A poem by younger son, who tells me that the spelling errors are the fault of the boy who typed it into the computer while he was searching for graphics.
Had a hectic day, as both kids' magnet program applications have to be postmarked tomorrow and one son had not finished an essay and the other son's school guidance counselor never got the form she needs to fill out (son says he gave it to one of the school secretaries, though knowing son it is possible that it got buried in his desk and he gave the secretary something else entirely). Husband played interference figuring out where all the forms had gone and what still needed to be mailed. We think we have everything now, but considering that younger son in particular had to finish his essays and has both spelling and vocabulary tests tomorrow, plus violin to practice for recitals on two consecutive days, the afternoon was a bit high-maintenance.
Once we had the guidance counselor stuff figured out, though, I had a nice few hours with
Older son came home and announced that the school had been evacuated for half an hour in the morning because of a gas leak -- someone had left one of the ovens on overnight and the building stank of gas! The principal later sent out an e-mail that the fire department had come and certified the air fit for breathing but it sounds like it really smelled and was not a pleasant day. And they don't even know who screwed up! I also discovered things I really did not want to know about the Wii and the existence of $1200 Steuben Glass penguins, which younger son will NOT be getting for Chanukah.
The National Zoo has two in DC -- a male and a female, I presume. There are more at the Zoo's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia.
They live in what was formerly the camel enclosure, after the zoo's camel died unexpectedly last year. Hopefully there will be a baby horse soon.
Watched Smallville and Shark. Was thrilled that Lana was sent to Amsterdam for the bulk of the episode -- oh, Lex, do that more often! -- and that the show made some attempt to talk about a social issue, as I have some hope that with the Green Arrow around, they could have a Justice League type setup.
I don't know whether this will be visible because I don't know whether support requests are locked by default, but I have been having this rather frustrating conversation with LiveJournal staffers because the recent suspensions of two music communities I watch over the number of tags they have made me nervous. In both cases the communities were suspended without warning and then told to get rid of the vast majority of their tags. I initially asked how many tags were too many -- I have more than 500, though I spent much of this evening condensing certain categories -- and I am frustrated that they won't give any kind of idea whether they might need to institute tag caps nor even put a warning in the FAQ stating that this problem can happen!
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