Pinny is doing ok.. not 100%, but better. He is walking around kinda derpy. We have another 10 days of medicine to give him and if he doesn't get better it is time to take him to a specialist.
Remember that photo I posted last blog entry? Well.. here is what happened right before the epic make-out happened!
Yesterday, the hubs and I went went to the BC Can't Stop The Serenity event. Which happens in different cities around the world to raise money for Equality Now which is a great charity that fights for women's rights around the world. Joss Whedon's mother was one of the founders. It was super fun, next year, totally working on a costume! Also, need to brush on my trivia.. and have lots of monies!
Also, it was held at the Museum of Vancouver/ H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver.. which I would like to go back and see someday.. but the cool thing I want talk about was the bathroom. The ladies bathroom had old comics and news paper articles on the inside of the stalls. One of them was a panel that had an old-assed (1939) Prince Valiant! Another one I saw was an old article about how long and how to achieve the "Perfect Tan".. it offered up some great tips like slathering yourself in lard, butter, Crisco, olive and coconut oil.. and laying in full sun for 3-4 hours every day between 11am - 3pm. Being someone who is bonafide allergic to sun, I break out in hives, get really itchy and become all snotty in my face, I laughed! I also, read this cool article on Boing Boing that made me feel better about my choices to use sunscreen.
Another Firefly/Serenity note.. I found Jewel Staite's Food Blog!
So, with all of that excitement, I leave you with something that is not very Science Fictiony.. but sill none the less Science!
My older brother and I used to do really stupid shit like this.. and unfortunately.. I was usually the one who suffered the fate of the camera man in this one.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
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!
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!
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