so i went to the bronx zoo on wednesday with dave, austin, jon, and judy. wednesday is suggested donation day.

_NEVER_ go on suggested donation day. even though the suggested donation is only $5, and you could donate nothing if you were a cheap bastard, it's worth the $11 admission fee to go on a day not PACKED with sweaty, loud children underfoot wherever you go. anything with a line was ridiculous, as were all the indoor exhibits. it was impossible to stay in one for long without collapsing from the heat, with so many people inside.

nevertheless, i had a lot of fun. this was helped not in the least by the presence of anden's/tom's friend Lena, a Parisian girl of Chinese ethnicity. being both hotlittleasian and having a thick french accent hurts not at all when one is a girl. and as i so callously pointed out, her difficulty with English makes it even easier to view her as an object. a sex object. for sex. you know.

highlights:
one monkey humping another 3 separate times at jungle world.
the cute monkeys in the monkey house.
the baboon whacking it.
the sea lions.

lowlights:
not going on the monorail because the line was too long.
trying to find our parking lot and ending up back at the restaurant/ zoo store area _three_ times.
the penguins and polar bears looked kind of sad, to be honest.
leaving the red panda exhibit seconds before he crawled out from under the trees.

i bought a red panda stuffed animal from the zoo store. so cute. austin and i also bought a snuggle buddies polar bear for london, in part because she couldn't come to the zoo and in part to thank her for the jets preseason game she took us to. i haven't named my feller yet, Kleiner is a likely candidate since a red panda is a "kleiner panda" in german. london, i still think Polo would be the best name for your bear.

my nieces discovered my red panda in the car on the way to friendly's this morning for breakfast. they seem to enjoy swinging him around, hugging him, and exclaiming "Kitty!" in a high voice. amusingly enough, a red panda is a member of the cat family. i halfheartedly offered to give him to the girls, but thankfully ed declined. heh, reminds me of Hugsy from friends.

i have nothing to do at home - besides post.