Your Source For Serious Animals

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Aw, score! It’s a David Attenborough marathon on reptiles and amphibians on Animal Planet!

 

God I love David Attenborough.  He’s got such a nice voice that’s reassuringly authoritative in its solemn Britishness. My sister has parties with her friends where they all sit around and take naps while he narrates The Life of Mammals.  And I tried to draw a comic one time where he got attacked by Steve Irwin and they had a clash of host styles, because Steve Irwin was awesome, too.  Hilarious, I tell you.

 

That’s right, Dave, you keep me company while I do my last readings for Serious Monday.  You and your army* of frogs. I can get more done when you slow time down.

 

 

*The actual word for a bunch of frogs.  I love animal groups.

Comments

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

It's the irresistible lure of David Attenborough! He draws us to his calm-voiced documentaries with the fantastic footage!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Hence my sisters Let's All Take A Nap While He Narrates Parties. ;)

Yo.

[lycheetwist.livejournal.com]

http://www.cyberthing.net/video-play.php?id=71 Best use of the Wilhelm scream ever.

I read your story submission. I really liked it! The switch of perspectives wasn't to convoluted, as it is with some authors (looking at you, Coetzee). I really want to read more of it if that's okay. I want to see how it pans out between the hive and the visitors.

Re: Yo.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Aww, I love "Lifted"! The sniffly bit at the end makes me want to cry every time. And yes, it's one helluva Wilhelm.

Hmm ... I'll have to see about that. It's supposed to be the end of that story, though The Hive shows up in my Doctors stories. (I'm working on one with it right now.)

You're definitely on my story filter, so you can read the early drafts of those, too (although they've changed a bit since then). Here's the third story, which has links to the first two--although the one I'm currently writing is intended to go right after the Pilot, which will change the whole setup a bit.

Also, this male frog just totally sprouted a baby frog through his skin! AWESOME! And the little sucker's CUTE!

Re: Yo.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

... Ahaha and now they're on to the big fat Jabbafrogs riding piggyback. Whee!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

It's days like this I wish I owned a TV.

I wouldn't have recognized David Attenborough's name from seeing it, but I did watch Animal Planet back in the nature documentary marathons of my high school evenings and I remember having loved the voice of the guy who was narrating it. There was just something about it.