January 22, 2006
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don’t often come her with negative feelings. don’t believe too much in discouraging words. but once in a while you’ve got to fling the cowpie. by this post, consider it flung.
Just a collective letdown.
What? Yeah, what am I talking about?
You name it.
Xanga? Sometimes useful and interesting, but unthrilling. (Was it ever thrilling? Yes, it was. But there’s no going back.)
Women? I’ve said enough. Not going to say anything more.
Let’s stop being so damn inter-passive and enabling the passive-aggressors.
On the brighter side, a swoop of all sorts of spring birds (robins and other songbirds) have just today descended upon Dreamland. Never, never before this early in the winter, have I witnessed the return migrations of so many spring-hungry birds. Warning: the birds don’t lie—their survival hinges upon their migratory judgments. Conclusion? Global climate change is upon us, more pressing with each moment.
Oh, yes, and on the brighter side, I just ran another 5 miles in Dreamland. And while it’s not scorching hot (just about 40 F and calm), it’s pleasant enough to sit slumped against an obelisk and ponder future battlegrounds.
May God save the environment. And leave it at least moderately habitable for the aliens that succeed us.
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over here over there!
=Singsong*Sunshine*flybirds=
We saw the robins last week. It was...surprising. And unsettling! It IS early!
Ah... perhaps that is our destiny... to make the earth so uninhabitable for humans that there is room for the aliens. As you probably already know, the aliens eat pollution. So, in essence, we may be "chefs" for the next generation of earth dwellers.
Here's another idea: May the aliens save the environment for us... they came here because their own planet was unlivable, so it makes sense that they'd have both the experience to understand the how and why of it, and the motivation to bring this place back from the brink.
Women, eh? Okay, and men, too.
Some birder, in western Montana, I think, saw buttercups in bloom there a few days ago. It made the news. What is oddly comforting to me is that people like you, down there in the Lower 48, are now noticing the climate change. It has been impossible to ignore here, what with the permafrost melting, new species moving in all the time, etc.
I've been letting politics and other realities get me down lately, too. Got any concrete suggestions for a response that's not dangerously seditious? Or any suggestions at all.... I'm open.
The winter of 2001, when I lived in my college town, was so warm that the robins never left to begin with. I used to walk in the woods (sans jacket) and they'd be sitting on the riverbank, chirping and splashing in the water. It was very surreal.
robins never left this year....
global warming my ass..............
smile fucker..........
looks better on ya.......
Running is a separate space of existence. A plane you enter, apart from the rest, at one with the air and the ground beneath your feet. I like it... but it's hard to get there. Don't ask me why. But I must.
How else can I get thin so we can both feel cute?
Essentially, that's my life. Creative but unreal.
Your comment amuses me and confuses me ... all at once. Luckily, I'm about to start reading for my business law class... And just because I'm curious... how old are you?
i say i have to update myself a while...
Great post. yeah xanga is getting a little boring, but like all addictions you can never get your first high back.
I know!! I am hearing spring song going on all day .. what the heck is going on. Its pleasant and beautiful to hear but scary as all get out right???!!!!
funny that we both mention the birds today. and even though i love that i saw her so early.... the only difference for us here, is that we don't get spring... it'll just mean a very early ,even hotter start to summer. ugh.
RYC: good idea
Q. How do weather patterns influence robin migration?
A. Robins often move ahead of warm fronts, arriving just before or along with rainy weather. This means they arrive right when earthworms must emerge from their tunnels or drown.
Q. How do we tell whether a robin in our yard in early spring is a migrant or a territorial bird?
A. It's usually impossible to tell by their appearance unless they have been banded or color-marked, except for one lucky thing. Male robins from Newfoundland and Labrador are darker than other robins, with almost black backs, brighter red underparts, more noticeable striping on the white throat, and a bolder eye-ring. People farther south in Canada and the U.S. may notice the difference when they spot one of these, and then they'll know for sure that these are the northern race rather than their own breeding robins. Many magazine photos of winter robins show these brightly colored ones, which make a lovely contrast against snow-covered branches and orange berries.
But there is another difference between local and migrant robins. Male robins that intend to remain in your area will sing their territorial song. Robins that are passing through will occasionally sing, but not as often, especially at dawn, and usually they remain fairly quiet.
...So some stay for the winter but come out to get the worms. Some are gone for the winter and dont come back until spring. Now were these boys the rough and tumble ones that can take the long winters of Ohio? If so, cheers to them for sticking it out.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/search/Robin.html
-Laura
well my dear if the world is warming up and things are going to end I think its time to party hardy and enjoy whatever there is to enjoy
but what do I know I am lost in the world of vampires ........ yes it is a good movie if you enjoy violence and gore hehehehe
sort of like blue motels lost on dunes of sand that swiftly are covered in unforgottable mounds of emotions.....*smile* figure that one out Mr P
'Xanga? Sometimes useful and interesting, but unthrilling. (Was it ever thrilling? Yes, it was. But there’s no going back.)'
Amen babes. Amen. Like a marriage when you finally realize no amount of counselling or experimental/kinky sex is going to make it all better again.
I vote for life in general. As kids, life is wonderful and beautiful, and we can't wait to grow up in order to explore the world. Then we grow up and find that life isn't fair, and in fact it's dirty, painful, and downright unpleasant. The good times are few and far between. Unless you're a pothead, and then things are pretty much ok.
Birds lie.
It's cold, rainy and gloomy here in the mountains and spring is months off.
Namaste!
~ ponders ~ would it make your Xanga more lively if I left you a comment that you have to forward to 3 million people in 3 seconds or else your pet hamster has triplets?
here's something that'll either brighten or ruin your day.
[depends on your interpretation.]
YOU were in one of my dreams the other night. yep.
we were on our way to pick up my daughter.
(not "ours"..."mine"...relax.)
at. church. camp.
it was at the top of a hill.
to get there we had two options...
a slight curving cutback
or
straight up.
as in being strapped in a rollercoaster cart at the base of the initial approach.
we chose straight up.
made it, too.
anyway...that was the extent of your involvement of said dream.
saw robins here about three weeks ago. didn't even dawn on me til now that it was kind of early.
yippie ki yay...cow patty...
amen!
I wonder if USA signed the Kyoto agreements ?
I had a laugh with your words " honorary firefighters
In friendship
Michel
I enjoy reading your posts.. very interesting..
As for xanga-- it's always thrilling..
God Bless..
Oh, mundane? Hope you feel better about it today...you have to look and read..there are more and more sites...so many...and maybe you want to join one of the writing groups..think you would be good at that...I find people interesting..a nice eclectic mix...and hope you feel better about woman....? what is that all about...hmm...have a great day..so.nice to see you...Lee
In our haste of save the planet, it's useless, we only are prolonging our own existence. The earth and planet is much more resilient then we could ever hope. We will long be gone, and it will remain despite our worse/best efforts.
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