We’ve always thought that our ducks are just adorable. Unlike chickens, they have beautiful eyes, expressive faces and are just cute & cuddly. Chickens, on the other hand, have hard, soulless eyes & unexpressive faces. When Quint was talking about ‘black, lifeless eyes’ in Jaws, he might as well have been talking about chickens.
We found proof that ducks are cuter than chickens in our library in the form of a histrionic book on avian flu titled The Monster at Our Door. What’s on the cover? (below left) A chicken. An evil-looking, bad-ass, switchblade-wielding willkillyouinyoursleepandeatyourchildren chicken. Look at those eyes. And that beak that will poke your eyes out at the slightest provocation. That is the face of avian flu, or unspeakable TERROR.
Now to the right is the cover with our adorable ducks replacing the killer chicken. They’re just too damn cute to be threatening. Their faces are soft & expressive, and the worst those beaks could do is scoop some goo out of the corner of your eyes. There is no way in hell that you could sell fear & terror with the face of a duck.
There you have it - proof positive that ducks are cuter than chickens.
This is one of the coolest animation I’ve ever, ever seen. Ever. (really) Of course, that’s colored by me not knowing that anyone made animation out of doors. Sometimes I think people spend too much time searching for meaning in things. I’ve been guilty of that and have tried my best to let go and enjoy things for what they are. Skip the how and why and just enjoy the moment. I’ve always been interested in learning animation (I see stop-motion Lego films in my future), but this totally blew me away. The creativity is a wonder to behold and experience.
I really think trying to be more in the moment with my kids has been paying off. I actually got spooked by some 3D action in Journey to the Center of the Earth. I felt tangible fear while watching The Dark Knight (Heath Ledger was brilliant). And now I practically clapped with joy & surprise at this video. Enjoy
Today Tica Macha mentioned making up a song to remember how to pronounce guanabana, a fruit that makes the most refreshing juice ever. I’d like to know how Tica Macha’s song goes because we used a song to help us remember too, except we didn’t come up with it ourselves. Guanabana is pronounced is just like the old Muppet song Mahna Mahna. Frankly, I can’t even think of the fruit anymore without singing the Muppet song. Or going to Doo te do doo after hearing or reading the word Guanabana.
We’ve always thought that our ducks are just adorable. Unlike chickens, they have beautiful eyes, expressive faces and are just cute & cuddly. Chickens, on the other hand, have hard, soulless eyes & unexpressive faces. When Quint was talking about ‘black, lifeless eyes’ in Jaws, he might as well have been talking about chickens.
Now to the right is the cover with our adorable ducks replacing the killer chicken. They’re just too damn cute to be threatening. Their faces are soft & expressive, and the worst those beaks could do is scoop some goo out of the corner of your eyes. There is no way in hell that you could sell fear & terror with the face of a duck. 
