at the suggestion of a couple of my more photographically inclined pals i bought a mountable flash for GEORGE, my nikon d50. it was on sale and i was desperate to have a photo come out looking like i hadn’t taken a pee into the lens of my camera. i used it for the first time at darcy’s 6th annual halloween gala and was amazed at its abilities. tonight was hose-the-stench-off-the-animals night and therefore the perfect opportunity to annoy the shit out of my pets by flashing a very bright light in their face. witness:

lira looks for an escape from the evil porcelain water torture device. also known as the bathtub.

oh the humanity! behold, the dirt!

her royal bitchiness, grace. this is kevin’s cat and she is very elusive. you can usually find her in the closet smelling our shoes like some sort of feline retifist.

baron brock von squishee. a tad out of focus because the little asshat would move the second the shutter clicked.

cooper’s birthday was yesterday. we celebrated by tossing her in the tub and making her smell like apples and cinnamon. we’re sucky parents.