This was pre-Anna, and, mind you, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Veronica Mars follower. At one point, the sole source of my appreciation for Kristen Bell was this sloth video.
Bringing it back to this post, our Children's Zoo recently welcomed a baby orangutan, Asmara. There are two things I geek out about when I take the girls: 1) Feeding the giraffes, and 2) the orangutans in the rain forest exhibit. Spike calls them "arangadangs" which, let's face it, just adds another layer of awesome. I mean, they sit on branches with trashcan lids on their heads for crying out loud. They can kill you with a swift backhand, but they have such humanistic features and expressions.
When someone at work sounded the alarm for a last-minute photo shoot, I threw out the zoo as a suggestion, never imagining in a trillion years we would end up, as I imagined in my dreams, on a Friday morning, standing in an observation room in the rain forest with just 5 feet of space and a pane of glass between me, Asmara and her family. They were sloths, and I was Kristen Bell.
There are times when I can, and then there are times like this when I ... just ... can't even.
Plus, these dudes:
You're welcome. Now go hysterically cry and record yourself.
I heart your blog sister. I had NOT seen the Kristen Bell/Ellen clip - too darn funny. I imagine that I will feel that way when I encounter my first orca in the wild. Because Courtney, duh. It's a killer whale. :)
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