Libertad's Journal

06/17/2007 00:03 #39701

Back to the beaches you peaches!

As I mentioned on (e: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!!!!

metalpeter - 06/17/07 15:26
I watched both videos and read both articles I think the second link is better. It has some ideas about why they may move inland. I wonder if those reasons hold true for Buffalo. One thoery I have about Buffalo is that the only place you used to see them was at Ted's and when that closed and then reopened and then closed again the population that was there moved on. There wasn't enough food around the Hatch so they had to find some place else. They sort of touched on that they don't have predators close and when they bring them in they aren't good enough since there are so many of them. If you want to take a big leap and jump to conculsions maybe they are moving inland because as the ice caps melt the water level is getting higher and they are able to adapt and move to where the water level will be some day.

jenks - 06/17/07 09:51
yuck i hate seagulls. Growing up there were always tons at the beach, and they'd gotten so used to people that they were really bold, and would come steal your sandwich right out of your hands. little peaches.

06/13/2007 10:23 #39636

Logic

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

dimartiste - 06/17/07 13:32
Happy Birthday! Enjoyed the pics and the post! Poetry - I've got to get back to my muse. Thanks for the inspiration!

joshua - 06/13/07 18:52
Yes and happy birthday Libertad - I didn't know that we have birthdays that are close together!

leetee - 06/13/07 18:49
Happy Belated Birthday, (e:LIbertad)!! i hope it was a fantabulous day. :O)

metalpeter - 06/13/07 17:17
I heard it was you birthday hope you had a good time. Glad you are back to "the strip". Since the user picture was comented on I think in it you look kinda like the Volchenvolf character from "The O.C." but that is just me. Nice pictures.

joshua - 06/13/07 15:30
My god IMK - I can literally feel your desire through this chat box!

museumchick - 06/13/07 14:25
Those photos of the blackbird are so pretty.

I hope you had a wonderful birthday!

jenks - 06/13/07 14:23
ditto imk. ;) Glad to see you back.

james - 06/13/07 14:19
II
I was of three minds,
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.

Wallace Stevens makes happy.

imk2 - 06/13/07 10:41
i'm so glad youre back with your hot self. i still get all hot and bothered whenever i look at your user pic. you look as if your name should be fernando and you were an expert at taking girls' panties of with one click of that camera. (well, if you liked girls, that is ;))

04/12/2007 20:46 #38870

My name is Henny Penny

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

dimartiste - 06/17/07 13:33
Have you seen the Chicken Little? The movie that disney made? You never know. I believe you! :)

museumchick - 04/13/07 10:32
That's why it is good to have friends with umbrellas:).

04/04/2007 10:16 #38741

Clarifiication

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 (e: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.

metalpeter - 04/05/07 17:33
First of all you are welcome. From what I have seen of you on the site and at parties you seem like a pretty nice and level headed guy. I also wanted to add that I think what (e:jason) said about he being the nasty person before is probably true of everyone at least once. So I wish you luck in dealing with what you are dealing with. I hope you enjoy the rest of your spring break and I look forward to reading your posts again when you return.

kookcity2000 - 04/04/07 20:19
keep your eye on the prize chamaco

jason - 04/04/07 13:23
Libertad, hell man I've been that nasty, ugly, hateful person before. All of us have to an extent. One of the things I learned in, ahem, treatment is that we can see and recognize things in other people that remind us of ourselves at some point. It makes it easier for us to forgive, and to take it easy on someone who's having a rough time (instead of piling on).

Not knowing your situation, all I can say basically is that I hope things get easier to deal with on your end. My ex girlfriend said she had to break up with me. She didn't want to, she had to. I had (and have, to an extent) a very difficult time swallowing that. Regardless, I know that people sometimes have to do things they don't want to do, that don't feel good, but are for the best.

Anyhow, I'm in my usual form (long winded). Take care of yourself, and hopefully see you around here sooner than later.

mrmike - 04/04/07 13:22
Sorry for whatever has brought all this angst on you. Anything I can do, let me know. You got friends here

04/03/2007 16:43 #38730

In case you hear my name

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.

dimartiste - 06/17/07 13:36
Every one has a darkside. It is just have they learned to keep it in balance. I too am usually vague to protect people's privacy! You are doing what is best for you and that is what matters! Keep the faith!

leetee - 04/04/07 09:16
(((((( (e:Libertad) ))))))

jason - 04/04/07 08:36
Libertad, there will always be haters, and this is a fact. Try not to let them affect you. Hang in there man!

metalpeter - 04/03/07 18:27
I doubt I will hear anyone running there mouth about you. Even If I did I really couldn't say much since I don't have all the facts. I think that often people just listen to the person they know and assume that what the herd is the entire story. Without taking lies and Manipulation into the equation, there are all ways (if only two people are invovled) 3 stories. One from each person and the truth of what really happened and most of the time they are all different. But most people don't take that fact into consideration or don't think, "I wonder if I have all the facts".

imk2 - 04/03/07 18:10
awwww...{{{{{libertad}}}}}}. i hope you too feel better :( it was so nice running into you.

ps. that girl you were with was super cute! and you are too, of course!