New cheetah design! + summer, speakers, and bookity-books

Yay!  My school-related workload has been reduced to the point that I can do stuff again!  Stuff like, say, design Cuddly Critters, play with my guinea pig, go to the zoo, and volunteer at the prairie.  It's awesome.

I'll have to read two novels over the summer, but One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has far fewer pages than last year's combination of Welcome to the Monkey House and Fast Food Nation.  Last summer, my school began a school-wide summer reading program that requires all students to read the same book.  The book of choice was A Long Way Gone, which is sad, uplifting, and purposeful, but frankly, most students (including myself) couldn't get into it.  This summer, we're all reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, which should be more interesting, considering that the author is Neil Gaiman.

And really, who doesn't like Neil Gaiman?

But aside from the reading, I should have a fair amount of time to be rather productive.  I plan to make a few plushies, reread the Dirk Gently books, watch The Joy of Painting on Mondays and Wednesdays and Wyland's show is on Mondays and Thursdays, and not go to summer school, among other things.

But the school year isn't over yet.  I still have to make a bottle rocket and mousetrap car before the break arrives.

On a very different note, Zazzle has some new products!  This video should give you a hint as to what it is:

If you haven't figured it out yet (hopefully, you have) they're Doodle speakers!
These speakers have been getting pretty good reviews.  At least, Zazzle sellers say they're pretty good.

Here are a few of my speakers:

All of the Cuddly Critter designs are also on speakers!

The speakers are available in my Zazzle store.

Happy summer!

Happy Towel Day!

Successful trip to the zoo

Last weekend, I went to the Brookfield Zoo for the first time this year and came back with nearly 600 photos.  Better yet, a fair number of those photos came out quite snazzy!  Here are a few:



It was terribly cold despite the warm-to-hot weather of both the week before and the week after, and the harsh wind and constant rain didn't help much at all.  However, having just taken four AP tests and having been kept away from zoos due to massive quantities of homework, nothing was going to stop me from seeing the African wild dog pups!  They were born in November of 2010 and I really wanted to see them while they were still puppies.

So I did!

The rather dismal weather actually became a plus; a lot of the animals were more active than usual, especially the big cats and wolves.  Even the sloth bear, who probably has yet to walk around her entire enclosure, was up and about.  It was an excellent day for zoo-going, paired with the excellent thought of AP classes being effectively over.

In celebration, let's have a video, shall we?



Cheers!