Back in the day, I was the owner of RilakkumaWorld.com. I also had a flickr, RilakkumaWorld. It's amazing to me that my photos from the site are still used to this day. I can google certain terms, and still see my photos.
I called this one "Rilakkuma's Date Night". It took us some time to make the photo collage in front of my old red curtains in the spare living room of my old home. My ex-husband created it. He was pretty good with that stuff. I usually thought up the ideas for the photos, he'd help "bring them to life". This is one of the more popular ones, I find it all over the place from people's blogs to Facebook and on. I still have both of these Kumas as well.
My ex made the pancakes. A little thick I think. I hated those red plates, they never fit properly into a dishwasher, were thick and just overall terrible. I got rid of them when I moved. Still, I am not surprised to find this photo on the internet. Nothing ever really goes away does it.
I really like using my fuzzy ones for photos. I must say, the Rilakkuma isn't in quite as good condition anymore, he's been very loved now. This photo was taken in front of my old house. Sometimes I had a tough time thinking of creative photos. But towards the end of my Flickr fame, I could post just about anything and everyone liked it. I guess that's how it goes with Rilakkuma.
After my divorce, I took everything down. Flickr, my blogs, everything. I packed away my Rilakkumas. All of them. Everything I did then, I got rid of. Even my camera. I wanted no reminders of my ex, of my life during that time. It's only recently I've been able to pull them out of the storage room - almost 5 years later. Now Rilakkuma is so famous, everyone loves him, he's all over the internet. But it's really something to see my photos still being used to this day.
