Utrecht

Memory or no memory, it was nice to see each other...!

Pajamas

Yay! First project of the year at school is done, and now it's time to party catch up on sleep!

Coke

Not sure how it ended up this way, but trying out something a little bit different today.

Of Santa and Bunnies

Sorry for the lack of panels; hope it's still readable!

Not Popeye

I don't think I've ever met anyone who grew up in a houseboat before. It might not be as romantic in reality as I imagine it to be, but it's pretty darn cool all the same.

Story Time

The really interesting thing was, we both stopped talking when the story time program came on. I naturally just found myself listening attentively to the story. Weeird.

Japanese Pop Culture 101: Understanding Anpanman

Da. Nyet. Da.

Josh of Caffeinated Toothpaste helped me make my first Bonsai strip in ink and I had an awesome time doing it! Huzzah! Merci Josh!

「ダー、ニェット、ダー」

Overactive Salivary Gland?

This is just a theory, but I think my salivary gland is overactive. While this wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, but it does cause me drool. A lot. I drool gallons when I'm sleeping, which is a given (and gross). I also drool when I'm focused, so I did this a lot as a kid.

For some reason, I found this really embarrassing as a kid and never told anyone or tried to hide it. I still find myself over self-conscious, but blogging helps. I think. Eh?

Kettle, Law, and Marketa

Okay, so I did want a toy vacuum cleaner when I was a kid, but still.

Speaking of toys, something I recently seriously considered buying is a plush roast chicken.

SO squee!

Oh, and slightly unrelated (but not entirely unrelated), but I have a friend whose last name is Kettle. Cutest last name ever!

And last but not least: G finished his written state judicial exams today! Yay! Well done, G! Par-tay! We're going out to see the talented Marketa Irglova (of the band The Swell Season from the film Once) in concert tonight! Can't wait!

Fold a Crane

It's Friday! Although that doesn't really mean much to me, since I work from home...

I found this awesome toilet paper origami website some time ago, which inspired me to draw this one. This actually wasn't my idea---I read this somewhere a long time ago and thought it was brilliant.

I fear for my children.

ps. Apparently the city of Saitama makes their own cider (Japanese cider = Sprite) and they call it . . . Boncider.

Not bonsai-flavoured, though.

Saitama, you are awesome.

normal

I'd never thought this was weird, but I've been debating it ever since Marlowe pointed it out to me. But I still believe that there must be people out there who used to do the same thing: as a kid, instead of wanting to play house or princess, I wanted to pretend I was freezing in the tundra or wandering lost and hopeless in the woods with my stuffed animals (children) and desperate for food.

I'm still convinced this is perfectly normal.