Christmas Saxophone

Since like forever, I have been begging my mom for a saxophone. I used to play bassoon but I'd have to sell my entire family's kidneys in order to buy one of my own, so saxophone was the next best thing.

Needless to say, I am extraordinarily excited! I love my saxophone and have even learned a couple songs.

I think I'm pretty up to par with Kenny G. Leia seems to think so as well.

The most promising thing this video has shown me is that I have the saxophone-playing double-chin in the bag. That's the first step towards becoming the David Gilmour of saxophone.

This girl knows what I'm talking about

She has since decided to write her own book series to help other bunny/saxophone enthusiasts reach their maximum potential.

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Even though was shot with a potato and it was edited on Windows 95 Moviemaker, I am extremely proud of it and of my saxophone.

I pinky-promise that I will get better and if I ever decide to put up another video, the music will not sound like a bunch of gobbledygook. 

The songs played in this video were

1. Mary Had a Little Lamb

2. Jolly Old St. Nicholas

3. Old McDonald (or as I repeatedly called it, Farmer Song)

Parry Gripp is my soulmate

About a year ago while browsing YouTube, I came across Parry Gripp's channel. He has a multitude of videos about bunnies as well as other animals and other funny stuff.

I googled him and found out he is actually a singer/songwriter who writes children's songs and those funny songs you hear in Hallmark cards. But I don't care his job or his personality or... anything, really. All I care about is that he writes beautiful, beautiful songs.

I am not ashamed to say that I sing this very often. It's so catchy!

My mental relationship with P.G only strengthened when I heard his catchy Bun Bun Bunny Bun song. This one can get a little annoying (according to my sister. What does she know?) but it is so cute.

These are not the only bunny songs on his channel.

It would be impossible for him to write and record bunny songs if he did not have some sort of affinity for bunnies, right?

Hehe in reality, he is probably an 80 year old grandfatherly person.

No matter what, I will always think he makes great music.

This is one deep song...

I'm a sloth

I do this thing in my head, where I decide what animal a person would be if we were not humans.

Mostly, I keep these opinions to myself but I feel it is important to recognize the fact that I am about the slothiest person I have ever met.

If reincarnation is a thing when we die, I'm 150% positive that I will become a sloth.

Reasons why I'm a sloth (according to National Geographic):

1. They are the slowest animals on earth

     - I was always the slowest in my P.E classes

2. They move very slow to avoid predators

     - I avoid people

3. They are clumsy on land but are good swimmers

     - I like swimming

4. They live in the tropical forests of South America

     - My mom is Colombian

5. They have facial coloring that makes them look like they are always smiling

     - I smile at everything

In my sloth word, these are my favorite sloth movies.

This is the absolute best. With or without sloths

King Sloth?

R.I.P Paul Slother

This happens to me regardless. But it would be a lot funnier if I were a sloth.

Because sloths are funnier than people.

 In my sloth world, the head of our sloth church is Pope Slothifer.

I would have a bunny boyfriend because even as a sloth, I love bunnies.

"We are so cute!"

 Sloths stand for the most beautiful things.

I'm proud to say I feel very in touch with my inner sloth.

I believe everyone should find personality animal.
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I know it sounds weird but once you research an animal and you're like "That's me!" its the coolest thing ever. I suggest everyone tries it.

No matter how silly it might seem.

Live Slow, Die Whenever.

Leia

I introduce to you, dear reader: Leia in her natural habitat.

The creature sometimes enjoys pretending she is a pillow. This sometimes confuses her humans because she is soft and fluffy, much like a pillow or stuffed animal.

Leia enjoys outings to the park with her humans. In the picture above, we see Leia strapped into her Sweater of Protection (which includes the String of Attachment) for safety.

In the pictures above, Leia frolics in the grass, unaware and uncaring to the dangers that lurk just 30 feet away from her.

We were not able to capture it, but a fierce chihuahua was stalking our brave little Leia all afternoon.

Being the rebellious spirit that she is, Leia feels like she can run away from her humans and scare the bejeebers out of them when she hides behind trees.

When this happens, Humans wrap her in the Blanket of Shame until she is calm enough to be let out.
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One of the cutest things Leia does when she is happy is Binky. Binkies are a bunny's way of saying "Oh my goodness, I have never been more happy about anything in my life!"

*THIS IS NOT LEIA*

Leia has never been captured in the act of binkying but she does it quite often.
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 To conclude, it is important we look inside the mind of this marvelous creature.

The picture below depicts how Leia feels about everyone and herself.

Her grandiose sense of worth has led her to believe that her humans are her own personal slaves, and must make her yummy salads whenever she wishes.

No matter how full of herself Leia might be sometimes and no matter how badly she might misbehave, she can always be certain that her humans will always be there to feed and love her.

And make her into a bunny burrito.

"Hey Leia! Look Over Here"

"Stop it, Human"

A Scary Thanksgiving

This didn't really happen, but my parents always threaten to eat her.

I'v always secretly wondered what bunny tastes like...

Lady L.E.O.M

I think this is a political cartoon.

I saw this and decided to make my own.

Can this be in the newspaper?

I have a really cool artsy stage name like Bansky (but its not Basky.)

Her name is Lady L.E.O.M even though she looks a lot like a guy.

Lady Liberty also looks a lot like a guy.

Ignoring Leia is harder than it looks

As a high school student, I am usually extremely busy with homework, clubs, friends, and an endless amount of other things. Some days are so hectic that it's easy to forget even the most important of duties.

I will sometimes walk into my house and witness this painful scene.

How I feel:

As cute as Leia may be, I like to ignore her sometimes.

But she will have none of it.

Report Card Time!

This is pretty much how it goes every semester... of every year.

Luckily, Leia is supportive of me and always encourages me to do my best.

No thank you, Leia.

The Bunny Chronicles

Growing up, I'v been allergic to lots of things. Needless to say, pets were always out of the question.

One day, my mom brought inside a little guy who seemed to be lost on our lawn. Now, I was never one to drool over cute animals (mostly because I knew I would never get one) but when I saw this bunny, I could almost feel my heart smiling.

I convinced my mom to let me keep him and named him Lemony. A week later, we let him play on the lawn and he ran into my neighbor's. When we asked if we could get him back, they told us that his name was in fact Gizmo and he was their's.

I like to think he's really happy with his old family and that he's stopped wandering into other people's lawns and breaking little girl's hearts.

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Once I got over the Lemony thing, I was like "what am I gonna do with all this bunny stuff?" and after a ton of begging, my sister and I convinced my parents to get us another bunny.

When we got to the store, they let us pick out a bunny each!

Debbie picked out the scary one on the left, named Juliet. I picked out the one on the right, named Olaf. They were inseparable.

Unfortunately, Olaf was a bit on the autistic side so he often ran into walls and threw himself off my bed. One day, he took it a bit too far.

Less than two days after, Juliet stopped eating all together and got diarrhea. After two days of caring for her,  she passed away as well.

This was extremely hard since they were our first real pets. And the first to die under our care.

I like to think they're somewhere up in bunny Heaven, snuggling, sharing apple sticks and grooming each other.

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At this point, I didn't really feel fit to care for myself, much less another bunny. But after a while, my mom took matters into her own hands and got my sister and I... another bunny!

She named him Baby Panda and they instantly hit it off. BP was charming and sweet and before we knew it, we all fell in love with him. We allowed him to eat at the table with us and when it was cold, he would sit on our beds and make us pet him.

My mom and Baby Panda.

At that moment, he was the best bunny I had.

He was happy and energetic and trusting and he sneezed and he answered when I called his name.

When he had to be put down, the whole family agreed that we would never ever get another bunny ever again. 

We tossed out the stale bunny food, and put away his cage.

Looking at animals made me sad for a very long time. 

It was terrible.

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On January 12, 2012, a very kind young man showed up at my door and delivered what would become my bestest friend in the entire world.

I like to think that I have become a great bunny owner. Using everything my previous bunnies have taught me, I am trying to make Leia the happiest animal ever.

I like to think that, wherever they are, they are nodding their heads in approval.

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I'v come to think of my bunnies as wonderful little companions. They all have their own space in my heart.

Some guy (Irving Townsend) once said "Each new kitten becomes his own cat, and none is repeated. I am four years old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded, but not replaced one another"

I guess that's kind of what I'm doing; measuring my life in bunnies.

Hmmm

Something tells me signs like these are not to be trusted.

No matter how much you love bunnies.

Why you should bring a bunny on a date

I don’t really date but if I did, I would be extremely disappointed if said person did not totally melt when they met Leia. She is the embodiment of all that is sweet and loving. In fact, most bunnies are.

First dates (from what I’v seen in movies) are usually uncomfortable and stressful. And we all know that every stressful and uncomfortable situation is made right with a bunny.

Let me explain.

First date without a bunny

First date with a bunny

A bunny will give you something to talk about during those awkward, silent moments. You can even talk to the bunny. I do it all the time and I promise, it’s not weird.

Bunnies also do all sorts of kooky things that will make your date laugh liiiiiiiiiike…

Tickle your date’s armpit

Alan's face has been obscured to protect his identity.

If you simply cannot bear to face your first date alone, bring along a bunny friend!

Best case scenario: they will find your pet absolutely wonderful and think you are the coolest person ever.

Worst case scenario: it simply will not work out.

But Leia... I'm sleepy!

When she first did it, it was cute. Now it’s kind of annoying, especially on school days.

But how can I possibly say no to this adorable face?

Musings of a bunny named Leia

There is nothing cooler than having a pet bunny. I know because I’v had one  for about as long as I can remember. What’s cool about them is  they’re like tiny hairy people. Every bunny has a different personality, attention span, favorite food, eating schedule, neediness level… the list could go on forever. My current (and favorite) bunny, Leia, is the moodiest, hungriest, most curious bunny I’v ever met.

One minute she’ll be prancing around for my attention, next thing I know her claws are tangled in my hair.

Since Leia is a growing girl who needs tons of exercise, I try to let her run around the house at least once a day (which is loads of fun for the both of us.) The only problem is that she climbs on everything, chews on our fake fruit, and is very easy to hit with the refrigerator door.

Whenever I make the extra effort to take her to the park, she will only stare at me and bury herself under my knees.

At first, I thought maybe she was afraid of being outside but when I took her to the beach for the first time, she went bananas. She ate all the dry palm leaves, ran through every sand dune, she even got one of those annoying pinchy plants stuck in her fur. What she seemed to enjoy the most though, was the sand. Once she felt the sand between her claws, she began digging. And digging. And digging.

I let her dig and play in the sand all day,she definitely would have. I eventually had to put her away when I noticed a couple of seagulls eyeing her. My guess is they wanted to carry her off to their nest on some faraway mountain.

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I’ll bet you’re wondering if Leia and I spend our days adventuring. We don’t. I have to go to school and stuff. This is one of the things she does when she thinks I’m not looking.

If curiosity killed the cat, it makes bunnies eat their own poop.

After about two years of living with Leia I have come to accept her… eccentricity. I have grown to love her and enjoy her company more than anyone else’s. Leia is my best friend and her bunny kisses are better than anyone’s in the universe.

*Note* These bunny kisses do not happen directly after she has eaten her poop.