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Don the Yokai Trash Panda
@duvnal.bsky.social
Former stage hand and roady.
Former game industry worker.
Current (award winning) ESL teacher and expat.
Melimancer aspirant.
I submitted a bug report to the developers with a request for a server reboot, but they closed it with no action taken.
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
December 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
@mondomascots.bsky.social
The police in Shunan City in Yamaguchi prefecture has a pufferfish in a police uniform as a mascot. I don't know if they have a costume for it, but I took a pic of the plushie when I got my driver license renewed
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
On a mountain road somewhere in Japan. Two years on and this continues to live in my head rent free.

Do you see it too?

The bus is on the other side of the guardrail. That means it was already abandoned there when the rail was built.
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thanksgiving feast (for one)
Smoked turkey drumstick and brown gravy.
Whipped sweet potato.
Bread roll.
Spicy chicken and rice soup.
Simple salad with onion dressing.
Kabocha pie.
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Japan out of context:
Elementary school mochi hammers
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I wouldn't put it past the Japanese after that whole "drinkable mayo" thing
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
1995 me has no idea what you're on about...
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Seven years ago I had my Warhammer 40k tattoo lasered off because I got tired of explaining that I'm a wargamer, not a nazi. Took a year and a half and a total of about $4.5k, and I have no regrets.
October 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
For my fellow autumn people.

October Country by Ray Bradbury
October 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
October 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Yay! I committed an act of baking too.

Today's first tries:
First try graham cracker crust.
First try kabocha puree.
First try pumpkin pie.
October 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Yeah... That tracks, actually...
October 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
October 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
October 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
October 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Elementary school field trip to put some mochi rice through the combine harvester.
That's my entire Thursday school; nine students and seven (including the principal, vice-principal, and school nurse) teachers.
October 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
October 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Sounds nice. My "cleanse ritual" is a bit different...
September 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
September 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
September 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The comic established pretty early on the relationship Charles had with the world...

First Peanuts comic strip:
September 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
September 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A staff member at one of my schools gifted me a pumpkin today
September 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM