Crystal’s Neighborhood

From CTV.ca:

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Bengal tiger cub intimates with its mother at a wild zoo in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province Monday, July 14, 2008.

Bengal cub

A giraffe calf is seen at the Vincennes zoo, east of Paris, France, Friday, July 11, 2008. Four giraffe calves have been born at the zoo between June 16, 2008 and July 1, 2008.

Giraffe calf

random:

Tai Shan, a giant panda at the Smithsonian National Zoo, celebrates his third birthday July 9, 2008, with a special fruitcicle made of water and gelatin in the shape of the numeral 3. Tai Shan is the first surviving panda cub born at the National Zoo in its 119-year history, and lives at the National Zoo Fujifilm Giant Panda Habitat with his parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian.

Tai shan

Okay, my people, I'm headed off for my glorious week-long vacation in...lovely Wichita.  Although I have other obligations, my goal is to turn this into a writing vacation.  Or, failing, that, a lying around doing nothing vacation.

is time for my massage?

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another daiquiri please

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Lunch_sm

Cheap, fast sushi bowls right downstairs. 

Or rather had a dream. Featured in starring roles were my dead grandmother (whenever she is in a dream, I never actually see her, but she's there or at least talked about, and it always partly centres around valuable stuff she left behind when she died, which isn't even true), a friend from way back with whom I no longer have contact (my choice), and lots and lots of werewolves (who, in tried and true dream fashion, didn't actually resemble werewolves so much as various coloured versions of the fox in Le Petit Prince).

Yep.

 Daughter is in Lapland at the moment, being shown where the people who book a trip to see Father Christmas go.  So she will be meeting Father Christmas at some point.

What is she gonna say when he asks her what she had for dinner?

Here is her actual text message:

my go the mosquitos, U wldnt beleive its like soup!  Weathers gd, im gd.  Had reindeer pizza 2night haha!  Very tired.  hope all is well at home, see u sat.

Last night was Thursday Night - so off we went to Kay’s, to get a little stoned and a little drunk.

Then BF bought me home, and I got a little more stoned and a little more drunk.

Then we went to bed, and I got a little more stoned and a little more drunk.

Then, as I am pouring a tot of whiskey, I look at the cap, and snort.

Whassup, Hon?

Well, I just looked at this, and it says A Bullock & Co.

Mmnnnnn.

Well, when I saw the A Bullock, the & Co just threw me.  I was expecting an adjective or a verb, not & Co.

Snort - Jarring, that sort of thing. 

And that is why I love him.  Cos I know some people who would have just looked at me as though I were mad.