I have dozens of pictures of the subject for this post, but I think the ones I’m looking for predate my digital camera, which means that they’re on a disc somewhere and in my house, ’somewhere’ can be loosely translated to ‘never to be found again’. It also means that I had to do a photo shoot so you guys would know who I was talking about.
So this is Teto.
And this is my dog being jealous of a stuffed otter.
Sometime in the early nineties, Teto was freed from his retail prison by being stuffed down Dale’s pants and smuggled out into the world. Teto was somewhat of a celebrity at FHS, because his keeper, Tara (who started a blog herself but never posts, shame shame we know your name), carried him with her everywhere - class, doctor’s office, Waffle House, etc. Even now, when I run into to someone from school and we get into the requisite “who do you still talk to” conversation, I mention Tara, and they say “who?” and I say “the girl with the otter” and they say “oh, right” because who could forget an otter with piercings.
We do kind of a Flat Stanley thing with Teto, taking pictures of him in strange places and situations. My favorite one is from Pride ‘06, where he’s hanging out of a disposable trash can that says “Got Lube?”, but alas, I can’t find it. Anyway, I got the urge to make a BSG lolteto, but nobody that knows Teto watches BSG so they wouldn’t get it. You guys watch BSG, but don’t know about Teto. I think it’s easier to explain Teto to you than BSG to them, so there you go.
So, having explained who he is, now I can release my lolteto unto the world, even though after all that build up it’s not going to be all that and a bag of chips. Maybe all that and a pickle, but even that’s pushing it a little.
I think that’s hilarious. But then, I’m pretty dorky.
Battlestar Galactica tonight! Wheee!