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A picture is worth a thousand words:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_076.jpg
Benson, I guess space and newness are the exciting things to them about these houses. I don’t know about the flourescent lighting; I don’t remember that. I used to be amazed by the “throw away” attitude the Japanese have toward housing. My next door neighbor was commenting on our building there (very ugly high rise) as an old building. It was 11 years old!
“The thing I really don’t understand about modern Japanese home aesthetics, however, is their use of harsh flourescent lighting everywhere, even in the living room. They use the high-intensity fixtures. It is so glaring and has no warmth.”
When I’m walking legiondog at night and walk along the street getting slight glimpses into random homes and lives, I’m always struck with a brief but profound sense of sadness at seeing a living room bathed in the harsh tones of flourescent lighting. I’m reminded of Van Gough’s painting of that sad night cafe with a single bare bulb oozing with a melancholic haze.
Speaking of wise restraint, I guess I’ll not post in the BOTD thread that supposedly part of Debbie Does Dallas was filmed there.
Donatella;
Depends upon your POV. It was the typical modern-day Japanese home. On the outside, it looks like a suburban home. They are made from “kits”, however, and so up-close they kinda have the feel of a trailer home, especially inside. They all use that laminate wood floor, and when you walk on it, it makes that hollow echo sound.
The thing I really don’t understand about modern Japanese home aesthetics, however, is their use of harsh flourescent lighting everywhere, even in the living room. They use the high-intensity fixtures. It is so glaring and has no warmth.
Benson – 30 is young! but like you said she must have needed it!
“I guess that’s important to men”
…yes, no dude likes to wake up and find Richard Nixon lying next to him.
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“I don’t know what one of those looks like but I just made the executive decision to not google images search that at work.”
Just picture an “asshat” after a bad hair day.
So what was the house like Benson?
it’s gross dont google it it’s when people get fucked in the butt too much and too often and their anus protrudes outward. gross. it’s also known as trunk butt.
*rob*