I spy: Frozen

I'm Back! Hopefully I can keep up till April when we move again. What you don't believe me?! One can always hope. *pouty face*


This weeks prompt was hard because NOTHING HERE FREEZES. I considered taking a picture of my ice chest... it is however devoid of anything that makes one think "frozen" with the exception icecream and cheap pizzas.
Thus I've decided to broaden the interpretation of the word for my own means.


Here is the picture that froze me in my tracks. I had to get within 2 meters of this guy to get a decent picture.
This is the new alligator that has taken up residence in the pond by our apartment.




I keep telling Jex not to make faces like this, otherwise his face may get frozen that way. He doesn't listen.





My choice:
My brother Rocker. I love him to death and really want him to come live with us or near us when he graduates next year. Gah! I can't believe he's almost 18!!!!

Of Aligators and Blue Days

Of Aligators...

I don't know if it's because I grew up in mountainous regions of the world, maybe because I never visited a swamp or wetland, or maybe it's because I'm not a water person, whatever it may be when I saw an Aligator on the bank of the pond that is, litterally, a stones throw from my apartment I froze. I stared. I contemplated throwing something at it to make it move. Then I had thoughts of it running across the grass and gobbling up Kaba and promply picked up said puppy and retreated.
Later, with camera in hand, I came back out to make sure it wasn't a hallucination induced by the massive ammount of reading I've been doing in lieu of having a job. Nope, it was still there, with one of the gracefull white birds standing in lunch range of the toothy monster. I'm usually not this cowardly, but I have a little more than the usual healthy respect for things that can swim faster than I can run. And don't forget the teeth. TEETH!
I now have a few pictures, they're not very good because got forbid I get closer than 12 meters to the Aligator. Maybe I'll get a better camera, with a better zoom, because otherwise the five crappy shots I took are going to be the best ones I get.

And Blue Days...

Ever just had a blue day? You know, that day you wake up and nothing is out of the ordinary, but a cloud just kinda tints everything in a slightly less than happy light? Yeah.
I've been reading a book series called "Dragon Lance" yes... it is a Dungeons and Dragons type nerd book... no... I'm still sane, I think. I finished the core trilogy today and instead of being all happy and stuff I was just sad. Sad that the books were finished, sad that there's no place for me to learn swordsmanship and not be deemed a raving nerd, sad that there's no adventure in this day and age. Everything costs money, lots of it, oh well.
At least blue is my favorite color! (^_^)