This is what a wall in your house might look like if a dragonfly landed on it when there was a flood.
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Photo taken at Tong’s juku where I teach high schoolers English on Thursday. I ‘shopped in the water for fun.
Lego Land Mines
One of the worst ways to wake up is by stepping on a lego. Add in the fact that you’re in a rush to reach the room of your crying baby, and it means you are probably in a hurry, and may fall down on the tiled floor before smashing your head into the doorway of the kid’s room.
At least the baby stopped crying long enough to give you a WTF look.
Tamaleros and Cul-de-Sacs
Coupla good links popped up:
Tamales, L.A.’s original street food (via Dil)
Debunking the Cul-de-Sac (via Joe Jones on Buzz)
No time for writing…
…but I take photos sometimes, mainly with my phone. I found this little guy hiding under my car when it was on jack stands (replacing wheel bearings). Luckily, he belonged to the mechanic so I didn’t have to deal with abandoned animal issues.
Neti Pot Olympics
AKA YouTube Video of the Month
Kaiju vs. Ronin
I keep telling Max that Ultraman is a poser compared to the Master, but for some reason, he chooses kaiju over Kurosawa every single time.
The Gecko Summoner
Mina has some kind of animal hoodoo. The other day she spotted a gecko on the ceiling (she loves watching them on the outside walls of the house but for them to be on the ceiling inside is pretty rare), and she screamed out to it in Thai.
Jingjok!
Jingjok!
Jingjok!
It jumped off the ceiling just as Nam was walking underneath and almost landed on her. Nam is scared of them, so she screamed and ran away. Meanwhile, the gecko just sat there, no doubt shaken from the ten foot fall, but just staring at Mina. Eventually, it ran away to the counter.
Mina is generally unafraid of animals. Maybe she’s magic, too.