Me vs. ufo catcher - REMATCH
Sep. 13th, 2009 03:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluelovesorangeI belatedly discovered Yes Plaza on Friday, and not only is there a nice mishmash of Korean, Taiwanese, Japanese, Thai, and Indonesian cuisine situated there, they also have some nice shops where I can a) take ridiculous photos of myself in sticker form, direct from Asia b)all the different (probably illegal) versions of jdramas and kdramas in easy dvd form, along with kpop and jpop cds which means even less driving to K-town in LA, and the best find of all: ufo catchers where they stock TOTORO merchandise.
My Neighbor Totoro is probably my favorite Studio Ghibli film because it's so very simple, but the imagery still stays with you. I mean, I can't talk about this anime without making big hand gestures and repeating, "CAT BUS. CATTTTTT BUSSSSSS." in a highly annoying manner, because you guys. There is a cat bus.
There's Totoro merchandise at the Kinokuniya I frequent, but it's so expensive. I'm Asian. The half of us who are not predisposed to overpriced designer labels that look like something our grandmothers left to us in her will, are predisposed to name brands at SUPER DISCOUNTS. I've been to outlet malls in Palm Desert. I've seen the elbow nudging eye gouging shenanigans of ladies who lunch from Shanghai.
Especially since I'm unemployed at the moment, paying thirty bucks or so for a mid-size stuffed Totoro does not make financial sense, yes?
But anyway, in the #1 Tea House, there was an arcade attached to it, and there were all these ufo catchers and there was one full of domo-kun, another full of san-x plushies, the Totoro one and then my second favorite: TOFU WITH A FACE.
Some kind of primal six year old child yearning possessed me, and I had a change purse full of quarters, so yes. I did battle with the tricky machine for two rounds.
THWARTED.
I WILL BE BACK. OH YES. AND I WILL GET A TOFU WITH A FACE.
because it's a DOLLAR. (okay, technically I know it's like Vegas, but without the booze, prostitutes and annoying catch phrase.)
speaking of which, this Las Vegas tourism cm has been making me laugh like a loon everytime I see it:
and there's even a PART TWO:
My Neighbor Totoro is probably my favorite Studio Ghibli film because it's so very simple, but the imagery still stays with you. I mean, I can't talk about this anime without making big hand gestures and repeating, "CAT BUS. CATTTTTT BUSSSSSS." in a highly annoying manner, because you guys. There is a cat bus.
There's Totoro merchandise at the Kinokuniya I frequent, but it's so expensive. I'm Asian. The half of us who are not predisposed to overpriced designer labels that look like something our grandmothers left to us in her will, are predisposed to name brands at SUPER DISCOUNTS. I've been to outlet malls in Palm Desert. I've seen the elbow nudging eye gouging shenanigans of ladies who lunch from Shanghai.
Especially since I'm unemployed at the moment, paying thirty bucks or so for a mid-size stuffed Totoro does not make financial sense, yes?
But anyway, in the #1 Tea House, there was an arcade attached to it, and there were all these ufo catchers and there was one full of domo-kun, another full of san-x plushies, the Totoro one and then my second favorite: TOFU WITH A FACE.
Some kind of primal six year old child yearning possessed me, and I had a change purse full of quarters, so yes. I did battle with the tricky machine for two rounds.
THWARTED.
I WILL BE BACK. OH YES. AND I WILL GET A TOFU WITH A FACE.
because it's a DOLLAR. (okay, technically I know it's like Vegas, but without the booze, prostitutes and annoying catch phrase.)
speaking of which, this Las Vegas tourism cm has been making me laugh like a loon everytime I see it:
and there's even a PART TWO:
