So, Saturday Night Live’s season premiere was last night. As is usual with sketch comedy, there were some hits and some misses. A little flat overall, but there was nothing super painful, so I call it a win!
One of my favorite moments was this sketch about a classic film. I think if you watch it, you’ll understand why.
Have a lovely Sunday!
xoxox
This little girl is one after my own heart. Except that she’s a skosh too young, I could see heading to the pub with her for a beer. Maybe in a few years.
I worked with a lady from Germany for a number of years, and one of our pieces of common ground was finding squirrels adorable and charming. Before she moved back to Germany, we even spent an afternoon in a park photographing squirrels. I’ve been doing much cleaning out of my files lately, including old e-mails. I was going through e-mails at work, and found one she sent to me not long after she moved. She sent me this little fellow, hoping I would find him as cute as she did. Of course! Of course I think he’s adorable. Now, I hope you all find him as adorable as we do.
While I’d been fascinated with taxidermy and squirrels for a while, it wasn’t until this moment when I realized I could do it myself. I ran into this girl at the Zombie Pub Crawl a few years ago. She was carrying around a zombie squirrel. I started chatting with her about her squirrel, as you do, and found out she ordered the stuff online and preserved her own with a kit from the internet.
That was when I knew I could do it. I really wanted to take a class or something, but those are really hard to find. In fact, one place I inquired acted like it was really weird to want to take a class. I was losing hope, and about to give up and learn through the magic of the interweb. Luckily, my niece found The Detroit Academy of Taxidermy, and the rest is history.
So, thank you zombie girl and zombie squirrel, for setting me off on this adventure.
As I said to a friend this week in regards to another sign, this is not the sort of thing you post without a reason. Unlike that situation, I do want to know what the reason is. Were squirrels helping themselves? Were people drying pet squirrels? Were people trying to help out squirrels who fell in the pool? Were taxidermists trying to hasten the curing of their squirrels? So many questions. So many.
Our two boys are always in cahoots. It’s funny, because they look like feline versions of Pinky and The Brain. Lucifer being Pinky and Alonzo being The Brain. However, in actuality it’s the other way around. Lucifer is the brains of the operation and Alonzo takes advantage of Lu’s smarts. For example, Lu is really good at opening doors. If he were a superhero, it would be his superpower. On the other hand, Alonzo just can’t work doors. Maybe it’s his smushed face. Maybe it’s his giant feet. Either way, he is desperate to get on the other side of the door but just can’t make it happen for himself. So, Lu opens the doors and Alonzo enters. The two main doors that get opened around here are the closet door and the bathroom cabinet containing our towels. Alonzo loves to nap in the box I keep slip on sandals and slippers or on the clean towels. This is a drag for many reasons. Cat hair on clean clothes and towels is a big drag. Also, hearing Lu’s attempts to get the doors open before he is successful can be really annoying when in a deep sleep on a work night. The closet is the worst for this.
So, we realized we needed to somehow block the door. We had a bocce ball set that was pretty heavy. We put it in front of the closet door, and figured it was Lu proof, at least until we found a more attractive option. OF course, Lu figured out how to get it out of the way and into the closet. We’d been keeping our eyes open for a door stop option.
A squirrel! A door stop! Our prayers answered!
Except it was out of stock.
Until it wasn’t. We pulled the trigger straight away. It arrived in an adorable box, which I opened and ran into the bedroom to put it into place.
Alas, our doors are too high from the floor for this cutie. So, he is still sitting in front of our closet, though he isn’t preventing much right now. I am hanging onto him, since he is cute and fitting for my squirrel collection. Besides, we won’t live here forever and he might hold open other doors in the future.
Until then, we need a door stop.
I don’t know why, but I’ve had a hard time staying hydrated lately. I drink a bunch of water, and still feel thirsty. Maybe I’m still catching up from those crazy hot days we had. Either way, this guy captures the way I feel right now.
Stay hydrated friends!!
A friend shared this with me, as a suggestion for future squirrel taxidermy. I think the biggest problem would be finding such a fluffy guy!
