Originally posted 2010-01-03 at https://inpixels09.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/jamie-that-irish-dude/

Jamie, my irish friend i met just over a month ago and have loved like a father ever since, leaves for tokyo in a number of hours, from where he flies home to ireland. as a last meeting, naohiro and i spent the night at his house. we had a feast that night with 10 other friends of his from the neighborhood, passed out on the tatami floor in his room around 2, and then went to a bath house the next morning. ryouhei took this video for us that second day, right before he walked us to our car. i put it up on youtube-

愛の意味探している三人；　three young men questioned their love

Jamie wonders aloud what love is, and i propose it “feels a little like this.” naohiro didnt know/couldnt pronounce the lyrics, but had a funny way of whistling, so we had him help us out a little.

I felt horrible the rest of the day, after saying goodbye. my stomach was shaking too much to eat anything until late in the night, and me and naohiro only sat cross legged on the couch talking slowly for the next half hour. people and things are disappearing all over; hes a great kid, and we had too much of a good time making fun of japanese people and drinking that one coffee, over and over again, went skiing, lifted weights, played frisby at 3 in the morning while naohiro tried to get us to lower our voices, did all the things it sucks to finally record because they wont keep happening. i couldnt stop thinking about it and couldnt sleep until, well, maybe in an hour or two.

it was great, man. i hope you have had a good time too. 人生の残りを楽しんでね、thanks, and youre welcome to michigan, any time-　

– 治永