Post-Pandemic Gift to Yourself??

I wouldn’t expect that most of the conversation about what you like after the pandemic on a Japan forum to be about guns.
I’d love to get some new clothes & just attend some fashion party & go clubbing afterwards with young people.
 
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Desktop said:
I wouldn’t expect that most of the conversation about what you like after the pandemic on a Japan forum to be about guns.
I’d love to get some new clothes & just attend some fashion party & go clubbing afterwards with young people.
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Thank God I’m past that phase ! :D
(Well, thank Covid and PhilSB actually)
 
Anna Summer said:
Probably nothing at all. My mindset has completely changed since the start of the pandemic and I don’t feel comfortable anymore with just buying something for the sake of it. Call me crazy but I absolutely enjoy the minimalistic life at the moment. :whistle:
Maaaybe I’d buy a pack of those expensive white strawberries. They taste good at least :D
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I am willing to celebrate with you and buy you those expensive white strawberries in a nice dinner date.
How does that sounds?
I am serious and have the TAG community as my witness
 
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SatoKM said:
I am willing to celebrate with you and buy you those expensive white strawberries in a nice dinner date.
How does that sounds?
I am serious and have the TAG community as my witness
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And we know where you live and what your credit card number is
 
Desktop said:
I wouldn’t expect that most of the conversation about what you like after the pandemic on a Japan forum to be about guns.
I’d love to get some new clothes & just attend some fashion party & go clubbing afterwards with young people.
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Dude, tell me you're not going to be THAT creepy old guy who shows up at the dance club and tries to awkwardly mingle with all the kids. There is only one way a guy past 35 can go to a "fashion party" and hit the club afterwards and have it be even remotely socially acceptable, and that's if he's very obviously gay (I could pull that off, BTW).

Seriously, that's even worse than the overweight 24yo chump who waddles back to campus to crash house parties two years after he graduated, trying to hit on freshmen girls and relive the glory days.

I don't know what the club culture in Tokyo is, but the last time I walked into a club stateside was when I was 19. And the last time I hit a club in Osaka I was probably around 25, and that's because I was proper fucking drunk, and even then I could tell I was on the extreme older-end of the club spectrum.

We're old. Placate the wife and kids and then saunter off to do something that old guys tend to do. Even pre-pandemic, at this point in my life I don't see my friends nearly as often as I used to, perhaps a couple of times a month if I'm lucky, so it was easier for me than most to part with socializing.

The only real thing that this situation robbed me of is travel, so that's going to be on the top of my list. Land in Haneda, take the other half out so some nice restaurants, pick up a new watch in Nakano, then drop her off at the in-laws and go off adventuring solo. Visit some pals in Osaka, get royally shitfaced like it's 2005 again, get a nice scrub and tug from some middle-aged Korean lady, maybe visit that deranged femdom lady in Kyoto, then go grab the other half and probably hit a nice ryokan in Hakone for a couple of nights. Definitely could use a massage. Would love to do a sake tasting somewhere.

I mean, in a dream world I'd go cornhole some talent at Libe then get high on imo and bath salts and watch Dave Gilmour rock the solo for Comfortably Numb at a club somewhere, but I'm neither young nor rich enough to make that a reality. Maybe. For now.
 
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Dude, tell me you're not going to be THAT creepy old guy who shows up at the dance club and tries to awkwardly mingle with all the kids. There is only one way a guy past 35 can go to a "fashion party" and hit the club afterwards and have it be even remotely socially acceptable, and that's if he's very obviously gay (I could pull that off, BTW).

Seriously, that's even worse than the overweight 24yo chump who waddles back to campus to crash house parties two years after he graduated, trying to hit on freshmen girls and relive the glory days.

I don't know what the club culture in Tokyo is, but the last time I walked into a club stateside was when I was 19. And the last time I hit a club in Osaka I was probably around 25, and that's because I was proper fucking drunk, and even then I could tell I was on the extreme older-end of the club spectrum.

We're old. Placate the wife and kids and then saunter off to do something that old guys tend to do. Even pre-pandemic, at this point in my life I don't see my friends nearly as often as I used to, perhaps a couple of times a month if I'm lucky, so it was easier for me than most to part with socializing.

The only real thing that this situation robbed me of is travel, so that's going to be on the top of my list. Land in Haneda, take the other half out so some nice restaurants, pick up a new watch in Nakano, then drop her off at the in-laws and go off adventuring solo. Visit some pals in Osaka, get royally shitfaced like it's 2005 again, get a nice scrub and tug from some middle-aged Korean lady, maybe visit that deranged femdom lady in Kyoto, then go grab the other half and probably hit a nice ryokan in Hakone for a couple of nights. Definitely could use a massage. Would love to do a sake tasting somewhere.

I mean, in a dream world I'd go cornhole some talent at Libe then get high on imo and bath salts and watch Dave Gilmour rock the solo for Comfortably Numb at a club somewhere, but I'm neither young nor rich enough to make that a reality. Maybe. For now.
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actually it’s « socially accepted », and even welcome, if you ask for a table at the VIP corner and splurge on champagne for the pretty young things who will soon congregate around. It’s fun, but a bit pathetic , granted. And usually the sound is too loud and you’re too shitfaced to have any meaningful discussion.
 
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If anyone goes to fashion event or party & is seen as “creepy” then yeah they don’t belong. I believe I’m pretty constant with saying I like bringing females to events & clubs. I can’t see what’s negative with that.
 
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Keihan said:
Dude, tell me you're not going to be THAT creepy old guy who shows up at the dance club and tries to awkwardly mingle with all the kids.
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I've met Desktop. He's younger (looking at least!) than you think... ;)
 
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OK, well, I guess if you're younger (looking) and have the cash for the VIP table then it's a little different, but still...clubs after 40? I don't even go to sports bars anymore, and that's because I don't find anything appealing about having to scream over the shitty music just to have a conversation.

I have friends who made different choices in life and are doing far better than I am, who get their jollies by hitting buy-me-drinkie clubs where a $45 bottle of champagne goes for $500 and throwing money around until every bimbo at the club is corralled at their VIP tables. They think absolutely nothing of racking up a $10k bill and even then, if they want to take home one of the bar girls it'll run them another grand or two under the table. I just don't see the logic in it. For a fraction of that price I could hire a gorgeous escort for a few hours of her time, have a wonderful dinner at nice restaurant and not have to put up with blaring dance music, idiot bar girls and lines to take a piss.

Actually, that's not quite honest. If I wanted to blow that kind of money, I'd hire the escort for a quick romp (I only really need about ten minutes), tip her generously and ask her to leave early, then stop by the 1) liquor store, 2) Omega boutique and 3) gun shop, then go home and drunkenly masturbate with all my new toys. Different strokes for different folks.
 
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..clubs after 40?
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Here are my 5 cents ... I have left 40 behind for a long time, but if the girl deserves it, I'll take her dancing if that makes her take panties off. I used to go from time to time with my Japanese ex girlfriend who is bisexual. We had fun, I felt young, energized, enjoyed music, dancing... and a couple of times the night ended in a threesome with some fiery girl in bed. As has been said, the VIP table and bottles of Moët are like a honey trap for clubbing girls. Of course I would never go alone. The line between being pathetic or being popular in some places (like HB), is going with a sexy girl like @Simonka hanging by the hand.:D
 
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I thought this thread was about something that you may deem as a gift to yourself implying not something you have or do on the regular. At any age “to me” it would be fun to go out with friends in an environment that one is used to & not be worried about getting sick or dying. That would be my gift to myself.

My reaction to the guns is still just an opinion that I didn’t know that buying a gun would go so high in the list after the pandemic. I also didn’t know virgins were really on the site & I made comments saying I was surprised about that too in the past.
 
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Keihan said:
OK, well, I guess if you're younger (looking) and have the cash for the VIP table then it's a little different, but still...clubs after 40? I don't even go to sports bars anymore, and that's because I don't find anything appealing about having to scream over the shitty music just to have a conversation.

I have friends who made different choices in life and are doing far better than I am, who get their jollies by hitting buy-me-drinkie clubs where a $45 bottle of champagne goes for $500 and throwing money around until every bimbo at the club is corralled at their VIP tables. They think absolutely nothing of racking up a $10k bill and even then, if they want to take home one of the bar girls it'll run them another grand or two under the table. I just don't see the logic in it. For a fraction of that price I could hire a gorgeous escort for a few hours of her time, have a wonderful dinner at nice restaurant and not have to put up with blaring dance music, idiot bar girls and lines to take a piss.

Actually, that's not quite honest. If I wanted to blow that kind of money, I'd hire the escort for a quick romp (I only really need about ten minutes), tip her generously and ask her to leave early, then stop by the 1) liquor store, 2) Omega boutique and 3) gun shop, then go home and drunkenly masturbate with all my new toys. Different strokes for different folks.
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Yeaaah it kinda makes sense actually
More than splurging so much in a club at least
 
I’ve bought so much stuff during lockdown that I don’t think a present to myself will be anything material. Whenever this pandemic will be over, or at least more in control and international travel into Japan is allowed again, my present to myself will likely just be staying at a higher end hotel rather than the normal hotels I typically stay in. Still has to be close to Yoshiwara though. :D
 
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The second Japan opens up my ass is on a plane and going straight to Yodobashi and Map Camera for some long overdue upgrades to my lens collection. :snaphappy:

Then finding Ai-chan or a suitable replacement and getting massages daily. All this lockdown, countless Zoom meetings and not going out on shoots has got my neck and shoulders all jacked up.
 
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The second Japan opens up my ass is on a plane and going straight to Yodobashi and Map Camera for some long overdue upgrades to my lens collection. :snaphappy:

Then finding Ai-chan or a suitable replacement and getting massages daily. All this lockdown, countless Zoom meetings and not going out on shoots has got my neck and shoulders all jacked up.
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I'm actually looking at buying another camera, as well. My trusty old Canon has been with me through nearly a decade of political campaigns, recon work, overseas travel and other nonsense and still works fine but it may be time for something new. I was thinking of something affordable, maybe an 80D and a decent all-purpose lens. Probably end up buying a package deal at Costco and spending another grand at Yodobashi for the upgrade. I was playing with the new Mark at Yodobashi last year but there's no way in hell I need/deserve something of that caliber. And I'd rather dump that cash into a new watch.

Shitty as the year is, I've got my increased tax return and Slow Joe's stimulus debit card to look forward to. Tiny pleasures, tiny pleasures.
 
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The second Japan opens up my ass is on a plane and going straight to Yodobashi and Map Camera for some long overdue upgrades to my lens collection. :snaphappy:
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Keihan said:
I'm actually looking at buying another camera, as well.
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Have you been in Fujiya Camera in Nakano?
www.fujiyacamera.co.jp
5-61-1 Nakano, Tokyo
I bought almost all my Canon pro photographic equipment there... hundreds of used cameras, lenses, accessories... everything like new and with one year warranty.
After a pretty sexy girl, it's the second thing that can grab my attention for hours
 
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Have you been in Fujiya Camera in Nakano?
www.fujiyacamera.co.jp
5-61-1 Nakano, Tokyo
I bought almost all my Canon pro photographic equipment there... hundreds of used cameras, lenses, accessories... everything like new and with one year warranty.
After a pretty sexy girl, it's the second thing that can grab my attention for hours
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Almost forgot about this place - thanks for the reminder. :) I went there a few years ago when I started getting into vintage lenses to add to my filmmaking kit. Last couple of trips I didn’t have much free time to hit Nakano and the only used shop I got to check out was Alps near the entrance to Kabukicho.

Still have a bunch of things on my vintage list to look for.
 
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