Domo-kun!

Christmas in Alaska was a blast! One of the best parts was the presents. Not that because we got a bunch of stuff or anything, but because we had so much fun opening them. We started out with a white elephant gift exchange between everyone. The gifts were splendid and ranged from Pelican Poop and an over-sized pencil to a wig (real hair!) and a Howdy Doody dvd, etc. Afterwards we opened the regular presents. All of the presents were great, but there were three in particular that were especially awesome: a ChillBots robot ice tray (made in Cumberland, RI of all places), a Domo calendar (which is hanging up at work), and a t-shirt of a mustachioed Domo.

The CHILLBOTS! Perfect for making tasty frozen treats!

January displays an homage to classic films such as The Never Ending Story and Howard the Duck.

Mustachioed Domo running.

The ChillBots are very cool and I get a kick out of all things Domo. Domo is a cute little monster that hatched from an egg and is raised by a wise old rabbit that lives underground. Domo is relatively naïve about most things and stars as the main character in a series of stop-motion vignettes that document his adventures in the world. Domo is short for Domo-kun. As stated online: “Domo” in this case appears to mean more of something (usually to stress “thank you,” “excuse me,” etc), implying increased politeness. “kun” is used as “Mr.” or “Ms.” for “younger people or colleagues.” Domo gets nervous/excited a lot and tends to sweat and break wind when he does.

I suppose that it takes a certain sense of humor to appreciate Domo, but I find the shows thoroughly entertaining—more so than Sarita. One of my favorite episodes is when Domo is out wandering and comes across a group of sibling foxes. He doesn’t have any siblings so isn’t quite sure how to interact. At one point in the show, the foxes start arguing until the little sister jump kicks her brother and everything turns out okay. No wonder then that when things start to go wrong later in the episode, Domo thinks he can make things better by jump kicking one of the foxes, except this time the fox goes flying across the screen since Domo is much larger than the little sister. For some reason I find this hilarious.

Another one of my favorite episodes is when Domo gets his hands on some headphones and goes around sticking them into things trying to see what they sound like.