{"id":2028,"date":"2009-12-15T19:37:53","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T01:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tancos.net\/wp\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2009-12-15T19:37:53","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T01:37:53","slug":"that-time-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/that-time-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"That time of year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"yotsuba&#038;!\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/yotsubato01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/yotsubato01-500x482.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"yotsuba&amp;!\" width=\"500\" height=\"482\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2031\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Japanese calendars I ordered last month finally arrived. The &#8220;Yotsuba&#038;!&#8221; calendar was a major disappointment. Instead of Azuma&#8217;s drawings, what I got was a collection of uninteresting snapshots with a small sketch of Yotsuba drawn on each. On several of them she&#8217;s barely noticeable at all.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"The least unsuccessful image\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/yotsubato02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/yotsubato02-267x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The least unsuccessful image\" width=\"267\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2032\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yesasia.com\/us\/fortune-cat-2010-calendar-japan-version\/1021063106-0-0-0-en\/info.html\">&#8220;fortune cat&#8221; calendar<\/a>, though, I am quite pleased with. I had intended to give it as a gift, but I may hang on to it.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"cat calendar\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cats01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cats01-392x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cat calendar\" width=\"392\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2027\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"cat calendar\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cats02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cats02-392x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cat calendar\" width=\"392\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2029\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"cat calendar\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cats03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cats03-390x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cat calendar\" width=\"390\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2030\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of calendars, here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yesasia.com\/us\/little-black-sambo-2010-calendar-japan-version\/1021062967-0-0-0-en\/info.html\">one<\/a> you&#8217;re not likely to find in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Sing-up and help send <a href=\"http:\/\/kanmisikou.net\/lab\/venus\/en\/\">Hatsune Miku to Venus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese calendars I ordered last month finally arrived. The &#8220;Yotsuba&#038;!&#8221; calendar was a major disappointment. Instead of Azuma&#8217;s drawings, what I got was a collection of uninteresting snapshots with a small sketch of Yotsuba drawn on each. On several of them she&#8217;s barely noticeable at all. The &#8220;fortune cat&#8221; calendar, though, I am quite &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/that-time-of-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;That time of year&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-2028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-screen-captures","tag-calendars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-wI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}