"There's a lot to get done between today and this week."

[larryhammer]

Did you know that baby tortoises look like mushrooms in the grass? I didn't either.

Jupiter, rotating. (via)

Absent that full post about YouTube videos of Yosakoi dance troops that I've been meaning to write up, here's a sample.

---L.

Comments

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

Oh my god...those baby tortoises are the cutest thing I've ever seen.

[larryhammer]

:-)

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

That Yosakoi is seriously cool! (THough I found myself distracted by the person in black wandering about in the middle of the clip, and the middle of the dancers.)

[larryhammer]

That's why I keep meaning to post about them. Wonderful blend of traditional and modern, that stuff.

---L.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Here's a very well-made animated video with a baby tortoise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVAZh8UGbxo) theme. It puts life into sand and makes me care about it.

I should add that it makes me sad.

tortoise, sea turtle, same diff . . .

[larryhammer]

Er, yes, that's a disturbing ending.

---L.

Re: tortoise, sea turtle, same diff . . .

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

It may or may not be. I watched it again last night, and it occurs to me that maybe the kid with the bucket helped it into the water.

Or maybe all life is futile.

Overall, it still makes me sad. It's beautiful, though. The animators really looked at their subject. Unflinchingly, you could say.

Re: tortoise, sea turtle, same diff . . .

[larryhammer]

Quite beautiful. Still disturbing.

---L.