is a story the pictures tell better than I.

Enjoy.

SKETCHY ANNIVERSARY PARTY TONIGHT

It's our BIRTHDAY and everyone is invited! Dr. Sketchy's Tokyo has teamed up with Chief & Mischief and TokyoMade for Volume 2 of the infamous STITCH fashion party. Of course no Sketchy party is complete without stunning models and hypnotic beats and this birthday bash will feature a bevy of hot models to sink your sketchpads into. Not to mention Tokyo's premiere HoopStar Sushizume who will be sashaying her electro hoop in true raver fashion.

Print this flyer for a discount!

Where: Velours (Aoyama/Ometesando)

When: April 19 From 9:00p-First Train

¥¥¥ = Men (¥2500 w/flyer ¥2000)

Women (¥2000 w/flyer ¥1500 +1 drink)

A Dr. Sketchy's Event

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNTIE KIM

I know you're out there on the high seas,
wishing for land against the cool breeze.
Longing for a birthday cozy at home,
imagining a celebration not spent all alone.
I've got just the thing to lift your spirits.
Put on some headphones so Master Chief won't hear it.
It's a birthday song with a little French flair.
Be careful at work cause the subject's an ass.
But it's right up your alley cause it's rude and quite crass!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNTIE KIM!!

Braving the Kitchen

I have a cold.
What's the old adage...
Feed a cold. Starve a fever??
With no roommate and no family around to cater to my every stuffy-nosed whim I had to do it. I had to step into the kitchen and prepare a healthy healing meal.
As I perused the aisles of my local super market I felt a kind of empowerment. I was in control, taking responsibility and facing my heartfelt dread of the kitchen.
What to make what to make...

I returned home, arms loaded with fresh organic everything and immediately went to work. Miraculously the house is still standing though my bangs are slightly singed. On the menu for tonight's feast:
Apple and tomato peppered salad with toasted almonds and Thai yellow curry over Jasmine rice.

Aah I feel better already!

So much to look forward to!

The sun is out.
My funk has lifted.
And this weekend promises to be action packed. Saturday night will be spent chillin in Osaka with my good friend, Master Rakugo performer and balloon artist extrodinaire Diane.

We haven't seen each other since last year around this time so I'm really looking forward to this happy reunion. Hopefully we'll sit around Cafe Absinthe in Shinsaibashi and soak in the sweet Osaka accented Mediterranean vibes and catch up on old times. Then it's back to Tokyo for some more Hoop action in Yoyogi koen with Tokyo's Premiere Super Hooper Sushizume!

See you there!

BFFs

I could lie and say that I haven't had anything to write about these past ten days (even though they've been action packed). I could say that I've been far too busy to even think about blogging (although I think about it everyday). I could say that there was some unyielding emergency that kept me from my online persona but it all just rings empty and false.
I was simply unglamorously unmotivated.
Which is to say I didn't feel like.
I didn't give a good hmm hmm.
And Leilachan from January 2008 would have felt very guilty about 10 days of blog silence. She would have felt irresponsible and a touch neglectful but that feeling hits us all doesn't it?
The "I don't give a...about that," feeling.
The "You can all just...hmm" syndrome, the "yadda yadda yadda...who cares" attitude.
So this Leilachan of April '08 just pretends to forgive herself as she goes on one more self-justifying diatribe about how nothing matters and nobody gives a rats...HELLO, about anything and she goes to work and sits at her desk in her little cubicle and mindlessly goes about her utterly mindless job when she gets a text message from her best friend out of the clear blue that reads,

"When u think about it we really r soul sisters. Just check out how similar our paths r and how our parallel has only strengthened over time. I love u."

And I KNOW she does. In that moment I literally feel her presence at work, just thinking about her and she's absolutely right!
We ARE soul sisters because who else could have known what to do, what to say to me in that precise moment??

And it was just what the doctor ordered because a cloud literally lifted and I finished my shift as genki as ever and on the commute home, visions of my fabulous friends swam round my head and I was reminded by each memory of how charmed my life truly is.
Perhaps I needed a blogger break and didn't know it,
but it wasn't because nobody cares.


Thanks Deanne.

What You Missed

The #1 Nun was in rare form for March's Sketchy Madness. There are more pics here.
See you at Dr. Sketchy's April session.