random funness

Most Disturbing teddy bear.. EvEr...!!


Its the M&M's man!!!! from the 1970s.. Didnt they teach their chidlren not to take candy from strangers? If you watch.. the policeman joins in on the skipping along with the M&M man and his little trail of followers...



Jungle Book! :)




Gotta love this song! :)

No escaping...

Nothings as loud as the voices that are whispering inside of your head.

I realized that I cannot run away from what I was trying to escape from.
Life is no different. My mind follows me wherever i go. They creep in...

I am still worried about where I will be after my summer camp... Thanks to my parents and other well meaning folks that balk when i say I have no idea where i will be.

I still am not as good of a freind as I know I could be.

The mirror is stil my enemy and my eyes have the uncanny ability to distort reality

I still listen to music,. close my eyes and long to be THERE.. to feel that way...

I still crave human connection and contact and understanding...

I still hvae the urge from deep down to cry.. to kick a wall.. but for no one reason... no one reason that i can place my finger upon atleast

I still wonder what people see when they look at me

I still hate the fact that I feel this way and cant allow myself to just LET GO
(Although.. there are certian times during the day when I am able to...)

Check out this song... It is one that I wish...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD8Dnd40EF8

Wayra Urku

Warning:
These are NOT my pictures.. :( I had to search these down on the interweb.. but i wanted to share with you the animals that were at Wayra Urku..

---All of the animals have been rescued from restaurants and homes.. many have never seen thier own kind before... Before we release them into the wild, we make sure they are ready.. each animal has its own set of requirements before we release them.

Every morning at 8 am, we clean their cages.. scrape the surfaces, wet them down, wipe them again.. clean the water bowl.. scrape up the pooh from the bottom of the enclosure (mud).. and then set out food for them to eat.
We have a small break from 10 until 11 and then work again until 1.. lunch break until 3 and then work again until 5.
--The after feeding jobs range between repairing cages, creating new ones, fixing the pathways, hauling up sand bags, hollowing out bamboo, or.. at one time.. making a bong...


Capuchin Monkeys.. they used to be pets.. so we have them and are helping them get used to the wild again... Except for Sam and Little Fucker.. they are beyond that.. they cannot go back to the wild... :(


Nocturnal Kingajoo.. He looks soo cute.. until he jumps at you.. hissing and spittleing..


My favorite! THE MARGAY!! Such beautiful, enchanting eyes...

Wooly Monkey!! ours is named Johnny... or Wobbly Monkey.

Pecaries! Stinky bad evil little wild hogs... snarling... snorting.. but they had an amazing little enclosure..

some things I learned..

Now. Now.
I am back. Back in the United States.
Sad times. :[
My escape to Ecuador was far to short.
I learned a LOT though...

1. Just Do It... Let go.. if you want to go out and play football (or "soccer") in the mud in the middle of a torrential downpour, DO IT. Someone will eventually join you... Mud fun :)

2. If a wild tarantula pounces on you as you tromp through the Amazon jungle, do NOT scream and flail about... that only drives their desire to BITE

3. Have your fellow trekkers take the tarantula OFF of you before they start snapping pictures.

4. Once you have had a tarantula attack you once, you will be paranoid the whole rest of the trip that they are all out to get you.

5. Secure your camera... The Amazon is NOT flat and perfect.. muddy and hilly and slippy and cameras tend to sneak out of backpacks.. :( I miss my camera,..
Try to be sure that it is securely held in your hand-or attached to a carabeaner

6. If you wander out "alone" in the dark to "look for sloths" while everyone else is drunk..they WILL notice that you are missing.. send out search parties...
...more on that later...

7. Machetees are the ULTIMATE!
Choppp pathways through thick vines in the jungle.. cut open pineapple, guava, papaya.. sharpen them on rocks.. cut down trees...

8. Even if you take a shower everyday, by 9:30 am you will look, feel and smell as though you haven't taken a shower in weeks.

9. Hammocks, coffee, tea... NOT luxuries, but necessities..

10. Keep your bags with you at all times, even on the bus.. DO NOT put it in the overhead bin, even if a nice man politely informs you that the bags need to go above... (bye bye Ipod and money...)

11. When you wake up in the middle of the night, it is almost as though you haven't opened your eyes.. the darkest place i have ever seen..

12. Time in Ecuador drags on forever... It is close to the equator so the Ecuadorian minute has an extra 50 seconds before it moves on to the next minute.

13. Even though it is in South America, pretty much on the Equator, and in the Amazon.. it is not all warm

14. Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between pooh and mud...

15. Capuchin Monkeys like to play and squeak and crawl all over you and hug you and check your hair for fleas and clean your fingernails..

16. Lo Siento.. probably the most used Spanish phrase I used.. "I'm sorry!"

17. Popcorn is super fun when it is being popped on the stove... music for your ears, mouth, nose and hands...

18. The buses... people would climb on and hop off while it was still moving.. wandering up and down the aisle trying to sell some of their goods.. homemade "chips" or bags of plantains.. MANY things i had NEVER seen before in my life..

19. The buses do not pay attention to the "Peligro" signs all over... they zoom around the corners and down the hills.. even though there is a ravine on one side and a clif on the other... and tunnels that are sooo dark.. no lights on the inside and the headlights of the bus were off... the walls were NOT smooth like normal tunnels, but rocky... reminded me of some wack Disney World ride..

Chris Crocker Fun :)

Love YOURSELF..
"be your own boyfriend..."
I LOVE Chris Crocker! :) He makes me laugh.. he makes me smile.. and sometimes he makes me realize...


"Behind every girl... is a gay best friend."
"it dont matter about her momma and daddys approval, it matters about her gay best friends approval.."
Ha! :) "What you really need to be doing is bringing that gay best friend a fruit basket and shaking his hand!"
ooo man...


"...all i need is a 5 minute stand! And we dont need to be standing if you know what i mean!"
" I may @(#$ a stranger but ain't let him stay in my house!"

Funny Little Animals..

The froggies are singing!!

I dont think he brushes his teeth much...

Mud bath! :)

THAT is one creepy little llama..thing...

Happy Camels!

CRASH! poor little foxy..

This is what fishies see when they look up...

Eagle Owl babies...

Awww.. reminds me of a sea urchin... I used touch those.. in the tidepools.. on the Oregon Coast..

HES FLYING!! Like Dumbo!

Cute Little Dik Dik!

:] Shower time..

Fennec Fox!!! We had 2 at our zoo.. in the Education Department. Now they are with the primates... (not sure WHY they are in the primate building)

HAHA! Obviously something is SUPER funny!

Thanks to Dark Roasted Blend

SorrY!

HellO!
I have been Sooo busy with all kinds of fun things.. and not so fun things..
Making new friends... making colorful swirly crayons... baking cookies and foccacio.. Zoo times.. Children's Museum times.. freak out about the future times... making me want to do even MORE things that I haven't done and find ways to continue doing the things i do like..
Therefore, I have had little time to concentrate when I am browsing the net and looking for fun things to post.
AND
I will be gone to Ecuador for a spell (Saturday March 15-Wednesday March 27)
Wow.. when i actualy write it out it seems like suuuuch a long time!
Yes. I am scared. Yes. I am excited. Yes. I am nervous.
Who knows what will happen? I know wayyy too many things that COULD happen.. but that does not mean that it WILL happen.
Anyway, One last post (i think) before i head out..
AND THEN>
Prepare for many pictures of my travels and stories of my adventures!
:) :) :) :)