(wags tail at thought of sooper-sekrit package from ND)
Lee, I think it's that weekend, in fact, but I'll have to check at work tomorrow. It's some conference during the week that I'm tacking a weekend onto.
Buffy? I like that. That girl's so hot, she's buffy.
Forrest ,'Conversations with Dead People'
F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: New Orleans! May 20-22, 2005!
Volans - May 26, 2004 5:47:21 pm PDT #4002 of 9999
move out and draw fire
Lee - May 26, 2004 5:49:07 pm PDT #4003 of 9999
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Damn. Hopefully I will be able to see you during the week.
askye - May 26, 2004 5:49:41 pm PDT #4004 of 9999
Thrive to spite them
I'd love to go to an aquarium with billytea. The zoo was fun but for me the best part was the invertebrate section and I think billytea skipped that for the monkeys.
I wasn't really fond of the insects but they had various sea life there and as I told DebetEsse and possibly a few other people, land animals just don't get me as happy and as excited as aquatic life.
DavidS - May 26, 2004 5:56:23 pm PDT #4005 of 9999
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If anyone wants to pay for the food (dead broke), I'll cook it.
I'd contribute to a foodathon at Deb's. Maybe we can lure some LAistas up for a munchdown.
billytea - May 26, 2004 5:56:48 pm PDT #4006 of 9999
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The Mystic Aquarium has a penguin encounter program where you get to pet a penguin and listen to its heart with a stethoscope. It's a way of helping them acclimate to people and thus make the vet visits less stressful.
t checks website So. African penguins. Yeah, that works for me. Yes, that was wholly redundant. Any penguin species would've worked for me.
t checks Mapblast The drive from Philly would be 4 hours, if all goes well. Not sure of the odds, there. I might be tempted to fly into Providence and drive from there.
When is this for again?
billytea - May 26, 2004 6:00:51 pm PDT #4007 of 9999
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'd love to go to an aquarium with billytea. The zoo was fun but for me the best part was the invertebrate section and I think billytea skipped that for the monkeys.
Nope. I quite happily passed on the great ape house for the invertebrates. The giant Pacific octopus was not at all giant, and kind of cute (and shy). It is true, the coolest invertebrates live in the sea, including octopus, mantis shrimp, pistol shrimp, giant crossdressing cuttlefish, and giant squid. And the big red tube worms that live by thermal vents. And the nudibranch, because it's so much fun saying nudibranch.
DavidS - May 26, 2004 6:04:04 pm PDT #4008 of 9999
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and giant squid.
Speaking of which, how did you like that New Yorker article?
Kate P. - May 26, 2004 6:05:13 pm PDT #4009 of 9999
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Kristin, AFAIK any of those weekends would work for me, and I'm just a short drive away. Yay!
Maria - May 26, 2004 6:07:58 pm PDT #4010 of 9999
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
August 21-22 look best right now, followed by July 31-August 1. I like the idea of an "End of the Summer Bash."
askye - May 26, 2004 6:08:06 pm PDT #4011 of 9999
Thrive to spite them
Why don't I remember you in the invertebrate house? Well I did get kind of seperated from the group when I went in one direction and found the poems to Hissing Cockroaches written by kids.
I took a picture of the bulliten board and my favorite poem.
The zoo guy thought the giant octopus was dead. Evidentally they had another octopus that laid eggs and then was dying so he just assumed the shy octopus was dead. Until the zoo chick that was feeding the natiluis told him that no that the octopus wasn't dead.
Seeing the natiluis (which I can't spell and am too lazy to look up) being fed was really really neat. Plus they move really cool.
In one aquarium they had sea urchins -- okay in more than one aquarium they had sea urchins-- but in this particular one there was an urchin on the side of the glass with his tentacles out feeding. I made sure to point out to the girls standing next to me where his mouth was and how they move. I think urchins are cool and it feels weird when they walk on your hand.