Frozen Planet

I've been captivated by this series these past few weeks. Can't wait to buy the boxset on blu-ray! *le sigh* So lush and beautiful. And I love animals, you know. I'll try to post some cool clips for you guys! :) Yes. I know. I'm a geek. Remember my gushing review of that French insect documentary Microcosmos? The infamous Snail Porn post? Yes...well I promise, there's no porn in any of the clips from Frozen Planet.





Who can forget the "icy finger of death?" Such a COOL clip! Probably one of my favorite scenes in the whole series!



This caterpillar is frickin' awesome!

1/12 Media of the Month: Mean Kitty

So cute! Hehehe! :D 

My dog is not smexxxy...

...yeah, I know it's Friday and I'm supposed to do a smexxxy friday but instead I wanted to gush over how my dog has been featured on The Daily Corgi for their dog of the month! Yippee! 


Check her out! 

Thinking about new pets...

I would love to have a guinea pig or two! They're so cute! And my boyfriend and I don't have the space for another dog or a cat. A guinea pig would be perfect! I've never had a guinea pig before, though, so do they make good pets? 

I've been looking at C and C cages with the pretty fleece blankets (as depicted in the video). So darling! Maybe Santa will put a piggy under my x-mas tree this year! 

My dog is famous!

Check her out at The Daily Corgi! 
I'm not one of those puppy-moms who thinks their dogs are real people, I promise. But I'm so proud of her! So I wanted to share. Please excuse my boyfriend's horrible camera skills... (warning you in advance) 
But on a side note...and as some of you have already guessed...
I really really love animals. Perhaps more than I like most people. In another life I was a dog trainer and former zoo keeper, so yeah. I could seriously do a whole blog dedicated to my furry friends, but I won't bore anyone with that. Besides...cannibals are supposed to be ruthless unfeeling monsters. I can't tarnish my "bloodthirsty serial killer" image, now can I? And would ANY of you take me seriously otherwise?
Anyways, I want to thank all my new followers for joining and putting up with my absence. It has become kinda drafty and lonely in here hasn't it? Sorry about that. Mid-terms are literally turning my hair gray. Then there's grad school and the frickin' GREs to worry about. ON TOP OF THAT HEADACHE, I've been working with my editor for a December release at Sapphire Blue Publishing while drafting and half-starting new stories... and the holidays are fast approaching which brings up a whole different kind of headache I couldn't begin to tell you. I feel like I'm gonna break! 

Smexxxy Friday

I don't support PETA at the best of times cuz I think they're nuts, but I want to believe I'm smuttier and better in bed by being a vegetarian...So ladies, if you want to please your man or woman in the sack, apparently going veg is the way to do it. According to PETA, anyways.

This next commercial was shown to me in my Adolescence Psychology class this week. Double Entendres Galore. I was literally in shock after watching this commercial, no one in my class kept a straight face--not even my professor. So thank you Axe. Thank you.

Don't mess with this goat

Spanish translators needed...I want to know why this goat is so angry.

Happy July 4th!

I would like to take this time to talk about Pumpernickel, a cat my boyfriend and I rescued two weeks ago.

It's a bittersweet story--but I feel it best to commemorate this kitty here on my blog for being such a fighter!

This first photo is right after we "captured" him. He's in my dog's carrier here. My boyfriend found this very sweet cat wandering outside while he was walking my dog. The cat was starving--literally starving. Just skin and bones. But he seemed to trust us. We didn't have any cat food to give him, so we gave him dog food. That sleepy look in his eye is because he just finished scarfing down half a cup of dog food. He was so small, we thought he was a kitten! He weighed only 5lbs!

I fought to keep the cat overnight. I did not think the cat would make it another day if he was left one more hour in the sweltering Texas heat. My boyfriend reluctantly agreed. We decided to take the cat to a vet the next day. For all we knew, he could've had parasites or something! My boyfriend started calling him Pumpernickel so that became his name.

We were in for a surprise when we took him into the vet. The cat was not a kitten, he was about 10yrs old. In addition to his age, he also had an ulcer in his eye from some sort of head trauma and pneumonia. No parasites to speak of, the cat was just thin. My boyfriend and I were faced with a $320 vet bill and an abandoned cat. We decided to take both and bring Pumpernickel home with us.

I've had experiences rescuing animals before...but Pumpernickel was the worst case I've ever seen. He was obviously someone's cat and not a stray because he got along just fine with our dog and LOVED people. He jumped in our laps and purred. He was starving for human affection. So I put up some flyers around our apartment to give his owners a fighting chance at reclaiming him before he officially became "ours."

Literally the next day, we received a call from some man claiming to be the cat's owner. He said his cat had been missing for two days--but in Pumpernickel's condition, the cat had to have been on his own for at LEAST a month! Unless his previous owners were just neglecting to feed him, there was no other explanation for his emaciated body.

In the end, he was indeed Pumpernickel's owner--he had the pictures to prove it. He reimbursed us our $320 in cash and thanked us for rescuing his cat (whom he had named: "Needy"). Pumpernickel actually tried to hide under the couch when the man bent down to pick him up! :( But there was nothing we could do--the cat was his.

And just like that, Pumpernickel was gone from our lives.

We can only hope his owner truly intends to take care of the him. Despite it all, we are glad we did the right thing. We agreed to name our next cat "Pumpernickel" after him. :)

3/10: MEDIA OF THE MONTH!!!!!

OMG, it's time for another media of the month!!! I bet you waited all month for this post! (indulge my delusions of grandeur and just nod your head!)

February's media involved stupid commercials. This month I'm going to talk about something a bit more serious. So wipe the grin off your face! Put your thinking cap on. Don your military boots and activist tee!

What I'm about to talk about is pretty intense! And I'm going to need your help!

This month's theme?

ANIMAL ACTIVIST MOVIE!

I'm talking about The Cove! It's a beautiful (gut-wrenching) documentary about the dolphin slaughter taking place in Japan. They kill 23,000 dolphins a year over there. Why? Because only about a dozen of the dolphins they catch are deemed "suitable" for Sea World and other aquariums around the world. The rest are KILLED!

The Japanese don't even eat dolphin meat. So why the needless slaughter? This movie explores the ugly truth the Japanese whaling industry has been hiding for years. The dolphin meat is packaged under "other meats," or is falsely advertised in Japanese food markets. This means, many Japanese people are eating dolphin without even knowing it! If the truth came out, the whaling industry would shut down! But the Japanese make sure the media doesn't hear about it so they can continue with this multi-billion dollar scam!

Which brings me to mercury poisoning. The meat itself is toxic! Mercury can't be cooked out of the meat, so not only are they falsely advertising the meat, they are selling meat that is TOXIC for human consumption!

Due to the pollution in the oceans, mercury levels have been rising all over the globe. The higher up the food chain, the higher the mercury content is in the meat. That means all you sushi-lovers better watch out! If you've been eating a lot of tuna, swordfish, or other fish like that, get yourself checked for mercury poisoning RIGHT AWAY! Mercury is also found in numerous vaccines and medicines. This is not a joke or some lame "hippy hypothesis!" I'm not even going for a scare tactic here!

These are facts.

Now, as a vegetarian, I've known this for a while...but I was unaware to what extent the mercury level has risen over the years! It's quite scary! Mercury poisoning is believed to be one of the causes of the new Autism Epidemic. Thirty years ago, autism was all but unheard of. Now it's everywhere! A 2007 statistic states the rate is 1 out of every 150 children!!! And rising!

Like the tobacco industry, health warnings and anti-mercury legislation won't happen without involvement of everyday people, like you and me. We need to write to congress, picket, organize, and spread the word!

The Cove talks about dolphins, but the dolphins are just the tip of the iceberg of a HUGE problem no one wants to talk about.

We can't tackle global issues like mercury legislation without first dealing with the 23,000 dolphins slaughtered and packaged in Japan! We have to crawl before we can run! So how can you help?

For starters? Check out this websites and visit The Cove's blog! Go see the movie! Spread the word to your friends! People need to KNOW this is an issue!

http://www.thecovemovie.com/

Secondly? Stop supporting aquariums like Sea World! They feed into the overall problem! Whales and dolphins are sentient beings with the same, if not more, cognitive capabilities and intellect as humans! Sea World is INHUMANE and should not be supported!

Is the recent Sea World Death fiasco ringing any bells? Of course, my sympathies go to the families of the trainers who were killed. The incident is tragic. But the fact remains, the way Sea World captures and train these animals are crueler.

Whales rely on echolocation, meaning, their ears are very sensitive to sound. Throw them in a large stadium with millions of screaming fans everyday, and they go nuts! It stresses them out and agitates them! The rigorous training exhausts these animals AND they don't have enough room to swim or move around freely.

To put it into perspective, what if someone kidnapped you from your family then trapped you in a bathtub for the rest of your life? Then forced you to do tricks and endure deafening screaming and shouting for long periods of the day? Is it any wonder Tilikum went berserk the way he did? He's not the only whale at Sea World who has "flipped" out (as you saw in the video). Sea World will continue to use Tilikum in shows (despite the 3 trainers he's killed) because finding a whale that can be "trained" is extremely difficult (out of 23,000 only a dozen make the cut, remember?). He's worth BILLIONS of dollars, so I don't see them doing anything to keep the trainers more safe in the future.

So let's recap, as I've discussed several points.

1. Save the Dolphins/Whales by tackling "The Coves" of the world.

2. Learn about Mercury and its damaging effects to the brain (autism, Alzheimer's, etc.) Get tested for mercury poisoning if you can!

3. Boycott Sea World (if not for the animals, do it for the SAFETY of the trainers who work there!)

4. Get active, spread the word, and see the movie!

I hope I've inspired you to take action in this month's media of the month. I realize I might've disturbed you by including the graphic footage and news clips, but I only did it to inform you. Not to frighten or upset you.

Until next time, stay tuned for the next media of the month! (I promise to do a lighthearted one next time!)

TK