4/22/2009

purikura

Japanese purikura (stands for print club, I think) machines have gotten crazy sophisticated. Not only do they take photos with a variety of backgrounds, you can also choose what you want your skin color to be and what background music to play while the photos are being taken (to get you in the mood, I suppose). The problem for purikura amateurs like me is that there's a time limit on all these choices each machine offers. Before I can even read through all the choices, the question has timed out and the machine has decided for me. You might not think it, but purikura machines can be stressful.

After the photos are taken, you exit the booth and go to another part of the purikura machine to doodle on the photos. You can change eye color, add accessories, create borders/backgrounds, and write any messages you want.


The end result:

What do you think?!

4 comments:

  1. your blue/grey eyes are scary! you are like memoirs of a geisha! :D

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  2. I love it! I haven't done purikura in so long that I didn't know you could even choose your own music. I can just imagine you all frazzled, giggling hysterically because you can't make up your mind in enough time in the booth. Fun!

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  3. Fun!...but I think I like the old you better!

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  4. eye color, I get. But an option to change your skin color? Disturbing.

    ooohhh, the Japanese :) Gotta love 'em.

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