Gatorland

We went to Gatorland yesterday! I love Gatorland. It's a beautiful place, and in addition to having tons of fat happy gators sunning themselves, they also have a zillion birds (it's a bird sanctuary).

Gators sunnin':


The tower:


I have no idea what kind of bird this is, but he's pretty:


Droolin':


They're witty at Gatorland:


The scariest gators there:

Ickiness Update

A few months ago I wrote a blog entry about a website I came across. It was about a mathematician, but I came across a "hidden" link and discovered that the site had dozens and dozens of pictures of girls, around the age of 7 or 8 or so, with no clothes on. Posed pictures where they were wearing makeup, standing in front of a backdrop.

Obviously I am aware that there are bad things on the internet, but I never expected to see that kind of creepiness suddenly jumping out at me from what I thought was a safe, tame site. Knowing something like that exists isn't the same as seeing it. It was upsetting.

Then I looked around for a place to report this site to, and had trouble finding anything. Every place I found online wanted to know specifics: names, addresses, etc., and I didn't have any of that. Who knows who these girls were, or when the pictures were even taken?

I did finally report it on the website for the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, but though I entered my email address and phone number I never heard anything back.

Then I looked at my hits for this blog, which went WAY UP after that post, and realized I was getting lots of hits from Google searches. BAD searches. I will not post the things these people were searching for, because I don't want my blog to show up any more. I had originally titled my blog entry after what these pics were called on the math site; let's just say it's a word that rhymes with "lymphet". After I saw what these creepy people were searching for (and ending up on MY blog) I edited my post to remove that word and re-titled my blog entry "The N-Word".

That's what our society needs, another "n" word.

Then I did a little research, and found out that these pictures were probably not even illegal, since the girls were not actually doing anything sexual. I can't imagine the person who could look at these pictures of children, posed under photographic lighting and in front of a backdrop, wearing makeup and no clothes, and NOT think it should be illegal. There was bad intent, clearly. Sexual intent, involving a CHILD.

A couple of weeks ago I checked the site again, and it's completely gone. I have no idea what happened, or if it had anything to do with my report. But since it's gone, I am going to consider it a happy ending. :)

Laminated List Update

You know what a laminated list is, right? Like on Friends?

A list of "freebies". If I ever met these celebrities in person and they were uncontrollably attracted to me, I could have "sexy time" with them and my husband has agreed that it's okay.

Just like I will look the other way when he meets Jessica Simpson, and she finds him just irresistible.

:)

Lil Wayne!



Okay, I know he is addicted to syrup, and he is tattooed everywhere (even on his eyelids) and has been arrested a few times, but still.



I love his songs, his creativity, and I just find him quite appealing. In that bad-boy-rapper-from-Nawlins-with-a-Winn-Dixie-bag-full-of-cash way. Plus, I love Lollipop, and Dying.










Dave Navarro!

Dave is just so freaky.




And cute.




And so good at makeup application.



And such a great guitarist.
I have a weakness for freaks, I admit it. He’s also quite pretentious, but somehow that just adds to his superficial LA rockstar style.





Frank Mir!
Frank Mir is 6 feet 5 inches and 240 pounds of brazilian jui-jitsu black belt cuteness.




He spent years recovering from devastating injuries after a car accident, and came back to the top, baby. Show me your muscles one more time!




His background is in wrestling and submissions (even though his ears are still pretty) and he’s always been known as the best heavyweight submission expert. But recently he’s been working more on his standup, and his last fight against Noguera was shocking - he knocked him out! Nog is a seasoned and impressive fighter who has never been knocked out before.


So the next step for Frankie is to kick and/or punch the crap out of Brock Lesnar. AGAIN.





Plus... He's really cute.





Penn Jillette!

He’s so smart, and so funny, and so… big. Most people think Teller is a short guy, but he’s not, he just looks short next to 6’7 Penn.





Interesting Penn factoids:

* Penn has never smoked a cigarette, done any drugs of any kind, or consumed alcohol. Ever.



* He invented a specific type of hot tub jet meant for clitoral stimulation.
Patent Info





* He once got what he referred to as a “blood tattoo”, that used needles without ink. He was basically looking for a painful, interesting experience, but he ended up with a cool scar in the shape of an anatomically correct heart.

* He is an atheist






Prince!
If becoming a Mormon and refusing to sing his own original lyrics in concert won’t knock him off my list, nothing ever will.





I have loved his music and lusted over Prince since he released the 1999 album in 1983.




He’s a bit weird sometimes, but he is an interesting, creative person, a brilliant musician and performer, a sexy mfer, and I LOVE HIM.




Honestly, it’s fun to think about having an intimate moment or two with a celebrity, somebody you see on tv or at the movies. If I really did end up, say, trapped in a broken elevator for hours with Lil Wayne or Frank Mir, I may very well be content to just look at them for a while. If they actually did want to do something with me (hey, we are trapped for hours) I… dunno. I’d have to see how it felt to be around them, in person. I am sure most famous people are very different in their private lives than they seem on tv.

But, Prince! I am being so serious when I say I would absolutely go for it, without hesitation.





I WOULD NOT HESITATE.