If she keeps this up much longer I’m going to have to take drastic measures.

The plus is that she has promised to devote more time to Muah on her break than her silly camera and I have some brilliant ideas that have been hard to hold back.

Here it is a rainy, icy, slushie mix.  See even the sky is sad that my blog has been so quiet.  Really, next semester I’m going to have to lay the law down with my humanoid.  No homework until my blog is done.

That sounds fair doesn’t it!?

Hope you are all staying sane, one crazy human is enough to deal with at a time Thank You very much.

For maximum immersion play this song while reading.

“Think of it as this posts theme song.”

So out of five types of seeds my human was told to replant, she did three.

“Two out of three ain’t bad.”

Slave, you are no Meatloaf. When it a comes a time fer harvestin, don’t come lookin ter me ta feed yer.

“Eliza, what have you been watching? Or is that some sort of allergic reaction to all the rice you’ve been eating?”

A bunchc’r Westerns.

“Stop yer you’re making me regret cable… again.”

But, but, what about Primeval or The Torchwood Miniseries or Dr. Who?

“Those are all from BBC, they probably have them online.”

Fine, what about Psych, Royal Pains, Leverage, My Manny…

“My Manny! Never heard of it. Is it a reality show following Manny Ramirez? You know what, it doesn’t matter. Here I am lying on my blanket beneath an apple (or is it a pear?) tree, listening to the wind and the birds and the tires screeching. It’s beautiful. I’m not going to waste a sweaty, bug-crawling, dirt-relishing moment debating TV with you.”

Fine.

“Fine.”

Moving right along.  Enjoy some pictures from the yard. My human quickly got bored finished planting and then walked around aimlessly with a scarf a la turban on her head.

“Have you ever had a sunburn on your scalp? Didn’t think so.”

You never know what you’ll find. Things that look ordinary from another perspective can become quite extraordinary.

“From the beautiful to the bizarre.”

Wait, isn’t that a TV show?

“TV, eL, TV! Stop with the TV already.”

Wow, we just survived a bird brawl (I think it was my human’s shrill voice that set them off). Good thing you wore your turban, HT.

“Oh, don’t forget the pictures of the drowned ant.”

EVIL! Oh yeah, well The Unusuals is cancelled and I didn’t sign the petition. Pay back baby.

“One word.”

NO! Not the shoebox-

Did you try the Try It! Challenge? Don’t have a yard? Sneak in your neighbors, or go to a public place and take five random pictures (or more) of everyday things. Try it! Leave your musings below.

“Eliza!  There are so many things wrong with this post.”

Besides the fact that you have no Sir Fartalot?
no…No…NO!  Not the shoebox!

“Let’s start over.”

“There once was an opinionated ant.
A shoe came down and she went splat.”

“THE END”

eL pic by chris eliopoulos

Finally, my Humanoid has uploaded some beautiful pieces of artwork. As in me, of course.

Many months ago, HT got her timing right (this is very rare) and started following Chris Eliopoulos (Cartoonist i.e. Misery Loves Sherman) on Twitter in time to get a drawing done.  Since she was able to get anything drawn, naturally she chose me.

“Not that I had a choice, I really wanted to ask if he could draw a reflexology treatment.”

Boring and stop squinting.

“I can’t help it, it’s from all the ocular eye shots I’ve been taking lately. Anyone have any eye shots they’d like to share so my poor beady eyes can take a break?”

What happened to your last victim? I mean volunteer?

“They went blind.”

Ouch, I hope you have liability insurance. Back to my beautiful pictures, here is a sample of some from very gifted artists.

 anonymous (until we find out what he wants to be known as.  eL drawings today the Louvre tomorrow)

“I especially like these…
It captures one of my favorite fantasies.”

EVIL!! Now I’m going to tell you the Primeval spoiler…

“More eL pictures coming as we type. Have you seen her about? Let us know or drop your clean link in the comments below.”

How come you always get to say the legal mumbo jumbo?

“Now who’s sulking?”

Eliza stars in her first movie.  It’s an one minute movie with a mystery at the end.  Watch it, then finish the story below.  It is voiceless (apart from the chirping birds), a bit noisy and captioned.

Let us know what you think, enjoy.

Looking for more One Minute Movies?  Here are a few eL enjoys.

• ‘GYFF One Minute Movie’ BOOM!!!  
• a suspicious character… 
• One Minute Short Film – Destiny (Israel, 2005)
  

Once there was an ant who grew up in a dump.
She never heard the phrase ‘I can’t’ and gladly took her lumps.
This ant’s name was Eliza Leigh and she was the prettiest insect you ever did see.

“Oh please, I feel nauseous.”
You think you can do better?

Today I went to the store, oh what a find.
On the shelf, killers of what I abhor, a joy to me.
I bought an armful or more, oh what a find.
Now slowly you’re writhing on the floor, a joy to see.
Soon you’ll die, a joy to me.

Now I feel nauseous . Can I go to the shoebox? Please!