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Ai Ai Ai Playlist (song collection inspiried by Ai, 2007 - 2010)
 
Video:
Suteki Da Ne, from Final Fantasy, recorded on April 18, 2010
Vocals by Ai Yasuda
Engineered by Bigfoot Thompson
 
 
Ai's Crazy Drawings...
 
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Cactusized_Man.jpg (112758 bytes) Cat_with_Metabolic_Syndrome.jpg (67421 bytes) Swimming_to_China.jpg (116752 bytes) On Thursday, July 8, 2010 Ai-chan sent a new batch of drawings that she made while sitting in the airport at Vancouver, BC on her way back to Japan a week earlier...
 

 
2007-03-31_tambourine.JPG (88724 bytes) March 31, 2007
At Mamasan's, in Bellevue, WA. I met Ai-chan on March 23, 2007, a few days after arriving back in the Seattle area (after having spent 10 months in North Carolina). Ai was singing "Eyes on Me" and "Suteki Da Ne" from Final Fantasy and we became fast friends...
 
2007-05-02_table.JPG (427708 bytes) May 2, 2007
At the table in Bigfoot...
 
 
2007, June 19
Seattle, WA... on the roof of Ai's building in the University District, using the Nikon D200... Photo-Journal...
 
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2007, June 29
Seattle, WA... at Ai's apartment in the University District. While helping Ai-chan move (to Mamasan's place in Bellevue), I parked Bigfoot in the loading zone at the front door of her building, and almost got towed! Photo-Journal...
 
July 28, 2007
Monster day at the Uwajimaya in Bellevue. Ai finally met Hello Kitty!
 
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2007-07-28_kimono1.JPG (178197 bytes) 2007-07-28_kimono2.JPG (154483 bytes) July 28, 2007
Dropping Ai of at Mamasan's in Bellevue, in her kimono...
 
2007-08-04_studying.JPG (202220 bytes) August 4, 2007
Studying in Bigfoot...
 
October 23, 2007
At Mamasan's in Bellevue. Ai's birthday...
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2008-05-15_crossroads.JPG (461720 bytes) May 15, 2008
Outside Crossroads Mall, in Bellevue...
 
2008-06-14_bellevue1.JPG (309409 bytes) 2008-06-14_bellevue2.JPG (263204 bytes) 2008-06-14_bellevue3.JPG (288996 bytes) June 14, 2008
Downtown Bellevue...
 
2008-06-21_bear1.JPG (319083 bytes) 2008-06-21_edmonds.JPG (345217 bytes) June 21, 2008
 
2008-06-22_rei.JPG (330330 bytes) June 22, 2008
Outside the REI in Redmond...
 
2008-07-04_micky1.JPG (413840 bytes) 2008-07-04_micky2.JPG (540321 bytes) July 4, 2008
We walked out of a Sprint store in Bellevue and beheld a Disney truck...
 
2008-07-04_bellevue_fireworks.JPG (172602 bytes) July 4, 2008
Watching the fireworks over Seattle and Bellevue, from 156th Ave in Bellevue, near the Uwajimaya...
 
2008-07-05_cabellas1.JPG (453297 bytes) 2008-07-05_cabellas2.JPG (384397 bytes) July 5, 2008
At Cabela's in Lacy, WA...
 
2008-07-06_driver1.JPG (426663 bytes) 2008-07-06_driver2.JPG (409397 bytes) July 6, 2008
Ai-chan at the wheel in Bigfoot... Oh no!
 
July 22, 2008
Outside Crossroad Mall in Bellevue. With a Pokémon chart (purchased for my nephew back in Charlotte)...
 
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2008-07-24_bananas1.JPG (444126 bytes) 2008-07-24_bananas2.JPG (451199 bytes) July 24, 2008
Bananas...
 
2008-08-02_puyallup1.JPG (329288 bytes) 2008-08-02_puyallup2.JPG (224527 bytes) August 2, 2008
At the Washington Arms Collectors show in Puyallup, WA. The fairgrounds where the show is held in Puyallup was the site of a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Ai had been studying "Snow Falling On Cedars" for one of her classes at Bellevue College, so this was an interesting irony...
 
2008-08-03_warthog-bbq.JPG (598729 bytes) August 3, 2008
At the Warthog Barbeque Pit, in Fife, WA...
 
2008-08-07_seatac1.JPG (447342 bytes) August 7, 2008
Dropping Ai off at SeaTac airport for her trip back to Japan...
 
2008-10-11_ai_and_mamasan.JPG (84863 bytes) October 11, 2008
Ai and Mamasan... in Bellevue...
 
2008-10-26_michiko_and_ai1.JPG (324929 bytes) October 26, 2008
Michiko and Ai... in Bellevue...
 
November 9, 2008
Ai found the perfect guitar at Bellevue Square Mall!
 
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Ai and Yuki... in Bellevue...
 
December 7, 2008
Yang-Sun's wedding, in Tukwila, south of Seattle...
 
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2009-02-20_at_lion_king.JPG (213880 bytes) 2009-02-20_at_lion_king_ticket.JPG (381267 bytes) February 19, 2009
At Lion King... The Paramount Theater in downtown Seattle...
 
2009-03-31_ai_aya.JPG (378721 bytes) March 31, 2009
Ai and Aya... and Red Robin... in Bellevue...
 
2009-05-20_yoshida_brothers1.JPG (324450 bytes) 2009-05-20_yoshida_brothers2.JPG (336537 bytes) May 21, 2009
Before and during the Yoshida Brothers concert at the Triple Door in Seattle...
 
2009-08-12_eastgate_house1.JPG (428064 bytes) 2009-08-12_eastgate_house2.JPG (406484 bytes) August 12, 2009
Ai-s place in the Eastgate section of Bellevue, near Bellevue College. Ai moved into this house during the Spring of 2009...
 
2009-08-12_eastgate_house3.JPG (414153 bytes) August 12, 2009
Ai and her roommate Ryoko (and Ryoko's two friends)...
 
August 12, 2009
Dropping Ai off at SeaTac airport for her trip back to Japan...
 
2009-10-03_sushi.JPG (388157 bytes) October 3, 2009
Sushi... in Bellevue...
 
2009-10-19_keiko_ai.JPG (509437 bytes) October 19, 2009
Keiko and Ai...
 
2010-01-02_ayako_ai.JPG (462947 bytes) January 2, 2010
Ayako and Ai...
 
2010-01-03_target.JPG (414863 bytes) January 3, 2010
Ai at Factoria...
 
2010-03-08_ai-kanoko-steve-aya1.JPG (414165 bytes) 2010-03-08_ai-kanoko-steve-aya2.JPG (327551 bytes) March 8, 2010
Ai, Kanako, Bigfoot, and Aya. These gals lured me to a sushi shop in Redmond for a surprise "farewell" dinner, as Aya and Kanako were about to return to Japan...
 
2010-04-03_chess.JPG (436873 bytes) April 3, 2010
I taught Ai to play chess and she quickly became a chess freak!
 
2010-04-18_suteki_da_ne1.JPG (500712 bytes) 2010-04-18_suteki_da_ne2.JPG (305788 bytes) April 18, 2010
Ai recording vocals for "Suteki Da Ne" inside Bigfoot...
 
2010-05-22_chihiro_ai.JPG (419549 bytes) May 22, 2010
Chihiro and Ai at the Salmon Hatchery in Issaquah...
 
2010-05-22_karaoke_box1.JPG (385713 bytes) 2010-05-22_karaoke_box2.JPG (341605 bytes) May 22, 2010
Ai in the karaoke box at an establishment in Bellevue...
 
2010-05-28_chihiro_ai.JPG (315938 bytes) May 28, 2010
Chihiro and Ai at the Korean barbeque restaurant in the Eastgate neighborhood of Bellevue...
 
2010-06-05_southcenter1.JPG (170382 bytes) 2010-06-05_southcenter2.JPG (356753 bytes) June 5, 2010
Ai-chan in Guess, at SouthCenter Mall, Tukwila...
 
2010-06-06_ai-ayumi-maki-yukari-saki1.JPG (489773 bytes) 2010-06-06_ai-ayumi-maki-yukari-saki2.JPG (285477 bytes) June 6, 2010
A meeting at Red Robin, with Ai, Ayumi, Maki, Yukari, and Saki...
 
2010-06-08_ai_and_katakana1.JPG (229928 bytes) 2010-06-08_ai_and_katakana2.JPG (373094 bytes) June 8, 2010
Ai and Katakana. Katakana, who is Kanako's friend in Japan, was on a 10 hour layover in Seattle on her way to take an exam in Toronto...
 
2010-06-12_aya2_ai.JPG (421695 bytes) June 12, 2010
Aya (#2) and Ai... dinner at Factoria...
 
ai-chan_bc_class_12.JPG (386736 bytes) June 16, 2010
Ai-chan's last music class at Bellevue College...
 
June 23, 2010
On an expedition at Alderwood Mall, north of Seattle...
 
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2010-06-23_alderwood9.JPG (347964 bytes) June 23, 2010
Starbucks...
 
2010-06-25_kayak_laugh.JPG (374991 bytes) June 26, 2010
Ai-chan googled her upcoming trip to Japan and discovered that the legs between Seattle/Hawaii and Hawaii/Tokyo were listed as "take a kayak!" Ai-chan laughed so hard I thought I would have to call 911...
 
2010-06-25_with_chunhee.JPG (427373 bytes) June 26, 2010
With Chunhee at the Bellevue Strawberry Festival...
 
2010-06-26_donation_station.JPG (551092 bytes) 2010-06-27_giving_stuff_away.JPG (441592 bytes) June 27, 2010
Ai donated some of her excess belongings to Saki, Ayumi, Maki, and Yukari...
 
June 27, 2010
At Tully's... Ai, Maki, Saki, Yukari, and Ayumi...
 
2010-06-26_lil_john.JPG (393921 bytes) June 27, 2010
At the Lil Jon, with Yukari, Saki, Ai, Maki, and Ayumi. Ai received a nice card from her friends. This shot was taken about 5 minutes after Yukari caught a little birdie that had flown in the restaurant through a back door...
 
2010-06-26_bigfoot.JPG (434660 bytes) June 27, 2010
Ayumi, Maki, Yukari, Ai, and Saki... in Bigfoot...
 
2010-06-27_with_areta.JPG (522537 bytes) June 28, 2010
Ai with Areta...
 
2010-06-28_with_chihiro.JPG (397186 bytes) June 29, 2010
Chihiro and Ai... in Bigfoot, at Bellevue College...
 
2010-06-28_bc.JPG (479141 bytes) June 29, 2010
At Bellevue College with Yukari, Maki, Ayumi, Ai, and Chihiro...
 
Ai-chan Returns to Japan, June 30, 2010