hola lovelies!
my pieces are much more intact. thanks to those who inquired. it's not necessarily a totally bad thing to shatter now and again....
classes started up this week. linear models statistics, bioenergetics and population dynamics, and a tox seminar. this will be my last semester of classes (except for occasional seminars) forever!!! just research, research, research. the next time i'm involved in a class, i'll be teaching it! buahahaha!
yesterday afternoon, i was feeding the cats when i got a frantic call that "there's a snake in the neighbor's yard!!" i dropped the cat food and ran out into my unpaved street in my comfy pants and tank top sans bra, bare footed (yeah, eek). my redneck (but nice) neighbor had just rammed a shovel into a medium sized copperhead twice, once mid-body and once cervically. i was the first one there. it was still moving and my neighbor was breathless, looking like he felt like a hero. within a minute or two, a dozen neighbor people, young and old, had gathered to gawk.
needless to say, i was quite upset. i picked the snake up and plaintively asked everyone around me, "if you ever see a snake around here, PLEASE don't just kill it! come get me and i will take it away." they all looked at me as if i'd just sprouted a second head. one older man with a baseball cap set high up on his grizzled head said, "the only good copperhead is a dead copperhead." UGH!
i threw the carcass deep into the woods behind my house.
today, the shovel wielder asked me if i was mad at him. i said no but explained where i was coming from. he promised to either come get me next time or not tell me what he did, if in fact he kills another one!
it just sucks because this animal was not threatening anyone, it was just moving through it's landscape, doing its thing. copperheads are rarely active during the day and are not aggressive unless provolked. there was no reason to kill it. the fact that they are poisonous and that there are children around is meaningless in such a case. i have a five year old. he knows not to mess with wild snakes, not to stick his hand into dark places blindly, etc. respect them, and they will respect you.
anyhoo, it made me sad.
but...a great weekend is jes yonder! half day tomorrow, then a party, homecookin' and the royal tennenbaums with my favorite person saturday, then the rennassaince festival sunday. yay!!
ok, some SG "shout outs:"
--if i could meet any Suicide Girl, it'd be Alice. she's the coolest and sweetest, i know i'd love her.
--i got my SG pin from takora today! you rock man! thanks!
--redskull, you truly are poco loco, cabron. i'm gettin back to you shortly, shorty.
--inkedgirl, much love to you, you special chica!
xoxo, all!!
my pieces are much more intact. thanks to those who inquired. it's not necessarily a totally bad thing to shatter now and again....
classes started up this week. linear models statistics, bioenergetics and population dynamics, and a tox seminar. this will be my last semester of classes (except for occasional seminars) forever!!! just research, research, research. the next time i'm involved in a class, i'll be teaching it! buahahaha!
yesterday afternoon, i was feeding the cats when i got a frantic call that "there's a snake in the neighbor's yard!!" i dropped the cat food and ran out into my unpaved street in my comfy pants and tank top sans bra, bare footed (yeah, eek). my redneck (but nice) neighbor had just rammed a shovel into a medium sized copperhead twice, once mid-body and once cervically. i was the first one there. it was still moving and my neighbor was breathless, looking like he felt like a hero. within a minute or two, a dozen neighbor people, young and old, had gathered to gawk.
needless to say, i was quite upset. i picked the snake up and plaintively asked everyone around me, "if you ever see a snake around here, PLEASE don't just kill it! come get me and i will take it away." they all looked at me as if i'd just sprouted a second head. one older man with a baseball cap set high up on his grizzled head said, "the only good copperhead is a dead copperhead." UGH!
i threw the carcass deep into the woods behind my house.
today, the shovel wielder asked me if i was mad at him. i said no but explained where i was coming from. he promised to either come get me next time or not tell me what he did, if in fact he kills another one!
it just sucks because this animal was not threatening anyone, it was just moving through it's landscape, doing its thing. copperheads are rarely active during the day and are not aggressive unless provolked. there was no reason to kill it. the fact that they are poisonous and that there are children around is meaningless in such a case. i have a five year old. he knows not to mess with wild snakes, not to stick his hand into dark places blindly, etc. respect them, and they will respect you.
anyhoo, it made me sad.
but...a great weekend is jes yonder! half day tomorrow, then a party, homecookin' and the royal tennenbaums with my favorite person saturday, then the rennassaince festival sunday. yay!!
ok, some SG "shout outs:"
--if i could meet any Suicide Girl, it'd be Alice. she's the coolest and sweetest, i know i'd love her.
--i got my SG pin from takora today! you rock man! thanks!
--redskull, you truly are poco loco, cabron. i'm gettin back to you shortly, shorty.
--inkedgirl, much love to you, you special chica!
xoxo, all!!
I have that 'I'm comin' Home' demo almost done, u really wanna hear? Send that address on over & I'll ship her out, I'd dig some feedback
stay well & coolio, Mama..............