the aquatic tiger video

Today is newg's birthday! She sent me a sweet video she took of this tiger jumping into water that I wanted to post today in honor of her and share with you. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to load it from her email to my files. Luckily, I found this video of the tiger bath taken by my husband, her brother. We were at the Denver aquarium in May of 2008 and for some reason the aquarium included a tiger. Well, once it took a dip, I guess it really wasn't such a strange idea after all. Too bad I can't figure out how to load newg's video, she captured some underwater(!) aquatic tiger footage. Happy Birthday to newg! I see your reflection :)

my post-dive wet tiger pic

Tiger or Squirrel dream

two tigers
in a huddle
a squirrel
is motionless,
then moves.
one tiger
chases the
squirrel.
up the
tree goes
the squirrel
up the tree
goes the
tiger.
the squirrel
feels free
at a certain
height, yet
the tiger
surprises the
squirrel in
reaching the
squirrel's point
of freedom
much flurry
and the squirrel
bounds to
escape

ddddddddddddddrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

eeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrsssssssssss

i forgot to buy r.e.m. tickets when they were available in the midwest, so i had to travel to alaska to buy them. i walked around on, i guess, the outskirts of a glacier; some areas were white and some deep cerulean blue. it was neat to see water bubbles being held under the blue part of the ice. simon was in the airport where you buy these tickets, i decided to go in. simon informed me that the tickets were more expensive than the previous midwest price. oh well, it was our fault we missed it. we had to spend the night in alaska so we got a hotel. i was walking from the gas station for some reason when from the shadows i saw an enormous eagle fly out of the snowy ground. the eagle was fierce and every person around me coward in a worship pose, i did the same. the eagle stood before us and was going to do something horrible to us, it wanted what was in my hand so i fed the seeds or something of that size to it. it seems like i knew they were poison...but not enough to kill the eagle, because i end up running from it in the hotel and i can't find my room--i'm running all over this place. room 510, i think. either before or after this episode i was in a room with a tiger running and jumping off the wall.