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Panda Cub
Originally uploaded by anitalee

A panda cub on a riding toy.

baby pygmy hippo.


kids at the Obama rally in Chicago the night of the election edit: thanks to gokuma! the photos are from this blog (here, and the story behind them. SO MUCH LOVE. damnit, i'm crying again.)

completely adorable live streaming puppycam.

from 52 to 48 with love

There. That should have something for everyone. <3

something I forgot to post earlier

From geekchick, who is not only beautiful and fabulous but also has great taste in music: the decemberists are doing a live streaming performance at 9 eastern/6 pacific tonight. They're one of my favorite bands: their music is ... indie folk/rock with sea chantey and myth overtones. It's hard to explain. I like them. You might also like them. <3 This is a good way to find that out.


edit: direct link here

oh, school board. you so silly

Seattle public schools has this annoying habit of scheduling 1 hour early dismissals the day before major holidays. Is that a weird local thing, or does anyone else's school board do it too? I find it incredibly annoying (i want to squeeze every ounce of kidfree time that I can, especially before a holiday or no-break weekend, thank you very much). What the hell is this for? My hypothesis is that it's whiny parents who want their precious babies to come home early so they can all get into their SUV and go over the river to Grandma's House and omfg we can't POSSIBLY leave any later than whenever we're leaving because then It's All Over (™ Neil Gaiman, 'Wolves in the Walls') and the ridiculous conspiracy theorist in me says that eventually we'll all be forced to homeschool our children if we really loved them enough.

(damn this tinfoil hat is sure shiny and comfy)

(Issues? Yes, I do. just drive the truck up to the back and stop at recieving.)

Anyway. wtf?

postal service meme, courtesy hamarama:

What are the strangest things you have ever mailed (and/or recieved in the mail?)

The strangest thing that I've ever recieved was a rubber chicken. You know, the yellow stretched-out comic ones, with the little feet sticking up and the long necks. It used to do this odd asthmatic honk-squeak sound when you squeezed it. It was a gift from one of my highschool friends in Canada (raventyde) who remembered that I had a fondness for rubber chickens, (I do, very much so, even now. It's just weird. I can't explain their appeal.) and she'd found this at her local goodwill shop. <3 I like to think that the customs people may have squeezed it by mistake and been amused, or possibly disturbed.

The strangest thing that I've ever mailed was a My Little Pony bath set (shampoo, conditioner, soap, bath puffy and something else that I forget, in a cardboard carrying case with a lavender marabou strap at the top.) It was sent to that same friend, who has a serious obsession with My Little Ponies. <3 And I picked it up at one of the resale shops in Portland a while back, lost track of her, found her again, and mailed it.

twits

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