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[mercerislandbooks]

Local Author Event: Seattle Samurai

Kelly Goto's new book, Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American Experience, is a commemoration of the life and work of not just her father, but also the early Japanese immigrants of Seattle and those who came after. This beautiful coffee table book celebrates the art and life of Kelly's father, Sam Goto, and features many strips from his 2012-2018 comic strip Seattle Tomodachi, alongside gorgeous photography. Sam was a longtime Seattle and Mercer Island resident and began Seattle Tomodachi at the encouragement of his wife, Dee, as a way to help fund the Japanese Community and Cultural Center of Washington's (JCCCW) weekly ad in The North American Post, Seattle's Japanese American newspaper. Now, Kelly is releasing this book as a way to honor her father and his part in Seattle history.

Seattle Tomodachi is a must-read for those interested in the history of the Japanese community in Seattle and the wider Pacific Northwest. The comic follows the fictional Shigeru Tomo (influenced by the life of real Shigeru Osawa, believed to be the first second-generation Japanese born in Seattle) as he strives to live the samurai way. Shigeru's adventures are also inspired by Sam's own experiences and those of Seattle's Japanese American community: the building and funding of the new Japanese Language School in downtown, the importance of Japanese merchants in the Klondike Goldrush, the founding of Uwajimaya (one of my favorite stores to visit for a wander), the discrimination many Japanese American's faced. Full of the values that Sam believed in and passed down to his children, this book exemplifies the joy that Sam lived his life with.

Join us and local author Kelly Goto on Wednesday, October 23 from 6:30 to 8:00pm, to celebrate the launch of her book, Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American Experience. We can't wait to celebrate with these Mercer Island residents and longtime friends of the bookstore! Books can be purchased beforehand or at the event, and Kelly will be signing after discussing the book with us. Drinks and appetizers will be available, and proceeds from book sales will be donated to the JCCCW.

— Becca

[medea10]

Medea Plays Animal Crossing New Horizons: Part VI

Well folks, my little island has come a long way from just a month ago.

We now have 10 villagers (none of them Olivia or Papi yet) and we added a few new things including...

An outdoor cafe!

And lucky me, it’s been just like my rainy Seattle weather all week on my island.

And the upgrade of Nook’s Cranny (that resulted in a day without earning bells by catching things).

Glad it was on a day where I had a long shift at work.

Got my first visitor.

And played a nice game of selling turnips.

But I’ve been down this route before. How much could I possibly ge...?

AND MAKE IT RAIN! MAKE IT RAIN!

That takes care of my debt for now.

Meanwhile in the neighborhood...

OH DEAR GOD, WHO HURT YOU! WHO HURT MY BUSINESS KITTY?!

Oh. Reality hurt him. DAMMIT REALITY, STOP HURTING RAYMOND!

Anyways...

Isabelle is checking in on her parents like a good girl.

And after spending fuck-tons of Nook Mile tickets in the hopes of finding some of my old favorites and breezing past Harry, Tybalt, Stella, Daisy, Frobert, Cyrano, Hazel, Velma, Stella AGAIN, Olaf, Ava, and Plucky, I have picked out my 10th member of Pallet Island.

So I got Pango.

First of all, I love the inside of her house and hope to one day have a room like that. Secondly...

I officially ship Maddie and Pango.

And finally, I caught a kitty on my lawn.

I think it’s time for another “Insects are the Devil’s Pubic Hair”.

This has been another, “Insects are the Devil’s Pubic Hair”.

Well, it’s been pretty quiet and things have toned down after the Bunny Day massacre. So I decided to take some shots over on Harv’s island.

Me and Elvis decided to do a little something.

I turned Celia, Maddie, Diva, and Pango into the whores of Sex and the City (or the Real Housewives of Pallet Island).

And I’m doing some more Bob x Raymond shots.

Let’s do one more.

Aw, they’re on a date!

Julia catching Louie asleep on the crapper.

And me doing God-knows-what to Alfonso.

So I think I can close this update on a sleepy note and...

UPPITY-DATE! WE GOT AN UPPITY-DATE!

OOOOOOOOH!

As you know, Earth Day was on the 22nd, but that doesn’t stop Animal Crossing from celebrating for the rest of the month. Plus, it’s with Leif.

Leif is a sweetie. And not the Zodiac Killer like Zipper!

He sells shrubs. He sells rare flowers not on your island. He’ll buy your weeds.

HOW PERFECT IS IT THAT HE CAME ON THE WEEK OF 4/20?!

Smoke weed everyday!

And along with Leif’s special, Blathers is about to open a new wing to the museum for works of art.

Oh.

Oh no.

He’s here.

Shit. Now I’ve gotta Wikipedia his sleazy-ass shit again.

Oh God, this is gonna cost my island it’s current 3-star status!

I’ve seen crack-houses in Oakland with more credibility than this!

So I caught Redd the Fox (and after 7 years of playing this franchise I just NOW got the pun with his name) skulking around my island.

He tries to get me to pay a ridunkulous amount of bells for a painting, but then lowered the price to something more reasonable.

I don’t trust chiseler. I’m not gonna do it.

Your words, not mine.

I’m not gonna do it. I know it’s a fake. I can already feel it.

I’m not gonna do it. Nope. Not gonna chance it.

Don’t make me regret this.

Okay. Redd didn’t screw me on the deal...yet.

Although with this, it might mean the museum is gonna be closed for a day. No matter. I caught and dug almost everything possible for this month that one day won’t make a difference.

Well, I am excited about the upcoming events for this game. Museum Day with Blathers, May Day with the Dodos, and even Wedding Month with Reese and Cyrus.

AAAAAAAAAHHHHH, LOOK HOW CUTE THEY ARE!

Huh...I wonder if I can keep some wedding gear. Not for Raymond and Bob, but for another ulterior motive.

What are you up to Medea?

Doing shit I’ve been doing to my video games for years now.

I think it’s time we add a new member to Pallet Island.

THAT’S RIGHT! TRACEY SKETCHIT TIME!

Yeah, you know Tracey Sketchit, right?

My Pokemon bae! My anime husbando! The boy I’ve cherished for over 20 years, have written over hundreds of fanfics involving him, drawn countless times, and would gladly put him in my RPG’s just to have some sort of connection in any way shape or form. Because I’m that fucking crazy!

That’s right! Hey, I added him in Animal Crossing New Leaf, Miitopia, and Tomodachi Life.  It was only a matter of time before I did it here.

And when Wedding Month comes, I’ll be there.

IF I make it that far.

Hi, Medea loves to keep putting up her shit-posts on a game that gives her many joys in her life. But you gotta do your part. Medea is an “essential worker” and must brave through Coronavirus buggies to help put food in the bowls of my cats. And how do you come in the picture?

YOU STAY THE FUCK AT HOME!

I want to live long enough to see Wedding Month and have a game wedding with Tracey. So please, do not listen to Donald Trump or his maggots. But please, do listen to Samuel L. Jackson...

This has been a Medea P.S.A.

To be continued.