gordon_r_d: I just opened the second present that came in your package!

[capri0mni]

^Points to icon^ This is, reading from left to right: Me, Myself, and I.

EEE! I've just started skimming through it*, and reading a bit of the preface, and it looks like great fun. I'll have to put it on the shelf next to its European counterpart, that I've been using as a reference for almost 30 years: A Field Guide to the Little People. I love this kind of thing!

And, let's all hope this gift will be like bringing your raincoat to the picnic, and having it to hand for protection will keep the nasties, both literal and figurative, away from me this coming year.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

*For those of you who couldn't see me while I was opening the package, "it" is Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt, illustrations (which are beautiful, btw) by Tatsuya Morino.

Comments

[gordon-r-d.livejournal.com]

It's a wonderful wee book I found out about on BoingBoing.net, I picked it up a couple of months ago and had a joy reading through it, occasionally thinking things like "One of those was in Mr. Vampire. I've fought those in Guild Wars. Ooh, I kicked one of those in DOA2." As soon as I started reading I thought it'd be the sort of book you'd enjoy. :)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Oh, it is! And you were right, in your message: you never know when you're going to need to know these things. ;-)

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, by the way. :)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Thsnks! *squishhug*