Oh, Monterey Bay! You so Crazy!

[wednes]

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Whelp, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is once again ringing the mystery out of life and the wildlife out of sharks by displaying yet another juvenile white shark. Let's hope they get this one back into the ocean before it dies. She's pretty!

H and I were watching Jurassic Park yesterday. We were struck by the fact that they fed the carnivores live prey. I used to feed my snake live mice (or rats, depending on what was on sale) but I've never seen this happen in a zoo. Are there zoos that feed with live animals? I guess I'm torn on that whole thing. It seems kinda...ew. But it's not so bad compared to what happens in the wild.

Was trying to find some iron-on rhinestone letters in order to make myself the snappiest version yet of a "No Fat Chicks" shirt. Turns out, rhinestone letters more than one inch in height cannot be found online for less than $2.95 each. Times that by ten, plus shipping, plus the price of the shirt and the time involved, you're looking at a $60 T-shirt which kind of defeats the whole purpose of T-shirts in the first place. Ultimately, I found some sparkly letters in a retro 70's font that I think will do nicely. They are supposed to work well on dark colored shirts, so we shall see.

My new Nike's got here today. For some reason, the FedEx guy left them in the furnace closet down the hall from me. Anyway, they look nice, fit well and are comfy.

H made me a hilarious new ringtone of Steve Smith from American Dad. For those of you not in-the-know, American Dad is by basically the same team as Family Guy. It's just as funny, tends to be more political, and has a lot more jokes specifically related to vaginas. Steve is the teenage son, who is sort of a spoof on those kids in bad 80's movies that scream all of their dialogue.

Have a listen!

Comments

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Was trying to find some iron-on rhinestone letters in order to make myself the snappiest version yet of a "No Fat Chicks" shirt.

Not "Disco Stu?"

Oh, that's right--he doesn't advertise.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahahaa!

Good one, Flanders.

[derekfz.livejournal.com]

i was just gonna say "man, so many Disco Stu and Rhinestone Nights Fashion Gun jokes to be made", but this guy dusted me.

[blackthorn45.livejournal.com]

Zoos don't typically feed their animals live prey (with the exception of, say, crickets and things like that, particularly for amphibians), for several reasons - it tends to be much more expensive, time consuming (in terms of handling/monitoring and raising or transportation of feeders), and it carries a fairly significant element of risk (either of injury, parasites, or both) to the predator. Zoo animals are typically considered much too valuable for any unnecessary risks, and it tends to be much more convenient/cheaper for zoos to feed f/t in the majority of situations.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

That makes sense to me. My snake was almost injured by a live feeder once. Not good.

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

Rhinestone letters? Better.