I'm going away to Cape May, New Jersey, starting tomorrow. I won't be back till late Tuesday, which means you won't see me until Wednesday probably.

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Provided I don't get eaten by a Bull Shark 8D

This morning I went to Dad's grave at the cemetery. They have a temporary marker there and I felt bad that the flowers he had for the funeral were already wilted. I didn't bring any flowers for the temporary vase there but I'm sure someone will soon.





I told Dad that I loved him and that I was going to feed the ducks at the pond that's in the cemetery.

Before I had come by the cemetery, I went to the store and grabbed a loaf of bread to feed the ducks with. I had some old hamburger rolls as well.

So I drive up and see this:



I'm thinking, "Okay, are there ducks out there?"



"Maybe this won't be so bad."



"Hey look, Canadian geese!"



So they started to come closer to feed...



And seagulls showed up...



And before I realized it, I had Noah's Ark out here. I really didn't bring enough bread for them all, but I did what I could.



This guy was my buddy, who came up and asked for bread politely.

11/21/11
Warning for violence, gore, and dark themes


1/31/11
incredible semi-grotesque psychedelic hand-drawn animation:
"The Music Scene" by Blockhead
http://www.youtube.com/embed/NhheiPTdZCw

1/11/11
A beautiful short film and discussion with its creators. Abstracted predator-prey death is involved, if that disturbs you.
http://motionographer.com/theater/shape-shifter/


11/21/10: Another non-deer animation I wanted to share:
"Hedgehog in the Fog"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRsXU4Q6a0Q

and also
"Old Fangs"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6sQTkt2xoU&feature=player_embedded

8/17/10: thought you guys might appreciate this, although it is not deer related:
"Between Bears"
http://eranhilleli.com/#524424/Between-Bears

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http://www.aniboom.com/animation-video/7352/Evergreen/
Alt link (youtube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsjGlKMcEQk
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Edit: I realized I should add this link too for anyone who didn't bother to watch Fantasia 2000:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oSTyWYGJ6E
(this is really the best one in the movie)

I had decided that my deer's name would be Kirjava, that means "mottled" in Finnish!
Then suddendly in an online game which my name is also Kirjava somebody asked me if it wasn't Will's daemon in Philip Pullman's trilogy of books! (Northen Lights, The Sutil Knife and The Amber Spy-Glass) And sure enough it was! I had read the series and really got into it but I never paid much attention to Will's daemon since in my opinion it was such a complicated name!
Do you guys think I such change my deer's name just for the sake of being original ar keep it as Kirjava? I just thought I'd share this personal discovery! ^^