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16 years ago
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So we lost four snakes in December. Mercury and Jorma, our two non-feeders finally gave up the fight, Jorma went quietly at home, Mercury went to the vet while we were out of town and was euthanized because she had "fragile skin syndrome", which is genetic, and prevented her from forming collagen.
We lost Luna, our jungle carpet and long-time friend, to a long long battle with a non-contagious illness. She was euthanized at the vet while we were out of town and couldn't be there for her.
We lost Fiesta, my favorite Brazilian Rainbow Boa to unknown causes, but it looks like congenital defects. She was an adult snake, nearly a decade old, and had just been in to see the vet a few months ago when she gave birth to unfertilized ova instead of babies. She was clean of infectious diseases then, and is now.
Kronk was attacked and mauled by Yzma, and is still recuperating. We've been watching Yzma closely, and she's obviously isolated. I don't want to jinx it (this most certainly will) but she seems to have possibly maybe ovulated. It's a long-shot, but maybe that was why she attacked him. For her sake, I hope that's why.
So that was my horrible month. Seriously. One blow after another.
In Salt Lake City, I got sick and had just the worst time. There were a few good times before I got sick, we went to Park City and I got a fluffy stuffed Moose named Mortimer. We ate at the No Name Saloon which has the best buffalo burgers ever, and I had a blue cheese and bacon with a garlic aioli sauce that I'm still dreaming of. Once I got sick, I did get to sleep about 18 hours a day, like a ferret, which was actually rather nice.
We saw Avatar in the Imax 3D. It was pretty, but WOW what a recycled plot and I really hate being talked down to by a movie. 4 stars for graphics, 2 and a half for plot and everything else. Liked Michelle Rodriguez quite a bit, but she wasn't in it a lot. :( But it was pretty. Why is everything dayglow? Also, half the creatures, besides the Na'Vi were blue. But the foliage is green. Seems like a poor evolutionary choice? Joey was a little bit giggly/annoyed with me leaning over and calling every "twist" half hour in advance. I'm good like that.
We saw District 9. Liked that a whole lot more, actually. I know it's an obvious allegory for apartheid, but it really does make you think. Great graphics, fantastic acting, and a really interesting story. The characters are different and seem real. Even when they're aliens. :)
SO it's a new year, and it's a new fucking me. About goddamn time. Resolutions. I never do them because I never stick to them. But this time it just feels like I need to. Good god, I need to, or I'm going to go insane.
1. Lose some damn weight. I'm part-way there. But really. I hate the extra baggage, and I want to feel healthy. I have a gym membership, I never use it. The neighborhood is full of nature trails, I never walk them. Also I've been binge eating like nobody's business. Cooking with butter and flour, eating out, just going nuts. No processed foods. Well, except diet soda, lol. You don't get more processed than that, but a girl's got to have her vices.
2. I seriously need to cut back on the drinking. It will go a long way to helping goal # 1, lol, plus it's just sad at this point. Cutting back. Waaay back.
3. I want to keep my shit CLEAN. I am the most cluttered person you will ever meet. If I hadn't met Joey, I'd be one of those weirdo hoarders you see on TV someday. I would love to keep a clean room.
4. Keep up on HOMEWORK. I fail at this, every quarter. Just hardcore. I hate it, I hate scrambling at the end, I hate all of it. I want to be able to just keep up, do a little here and there, and feel calm by the end of the quarter.
5. Dump the shitty friends! OMG I'm a magnet for them, seriously! I just... collect these assholes, and they leech off of my generous, bend-over-backwards attitude. I give, GIVE, and get nothing but belittling and grief in return. So I'm backing out this time. If you're not being a good friend? I'm just not dealing with it anymore. I've had THREE major incidences like this since my first stint in college, and I. Am. DONE. I can see the patterns now, the promises, the fact that I feed everyone and never get anything in return (I LOVE feeding people, but if you can't help me out when I need it? Fuck. You.) we give rides at all hours of the night and can't get a hand when we need it. Friendship is reciprocal, goddamn it. And now that I know the signs, it's going to really speed things up.
6. Hang out with GOOD friends more often. Being around people that share my interests, don't make fun or belittle the ones we don't, and generally encourage a fun atmosphere is what I need more of. And I have several friends like this now, more than I've ever had. In real life, and even here. I'd like to get to know a lot of you better. I'm going to make and effort to be more accessible. I'm going to try to get on AIM or Yahoo or whatever the kids are using nowadays more often. But please don't abuse it. I stopped because the hounding got out of control.
7. I want to do more art. I've been painting with acrylics and really enjoying it. I'm not good at it yet, lol! But I want to get better. I want to finish a piece of artwork each week. Marker, digital, or paint. Maybe take up charcoal? I always liked that. Either way, more arts. One a week, at least.
8.I've been writing like a demon. I'm going to continue to do so, but at this point it shouldn't be hard. I'll just have to remind myself if I fall off the wagon.
9. Stop. Having. Meltdowns. I was diagnosed recently with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, and we've been working for half a year now to stabilize my mood swings. Not perfect yet, but I think it's getting better. Once I'm in school again, we'll know for sure. When I'm down, it's not pretty. I'm going to concentrate on recognizing when it's a mood swing and not just a normal reaction, and trying to stay on top of it from the get-go.
10. This year, is the year of the Dude. I want to embrace and become all that is Dude-like and just... Abide. Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar eats you. ;)
We lost Luna, our jungle carpet and long-time friend, to a long long battle with a non-contagious illness. She was euthanized at the vet while we were out of town and couldn't be there for her.
We lost Fiesta, my favorite Brazilian Rainbow Boa to unknown causes, but it looks like congenital defects. She was an adult snake, nearly a decade old, and had just been in to see the vet a few months ago when she gave birth to unfertilized ova instead of babies. She was clean of infectious diseases then, and is now.
Kronk was attacked and mauled by Yzma, and is still recuperating. We've been watching Yzma closely, and she's obviously isolated. I don't want to jinx it (this most certainly will) but she seems to have possibly maybe ovulated. It's a long-shot, but maybe that was why she attacked him. For her sake, I hope that's why.
So that was my horrible month. Seriously. One blow after another.
In Salt Lake City, I got sick and had just the worst time. There were a few good times before I got sick, we went to Park City and I got a fluffy stuffed Moose named Mortimer. We ate at the No Name Saloon which has the best buffalo burgers ever, and I had a blue cheese and bacon with a garlic aioli sauce that I'm still dreaming of. Once I got sick, I did get to sleep about 18 hours a day, like a ferret, which was actually rather nice.
We saw Avatar in the Imax 3D. It was pretty, but WOW what a recycled plot and I really hate being talked down to by a movie. 4 stars for graphics, 2 and a half for plot and everything else. Liked Michelle Rodriguez quite a bit, but she wasn't in it a lot. :( But it was pretty. Why is everything dayglow? Also, half the creatures, besides the Na'Vi were blue. But the foliage is green. Seems like a poor evolutionary choice? Joey was a little bit giggly/annoyed with me leaning over and calling every "twist" half hour in advance. I'm good like that.
We saw District 9. Liked that a whole lot more, actually. I know it's an obvious allegory for apartheid, but it really does make you think. Great graphics, fantastic acting, and a really interesting story. The characters are different and seem real. Even when they're aliens. :)
SO it's a new year, and it's a new fucking me. About goddamn time. Resolutions. I never do them because I never stick to them. But this time it just feels like I need to. Good god, I need to, or I'm going to go insane.
1. Lose some damn weight. I'm part-way there. But really. I hate the extra baggage, and I want to feel healthy. I have a gym membership, I never use it. The neighborhood is full of nature trails, I never walk them. Also I've been binge eating like nobody's business. Cooking with butter and flour, eating out, just going nuts. No processed foods. Well, except diet soda, lol. You don't get more processed than that, but a girl's got to have her vices.
2. I seriously need to cut back on the drinking. It will go a long way to helping goal # 1, lol, plus it's just sad at this point. Cutting back. Waaay back.
3. I want to keep my shit CLEAN. I am the most cluttered person you will ever meet. If I hadn't met Joey, I'd be one of those weirdo hoarders you see on TV someday. I would love to keep a clean room.
4. Keep up on HOMEWORK. I fail at this, every quarter. Just hardcore. I hate it, I hate scrambling at the end, I hate all of it. I want to be able to just keep up, do a little here and there, and feel calm by the end of the quarter.
5. Dump the shitty friends! OMG I'm a magnet for them, seriously! I just... collect these assholes, and they leech off of my generous, bend-over-backwards attitude. I give, GIVE, and get nothing but belittling and grief in return. So I'm backing out this time. If you're not being a good friend? I'm just not dealing with it anymore. I've had THREE major incidences like this since my first stint in college, and I. Am. DONE. I can see the patterns now, the promises, the fact that I feed everyone and never get anything in return (I LOVE feeding people, but if you can't help me out when I need it? Fuck. You.) we give rides at all hours of the night and can't get a hand when we need it. Friendship is reciprocal, goddamn it. And now that I know the signs, it's going to really speed things up.
6. Hang out with GOOD friends more often. Being around people that share my interests, don't make fun or belittle the ones we don't, and generally encourage a fun atmosphere is what I need more of. And I have several friends like this now, more than I've ever had. In real life, and even here. I'd like to get to know a lot of you better. I'm going to make and effort to be more accessible. I'm going to try to get on AIM or Yahoo or whatever the kids are using nowadays more often. But please don't abuse it. I stopped because the hounding got out of control.
7. I want to do more art. I've been painting with acrylics and really enjoying it. I'm not good at it yet, lol! But I want to get better. I want to finish a piece of artwork each week. Marker, digital, or paint. Maybe take up charcoal? I always liked that. Either way, more arts. One a week, at least.
8.I've been writing like a demon. I'm going to continue to do so, but at this point it shouldn't be hard. I'll just have to remind myself if I fall off the wagon.
9. Stop. Having. Meltdowns. I was diagnosed recently with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, and we've been working for half a year now to stabilize my mood swings. Not perfect yet, but I think it's getting better. Once I'm in school again, we'll know for sure. When I'm down, it's not pretty. I'm going to concentrate on recognizing when it's a mood swing and not just a normal reaction, and trying to stay on top of it from the get-go.
10. This year, is the year of the Dude. I want to embrace and become all that is Dude-like and just... Abide. Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar eats you. ;)
TehPony
~tehpony
Aw, I'm sorry you lost your snakies. *huggle*
