Big in Japan

Japan is known for its amazing forays into the world of the tiny: miniaturization is big (so to speak) over here, with Japan continually cranking out tiny cars, microcircuits, and porn comics so minute that they cannot be seen with the naked eye. On a side note, Japanese people are known for being somewhat miniature as well, as seen in such popular media as this website's sidebar, taken from some movie or another; I had been looking forward to being taller than average, actually, and had high hopes that I might be in the position of kicking sand into innocent faces and inquiring about lower-altitude weather. Sadly, this has not been the case...I am, indeed, too big to be comfortable in most of the furniture here while still being close enough to average height to feel inadequate on trains and in police lineups. But I digress.

I wanted to tell the world about the latest and greatest tiny thing coming from Japan that isn't a Pokemon:

See that? That's a tiny apple. And it's not the only one!

They come in packs, roving the country in search of fresh...sunlight. And water. I had to buy about 20 of them, most of which are still in the Gaijin Fridge. Turns out about all they're good for is spectacular feats of forced perspective.

This is my publicity photo for the next logical step in the angsty-tween-vampire craze: Twilight Babies. (Note to any Mormon Vampire Authoresses reading this: please don't sue me!)

And the best thing about these new Nano-Apples? I'm told they're High Definition.

P.S.: I have all of next week off in observance of Midterms Week (a festival during which Americans are ritually sent home without pay), and it is my official promise to you, the readers who make this possible, that I will try to post something on the blog every day next week. And that's an Internet Promise, which is as good as gold and can be redeemed for 10 cents off shipping at baconnaise.com.