Back to the Beach...with Aquaman!

I popped over to the beach in Shichigahama on Wednesday and wondered around Shobutahama

That derrick must have been pumping something sludgy onto the beach for Mera doesn't seem to be coping well.

Their companion, a sea turtle, has seen better days.

Aquaman wasn't looking all that healthy either.

Help Kelp!

At least the little birdies were enjoying themselves.

I treated myself to a Shine at Nana's.

All in all, a nice day for me. I can't speak for Aquaman, Mera or Aquababy!

Rugrats, I've Had a Few...

Full disclosure: I have NEVER EVER seen an episode of Rugrats nor do I know much about it. 

Observation: Angelica Pickles is the worst! And therefore the best! She deserves coal!

 

With that in mind, here are the eponymous infants in a Santa special.

Upon seeing a picture of her voice actress, Cheryl Chase, I thought, hmm I've seen her before. Sure enough, she crops up every now and then on my FaceBook feed whenever Cartoon Historian, Jerry Beck posts something. (They recently got hitched after dating for 33 years!)

Observation: stellar voice cast in this show. I immediately noticed David Doyle as Grandpa. He's still around? Tony Jay is still around? Jack Riley is still around? Yes, when the episode aired back in 1992, they were, regretfully, not now.

Observation: Japanese kids are too polite to tug on Santa's beard. Mostly.

Okay, I was at the Kokusai/International Center teaching a bevy of students and afterwards we went to a cool and surprisingly inexpensive restaurant for lunch.

Any place with a Kappa within is okay in my books.

Crossing the bridge over the Hirose River, I espied a bird.

I knew it was a 鷺 (sagi) and translates as either Heron or Egret depending on whether it's blue or white. My student called it an Egret. SO...egrets = regrets = My Way = Regrets I've had a few = how do I make this Christmassy? = Regrets  = Rugrats = Surely they must have had a Christmas Special. There, Blog post title figured out. (It's sad how my brain works.)

I also popped into a new building next to the City Museum and snapped a few pics.

Santa has a party tomorrow...Off to bed!

For the Birds.

I start off Week 3 of GOvember with another viewing of Marvels. (I like it that much.)

While there, I picked up some deluxe popcorn. You get to keep the bag.

 

You also receive a micro-poster on an easel.

Pretty cool, but not worth the price so I shan't be collecting any more of these.

Dreadfully low on groceries, I popped into the supermarket and I happened to espy this tote bag for twenty bucks AND you get two free six-packs of beer as a bonus!

This evening has been spent watching Giant Bird movies, starting with The Giant Claw (1957)!

Although one of the goofiest looking avian creatures out there, the movie itself is a pretty good sci-fi flick.

From the same year (US release) but on this side of the pond, we get Rodan. Okay, not technically a bird since in Japanese it's called ラドン Radon, a truncated version of pteranodon. Still one of the best Kaiju movies out there with a truly sad ending. 

Here are several of my mini Radon.

The last Big Bird movie I watched was NOT this one.

It was Q: the Winged Serpent. David Carradine is great as the detective, Candy Clark is lovely as the girlfriend who can take a punch, and Michael Moriarty is sleazy, sympathetic and pathetic as the gangland flunky.

Once again, not technically a bird. Oh well.

Eggcelent!

Long time no see! 4 and a half months. Sheesh. 

Rather than get into a long diatribe as to what I've been up to and why I've been absent, I'll just leap in as though nothing has happened. We can squeeze in prior tidbits later.

So let's start with Happy Easter/Passover/Oestre/Bunny Day/ Egg Day, etc.

Oops, wrong icon. I spent today tidying and grabbed a bag of goodies from my overhead storage to see what I could throw out. Well, that bag contained some animals that I collected back when Furuta placed mini-models of creatures in their choco-eggs instead of Disney characters. Eggs...Easter...hey, a reason to start blogging again! Unfortunately, they aren't very well organized so I spent some time managing a menagerie. Here are some results.

This is one of those rare occasions when I almost completed a set. 21/24.

Whoa, I found the missing three in another bag including the missing antennae for the bug.

Other sets were not as complete. This has a wacky mix of animals. They may be part of a set, more research is in order.

Similarly with the sea creatures above and birds below. Not sure where they belong.

Hey, another full set! This time of some unopened bird nests.

These guys are what's left of another set, the seagull is the only one that is completely intact.

A near complete set of beasts from the Enoshima Aquarium. I also have plenty of doubles if anyone wants any.

What follows is two bags worth of body parts. Most are dinosaurs, I've extracted some mammals, birds, fish, and insects parts to try and piece together some actual non-extant species.

These Dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures will have to wait until another day.

Yay, there's a giant Praying Mantis amongst my mess.

Finally, I found a single entry from one series. It's a Rothschild's Mynah perched upon an Oni mask. I love it!

That's it for today. I'm not sure when I'll get back to my menagerie, and the dinosaurs will take an entire day to repair. I feel like an archaeologist!

Hoppy Easter and enjoy your Peeps!