Illogically Offended

...because the world apparently revolves around me.

Recycling

I'm in Copenhagen visiting my buddy for this birthday this weekend. I forgot to bring paper with me, so I snuck a comic in his notebook he had lying around while he was out...

Legit

Perks

The disadvantage of dating a cartoonist/blogger.

people like it

Thanks for all the Facebook likes! And now for some reader-stalking.

yes, you too

If you "like" me on Facebook, I have stalked you.

Poor G

What poor G puts up with behind the scenes.

Wringing it out

Comforting Thought

I think everybody feels this way once in a while . . . but having a daily blog helps.

Bonsai Turns Two!

Ack! I can't draw stick figures anymore. Weird!

Dr. G

G loves looking at my blog stats. And he's so proud!

How about these keywords

G is always trying to boost my readership. (Also, this comic just gave me an excuse to write use "penis" as a keyword.)

Also, a few people have been asking for more Mama comics. She was on holiday for a few weeks, but now she's back, and now I'm just waiting for her to make inappropriate comments.

The Real Name

He actually wouldn't mind if I used his real name, but you know. For consistency's sake?

You Never Know

Deep Profound Thoughts

Privacy and Stuff

「プラバシーとか」

Commitment 2

cont'd from yesterday.

Censor

Don't worry, G, not very many people read my blog anyway . . . I think.

Happy 1st Birthday Bonsai!

OMG Bonsai is 1 year old! A lot has happened in the last year, but I'm proud to have been able to stick with this blog for an entire year! Yay!

Yeah yeah, whoop whoop!

And here's a freaky dream I had the other day. Come to think of it, I don't seem to have anything but freaky dreams. 

It all made sense in the dream.

Handy Dandy

Just came back from handing in my portfolio. That was it. That was the best I could do in three months time. I'll find out if I get invited back for an exam around the end of June. If there are no ecstatic/hysterical posts toward the end of June, that's probably because I'm sitting quietly in the corner of my room weeping. Haha! Well. All jokes aside, I'm glad it's finally out of my hands. Now I can start to relax . . . kind of. Will keep drawing and practicing, though.

I've also been playing around with the blog. Let me know if the new format is hard to read or distracting. The background is actually taken from a piece that I put in my portfolio.

Anywho! Today's comic is inspired by Tze's post "Always handy to have chopsticks." Tze is a Dutch cartoonist of Taiwanese descent living and working in Frankfurt. I stumbled onto her blog from a link on the octopus pie website, and got excited when I found lots of commonalities between us (female Asian polyglots of multicultural background living in Germany and drawing webcomics, in short). She draws and writes about food, cultures, sweets, more food, and a variety of episodes in her daily life. I'm always impressed at how well thought-out her stories and sophisticated her style is---sorry if I've unconsciously stolen any ideas/techniques! Anyway, this comic deals with a common theme of ours---random moments when we're reminded that we're, well, Asians. haha. Anyway, go check out her blog!

Oh, and the model of the woman with glasses is a former boss of mine. She's American, but she's lived in Japan for nearly 40 years now and is, well, pretty much Japanese in a lot of ways. I just couldn't stop smiling at how cute she looked when she was making us tea and dipped her old cooking chopsticks (saibashi) into the kettle to fish out the tea bag. One of those moments when you forget that she's actually American.

Righty. Off to enjoy the rest of my day. I'm going to allow myself to have guilt-free fun today, and then it's back to German homework and drawing tomorrow!

Jesus. Long enough post, eh?