monkey business

i want a chimp. i really do. i'm watching this animal planet show. and i want a chimp. i should not be allowed to watch animal planet. i cry almost every time. how can people do this to animals? i will never understand. if there's one thing that really, really gets my blood boiling, it's the mistreatment of animals. i mean... i know there are a lot of other things, a lto of things for humans, too. but there is something about a furry face...and their ultimate helplessness against crappy humans...i just want to rescue them all.
maybe i have mentioned this here before, but have you seen the commercial where sarah mclachlan's asking you to adopt a pet through the aspca? and after showing photos of one-eyed dogs and three legged cats or whatever...she's like "will you be an angel..." and before she can even ask the question fully, i jump off the couch every time, teary eyed, and yell "yes!"
ay.
william is turning into a softie for furries, too. he told me that yesterday while out shopping for my v-day present, he stopped by the humane society... what?? we are technically not allowed to have another pet.... but it's funny to me that he felt the pull!
maybe he got me a chimp.

also. we got stuck in a super scary whiteout this weekend. we were supposed to go to see william's family in sioux falls, but two hours into our drive, we had to turn around and come back. in the same craptacular weather that we went in. it was so bad. i really thought something bad might happen. in parts we couldn't see beyond the hood of our car. no lie. it made for a long, stressful day, ending in headaches. but at least we got home. so since i didn't die, i might need a chimp. it might be my calling.

i want this.