July Arrivals

Finally the last pieces of the big HLJ Anniversary Sale arrived! They werent the only figures Ive got this month though.It took its sweet time but Kanzaki Kaori and Limit Gunz finally found their way into my home aswell :D

Never Mind the crappy Pics and lets get started with my Problem after the Jump!

Its approximately 1 1/2 months ago that I bought 2 new Detolfs and Im already running out of Space again.There are still some capabilities left in my 3 Detolfs but those require some serious reorganizing.I dont like my shelves cluttered with figures and every figure should be visible from most angles.I like to organize them to certain themes like series,pose,weapon and the like and furthermore they should atleast somehow match in their scale.Most 1/8 figures would fade standing next to a 1/6 one.I am running out of Ideas at the moment and would like to hear your opinion on the matter.Youll find pictures of my Shelves further down the page and if you have a sharp Idea be sure to post it.

All my Scaled figures except for Gift Yoko and Shizuka are placed in one of my Detolfs and Im having a hard time placing those two.The natural selection for Shizuka would be the other QB girls but that would require some figure moving.Yoko should be placed with my other big figures but theres already a Yoko among them and there isnt any space left either.I could easily place both of them on one of the bottom shelves but that wouldnt do those 2 beauties any justice.

I hope you have some bright Ideas :P

Didnt like this setup from the beginning since you cant really enjoy Seena

Baek is a good figure for the front since she offers good second row visibility

I know that they dont match but Teanas Base was too big for any other Shelve XD

Floor 3: Big Girls,Guns and Yandere

Top Floor:Yamashita and Ecchi Girls

Really like this Setup

I wont change this!

Im still hoping for a Char Rhousemann Re-release

Yes those are Euro Coins…Still need to fix that…Im sooo lazy

Swimsuit Figures

Any Ideas how to restructure the whole thing?

New HLJ Box,Different Size

I think ill be able to open up a HLJ shipping box museum soon.My HLJ Anniversary Sale box arrived today and it has once again a rather unique size.Well,last time you were able to hide a loli in it and this time its nearly as long as my living room table!Whats inside?Find out after the Jump!

You may remember how angry I was about the big price drop of Gifts Saber in the Sale but I was lucky enough to snuck up some figures I always wanted to order but didnt due to certain circumstances.Quite a few were in that Sale and I went all out and did some implusive buys.

Spot the mistake!

One of the figures in the picture wouldnt end up in my collection normally due to its heritage.Its actually pretty easy since I like to rant about the series on other peoples blogs (besides Haruhi ^^) So who is it?

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Teana Lanster of Nanoha Fame!

So how did she end up in my order?Well thats actually pretty simple

Girl from Nanoha = Lame

Any girl from Nanoha + Akimbo Guns = Awesome

The emphasis is on Girl and Guns and NOT Nanoha :P

Theres one more story about this order:Im pretty sure that you spotted Pixie Hiyori but I actually didnt wanna order her but Unity Mei.I was quite hectic during the HLJ sale and simply threw everything in the shopping cart that seemed interesting and deleted the items I didnt wanna order before ive sent the order off.In the end I had to decide between Mei or Hiyori and actually wanted to order Mei due to her awesome Yukata but I somehow must have messed up and clicked the wrong figure.Dont get me wrong Hiyori is very nice,I mean it was a close one between both,but It was a bummer when I got the payment request nevertheless.Thanks God I didnt delete both and accidently order a crappy figure ^^

The figures I was eyeing for quite some time were Baek Changpo (simply adore her,despite her simpleness),Space Pirate(of Masamune Shirow fame) and Seena.Im glad I waited this long with the purchase!

The order included my first QB Visual Battle book aswell and im happy that it finally arrived!It took quite some time until they had Nyx back in stock and shes my favorite girl after all.That reminds me that her appearance in the anime was rather limited so far.Meh…

Heres the secret behind the white box: Evangelion Sounddrop Gashapons!I snatched up a box of 10 for fun when they were on Sale at HLJ for a few Euros.I can finally hear Asuka saying Anata Baka whenever I want in crappy Sound Quality.You know whats really weird?Instead of giving one of the girls a second Sounddrop to star in they chose Shinji ” Dont run away” Ikari the master of whining as worthy candidate for 2 Sounddrops.Didnt someone tell Bandai that selling that Dude to the Otaku Audience wont sell as good as pretty much any person with boobs?

Atleast I finally have a keychain for my works keys :P

I hope to do some figure reviews soon since I have quite a few figures backlogged.The QB book is probably the first thing thatll be reviewed though.If anyones interested in the Sounddrops ill do a quick and dirty summary aswell

PS: I wondered if the size of the Ad in my sidebar is alright or annoying.I decided to allow a bigger Ad on my sidebar since the small one wasnt even worth mentioning.If im setting up Ads I might aswell do one that actually generates Cash.The results are quite weird though.Im getting an interracial relationship ad right now XD

New Detolfs Get!

Heres another short post by me! After my ridiculous package there was only one thing to do: Visit Ikea and buy 2 more pieces of everyones favorite cabinet!

I drove to Ikea after work and did build the first one the next day before work and the last one after work.Finally none of my figures has to fear that dreaded dust anymore.My flat tends to get dusty rather fast and it was a pain to see them turn into dust magnets.My options for displaying the Detolfs is rather limited and i decided to use the free space in my bedroom for them.You probably wonder why theres such a big gap between the two cabinets but the answer is rather simple: The walls arent straight and it looks like crap when they are placed next to each other.Thats a house build in the 50s for you! :P

Im actually really tempted to place my third detolf in the bedroom aswell since it tends to get in the way in the living room.Ill worry about that later though.

Now onto the next topic:

I think Coco asked if the Re-ment Kotatsu set works with Figmas and heres your answer:

I wasnt too keen on changing the poses of my action figures so i just inserted them into the already existing scene

As you can see Re-ment stuff works pretty well with Figma/Revoltech Scale and this offers a whole new range of possibilities in terms of accessories and props.Ill check out the other Re-ment stuff aswell!So why did I actually buy that Kotatsu?Well…expect a new chapter in the abduction of a certain someone as soon as i have time and did all the other work that piled up here.

And now for something completly different: The weather was nice a few days ago and I decided to spend some of my rare time outside with my camera.Those shots arent great but they are atleast something I can offer at the moment.

Enjoy

A good place for a Horo Shoot?

Bees are kinda adoreable as long as they dont sting^^

A bees butt

OMG Fish! You should have seen me goe crazy over some stupid fish!This River is actually as good as dead due to the 1900s idustry and the chemicals that were released into it.The first time ive ever seen fish (and THIS big) in the river.I even took a Video as proof for my family and friends!I have no idea what kinda fish they are but they gotta be tough

So does anyone know anything about fish?

And last a picture with old people from our park:

I promise to get back to figure related stuff as soon as possible! ^^,,

BTW: Theres supposed to be a second big HLJ anniversary Sale on June 1st :D

Go Grab Gift Saber 65% off – Big HLJ Sale

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I should have waited 3-4 months and ARRRRARAGg!!!!rtqwdztqh 2600 Yen T.T

Yeah go grab her here

In case you forgot the awesomeness thats her check these pics

Excuse me now while I cry myself to sleep

[UPDATE]

*wipes tears off*

Dudes and Dudettes seriously check HLJs Bargain Bin

Ignis,Unity May, Hiyori Pixy…They have an anniversary sale and the prices are perverted

Kanaru 40%…. Nasca

Zetsubou Shita!

Shitload of ToHeart Figures

Koto Asa Shigure

Seena

Teana Lanster , Signum 30% Off… Am I dreaming?

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Baek Changpo 30% Ill have nothing to eat next month

From angry to happy in a few minutes lol

HLJs Servers are nearly exploding…

Sorry for the unorganized post! This turned from a rant into a sales post ^^

Small Smaller Lightnovel?

A few days ago a few items Ive ordered from Amazon arrived at my doorstep and I was quite suprised by the size of two of the three.A rant about the German Manga Publishers,A blast to the past and the truth about Yoda await right after the Jump!

You guys (and girls) know me probably as the connoisseur of Ecchi/Comedy/Action Manga and Anime but I like to read/watch some serious thought provoking stuff aswell.A series I totally adore is the Kino no Tabi Light Novel series that has been made into an Anime aswell.Its about the traveller Kino that only stays for 3 days and 2 nights in a country.The series basically revolves around the saying “The world isnt beautiful,therefore it is” and revolves around Kinos experiences while travelling those countries.Every Episode gives another view on life,ideology or simply the perception of yourself.Its highly recommended by me!

I always wanted to pick up the Light Novels of Kino no Tabi but only realized a few weeks ago that they were actually published by TokyoPop in Germany.I placed my order with Amazon a few days ago and was quite suprised by the Size of the Light Novels that are even smaller than my smallest Tanko-bon.German manga shelfs look horrible due to the fact that the German publishers have different opinions about the optimal size of a tanko-bon.I took a picture with a VIZ Manga(Claymore) and a Dengeki manga zasshi for comparison

German Tokyopop (To Love Ru) manages to keep the same size as the US Counterparts and this applies to all TP tanke-bons.EMA (GTO and Rose Hip Rose Zero) manages to make a total mess out of your shelf by using different sizes for all their releases.Just take a look at those two manga and youll know what I mean.Most other Publishers follow the size of the GTO issues for the tanke-bons.This results in a totally random looking Shelf and i couldnt manage to make it look good so far.You probably spotted another Manga called Kirara in the picture aswell.Its my first ever purchased Manga series I bought in 2001 and once again the size of the tanke.bon varies.Its the smallest out of the whole bunch but also the widest. Schizophrenic? Yes!

I always thought that Light Novels are the size of a usual Paperback and was quite pissed when I saw that they are now the smallest books in my possesion.I cant tell if this is a Germany specific size change or if all LN are this size.To all of you that own LightNovels: Are they the same size or bigger?

The saddest part about this is that they cost more than a regular Manga even though they are smaller!

The story itself is excellent but I think that its wasted potential to keep the LN this small.Makes it harder to read and you cant really appreciate the pictures.

From small Light Novels back to the past!

The Kirara Manga I purchased back in 2001 is kinda special in my collection since they are quite a novelty for a Manga nowadays: They have Dust Covers!

The interesting thing is that the 6 Volume Series keeps the dust jackets up to Volume 5 and then disappeared.Its quite a shame since i really liked those.I wonder why they got rid of them in the first place.I cant imagine them to be that expensive.I bet you wonder what kinda Manga the back in `01 still young fella called Blowfish bought.Its a Harem/Ecchi( Suprise,Suprise XD ) Mangas series from 1992 by an author called Toshiki Yui.It seems that he was one of the first Mangaka to use computers for Manga back in the 90s.Its actually quite nostalgic to read this Manga since it has such a different style from todays Moe/Ecchi Mangas/Anime.Its a shame that youngsters nowadays won t even look with their butts at the oldschool stuff because its “ugly”. Come on! Get a grip!

ATTENTION! BOOBIES AHEAD!

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This is actually the Adult Version of the Guys Love Interest that died in the Future and returned to the past as some kinda ghost and wants to do all kinda naughty stuff with him.This results in alot “Ecchi no Baka” and red cheeks for the lead because the real girl tends to run into him when hes getting raped touched by her future self.

The only quality of Harem Leads seems to be to attract cute girls and trouble.This didnt change since 1992 ^_^

I ordered another book withe the Kino no Tabi Novels called Das große Anime Lösungsbuch (The big Anime Answer Book) and its a quite good book despite its horrible cover.Its a book that tries to teach you a passive understanding of japanese specifically designed around Anime in mind.It isnt featuring Kanji,Hiranga or Katakana and therefore only useful for understanding spoken japanese.It does feature vocabulary in romanji and grammar in a hilariously writing style though.

The great thing about this book is that it features the vocabulary thats relevant to an Anime/Manga fan and isnt the usual tourist/business japanese that wont bring you too far.It isnt an alternative to visiting a japanese course (wich i plan to visit later this year) but a good start to get a basic grip on the vocabulary and grammar.

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The book explains everything detailed enough to get a basic grasp of the grammar and vocabulary and recommends to watch some Anime after every chapter to deepen the learned vocabulary.The funny thing is that this worked exceptionally well so far for me.You actually wonder why you didnt understand this before ^^

Ive got a new insight into the japanese society through the book aswell.All those nuances of politeness (or rudeness ^^) that are offered through the language is amazing!I was amazed at the different ways to say “I” in japanese and what that reveals about the person reffering to himself/herself. A bad ass deliquent reffering to himself with Boku would be quite hilarious ^.^

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The author has some interesting stories to tell along the way aswell.In this chapter that deals with with word yo-da what equals something like might, he reveals that George Lucas is a big fan of everything japanese and that he created Yoda as a tribute to it.Ever wondered why Yoda talks this weird? He tried to impersonate the weird intonation that japanese has to the ears of us westeners in Yodas speech pattern.I guess this makes Yoda an Ero-jiji?Okay maybe not ero but definately jiji

Ill try to take some pictures of my Reina figure tommorw!

Ill finish this post with a quote:

“Do, or do not. There is no ‘try.’”

Jedi Master Yoda

The Abduction of Tenma-chan: The Comrade

You may remember the very tragic story of Kanu and the abduction of her love-interest Tenma by Yoko and her right hand Revy.If you missed the story you can wittnes it here.

I had some free time on my hands today and present you part two of the story thats going to become a hollywood movie in the near future with a totally altered storyline and unfitting actors.Let the Curtains rise!

Kanu is still sitting in Detention Class guarded by her teacher

Zetsubou Shita! Blog Visitors that dont leave comments have left me in Despair!

Itoshiki-sensei is busy with his own problems…

Kanu suddenly notices something and jumps up

Who`s hiding there?

Its the blue epitome of fetishes: Ryomou Shimei! Ouch

Ryomou: Hurry up and move your big butt outta here!


Kanu:Who has a big butt,huh?Atleast Im no Rei clone!

Ryomou: Quota Lesbian!!!

A sudden Explosion interrupts the Catfight

Rin Tohsaka appears and reveals the Shocking Truth:

“You two can fight later!Yoko plans to summon the holy Grail and needs Tenma as a Vessel”

“Ill summon you a a strong familiar to catch up with the villains”

“Hero of the Animeblogosphere : Baka-Raptor!”

“Ill take care of the wounded Teacher,Now go and stop them!”

Let the EPIC begin!

Will they stop Yoko and her sinister Plan?Who has the bigger butt? And how is it to ride a Baka-Raptor?

All that and much more in the next Episode of The Abduction of Tenma-chan!

(Coming whenever Im bored)

Sales!Sales!Sales!

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Heres a quick notice from the friendly Blowfish from your neighbourhood!

I once again spotted some sweet deals you might wanna check out!

First off theres E2046 thats having a 20% off Sale of all In stock GarageKits until the 28th April! A few GKs are even reduced 50% ! You can check out all In Stock figures here! I snagged myself two Rei Kits and some Putty as long as they were avaiable.

From Garahekits to PVC Figures:

I just browsed HLJs Bargain bin and found some nice offers I wanna share with you:

Alter

Wave

Nendoroid

Others:

Q are you still with us or did you already suffer an Moe attack? ^_^

And of course lots of bad Ikki Tousen Figures

I would have bought the Nurse Set if they werent manufactured by Taki Corp.Those Taki figures are a very,very unfunny joke.Just looking at most of them makes me wanna throw up^^

To be honest im tempted to get this Hakufu since i love the Artwork shes taken from but even 10€ are too much for her >.<

Thats all Ive seen there while browsing through it quickly.I didnt include any offers that i already covered in previous posts and are still avaiable.

Next REAL Post around the weekend
Looks like ive forgotten to check the Actionfigure Section for Bargains! There are a few more Nendos and Revoltechs on Sale:

Nendoroids

Revoltech

Springtime Cleaning

Ahhh…The Easter Holidays…Finally some time to get some things straight…Ive finally decided to do something against my Corner of Shame and hope to Catch up with all the Blogs later.Lets go on the not so exciting Journey!

The spring is the time when people usually clean up all the mess that accumulated over the wintermonths.Im doing the same thing with the only difference that the mess accumulated in a whole year.I just stuffed all my figure and delivery boxes in the corner of my bedroom without any space management.It resulted in a pretty big mess even I couldnt ignore.Thats why I threw all the stuff into my livingroom and played a bit of Figure box Tetris.

After 30 Minutes of serious playing Figure Box Tetris (Luckily no Boxes disappear when you close a line) ive reduced the whole mess to a few boxes and my bed room looks alot cleaner.

That makes 12 Boxes that can be thrown away including a big load of paper and packing peanuts.An interesting thing i noticed is that you can form my initials out of the packing peanuts:

Tell me what those Initials stand for and you win a free meal with me :P

Im really glad that I have this long weekend due to the Easter Holidays. Getting back into the Job after a 3 Month Break was harder than initially thought.We were working in a 30 minute routine at my old workingplace and it took me quite some time to get used to serve 3 patients in the hour.Its a bit stressy but i absolutely love my new job. Ive thought about sending my old boss a thank you card for firing me.This job gives me alot opportunities in working with athletes and my boss gave me some tickets for some handball games of the team we are taking care of.The atmosphere was astounding! Cant wait to see more games!Due to all the changes happening around me lately I didnt really have too much time to check the blogosphere or post some stuff myself.Itll become better in the next few weeks when im used to my new schedule.I hope to catch some blossoming cherry trees tomorrow in the Düsseldorfer Nordpark and hope to post them afterwards.

This would actually be the end of my post due to the lack of things to post…HAH! Im just using Trick 17 from the Lazy Blogger Guide and post about my preorders for this Summer!

MegaHouse

GSC (Can you say GSC Fanboy? ^^)

Max Factory

Orchid Seed

Alter (My first Alter figures Weeeee!)

Yamato

Kotobukiya

ArtStorm

Ive recently grown very fond of MegaHouse Figures.They are far from beeing excellent like GSC or Alters figure but theyve been very solid so far and have never let me down.I really like their Queens Blade Series and Im kinda letdown that I missed the preorder of Melon from Akikan. I wouldnt call the show good but ive had my fun times with it ^^

Looks like I have to make some space for more Detolf Cabins !

Blowfishs Never Fail Curry Guide

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Everybody knows the steamy,tongue burning and tears bringing Curry thats a favorite to use in the Eating Contest Filler Episodes of Animes.I prepared todays lunch yesterday evening and decided to turn the whole thing into a little guide on how to make some damn tasty curry!

Ill start this off with one of my favorite scenes of the current Minami-ke season. You just gotta love Hosaka-senpai.Its a real shame that he appeared only a few times this season.Im gonna talk about sweaty young mens breast another time so lets start the cooking!

Im actually a really,really lazy guy and the secret behind my Never Fail Curry is to rely on those Curry Sauce Mix cubes that are avaiable in asian grocery stores.They are a fast melting Fat/Spice mixture that come in alot of different variations with different levels of hotness.My personal favorites are the widely available Vermont Curry and Java Curry.The first one is a bit sweeter with a hint of apple and honey while the latter ones are more on the spicy side.The great thing about these ready sauce mix cubes is that you can make a delicious meal pretty quick and the limit is only your imagination! Theres a little downside to the whole miracle though : its packed to the brim with flavour enhancers.You want one without? Go make your curry from scratch!

This is what I used this time: Potatoes,Carrot,Onions,Spring Onions,Meat and Java Curry Ready Sauce Mix.Start off with cutting the veggies in rough small pieces.This guarantees that the veggies have the biggest possible exposure to the spices and sauce while getting cooked.Forget everything you learned about cutting everything neat and just go rampage :D

Heat up your pan after youve cut all the veggies and wait until its really hot.Ive used already precut meat so I dont have to prepare it,if yours isnt in an appropiate size, cut it in the same method as the veggies while you wait for the pan to heat up.You can test the temperature of the pan with a drop of water.Drop it into the pan, if it jumps around in the pan it has the right temperature to fry the meat.The correct temperature is essential for tender meat.The pores of the meat close faster than on medium temperatures and the meat juice stays inside it and wont end up in the pan resulting in dry meat.Dont use to much meat at once since itll cool down the pan. Stir fry the meat until its slightly fried from all sides and then add the veggies. Stiry fry the whole package a bit until it looks kinda like this:

The next thing you have to do is check the box of your Curry Mix for hints on how much water you have to add to the meat and veggies.My first try ended up in a pretty watered down curry since I misunderstood the cooking directions and used too much water ^^;;;

6 Blocks of Java Curry require 700 ml Water

Add the water into the pan and let the whole thing boil until everythings done.This takes approximately 30-40 minutes.

This is what one Curry Block looks like.Its made of palm oil and body temperature is enough for it to melt.Break the Curry Block into 6 cubes and add them slowly one after one to the food.

It seems a bit watered down in the beginning but after a few minutes of cooking it turns into a nice sauce.I just discovered that Flickr allows to upload Videos and I proudly present you my first Video:

Its not really interesting but hey atleast its something different from all the pics :D

I like to serve rice or noodles with curry but its open to your prefernces what to serve with it.I just popped some rice into my bowl threw some curry onto it and its done! Fool Proof!

The whole serving has fed me two days in a row.Its a pretty easy to make and very stuffing meal!

Ive found this image while i was browsing for Curry Anime Babes:

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I bet its breast enlarging ^_^ (Gelbooru)

Here Im done with my second food post! I hope i didnt bore you too much with it.If you enjoyed it, id recommend you to take a look at Jems Recipe for Pork Loin Chops. It is a real genuine recipe that wont rely on hogus bogus like mine :D Either one will get you stuffed though ^^

Blowfishs Mighty Room 09

I bet you always wondered how it feels to be in this good looking fellas shoes right?Today ill give you the chance to take a look at my room through my very own eyes! Lets start exploring after the Jump!

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Click the picture for all the glory! Warning! Big Pic is Big!

This picture is my entry in Dannys 20090326 Your Room Giveaway Contest.The Prize is a Japan Only Item of my choice worth whopping 20.000 Yen.Im not having delusions of grandeur and know that ill never win the prize but it was a nice motivation to finish some things that were undone for quite some time ^^;;

I have checked several other entries and some DC members have astounding rooms.I went with the Panorama Perspective for mine since its a pretty small but long room and a normal picture isnt able to catch all my goodies.Most dont get enough screentime of the Panorama shot though and Im gonna show you some closeups.

Well start of with what I like to call the Corner of Shame :D

Has become even worser than last time!

Lets take a closer look to the stuff in my living room!

Setting a romantic mood with Kanu aka Aisha

Ive actually stuffed her with my sidesleeping pillow I already own for ages.It is too small for her but theres no way Ill pay that much for a real Cospa Body Pillow! I dont wanna hump her anyways so Im alright with the fact thats shes a bit limp ^_^

Closer look at the recently installed Shelves

This was the part where ive been severely slacking the last weeks.Ive mounted one a few weeks ago but was too lazy to mount the other one aswell.Dannys Contest gave me the kick in the butt i needed^^ Im seriously running out of space for my figures by now.My Detolf is pretty crowded and i dont have space for another one.Looks like ill have to let some of my figures live out in the wild.Im still trying to think of a solution how i can keep them away from dust. Any Ideas?

Alien Queen,Mario,DSLite,Asuka and Rei the usual equipment

Some stuff I did in the 12th grade

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I hate to put figures into the bottom of the Detolf.You cant really appreciate them there (or look under their skirts :D )

Only my most precious figures or those that are a pain to clean are at the moment in the cabinet.Its still to crowded in some parts of it …

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My Consolecollection,my Vinylcollection and of course DVDs

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You can actually spot me in the picture :D

In case you were wondering what that blue “thing” in the background is: it was a tenth grade art project.Its actually supposed to be a frenchman with a barret and a baguette.Lets not talk about how he turned into a smurf ^_^

BONUS PICTURES!

Just some random pictures I snapped


My Onsen PinUp hiding behind a plant

My small but cozy kitchen

My cookbooks I rarely use and a mammoth?

I wish i could post some more pictures but ive exceeded my monthly FlickR Bandwidth.I didnt show some stuff like my bedroom but if you are interested in it you can check it out in my old room post.

Im grateful for any hints regarding space management!

Now back to Routine…