Saturday, July 14, 2007

Zoo Awards and hanging with the Vogts

Hello animal lovers! The only reason why I begin that way is because it sounds like the way a corny TV show would begin. And I am not a corny TV show... Today I went with Becky's family to the zoo. It was FUN! I took lots of pictures and a few videos for Kat since she couldn't be with me, due to the evil conspiracy that is flight passes. I will present them with awards, not first second or third, but the way they do it in Cub Scouts: superlative style.


Most Like What I Picture a Basilisk to Look Like But Smaller.... (you screwed that one up, didn't you, Chris Columbus with your legless t-rex)


Most likely to be in my worst nightmares. I hate cockroaches, especially ones that hiss from a small island east of Africa.




Most likely to say "squeak squeaker squeaky squeakin." This was as cute as the picture represents.




Most likely to be confused with a demented freakish character with horrible teeth and uneven eyes from The Goonies (not Sean Astin).




Most likely to appear in a Sherlock Holmes novel about speckled bands and things that use them as transportation to kill victims.




Most likely to be the alligator of Michael Jackson's choice. Get it? Get it?



Most frightening creature seen all day, hands down.



Most likely to hear the words "and don't come back till you've got proper answers from them. Peck their hands if you have to!" Most likely to go bump in the night. And eat your face. Most likely to be watching 24 together.















Most likely to prove the missing link between primates and my sister Shannon.




Most likely to be accompanied by a John Williams' score and lots of screaming women and children... possibly drunk men in boats too.



Most likely to represent an overrepresented animal in children films. GET NEW IDEAS! Also, you can see a video of them here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1607660024201547157



Here are links to see a shark and sea tortoise respectively:



http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7549183526973490506



http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3565529482035999098





Most likely to never have a prayer at choosing his own name. You know what I'm talking about, Captain! Poor little guy.



Here's the end of the superlatives. There's one last video of some tropical fish identifiable in a certain Pixar film about underwater creatures. The rest of the pictures are random shots of the zoo with me and my family, plus a picture with my friend Spencer Vogt. Spencer and I went to high school together, and spent most of our free time hanging out and making trouble. He's married to a very sweet girl named Kimmy, and they teach together at a middle school in Hastings, Nebraska. He drove two hours to visit me because I had conflicting plans that made it difficult for me to make it out to him. We went to Old Chicago and split pizza, and then he and Kimmy came back to Becky and Matt's house to have some ICE CREAM. He's a stud, and she's awesome, as you'll see:






http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8754155194214578249





3 comments:

becca said...

That all looks like fun. Sorry Kat had to miss it! She was really excited about the zoo. I am happy I got to spend lots of time with her though!:)

whitney holland. said...

These are the funniest pictures i have ever seen! VERY STRANGE! Where is Kat? Does she ever get on and post?

Anonymous said...

jerk -- my chest isn't as hairy as yours . . . and my ape impression isn't nearly as believable as yours either -- now I know why you've been dying for me to see your blog. . .