I haven't done much with Steve  lately as we've been rather busy with real life. 
My parents came to visit last weekend, and saw Steve in his full glory poking out from the alcove behind the sofa. 
    "What is that?" asked my mum. 
    "That's Steve Symia-Fulmivert, my giant disturbingly green monkey I got for eight pounds in a charity shop."
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So the monkey has finally been named.

Aaand his name is...

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*drumroll*

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Steve Simia Fulmivert

Blame my friend Luke, access to company email and a slow day at work.

I went to yoga for the first time. 
I didn't bring the monkey though.  I didn't think the poor teacher deserved that. 
I had no clue what I was doing.   I don't think I'm very good at the whle focussing and being mindful thing.  You see, part-way through I noticed the baseline for the quiet background music sounded a bit like the Death Mountain music ( Read more... )

So today we decided to take Creepy Monkey out to the pub with us. 
It's amazing how many people won't meet your eye when you're walking down the road carrying a giant luminous green monkey after dark. 
But we got him safely there and he spent a lovely evening having a quiet drink and playing pool.


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Went away to a live role play event this weekend, so hot monkey action has been thin on the ground.  At least the cats didn't express their appreciation by weeing on him, I guess.

I was tempted to bring him along to the event just for the reaction, but there wasn't enough passenger space in the car.
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Last weekend a good friend of mine celebrated her birthday. 
My friend has a phobia of monkeys. 
I own a copy of her house-keys. 
My present to her is not leaving a giant luminous green monkey in her house.

Happy birthday Jen

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We had a bunch of people around for a game last night.  
And creepy monkey exuberantly greeted everyone from the sofa with his disturing expression.

We studiously ignored the monkey to see what everyone else would do.  And then Griff decided to ignore it right back.  Argh!  I just can't cope with the mind-games.  I'm not doing very well with this.

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So I left the Creepy Monkey on the sofa this morning for Luke - the friend I car-share with - to find.

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This is my creepy monkey.


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