9/365: Kewpie, holiday style

So Christmas has already come and gone but since it's still technically winter, here's a photo to celebrate the season. I bought this Kewpie figurine when I was living in Japan. I became mildly obsessed with Kewpie after hearing a jingle for a food product, tarako (fish egg) spaghetti. A little quirky, a lot strange, and a teeny bit disturbing, Tarako Kewpie is also unexplainably charismatic and likeable. He's got a bit of a cult following and is probably one of the most awesome characters to come of out Japan.




Oops, perhaps I should have cautioned you that the song may be stuck in your head for the next few days....

Safety first!

On our recent trip to Florida and South Carolina, we saw the best flight safety video EVER.

A few thoughts:
1) My husband and I fly Delta TONS. We've never seen a flight attendant on any of our flights that young, that skinny, or with lips that Angelina Jolie-ish EVER.

2) If all flight safety videos were this funny, more people might stay awake for takeoff and actually pay some attention to it.

3) The real star of the video, the male flight attendant with the million dollar smile. His Emmy-worthy performance reaches its peak at approximately 4:00 into the video. I love him!



Virgin America also has a pretty cool flight safety video, geared toward a much younger and hipper traveler. But still, I'm going to have to pick the Delta guy who grins from ear to ear over the very diverse and interesting cast of pencil sketch characters on the Virgin America flight...