Don't see Happy Feet

Happy Feet didn't make me feel happy despite the activist statement the movie tried to make. Pros: lots of good music, cool roller-coaster ride type sequences, and the best CGI humans I've seen yet. Cons: Not much for plot, too much penguin time & not enough time for the other sea-based creatures, and a hokey ending.

We took Norah & Dejaquan to see the movie for Dejaquan's 5th birthday, the night before his actual birthday. With Norah being 2, she didn't last all the way through, and I ended up spending 1/3 of the movie with her in the lobby. I don't remember seeing a single creature actually die in the movie, which is better than most Disney movies.

We went to the music instrument store nearby afterwards and bought them each a recorder. It sounded like Happy Feet singing in our house then that night. You'd have to see the movie - oh wait, I told you to not see it. Uh, then I should say it sounded like a dieing penguin in our house that night.

Leopard seals are to penguins as cats are to mice

National Geographic's November issue has the coolest picture of nature I've seen in a while: the "death shake". Don't look at it if you don't think you can stomach looking at the blood & innards of a penguin coming out the moment it's head is ripped off. About the expedition, they have a little clip from the photographer's perspective on studying the leopard seals, including more on how they got that photo. NG also has another short video about one leopard seal preying on penguins.

I haven't even seen March of the Penguins or Happy Feet yet, but I can't wait!