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April 28, 2005 Off

Candy Toy: Baby Collection

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I’m addicted to Japanese market food toy! The only series I collected was the Asian Goods, since then there’re more and more new ones. My new favorite is MegaHouse’s Happy Story Series: Baby Collection — miniatures of nostalgic 70s baby toys. It’s just simply the cutest thing ever. I remember as a 3 year old […]

January 26, 2005 2

Museum of Jurassic Technology

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Finally visited the Museum of Jurasssic Technology in Culver City, a bizzare collection of obscure historic ideas and artifacts, like a cabinet of curiosities. It just sounds too cool. The entrance door looks like a closed society. Inside is dark, creepy and gloomy…awesome atmosphere for a surreal ‘lost in Wonderland’ afternoon. The exhibit is a […]

January 18, 2005 2

Beach and Spine

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Weather is so HOT today, gosh just a week ago it was freezing. On the left: Playa del Rel beach is quite ugly; the sand is dirty brown color. Right: found this giant spine display in front of a Chiropractic clinic at Manhanttan Beach town. 😀

November 21, 2004 5

Secret Toy Chest @ Nucleus

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Went to the reception party at an art+toy exhibit at Nucleus, an art books + designer toys+ T-shirt + indie comics store & gallery opened by bunch of Art Center alumni (vero’s friend) at Alhambra. The exhibit is called Seret Toy Chest and it features designer toys and illustrations from local artists and international artists. […]

October 18, 2004 4

Pre-Halloween Party

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Went to my IF collegue’s early Halloween” party at his house over the weekend. It was great fun, though it was mostly dominated by my collegue’s roomate’s friends (most work at NBC?), so I don’t know most people there. There’s a pumpkin carving contest, they also hire a masseur and a fortune teller (tarot reading) […]