| Zoo. |
[Apr. 1st, 2009|05:34 pm] |
Went to the zoo with the family (less the two youngest girls, who are visiting grandma, great grandma, aunt (great Aunt?) G. and cousin Jana.) It was cold and wet. My kind of weather, really.
Certain highlights. There was a gibbon swinging around in his display. As soon as I walked into the "tropical animals" building he swung down to the ground to walk right up to the glass and STARE at me from six inches away. I knelt down to his level so I could STARE right back. Maria (daughter #2, age 10) walked over and asked "Dad, what are you doing?" I replied, "Having a staring contest with your cousin." "DAAAAAAAaaaaaaAAAAAAAD!"
Enjoyed watching the tigers prowling about. I do love kitties. Even big ones that HAVE attacked people before. (Yes, I said *have attacked people.* The tigers at the Boise zoo managed to snag a woman who was on a "behind the scenes" tour once. She survived, but our cats are definitely on the DO NOT &$&% WITH list.)
Also I was VERY tempted to call Arella. Fortunately I didn't have her phone number on me. But the lion enclosure has a glass wall so that you can actually get a pretty good, close look at the lions if they are in the right spot. How close?
I was six inches from a big BIG kitty!
Nyow!
I consider myself reasonably sane. And yet I still felt the desire to pet the big kitty. Yeah. NOT A GOOD IDEA! Good thing the glass was there...
Oh, and Maria? Camera freak. She was bragging about taking over 150 pictures with her camera. (No, I don't believe I am in any of them. Not fond of being photoed.)
Heh.
So yesterday? Day of the Kitty! |
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Sounds like you had an awesome time!
I was dead exhausted from insufficient sleep.
But yeah, I had fun. Dunno if it showed (I can be a bit of a curmudgeon IRL) but I had fun.
You know, whenever anyone asks me how I'm doing, my response is "Reasonably sane."
Your comment above made me think of that.
My standard response is "Terminally sane. I'm going to die of NORMALCY."
My favorite line from Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is when Koizumi said "I believe my actions conform to a reasonable degree of sanity."
That show has some awesome lines, though I think Kyon managed to get the best ones with some of his narrations.
Heh, meeow. :)
Actually, I found myself wanting kitty claws today... ah, well. Glad you enjoyed the zoo. Sorry Maria seems to be like me with the camera. ;)
Yay for going out and doing stuff!
And yay for beeeeg kitties and gawping at the things that're gawping back at you.
Did you get the impression that you were the one being watched, instead of doing the watching?
I have that too. I remember when I saw the mommy snow leopard with the baby snow leopards and my mind was going "They'll eat the dogs, and the cats, and any children we have. But CUTE SNOW LEOPARDS I WILL TAKE YOU ALL HOME TO LIVE WITH ME AND BE FLUFFY PILLOWS!"
I wonder if cats being pretty is a survival trait to attract prey. | |
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