“We landed on Mars that day — why aren’t they talking about that?”
— Britney questions the newsworthiness of her marriage
Still burning
The Soberanes Fire is still going strong, with 95,716 acres burned, and still only 60% contained. Almost all of the active fire area is deep in heavily forested mountains, and for extra fun, there’s apparently a heck of a lot of poison oak in that area, which is affecting firefighters despite their precautions.
Still no word on catching the clowns whose illegal campfire started it.
Air quality is good in my area; I think everything that’s still burning is on the other side of the mountains now, and the winds are pushing the smoke and ash southeast.
Pic dump
Time to clean out the downloads folder. I’ve lost track of where I found most of these, but any collection of photos that includes Miwako Kakei in a teddy can’t be all bad…
This 7-11 only offers so much convenience:
Wait, what?
Okay, it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest to see former Morning Musume member Asami Konno leading a parade of Pikachus, wearing a sash celebrating the success of the new Pokemon movie. Even if she weren’t an announcer for TV Tokyo, it’s the sort of thing you expect to find former idol singers at.
But what are she and her partner Moeko doing with their hands?
It’s not a one-time thing, either; there are half a dozen shots where they’re doing Babymetal’s signature fox-head gesture with one or both hands. I can only assume that Pikachu fans use it too. Which helps to explain this.
But nothing can explain this.
Then again, “kon-kon” is the sound a fox makes, although this Konkon usually makes more of a “boin” sound…
You say tomato...
Voice actress and singer Haruka Tomatsu is at her best when she’s being adorkable. Most of her photoshoots recognize this and stick with showing off a pretty girl and a smile, not trying too hard to sex her up.
Sometimes, though, they insisted on trying for steam, and the best of the bunch end up as “hot shot of someone who looks nothing like her”. The rest include some of the most awkward cheesecake I’ve ever seen. She really looks like she wants to be somewhere else, and the outfits do not flatter her gangly frame.
This one is nice, but she’s almost unrecognizable.
RIP Gene Wilder
Another strike against 2016. Dammit.
Spoiler: Sean Murray is Atlas
Also, epic troll:
