So you know the last three months? When I was backpacking around South America? I kept you in my thoughts, friends. So much so that I even bought some stuff for you! Ridiculously, at some point between the near the death experiences and the farting donkeys, I purchased some random stuff for one lucky, lucky person.
So what are we looking at here?
Bolivian charms
I actually bought these at the Witches' Market, the same place that sold the dried llama fetuses I may (or may not) have rubbed your postcards on. There are seven charms here, one for health, love, luck, home, money, career and babies. So I figure you're pretty much covered.
A traditional Andean stocking cap
Complete with ear flaps! Engineered by mountain climbing Peruvians, so I imagine it can handle anything the western world can dish up. Probably made from alpaca and knitted by a tiny, gnarled woman who was chewing coco leaves.
Seed necklace
Guys, I'm not actually sure a) how they dye these seeds b) how they drill holes in them c) what kind of seeds they are. But they made it through customs so I think we're okay! This necklace is wicked adorable, long enough to wear in one layer or two.
Are you keen? If you'd like like these things for your very own, just leave me a comment detailing what you would name a pet llama. If you were lucky enough to have one. Winner will be chosen at random next week. Good Luck!
Thank you for my postcard! I loved getting it, and it's the first one I've ever gotten from Peru!
ReplyDeleteIf I had a llama, I'd name it Llarry. Llarry the llama has a nice ring to it...
I would call my dear little lhama 'King Armand the Twenty-Third' simply because I think my lhama would be such an interesting personage that he would need an especially interesting name to fully express his personality.
ReplyDeleteassuming i know it's a female llama, i would name her Geri (after Ginger Spice!).
ReplyDeletewhy? i've always wanted to name an unusual pet after my favourite spice girl...
if it's a boy llama i would name him john.
oh wicked! If I had a llama I'd name it Poppy, if it was a girl, or Charlie if it was a boy. I want an absolute menagerie of animals some day, and a mini pig!! Have you see those??
ReplyDeleteI think I'd have to be traditional and call my llama Fido.
ReplyDeleteWe read "Llama Llama Red Pajama" around these parts every night, so we are very well versed on all things Llama. ;) I think if I was going to name my Llama I'd call him George...or Georgina, just because.
ReplyDeleteI like my llamas like I like my men: curly. So Curly the Llama, and away we go!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun souvenirs! I'd name my llama Frank if it was a boy and Princess Snowflake if it were a girl. That was the name my sister wanted to give our rabbit, and I have always wanted to name a pet that since.
ReplyDeleteI've always thought Clarence would be a good name for a Llama, but that may be because there's one on TV or in a movie with that name, I'm not sure!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Jackie Cooper. When I was a toddler I confused my parents by inexplicably choosing this moniker for our little black and white pup... and I've been waiting to bring it back every since! A llama is definitely cool enough to warrant such an unusual name...
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say Maximilian (Max for short) for a boy, and Agatha for a girl.
ReplyDeleteHow awesome! Gosh, I wish I did have a pet Llama, that would be the best! If I did I'd call him, and I'm assuming it would be a 'he', Groucho because they've got a touch of the aggro haven't they?!
ReplyDeleteI would have to name him/her "Dama". Then I could come up to him/her and say: "Hey Llama Dama!" I tend to make my pet's names rhyme with something. :D
ReplyDeleteif I have a llama, I would name it Camel or Lamb. This will obviously be a great conversation starter, as everyone will be attempting to pointing out that it is not a Camel or Lamb. But the thing is, many people can't tell the difference between these three now. Regardless, I enjoy these private jokes and reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who raises Llama's, thy are very interesting creatures. If I had one I would name it Lucille. I think that would be a lovely llama name.
ReplyDeleteI would name my very nice llama Lieutenant Lloredo von Spittlesworth. And we would have adventures and enjoy picnics and drink lemonade and have cakes and be best friends. Hooray!
ReplyDeleteI would name him Obama the economy saving llama.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna go with Pam on this one, regardless of sex.
ReplyDeleteI would HAVE to name my llama Cusco - after The Emperor's New Groove, because it's my fave Disney movie and it STARS llamas!
ReplyDeletehmm if I had a llama I would name him....dang this is hard...err...err... Peck! I would name him Peck.
ReplyDeleteThat's a hard one... whatever the llama is named it will be stuck with that name forever. I'm going to go with something completely random and say: MEZON. Why? Because it's the 'word verification' required for me to post this comment and once I saw it I couldn't think of anything cooler. :-) Haha. Mezon it is.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... I love naming animals! I have a corgi named Franki, a cat named Boba Fett, and a betta fish named Oswald Leopold Franklin III. But a llama needs an exotic name, something sassy... I think for a female I would name her Topanga, and a male would be Carlos. Excellent. I would dress them in fabulous robes and feed it premium organic foods! I want a llama!
ReplyDeleteSince I can hardly imagine a llama that is not a boy.... and they seem to be quite virile, cavalier characters I would name my llama "Ricardo Montalban." Because then I would also have the advantage of just screaming out... "Khaaaaaaannnnnn!" when I wanted him to come to me or if he made me mad.
ReplyDeleteWhen I introduced him to passer by I could say in a low mysterious lilting voice... "This is my llama Ricardo... welcome to Fantasy Island." And everyone would wonder what sort of trippy drugs Ricardo and I were on. And then we would laugh and laugh, together... as good llamas and their people do.
My bff has a cousin who named her daughter Llaura, meant to be pronounced "El-laura," which she would explain as being like pronouncing llama "El-lama." So I would name it Llama, but say it like I was a fancy weirdo.
ReplyDeleteI would name my llama Sir Spits-A-Lot because
ReplyDeletea) any llama of mine would be a straight up gangsta. and he'd probably like big butts.
b) llamas spit. a lot.
Not sure I could top jholm, there ...
ReplyDeleteMine would probably have to be Cheesecake, in honor of: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama
I would most certainly name my pet Llama Moony ( as in "Do I rev your engine Moony? Eh EH do I? nudge nudge wink wink etc ad nauseaum." kind of Moony)
ReplyDeleteI would have to name it llammy the llama.
ReplyDeleteThanks for thinking of us!
ReplyDeleteI would go with Lammy the Llama.
Gosh that's lame!
I think Greg or Ashlee would be perfect Llama names. Llamas, to me, would be the assholes at the back of the classroom spitting on each other, not taking notes, pissing off the teacher. They would also frequently be called in for a parent teacher conference with the principle for having sex at the back of the bus, just on the verge of being expelled from school.
ReplyDeleteOoo, they look really nice. I'd be tempted to name a llama 'dali'. So when said altogether, he could be the dali l(l)ama
ReplyDeletewell, I know I'm mixing my spanish-speaking cultures here (take that up with my bilingual bf)
ReplyDeletebut i'm thinking... sancho. like from don quixote?
i would not be surprised if peru doesn't even speak spanish and i am making an ass of myself.
Llucy or Lluke, and we'd have Llots of fun. (:
ReplyDelete"Me llamo" the llama. LOL.
ReplyDeleteI would name him Lenny after Leonard Nimoy!
ReplyDeletehehe, I would so name him Yanni...lke that suave Italian piano player...I don't know why, but I think that Yanni is a fitting Llama name.
ReplyDeleteps-I'm running a blog contest tomorrow, you should enter!
Hmmm, I think Ostrich would have to be my pet llamas name.
ReplyDeleteWhen Dude, where's my car came out I got a huge group of friends together to go see it and we took up most of the theatre, it was awesome.
We made so many adolescent jokes about them calling the ostrich a llama. So y'know, it would be like reliving my stupid youth.
Chuck. Definitely, certainly Chuck. Chuck the goddamn llama. Bring it.
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea and thanks for thinking about us!
ReplyDeleteName: Frankfurt
Animal: Llama
Keep me out of the contest, due to knowing you for reals, but I'd name my llama "Spittoon". "Toonie" for short.
ReplyDeleteOoh exciting! I would call my llama Banana. Banana Llama.
ReplyDeleteHeehee i've loved reading everyone's names and why.
ReplyDeleteI think i would name mine Hugo and we would have intellectual conversations about the universe whilst watching the sunrise.
My llama would be called Sketch. =)
ReplyDeleteFergie, because, you know, humps and llama lumps, etc.
ReplyDeleteSyria, I think :)
ReplyDeleteIf I had a llama, and now, oh how I wish I did... I would name it Richard the Llamaheart. Oh, and I would think I was very funny.
ReplyDeleteJay. Like Jay McCarroll.
ReplyDeleteProject Runway contestants have the best names for pets.
Atticus! And if I had 2, Spartacus!
ReplyDeleteI would name my llama Carl.
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