Taxidermy: In which we discuss the flaying of the fish

Why, hello there, my tsantsa loving, guitar refinishing, spider web framing honey bunches of oats! (You know you are. My blog's stats can't lie.)

Today, we'll skin & gut a sea-dwelling critter! Yay!

You see, my uncle brought me a beautiful, HUGE red trout specimen, fresh from the waters of Chibougamau, located in the barren, frozen lands of eastern Canada. And my uncle, being a fun, quirky guy like me (ain't I great?), gave it to me. Not so I can stuff my face with it, but more so I can stuff the fish itself.

I'll try to give you step-by-step instructions concerning how I did it., after the jump.

In which we discuss "the room with the circulatory like they are glowing in the bodies exhibit"

So, today I was taking a look at my analytics page, and fell upon this gem in the list of adwords from which one can end up on my blog.

"why does it look like in the room with the circulatory like they are glowing in the bodies exhibit"

Because I'm, like, helpful, like I'll answer this question.

There is a light under the specimens.
The room being dark, and the liquid (or air) in which the specimens are floating being devoid of color or impurities, only the specimens end up glowing.

there you go.

The joys of ebay

Inspired by the XKCD comic above, I decided to do a bit of good ol' shopping on eBay. I gave myself a budget of $50.00 (although I ended up spending the astronomical sum of $52.89, shipping included), and ended up with plenty of interesting stuff.

Here's what I bought myself with these 52 bucks:

- a pair of Florsheim Imperial brogues (my size! yay!)
- a 20'' leather cat o' nine tails (don't ask...)
- a silk tie with matching pocket square and cufflinks
- a sterling silver ring with an ornate fleur de lis on top of it
- a red, vintage looking t-shirt for the 2010 vancouver winter games
- a mistery gift (can't wait to find out what it is!)
- silver & rhodium triangle cufflinks
- black and stainless steel cufflinks sporting a sphinx's face
- a pair of 00g plugs made out of 3 different kind of exotic woods
- a sleek stainless steel ring with a cross design
- a lot of 20 sterile, individually wrapped piercing needles going from 18g to 12g

not too bad, right?

Secret santa can suck it

For the "virtual gift swap" organised by Cobwebs, I was assigned Tala, from Cryptstitch.

My gift to her is the beautiful work of taxidermy pictured above, by one of my favorite artists, Sarina Brewer. This work of art is unique, beautiful, and reminescent of years past. Perfect in my opinion for such an interesting blogger, who shows interest in a wide variety of topics.

The Goat

Here's the music video of The Goat, by Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows


If you never heard of them, I strongly advise you to take a look. The gloomy nature of their music is not for everyone, however, but those of you who can find beauty in darkness, the words and voice of Anna-Varney Cantodea, which uses her art as a form of catharsis for her depression, and the beautiful, neo-classical music of the ensemble of shadows are a thing to behold.

Touché

Being a pipe smoker myself, I understand perfectly both of these fellows. Oh, the mirth!


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The Passenger

Johnny Cat from Neatorama posted this amazing animated short today.

I love it!

This work by Chris Jones must have taken so much time and talent. Beautiful, funny, and deeply enjoyable.