Sat in a field enjoying a smoke, dinner's being cooked for me over there and I don't know if you can see it (below) the sky is amazing right now. From gold to Blue with purples on the horizon.

Going camping for the weekend.. in an hour and I haven't cheked the tent or kit yet! Eeeep! Should be beautiful.

and Platypus!

Shorty's outside with a flock, Big Bird and a beautiful pale tan female I've come to call Elegance :) Platypus's doing well, she's put on weight and isn't so desperate for pretty much the biggest hugs I've had from a feline. We're no closer to finding her previous loved ones though my housemate seems inclined to keep her as long as we can!

My brain's not working today, it's like a hub of static. Can't hold a thought long enough to .. write a sentence. So starting from November I'm watching Daily Show back to the present, great thing is whole chunks of it are like new bc I don't remember anything lol .. .. .. As Paul Ryan: 'Weeks and months of years spent not doing anything,' that one got funnier with time.

Last but not least I came across this guy online today. There's some interesting things in here :)

Wait.. what? I know my Attenborough's weird.. that's why I like him.. Uh??

Accidentally picked up another stray! Now we have six rats (more since I think the little lady's pregnant again), two or three giant humans depending on the day and a cat named Platypus.. in a four room house, it's a bit mad. Outside wildlife is doing well: Shorty's dad graced us with a visit, the cat was initially brought inside for scaring birds and teddy face the wild rat (who seems happy now the cat's gone!)

Otherwise I'm on day 3 of this round of migraine and it sucks - stairs are evil and why do we need a bladder anyway? Daily Show's had some fucking awesome interviews again, other shows that I like are back on and .. well I can't complain too hard at being forced into sitting on my ass watching tv and staving the ache off with the occasional smoke. It could be a whole lot worse.


Oh so I've been thinking about structure and formatting again: do you remember the Three Point thingy that went for pages and never really got anywhere except I think maybe it told a story.. well the means piece has turned into something like that. Ideas that don't quite string together so I'll probably be posting as a mini-series on Protest... which, uh, yeah, look around bc the whole world seems to be in on this game right now.   .. I was gonna say something derogatory about Thatcher / May here.. but they knida tell the joke for you [link died.. new image]

IAF is full of cool things these days, though there's a disturbing amount of explosions (missile tests, etc) some of the time....  Here's another couple of cool & weird animals..

The world's a strange place when you're listening to David Bowie. Have a sunny day guys :P

Morning, bit of a weird link for you today. There's a scene/song of a show that I'd like to share but haven't found a way to link it directly.. so skip to 25:35 and have a listen to the thing ;) "Peace can never come from frustration and anger. A nation that's divided, well that's a nation in danger."

The rats are all good, though any pregnancy that was is no longer, they themselves are well and happy (nesting in the curtains [with her twigs and food stashes, it's very cosy] atm bc she likes watching out the window). Also I saw the wild western with the beautiful happy teddy nose yesterday, she's nervous around humans (naturally) but took the offered peanuts :) Shorty's been off exploring the world for the last week or so, very happy to see him back yesterday (skinny and malnourished, silly bugger should've come home sooner!) but he seemed happy to tuck into a giant pile of food and surprised me by how much he smiled my way before he started eating.

[Add: Just seen Shorty again, he's still smiling and a little rounder :)  have a great night dude].


The world is kind of terrifying and made up largely of quiet people and noisy assholes, but you never know what might happen - humans could all die out and the birds and rats could take over... or we could get our shit together... anything can happen, anything can be.

Always try.




Still working on the means piece, maybe some good stuff coming into this one... :) release tbc

This guy, "And now I'm a refugee in France - but let me to live, man. I don't want anything from you. I don't want eating from you. I don't want anything from you. I don't need help! But let me to live."

A trailer went up for this a little while ago. The full extended with english subs which I think complete runs for four hours or more so it's broken into an hour & ~20min blocks, Volumes 1-3 (below, from the beginning).



[Oh Jonathan and Argus - these two made my day :)

Add: Thinking and talking with a friend recently.. she's unconvinced but.. it seems to me that innocence behaves an awful lot like trust - once gone it feels devoid, takes a long time (relative to the losing) to heal and when returned can be empowering in that expansive sort of way. The dissimilarities aren't even too different.... there you go folks, my pondering for the day. Now I'm off to get into meetings with commissioners and do some legalese translating - happy tuesday!]

Sudden seemingly simple realisation: I'm posting these links today because the more people from places and cultures that I meet/understand the more I love humanity and with the world news the way it is, I need some love for humans right now.

Thank you (persons reading this) sometimes you guys are the people who make me feel like there are others out there that want these connections too. I mean everyone reading - who know who you are, who hit when I'm hitting it, catch the flow..

Have some strange music because I have no energy - day three of this round of migraine arrrrgggghhhhhh...... :/

I do not feel fine.. hangover.. oh man... worth it! happy sunday folks :P

Learn

Break the cycle
Be the one to change
Fall, get up and try again.

     NB: Not so much a poem as a teenage mantra still going.

This just made me laugh!

...I get that the world right now is in something of a state of uproar (as though it's ever not) and I can totally see how frustrating that is when a lot of the time it's just waiting, convincing and hoping for people to wake up .. .. .. but the options are limited and when you take the biggest picture view (excepting situations that have/do spin into violence) antagonism only gets you so far with anyone, you know? Patience. Wait out the rage and do something more useful.

[Add: hey Daily Show don't flog a dead horse...  :) "can't stay mad.." ...

Expanse (below) it's a shoddy gif but it only took a min to throw together... great show].

New rats are settling in well, they're very bold and exceptionally friendly - though Curio has a fondness for nibbling and, like a kitten's claws, his teeth are pretty sharp so they have a collection of sticks and blocks to chew on now ;)

Shorty's dad is outside right now clucking at the ladies, his flock's been keeping an eye on me all afternoon lol

Here's a couple of interesting things in the world lately: a guy built a car out of scrap and waste, this video is worth watching again even if you've seen it, and lastly during a drought a snake walks into town for a pint.

Have a great day guys, even when it's trying to rain on you!

This evening there's three new rats in the house [pics to follow!] two boys and a girl - who we believe is soon-ish to have babies herself. I'd guestimate she's two week along, so expect either good news [and lots more pictures] or awol.

Okay, two things:

1: This page has seen a huge uptick in hits since that guy drove his car into a bunch of people then stabbed someone and got shot for his pains. You may have noticed that I haven't said anything about it. That's because in my estimation of the world this is not a significant outlier or a red flag for anything that I'm involved in except by its proximity. These are things that I talk about here anyway and therefore I haven't felt a need to discuss it directly.

With that in mind, I've just seen a statement which lets me know that something I've been talking about for fucking ages [with people in my life] is coming to the fore in society. "There will be lessons to learn including whether [...] the perpetrator was directed or groomed to commit such an appalling crime." Once or twice I've mentioned a [third wheel] piece that I'm slowly churning through in the background, Manipulation... we haven't defined the words yet, that's why the author of the above [at a guess] was fumbling for the word and put down two to give you a contrast bc the doesn't currently occur in conversation or text on a regular enough basis that it came to mind. Language changes fastest by use so I'm working on this Coercion/Manipulation piece... eta-post month or so. [re-learning a little deutsche to get another perspective on it too... eep..].

2: Also while writing ^^ the pigeons prompted me to put food down outside.... hehe I've seen the pregnant lady! She's not pregnant anymore, disappeared out the gate when I got close! There must be someone at home presently caring for the babies :D She's got plenty of weight on her still and looked tired but healthy.

[New Day is harder to hear than some of the others so lyrics sheet].
Working on the means piece again today, I hope it's gonna be worth the effort to read when it's done.. lol.. Learning loads in the process though so ;) that ^^ is my soundtrack, enjoy!
[Add: Aaaarrrruuughhhhhh - brain melting! Must stop! If I do say so myself, I'ma little proud of some shit I just wrote: ~4 days to post.]

Being a giant hippy today ;)



Protests yesterday seemed to be more effective than I'd expected, pleasantly surprising.

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