Why hello, blogulators. So it's been a while since I really laid it all out for you guys, so to speak. I'm talking about the real important stuff in life: ME. There's been a lot going on lately, and we've been beating around the bush just a tad. I'm feeling some distance between us... Where's the loyal readership that I fell in love with? I used to write my blogs all night for you, and we'd just laugh and laugh until you seriously thought you were going to crap your pants and then I told that story about the robot I met in Canada and then you actually did crap your pants and you got really embarassed about it and made up some excuse about lightbulbs... Ah, good times. Anyways, I'm taking this chance to rekindle the romance we once had: the beautiful connection blogger and bloggee.
It's definitely been an extended period of time since I told you guys about my animals, and I realized that I had never even told you about all the orangutans. So here's my shout-out to Maggie, Brunei, Schnitz, and Pepper: If you're reading this, holy fuck how did you get out of holding and learn how to use a computer? But seriously, working with the orangs was my distinct pleasure and I'm sincerely going to miss hanging out with these insanely smart animals every day.
This, of course, is because I've officially started in South America this week, and boy has it been a doozy. Just when I was getting used the routine in Asia, everything gets switched up and I have to learn an entirely new run. But I'm definitely enjoying getting to work with the spider( monkey)s and capuchins, who I'm already getting to know a little better.
The spiders are really, really cool because they have their extremely dextrous prehensile tails that they use as an extra limb. It's so cool to watch them stick their tails through the mesh and pick up a raisin two feet away using just their tails! Another crazy aspect of the spiders is that, like the colobus monkeys in Africa, they have no thumbs. To me, the thumb is such an intrinsic part of what makes a primate, and to see these monkeys that have totally lost them through evolution is super neato, to say the least.
The capuchins are incredibly cute, as well, what with all the baby "ooh-ooh"ing that they do. They all have really funny hair-dos, like Alexia who has the exact same hair as Kramer from Seinfeld and Eli who looks like a tiny monkey metal head/ Pokemon. You'd have to see him to believe it, but he's quite possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen.
Of course, there's Jutal the tapir and Velcro the giant anteater, as well as all the tiny Callitrichids (Golden Lion Tamarins, Cotton Tops, and Callimicos). I'm sure I'll have plenty more to say about them later, but right now you'll have to take my word that everyone in South America is super cute.
So before I go to bed, I'd like to just point out two things. One: Real World. I just watched the reunion and it was so weird/ awesome. I can't wait until my Real World cast has our reunion and we talk about all those times we got fucked up in the Sea of Tranquility. Two: I'm officially designing a shirt for Threadless. If you're as excited about this as I am, just wait until you see the kick-assed-ness of it all. I'm setting up a time table as we speak, but we should be looking at a submission sometime in late August. First clue: It's gonna be hot.
Anyways, it was fun, everybody, but I'm tired as hell. Peace out to my homies.
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I love threadless! Tell me when you post it. I know Stephtease already has two on there getting reviewed and stuff, she's done a few revisions of her designs already.
Pregunta: Are you working exclusively with primates while at the zoo, or is it just some sort of coincidence?
To Rabbi Neal Schiendlin! Hazaa!
Who would name an antelope velcro?
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