Like many others, I will now resume my “usual flow of frivolous links and commentary” - because that’s what I do. So. To start with. I nearly wet myself when I saw this Gamagon Kaiju Beast, and these others, by Tim Biskup…and others. But I really can’t drop $55+ on a toy just now, especially for myself…beautiful though it may be.

And with the little man’s birthday right around the corner. But I did splurge on the more practical/functional Kaiju Beast t-shirt (and I was tempted by many others from Gama-Go (hopefully that list bit will be missed by the husband, who only skims my posts anyhow). Speaking of the little man’s upcoming birthday…he has been light saber obsessed as of late, so I would consider getting him this, but he’d probably be disappointed that it doesn’t actually, you know, light up. Or make sounds. Or do, well, anything at all. That and I don’t have an extra $60,000-$80,000 laying around.
Bonus: The weekend after next is the world-renowned San Diego Comic Con. A delegation from the rather newly formed E-Ville press (comprised of artists from Pixar) will be in attendance. Neat.
Plus: Been meaning to post this for days…but LaLaland has decided to call it quits after a good run of 33 themes in 33 months. I totally understand, even if I’m a bit bummed…but I have to say it was one of the first collaborative web projects I got hooked on (and regularly contributed to) and a favorite. So thank you LaLa, for all your hard work, and for never jumping the shark.
And: After some googling, I’m still trying to figure out what this Kaiju Big Battel business is all about…

So, yeah…London (also see Blogs Respond to London Blasts and the Guardian’s news blog). Unfortunately such horrible things are happening on a regular basis all over the world (some in places more regularly/continuously under siege), and have happened in London in the past, but perhaps not on such a large scale. Still, it sucks. Obviously.

Uh, yeah.

Yesterday went as expected. The Taste of Minnesota was populated by people alarmingly attired in red, white & blue, or clad in too few items of clothing, or a terrible combination of the two. But the people-watching is part of the appeal, I guess. The main draw, however, has to be the rickety carny rides. My alter ego, Captain Safety, frowns upon this…but the little man and I risked life and limb to ride on the ferris wheel. Afterwards he boarded a mini-rollercoaster dubbed the Dragon Wagon. There were only two other occupants. A scared little girl…wailing and clinging to her mother. My child knows no fear, which is almost more worrisome. Today is a bonus day off and one I’ve mostly wasted. I have been incredibly unproductive, save for a load of laundry, the preparation of a hot lunch and a bit of IMing with a co-worker. But I do have many exciting errands ahead of me this afternoon.
Bonus: I absolutely adore Kid Ethnic. His latest dispatch, The Nihilist Who Knew What’s Up, does not disappoint.
Plus: The documentary about Low, entitled Low in Europe, will be screening tonight at the Varsity. And sorta Low/Duluth-related…Starfire’s latest vlog posts have been lovely, in a bittersweet sort of way that I quite like.
And: Our trip to San Francisco is just over one month away. Weird. And I’ve just realized that I’ll be able to go to the Giant Robot Store, which opened there recently (on my birthday, in fact). Yay! Maybe I’ll try to find the Zoetrope Studios Building, while I’m at it.
And another thing: Too lazy to resize and upload at the moment…so you can find photos from our fairly quiet Fourth over here.

I don’t know about this month. So far it’s been marked by sleep deprivation and exhaustion (I feel like I have mono) and a sort of DSL hell (our connection flakes out whenever it rains). And the poor little man is covered by angry red welts, caused by the mosquito swarms congregating in our back yard. But it hasn’t been all bad. We’ve seen friends. And I’ve seen Batman Begins…with a friend. And I lazed about and read a book cover-to-cover yesterday. And this afternoon the little man and I are going to brave the crowds near our neighborhood, in order to ride a Ferris Wheel. But I can’t shake this feeling of being…well, off. More so than usual.