Question!

(In summary: Bob Keppel is really awesome to listen to lecturing, the fact that Cary Elwis plays Ted Bundy in the movie version of The Riverman will forever affect my future viewings of The Princess Bride and while the dog is usually much more interested smushing his face into his mommy's computer, the moment another dog takes notice of Sister, it's all BARK BARK BARK NOOOOO SISTER LOVES ME BEST T______T until I pet him again.)

Does anyone who knows more than me know the name of those red, bell-like flowers that are so commonly used in manga/anime? I tend to see them a lot around characters who are associated with spirits or the supernatural in some way; they showed up in the background a LOT around Anna from Shaman King, and I think Kikyou from Inuyasha tends to be associated with 'em a lot, and I'm seeing 'em here in the tactics ending.

They're very pretty flowers! But what the hell are they?

I would've googled the answer, only, I don't know if they're supposed to symbolize the supernatural or death or anything inbetween.]

Help is appreciated! :O

Birdy birdy

We found a bird on the ground tonight -- or, rather, the dog found it. According to Jen's mom, there's an outbreak of salmonella going through the bird population right now, so we have no idea if he was just weak from that, or stunned from a cat attack, since there are lots of cats that wander this neighborhood. Since we have no idea what to do with him -- we can't keep him inside because we've a dog and a cat, and all the help/rescue centers are closed (brilliant, wot, closing at five in the afternoon) -- we put him in a safe little closed-up area in our front yard; if he's all right, hopefully he'll fly away, and if he's not ...

I feel vaguely like Calvin, from that one Calvin & Hobbes storyline about the baby raccoon, though at least as far as I know, birdy is still alive and hopping around in our fennel bushes.

... little real life dramas. Ah.