BBC article, pointed out by elspethsheir: [ 'Arctic unicorns' in icy display ]

Narwhals, people! There's a ~2 minute video clip with the article and it is so amazing and beautiful. aksjkfhl.

Dude, I love this sort of footage of how awesome our world is. Planet Earth fills me with all kinds of wonder. But I have a weird particular affinity for the frozen ( Read more... )

Oh, today was just full of happy! :D

First, there was the [  holiday tea party ] at elspethsheir's. ♥

And then this afternoon, I met up with M. to go see the [ Zoo Lights ]. I was delayed by Red Line track work, but that did not dampen the mood! Nor did the bitter cold weather. Though, we had originally had vague notions of wandering about in search of ( Read more... )

Today was an awesome day at work!

( Byzantine gods, puppies, and laughter! )

Bunnies!, that's what. (Live ones, that is.) I went out for a walk after dinner 'cause I was feeling antsy from the storm this afternoon, and I saw not one but two bunnies. And the first one I saw was the sweetest, adorablest, wee bunny that could fit in my hands! It was just hopping about, nibbling at someone's garden, and twitching its little ( Read more... )

My parents' skunk had babies!

No, my parents don't really have a pet skunk. She just likes to hang out around their house. My stepdad named her Petunia. :) They were kind of worried 'cause they hadn't seen her for a while, but then she came back with skunklets. (Baby skunks seem to be called "kits", but I like "skunklets" myself.) So my ( Read more... )

( image heavy )

The wedding last Saturday at the San Francisco Zoo was quite nice. The groom was chewing gum whilst mingling before the ceremony; my cousin Aimee (the bride) wore a beautiful gown; it was a beautiful day (no fog!! shocking!); and there were animals at the reception. :)

( Ramblings about the wedding and the animals, and daydreams about my own wedding )

I'm back in Cali! ^___^ Back to my home and back to my room that my parents redid while I was away (but it turned out okay). :D Got off the plane and was greeted by humidity (wth??? it's like never humid here) and the lovely overwhelming smell of dead fish and seaweed (ahh, the ocean...).

Jennie, I called but no one answered. I'll call again ( Read more... )

a day late, but Happy New Year ( Read more... )