Now if you read that title and thought to yourself, “Jeff usually has strange titles that make sense by the end, I wonder what he’s talking about here?  I MUST click on that link and find out!” then my secret plan has worked.  Damn, I just gave away the secret.

Don’t leave.

A couple weeks ago, I had a caption contest giveaway for some of the worst prizes in giveaway history.  Marnie won a box of authentic Japanese Samurai with Ninja and Travis won a Build Your Own Easter Island Kit.  I sent these packages off into the the world with a tear in my eye but with hope in my heart that they would enjoy their new lives.

Imagine my delight when pictures surfaced of the Samurai on their adventures!  It looks like they’re having a grand ol’ time out west with Marnie, but haven’t let California mellow their martial inclinations.  Here’s the email they sent me:

To: jeff
From: JSwN
Subject: Battle of the Park

Nanika atta? Kawatta koto aru? Nothing much here.  Katsumoto says hi.  We went to the park yesterday, and you wouldn’t believe what happened, so we took pix.  Don’t worry, we’re all OK, but it was close for awhile there.

So here we are marching in formation through the woods, and this giant monster comes at us.  We quickly surrounded it to make sure it would get no further.

The beast howled at the realization that it was trapped, and grew fierce!  We stabbed at it with our spears, but we could not penetrate the tough skin of the monster.  The lines wavered and nearly broke, for with each attack from the hellbeast, it grew harder and harder to defend.

Suddenly, Omura jumped upon it’s great back with dagger held high!

The brute roared with anger and tried to throw Omura from it’s back.  Omura hung on tightly, and plunged his dagger into the fiend behind it’s single eye.  The demon reared up on and nearly threw Omura clear, but still he clung to it’s back.  As it fell forward and died, we let out a resounding cheer.  Such bravery! Such devotion!

Unfortunately, we had to throw it back because it isn’t hellfiend season right now. Here is a picture of Omura.  He said that if we didn’t get a picture of him with it, nobody would ever believe him.

Marnie is going to take us shoe shopping now.  If we don’t get in any more battles today, she said she might get us ice cream.

l8ter dood.  Oyasuminasai and gokouun o inorimasu.

Samurai with Ninja

Well how about that, they cared enough to write!  *sniff* I miss you guys!