^^^If you get the chance, see them in their natural enviroment. Seeing them surface and dive is unbelievable. Not better than sex, but pretty damn close.

Manatees win.

^^^They are seriously cute, jenn. (How's tricks with you?)

Tricks be tricky. Feeling better than I have in weeks, if not months.

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Great stuff Jenn.

I met up with Porky on Monday, and were talking about how genius your "Thurston Moore" poems were. Seriously, they were hilarious cos they were so well written. The "Starbucks" one was pure gold.

It's a hell of a lot more fun than trying to write parody Lee Ranaldo poems,
'cause well, Lee can actually kinda write and stuff.

Tis true.

Back to the manatees - have you seen those in the flesh? Me haven't, unfortuately.

Yes, 2 years ago at the Georgia Aquarium. When it comes to animals that
are so damn ugly they're actually adorable, manatees are the tops. My only
regret...we didn't take any pics.

Sometimes, memories are better than pics.

On the same South Africa trip, we saw a small school of dolphins racing parallel to our boat. Oh my god, that was amazing.

mmmm...whale soup with croutons...

sorry, im joking...im not really japanese!

Are you "Turning Japanese"?

This on goes out to you, my friend ;):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpCcelpvkps

WhAT'S Up mArK iBolD?

Hey Derek, how's tricks up in your 'burb?

if you are ever in florida, check out st. john's river. tons of manatees. it's a nice place to picnic.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076504/

Turning into a whale might be awesome, but being a horribly pixelated bitmap whale would certainly suck.

I don't see the benefits of being a whale.

Few other creatures have such a wide variety of other lifeforms that can dwell within its body. You'd never be lonely.

gasp.. truncated? how are you?