Emily Estabrooks

What's up, LA? It's been a minute, feels good to be home! 72 hours to grab as many nostalgic comfort foods as I can starts now 😆

The Creature is enjoying the rainy day

Woke up from basically a 2-day fever sleep (thanks, person behind me on the plane that coughed for the entire 6 hour flight without so much as covering your mouth) to find that Hoshoryu has been promoted to Yokozuna! Congratulations and well earned! #Hoshoryu #Yokozuna #GrandSumo

Lol, no. I misread Kinbozan as Kotozakura. Full on sleep deprivation fueled mistake.
Yes, Kinbozan was amazing. It would have been awesome to see him win as well, I just happen to be a big Hoshoryu fan

I'm seriously worried that Kinbozan was fighting through some sort of injury this basho. He just wasn't himself. I hope he's back to his usual amazing fighting by March

HOSHORYUUUU!!!!!!! Hot damn what a playoff, I'm so happy to see Hoshoryu come from behind to grab his second tournament championship! #PromoteTheManToYokozuna #GrandSumo

Oh shit, it's a 3-way playoff! Come on, Hoshoryu, you can do it! #grandsumo

Ura vs Onosato....can I root for both of them? I love both of them, they're so much fun to watch #grandsumo

Great oshidashi by Wakamotoharu! #grandsumo

AND WE WILL HAVE A PLAYOFF! Well done, Oho! #grandsumo

HELL YEAH, HOSHORYU! Seriously I will never get tired of watching him pick opponents up and walk them out of the ring. Outstanding sumo! #grandsumo

I don't think that I can remember ever seeing a gyōji's call reversed before today, but my memory is made of Swiss cheese so I might have? Either way, that was pretty remarkable #grandsumo

Outstanding sumo by Ura! He's such a dynamic Rikishi to watch and I will always root for him #grandsumo #ura #themaninthepinkmawashi

It's day 14 of the January basho and the leader board has seen a lot of movement. Kinbozan is still on track to win but second place could go any number of ways. Let's go! #grandsumo

a simple and graphic three-color drawing of a cat hanging from a tree branch, wailing in fear and misery. The text in the border around it says “Hang in there baby. You can cry. You can cuss. But you gotta hold on.”

HANG IN THERE BABY!!
#art

We won the "bid up" for our return flight and got to enjoy a first class return flight. It was a great way to cap off a two week Hawaiian vacation!

Got to visit Haleakala National Park today. AND there was a chameleon on the deck when we got back to the airbnb!

Couple of shots from driving around exploring yesterday

huh...

KINBOZAN IS 9-0! Is the first basho of the year going to go to a Maegashira 14?!?!? Also?!?! Ura vs Kotozakura? The man in pink made spectacularly quick work of the Ozeki! Now my fave Hoshoryu seems to has lost his groove, hoping he can get it back tomorrow. #GrandSumo

Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes

Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

So Kotozakura is out of the running for promotion this basho, Hoshoryu has to win the rest of his bouts or win the cup to promote, and Kinbozan is undefeated after day 8?! I fucking love this sport! #GrandSumo #YokozunaHoshoryuSoundsRealGoodToMe

IT WAS AWESOME AND THERE WERE SO MANY FISH!

Facing long standing insecurities and newer fears one at a time this vacation. Finally got back in the ocean for the first time since rupturing an eardrum almost a decade ago. Take that, amygdala! #DoItScared

Am I shocked that Terunofuji announced his retirement the day after he pulled out of the January basho? No, not really. Am I torn up about it? Yeah, yeah I am.
Am I hoping that Hoshoryu gets promoted to Yokozuna before Kotozakura does? You're goddamn right I am. #grandsumo

Me looking at the single page that took me three days to write