Now the tortoise is, like, chirping.

[ringthebells]

I'm still waiting for my family to pick me up, but I expect them pretty soon. (They do usually take a while to get going in the morning afternoon!)

I've started reading Idoru, and I took Sega the tortoise out to play on the front lawn for a while. He was literally climbing the walls of his terrarium, so I thought he'd like an outing. This is

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[shapinglight]

It's definitely the baby. That is exciting!

Also, my husband had a pet tortoise as a child that he was very fond of but then it ran away (his words) which always struck me as rather funny.

[ringthebells]

Sorry to hear about the tortoise that run off! They do move surprisingly quickly!

[r_lex]

Chirping? What the fuck did you do to my tortoise?

[ringthebells]

Well, "chirping" might not be quite the right word, but I couldn't think of a more appropriate one!

the eagle has landed

[janeandsimple]

see, before i read the post, i totally thought the title was you speaking in cold-war era military thriller code.

Re: the eagle has landed

[ringthebells]

Hee!

[skry]

You're quickening! Hurray! Or is the baby quickening? Hmm... I'm not sure which of you two does the quickening. Still, very cool!

[ringthebells]

I'm pretty sure when a McLeod starts quickening it has something to do with beheading another Immortal and absorbing their share of the life force.

[em_fish]

This post makes me jealous of how much cooler your life is than mine. :p

[ringthebells]

This is definitely one of the cooler segments of my life!