KT's Seattlemania photos
Wednesday, July 25, 2001
- keep-red-offline.jpg - Seen at the Seattle airport. Keep Red offline! He's been downloading too much porn.
- jon-n-lola.jpg - Lola Bunny shows up for Seattlemania! Actually it's Jon's cardboard standup of Lola.
- david-xeye.jpg - Jon's pal David smiles for the camera.
- mrfu-sign.jpg - The sign for Mr. Fu that I held up at the airport, made of LEGO bricks.
Thursday, July 26, 2001
- jon-at-jons.jpg - Jon waves to the camera while Mr. Fu microwaves something in the background.
- fu-at-jons.jpg - Fu makes handsigns at the camera.
- pepe-mw-karma.jpg - Pepe Val Pew microwaves something while Karma Leafbarer smiles for the camera and clutches her sketchbook.
- pepe-skb-karma.jpg - While Mr. Fu goes to microwave something else, Pepe holds up a Karmapic, a self-portrait of the artist as a cute li'l tadpole, as Karma herself looks on.
- karma-mybook.jpg - Karma Leafbarer leafs through my sketchbook while Sylvester and Jon look on.
- bad-attitude.jpg - Warning: Bad Attitude! Note: Shirt may not match actual attitude. Me wearing my Red Shetland T-shirt.
- kt-bat.jpg - From the poem "KT at the Bat". I was playing around with this big hollow plastic bat Jon had.
- sylvester-bond.jpg - Bond. Sylvester Bond. Sly poses with one of those authentic Western cap pistols you can get at amusementy parks. It belongs to Jon but doesn't always work.
Friday, July 27, 2001
- dragon-wotc.jpg - The big impressive dragon hanging from the ceiling of the Wizards of the Coast store in Northgate Mall.
- himalayan-sherpa.jpg - The Himalayan Sherpa Restaurant, where we considered eating before settling on pho. Guess not many people were in the mood for yak.
- go-for-pho.jpg - The gang at the Thai-Vietnamese restaurant. L to R: Mr. Fu, Ian, Tony (in back), Jon, Wilford, Sylvester.
- 2nd-time-around.jpg - 2nd Time Around, the used record shop we browsed after eating pho. Next to it is a bookstore some of us huddled out of the drizzle in the entryway of.
- stfn-afterpho.jpg - Sylvester, Tony, Mr. Fu and Nakko congregate on University Way after chowing down on pho.
- tony-yay.jpg - Tony goes "Yay! I love pho!" or something.
Saturday, July 28, 2001
- nakko-accordion.jpg - Nakko inside an accordion; the accordion-fold section of the bus, to be precise.
- paradox.jpg - Paradox Theater. Seen from the bus.
- fu-building.jpg - Mr. Fu has his own building! (Seen from the bus on the way to downtown.)
- dr-caffeine.jpg - Sign seen in a café window during the bus ride to downtown. Tired? Sluggish? Make an appointment with Dr. Caffeine!
- sonic-bldg.jpg - Sonic the Hedgehog has his own building too! (Actually, before I Photoshopped this picture, it said "Masonic Building".)
- snwf-westlake.jpg - Sylvester, Nakko, Wilford and Mr. Fu head across the square in front of Westlake Center. Jon's shirt is visible at right.
- cats-westlake.jpg - Cats! A man from an animal shelter displays his cats at a booth across from Westlake Center. (I would've given him a donation but I didn't have anything smaller than a five...)
- westlake.jpg - Westlake Center, the Seattle mall where we went to the Made In Washington store and caught the monorail to Seattle Center.
- sneedle-mono.jpg - The Space Needle, as seen from the monorail.
- tonywbw-monorail.jpg - Aboard the Monorail, Tony and I photograph each other while Wilford tries to stay out of the line of fire, er, sight. Note the film canister duct-taped, bandolier-style, to Tony's camera strap.
- tn-ojulius.jpg - Tony and Nakko stand around in Seattle Center while Nakko sips an Orange Julius.
- fu-spaceneedle.jpg - Mr. Fu gives hand signs while the Space Needle looms in the background.
- bosomfox.jpg - Caught on film: A fox plushie nuzzles a woman's chest!
- lil-sylvester.jpg - Sylvester gets small at the Pacific Science Center!
- bigredtubes.jpg - Very big, very red sculpture seen from the window of the Pacific Science Center.
- fu-ddr-sc.jpg - Mr. Fu plays a surprisingly long and tiring game of Dance Dance Revolution at Fun Forest in Seattle Center.
- sly-ddrpad.jpg - Sylvester selects the music to play Dance Dance Revolution to, on Fu's DDR floor pad controller. (The game can also be played with a handheld controller, but... what's the POINT?!)
- nakko-hall.jpg - Nakko looms in the hallway, looking as orange as can be. (Design on box mosaicked out because... well, no reason.)
- ironchef-nakko.jpg - Iron Chef Fajitas, Nakko Warner.
- fajita-wok.jpg - Iron Chef Nakko's creation: fajitas à la wok, framed by two of the empty Dr Pepper cans that kept springing up in the house.
- varro-oyvey-kitchen.jpg - Varro and OyVey wander into the kitchen while the fajitas cook.
- beerbeer.jpg - Beer! Beer! That's what goes with fajitas! According to some people. Varro and Wilford enjoy some cold ones while waiting for the fajitas to cook.
Sunday, July 29, 2001
- bunbun.jpg - A lop-eared rabbit at the zoo that bears a resemblance to the notorious Bun-Bun from "Sluggy Freelance". (The Notorious B.U.N.B.U.N. maybe?)
- wuffie-cmshirt.jpg - Wilford's Class Menagerie T-shirt.
- toyfarm.jpg - One of the enclosures in the small-animal part of the farm section of the zoo contained... toys! And notice where it says "Please do not tap on glass." WHY? They're just TOYS, fer cryin' out loud!
- jon-tony-sly-zoo.jpg - At the zoo, Tony observes a fox and a skunk. Oh, wait, it's Jon and Sylvester. (Anyway Tony's a fox himself, so.)
- oyvey-zoo.jpg - OyVey at the zoo, kvetching about something or other.
- lazyroos.jpg - A pair of kangaroos at the zoo, restin' and chillin' with nothin' to do.
- notostrich.jpg - I saw this sign and couldn't help imagining the Elephant Man shouting "I AM NOT AN OSTRICH!!! I AM A KANGAROO!!!!"
- emu.jpg - An emu at the zoo. He is NOT AN OSTRICH!!!
- evil-ian-n-jon.jpg - Ian plays the villain to the hilt, stroking his pet raven, while Jon suffers at the hands of international espionage. Or maybe he's just tired.
- ianonlion.jpg - Cliiiimb eeeevery lioooooon...
- ian-bites-wolf.jpg - Ian emerges from a cavern deep inside the Seattle Zoo and prepares to chomp down on a wolf cub that, unfortunately for him, is made of bronze.
- sleeping-bear.jpg - Shhh... it's the bear's naptime.
- marks-can-stir.jpg - One of the explanatory signs around the Butterflies & Blooms exhibit at the zoo. Other panels displayed the individual words for "butterfly" all by themselves. This panel explains the Tibetan, Japanese and Farsi words.
- butterfly-psyche.jpg - "Butterfly" in Thai and Ancient Greek.
- butterfly-pulelehua.jpg - "Butterfly" in Modern Greek and Hawaiian.
- butterfly-lushootseed.jpg - "Butterfly" in Lushootseed. This word is evidently written phonetically.
- parallel-poetry.jpg - I tried, but all I could come up with was "cute li'l flapping thing".
- thai-men-women.jpg - BLA? KEYV? Whaaat? No! These signs say "Men" and "Women" in Thai. These restrooms were in the Majestic Elephant section of the zoo.
Monday, July 30, 2001
- slanty1.jpg - Jon and Nakko are the only ones not affected by gravity in this parking lot on a steep, steep hill. To make this photo match reality, tilt your head 30 degrees to the right.
- slanty2.jpg - Nakko, Tony, Sylvester and Mr. Fu are inclined to wonder whether this steep parking lot is bad for the tires on one side of your car.
- angle-parking.jpg - This sign was at the bottom of the steep parking lot. Angle parking?! You can't do nothin' BUT!
- vr-tekken.jpg - Mr. Fu plays Tekken in a VR booth at Gameworks, where light sensors translate his kicks and punches into onscreen moves. (I waited until the end of a round to snap this picture, figuring the flash might throw off the game.)
- sly-jon-ddrusa.jpg - Sylvester and Jon play Dance Dance Revolution at Gameworks.
- archiemcphee.jpg - The Archie McPhee Store! The funnest store in the world!
- hillcrowd.jpg - Sylvester and Jon stand by the Monolith on Kite Hill in Magnusson Park. Wait a minute, that's no monolith... it's a meefysquirrel!
- kiteflyer.jpg - A guy flies a colorful kite on Kite Hill.
- sly-kitehill.jpg - Moody portrait of Sylvester atop Kite Hill.
- jon-fins.jpg - Jon fails to notice a fleet of submarines, or perhaps a pod of whales, swimming by in the land behind him at the base of Kite Hill.
- jonbyfin.jpg - Jon stands in front of one of the submarine fins.
- nakkosurfin1.jpg - Surfin' squirrel! (The orange blotch is a light leak. I dunno what caused it.)
- nakkosurfin2.jpg - Nakko manages to convey the energy of the roaring surf while standing on a hunk of metal.
- fu-fin1.jpg - Mr. Fu stands atop a fin and looks cool.
- fu-fin2.jpg - Mr. Fu, on the fin, still looks cool.
- fufinfoto.jpg - Nakko photographs Fu on fin from ground level as Jon looks on.
- jon-wormseye.jpg - Jon lies down to get a good ground-level shot of Fu on fin.
- kt-skunkbeer.jpg - Showing off my Skunk Beer T-shirt, designed by Michelle Light.