Life

January 6, 2006
Kyoto, Japan
My father is in the hospital. Three paramedics couldn't help him stand; they used a sheet to move him to the gurney and rushed him off.
He was in so much pain that they gave him morphine before they could take ex-rays. Somehow he broke his ribs; the cancer is growing; he is getting weak.
My father has built up a tolerance to some of medicine's most potent painkillers. When I was visiting three weeks ago he showed evidence of a tolerance to both Oxycodone and Ativan; I don't know how they would wean him from these pain killers. If he keeps taking morphine his end is near.

I am posting this photo out of order:
I just got off the phone with my stepmom, Lita. She has been the sole care provider for my father while he battles multiple myeloma - bone marrow cancer.
He recently started the chemotherapy/radiation treatment one/two combo. Apparently, it's not going so well. They are going to continue one more week, his fourth, before giving him two months to rest before trying again.
My stepmom said that he's not doing well; he's very depressed; he's sicker than he should be according to the vital signs the doctors are reading. (Uh-oh.)
She said that she's glad my sister went a couple of weeks ago.She said that I've choosen the perfect time to go. (Uh-oh again.) Her delivery said that we might be near the end.
I am going to Oregon on Monday to help them both for a week. I will be taking them to chemotherapy, the neurologist,…

New Year's Eve 2005
“Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.”
- Mae West

New Year's Eve 2005
"The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it."
- Sitting Bull

New Year's Eve 2005
Imagine taking that in to work.

New Year's Day 2005
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo tower is modeled after the Eiffel Tour, but 9 meters taller.
Tokyo tower is painted the same color (International Orange) as the Golden Gate Bridge.
Mimicry is the greatest compliment.

2005.12.31 - New Year's Eve 2005
If you go to Tokyo I would highly recommend the waterway tour. You don't realize the enormity of the city until you see it from the river banks.

2005.12.31

2005.12.31
Off in the distance you can see the world's largest ferris wheel.

“Space Invaders proved so addictive that it not only inaugurated an entire video game paradigm, it caused a nationwide coin shortage in Japan.”
- Chris Green