Today I acquired Gina, the latest addition to my
stuffed animal collection.
Yes, Gina is a purse, and that photo is taken from a list of animal
purses you can buy online. I may just need to get the Panda
Tote Bag too.
After Matthew got her for me, I realized that Gina is
the first female stuffed animal I've had in a long time. Currently, we
only have two stuffed animals in our apartment, Piles and Wilfredo. Wilfredo is a Red Howler Monkey and
he screeches when you squeeze him. You can see (and buy) Wilfredo here, here, and here.
He has long arms with velcro hands for hanging from whatever is available.
At the store where we bought Gina, they also had a long hanging Mandrill
and I told Matthew that someday the Mandrill may need to join Wilfredo.
Then I had this vision of a beautiful, tastefully
decorated home, one wall of which was decorated with three heavy pegs from
which hung Wilfredo, the Mandrill, and another of their primate friends.
Well, this vision quickly evolved from three primates to dozens, all
hanging out one a wall in the chichi house of my mind's eye.
Further research has uncovered that there are five
primates made in the this-toy-makes-an-annoying-sound-so-you-
would-have-to-be-insane-to-buy-it-for-your-child category:
In an ideal world, I would also have the
non-noise-making Mandrill, De Brazza's Monkey, Banded Leaf Monkey,
Red-Tailed Guenon, Wolf's Guenon, Indri, Gibbon, Cotton-Top Tamarin, and
Gorilla. I haven't made up my mind about the Lumurs. The collector's list PDF will of course be my downfall.
[This, by the way, is what I do. I obsessively document everything because I have
this irrational fear that if I don't write down every little thought and
interest it will get lost in the great miasma. Of course these tidbits
will get lost, but neither I nor the world will be any worse off.]
