All my Pets
How many pets have you owned in your lifetime? Tell us about them.
Submitted by jennajellopy.vox.com.
Ignoring Fish…
Cindy the Dog (A Black Lab) she was our Dog when I was 6-7, we gave her away when we moved to Kincardine. I remember her name and that she had white patches and we got her for free (I think) that’s about it. We didn’t take good care of her (My sister and I, My Mum DID take good care of her)
More Fish… My sister had a tank.
When I was 10 we Got “Lady” a black Lab retriever. She was some sort of “Mega” Lab as she was almost as big as a Newfie and built like a tank. As is usual for such Dogs she was a giant puppy dog and sweet as she was timid of leaving our yard on her own. She only ever barked/snapped at one person and he was threatening My Sister and I. She got Cancer and Epilepsy when I was 15-16 and we thought she would die. She lived on (bouncing back from ever deeper lows) until I was 21-22.
I vividly remember how we discovered her epilepsy, I was walking into the kitchen and heard a funny sucking sloshing noice coming from her, she was swallowing her own tongue! I reached into her mouth and snatched it out. She bit through my thumb and left me with what has proven to be a permanent scar. I was so sad because I thought she would ahve to be put down the next day. 6 years later when she actually was put down she had lived a long and happy life.
While living in Toronto we had two cats: Cat number one was a black alley cat kitten named “NiteMayr” after me. He never took to Jenny (even though he was hers) and ended up staying with our room mate. Our Second Cat “Skittles” was never suited for life around computers. He went to a family that had just lost their cat.
We had something like 24 hamsters in Toronto, none of them liked to be held but they bred out as these giant Sable-Rex cross breeds, think puffy rat sized hamsters. I ended up having to euthenize whole litters. It sucked alot.
We have had lots of fish here in Eugene.
We had a bunch of Hamsters too, although only the last two have been handleable, Ginger and Shebo. I had forgotten the name of the one in the cage until right now.
We have had two cats, Milkshake (a sweetie who slept on my head and made my allergies go crazy) and Kodos who is a giant bastard who hates humans and only lets me pet him.
Fun Stuff
I’m loving my little Canon a530.
I love slinging it out and snapping shots of stuff, especially close up and strange.
Take my little friend here; the fusion of a stress doll and a koosh ball. I have christened it the team mascot. I took a few snaps of it for my flickr page.
In Not Fun Stuff news, I decided to wipe out my Fedora Core install (meaning I lose my neat-o antispam solution for a while) but as per usual my path to Linux Nirvana is beset with Jackassery and slow net connections.
Oh well. Jackassery Calls.
I’m Grateful for…
Let’s make a list. What are 20 things in your life that you’re grateful for?
Inspired by wyndslash.vox.com.
- Daughter
- Wife
- Mum & Dad
- Family
- Good Friends
- Women (In General)
- Poetry
- Fiction
- History
- Fish and Chips
- Scotland
- Irn Bru
- Dance Music (Techno/House/Electronica)
- Rap Music (Old School/New School)
- Political Consciousness
- My Job and the money it generates
- Comics
- Computers
- Television
- Rum and Coke
Right before I Doze off
What’s the last thing you usually do or think about before you fall asleep?
Kiss and or Hug my Wife good night.
New Book Day!
Every couple of weeks now I get a new stack of books from the Interweb:
This week it is “War Lord - A Hellblazer Novel” “Hellblazer - Staring at the Wall” “Hellblazer - All His Engines” “World war Z - An Oral History of the Zombie Wars (Max Brooks)”
Last week it was Irvine welsh books.
I’m all full on books now. I should jus tread these now. [But it's my Birthday next week, so we will see]
LifeStream
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Full Day over, stumped by a copy/paste error in the afternoon
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New blog post: For Rememberance Sake and SSH in the Future http://tinyurl.com/6g2zbm
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HTOP is the Shizz, that is all.
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New blog post: Racist of the Week: Sad Bastard BNP Member http://tinyurl.com/5kcsdt
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I had to use a MAN page to resolve a question and consult Kernel notes to verify something, truly this is a golden nerdy age.
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Good Morning, took ages to get going today, hopefully the flywheel is up to speed now.
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On the phone praying to the Insurance Gods and listening to the same 4 songs over and over again...and again
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On the phone praying to the Insurane Gods and listening to the same 4 songs over and over again...
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My Question is: Will Jello Biafra be okay with Obama "Not" walking to his inauguration? The constant threats hove got to considered.
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Tragic and Entertaining - Tradgetaining http://tinyurl.com/5l75gl
