Cutest Porcupine Ever

Via Morning Kindness ^.^

'Awwwwww' does not describe the level of cuteness which is about to unleash upon you, my gentle reader. Please watch these videos with caution – your high-pitched squee might break windows and other glass objects in your room.

Tomboys & DapperQ

Awesome writer Malinda Lo shared a link to DapperQ, and so I found Beauty and Happiness. Just look at all those stylish people!

Our Favorite Images of Feminine Gender-Benders (including Sigourney Weaver, Cate Blanchett, Emma Watson)
The 100 Most Stylish dapperQs 2014
The 100 Most Stylish dapperQs 2013

DapperQ
“Founded in January 2009, dapperQ is for anyone who wants to make any element of men’s style truly their own. It’s for all who have been discouraged — in a million and one subtle and not-so-subtle ways — from gleaning for self-expression from the rich and robust universe pioneered over centuries by dapper gents and today reflected in glossies such as GQ, Details and Vogue for Men.”

Puppy Reads In Glasses

Kusaka Jr. heard that some humans read in glasses. 

He wanted to give it a try. But...

World Animal Day

October 4 is World Animal Day! To celebrate it I'm sharing our photos from the Moscow zoo. They were taken in October 2008 when I still lived in Russia.

4 октября - Всемирный день защиты животных! По этому поводу делюсь фотографиями из Московского зоопарка, сделанными в октябре 2008, когда я ещё жила в России.

What I read in September

A very manga month. :-)

Mei Noguchi “Finlandia” vol 1 [Japan]

Mei Noguchi “Finlandia” vol 2 [Japan]

Ai Yazawa “Paradise Kiss” vol.3 [Japan]

Ai Yazawa “Paradise Kiss” vol.4 [Japan]

Ai Yazawa “Paradise Kiss” vol.5 [Japan]

Marjane Satrapi “Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood” [Iran, France]

Kameron Hurley “We Have Always Fought”: Essays on Craft, Fiction & Fandom [USA]

Meet the Somalis: The illustrated stories of Somalis in seven cities in Europe [Somalia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, UK]

あずまきよひこ よつばと!2 (Kiyohiko Azuma “Yotsuba&!” vol. 2) [Japan]

Andi Watson “The Complete Geisha” [UK]

Elizabeth Bear “Shoggoths in bloom” [USA]

Tatyana Tolstaya “Зверотур” [Russia]

武内 直子 『美少女戦士セーラームーン』 vol.3 (Naoko Takeuchi “Sailor Moon” vol.3) [Japan]

A Japanese girl moves to Finland to become Joulupukki's assistant.