Look at her smiling, as if she's doing nothing wrong.

I happened to be driving on Century near the airport, and suddenly there are small flocks of gothic lolitas, elves and quasi-ganguro girls on the sidewalks. Welcome, Anime LA.

[Subject line stems from Azrael's little essay on cosplay, in which he introduces his Japanese students to photos of American cosplay. dark_of_night and I have liberated the phrase from its cosplay subtext and use it on well-deserved occasion.]

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Bonus pretties:
Molecules are forever

sorry

Sure, the American Institute of Baking's Pie Industry Seminar sounds intriguing, but I hear it's just one pie chart after another.