PRIMITIVE SCREWHEADS

What would the Vikings think?

Everyone hears about weird Japanese dress up customs. Listverse has a list of ten of them. It's kind of hard to tell them apart. Pictures help. That's a shot of three gals in costumes as Godzilla, Kanga from Winnie the Pooh and Pikachu. It's from a style called Kigurumin. That page gave me a link to a page with 15 clips from Japanese tv shows. You already know how wacky those shows are, but some of these clips are pretty fun. There are only 11 working clips so it won't take too long to go through them. The front page of Listverse had a link to 10 Misconceptions about the Vikings. As a descendent of those Vikings I was disappointed to hear they weren't so dirty after all. They did like their stabbin' though. Here's a bonus: 9 3D street paintings.

Domo-Kun

That's Domo-Kun. He got something going on in Japan where he's the mascot of NHK TV. I think he's yelling at that guy for stealing his satelite signal, or he's happy, I can't tell which. The other picture makes him out to be some sort of wrathful agent for God. I don't think that's part of the story. There's a goofy flash game here where Domo has to whack the Powderpuff Girls on the head with a stick. It's a hard one. I kept getting blasted with lightning bolts. There's a jpeg here that you can print out and make your own domo paper puppet and his tv. Here's a Domo-Kun FAQ. Guitar Wolf, a Japanese band, has music in a Domo short and in the movie Wild Zero. I just thought Domo-Kun was fun to look at but I don't feel I need a toy to enjoy him. You should check out Wild Zero too, although some of you won't like it.