A few months ago, when I was stuck at home with both food poisoning and an injured ankle and knee, my friend Erek visited with home-made applesauce and a get-well goomba (like a get-well bear but you know, awesomer). I had been searching for a giant goomba for nearly a year, everywhere from ebay to my favorite Nakano and Akihabara specialty stores. I had been searching for a goomba because goombas seem so… stompable, and I’ve always wanted to try stomping on a goomba myself. I had pretty much given up and was contemplating making one by hand from felt.
So, now that I’ve tried it, are goombas actually stompable? Yes, very much so! I have plans to photograph my friends stomping on a goomba at each of their favorite places in Tokyo– a Tokyo-wide goomba stomping fest!
I have maybe more than one favorite place in Tokyo but I knew exactly where I wanted to stomp on a goomba– in front of a very Mario-esque mural in Nakano. I tried to vaguely dress the part too, without being costume-y.
So, hopefully there will be more of these! And since it’s sort of a street snap (FRUITS, dropsnap.jp, etc.) parody, next time there will be less talking and just this:
Bali has many different beaches, each with a very different atmosphere. Some have white sand, some have black sand. Some are famous as places where you can do water sports, others are famous for dolphin-watching. We went to Dreamland Beach- an aptly named lesser-known beach that is gorgeous, and less crowded, and apparently perfect for surfing (i.e. quite large waves). We tried bodyboarding, but mostly for me this meant getting swept under and getting salt water up my nose. We brought my grandma’s mangoes to eat at the beach– the best idea ever. Afterwards, we had a lunch of Bali’s specialty foods at Warung Made, a famous Bali restaurant. Novi took the task of finding good food very seriously– having a book for each town specifically for that purpose. Every single meal was delicious.
more pictures from indonesia to sort through. but in the meantime, this is what i wear when i’m lazy– mens’ tshirts (or in this case, little boys’) and jeans.
- i broke my only headband, and since i’m picky about headbands, i have started to use this grey, uh, shoestring as a headband. tied headbands hardly ever stay on, but, since it’s a shoestring it stays tied all day.
- i love this shirt. it’s so comfy. i bought it used. i bet it belonged to a chubby pizza-loving little boy.
- it is popsicle weather. i bribe myself with popsicles to finish sections of code, or clean my room, or take out my garbage. my favorite popsicles are shirokuma– milk based with red bean, pineapple, and orange bits.
- donuts! from a bakery in semarang. i have far too many food photos, and so from now on i’ll put up a matching food picture with clothing pictures because, why not.
still life from found objects (well, found in my room).
3D glasses, hot pink nail polish, ice cream zippered pouch
nike hightops, mint-scented bubbles
I have so much random stuff. I’m often thinking that X kitchen utensil would look nice with Z pair of earrings, and other odd groupings. Unless both things are clothing items, I usually don’t have an excuse to pair them together. Now I do. Group portraits.
What’s in it for you, the reader? Voyeuristic satisfaction of seeing the random things I have in my room? Pretty color combos? I dunno, sure!
Stands at a diminutive 10cm tall. Lives in Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan. Computer Scientist/Electrical Engineer. Her Katamari is covered in cups of rooibos tea, aged gouda cheese, bows, glitter, cute electronics, cartridges of retro pixely videogames, robots, cupcakes, and 4B drawing pencils.
