Thursday Hodgepodge

[nightdog_barks]

Warm and very humid. It rained a bit this morning -- we were supposed to have a lot of rain but instead it developed into a storm line east of us after it had already come through. 69 damp degrees (20.6 degrees Celsius) with a breeze out of the south southwest.

A few things that have made me happy this morning ... hearing the gurgly, mournful call of a white-winged dove. Watching a squirrel try to break into the squirrel-proof feeder (HA!). An interesting article in SFGate on books about Mexico. The discovery of Genki Sudo and his World Order:

Okay, I cannot recommend these guys enough. Their vids are terrific, and the music, while a bit J-Poppy, is also pretty good. Some of the moves that Sudo pulls, in this vid in particular, remind me very much of David Byrne zoning out in his Big Suit in Stop Making Sense. They're funny, clever, hypnotic ... these vids make me happy. Really happy. Two other great vids are here and here. Give them a try -- they really are amazing. An interesting side note is that Sudo is a former Mixed Martial Arts and kickboxing champion, which pretty much means he could kill someone with his little finger. Sara Hess, one of the writers for House, Tweeted about these guys, and that's how I found them.

So. Onwards.

Comments

[felis]

Heh, your glee about unsuccessful squirrels is never going to get old, is it?

[blackmare]

This is because squirrels are cute, furry little spawn of Satan and watching them be frustrated in their nefarious plans provides a jolt of pure, righteous joy.

[nightdog_barks]

BWAH!!!!

What Mare said. *g* Does my heart good to see the rampant little thieves defeated.

[felis]

*g* I'm amused. There aren't many squirrels around here, so I'm always happy to see one (the red variety). In addition, I'm biased anyway, because one of my favourite memories has squirrels in it. :-D

[nightdog_barks]

These are what we have -- fox squirrels. They really are cute little guys, especially when they're chasing each other around the yard or playing with sticks (for real -- they roll around and play like cats). They're also voracious little gluttons who would eat up all the bird seed if they possibly could.

:-D

[felis]

Ah, okay! They are quite a bit bigger than our red squirrels.

[pwcorgigirl]

*waves hi*

I am home at last and have had a big old glass of wine. It was cloudy here but turned off hot in the afternoon, and I drove home with the car windows down.

[nightdog_barks]

*waves back*

The sun came out after the little bit of rain this morning, and it got warm and WINDY. Things were blowing around on the deck and Chango got all excited and was barking and growling. *g*

YAY WINE!

[taiga13]

It was -37'C when I got up this morning (shivers)
I recently stumbled upon the literal version of Total Eclipse of the Heart music video on YouTube, dear lord it's funny. There are other "literal videos" but this one is by far the best.