Basalt columns

I picked up these chopsticks at Jusco the first time I went there. Mikako and I were in search of pepper, I think it was, and I found these. Those of you that know the reference from the title will know why I, without question, had to buy these chopsticks. Yes?

While I was playing around with my camera today, I found something cool: if you take a look at the close-up of the black back end, you can see a checkerboard pattern. Those are the threads in one of my blankets. Cool, huh? The pictures were coming out worse at first, but I realized that I had forgotten to take the UV filter off of my lens before I attached another one. I guess the extra layer of glass was causing quite a bit of light loss, in addition to messing up the focus due to the change in distance from the focusing plane.

As it turns out, in addition to having six sides on one end, they also have pretty cool grippy patch on the business end of ‘em. It looks pretty weak in this picture, but that’s what you get for being too cheap to buy a macro lens. Anyway, those little bumps are very effective, and feel almost adhesive to the touch. It’s uncanny.