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I'm halfway through a stack of exams, it's getting late, and I'm procrastinating. Shaun of the Dead is keeping me company on the DVD player.

I really want to buy some My Little Ponies and some paint right now.

Gerbil shirt. I don't mean a shirt with a picture of a gerbil on it, but don't worry, it's not a shirt made out of gerbils. (ETA - Sadly, ( Read more... )

* Got my seasonal flu shot! \o/ They gave me a sticker with a lovely peer pressure message on it. (I have no problem displaying propaganda for public health.)

* ( xkcd: There's nowhere I'd rather be... )

I've been doing that thing again where I write tons of posts but don't post them. So in an effort to clear out some of the backlog, I'm trying to make myself post every day. If I can't get over my embarrassment, I can always private or backdate them later. So! From yesterday:

There's a new pet adoption campaign called the Shelter CampaignI think ( Read more... )

It feels like a long time since I've been to the zoo. It's incredibly mild weather for August, so much so that all the small carnivores were still out sunning themselves at 11 a.m. I got a better picture of one of the bush dogs:

( Mmm, nap )

What sort of cake would be good to make for a couple's anniversary when your other gift is going to be late? Ideally something not extra-complicated, and that could be decorated with fresh daisies?

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Beautiful gorillas, mountain and lowland:
In the mist
Only I can save everyone from this baby gorillaLast Saturday we found a cicada nymph on the ( Read more... )

Happy Canada Day to my Canadian friends!

And for my American friends who love Canada, here's a silly Canada-themed xkcd comic:

( Canada is real life! )

Okay, remember the sweet, lovely example of vertically gifted reproductive behavior I witnessed at the zoo a few weeks ago?

Sweet, lovely, unquestionably. Reproductive? Not so much. I realized when I was visiting them today that both of the giraffes are male.

::very dignified squee::Which brings to mind the report that recently spread among the ( Read more... )

Went to the zoo again to do my work. It's incentive. The pavilion where I work is pleasant and relatively distraction-free, for one thing, and I know that before and after I do my work, I get to see fun things. This week I made it in time to sit in on the bird demonstration. It's a conservation-themed show, of course, geared toward children, and ( Read more... )

All cats really are the same.

( Cut for a tiger being indiscreet )