I’m usually not a fan of domesticating what would otherwise grow up to be a wild animal. That being said, my girl Kristin (whom, ironically enough, actually looks like a chipmunk today) linked me to this blog post where a hiker stumbled upon a newborn chipmunk. The hiker nursed the baby chipmunk back to health and has since built a 3-story cage for the animal to live in. The chipmunk is completely hand-tamed and, of course, as cute as a button.

You can read the amazing story here, complete with tons of pictures of the little guy (or is it a girl? I can’t tell). I’m unclear if the writer of the story is the owner of the blog, but I felt compelled to share such an adorable story with all of you. I bet you’ll find it as freakin’ adorable as I do!

[Picture borrowed from the original post on WebOfEntertainment.com]

You demanded it, and I’m happily providing.

Click here to view the music video taking the internet by storm, made by the talented (and obviously very bored) guys at Weebl.

Without further ado, I give you the lyrics:

Look at my horse; my horse is amazing.
Give it a lick.
“MMMmm! It tastes just like raisins!”
Have a stroke of it’s mane,
it turns into a plane,
and then it turns back again when you tug on it’s winky.
“Oooo that’s dirty!”
Do you think so?
Well I better not show you where the lemonade is made -
Sweet lemonade, mmmm sweet lemonade.
Sweet lemonade, yeah sweet lemonade.
Get on my horse I’ll take you ’round the universe -
and all the other places, too.
“I think you’ll find that the universe pretty much covers everything.”
Shut up woman, get on my horse.

Today is not a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Yesterday was awful. Last night was miserable. This morning was rough, and now I’m headed to work for the day. I have, however, found something that very successfully (albeit temporarily) relieves the pain of such a bad day.

A coworker turned me on to a certain song that, listened to for varying amounts of time, forces me to feel completely better while listening to it. Usually, it takes less than 10 seconds before I’m smiling and singing along. It’s just that awesome of a song.

With lyrics like

“Look at my horse, my horse is amazing.”

and

“I think you’ll find that the universe pretty much covers everything”,

you really can’t go wrong.

If you aren’t familiar with Shut Up Woman Get On My Horse, allow me to introduce you.

*Fair warning: This may be NSFW, depending on who you work for. There may be a 2-second clip of animated horse genitalia. If that offends you or would get you fired, please enjoy this video from home instead. This also *will* be stuck in your head. Don’t say you weren’t warned.

Without further ado, click here to watch the music video. And you’re welcome.

I’ve slowly but surely been writing my Vegas Vacation post (get ready, it’s going to be a long one) over the past couple of days, but haven’t yet found the time and motivation to go through and edit the 219 pictures on my digital camera. I’ve decided to include just a few of my favorite shots throughout the upcoming post, but I’m also making a photo gallery to display all of the photos with one easy click. When it’s ready, you’ll find a link at the top of my website, aptly labeled “Sin City”. There, you will be able to view all the the photos from our Vegas vacation.  Stay tuned.

Despite my best efforts to stay healthy, I awoke this morning to a pounding headache and an aching throat, both of which are still going strong. I feel like my head is underwater and I’m struggling to concentrate and stay motivated to finish my work day. I imagine this weekend will be a long one, full of bed rest and cold medicine. Sam seems to be feeling significantly better now that he’s on his fourth day of being sick; I suppose my immune system could only defend itself from his toxic germs for so long before giving in. Here’s hoping I don’t get as sick as he did, and for a swift recovery.

By the way, have you heard that Marge Simpson will be on the cover of next month’s issue of Playboy?! I can’t decide if that’s totally awesome or totally creepy. You be the judge.

Not only is this dude batshit crazy, this is by far the best waterslide video I have ever seen, hands down. Make sure you are seated in an upright, comfortable position nowhere near your beverage of choice before watching the very short clip below:

If I ever get married again, it will be my first actual wedding and it will most definitely include large amounts of dancing. I doubt, however, that it will top this amazing, hilarious, and moving (literally!) wedding entrance, put together by quite the talented wedding party:

Today is an extra awesome Tuesday. Why, you might ask? Well, because miss Kristin and I just got the green light to take a full day off work to attend Sock Summit! I can hardly contain myself - a FULL DAY to spend at a KNITTING CONVENTION, while still GETTING PAID as if we were at work!

“How do I love thee, PAID TIME OFF? Let me count the ways!”

Lately, I’ve spent the majority of my free time knitting on various projects I’ve got on the needles. The act of knitting truly grounds me as a being; I can feel a physical release of tension and stress with every worked stitch. I really don’t remember how I ever survived without such a remarkably therapeutic hobby.

Yesterday, HP stopped by the yarn shop with me to pick up two “Pounders” of Caron Simply Soft in Gryffindor colors. Oh yeah, I am knitting myself a Gryffindor house scarf. It’s going to be magnificent. It will be a replica of the First Year scarf, shown below on Harry Potter himself:

I have to admit, under normal circumstances I am extremely anti-acrylic. I have become quite the yarn snob, with Twisted having shown me just how LOVELY! and FABULOUS! and BEAUTIFUL! and BUTTER SOFT! yarn can be.

In my defense, Caron is known for becoming snuggly soft and cuddly after a cycle or two through the washer and dryer; and did I mention you can THROW IT IN THE WASHER AND DRYER?! Anyone who LOVES Malabrigo yarn as much as I do can appreciate just how AWESOME it is to be able to MACHINE WASH a hand knit item.

Other than the Hogwarts house scarf, I’ve been cruising along on my Juno Regina stole, and working feverishly on an SSK (Super Secret Knitting) lace project, to be announced next year as it will be a Christmas gift for a very dear loved one.

While we’re on the subject of Hogwarts and Harry Potter, I’ll leave you with my Funny of the Day:

Direct contact with infected carrier suspected.

This one goes out to wonderful miss MeanBean, who so generously surprised me with a Big Mac today simply because they are INCREDIBLY FUCKING GOOD. In celebration of the deliciousness that is the 540 calorie burger-of-all-that-is-holy, here’s a badass YouTube video I have listened to so many times that I know every word by heart.

I am 100% positive that every American household would own at least one Slap Chop if they had aired this commercial instead.