Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Confession time: My Favorite Deadly Sin

So when my kid was around four or five, one of our favorite games was "Zoo." Each of us would pretend to be a different animal, providing appropriate actions and habits and sound effects. As I recall, plastic food was often involved. Or maybe I'm thinking of a different game.

Anyway, my kid often chose to be either a wolf or an owl, since those were her two favorite animals. I started out being an otter, because I love otters. But being an otter was a lot of work because, you know, they're pretty much always moving. Swim, play, swim, play. And I was pretty much always tired.

So somewhere along the line I took the low road. It's a road I'm not very proud of taking.

I became the sloth.

Because, you see, pretending to be a sloth (complete with appropriate actions and habits and sound effects) meant, well, it meant lying on the couch. On my back, doing nothing except maybe curling my fingers like sloth toes. And I think plastic food may have been involved. Or maybe that was a different game.

So that's my favorite deadly sin: sloth. And should you doubt the absolute coolfulness of the sloth, then I dare you to watch this, forwarded to me today by my fabulous, talented, and incredibly forgiving daughter.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the sloth:


Meet the sloths from Lucy Cooke on Vimeo.

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:15 PM

    Oh my god, I live it! I never thought I'd see the animal equivalent of myself. This pretty much sums it up. Eat, sleep, play (work,) eat, sleep....

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  2. Anonymous10:17 PM

    'love' it.

    ::sigh::

    No idea why iPhone won't let me write love.

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  3. I find myself sitting here with a grin on my face. Delightful.

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  4. I just KNEW there had to be something we have in common! Then again, I prefer the more politically correct and glamorous version... languorous. *smirk*

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  5. Laughing. Out loud. That's always been one of my favorite stories. Thanks for sharing it here.

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