I realize I've been kind of a downer lately, so without further ado...
Top 10 things I like about living in Albany (hope it was okay if I did a top 10 list, (e:drew)):
1. Albany has an interesting blend of history and culture.
2. The countryside is really pretty, and its near the Adirondacks and Catskills.
3. I'm close to the cities I've always wanted to see- NYC, Boston, Montreal. I'm also near New England, which I also hope to travel around.
4. There's lot of museums and cultural events going on.
5. It's really convenient to be in the state capital.
6. I'm very grateful to have a steady job and insurance here.
7. Although my classes have been stressful, I really enjoy the class conversations. My professors are very good, too. I feel stimulated and motivated.
8. It is nice to get to some of my cousins from my dad's family who live here better.
9. There are some great diners here, and uncommon Grounds is good for my java fix (thanks (e:James)).
10. I have my very own apartment (I always shared my living space with other people).
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10/03/2007 09:46 #41471
things I like about AlbanyCategory: albany
10/02/2007 11:48 #41450
living arrangementsCategory: life
I've decided I'd like to live with either a puppy or a guy. Since I don't think the "living with a guy" thing will work out soon... I kind of like the thought of having a puppy. Maybe if I find a place that allows animals or something.
jenks - 10/02/07 19:55
Peter I agree that if a dog's whole life is spent locked in a small crate that's no good- but at the same time I think that when used properly and responsibly, crate-training is a good thing for a dog. Especially in multi-dog households.
Peter I agree that if a dog's whole life is spent locked in a small crate that's no good- but at the same time I think that when used properly and responsibly, crate-training is a good thing for a dog. Especially in multi-dog households.
metalpeter - 10/02/07 18:45
I say go for both. It would be great. When one of you isn't home the other one can walk the dog, maybe the dog wouldn't be as lonely since there would be people there at different times of the day.
To (e:jenks) I agree that if you're living arangements make crating or caging then there is no sense to have a dog it is cruel to the dog. If someone thinks it isn't take the dogs body size and see how many times it can fit in the crate then take that number and times it by the size of you and make a cage that size for your self and stay in it all day. If you where using it just for kinky sex then fine but to live in it is cruel. Dogs have to be active and have some freedom just like any other animal.
I say go for both. It would be great. When one of you isn't home the other one can walk the dog, maybe the dog wouldn't be as lonely since there would be people there at different times of the day.
To (e:jenks) I agree that if you're living arangements make crating or caging then there is no sense to have a dog it is cruel to the dog. If someone thinks it isn't take the dogs body size and see how many times it can fit in the crate then take that number and times it by the size of you and make a cage that size for your self and stay in it all day. If you where using it just for kinky sex then fine but to live in it is cruel. Dogs have to be active and have some freedom just like any other animal.
jenks - 10/02/07 13:00
I am dying for a dog, but leaving it home in a crate while I work 80/wk wouldn't really be fair... but the second I have better hours, I am getting a puppy/dog. Until then, I live vicariously through others. I stop and pet and coo over every random mutt I see in the street, and yes, I "happen to" wander into the dog park "by accident" on occasion- I'm sure I look like a crazy lady but I don't care.
I say go for it. Men may come and go, but a dog will love you for life!!!
I am dying for a dog, but leaving it home in a crate while I work 80/wk wouldn't really be fair... but the second I have better hours, I am getting a puppy/dog. Until then, I live vicariously through others. I stop and pet and coo over every random mutt I see in the street, and yes, I "happen to" wander into the dog park "by accident" on occasion- I'm sure I look like a crazy lady but I don't care.
I say go for it. Men may come and go, but a dog will love you for life!!!
carolinian - 10/02/07 12:07
They both get into lots of trouble, scratch themselves, and destroy cherished things. I guess it depends on which you find easier to train. ;)
They both get into lots of trouble, scratch themselves, and destroy cherished things. I guess it depends on which you find easier to train. ;)
james - 10/02/07 11:56
By night Washington park is full of Hookers and drug dealers.
By day it is full of puppies, puppies, puppies!
I missed having pets when I lived in Albany and would go down to the dog park and play with other people's dogs. It was really pathetic of me, but it made me super happy. So, if you get a dog, take him there.
By night Washington park is full of Hookers and drug dealers.
By day it is full of puppies, puppies, puppies!
I missed having pets when I lived in Albany and would go down to the dog park and play with other people's dogs. It was really pathetic of me, but it made me super happy. So, if you get a dog, take him there.
09/29/2007 21:11 #41410
another postCategory: life
(e:Jenks) gave me some good advice about something, and it helped me out a lot. It made me see things in a different way than I had been. I appreciated having that perspective from someone who was willing to say it like it really was.
It hurts about what has happened over the past few months, but there's very good things that came about as a result of that hurt.
Work hasn't been going that well. I can't get into the situation on a public forum like this..but it's definitely not the best. I have been enjoying my classes (though the workload is very stressful). I especially like my state and society seminar. We get guest speakers each week from the department who introduce us to different fields and specialties. It's fun to have new professors every week. I still don't really know anyone that well. Most people are nice, but they are mostly just people I talk to about school stuff. Hopefully, that will start to change. I think they need an albany estrip or something.
Aaron's coming up next week, and we're going to see Dylan and Costello! I'm so psyched, it helps me get through the drugery of the days. Then, the next week, my sister and her boyfriend are coming up for a visit.
It hurts about what has happened over the past few months, but there's very good things that came about as a result of that hurt.
Work hasn't been going that well. I can't get into the situation on a public forum like this..but it's definitely not the best. I have been enjoying my classes (though the workload is very stressful). I especially like my state and society seminar. We get guest speakers each week from the department who introduce us to different fields and specialties. It's fun to have new professors every week. I still don't really know anyone that well. Most people are nice, but they are mostly just people I talk to about school stuff. Hopefully, that will start to change. I think they need an albany estrip or something.
Aaron's coming up next week, and we're going to see Dylan and Costello! I'm so psyched, it helps me get through the drugery of the days. Then, the next week, my sister and her boyfriend are coming up for a visit.
museumchick - 09/30/07 14:54
Thanks:).
I would definitely be interested in reading your book, though. hehe.
Thanks:).
I would definitely be interested in reading your book, though. hehe.
libertad - 09/30/07 00:16
I really like your current user pic. Truly I understand not wanting to talk about work. I censor so much of what I would truly want to talk about on here. Work is one of them. Really it is not appropriate for me to talk about the people I work for. It would be fun to write a whole book about the good the bad and the ugly of what I do. Seriously, it really would.
I really like your current user pic. Truly I understand not wanting to talk about work. I censor so much of what I would truly want to talk about on here. Work is one of them. Really it is not appropriate for me to talk about the people I work for. It would be fun to write a whole book about the good the bad and the ugly of what I do. Seriously, it really would.
09/27/2007 13:14 #41358
anti-democracy crackdown in BurmaCategory: news
I guess not much in the news is shocking anymore, but it chilled my spine to think of soldiers going into temples and beating/killing monks.
fellyconnelly - 09/30/07 09:55
seriously (e:james)... you should keep your free thinking to yourself. or at least don't spout your commie crap round these parts!
seriously (e:james)... you should keep your free thinking to yourself. or at least don't spout your commie crap round these parts!
ajay - 09/29/07 22:23
(E:james) , (e:james), (e:james) ... don't you know you're supposed to DEMONISE Iran ?? What are you doing injecting fact and reason into the public discourse??? Ignore the fact that in Saudi Arabia you (or any non-muslim) can KILLED for just venturing into the holy city of Mecca. Or that as a woman you can be divorced for just LOOKING at a man in a TV show. Or that as a woman you aren't allowed to drive. Or even go out of the house with any male other than your husband, father or brother. Because Saudis are our "allies".
See, Iran isn't an "ally". As an "ally", you can fuck your people, gas them, torture them, stone them, do whatever the fuck you want. But if you're not an "ally", God have mercy on your people, for sure as hell we won't!
Just listen to your President, citizen! And do as you're told. Stop thinking for yourself before you get into trouble....
(E:james) , (e:james), (e:james) ... don't you know you're supposed to DEMONISE Iran ?? What are you doing injecting fact and reason into the public discourse??? Ignore the fact that in Saudi Arabia you (or any non-muslim) can KILLED for just venturing into the holy city of Mecca. Or that as a woman you can be divorced for just LOOKING at a man in a TV show. Or that as a woman you aren't allowed to drive. Or even go out of the house with any male other than your husband, father or brother. Because Saudis are our "allies".
See, Iran isn't an "ally". As an "ally", you can fuck your people, gas them, torture them, stone them, do whatever the fuck you want. But if you're not an "ally", God have mercy on your people, for sure as hell we won't!
Just listen to your President, citizen! And do as you're told. Stop thinking for yourself before you get into trouble....
museumchick - 09/29/07 21:16
I never knew about Iran having a permanent Jewish representative in their parliament- that's cool.
I never knew about Iran having a permanent Jewish representative in their parliament- that's cool.
james - 09/27/07 13:58
Did you know Iran has the second largest Jewish population in the Middle East after Isreal? Did you also know that their parliament has one permanent Jewish representative?
Makes Iran sound much nicer than the dictatorship in Burms (fuck Myanmar, it is a name made up my the military government)
Did you know Iran has the second largest Jewish population in the Middle East after Isreal? Did you also know that their parliament has one permanent Jewish representative?
Makes Iran sound much nicer than the dictatorship in Burms (fuck Myanmar, it is a name made up my the military government)
09/26/2007 09:49 #41336
i thought this was kind of cool...Category: life
Scientists find new species in Vietnam 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
HANOI, Vietnam - Scientists have discovered 11 new species of plants and animals in Vietnam, including a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) said Wednesday.
The new species were found in a remote region known as the "Green Corridor" in Thua Thien Hue province in central Vietnam, it said.
"You only discover so many new species in very special places, and the Green Corridor is one of them," Chris Dickinson, WWF's chief technical adviser in the region, said in a statement.
The new snake species, the white-lipped keelback, generally lives close to streams and eats frogs and other small animals, WWF said. It has a yellow-white stripe along its head, red dots over its body and can reach a length of 31.5 inches.
The new butterfly species are among eight discovered in Thua Thien Hue since 1996. One is a "skipper," a butterfly that flies in a quick, darting motion. It is from the genus Zela. The other is from a new genus in the subfamily Satyrinae.
Three of the new orchid species are leafless, which is unusual for orchids, WWF said.
The other new plant species include one in the aspidistra family, which produces a black flower and can subsist in low light, and an arum, which produces yellow flowers surrounded by funnel-shaped leaves, it said.
"It's great news for Vietnam," said Bernard O'Callaghan, Vietnam program coordinator for the World Conservation Union. "The jungles and mountains of Vietnam are fascinating places and they continue to surprise scientists."
All the new species are exclusive to tropical forests in Vietnam's Annamites mountain range, which offers unique habitats.
All species in the area are under threat from illegal logging, hunting and development.
Many threatened species live in the Green Corridor, including the white-cheeked crested gibbon, one of the world's most endangered primates.
HANOI, Vietnam - Scientists have discovered 11 new species of plants and animals in Vietnam, including a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) said Wednesday.
The new species were found in a remote region known as the "Green Corridor" in Thua Thien Hue province in central Vietnam, it said.
"You only discover so many new species in very special places, and the Green Corridor is one of them," Chris Dickinson, WWF's chief technical adviser in the region, said in a statement.
The new snake species, the white-lipped keelback, generally lives close to streams and eats frogs and other small animals, WWF said. It has a yellow-white stripe along its head, red dots over its body and can reach a length of 31.5 inches.
The new butterfly species are among eight discovered in Thua Thien Hue since 1996. One is a "skipper," a butterfly that flies in a quick, darting motion. It is from the genus Zela. The other is from a new genus in the subfamily Satyrinae.
Three of the new orchid species are leafless, which is unusual for orchids, WWF said.
The other new plant species include one in the aspidistra family, which produces a black flower and can subsist in low light, and an arum, which produces yellow flowers surrounded by funnel-shaped leaves, it said.
"It's great news for Vietnam," said Bernard O'Callaghan, Vietnam program coordinator for the World Conservation Union. "The jungles and mountains of Vietnam are fascinating places and they continue to surprise scientists."
All the new species are exclusive to tropical forests in Vietnam's Annamites mountain range, which offers unique habitats.
All species in the area are under threat from illegal logging, hunting and development.
Many threatened species live in the Green Corridor, including the white-cheeked crested gibbon, one of the world's most endangered primates.
ladycroft - 09/26/07 17:33
ooh. a low light black flower. that's my kind of plant!
ooh. a low light black flower. that's my kind of plant!
you're allowed to be down, it's cool :) read my past journals, ha! i was a miserable mess for about a year. it's uncomfortable going through the adjustment phase after a move and soon enough that will transition into comfortable.
No complaints, I'm glad the lists are catching on! I categorize all of mine as "10 things" and you are welcome to do the same.
And just for the record, I've never called mine a "top 10," only "10 things." This is because I am too lazy to rank or even to make sure that the 10 things are the 10 top things. Nope, just a sample of the ten that came to mind when I sat down to journal.