Dirty Dozen +1 (Around the world...)

[Leonard Leroy]

Miz, my hero.

[chambo2008]

i like the look of the cheese and ham sandwich ..mmmmmmmmmmmm

[scoki]

Let's see some heel hook fades.

[cabl3]

that bento looks goood

damn, i know im moving to okinawa someday...someday

[MindxMatters]

Seriously, these pictures are great. Make me wish I was able to move to okinawa

[Akira]

bonus pic:

yeah, that's a snake in the bottle. habu-sake is sake made with the poisonous okinawan habu-snake. supposedly, it makes your dick hard, but apparently, that's just some b.s. they tell the tourists.

Isn't that what SC makes the Okinawan patch out of?

[mizanation]

akira, that's a good question. i asked kamida-san and he says no. the skin of a habu is not very flexible when dried. it also smells. the patch on the SC's are probably python. i thought it was habu too, but i think i was wrong.

[jcotteri]

miz thats some wonderful pics.. greetings form Australia and i can finally comment because the jeans have completed their circumnavigation of the globe..

congrats to all who have worn them.. The jeans are amazing, look great now and the breaking in of them has been a pleasure to watch over the last year.

great idea

also my favorite thing about it has been seeing such an interesting view of such interesting people all around the world.

thanks for the insight

regards,

jes

[mizanation]

ok, not too much happened today. i taught a brazilian jiu-jitsu class on the military base. took some pics of my students.

look at the size of this guy! this is big john, all 320 pounds of him.

shimabukuro-san, japanese military policeman.

steve, u.s. navy military policeman.

after class, i spent the day practicing in the lab.

yuki found this at the 100 yen store today. you can find the most incredible gadgets, tools, and knick-knacks in the japanese 100 yen stores. if any of you go to japan, make sure that you go to a 100 yen store and knock yourself out. anyways, i thought this box was especially appropriate for this thread. perhaps i will put some dd+1 style paint on the back pockets??? please feel free to photoshop it in for me.

anyways, a pretty uneventful day. hopefully tomorrow, we'll do something more interesting.

[edmond]

the last is always be the best this just proves it.. miz i salute you! thanks for sharing ARIGATO!!!!

[lenn]

ah, i had that snake whiskey too, when i was in laos a couple years ago. it did not make my dick hard. great pics miz, keep em coming.

[ILHE1S]

Awesome Pic's Miz!!!

Is that an EMU Keyboard and what Music Production Software do you use?

[denimformytummy]

It is always interesting to follow the update of this thread...........

interesting picsssssss!!

[drapygo]

looks like reason.

[mizanation]

definitely reason. and the controller is an old pc-300.

[ILHE1S]

definitely reason. and the controller is an old pc-300.

Awesome! I think that's what my boy DJ Dirty Sanchez Uses. Can't you flip the modules around and move your 1/4" cables?

Reason+Abelton=Pure Fire!!!

[.max]

Trumpet player? Awesome. It's nice to see other brass players around here.

Please keep with the constant updates. I look forward to seeing more!

[nickthechibi]

please turn that box into some spongebob-dd+1-pants

[panicnation]

Haha please do! Awesome suggestion!

[Chicken]

i'm so glad we have a great closer.

thanks miz!

[coleslawyum]

Here you go.

[denimdestroyedmylife]

we should transform the jeans into a box

fill it with all the money we have

set it ablaze and throw it into the ocean

[cheep]

sounds like a great idea. ill donate my 2.37

[mizanation]

ok, so, i live in a town called okinawa city. however, the locals call it "koza" which is the old name for the town. there is a military base here, so the u.s. presence is huge. anyways, we live on a street called "park avenue," but it used to be called "b.c. street."

originally, "b.c. street" used to mean "business center street" but it soon became known as "bring cash street" due to the plethora of adult activities available on the strip. for years, "b.c. street" was the place where american g.i.'s would go to get drunk, listen to some live music, go to a disco and meet girls. it was, as one old retired military friend of mine puts it, the "wild wild west." during the vietnam, korean and the first and second iraq wars, this place was a crazy place. recently, b.c. street has quieted down. the seedy strip clubs and brothels have shut down. now, it's a street lined with a bunch of bars and restaurants. to help change the image of the street, they renamed it “park avenue,” i guess since it sounds classy.

b.c. street aka park avenue today:

[mizanation]

ok, so, i live in a town called okinawa city. however, the locals call it "koza" which is the old name for the town. there is a military base here, so the u.s. presence is huge. anyways, we live on a street called "park avenue," but it used to be called "b.c. street."

originally, "b.c. street" used to mean "business center street" but it soon became known as "bring cash street" due to the plethora of adult activities available on the strip. for years, "b.c. street" was the place where american g.i.'s would go to get drunk, listen to some live music, go to a disco and meet girls. it was, as one old retired military friend of mine puts it, the "wild wild west." during the vietnam, korean and the first and second iraq wars, this place was a crazy place. recently, b.c. street has quieted down. the seedy strip clubs and brothels have shut down. now, it's a street lined with a bunch of bars and restaurants. to help change the image of the street, they renamed it “park avenue,” i guess since it sounds classy.

b.c. street aka park avenue today:

[mizanation]

in japan, they have these type of cars called, "kei cars." they are super small, so they are easy to maneuver. they are light and have super efficient (though not very powerful) motors, so they use very little gas. they are cheap too! and you save at the gas pump. this is our little kei-car. it gets us around town. i'm not sure why they don't have these cars in the u.s., but i'm sure the oil companies wouldn't want these around. also, these are way too small for most americans who are on the heavy side.

[mizanation]

in japan, they have these type of cars called, "kei cars." they are super small, so they are easy to maneuver. they are light and have super efficient (though not very powerful) motors, so they use very little gas. they are cheap too! and you save at the gas pump. this is our little kei-car. it gets us around town. i'm not sure why they don't have these cars in the u.s., but i'm sure the oil companies wouldn't want these around. also, these are way too small for most americans who are on the heavy side.

[mizanation]

today, we went to a local farmer's market. lots of great produce available here.

this is a japanese radish called, “daikon.” you might remember it used as a weapon in mario bros. 2.

lunch:

at the supermarket:

these are bottles of “kid's beer.” i'm assuming non-alcoholic malted beverage for kids. yeah, they start them early over here.

*edit* if you look at the bottle that looks like a corona bottle, "codomo" means "child" in japanese.

[mizanation]

today, we went to a local farmer's market. lots of great produce available here.

this is a japanese radish called, “daikon.” you might remember it used as a weapon in mario bros. 2.

lunch:

at the supermarket:

these are bottles of “kid's beer.” i'm assuming non-alcoholic malted beverage for kids. yeah, they start them early over here.

*edit* if you look at the bottle that looks like a corona bottle, "codomo" means "child" in japanese.

[mizanation]

after shopping, we went to see the kuniyoshis.

mr. and mrs. kuniyoshi make custom denim clothing in koza. mr. kuniyoshi fell in love with denim when he used to live in los angeles. when he came back to japan, he decided to make denim his life and worked at a very famous factory in okayama—the mecca of japanese denim. at the factory, he met his future wife who also shared his passion for denim. after 10 years of working at the factory, they came back to his home town to start their own company—double volante.

some of his custom made jeans:

he owns one of the only union special chainstitchers on the whole island of okinawa:

here he is showing us a pair of jeans that he wore when he was working at the denim factory:

kuniyoshi-san and me, discussing denim over ginger crackers and oolong tea....