Of Good Roommates and Shrines

[jedishampoo]

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!

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[sharpeslass.livejournal.com]

The roomie in question here--- I used a basic meat bun recipe, but for the filling substituted "veggie crumbles" for the pork and cut the cooking time. They were a little saltier than the originals, because the tofu crumbles are also soy-based, but otherwise pretty darned close. Now I just need a real steamer so that I don't have to cook them three at a time over a wok. ( ;