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S.. so that's the size of a gundam!! 
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Name: Jamie // ジェイミー
誕生日：1980年8月5日
Birthday: 08/05/1980
しし座・B型・身長：185ｃｍ
Leo, Blood-type B+,185cm tall
出身：アメリカの西海岸
Hometown: WA/CA/AZ, USA

今場所：東京
Current location: Tokyo, Japan
今仕事：漫画アシスタント:月刊雑誌ジャンプSQで「新テニスの王子様」
コラムニスト：朝日ウイークリー(毎月最後の日曜日のみ)で「Walking Tokyo」
女優：「ASAHI　POP’N　PRESS」　週間番組：毎週土曜日連載ナビゲーターとして出演
「先読みJUMP BANG!」許斐先生のアシスタントとし出演
他：モデルなど
Occupation: Manga artist: "New Prince of Tennis" serialized in monthly manga magazine JUMP SQ
Columnist: Asahi Weekly "Walking Tokyo" column on the last Sunday of every month
Acting: Weekly program "Asahi Pop'n Press" main cast
"Saki Yomi Jump Bang!" appeared as Konomi-sensei's assistant
Various
Other: Various other work + interviews
将来夢：漫画家・写真家・女優・世界の平和の張本人
Future job: Mangaka, Photographer, Actress, Supporter of world peace.

東京に住んでいるアメリカ人です☆
Hi, my name is Jamie. I'm originally from America, but now I live in Tokyo, Japan. I work as a manga assistant for Prince of Tennis right now, as well as write a column for Asahi Weekly, host a TV show, and various other projects!☆

よろしくネ ♪ ジェイミーと呼んでください ☆ アメリカ人ですが2004年9月から日本に住んでいます。芸術が大好きです！未来に漫画家になりたいんですにゃ！

Please call me Jamie, or Hi-chan is okay if you feel like it. ^^ Yoroshiku! ☆ I'm American through and through, but in Sept'04 I moved to Tokyo, Japan, in order to pursue my dreams. I love Tokyo, and I look forward to spending a long and fun life here! =^_^=

This blog is mainly in english, but also will have some japanese here and there. Most of the entries here are going to be about my daily life in Tokyo, whether that is seeing friends, attending an event, taking a vacation, or whatever else may come up. I post a lot of photos, as is probably apparent, and I love comments! ^^ For lj users: please feel free to friend me and always feel free to comment, whether you know me or not!
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2nd-Jul-2009 01:11 am
Last Saturday was epic.. in the way that only a really geeky thing can be!

But.... I mean, how geeky can it really be when a real-size, 1:1 scale model of a Gundam exists? It sounds pretty mainstream to me. ^-^ It's also pretty damn cool. =D

Anyways, it is 18 meters tall, and was just built in Odaiba to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original Gundam anime. Despite that I've only seen (and thoroughly enjoyed) the newest incarnation, Gundam 00, and the oldoldold SD Gundam OVA, this was still... epic. =D

Definitely an epic win! It moved and lights and fog came out! Eda and I went together, and I think she mentioned several times that she came in her pants. =D I wasn't quite that excited, but I definitely had a few moments of awe! Promptly followed by DAMN I WANT TO PILOT THAT THING! But alas, I'm neither angsty nor a teenager, so I don't qualify.

Too bad. Because think how cool it would be to fly through the sky and space in that?! Not to mention that when people asked me what I did for a living, I could nonchalantly respond, "Oh, I just pilot a gundam." Way cooler than "mangaka", right? Maybe... okay, maybe not. But it's definitely up there with "Oh, I'm captain of the USS Enterprise," right? =D (Sorry, I saw the movie for a third time today... I seriously can't get enough of it!!!)











My hand doesn't go there!!


Eda has more respect for it than I do....


Just hanging out around Odaiba. The weather was gorgeous!! Warm warm warm!


There was a watermelon faire going on in Aqua City. We had watermelon-flavored annin-dofu.. Good, but no match for the banana we had a few months ago!!


By the way, there is a tiny statue of liberty here for some reason..


Pretty boats on the water!


The Aqua City shopping center.


Tokyo Bay


Huge steel dinosaurs protect the quiet peace of the bay =D


I'd read that it was supposed to light up at night... but I didn't know about the steam!! (and the music! There was epic music =D)
















Ahhhh, life in Tokyo is never boring, if you know where to look. =D

BTW, it is free to see (unless you count the train fare and the fact that you will undoubtedly want to eat somewhere in the gorgeous Odaiba shopping centers) =D It's going to be there until the end of August, so go and see it if you can! Don't miss it!!
Comments 
1st-Jul-2009 04:20 pm (UTC)
[info]killercherrypie
lol your hand by the Gundam crotch! I'm moving to Saitama at the end of the month and this is definitely on my list of things to do in Tokyo after I get there.
1st-Jul-2009 04:23 pm (UTC)
[info]bakaneko47
How incredibly lucky are you!
1st-Jul-2009 04:26 pm (UTC)
[info]shima_sama
HOLY CRAP!! A 1:1 Gundam, that's so amazing! So wish I could see it!!
1st-Jul-2009 04:28 pm (UTC)
[info]thelastsong
AHAHA You've seen the old SD Gundam OVA?? Fantastic!

I can't wait to go see the Gundam, myself. :D
1st-Jul-2009 04:46 pm (UTC)
[info]hinoai
Haha, yeah! It was a loooooooooooong time ago, though =D
1st-Jul-2009 04:29 pm (UTC)
[info]cyesangelbaby
That has to be the nerdiest thing on the planet, and I love it so much!! xD Awesome pictures!
1st-Jul-2009 04:29 pm (UTC)
[info]_pratz_
You see, being a Gundam pilot has been my dream, my 'if-only' wish. -___- Boy, do I envy Japanese.
1st-Jul-2009 04:46 pm (UTC)
[info]hinoai
Aww, seeing as there aren't working Gundams yet, not even a japanese person can pilot them. And from what I understand,most of the pilots in the show aren't even japanese either! (At least in Gundam 00, most of them weren't)

So you definitely have a shot! Whenever they become a reality!
1st-Jul-2009 04:33 pm (UTC)
[info]monarchist
That Gundam looks pretty damn bitchin'. Especially at night.
1st-Jul-2009 04:34 pm (UTC)
[info]arwenofgaia
lol your hand placement XD
1st-Jul-2009 04:35 pm (UTC)
[info]suthrnbellechan
Those pictures are absolutely beautiful, doll! Can i use some of the gundam pics to make a birthday LJ layout for my bff? He's absolutely in love with gundam and very sad that he'll never see this in person
1st-Jul-2009 04:44 pm (UTC)
[info]hinoai
Of course! ^.^
1st-Jul-2009 04:36 pm (UTC)
[info]ciara0918
i really love gundam *hearts*
1st-Jul-2009 04:36 pm (UTC)
[info]wolfhound
damn that actually looks awesome
1st-Jul-2009 04:46 pm (UTC)
[info]nativegirl
It's so funny that you post this because about half an hour before I saw your entry, I was showing my boyfriend pictures of it online! That's so cool that you got to see it in person~ I didn't know that it could move, though!
1st-Jul-2009 04:48 pm (UTC)
[info]foxicle
Dude, that would be so fun to pilot! *___* I would join the ranks just to use one of those things! ^^
1st-Jul-2009 04:51 pm (UTC)
[info]phreakyfish
Damn I love that thing. XD And yes, I'm glad I'm not alone with the 'OMG I want to pilot that!' thoughts -- being a Gundam pilot is so much cooler than anything (although 'mangaka' is way up there in my books! ^^).
1st-Jul-2009 04:55 pm (UTC)
[info]enantiodromic
Oh my gosh, that is amazing. The one where you can see the glint of sun behind it looks like it could be real!
1st-Jul-2009 04:55 pm (UTC)
[info]ellen_schezar
Awesome Gundam, I LOVE it!!:D :D The Gundam series I've seen and love are Gundam 0083, G Gundam, Gundam Wing, and the Gundam Wing movie "Endless Waltz", and I am looking forward to seeing Gundam 00. Haro is really cute!!^_^

Very nice pics, and I also love the pic of the watermelon!! That's adorable!!<3 <3
1st-Jul-2009 05:09 pm (UTC)
[info]athenazandrite
XD nav and I saw this around the same time we saw pictures of the pretty pink gundam. So awesome. I love your pictures, someone had a video and you could see it's size in comparison to the people below and we were all... holy crap it's the real effing thing!! They did a beautiful job on it!
1st-Jul-2009 05:41 pm (UTC)
[info]hinoai
A pink gundam, roflol!! That's hilarious! XDXD Or hideous! I can't tell!!

Yeah, this gundam was really huge! Since most of the pics that I took were without people in them, it doesn't really do a good job of comparison =D
1st-Jul-2009 05:10 pm (UTC)
[info]aurelminuial
Wah~ I miss Odaiba! I had heard about the life-sized Gundam... but almost didn't believe it@@ haha That's awesome:3 I used to love watching Gundam... but fell out around the time Seed came out>>;
1st-Jul-2009 05:13 pm (UTC)
[info]harrissette
Aaaaaaaah my god!! I'm dying to see this kind of thing!!!!!
I want to live there too :'( !!!
You're so lucky!
1st-Jul-2009 05:19 pm (UTC)
[info]yurasama_love
OH MY GOD I WOULD PILOT THAT.
Seriously, I'd try to climb up that Gundam.
I can't believe that's real!!! WHY AREN'T I IN TOKYO!?
I'll just live vicariously through you.
1st-Jul-2009 05:24 pm (UTC)
[info]yuvi
That is so awesome!!! I so would love to fly one too ^_^

Too bad we are not teenagers anymore *pouts*

They are releasing the second season of Gundam 00 here soon.. woohoo!!

Great pictures btw, and yep.. your life in Tokyo is not a boring one at all! *is not jealous*

Edited at 2009-07-01 05:25 pm (UTC)
1st-Jul-2009 05:24 pm (UTC)
[info]uru_k_22
wow it would be incredible to visit Odaiba

<3333333333333
1st-Jul-2009 05:49 pm (UTC)
[info]skeletalrupture
Sadly I just watched the latest Gundam, but damn, I loved it.I wish I could see this Gundam kjgkljsd I've been spazzing over it since the time they were building its legs... xD
And hey- Lockon Stratos wasn't all that emo or a teenager,and he still did it, so there's hope, haha.
1st-Jul-2009 06:01 pm (UTC)
[info]hinoai
Yes, and look what happened to him. ToT RIP Lockon.
1st-Jul-2009 05:54 pm (UTC)
[info]_kokushibyou
Man, i won't be able to afford to get a ticket to see the gundam. TT__TT I've grown up with watching Gundam (thanks to my dad and Uncle). *grabby hands* I want pictures~!
1st-Jul-2009 08:17 pm (UTC)
[info]vivacious_dan
Sugoi!!! That is too awesome! My Gundam Wing, Gundam 0080, Char Aznable fangirl self seriously wants to go to Tokyo and see that in person.
1st-Jul-2009 09:20 pm (UTC)
[info]thelastsong
What? Gundam 0080, you say??
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