today my wai-po, my grandma, passed away. she was an incredible woman who passed onto me her stubbornness and her love of cats. she woke up at 5 am every morning to do martial arts and swordfighting. she had a lovely, raspy laugh that came easily, especially when her cat did something funny. she was also clever to her last breath.

it seems like only a second ago my mom was telling me this story about the time, a few months ago, when my grandmother swindled a swindler. I wanted to pay homage to her instead of being too too sad, because she had a great sense of humor. I remember saying to my mom after she told me the story that it would make a great comic, and I finally drew it. my only regret is that I didn’t draw it sooner. 

wai-po, you were a total badass and a world-class troll. I hope to see you again someday.

I was complaining to friends about some asshole in the street who had yelled “KONNICHIWA” after me and one goes, “I hope he gets crushed by a ton of sushi” 

it’s okay Lydia, we’ve all been there.

this is based off a silly story my co-worker told me: she lived in an old row house during college, and there was a ghost there who liked to record “Criminal Minds” and “Chopped”. no matter how many times they deleted the recordings, they always returned. my coworker also canceled their service, but it continued. finally, she phoned the cable company, which confirmed her cancellation, and she and her housemates decided to leave the poltergeist alone and let it watch its shows.

Lydia can never catch a break

Don’t argue with Asian moms

to cap off tonight my friend Eric texted me and was like oh my god I found a bar called Fedora. 

I could not resist drawing on it

am I doing this OKCupid thing right