moving!
June 30, 2009
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On top of all the events I’ve attended, my company is in the middle of moving!
We are moving to a building a couple of blocks from the current office building, but a move is a move. We had to get to work early and pack everything while working. I’m pretty wiped and my hands are dry, but here are some pictures I snapped while packing my stuff.
My company is a post-production company. We acquire and release Japanese anime and live action films in the U.S. I used to be a translation manager/subtitler, but I work for the online card game (which we’ve brought here from Japan) division in the company. Just like many post-production companies, our company is pretty laid back and casual. Almost every employee in our company has toys decorating their desks. A LOT of toys. And I have the second most toys in the office. 
My robot toys on my desk. I cannot work without my robots. These are just a few of them. I took a lot of Gundam toys from desk home a little while ago because I wasn’t sure how much space I’d have in the new office.
My robots and Teto (fox squirrel from Nausicaa)
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the weather is wonderful in boston
June 28, 2009
Posted by AnnaTheRed in Everything else Tags: chinese food
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Weekend in Boston – part 2
When we went to a local supermarket by my boyfriend’s sister’s house, we saw this.
Actually, the real Japanese eggplant is even wider than this, but it was still pretty funny.
My boyfriend is a Taiwanese-American, so when his family gets together, a huuuuge lunch at a Chinese restaurant is inevitable. So without further ado, I give you delicious yummies from Joyful Garden!
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wedding and sweets in boston
June 27, 2009
Posted by AnnaTheRed in Everything else Tags: bread & chocolate, wedding
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Weekend in Boston – part 1
My boyfriend and I are in Boston right now. We came up here for his cousin’s wedding. The wedding was very lovely. It was at a botanical garden, and we were surrounded by a lot of beautiful flowers and plants. I’ll post what I got to eat at the wedding. The hors d’oeuvres were very delicious!
As I wrote this post, I remembered why I thought I wouldn’t be a good food blogger. I can’t remember the name of foods I eat. And usually all I can say about food is “yummy”, “meh” or “yuck.” So please don’t think of this post as a “food blog.” It’s more like a food album for good food I ate. 
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stuffed stuff: Master Chief
June 25, 2009
Posted by AnnaTheRed in stuffed stuff Tags: bungie, chibi, doll, halo, master chief, plush toy, SD
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EDIT: I just want to make something clear before it gets too crazy.
Unfortunately, the patterns and plush Master Chief are not for sale. =<
I work for a post-production company, and I’ve made prototypes of plush of anime characters to be mass-produced legally before, and I am so very aware of copyright law. Making profits from the products of copyrighted characters without any legal contract can cause a lot of trouble. I can’t give away the patterns either, since I cannot stop anyone else from making profits with them. Also I spent a very long time making the base body patterns, so I can’t sell them or give them away either.
You just have to be a very good friend of mine to adopt a plush Master Chief.
For those who want a plush Master Chief sooooo bad… You can probably find similar base body patterns in a doll book or online. You just have to make the patterns for the costume (?) by looking at images or toys of Master Chief. Like I mentioned, it’s a tedious work, but not impossible to do. Good luck!!
I’m too tired to write anything clever to begin this post, so I’m just gonna say… Yay! I finished! (And this time, I took a LOT of pictures while making it.)
Master Chief from Halo
Created and stuffed: June 2009
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my freezer
June 23, 2009
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I’ve been in a super creative mood, and I want to keep going until all the birthdays in June are over. I feel like if I stop I’ll lose momentum. So long story short, I didn’t make a kyaraben, but I am making something else. I’ll upload the pictures when it’s done. This project has been a difficult one, but my boyfriend’s been very helpful, cooking, cleaning and doing laundry for me. (actually he does laundry for me all the time ) I’ll be paying him back with a special kyaraben later. 
Okay, I’m going to stop making excuses for not doing a bento blog today. I’ll show some pictures of my freezer. This amused my boyfriend the first time he saw it. Yes, I draw pictures of an animal indicating the meat, and boobs for chicken breast. When I was labeling it, I wasn’t sure whether I should write it in Japanese or English, so I just drew pictures of the animal.
There are also meatballs that I had made, beef soboro and carrot flowers.
On top of this crazy birthday month, New York Asian Film Festival is being held in NYC right now, and I couldn’t possibly pass the opportunity to go see “Ip Man” on a big screen! (even if it means losing a couple of hours of my precious sleep / working time) It’s a semi-biographical movie of Bruce Lee’s master, Ip Man played by Donnie Yen.
My boyfriend and I aren’t only anime/sci-fi nerd, but we’re also kung-fu nerds. I’m sure he’ll do a detailed review on this movie pretty soon, but if you like a good kung-fu movie, you should check it out! It’s coming out from Dragon Dynasty in the end of August. (I think) The story was very similar to Fist of Legend. We didn’t know that Siu-Wong Fan was also in the movie. I’d only seen him in “Riki-OH: The Story of Ricky”, but I ouldn’t believe how big he’s gotten and how fast he was. (He’s aged very well too.)
There were some technical difficulties during the showing and it stopped playing a few of times. We had to wait until they fixed the problem for about 5-10 minutes each time, and it was very frustrating, but it was so worth it. (They gave everyone at the theater 2 coupons to see any film at IFC for compensation. Nice!)
how to make a radish mushroom
June 21, 2009
Posted by AnnaTheRed in how-to (all), how-to - characters (Ghibli, video game, Wall-E) Tags: mushroom, radish, super mario
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I made this for Totoro parade bento, but I realized that I hadn’t done a how-to on this! This may look difficult but it’s a very adorable decoration to your kyaraben.
[How to make a radish mushroom and Mario mushroom]
- radish
- *seaweed for Mario mushroom
– small fruit knife
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beer garden
June 20, 2009
Posted by AnnaTheRed in Everything else Tags: beer garden, studio square
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June is a busy month for me (and also pretty much everyone I know) because there are so many birthdays! I’ve been busy attending birthday parties, making things for them, so no bento blog today. Again. I blame June babies for this.
My boyfriend and I went to his friend’s birthday party at a beer garden in Queens, called Studio Square. The place is 18000sqf. It’s HUGE. When we got there around 7:30, it wasn’t super crowded, and very pleasant. The weather was nice so we sat outside.
It was the perfect weather for drinking outside.
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bento #55: LocoRoco
June 18, 2009
Posted by AnnaTheRed in bento blog (all), bento blog - video game Tags: locoroco
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I woke up a bit too late for a kyaraben, but a bit too early for a regular bento this morning. I sat down, started up my laptop, checking my email, and just stared at my sketchbook. I had drawn the sketch for a bento, but I hadn’t figured out how I’d put meat in it. I went to the kitchen to get orange juice, and I just decided to try making it.
Bento #55: LocoRoco
Created and eaten on: 6/18/2009
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how to freeze carrot flowers
June 16, 2009
Posted by AnnaTheRed in how-to (all), how-to - fundamentals Tags: carrot, flower, vegetable
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I had to get to work really early today, so no bento blog. >_< But instead, I’m going to show you how to make bento making less hectic in a busy morning.
I’ve done “how to make vegetable flowers” before, but it’s a time consuming process, especially in the morning. I used to buy baby carrots, because I didn’t have to cut it into a small circle which is a good size for flowers in bento, and they last longer than regular carrots. But baby carrots can be expensive, and I didn’t like the taste of baby carrots. (It tasted… “processed”?) Then I thought I should just buy regular carrots, and prepare it when I have time.
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how to make headcrabs
June 14, 2009
Posted by AnnaTheRed in bento blog (all), bento blog - video game Tags: half-life, head crab, headcrab
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I’m always thinking about what kind of bento I can make next, and what kind of how-to I should do next. Sometimes, my boyfriend gives me suggestions for how-tos, and he’s been telling me that I should do a how-to on the headcrabs from the headcrab bento. I wasn’t sure because I really didn’t think anyone would want to make & eat headcrab, and I asked him “why headcrab?” He said that because not only it looked really like headcrab, but it was very delicious.
I couldn’t think of anything else to do for the how-to this weekend, and it was a request from my only customer after all, so I decided to do this. Of course, you don’t have to make headcrabs. It tastes exactly the same if it’s not shaped like head-crab. You can just a recipe for a simple finger food. (Not even sure you can call this a recipe…)
[How to make headcrabs]
- Potato
- Mayonnaise
- Parmesan cheese
- Salt & Pepper
- Bacon (You can put corn, or cheese instead of bacon)
