Weekend Assignment #282: I can has LOLZ

First, let me say thanks to Karen for letting me do this a bit late. I didn't have time yesterday before work and I sent her a comment pleading for an extension. She was nice enough to tell me not to be stupid since she won't post a new one until later today. Cool.

The subject this week is LOL cats. If you don't know what that is, go here to see. I'm sure you've seen some things like this around. Karen says:

Weekend Assignment: #281: Create a LOLcat (or a LOLdog, or a LOLpig, a LOLhorse or whatever). If you can do it with your own pet photo, great (I'm looking at YOU, Sara and Sarah), but alternatively you can just describe what it would look like. Don't forget the humorous caption! Here's a "lolbuilder" to help you out.
Extra Credit: Do you like "lolspeak" and other Internet slang, or mostly find it annoying?

I will admit I do check these out. I'll even go farther to say that I have an app in my iPhone for easier access. I can't explain it, cats are crazy and they crack me up. The app does have some of the other sites associated with the I Can Has Cheeseburger site, like Graph Jam, I Has a Hot Dog, and other funny things. I hope you don't think less of me.

Since Quincy wasn't a good sport today, I'm going to put some other animals up this time. That will teach him to cooperate.

First is a bird from back when we were at Disney World.

Here's a squirrel that was hiding from the rain in my wheel well. The car has never driven the same.

For the extra credit, no. I don't LOL speak. An occasional LOL is fine, but I don't do anything else normally. Luckily Karen put up a handy LOL dictionary up for us to use.

Edit: Seems the LOLs didn't like my layout. had to re-crop and resend a few times. sorry about that.

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #34: Earth Day

Since Earth Day was just a few short days ago, Carly wants us to photograph something that goes along with the theme. She wanted us to photograph something we appreciate in particular, but since I don't live near the ocean, or mountains, I did the best I could. Plus, it's been very rainy here the last few days, that didn't help. 

First I got a shot of a squirrel in the tree in the backyard. Now, I'm not particularly fond of squirrels, but it's nice to see nature in the backyard sometimes. 

 It's not the best picture I've taken, but it was through a screen in the kitchen. I knew if I went out the back door, the squirrel would have run away. 

Next, just to show you how rainy it has been, I took a picture of the rain. Well, raindrops in a puddle actually. 

It took a few shots to get the shot just right. I'm glad the photo editing software was able to lighten it up enough to be visible. 

Question of the Week: Is there something you have always wanted to photograph, but just haven't had the chance? If so, tell us about it!

Honestly, I'd like to get a shot of a tornado. I think that would be very cool and a bit scary. 

Now, head over to Carly's site and check out the rest of the pictures. 

What do you do with the pumpkins after Halloween

I think this squirrel has the perfect idea:



I saw this on Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy page. With his audience size I'm sure you've seen it. If not, enjoy!

The wilderness that is our neighborhood

More news on our neighborhood. Aren't you excited?!

I know we don't live in the city, but we are hardly rural, yet we seem to have more wildlife than we should. The biggest worry right now is skunks. We smell them in the area frequently, and see them a lot, too. Just the other day I was walking Quincy and I saw something walking in the grass about 50 feet in front of us. We slowed our pace so I could get a look since it was dark. As we inched forward I saw the white stripes on its back and I froze. The skunk saw us at the sane time and stopped as well. We stood there looking at each other. I was waiting for him to turn his butt on us. I was ready to bolt the other way as soon as I saw any false move from him. Luckily, he turned and walked perpendicular to us. We were spared -- this time. I need to have some stuff on hand here in case I get sprayed. I don't even know what to do. I remember hearing a tomato juice bath was the way to go but that was from The Partridge Family. How can I trust a family that was a fake band?

We used to have foxes, too. I thought they were kind neat to have around, until they cornered a cat across the street. That was quite an interesting set of sounds I heard that day. The cat was okay. I think someone came out of the house and scared the foxes. I couldn't since I was home with my son who was two at the time. Plus, they might have had rabies. I remember seeing an animal control vehicle not long after that episode. The foxes were never seen again. If they were around, we probably wouldn't have skunks. I'd rather have the foxes.

One funny thing I noticed the other day walking Quincy. You know how people love to write their names in wet cement? Well, there are two areas in our subdivision with relatively new cement on the sidewalks. Instead of writing there are animal tracks. I'm almost positive they are racoon prints. You know how racoons like to get into trouble. I picture them going out and looking for this stuff, just to leave their prints behind. Maybe they think they are the neighborhood celebrities or something.

I also think that we have more squirrels per square yard than are in the local forest preserves. They are everywhere! I think they are plotting a takeover.

We need to get the foxes back to thin the squirrel herd.