Toren Atkinson’s Absolute Blog

Earlier this month Joyous and I went to the Aberdeen mall again. We roamed through Daiso until closing time.

There are two candy stores pretty much right next to eachother. One of them is one of those places like T&T, where you can get something and have no idea what it is from the packaging. I most certainly did that. I also found Meltykiss which I’ve been looking for ever since Marlo brought some back from China for me (and Devon couldn’t find any to send through the mail). Meltykiss is a good name for it - the center varies (chocolate, fruity, green tea, for example) but it’s kind of like a Zero bar with better quality chocolate. And it’s got cocoa dusting on the outside. EXQUISITE!!! I bought a box of something I may never see again, but I hope I do: tiny individually wrapped KitKat bars, and instead of chocolate, Green Tea Meltykiss. Astounding. I wish I had taken a photo before I ate them all. I thought I saved the box and if I find it, I’ll scan it.

I also bought an octopus shaped stapler for $1.25 which has since broken in three places.

Sadly, the place where Joyce found the best chicken panang in town was closed. We hope not forever.

The Aberdeen Mall (it’s in Richmond) is a good way to spend a couple hours. DO IT.

I seem to go through cycles of remembering dreams for a couple weeks and then not remembering them. Here’s a few recent ones:

I was at a Japanese restaurant trying out my Japanese with the Japanese… and Steve Martin and Linda Ronstadt walked in. I introduced myself and since there were no empty tables I offered that they sit at mine since I was alone. Then we started talking about acting and my favourite Steve Martin films. I pretty much ignored Ronstadt.

I was walking along the beach and I found the carcass of a giant squid. It seemed petrified and mostly buried so I spent a lot of time trying to dig it out. It was missing it’s two tentacles (not to be confused with its eight arms). It was pretty cool!