UFO Catchers: FURYU FOR YOU

Alrighty kitties, here’s the deal: Since starting this blog, I have been trying for the life of me to figure out how to and what to focus this blog on. I have no attention span for many things, but a few things. And...you all (those who have actually visited) seen my obsession with nemunekos. And from that will branch something new.

So I shall start the official blog subject---> In the Sky: UFO CATCHERS

As you have possibly seen, the title has changed.

And here is the first segment: FURYU FOR YOU.

**ATTENTION: This blog is not professionally affiliated with the Furyu Corporation, San-X or any other company. Everything seen on this blog has to do with a sick girl’s obsession with adorable products. I do not claim that these products are mine (unless of course I actually bought them), that I made these products, or that I created the ideas for these products. Everything belongs to FURYU CORP, SAN-X or other companies that I give credit to. If anyone tries to sue me for showing my love and fandom over products made by this company, I will be very sad.

Legal spiel aside, for the next couple of months (or depending on my attention span, maybe a year) this blog will show off the new products that Furyu releases. Furyu Corporation is a company that creates the toys that the Japanese population views in their crane machines. These crane machines are certainly much different than the ones I grew up knowing, with two prong claws instead of four and -supposedly- are easier to win prizes from than American versions. I personally like that. Japanese crane machines make it so you can actually win. They don’t completely stuff the prizes in the bottom so they are impossible to get and you have to pay a left leg just for one prize that isn’t even worth fifty cents. 

Damn American crane machines. Look at all those crappy prizes. Really, American kids DO NOT understand what junk they're getting, or better yet, if they get anything for the five to whatever money spent to get the prizes.

Though we just got a UFO Catcher in our mall, and I was excited when I saw it. It had Domo in it. Brown and pink ones.

Oooh, why so Domo? :D Yeah. Awesome.

Btw, I love pictures. They will be present a lot during these blogs, so best prepare for them.

I’ll not only follow Furyu’s products, but Crane Machine prizes in general. Anyway, I really want to save Nemu-nekos for last, so I’ll start with something else just as catlike. Marunekos.

Cuteness Factor: 6 out of 10

These distant pets of the cousin’s of weeble-woobles, Marunekos are round, adorable little cats that are always smiling. Then again, many cats are rather cheerful creatures. There are plush and plastic varieties of these cats, found -of course- in claw machines and -for those who aren’t so good at catching these kitties, like many people seem to have a problem with- are available online, at sites such as kawaiishopjapan.com.

**Side note: The shop owner’s name is Miki and I have bought from her and the shop four times, and every time I have shopped there, the items are always in great shape, the products are cheap, her packaging is spectacular, and Miki is one of the kindest women I have ever dealt with. I will recommend over and over to anyone and everyone to go to her shop. And I recommend that everyone who reads this should at least visit her shop.

Here are some videos of claw machines in action: 

Doraemon Crane Machine Win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cUp2kThTVI

Unexpected Win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjr0h26AHOI&feature=related

I also love videos. Expect those too.

And so, good night, my kittlies. May your New Year glitter like the northern lights. <3

To my Sister

Oh, dear sibling...

I have a sister. For the sake of names, I'll call her Lynn. She's seventeen months older than me, but short and round as I am tall and...round, but distributed evenly. We both have brown hair, hers highlighted with blonde, mine with red. Brown eyes, green eyes. She dresses classy, whereas I wear a relaxed kind of style.  Look-wise, we aren't alike, but you can definitely tell we are sisters, that if our mother was around, people could tell that we take after her. But we are not quite the same. We like the same things, but we are not the same.

She likes Abercrombie and I like Torrid, but that's not really what I want to point out. When dealing with people, you see that she is pretending and you can tell with me I am honest. I refuse to pretend, and she does it every day. But Lynn has always had an attitude, and pretty much bullied me up until now. She still kind of does. She's one of those girls who pretends she accepts other people peculiar ways, and then talks about how 'weird that girl/guy was' when they're gone. We both were molded differently than other people, yet somehow we ended up at opposite spectrums. Probably because of college. She went to a NJ private school that had a tuition of 40k a year and I went to a local community campus much cheaper. She had a very small group of friends and I ended up making a lot of them. I know what you're thinking. Having a lot of friends doesn't mean they were all close ones. Very true. But I found in that large group a smaller group that I love. The difference between our friends was the fact that my friends are real and will do anything for me. Lynn's friends won't last forever and don't really care about her (only because they don't have many friends either).

Lynn doesn't like geeks. Geeks are my friends, the people that really like me and I really like them back. My boyfriend is a geek. I am a geek. Lynn used to be a geek, but she's decided (probably to keep her only best friend and her rich friends from Jersey) that being a 'grownup' is better than being different. And she criticizes me for being lazy (I like relaxing, just because I don't break my neck to work means nothing), not doing anything for her (I was basically her unpaid servant from 4yrs up to 19. I'm almost 22), when I do something for her she is not appreciative. There are so many things that I could complain about. I'm just tired of her bitchyness and her "I know I'm a bitch, but feel sorry for me" bullshit.

Do you want to know what triggered this rant? An engagement.

I went to school with this kid that likes hunting, is kind of a hick (then again, most of the town is 90% hick and there's nothing really wrong with it. But they kind of annoy me if they are uber-hicks), is really hairy (honestly, it's kind of gross), has the nickname of Tatertot (by me and high school friends), and has a slight ego. But I haven't really spoken to him for a year or so. He's probably changed, like most of my class has. And I find out tonight on facebook that he got engaged. On Christmas Eve, cheesy but really sweet and cute. I'm happy for them. But my sister? She doesn't get it. She even said that someone as hairy and gross as him found a girlfriend -whom he wants to marry- and someone like her hasn't ever had a boyfriend.

Lynn...Fate will NOT let you meet your future husband unless you change. Stop being so critical and judgemental, and maybe a guy will like you.

END RANT

So, until next time kittlies. And I'll try to stay on top of this blog better in the future. Have a Great Christmas everyone, a Good Holiday, Happy Hannukah (I probably spelled that wrong, sorry), and merry good day to all. Night <3