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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Oh My Lucky Stars! Riots! Derpy Hooves! Shaking Trees! Wobbly!

Good Morning Interwebs. Life is puttering along in an epic amble. Lets see.. uh..

I had a scare on Wednesday night.. I thought that my hedgehog Pinny (Pincushion Linus H.J.) had Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome, yes hedgehogs are so cute that even their terribly tragic medical conditions have cute names. It is like having Huntington's or MS but for hedgehogs :( We noticed that he was turning on his side a lot and when we took him out to ambulate, he was either side crawling or walking backwards in a circle to the left!

We had the talk.. and we are not the type of people to drag out a painful issue with our pets, so we made decision that if he did have the Wobbly, we were going to have him put down. There is a regimen that people put their hedgehogs on to prolong death.. but I have never been a fan of drawing out a long and painful ordeal just so the human can "feel better". Pinny has a rich and fulfilling life, filled with running on his wheel for hours at a time, eating all the kibbles and bugs he wants, sleeping most of the day and getting snuggles, why would I deny him running on his wheel just because I would not let go? Doesn't make sense. So, tearfully, the husband and I packed up our little man and took him to THE VET! We hadn't really looked into vets up in Burnaby.. and there isn't a really good exotic pet vet in Vancouver, that we can tell. However, we did some research and found a well liked, decently priced vet, that was Skytrainable.

The staff there were sweet and attentive and could totally see that I was about to collapse in a puddle on the floor if the news went south. We got him into the vet, I expressed my concerns and then the doctor saw him walk, looked at his eyes, looked in his ears, did a poking and a prodding.. said, I know that the worst case is WHS... but have you thought about the possibility of.. Inner Ear Infections?

I totally felt like a drama queen at that point! Why does the brain do that?! Why is it that I go for the WORST POSSIBLE CASE SCENARIO!? I mean.. I am not the only one who does this, whenever my dragon Zilly shows any sign of being not up to snuff.. ( and this happens quite a fair bit) the husband IMMEDIATELY! thinks that she has some rare reptile disease and that the universe is ending.. we then, take her to the vet.. and the vet says.. there is nothing wrong with her, she is just being a drama queen.. did you change something in her environment? Usually it is a minor change, like we have rearranged her living area and doesn't like the angle of the branch.

So, the doc gave us some antibiotics for our "Hedgigo" (you see what I did there?) issue. We have to take a syringe and fill it with a sweet milky liquid and then somehow make the hedgehog, who does not like being poked, take his medicine. I have perfected the roll him in a ball, then wrap the ball in a hedgehog blanket then, squirt medicine on his mouth method of administering medicine. After a few days, he has definitely improved! Instead of ambulating backwards and to the left, he does it forwards and to the right!

While the drama happened with the hedgie! Vancouver lost their shit over the Stanley Cup Finals.. and rioted. Yea.. it was pretty epic to watch. I have mixed emotions about this. I am from Seattle.. I was a high-schooler during the WTO riots. I broke my ankle the night before, so I watched most of it from the comfort of peoples couches while I ate ramen.. but when I see a "riot" I think that it looks more like 3-5 days of the downtown financial core looking like a DMZ. I was unimpressed.. but as the night went on, I started to actually feel scared, resentment, disdain, disappointment and in general embarrassment for the city and the assholes that were burning and looting it.

Some good things however, did come out of that night. A renewed since of civic responsibility happened. True Canadians, True Fans in hordes woke up early the next morning and went downtown in their hockey jersey's and cleaned up, boarded up and generally made amends for the jack asses the night before. Here is some interesting articles about the situation.

I think that this is my generations version of the Kiss Seen Around The World!

The Vancouver Riot Make Out!


There is also a huge social media out pour to find the douche canoes who destroyed downtown Vancouver.

Tumblr Vancouver Riot Criminal List
Facebook Vancouver Riot Photos Post Your Pics! there are many more.. too many to post up here.

So, that happened.

You know what else has happened.. I have started two new hobbies!

One of them is being a Bronie.



I really love Derpy Hooves!

I also, have started Strip Folding, LUCKY STARS!

And with that.. comes the want to buy ALL OF THE COOLEST STRIPS OF PAPER IN THE WORLD!
Buy me some of these!
and these!
and these!

I have also restarted a former obsession.. and man.. do I love to walk around an imaginary village, shaking trees and hoping that bells drop, fishing and catching bugs and sending people letters on stationary! Yes! ANIMAL CROSSING is back on heavy gameplay rotation in the house of Anne and Husband!

Oh yea! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for posting the info on strip folding, now I have a new creative way to get artsy, and I'm vry happy to hear that Pinny is on the mend and feeling better.

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