Whee. This is a big picture post, because I wanna. First, I thought I'd finally get around to a picture of my knife set and bartending kit. Here they are on my counter in the flat.

Now, moving on. I drove up to Lexington today, to the Japanese market. It was odd -- almost nothing was in English, but for what I was looking for it wasn't a big deal. I bought some nori -- toasted seaweed sheets for sushi and onigiri (though I think it's actually algae, and not seaweed, I dunno -- and some neat bits and pieces. Like this bento box and chopsticks. They didn't come together, but they match pretty well. The box is smaller than I'd like -- I actually bought two, which turns out to be too much space, so that's like eight bucks wasted. I'm sure I'll figure something out. Here's the box open, with my lunch for tomorrow in it. It won't actually be lunch, I suppose, as I plan to eat it at the class break tomorrow. I always get hungry during night classes. You should be able to see blueberries, blackberries, and some fried chicken chunks in the top tier, on the bottom of the picture. The lower tier has some olives, half a hard-boiled egg, and an onigiri. I made the onigiri before I bought the box, so I it's actually a bit too big. It's got fried salmon in the middle. Mm.

I also got some supplies for serving sake. Here's a small tokkuri and a matching choko (flask and cup). Here's a larger, dish-type guinomi. I liked the color and flower pattern. Here's an awesome guinomi. Bunnies are cool. That's it. Bunnies are cool.

Finally, I've meant to post a picture of my pitiful bookshelf here in the flat since I moved in. Now I finally am. It's a bit empty, I know, but I forgot all my textbooks at home, so I'll use that space directly.

That's pretty much it.