Maura Johnston, of "blogging" fame emailed, and tipped me off to Koko the Gorilla's blog. My question about "what is she up to?" can now be answered daily. Why couldn't I have been born an adorable primate that eats apples and star in my own little cute gorilla movies, having meaningful sign-language discourse with my human trainers. Gosh. The would be a perfect gift, if you happen to be doing some early shopping for my Arbor Day present , fyi.
My roommate just ssaid: "if Koko is so expressive, why is she not writing the blog herself?" -- I am in total agreement on this. All someone has to do is ask her how she is doing, maybe what she ate, then maybe she can free associate or discuss her inability to get pregnant... which might be more interesting than the blog written on her behalf. I mean, if she can sign about how she is sad that her friend Mr. Rogers is dead, after watching a PBS special on him, years after his death -- most other 34 yr olds on blogspot are moms writing from the perspective of their babies, or horny dads. I bet Koko could totally go Chauncey Billups style on the mean streets of the gorilla sanctuary.
( SPECIAL NOTE to Gorilla Fund: Koko writing the blog would be front page news, as no other gorillas write their own blogs. Might be a better fundraiser than those calendars. Just an idea.)
Posted by Jessica at February 1, 2005 11:13 PM | TrackBack