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Chinese New Year Update

My flickr-wordpress plugin was dead for a few days, so I was having trouble adding new Grimm images to the site. This morning I sorted things out, and am back on track. Btw, if you’re getting “API expired, error code #100″ when trying to use flickr-post, I suggest just upgrading to the latest “Flickr Photo Album” plug-in here: Tan Tan

Now back to our regularly scheduled concept image stream. First up is a magical flounder:

Next we have a cute pink bat. Awww… except then it transforms into a demonic vampire bat and chews your eyes out. Not cute.

Here in Shanghai everyone is prepping for Chinese New Year. Yesterday I bought $50 worth of fireworks at a corner shop. And I’m not talking kiddy “sparklers” and “snakes”. This is the real-deal, light up the city, wake up the district kinda stuff. Yay!

This will mark my 3rd CNY celebrated in Shanghai. I’m still struck by the irony of a “suppressed” Chinese population which is allowed full access to high explosives during times of national celebration - especially when compared to the “freedom” one has at similar times in the US. I’ll try to get some good footage of the madness this year.

Xin nian kuai le!

Tags: bat, flounder, Grimm