Louisiana, Part Deux

I posted part one of the Louisiana vacation at my LiveJournal account yesterday, but forgot to cross-post. You can check it out here.

The Louisiana vacation continues...

As I mentioned yesterday, there were bears at the zoo. See this bear?

Looks sort of sad and grumpy, right? That's because he was wishing he was as flexible as this guy:

Don't try this at home, kids. You'll just hurt yourselves. Well, unless you're that guy from the cover of that Tool album*. There's a third photo in the bear set but I applied some judgment and decided it didn't need to be posted here and that it may, in fact, be illegal in some states.

Moving right along! I discovered the origins of Skeksis. *shudders* Creepy:

And--last zoo pic--a baby rhino! *squeaks* You have no idea how cute it was. No. Idea.

Other highlights:

My first soy gingerbread latte of the season. I loved it so much, I almost married it.

Baby gator!!!! I wanted to keep him in my pocket.

Wine at CVS. WTF??????

And finally, the New Orleans I imagined--which is quite different from the actual New Orleans (which is sort of that but with fifteen layers of tourist slathered over the top of it)(oh, and smelly. very, very smelly. blech.).

Here endeth the picspam.

*Does anyone know what I'm talking about here? I thought it was Aenima, but I just Googled it because my CDs are packed away and now I can't find it. I would swear there's a Tool album cover that has a guy...um...pleasuring himself. No? Anyone? Bueller?