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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
AVOIDING ACCIDENTS
sometimes, for a very slight moment, i think it would be kind of fun to be the cause of the 5 car accident announced in the morning traffic report. "5 car accident on north ave holding everything up. strongly advice taking another route!" as long as no one was hurt of course.
Friday, May 8, 2009
CROWS, AS EQUALLY BAD AS GEESE
yesterday after my long drive home i was in a very foul mood. trying to put it out of my memory but i think it took me an hour and 45 mins that time. i just wanted to be grumpy and go to bed.
until i saw something that completely cheered me up. i saw something swoop down from the sky, and then i saw a bunny run east to west in front of the already slow moving traffic in front of me on ravenswood. then i saw the bunny run west to east back to a patch of tall grass. and i saw what swooped from the sky. it was a crow. the bunny was large full grown animal but the crow was equally as large. i think the city crow was hunting it. either that or the bunny had been after the crows nest...? not really sure how 'nature' works in the city. but someone stopped their car, parked and got out to help the bunny. it was really nice of them.
reminded me of when i'm watching 'NAT-GEO' shows where some prey is being hunted and i wonder why or how the camera man just can't go down the mountain and help the baby seal (or whatever) out.
until i saw something that completely cheered me up. i saw something swoop down from the sky, and then i saw a bunny run east to west in front of the already slow moving traffic in front of me on ravenswood. then i saw the bunny run west to east back to a patch of tall grass. and i saw what swooped from the sky. it was a crow. the bunny was large full grown animal but the crow was equally as large. i think the city crow was hunting it. either that or the bunny had been after the crows nest...? not really sure how 'nature' works in the city. but someone stopped their car, parked and got out to help the bunny. it was really nice of them.
reminded me of when i'm watching 'NAT-GEO' shows where some prey is being hunted and i wonder why or how the camera man just can't go down the mountain and help the baby seal (or whatever) out.
WATER BEDS ARE WEIRD
it wasn't until recently that i had ever pondered what the world thought of water beds. growing up my parents always had one. and i was jealous of my cousin when he got one. i always thought they were really cool and special. until i heard a comedian make fun of them not too long ago. it stuck w/ me and would randomly run through my mind. it left me feeling unsure of my opinion. was i wrong? were water beds a hokey, cheesy fad from the past? worse still, were they sleezy and cheap? my parents represent everything that is proper and right. why would they own something that was thought so little of by someone that obviously was no better than them?
fortunately they got rid of it before i overheard this comedian. they now have a very nice, albeit monstrously tall, bed. i swear my mom has to use a step stool to climb into it. but regardless it looks really good with the rest of their updated bedroom furniture.
tonight while looking thru the 'FREE' section on craigslist i came across a free water bed frame. i've decided waterbeds are weird. the whole concept. filling your sleeping surface w/ water? sleeping on an unsteady water filled rubber bladder. glad i never had one. i can't imagine the mess i would have ended up with. i'm not the most careful person and the whole thing just seems like you're setting yourself up for failure.
fortunately they got rid of it before i overheard this comedian. they now have a very nice, albeit monstrously tall, bed. i swear my mom has to use a step stool to climb into it. but regardless it looks really good with the rest of their updated bedroom furniture.
tonight while looking thru the 'FREE' section on craigslist i came across a free water bed frame. i've decided waterbeds are weird. the whole concept. filling your sleeping surface w/ water? sleeping on an unsteady water filled rubber bladder. glad i never had one. i can't imagine the mess i would have ended up with. i'm not the most careful person and the whole thing just seems like you're setting yourself up for failure.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
INTRODUCING - BETA LEO
i know betta fish is spelled 'betta', but his name is officially 'beta leo'. he came w/ papers. his favorite artist is m. ward. he spends his time swimming, hanging out w/ pals zubra, duhr and chort. and his favorite animal is the lion.
TRADITIONS OF NOT FOLLOWING THRU AND PREVENTING SPOILED DOGS
tomorrow will be the third time i've signed up for the shamrock shuffle and NOT ran it. i think it's partly due to the fact that i always sign up so far in advance i never know what i'll be doing that weekend - this because of the fact that it ALWAYS fills up so quickly. and it's partly because i sign up on my own each year and have no one to keep me accountable. and partly because of the weather.
the first year i signed up i lived in the burbs and it was freezing rain. i woke up in the wee early morning and quickly fell back to sleep. the year after i was just too hung over to get up. and this year there's supposed to be 3 inches of snow on the ground when i wake up tomorrow...so thanks but i'd rather go sit in bio class for 4 hours then ride the train downtown at 7:30 to plod thru 8 miles of slush by myself.
i should come up w/ a part two to this tradition. "every year i will enter the shamrock shuffle and then instead of running i will spend the day sleeping in and eating italian beef sandwiches" (i'm hungry)
ps maddie literally just stole my pillow. she moved it w/ her long ambidextrous limbs over to her half of the bed and proceeded to fluff and prod it to her liking before plopping into it. i quickly pulled it away in an ongoing attempt to prevent her from ruling the apt.
the first year i signed up i lived in the burbs and it was freezing rain. i woke up in the wee early morning and quickly fell back to sleep. the year after i was just too hung over to get up. and this year there's supposed to be 3 inches of snow on the ground when i wake up tomorrow...so thanks but i'd rather go sit in bio class for 4 hours then ride the train downtown at 7:30 to plod thru 8 miles of slush by myself.
i should come up w/ a part two to this tradition. "every year i will enter the shamrock shuffle and then instead of running i will spend the day sleeping in and eating italian beef sandwiches" (i'm hungry)
ps maddie literally just stole my pillow. she moved it w/ her long ambidextrous limbs over to her half of the bed and proceeded to fluff and prod it to her liking before plopping into it. i quickly pulled it away in an ongoing attempt to prevent her from ruling the apt.
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