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my comp just downloaded 1.4GB in 40 minutes. :shocked:

Holy crap. It's like 35MB/s.

tabana wrote:Holy crap. It's like 35MB/s.

that was a first...that never happens...file was all seeds and no leechers except for me :P

Tu_triky wrote:my comp just downloaded 1.4GB in 40 minutes. :shocked:

shinkansen speeds or faster :victory: :bow:

forty hours for some others... :beaten:

Tu_triky wrote:

that was a first...that never happens...file was all seeds and no leechers except for me :P

You have witnessed a rare phenomenon indeed. :bow:

Oyasumi. :mrgreen: :bonk:

Wynter wrote:

You have witnessed a rare phenomenon indeed. :bow:

yeah because the seeders must have also had fat pipelines for me to be able to download the file so quickly.

qilver wrote:
shinkansen speeds or faster :victory: :bow:

forty hours for some others... :beaten:

for me, it was a happy fluke.

I see triky's got a new sig-pic...backside view of Toshi's girl? :beaten:

ganmo wrote:I see triky's got a new sig-pic...backside view of Toshi's girl? :beaten:

i wish....:P merely the promotional movie poster for this documentary i saw yesterday. www.geishamodern.com

i wish.... :P merely the promotional movie poster for this documentary i saw yesterday. www.geishamodern.com

Oh...okay...well...you can dream, ne? :rofl:

Wow...looks like a good documentary...I would love to see it...but alas...I doubt it will be shown here... :puppydog:

ganmo wrote:

i wish.... :P merely the promotional movie poster for this documentary i saw yesterday. www.geishamodern.com

Oh...okay...well...you can dream, ne? :rofl:

Wow...looks like a good documentary...I would love to see it...but alas...I doubt it will be shown here... :puppydog:

i'm interested to see if it will eventually be released on DVD...the documentary lacked some cohesion as far as the narrative was concerned...but visually it provided a rather intimate look at the lives of these women....it was duly fascinating....after the film was over they actually had one of the proprietresses of an actual Kyoto Ocha-ya (tea house) to answer questions from the audience...it was a rare treat.


i had read about and casually studied the geisha culture previously...but i learned a lot from watching this film.

for one, i never knew there were 5 districts of Geiko in Kyoto...i thought there was only one...Gion...which is the one that ppl tend to hear about most.

i'm interested to see if it will eventually be released on DVD...the documentary lacked some cohesion as far as the narrative was concerned...but visually it provided a rather intimate look at the lives of these women....it was duly fascinating....after the film was over they actually had one of the proprietresses of an actual Kyoto Ocha-ya (tea house) to answer questions from the audience...it was a rare treat.

I had read about and casually studied the geisha culture previously...but i learned a lot from watching this film.

Wow...that must have been fascinating. After the farce that was Memoirs of a Geisha...people should be educated on what the life of a geisha is really about...not just slapping on white makeup and putting sticks in one's hair and walking around looking like some clown. Also, not all geisha's were prostitutes...another myth brought about by the Western world. Some were...majority were not.

for one, i never knew there were 5 districts of Geiko in Kyoto...i thought there was only one...Gion...which is the one that ppl tend to hear about most.

I had read once that there were more than 1 district...just can't remember anything more than Gion, which is the most popular one.

I hope it eventually goes on DVD too...would love to see it. :victory:

ganmo wrote:

Wow...that must have been fascinating. After the farce that was Memoirs of a Geisha...people should be educated on what the life of a geisha is really about...not just slapping on white makeup and putting sticks in one's hair and walking around looking like some clown. Also, not all geisha's were prostitutes...another myth brought about by the Western world. Some were...majority were not.

yes, it was fascinating....i was quite enthralled by the tradition and circumstance inherent in the various facets of the geiko culture...the training, the expectations, all the artisans and craftsman that are responsible in contributing to its success...the hairdressers, kimono makers, choreographers, etc.

that farce, as you mention.....i couldn't bring myself to watch that hollywood crap

you bring up some very pertinent points regarding misconceptions of geisha culture....among the many things i learned that bolsters your argument was in one particular Kyoto geisha district, Shimabara, they had geisha known as "tayu" which were so well educated in Japanese literature and custom they were actually considered equal in status to feudal lords.....

I had read once that there were more than 1 district...just can't remember anything more than Gion, which is the most popular one.

they mentioned they were Gion, Shimabara, Pontocho, and two others...i can't remember them at the moment.

I hope it eventually goes on DVD too...would love to see it. :victory:

yeah it was very interesting.

Tu_triky wrote:


i wish....:P merely the promotional movie poster for this documentary i saw yesterday. www.geishamodern.com

That does sound fascinating. Glad you got a chance to see and review it for us Tu. There are no user reviews yet over at the metacritic.com website. Only reviews by LA Weekly and Los Angeles Times that don't start out all that favorable. I hope the audience have a better appreciation for it than the critics did.

Enna wrote:

That does sound fascinating. Glad you got a chance to see and review it for us Tu. There are no user reviews yet over at the metacritic.com website. Only reviews by LA Weekly and Los Angeles Times that don't start out all that favorable. I hope the audience have a better appreciation for it than the critics did.

yeah i read those after i saw the actual film....as i mentioned i thought the narrative lacked some cohesion...so in that sense, i agree with the criticism of the articles but nothwithstanding that fact, this aspect of japanese traditional culture is normally so closed to society i think the expose was insightful for the non-japanese and the uninitiated.

without embellishment, i can easily say that a foreigner in japan would have very limited access to a sitting with a geisha aside from what might be presented in certain circumstances....although it could have been better in terms of its construction i still found it a worthy endeavor.

to correct my previous statement, although there are five geisha districts, known as hanamachi....they are as follows:

1)Gion Kobu,
2)Gion Higashi,
3)Miyagawa-cho
4)Kamishichiken
5)Pontocho

That pic of just the back of the neck with the elegant white makeup contrasting with the flesh tones is just gorgeous, neh!

Im guaranteed it wont be coming to my horse town. Ill wait for the DVD.

Eve wrote:That pic of just the back of the neck with the elegant white makeup contrasting with the flesh tones is just gorgeous, neh!

Im guaranteed it wont be coming to my horse town. Ill wait for the DVD.

Same. :thumbsup:

Eve wrote:That pic of just the back of the neck with the elegant white makeup contrasting with the flesh tones is just gorgeous, neh!

yeah the nape of the neck is traditionally given special consideration in light of the fact that it was uncovered by clothing in ancient times. :sweat:

Im guaranteed it wont be coming to my horse town. Ill wait for the DVD.

when it does i'm sure you and your favorite horsey will be happy. ^_^