I saw Seth Green in town. No, really. He was shopping in an outdoorsy shop, I think he was looking for a jacket or something. I thought it was just someone who looked a lot like him, but then I ran into other people who’d seen him, and then I read somewhere that he was in Wellington for the filming of “Without a Paddle,” or something like that. Something about paddles. So yeah, I really saw him.
Then I went to a potluck dinner with the landscape writing class. We’re putting together a collection of poems and photos of Matiu/Somes Island, and we were trying to dream up a title. Someone suggested Penguin Porn, which seemed kind of appropriate given that the penguins were one of the most memorable aspects of our trip – ooooh yeah, they were going at it all night, right underneath our room.
Anyway, we can’t call it Penguin Porn, because that’s already been done. Mostly by someone called Glen Reynolds, also known as Evil Glen (he also plans to turn everyone French to bolster his penguin porn empire - it's a long story). And someone else has been doing it too. And penguin perverts have been covered too. In fact, the number of Google matches for “penguin porn” is rather alarming.
But before you think it's all about humans perving at the poor innocent litttle penguins, think again! Penguins have been known to participate in prostitution. I'm serious! Scientists have studied it…
Oh yeah, and let's not even get started on what gay penguins get up to in their nest…
Posted by Fionnaigh at October 6, 2003 01:23 AM