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So I spent yesterday at Busch Gardens. My favorites rides were Alpengeist -- it was my first time riding an inverted coast, and I loved it more than I can possibly describe -- and Apollo's Chariot, which was just an insanely fast coaster with about nine awesome drops. I'm sad we got there around 2 because of sucky Washington traffic so I could only ride each of these once.
I also got to chill with wolves Durango and Tala for a while and watch some wolf antics during the show. I enjoyed the show because it was clear that while the wolves had been trained, they were very much their own selves and only did the tricks because they wanted to and not because it was required of them. My favorite was the wolf who did her tricks (mostly jumping up high in the air after a ball or scaling some short logs or just posing on a log) while her trainer waited outside the fence. She was a happy tail-wagging wolf. I forgot to put a memory card in my camera so I sort of failed when it came to pictures. I really wanted one of the artic wolf whelp.
Later I tried to feed some lorikeets because I wanted them to climb on me. They did. About three of them. They also had a tendency to bite so I spent a good 15 minutes in utter fear that they were going to tear off my ears while they licked and gently nipped at them. Another bird hopped on my head while this was going on. Go animal-lover Nayami.
My only souvenir of the trip was a badass looking werewolf with fangs and red glowing eyes that was supposed to symbolize the creatures from the Curse of Dark Kastle ride. I ended up paying $33 for him because he was of such good quality before realizing that he was a howling wolf and someone had pressed his howling button so long that he was now defective. His name is Zero. XD He also has a very fluffy tail. I might post pictures should I remember. He is one wicked-looking plushie. Plus, proceeds from his purchase went to the Busch Gardens wildlife conservation programs.
ETA: I forgot my requisite Geass statement of the day. If you're going to be too damn ignorant to pay attention to the *entirety* of the show and its subtleties, don't waste anyone's time arguing why one character is evil and whatnot. If you want to prove your point, you better come with the canon references to back it up.
For reference.
This has been your "Lelouch is not evil DAMMIT" moment of the day.
I also got to chill with wolves Durango and Tala for a while and watch some wolf antics during the show. I enjoyed the show because it was clear that while the wolves had been trained, they were very much their own selves and only did the tricks because they wanted to and not because it was required of them. My favorite was the wolf who did her tricks (mostly jumping up high in the air after a ball or scaling some short logs or just posing on a log) while her trainer waited outside the fence. She was a happy tail-wagging wolf. I forgot to put a memory card in my camera so I sort of failed when it came to pictures. I really wanted one of the artic wolf whelp.
Later I tried to feed some lorikeets because I wanted them to climb on me. They did. About three of them. They also had a tendency to bite so I spent a good 15 minutes in utter fear that they were going to tear off my ears while they licked and gently nipped at them. Another bird hopped on my head while this was going on. Go animal-lover Nayami.
My only souvenir of the trip was a badass looking werewolf with fangs and red glowing eyes that was supposed to symbolize the creatures from the Curse of Dark Kastle ride. I ended up paying $33 for him because he was of such good quality before realizing that he was a howling wolf and someone had pressed his howling button so long that he was now defective. His name is Zero. XD He also has a very fluffy tail. I might post pictures should I remember. He is one wicked-looking plushie. Plus, proceeds from his purchase went to the Busch Gardens wildlife conservation programs.
ETA: I forgot my requisite Geass statement of the day. If you're going to be too damn ignorant to pay attention to the *entirety* of the show and its subtleties, don't waste anyone's time arguing why one character is evil and whatnot. If you want to prove your point, you better come with the canon references to back it up.
For reference.
This has been your "Lelouch is not evil DAMMIT" moment of the day.