Nihan desu ka?

A haiku would do
If only I could write one
To match this flower

Ninja flowers in snow

A precious little ninja-like horde of flowery things fought their way up through the snow. Or maybe, the snow stretched itself too thin over these little horticulture warriors.
The question remains, though: Are they tasty?

Snow Turtle

Snow turtle on the dog palace basically says it all for me. The discerning viewer will be able to discern from Turtle's haughty expression the following thoughts:
"Why did Jenny join that stupid weight loss team and stupidly pledge to stupidly lose 10 pounds? One understands the financial motivation - $1000 is big money - but, come on, this is Jenny. Weight Warrior my ass! What was she thinking? Whatever it was, we can be sure that right now, she's thinking 'I'm HUUUNNNNNNNGRYYYYY!!!!!' and she has a few more days of this torture."
Or something to that effect.

SNOW!

I woke up at 5:15 this morning out of habit (scary, that). And because the weather idiots had predicted snow I was sure it wouldn't. But I opened the door to this. Then I went back to bed.

K9 Freestyle - Take 1

A friend of mine emailed me a youtube video of a woman and her dog dancing in some kind of competition. Apparently this is all the rage and it's called Canine Freestyle, or, in the demotic, Doggie Dancing. Gilligan and I got very excited about this. Here is our first attempt. We're really just trying to find each others' strengths at this point. I have found that Gilligan is very good at remaining calm and staying still when I do the leg kicks. Gilligan, I believe, appreciates my delicate sense of rhythm.

Christmas Door Prize 2007

I realized it's been a while since I complained about shit. So, how about my utter failure to even PLACE in the Christmas Door Decoration competition at work!?!?! Check out this beauteous door. It was gorgeous, with little lights hidden behind the paper-flower tree. And free candycanes to bribe judges. Honestly, there was not another door in the whole place that could come anywhere close to mine in originality and aesthetic fervor. I would post some pictures of the other doors, but I don't want to get all cocky about how great mine was. Or maybe I do?....Nah. Anyway, this was the second, nay, the third door prize at work that I lost. Hopefully I won't be there next chirstmas so I won't have to go through this emotional trauma again.
Egyptology, here I come!

Ginger's pre-birthday party

16 February 2008, 3 days before her official birthday, Ginger has a party. Here are a few pictures.