"oh, you're such a deer!"

back in my days at the shanty, my roommates and i liked to play a little game.  we believed (and still believe) that everyone looks like an animal.  

we all knew what animals we were and we would talk about people we knew and what animals they looked like.  it would happen a lot that friends who knew of our little game would ask to please be assigned an animal.  we'd sit back, stare at their face and usually, within minutes (or seconds if the person was particularly obvious), it would come to us.

"a horse!"

"a cat!"

"a lion cub!"

the rules of the game are these:  1.) you cannot be offended by your animal because... 2.) when we give you an animal, you have to picture it as a cute cartoon depiction of your animal.        

for example, my beautiful shanty roommate lisa-marie is a camel.  but, what we have pictured in our heads is a girly, animated camel with big, beautiful eyes, lots of eyelashes and a sweet face.  get the idea?

                             

let's play . . .

(i tried to find cute cartoon versions of everyone's animal, but that was kinda hard, so just use your imagination.  for some i was able to find a good cartoon version, so i'll start with those so you get the picture . . .)

cindy (a fellow shanty girl) is such a goldfish.  to me, she is one of the best examples of the animal game.

macy is a baby penguin.

oliver is totally a bear.

i always say that i'm a dinosaur, but people voted me a lamb.

now, for the rest of my family and friends that i'm about to highlight, please forgive me for not being able to find a good enough cartoon version of your animal identity.  just remember the rules!

in addition to cindy, below are the shanty girls (all old roommates of mine and best friends still) who are very familiar with the animal game...

aubry, a parrot

lara, a koala bear.  which is also parker's animal.

marci, a lizard.

lisa-marie, the aforementioned camel.  but remember, not a real camel...

andi, a giraffe.

corrina, a cat.

now for some of the family . . .

josh is a tree frog.

my mom is such a deer.

my brother scott is really a hamster to me, but everyone else says a wolf.

and scott's wife kiana . . . a turtle.

my brothers and dad look alike, so along with scotty, they also fall under the hamster category.

what animal are you?