Analogy Animal

Hanging out past my bedtime with a group of people that I mostly don't know to celebrate a friend's birthday. Half of us trying to describe someone who was with the group at the bar earlier. I'm sure I keep saying the wrong thing. A girl might be forming a crush on the guy, and we want to encourage that while preparing her for his extreme awkwardness.

I feel relieved when someone else comes up with an analogy. The guy is like a deer and the girl is a rabbit. Sudden movement will send the deer leaping away. Steady acclimation and they can end up being Bambi and Thumper. Not that the guy's Bambi. He's a stag. It's late, the bumbling babble continues.

That's how I was asked to come up with my analogy animal. Not a spirit animal. Simply one to stand in for me in analogies.

I settled on a penguin. The devotion to their mate appeals. As does the time when the women go off on their own. (Y'all know I need my independence in community.) Plus, they walk funny.

And their the unofficial second mascot for my college.

And everyone should like penguins.

Just like everyone should like me.

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Anyone have other suggestions for my analogy animal? Picks for your own?