Debi just asked Toren what he wants to do for his birthday party. His response, “I want a cheetah party.”
Then Debi asked what you do at a cheetah party.
Toren explained, “You just run, and you eat, and you play, ’cause cheetahs like to do that.”
I mostly film Toren when we visit Busch Gardens, but I ended up filming a couple of other creatures while we were there one day. Here’s an ant eater giving it’s baby a ride on its back:
Toren insisted I film the mother giving the baby a ride.
Toren found this snail crawling across a sidewalk and I wanted to see if my new phone camera could capture it, so I shot a couple of short clips:
Perhaps not the most exciting videos, but I was impressed with the quality of the videos on my phone.
Toren’s getting daring with his bike. Now he rides it with no hands:
I will have taught at the University of Tampa for five years at the end of this semester. During that time I’ve cancelled classes for conferences, which I usually know about well in advance. I also cancelled classes once when my brother Mark died. But I’ve never cancelled a class because I was sick or had some other minor issue. Well, it finally happened. On my way in to teach one morning I hit something in the road and it literally blew out my tire:
There were two smaller gashes in the tire as well.
Even with a blown tire I thought I’d have enough time to get to class. But, alas, my spare tire was flat, which I found out after I put it on. I ended up cancelling two classes that morning while I went to the auto shop to get my tire replaced. Ugh!
Debi and I came up with an idea a few years ago about two kids, Mari and Darwin, who interview people with different jobs to learn about different occupations. The original idea was a book series, but given all of our other projects and interests, the idea got shelved. Then I found xtranormal.com and realized I could probably make it an animated series. So, here are the first two episodes in the video series I’m calling “Jobbrz”:
In the first video they visit a lawyer, Tessa Carter:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_M9o0qCqhQ&list=UUDsfvPKQrO24
In the second video they visit a mechatronic engineer, Tarik Cassar:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se7YiA5Bl2c&feature=BFa&list=UUDsfvPKQrO24&index=1
I’ve put these together at night, rather than work in front of the TV.
Feedback is welcome!
