San Diego Zoo 2012

I'm conflicted about zoos. I know that the best thing for most of the animals is not to be confined to an exhibit. On the other hand, seeing animals in-person raises awareness and helps educate. Going to the zoo when I was young made me want to be a veterinarian. Of course, I didn't become a veterinarian, but that was mostly due to the fact that I am horrifically allergic to dogs and cats.

The point is, I've always loved going to the zoo. I still love it, but there's a twinge of guilt mixed in as well.

Nevertheless, we went to the San Diego Zoo last weekend and had a great time. The zoo is enormous and beautifully designed. The best zoo in the country, perhaps the world. It was hot outside, so the monkeys weren't inclined to swing as much, but the tigers were playing, and the giant male polar bear was swimming.

Here are some photos Hubs took during our visit:


This tortoise was attracted to a red iPad from halfway across his enclosure.

A sleeping jaguar looks remarkably like a pit bull.

October Update

I love nutmeg, so maybe this bodes well for me.

So I set a goal for the month of September to finish a first draft of a feature screenplay. And I basically did it, minus a few (albeit, major) scenes. I ran out of steam for those last few scenes and have taken the last two weeks to write the final fifteen pages. Today I finished.

This week, I need to reread the script and address some minor notes that I've been making during the writing of the first draft, mostly continuity/clarity stuff. I think the draft is good. I hope it's good. I'm almost ready for people to read it, so I'm in that nervous-excited phase. It's the phase right before the oh-god-I'm-overwhelmed rewriting/second draft phase. Can't wait!