laundry piling up at my house

The making of a DVD can take quite a bit of time. As I have found, that process can easily add months, even years, to the reward finding its way to waiting hands, eyes, and ears.
Such has certainly been the case here.
But, at last, "The Laundromat" has opened for me!
When I last wrote, it was to share the update from Vanessa Yee. Her kickstarter project, a documentary with many interviews, was in the process of being completed and was gathering good reviews along the way.
Now, the T-shirt is on me, the bumper sticker is going on my Kickstarter Wall in my Ocean Room, and the button will soon be in the hands of my favorite laundry owner, Nami.
I have not yet had time to review the DVD, but I hope to do so very soon.
You'll be the first to know!
Meanwhile, you can enjoy the trailer for it here.
You can also visit her fabulous site... where you can air your laundry in a safe space.

allegiance to takei

Yes, that Takei, the one who was Mr. Sulu on "Star Trek" for so many years.
Now, he is on a trek of his own: to get a WW II-era musical, "Allegiance", onto a Broadway stage.
Yes, I did say "musical".
Yes, I did say "World War II".
Yes, I realize those things don't normally go together, though they certainly have before.
Will this show have battle scenes?
I don't know, but I doubt it.
The story is from the point of view of a Japanese-ancestry family living and working in America when Pearl Harbor was bombed...and the aftermath of a country gone to war on its own citizens.
George Takei was a boy 5 years old when his family, and many others, were imprisoned behind barbed-wire fences in desolate locations. Their only crime was having Japanese heritage.
Incredible to think that this country went so crazy as to lock up thousands of Japanese-American citizens, whether they were men, women, or children.
Incredible... and very sad.
But now, as part of his legacy to the USA and to the world, Takei is ready to share that history with all of us.
What a worthy cause!
And so, mere moments ago, in anticipation of the play's Broadway debut, I have bought into his dream!
For a mere five dollars, I now own Priority Access Pass #08713 for "Allegiance"!!!
That means, once it has been accepted by one of the 41 theatres on Broadway for its run, I will be once of the first to be allowed to purchase tickets!
Who knows?
I just may have to make a run up to New York City for that auspicious occasion!
It has been a very, very, very long time since I last saw a play on Broadway. The play was "Lunch Hour", with Sam Waterston and Gilda Radner, back in February of 1981, before my tour of duty in Okinawa.
(smile)
I'll keep watching for more news...
and say a little prayer for this worthy piece of history.

creature (dis)comforts of home

Oh, my! Such lovely, cool-scary, monsters!
Oh, pardon me - not monsters, creatures.
That indicates that these beings came from imagination, not from an egg or a uterus.

That imagination belongs to the GoggleGals, Jessica Feinberg and Alese Lea Taylor, creators of this kickstarter-funded book.
And poster, as shown above.

And two unique bookmarks.

And fabulous prints of the individual creatures!
(More on that in just a second!

Even the back of the book bears the searing mark of their fertile imagination!

I just love the way they autographed this book for me!

"FOR GREAT-AUNT FAUSTINA - BEWARE THE CREATURES!"

and

"crunch"

Such marvelous fun!






But, I must admit, my most prized rewards from these young women are Jellie Oculari and the Orange Gnawzler.
I know, they sound like something that would appear in a B-grade, late-night old-timey science fiction flick, don't they? I'm sure my fondness for those goofy movies from my youth is part of the reason I am charmed by these creatures, of all of those produced by the GoggleGals.
These were the two I could not live without.

The Snaggle-Toothed Orange Gnawzler

Shaggy and fuzzy
orange yellow on top
please don't be misled by its cute fluffy mop.
Sneaking up the stairs
hunting late into the night
It's seeking out toenails
to nibble and bite!

Jellie Oculari

Swims in the water
floats through the sky
If you don't see him coming he'll
steal your eyes.


Bwah ha ha!!!
He is definitely my favorite!
Now, they both grace a wall in my Ocean Room, a wall dedicated to the display of my treasures acquired from the support of kickstarter projects.
And Jellie, with his many aqua eyes, looks perfectly at home there, swimming along without a care in the world!