spring fever

For such a big, crowded city, Tokyo can sure be beautiful sometimes...

fun with magnets

Right now, McDonald's is running a Tetsuwan Atom (Astro Boy) Happy Set (Happy Meal) campaign in Japan, where you can get one of four Astro Boy toys for some ridiculously cheap price when you buy a Happy Set. Since I'm a closet Astro Boy freak, I went and had breakfast there today so I could nab the coolest of the four available toys:

As you can see, Astro Boy is pulling some sort of huge rocket out of the ground while his little sister Uran-chan looks on. The wacky thing is -- he's actually suspended in mid-air! The big metal thingy behind him actually houses a magnet that's pulling him away from the rocket and into the air. Is that cool or what? McDonald's didn't have stuff like this when I was a kid!