jedishampoo | Of Good Roommates and Shrines

And I don't mean the type of shrines I saw in Japan-- of which I saw many. I mean Saiyuki shrines, Howl's Moving Castle shrines, that sort of thing.

It's good to have a roommate who understands fannish obsessions. Sometimes our fandoms coincide, often they don't, but at least we always understand where the other is coming from. Seriously; we have a 2200-sq.ft. house that looks like a toy, book and DVD store. :) So for my birthday, my roomie

sharpeslass took me out for sushi, is making MEAT BUNS today (vegetarian), and got me lots of Saiyuki fun things.

Pics of some of my b-day presents and shrines under the cut:

The "Saiyuki Shrine" in our front room. Manga in two languages, doujinshi, prayer beads, busts, artbooks, action figures, you name it. Today I acquired the Sanzo and Hakkai statuettes, some adorable chibi pins, a shitajiki, the little lacquered box, and more:

Close-up of those adorably bishounen and slender Hakkai and Sanzo figures. She actually purchased Gojyo, 'cause, well, he's Sanzo's boyfriend (heh), but the seller was apparently confused. Still, I don't mind a little Hakkai/Sanzo and the Jeep on his hand is awfully cute:

The Howl's Moving Castle Shrine. Today's addition is the 1000-piece puzzle from the Ghibli Museum, but my favorite is still the light-up Calcifer's fireplace (on the little shelf). Don't I have a nice roommate, who lets me put stuff like this in the front room?

And just for randomness, the Hornblower Shrine. The signed pic is from a co-worker whose son was in a movie with Ioan Gruffudd, the hat is from

scaryfangirl, and the Fenton glass is a lifetime collection (I know there are other Fenton fanatics on my flist, right?):

And of course there's a Star Wars shrine, but it's a little... messy (meaning, overpacked) right now, so I was ashamed to show it. :)

Happy Mother's Day, everyone who is a mommy here!