Well, Below Me Down.

I watched the first episode of Below and it was nice to see Newfoundland represented in a show. I haven't heard so many Newfie accents since the 90s when I worked Welfare. Anywho, great show so far, only One Episode in and I'm hooked.

 

Speaking of Leviathans, I saw Whalefall  クジラに落ちた男. Not a good movie if you are at all Claustrophobic, have daddy issues or are a whale-hugger. For anyone else, it's good fun. Who is this Austin Abrams guy anyway? He's great. Oh right...Weapons!

Not much in my Monstrous book that's Under the Sea, though they do speak of Mermaids.

And once again with the History lesson. 

Ah shoot, I forgot to copy the page about Manatees (Womanatees). Sailors thought the Dugong were sexy. That's the gist.

Sirens are also thought to have been Mermaids. This is one of them at Aeon Mall.

 Here's a Siren dangling from a dude's bag.

These Chiikawa characters are all the rage now. Air Nippon have jumped on the band wagon.

(Frankly, I don't get the appeal.)

To cleanse your palate of so much cuteness, try visiting Chad Savage's art. 

See ya tomorrow.

Vampires Sudge.

I learned a new word today courtesy of the Simpsons: substitute sucks with sudge*.

*Possible reference to A Christmas Story where the F word is substituted with fudge. 

Anyway, today I watched a handful of Hammer Vampire movies while carving fruit & veggies. 

 

Last night you may recall that I turned a turnip beet into a Jack o' Lantern.

Today at lunch, I transformed a pear into one.

Before and After:
 

 

Here I placed in under a blanket so it would glow better. Check it out here.

It took all afternoon for my next project, a Butternut Squash is difficult to squish.

 The end result was pretty good.

I tried to capture the essence of Escher and when I videotaped it here, it coincided with Dracula's demise at the end of Scars of Dracula. Scream and Scream again!

I had a can of Campbell's Pumpkin soup, so I added the butternut guts to with a bit of honey and some spices. Pretty good result.

 The vampire in my monster book looks pretty cool hanging upside down.

 

It's Vlad!

I wish I had some of this garlic for my soup.

 

Found this little creature the other day, I may have scored a special one, this guy doesn't match those on the box. Hey, it's a magnet!

 

 

If you liked the Hammer above, you may enjoy visiting Monster Movie Kid, there are plenty of old movies to browse.

Tomorrow, I'll be taking my vast amount of decorations to school so they can adorn their classrooms. Pictures forthcoming.
 

Sadako Saturday and Sports!

Yesterday was my school's Sports Day festival and I learned yet again that playing volleyball once a year is not a good fitness regime. The teachers lost against the gal-students 32-31 and 36-32. After lunch, they played against some lads and won 37-29. I was benched.

Lunch consisted of an imonikai style picnic and I had three bowls of the taro soup/stew. I was in no condition to play volleyball, so it was just as well.

A couple of students dressed up, so I put on my rabbit ears and snapped a few pics. I was greeted with "Bunny girl" a few times.

 I've had their faces slightly blurred for anonymity. 

 

 Chainsaw Man was the best!

 

There's a little video of our encounter here.

Afterwards, I popped into the mall and picked up a twelve-pack of beer. Did I buy it because of its carrying case? Possibly.

I drank a couple in my Palpatine mug.

Today, I met up with a fellow Michael and we went to a Flea Market in Oroshimachi.  I ate a kebab, bought show shoes and boxers and ran into some trouble on the street!

 

I was spared.

 I had a choco-banana to calm my nerves.

 

In the window of one of the stores were several Lego-like sculptures. But I don't think they were for sale (it was closed.)

 

Some kaiju.

A quiet evening so far so I decided to beet boredom and bore into a beet.

It looks better lit up.

I made a mini video of it here.

And when I added some canned tomatoes and pepper its guts made a passable borscht.

 

 

Oh Yeah, tonight is another Sadako Saturday, so today I'll feature my fellow Bunny girl, Sadako the Bi-Cute Bunny!

 

 

 

 

 

 Not as spooky as Sadako, Undine is a nymph with an attitude.

 

 

 

Maybe I'll try and watch another Ringu movie. Meanwhile, check out Count Gregulas' Crypt.

I have a few more veggies to carve, so that'll keep me busy tomorrow.