Tuesday, August 11, 2009

squid makes everything better

I've got a real soft spot for wierdo sea creatures. I've also got a soft spot for internet culture. So it's only natural that I LOVE squids. Plus, they're super tasty. mmmm, get in mah belleh squids!
the link below is for a translator that takes a normal message and translates it into giant squid.
as an example I've translated "dancing queen" by ABBA
first the actual lyrics:
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life See that girl, watch that scene, digging the Dancing Queen
Friday night and the lights are low Looking out for the place to go Where they play the right music, getting in the swing You come in to look for a king Anybody could be that guy Night is young and the music's high With a bit of rock music, everything is fine You're in the mood for a dance And when you get the chance...
You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen Dancing Queen, feel the beat from the tambourine You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life See that girl, watch that scene, digging the Dancing Queen
ok, and there's the squidified version:
You can pulsate, you can jive, having the time of your life See that female squidling, watch that scene, digging the Pulsating Queen
Friday night and the lights are low Looking out for the place to go Where they play the right music, getting in the swing You come in to look for a king Any squid could be that squid Night is young and the music's high With a bit of rock music, everything is fine You're in the mood for a pulsate And when you get the chance... Many-limbed creatures have more fun.
You are the Pulsating Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen Pulsating Queen, feel the beat from the tambourine You can pulsate, you can jive, having the time of your life See that female squidling, watch that scene, digging the Pulsating Queen

Sunday, August 02, 2009

calgary zoo

red river hogs. Look at those fancy ear tuffles!
giraffes

peacock
tiger

snow leopard

camel

some sort of goaty-dealy

peahen

calgary stampede pictures

I love donkeys! woot!
alpaca on the left, llama on the right. I love the tuffels on the ears!

llama toes! Awesome!


marching band.

tomatoes
best pizza ever!

spotty horses


snazy outfits on mini horses

washing great big horses

horses on parade

special tram-bus to stampede grounds

fireworks from my hotel window.












My trip to Calgary

this is the view from my hotel window. you can see the saddle dome on the stampede grounds.
Bernard callebaut chocolate factory. mmmm. I worked at a store in edmonton. wonderful chocolate, wonderful people.

Calgary tower.
The industrial park I was lost in before I found the farmers market.

Rodent control station at the yeast factory in the industrial park. Across the road is a zillion gopher holes. A war is brewing...

Inglewood community lawn bowling green. I came across this when I was trying to find the farmers market.


Bow river, down town calgary.
just south of my hotel.

fancy lights in my hotel.

fancy building on my way back from the farmers market.

on my way back from the farmers market.