09 January 2007
Gorgeous Creatures
29 December 2006
" It's good-f*n-music, mom! "
Saturday, December 30, 2006
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm US Eastern
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Matt Darey's ( www.mattdarey.com ) show, Nocturnal, has become a weekly event. Matt will be showcasing the best new tracks along with a guest each week! The action begins on the Trance channel at 3PM US Eastern / 8PM UK / 21:00 Central European Time
Listen Now!Matt Darey is one of the pioneers of todays dance scene being a major influence on todays world class DJ’s like Oakenfold, Tiesto, Armin and Paul Van Dyk. Throughout his 15 year career of producing & writing house, trance, breaks and progressive and much more he has sold well over a million albums and had numerous top 10 & top 20 chart hits. Matt's latest works continue to provide an outstanding consistency in all genres of dance music.
Labels: matt darey, music, techno, trance
29 November 2006
Too Cute!!
The dog is a playmate for the tiger cub.
Mummy, let's play!
31 October 2006
In the early 1970's, a chimpanzee named Washoe was taught to communicate in American Sign Language (ASL) by Beatrix and Allen Gardner at the University of Nevada in Reno.
She was immersed in an environment where she learned to use ASL in daily interactions with her human companions. Washoe learned 132 different words in her time with the Gardners. In time since, four other chimps have also been taught to sign. These five chimps, who consider themselves a family, now use many more signs than they were ever expected to learn (Washoe herself can use up to 240 reliable signs), and sign not only to the humans, but also to each other to communicate.
Washoe even taught her own adopted son, Loulis, to sign without human intervention.
They can invent new signs and combine signs to metaphorically express something different, for example: calling a radish "cry hurt food" or referring to a watermelon as a "drink fruit". They can comprehend and produce novel prepositional phrases, understand vocal English, translate words into ASL and even transmit their signing skills to the next generation without human intervention!
Scientists estimate that there are between 80,000 and 130,000 chimpanzees left in the entire world. These populations have been reduced and fragmented by human interference in their habitats. Conservation efforts that prohibit the hunting and sale of chimpanzees provide some protection; however, these bans are difficult to enforce.
04 September 2006
Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin
Steve was a 44-year-old internationally acclaimed television personality and wildlife expert.
"He had a very, very intuitive sense about animals and animal behaviour and that allowed him to do the things that many of us can't do."
24 August 2006
Sri Racha Tiger Zoo
Chonburi, Thailand
This is me with a little tiger cub. She was too cute! I was already missing my cat at home but this interaction made it worse.
The cub nipped my thigh and was eyeing my arm like it was a lamb chop!
Me holding a young chimpanzee. This little guy was sooo cute and curious. Little bugger tried to bite me when I took my fan away from him... I guess he liked when I fanned him. His hands are just like ours. I couldn't get enough of the animal interaction in Thailand! I'm trying to remember the name of this garden/zoo.
We stayed in the nearby resort town, Pattaya. For this day trip, we rented a beautiful Harley Davidson motorcycle, boyfriend in front and me snuggled behind him. For other days when we were not driving on the highway or long distances, we each rented much smaller motorcycles. At $4.50cdn to rent per day, we couldn't resist them. I loved riding them! I want one here at home!
11 August 2006
Jewellery I made. I formed and made the tera cotta coloured flowers and beads from Sculpey material.I made the earings from glass beads I bought at the bead shop.
" Original Sculpey: This is the original polymer ovenbake clay, available in both White and Terra Cotta formulations. Original Sculpey works and feels like ceramic clay but will not dry out when exposed to air. Shape into desired form and bake at 275F for about 15 minutes per 1/4" of thickness. Once cooled, your project can be sanded, drilled, carved, painted with water-based acrylics or glazed. This formulation is ideal for sculpture. "
This is one of my creations. I made it as an Xmas tree ornament but it ended up in my boyfriend's taxi-cab, dangling off his metre. He told me, he had many inqueries from his customers about its origin. "My girlfriend made it." In disbelief, they questioned him about each individual part, "but how could she make the shoes?, they look factory made. How could she make that head? She must have just put the pieces together."
I made the shoes, head n ears, buttons and pom-pom out of FIMO material. I use my fingers (covered with finger cots, to prevent prints) to shape the FIMO into the generally desired shape, then use old dental tools to create the finely detailed features. Then I place the objects on a piece of tempered glass and put it into the oven for a bit. Ta Da! Don't touch the pieces right out of the oven, but u know that, teehee. Afterward, you can use paint, nailpolish, make-up, sprays, etc. to add/change the colour/shine.
24 July 2006
Conan Xmas Ornament I Made, haha
While making this ornament, I noticed how it was starting to look like Conan O'Brien from the Late Night show on NBC lol! I eventually painted a face on it and was going to photograph it with him interacting with a bear, so I could submit it to the 'Conan VS. Bear' website . I have yet to do it. Check out the site though. Sketches, cartoons, etc., of Conan againts/in combat with Bear. http://www.conanvsbear.com
Dane Cook - Comedian
http://www.danecook.com
Also, check-out Dane on YouTube... http://www.youtube.com
"...sand missiles in my eye... Dune is in my chocolaty drink..."
"...dad forgot to remove the rocks from the lawn before he laid down the slip n slide..."
Also, check-out Dane on YouTube... http://www.youtube.com
"...sand missiles in my eye... Dune is in my chocolaty drink..."
"...dad forgot to remove the rocks from the lawn before he laid down the slip n slide..."
