Random crap.
Several years ago, I bought these jumpers at Shimamura and posted them on my Tumblr feed. I’ll repost these pics here.
This next one has Megadrive, Saturn, and Dreamcast patterns. It’s also slightly warmer than the Dreamcast one.
Shimamura has come through again, this time with block cushions. This time I was late, as these were released in September. I learned about these by doing a web search. Like those Sega pillows I bought last year, these are detailed on the underside and since these are block cushions, the sides are detailed too.
Neat stuff.
Ulan drew a picture of herself in pencil today.
A few weeks ago, a couple of students of mine alerted me to the 100 yen shop Can Do having plenty of neat Pac-Man crap in stock. On my lunch break, I had to go check it out for myself. I scored plenty of neat stuff! This photo is of my loot: clear stickers, zip storage bags, two sizes of masking tape, a keychain, stickers, a trading card, and a memo notepad. Score!
I dunno whether to call the show “Spy Family” or “Spy x Family.” I’Ve seen a lot of Suntory Coffee Boss Spy Family products at drug stores lately. The top picture is peanut-flavored café au lait. I bought this box, but I have yet to try it. I’ll show this in the next Japanese snacks video I upload to my YT and Odysee channels.
Unfortunately, the Spy Family movie won’t be out until December! By that time, it will have been a year since the 2nd season on TV ended. They’re making us wait a whole year.
We went to the trout farm in Katashina two weeks ago, and enjoyed the cool 28°C. As always, the air was filled with dragonflies flying about.
There is a trick to catching dragonflies. As you know, they like to land on the reeds standing out above the water, right? If you point your finger up, the dragonflies might land on your finger. Ulan is a master at it!
So June is “Pride Month.” What other months can we celebrate?
Greed Month. Well, that’s pretty much every month.
Lust Month. “Illicit sexual desire.” That ties in with Pride Month, I guess. Lots of overlap there.
Envy Month. I guess that’s every month.
Gluttony Month. Gosh, I guess this is every month too.
Wrath Month. Yikes.
Sloth Month. Well, I guess that depends on the individual.
So if we celebrate Pride Month, why not celebrate any of the other 6 deadly sins people indulge in? I can’t imagine a Sloth Parade prepared for Sloth Month though. Everyone would be too lazy to participate. Gluttony Month… I can only imagine that would be filled with those disgusting hotdog eating contests and such. I guess Greed Month is kicked off every year with Black Friday, turning Christmas from a solemn, joyous celebration of faith and family in the name of Christ into one of blatant commercialism in the name of Santa Claus.
This dialogue actually happened yesterday morning after breakfast:
Ulan: “Bring me a plastic bag. Now.”
Me: “What’s the magic word?”
Ulan: “…SHIT.”
Me: “No, the other magic word.”
She’s crazy. But you know, I admire that.
She’s also LITERALLY HITLER.
Last month, our daughter Ulan visited Kyoto for her 3rd year JHS school trip and had a great time. It was her first time away from her parents, so it was a big deal. It made me want to look at photos of Kyoto the last time I ever visited there. When Mayu and I had been married for less than two months, we visited Kyoto in May 2001. I cannot remember where this photo was taken in Kyoto, but I just thought that this is a cute glance over the shoulder picture.
