Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people
Mina renamed it. Cat is now known as Donut, although it still doesn’t listen to a goddamn word I say. This is why I like dogs. I generally don’t really care for cats, but they seem to be attracted to anywhere I move in the world, leaving litters of kittens on my every doorstep, and never listening to a goddamn word I say. Dammit.
The Crown needs to be stripped, patched, and repainted. The last time it was done, it was done poorly. I’m thinking about using a shop just around the way, so I can go watch over the work every day. Just need to save up some money now.. I’m sure I’ll have enough in a few years. Until then? An experimental mix of vinyl wrap patch, black ink markers, and spray paint. The Kujira Crown was apparently made in an era when Japanese steel wasn’t that great – so they made it thicker. There aren’t that many holes rusted through, except at the edges. It does need to be patched properly, though.
Thai Bento party at home.
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True Manhood is playing to win.
True Manhood is making the shot.
True Manhood is making them remember your name.
True Manhood Quadruple Barrel Triple Malt Scotch* Whisky. For the True Manhood in you.
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*Proudly made to stringent Scottish standards in the old country (Vientiane, Laos). Available at the Grapevine.
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Most of the painting is done. It needs some detail work where sanding was difficult and where the damn cat walked over it while it was drying… Next, decals and stencil work when Nam gets back. Zombie Pigman lives!
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Sanded, prepped, and sprayed. Only lost one (hopefully unimportant) piece so far, when the cat came by and distracted me.
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Mina’s birthday is next week, so I’m tearing down an old PC I picked up yesterday to piece together her first VERY OWN computer. All the other kids get IPads, but my kids have to tinker with a rat box and learn command line first.
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Mina carries around her kitten like a stuffed animal and makes it have tea parties and stuff. This is a feral cat that was born outside and gets in noisy fights every night, but it loves her.
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This is a huge Windows-driven LCD with which I gauge my arrival to the university every morning. It’s usually not on when I roll by the first time since I have a lot of early morning classes, but on free days I sometimes see diagnostic screens, Windows startup, and the plethora of error dialogs that the operator has to click through before getting to the day’s scheduled programming. Sometimes I dream of hijacking it for giggles.
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