Posts from June 2007

Thanks @mike. The only glass that I started with was Theodore so Mike found a set on ebay that had all of them except Theodore. When he gave it to me I found out that my Theodore glass had been broken so then I had every cup except Theodore. Now finally I have them ALL...hahahahah *evil laugh*


Check out the difference in the ducks at Hoyt Lake over a period of 20 days. They are getting so big so quickly!







I saw this beautiful bird that had a big red stripe down his tail
feather. Anyone know what it is?



What is this crazy bug? It was so hard to shoot because it was so fast.



I love turtles. This was right before I spooked him and he jumped off.

As I mentioned on @metalpeter's journal "Bonus Pictures" the gulls are taking over the city. His pictures of the art festival clearly show their dominating presence.

Today I was disturbed to know that they are also taking over Hoyt Lake. I have never seen them there in previous years. Not only are they there, but it almost seems like they are starving. Over and over they would splash the lake with their feet. Looking for food? I don't know. Check out the videos I put up on the boobtube.






So it seems like yeah I'm just crazy and talking out of my ass about Seagulls, but I did some research. Gulls have become a huge problem in Britain. One person was given emergency treatment for a deep beak wound to the neck and a 80 year old woman had a heart attack after they swooped down at her. Check out these articles by the BBC and National Geographic regarding the growing problem in Britain.





One of the articles mention that after they take to a city they stay. That would be pretty sad to always have these nasty dirty birds around all the time where they shouldn't be naturally.

Back to the beaches you peaches!!!!

I love my last post...it cracks me up. It makes me sound like a nut case, but the sky really was falling and therefore I am hardly crazy. Does anyone know how to get a weather forecast record online for free?










Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly
Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night

Blackbird fly
Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

I just wanted you all to know the sky is falling.

I just want to clarify again that my last post has nothing to do with anyone on this site. I tried to do this before, but it was hard considering I couldn't give details. As far as I know nobody is gossiping about me on here. The situation i was referring to has nothing to do with anything I have ever talked about before or anything about my relationship with someone on this site. Now I'll try and go back on my sabbatical and put this behind me because I got a lot to do homework wise and despite being on spring break I haven't gotten any of it done.

Its just that I don't think I'll be around to defend myself and that is why i posted what I did. Hopefully nobody will ever find out what I had to do, but just in case you did, I wanted you to understand that I had to do it rather than it was something I did on a whim or without really being sure that what I did was the right thing.

Thanks for all your support everyone, including @leetee who behind the scenes has given me lots of kind words of encouragement. imk it was definitely good seeing you. I'll pass it on that you think my friend is cute. She certainly is! thanks jason and metalpeter. you guys are all so nice and caring people which makes all of the ugliness I have seen in people lately (again not referring to the e:peeps) not so sad.

If anyone hears someone running their mouth off about me and a decision I had to make recently please tell them to check their facts. What I had to do was the most difficult thing I have ever had to do. This was something I have been agonizing over for days and not something I did to be vindictive or petty. This is about somebody's life. I did the right thing regardless of whatever this person THINKS they know about the situation. Sorry for being vague, but I think it is necessary for me to protect the privacy of those involved, unlike the person that doesn't quite have their facts right.

To be praised by fools --- that is the greatest shame. ---Nichiren Daishonin

PS. This doesn't have anything to do with anyone on the site, but some of you know this person. Just in case they haven't finished with their ugly gossip yet.

I'm doing my best to hang in there. These days have been terribly sad for me. Everything I have had to deal with lately is making me much stronger. I'm not going to let other people's hateful selves ruin me. I have seen enough of people's dark side (Not anyone on this site) in a period of less than two weeks to last a lifetime. It really makes me suffer, but I guess I can say that I am not blind and I would rather see the reality of the world instead of closing my eyes and pretending that it is something it isn't.

Take care everyone.

Hello e:peep friends and e:voyeurs,

In case you haven't noticed I haven't posted in almost two weeks. That is cause I am on estrip sabbatical right now. Maybe I'll come back in May. Time is moving faster than it ever has in my life.

One thing I couldn't resist looking at was @metalpeter's great pics of the st. matty's day affair. There is one pic where it looks as if I'm going to slap the shit out of @terry. Really I'm just leaning against a wall and am not winding up to unleash my wrath on terry.


Lator Gators,

call or send an email if you want to get a hold of me.

peace in the middle east ya'll

Today for the first time ever I changed a tire. WOW

A friend of mine just reminded me of how I also changed a car battery.

And I also put in a new DVD burner into the computer too. WOW

I can do it!

This is completely random and I feel like posting it even though you are all sick of me bringing up Cuba. Really I haven't seen any of the people that I went there with since we got back. So now all in the same week I see 3 out of 7 of them. This guy I ran into day was only with us for a month, but we all got to know him pretty well considering we were on a bus together for twelve days traveling the country. Anyways he came to a Buddhist meeting tonight that I was emceeing! I didn't recognize him because his hair was all long and he looked compltely different and he was introduced by the english pronunciation of his name. All of this is bringing up so much in my life. Actually amazing thing is that the Buddhist organization i belong to JUST became officially recognized by the Cuban government and they are now compltely official. Daisaku Ikeda, the president had met personally with Fidel many years ago. The revolution has seriously impeded religious freedoms in the past and they are now slowly opening up. This is such a great victory. To share one of my biggest regrets, not trying hard enough to connect with other members in Cuba. I had a chance to meet these people and be a part of something truely historical, but didn't. Regrets suck.

It was so good to see all of these people. Wish I could say more about all of this, but......It's top secret.

Had a surprise visit today from two of the girls I went to Cuba with. One of them just returned after another semester there. It was good to see them, because really I haven't made any effort to stay in contact with anyone. That is a problem of mine staying in contact with people. Anyways the semester at the University of Havana didn't go so well this time. There is so much that gets in the way there such as spying and paranoia to the extreme. It reminded me of why I wanted to leave while I was there.

They told me that it is now legal in Cuba to have a sex change. This means that the procedure is covered under their universal coverage. Contradictions like these are daily. We talked about the change that many Cubans are craving and we also thought of the chance of too much change. We all agreed that McDonald's presence in Cuba would be horrific. It is so hard for me to imagine, but the thought of the golden arches in Havana is painful. Of course eating at the state run Rapido is a nightmare in itself. There was nothing to be enjoyed at el Rapido except the ice cold Bucaneros. Actually could be considered worse than the school lunches they serve the unfortunate children here.

I guess I just still haven't figured out an answer to any of my questions that I had before this experience. Cuba must retain its independence from the US and from any other country really. It was a terrible mistake on the part of the Revolution to become so reliant on the Soviet Union. The suffering they endured during the "special period" is still remembered by people my age. Then they served a ball of rice with a piece of candy for school lunches.


Sugar is the unsweet tragedy of everything about Cuba since 1492.