Aquarium Memories

the world's largest aquarium // ATL.GA from stillmotion on Vimeo.

During the summer of 2008 I lived in Atlanta and worked as an intern in the Exhibits department at the Georgia Aquarium. It was a very surreal experience with all of the behind the scenes access - getting to walk through the life system rooms, view the tops of the massive tanks and share a hallway with their first manta ray while she was acclimating after her move.

The weedy sea dragons were my favorite hands down, but the touch tank was pretty awesome too. This video really brings back all the memories of the gorgeous tanks and exhibits. Maybe someday I'll go back for a visit.

a fish with a view

Well I am officially back from California! In one piece & with lots of laundry to do... I promise I will do a full blown recap post next week - but in the meantime have a gander at one of the coolest items I saw on my trip - the fishscape fishbowl. Seriously, if I didn't have cats this would already be in my apartment.

pillow pillow pillow

love love love Pillow Pillow Pillow by Aaron Stewart

mouse house

Harve and Polly keep the apartment mouse free - but i do like that with our super high baseboards i could put up one of these mouse house decals, just for the irony. (I love the one with the window and flowerpot!)

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if animals could talk

siamese tortoise

Little creatures hold a special place in my heart. These Siamese twin tortoises are no exception. And since I know you are wondering - yes, they have a hard time agreeing on which direction to walk!

nerd alert : Alice for DS

Alice has fallen down the rabbit hole again! but this time, its into a highly stylized illustrated environment. Meet characters, each with a special ability. The rabbit controls time, the caterpillar stretches across gaps, and the cat claws his way clear of confusion as they steer Alice down the right path.

 01/ Alice In Wonderland for DS $11.64  //  02/ Alice $7.80  //  03/ Cheshire Cat $9.48  //  04/ Mailbox $17.97  //  05/ White Rabbit $8.03  //  06/ black hair ribbon $3.75  //  07/ White Gloves $3.08  //  08/ Bicycle Clear Playing Cards$6.48  //  09/Nintendo DSi XL $169.99  //  10/ Mad Hatter$9.50

Thats right - you don't control Alice, in this game your objective is to protect her using the whole Wonderland gang.

The illustrated style of this game is great - I was additionally thankful for my Nintendo DSi xl - the extra large screen made it easy to see the graphics in all of their intended glory.

The red queens army is not to be taken lightly as they try to steal Alice away from the band of Wonderland characters. As the game progresses, your crew gains not one, but 2 abilities (ex. the cat can not only claw, but now also makes things appear and disappear) creating new puzzles in each environment.

Switch between characters at will throughout the game while protecting Alice, finding keys, tracking down treasure chests, and putting together pieces of the jigsaw puzzle as you search for the Red Queen and Jabberwocky

This wasn't just a great movie adaptation - it was a great game! Personally loved the little quips of humor and the games method of layering abilities and characters over the course of the story.

5/6 polly toes - not going to beat around the bush - LOVED this little game. In fact, I couldn't put it down... its as if little Alice belonged in her digital wonderland all along.

Simon's Cat

here at the h&p household, we looove Simon's Cat cartoons...



The latest one struck a personal note... we hope it will shed some light on all of our unintentional typos lol. check out more great videos (we recommend this one) at simonscat.com

a little bird told me...

something very important! like "hey your kitchen is on fire" or "you are kinda overdoing it on the toast"... LOVE these designer fire alarms... via the DesignerPad

bunny love

freaking awesome.

 

from Dragon House of Yuen

grizzly bear bean bag

I wouldn't mind a good snuggle with this gorgeous guy

we are animals

Eric Isselee

// all photos from here

these little guys were born models don't you think? Eric Isselee took these pictures of newly hatched birds next to their own shells. so awesome.

doggleganger

heard of doggleganger yet? its kinda cool - and kind of hilarious - basically it matches you to a dog that looks like you.

I might be biased in favor of thise site because it matched me with a cutie named elliot - we are both blondes, it may be truelove..

yes, I know I'm a little weird. Just an FYI - the webcam photos weren't working for me so I needed to upload an image for the software to work.

happy weekend!