Stitch shoppin' in Japan, Part the First

So, we're starting off with UFO catcher machines, because, that's how tiki started off this trip, with a great Damn-the-humidity-full-speed-ahead charge into the Arcade district of Ikebukuro.



First off, you need to find a UFO catcher machine. THIS IS NOT DIFFICULT! Here's what we usually did: went out the front door of the hotel, turned right. Some days, you might go out the front door of your hotel, and turn left!!!

( Catch me if you can )

tiki's twits

todays twisted twittering:

• 09:51 Ugh. IT'S COLD HERE!! #
• 09:57 OTOH, the black taffy in the candy dish are LICORICE!! #

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Gay Empire Strikes Back!

Mr. Tiki's newest acquisition. This is from an artist who calls himself "Suckadelic."



You may've seen him at cons, dressed up as a Boba Fett DJ.



And, yeah, this is so totally not licensed.

tiki's twits

todays twisted twittering:

• 09:51 Ugh. IT'S COLD HERE!! #
• 09:57 OTOH, the black taffy in the candy dish are LICORICE!! #

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tiki's twits

todays twisted twittering:

• 09:51 Ugh. IT'S COLD HERE!! #
• 09:57 OTOH, the black taffy in the candy dish are LICORICE!! #
• 13:33 Triple chocolate Bellacino = bad, bad tiki. #

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Loudtwitter

Is it having a nervous breakdown or something? First no twits, and now hourly twits.

What to do....

...if you are tikistitch and you go to Japan and you suddenly get snifflies.



Step 1: Pop into any convenience store.



Step 2: Buy personalized tiki girl tissues.

Because, they were waiting for you. Really.

folie de minuit

So, it has not escaped our attention that whilst Mr. Tikistitch and ourselves have been gallivanting around the globe contentioneering, other Star Wars fans have contented themselves by raiding the shelves at various Toys R Us stores, in something the marketers call "Midnight Madness."

This is not a phenomenon confined to the US, and our friends at MintInBox.net have been doing some reportage from France, including picture galleries.

Thus, this....



As the French say, "On ne sait pas."

tiki's twits

todays twisted twittering:

• 09:51 Ugh. IT'S COLD HERE!! #
• 09:57 OTOH, the black taffy in the candy dish are LICORICE!! #
• 13:33 Triple chocolate Bellacino = bad, bad tiki. #
• 15:02 Am I really about to spend $500 on a stoopit yuppie vacuum cleaner? #

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Read my lips, Britney Spears will raise your taxes!

And Paris opposes offshore drilling. Bitch.

Still opening boxes

Us: Mr. Tikiiiiiiii!
Mr. Tikistitch: Yahs?
Us: What is this?
Mr. Tikistitch: ...
Us: We bought it in Marioka and we thought it was a Stitch memory stick only now we don't know.
Mr. Tikistitch: Hrm.
Us: Maybe it's a Stitch personal massager! Maybe it's a Stitch taser gun!
Mr. Tikistitck [portentiously]: I know! Why don't you ASK THE INTARNETS!
Us: O that is such a good idea! THE INTARNETS will know! THE INTARNETS would never let us down in time of need!