{"id":1443,"date":"2010-01-31T22:47:22","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T13:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-01-31\/1443"},"modified":"2010-01-31T22:47:22","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T13:47:22","slug":"anthony-makes-his-first-communion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-01-31\/1443","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Makes His First Communion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 3200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nShenanigans Before Mass<\/span>\nFive-year-old Kyoko-chan uses Anthony as a human<\/span> coat rack\n<\/div>\n\n

Anthony received his First Communion at Mass today, along with his\nfriend Joe. They'd been meeting with Fr. Graham McDonnell (an American\npriest who has been in Kyoto for more than 50 years) on Saturdays for the\npast few months, and he thought they were ready. He suggested<\/span> that they\nserve Mass, so that with their street clothes covered by their cassock,\nthey'd not have to bother about getting dressing up. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n

Anthony has been serving\nMass<\/a> on and off for about two years, while Joe's been doing it for two and a half<\/span> years<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Joe's little sister Kyoko (seen joshing around above), who turns five\nyears old tomorrow, has been serving for several months. Other kids who\nnormally serve more often also showed up, and Fr. McDonnell's not the kind\nto turn anyone away, so there turned out to be a total<\/span> seven acolytes.<\/p>\n\n

Also seen above is Gabriel, an extremely good-natured young man who\nalways takes the younger kids under his wing.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPre-Mass Instruction<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDress Rehearsal<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 135 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nJust Prior to Entrance<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAssisting Father<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Even though he's now taller and can see over the altar with ease, the\nshot above looks similar to this shot two years\nago<\/a> where he could just barely see over, because this time I was<\/span>\nsitting when I took<\/span> the shot, so the angle makes him look shorter.<\/p>\n\n

Fr. McDonnell specifically asked me to take some pictures. I suppose<\/span> it's hard for anyone to believe that I'm ever reticent to use the camera,\nbut that's not what Mass is for, so when I do<\/span> photograph during Mass, I do so<\/span> with reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 160 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 3200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAnthony Receives His First Communion<\/span>\nwhile Kyoko and her brother look on\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 160 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nmoments later,\nJoseph Receives His First Communion<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

After Mass, in the basement, we thought to take an impromptu group\nphoto, and immediately the two boys started doing some silly Power Ranger\nposes and whatnot. It was funny<\/span> and all, but I suggested<\/span> that perhaps they\ncould try a somewhat<\/span> more pious pose. Everyone was still mid-laugh (and\nJoseph still had half of a funny<\/span> face) when I got<\/span> this shot....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The tallest boy is Gabriel's brother, the pair being half of a quartet<\/span>\nof siblings who are all kind, good natured young men of such a high<\/span> caliber\nthat it's my aspiration for Anthony to turn out like them. If you can<\/span>'t be\na kind<\/span> and considerate person, no other successes in life really\nmatter.<\/p>\n\n

Joe's parents let him pick where he wanted to go to celebrate after\nMass, and much to their consternation, he picked McDonald's. But it was<\/span> his\nspecial day, so McDonald's it was. We tagged<\/span> along.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nNot Our Average Sunday Brunch<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The McDonald's near Kawaramachi and Sanjo Streets is three stories tall,\nbut was still so crowded that we couldn't all sit together. It was the<\/span>\nfirst time any of us had been in a McDonald's<\/span> in a very<\/span> long time, which\nmade it a treat<\/span> for the kids, and gastronomical distress for the adults. It'd been so<\/span> long for me that I actually<\/span> forgot to get the Happy\nMeal<\/i> (with its all-important accompanying toy) for Anthony. But Anthony<\/span> did get ice cream later on. My order<\/span> of 14 ice-cream cones was somewhat of\na shock<\/span> to the kid behind the register, but with the help of Gabriel and\nhis brothers, all the cones reached their intended recipients waiting up on\nthe third floor.<\/p>\n\n

We had already promised Anthony an ice-cream treat as celebration, and\ntagging along to Joe's lunch didn't count. Fumie wasn't feeling well this\nevening, so Anthony and I headed<\/span> out for dinner and a big<\/span> parfait<\/i>.\nIt was so<\/i> big that Anthony couldn't even finish it, but being the\nloving Daddy that I am,<\/span> I made the<\/span> sacrifice to help him with it.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anthony received his First Communion at Mass today, along with his friend Joe. They'd been meeting with Fr. Graham McDonnell (an American priest who has been in Kyoto for more than 50 years) on Saturdays for the past few months, and he thought they were ready. He suggested that they serve Mass, so that with their street clothes covered by their cassock, they'd not have to bother about getting dressing up. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>

Anthony has been serving Mass on and off for about two years, while Joe's been doing it for two and a half years.<\/p>

Joe's little sister Kyoko (seen [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}