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Thistle
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Call me Thistle. I like beetles, 17th century square-rigged tall ships, and Japanese pro wrestling.

甲虫や帆船や日本のプロレスが大好き。よろしく！
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A Jomon Period Dogu Clay Figurine from the Tokyo National Museum. Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101561334@N08/26596176225
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Lulu's new favorite toy is this normal wooden dowel from the art supply store
Lulu, a fluffy brown tabby cat with white spotting, is crouched on a fluffy blanket and smacking a wooden dowel with one paw. She looks very happy.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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The sunset at the shipyard was beautiful last night too
A photo of the river at sunset. The sky is deep orange fading into green and pale blue, with purple clouds. The water is still, and the sky's reflection on the river is beautiful. A small boat is docked behind a very large 17th century square rigged tall ship.
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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The sky at the shipyard was beautiful last night
A photo taken from the deck of a 17th century square-rigged tall ship. There's a warm light turned on in the focsle, and a bright full moon is shining in a dark cloudy sky.
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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I drew this for the Philly zine fest anthology but it didn't make it in so I'll just post it here!
A pen drawing of an Osaka temple cat standing on a stone lantern, with a carving and a wall in the background.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Leaping Lulu. Drawn with an Ackerman manga G nib pen filled with India ink, as an ink experiment.
A pen drawing of a fluffy tabby cat leaping gracefully.
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Philly Zine Fest ruled, as always!
A Philly Zine Fest banner on a Philly street, held up by some poles and a cement block. There's a newspaper box with "zines" written on it on the left of the banner, and a traffic cone on the right.
November 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Finished my fountain pen zine and assembled some copies 😁
A pile of black and white laser-printed hand-assembled zines. The zine is called "My Favorite Fountain Pens" and the cover is illustrated with line drawings of various fountain pens.
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I'm having so much fun drawing with my new pen 🥰
A pen sketch of a fluffy kitten with a wide open mouth, peeking over a wall
October 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Besides the Kinnikuman Zebra that I found in the woods, I also have these two but Lulu isn't allowed to play with them because she BITES THEM
Small pink vintage Kinnikuman toys of Springman and Buffaloman, holding hands
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Pure feline bliss
Lulu, a brown tabby cat with white spotting, is sitting in a foldable cat play box. She has thrown a Kinnikuman toy up into the air and is smacking it with her paw.
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The happiest cat in the world with her favorite cat toy, a vintage 1985 Kinnikuman figure of Kinnikuman Zebra that I found in the woods
Lulu, a fluffy brown tabby cat with white spotting, is sitting inside of a foldable cat play box, looking up at the camera. Her nose and eyes are pink. Her white paw is sitting half on top of a 1985 Kinnikuman Zebra figure, a simple pink plastic toy. She looks very happy.
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Sketching that cat again. (Please ignore the ink spots where my pen leaked)
A black and white pen sketch of a stocky cat standing on a stone lantern in front of a wall and stone flame carvings. The sketch is unfinished. There are two big ink drops on it.
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Having fun sketching with my new pen 🥰
A pen sketch of a temple cat sitting in the roof of a temple, surrounded by lanterns. It's half-finished, with some mistakes.
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Met a new friend in Philly
A Chinese mantis on a sidewalk, looking right at me. It's a brownish color, with a green stripe along its sides.
October 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Screenshot of Dragon Quest for NES, showing the fight menu. A slime draws near! Command?
October 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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うちのルルちゃんみたいw
ルルちゃんのぴえんな顔 Lulu, a fluffy tabby cat, making sad puppy-dog eyes
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Philly
A very well-drawn poster in black, white, and bright yellow, of a crowd of people holding signs. The people in the crowd look like characters from the Stone Ocean storyline of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. They're holding signs that read "THE PEOPLE DEMAND: STOP THE DEPORTATIONS!" and "EL PUEBLO UNIDO DEFENDERA A LA FAMILIAS MIGRANTES!"
October 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Lulu is still obsessed with Dog...😭
Lulu, a fluffy tabby cat with white spotting, has her face absolutely glued to the lid of an insect enclosure as she stares fixated inside. Inside of the enclosure, right next to her, is a blue death-feigning beetle named Dog. The beetle is completely ignoring her and going about his beetle business unperturbed.
October 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Also I somehow only realized that this was an Mother reference when I read it in the Japanese script
The name input screen from chapter 3 of Deltarune. Kris has put in "KRI" and Tenna is saying "Well, don't "Kri" until the ending, folks!" which is a reference to the tagline in the Japanese commercials for the NES game Mother, エンディングまで泣くんじゃない
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Found this little guy while cleaning our basement. He's in decent shape considering his tag is dated 1997.
A plush toy of Shingo from King of Fighters, like one you'd get from a UFO catcher. His white shoes are a little faded, and he has some brown vinyl pieces on him that fell off of another toy. The toy is old-fashioned but very cute.
October 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I don't think I ever posted this sketch here?
A loose fountain pen sketch of Kasai about to kiss El Desperado after their match at Death Pain Invi, drawn on dot-gridded planner paper. Kasai's eyes are closed, and Despe is holding roses in one hand and has the junior heavyweight belt over his shoulder.
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Lulu, leave Dog alone 😭
Lulu, a fluffy tabby cat with white spotting, is sitting on the lid of an insect enclosure and staring intently at a small blue death-feigning beetle named Dog. Dog is ignoring her.
October 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Moth orchids tend to grow leaves and flower stalks in very predictable patterns, alternating from right to left sides. This one also seems to be alternating between growing a leaf on the baby plant and the parent plant!
A moth orchid, growing a clone plant from a flower stalk. The small clone plant has two mature leaves - one tiny leaf on the left, and then a bigger newer leaf on the right. The parent plant has leaves alternating from right to left, and is just starting to grow a new tiny leaf.
October 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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今ここ
A sign for an izakaya. The sign says "Delicious! Cheap! Fast!" in Japanese. A huge ceramic tanuki with lights for eyes is in front of the building.
October 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM