Thank you to everyone who said nice things. I know it's hard to know what to say, nothing to be done, but I appreciate all your kind thoughts.
-D
Jul 29, 2005
Jul 26, 2005
I will miss you, Moey and Stanley
Back in April of 2001, we weren't allowed to have most animals in our apartment complex, only things that are cage confined, hamsters or fish or guinea pigs, etc. Unfortunately, I don't agree w/ buying those things at stores, because it encourages their breeding. If you've ever seen a story on those breeding centers, you understand why. Then one day, a little black guinea pig named Midnight made an appearance on one of those adopt-a-pet segments on the local news. He was so cute looking, and of course I have no problem saving a guinea pig from the pound, so off we went!
Turns out he came as a package deal with his partner Sunset, who was bigger and brown, and also very cute. We got them that day, for 5 bucks each and 10 dollars for a big cage. This would probably have cost 150 bucks at petsmart, another point for saving animals! We loved them very much, spazzy little buggers that they were. We renamed the black one Stanley (after a long lost stray I took care of named Stanley Springer), and the brown one Mo for the mohawk she sported on her back. They were already pretty old, 4 years, but they were active, especially Stanley, who would scamper around the room if let loose, pooping where ever he dang well pleased! They made me very happy, being my first animals, it was so fun to just sit and watch them run around and scarf down greens.
A year and a half later, after many heads of lettuce, bags of cedar, and piles of hay, my spazzy Stanley died. He was just fine one day, and the next day very sick. It was a weekend and by the time I got the guinea pig doctor at the emergency vet on the phone, little Stanley had died in my hands. It was the first time one of my, not the whole family's, animals had ever died in my life. Even those animals I grew up with did not die until after I had moved out, so I guess it was new for me. He was 5 and a half when he died, most guinea pigs only live until 5 or 6. It was very hard, of course, but I had a wonderful friend to help me through that day.
I missed Stanley very much, then. And as you always do, I wished I had spent more time with him. So La Puerca Aburrida got a lot of attention after that. Guinea pigs live as pairs, and after Stanley died, I was sure that Mo didn't have long. I continued to be sure of this for months and months, but she just kept going, happy as ever, inhaling her parsley like a furry little wood chipper and tribbling whenever I walked into the room with a plastic bag. Eventually I became convinced that Mo would outlive us all, she just had too sweet a deal to be done yet. Moey lived through the death of her friend, through some manner of kidney problem that was never fully understood, through a weird bald patch that appeared and disappeared completely inexplicably, through a tumor she had to have removed, she just kept going.
I got pretty used to the idea that Mo would just always be there, to be honest. I got a cat when I moved, then another, then a dog, and a couple temporary guests in between. But Moey was the first, she was sort of a constant. But for the last couple weeks, it seemed indefatigable Moey had finally begun slowing down. Old animals always get a little creaky, and she was no exception, but once she stopped being able or willing to walk around and feed herself, it was obvious something was wrong. I've been feeding her by putting food under her face, and making sure she gets water by pushing it into her mouth (and getting nibbled in the process! Ungrateful!) I'm afraid I did not accept this change very well, she had been becoming more sedentary for a long time, so it wasn't that dramatic a change to my eyes. But when I brought her to the vet, it was so sad, they looked at her as if there was no hope, they knew her fate just by looking at her. I couldn't take that, right then, and I brought her home with me anyway. I don't know if that was selfish, but I wanted a few more days with her, a few more days to make sure she wouldn't rebound yet again, a few more days before I could believe the Unsinkable Moey Brown could be leaving me.
Moey lived to be almost 8 and a half years old. The vet said she was the oldest guinea pig he's ever seen. I know I've given her as long and good a life as I could have, but today, on July 26th, Moey couldn't go any longer. She had trouble breathing yesterday, I had a final appointment at the vet for her tomorrow, but when I got home from work, she was dead. I believe she lasted as long as she could, she was still very warm and had not yet become stiff, which happened quickly w/ Stanley. I wish I had come home just 5 minutes earlier to be with her at the end. I know I did my best, I spent all my time that I wasn't sleeping or working with her the past 3 days, but I wish she didn't have to be alone. Hug your animals extra long tonight.
Here's one last picture to remember my guinea pigs by, hideous buck toothed monsters that they were, clamoring for food! I will miss you, my handsome little Stanley and beautiful little Mo.
Turns out he came as a package deal with his partner Sunset, who was bigger and brown, and also very cute. We got them that day, for 5 bucks each and 10 dollars for a big cage. This would probably have cost 150 bucks at petsmart, another point for saving animals! We loved them very much, spazzy little buggers that they were. We renamed the black one Stanley (after a long lost stray I took care of named Stanley Springer), and the brown one Mo for the mohawk she sported on her back. They were already pretty old, 4 years, but they were active, especially Stanley, who would scamper around the room if let loose, pooping where ever he dang well pleased! They made me very happy, being my first animals, it was so fun to just sit and watch them run around and scarf down greens.
A year and a half later, after many heads of lettuce, bags of cedar, and piles of hay, my spazzy Stanley died. He was just fine one day, and the next day very sick. It was a weekend and by the time I got the guinea pig doctor at the emergency vet on the phone, little Stanley had died in my hands. It was the first time one of my, not the whole family's, animals had ever died in my life. Even those animals I grew up with did not die until after I had moved out, so I guess it was new for me. He was 5 and a half when he died, most guinea pigs only live until 5 or 6. It was very hard, of course, but I had a wonderful friend to help me through that day.
I missed Stanley very much, then. And as you always do, I wished I had spent more time with him. So La Puerca Aburrida got a lot of attention after that. Guinea pigs live as pairs, and after Stanley died, I was sure that Mo didn't have long. I continued to be sure of this for months and months, but she just kept going, happy as ever, inhaling her parsley like a furry little wood chipper and tribbling whenever I walked into the room with a plastic bag. Eventually I became convinced that Mo would outlive us all, she just had too sweet a deal to be done yet. Moey lived through the death of her friend, through some manner of kidney problem that was never fully understood, through a weird bald patch that appeared and disappeared completely inexplicably, through a tumor she had to have removed, she just kept going.
I got pretty used to the idea that Mo would just always be there, to be honest. I got a cat when I moved, then another, then a dog, and a couple temporary guests in between. But Moey was the first, she was sort of a constant. But for the last couple weeks, it seemed indefatigable Moey had finally begun slowing down. Old animals always get a little creaky, and she was no exception, but once she stopped being able or willing to walk around and feed herself, it was obvious something was wrong. I've been feeding her by putting food under her face, and making sure she gets water by pushing it into her mouth (and getting nibbled in the process! Ungrateful!) I'm afraid I did not accept this change very well, she had been becoming more sedentary for a long time, so it wasn't that dramatic a change to my eyes. But when I brought her to the vet, it was so sad, they looked at her as if there was no hope, they knew her fate just by looking at her. I couldn't take that, right then, and I brought her home with me anyway. I don't know if that was selfish, but I wanted a few more days with her, a few more days to make sure she wouldn't rebound yet again, a few more days before I could believe the Unsinkable Moey Brown could be leaving me.
Moey lived to be almost 8 and a half years old. The vet said she was the oldest guinea pig he's ever seen. I know I've given her as long and good a life as I could have, but today, on July 26th, Moey couldn't go any longer. She had trouble breathing yesterday, I had a final appointment at the vet for her tomorrow, but when I got home from work, she was dead. I believe she lasted as long as she could, she was still very warm and had not yet become stiff, which happened quickly w/ Stanley. I wish I had come home just 5 minutes earlier to be with her at the end. I know I did my best, I spent all my time that I wasn't sleeping or working with her the past 3 days, but I wish she didn't have to be alone. Hug your animals extra long tonight.
Here's one last picture to remember my guinea pigs by, hideous buck toothed monsters that they were, clamoring for food! I will miss you, my handsome little Stanley and beautiful little Mo.
Jul 22, 2005
Star Wars Name
What is your Star Wars name?
Take the last three letters of your first name, and reverse them, that's your first name.
Then take the name of your first car, that's your last name.
Then take the last prescription (or over the counter, in my case) drug you took, that's your home planet.
So mine would be Noh Concorde from the planet Suphedrine.
Mine isn't that good :oP What's yours?
Take the last three letters of your first name, and reverse them, that's your first name.
Then take the name of your first car, that's your last name.
Then take the last prescription (or over the counter, in my case) drug you took, that's your home planet.
So mine would be Noh Concorde from the planet Suphedrine.
Mine isn't that good :oP What's yours?
Jul 21, 2005
Sure as I know anything, I know this, I aim to misbehave.
New Serenity trailer up!
http://www.cantstopthesignal.co.uk/trailer/
Jesus, there's so much good stuff in these trailers, I'm afraid there's nothing left for the movie!
http://www.cantstopthesignal.co.uk/trailer/
Jesus, there's so much good stuff in these trailers, I'm afraid there's nothing left for the movie!
Jul 20, 2005
Jul 18, 2005
Saberology
Well, mad props on the engineering that went into these things, there is some clever design work and problem solving that went into making them work, sort of impressive. But woah boy do people take things seriously!
http://www.saberology.com/
http://www.saberology.com/
Jul 17, 2005
Jul 14, 2005
No way, dude
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/june2004hastings-mammatus.html
2nd from the bottom, that looks totally fake! amazing!
2nd from the bottom, that looks totally fake! amazing!
Physics!
First, combining my nerd interests of video games and physics, officially making me into what doctors call "nerdtastic":
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/248844
And then this, which is just friggin' *awesome*! It's an N-body simulation! made into a game!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/250408
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/248844
And then this, which is just friggin' *awesome*! It's an N-body simulation! made into a game!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/250408
Jul 13, 2005
A Few Good G-Men
Hey look, another link no one cares about but me, but Machinima is pretty cool if ya think about the work that goes into it. maybe some day be it's own legitimate art form, hm?
http://www.nailbiter.net/gman/
http://www.nailbiter.net/gman/
Mario64 in 20 min
I dunno how many of you would think this is cool, or be bored enough to spend 20 minutes watching it, but holy crap is it amazing. My mouth was literally agape for most of it, and sometimes I just laughed out loud at the ridiculous crap he pulled off :)
http://www.spikedhumor.com/Article.aspx?id=238
http://www.spikedhumor.com/Article.aspx?id=238
Jul 12, 2005
Earthship
http://www.earthship.org
Do people already know about this? The guy comes across as a mad scientist, and the website comes across as buy-my-book-cult or something. But the ideas, if you ignore that crap, are actually really awesome. Maybe by the time I have enough money to actually own a house? :)
Do people already know about this? The guy comes across as a mad scientist, and the website comes across as buy-my-book-cult or something. But the ideas, if you ignore that crap, are actually really awesome. Maybe by the time I have enough money to actually own a house? :)
Jul 11, 2005
Cat Hunting
This is way old, back from april, but I just found out, and unless its from THIRTEEN FIFTY FUCKING THREE B.C., it's gross:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=662272&page=1
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=662272&page=1
Jul 9, 2005
Two-Spirits
This may be old news for some, but I thought it was cool. Apparently there was some native americans that were gay and would lead the life of the opposite sex in their tribes. I'd say more, but sites can say it better:
http://www.androphile.org/preview/Culture/NativeAmerica/amerindian.htm
http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/native/dialogue_opinion_letters/pns_gay_twospirits_0305.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit
People can argue about how accepted it was or amongst which tribes, or the validity of the modern revival, but just that it existed, that it was at least accepted enough to exist in some places, that's interesting enough.
http://www.androphile.org/preview/Culture/NativeAmerica/amerindian.htm
http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/native/dialogue_opinion_letters/pns_gay_twospirits_0305.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit
People can argue about how accepted it was or amongst which tribes, or the validity of the modern revival, but just that it existed, that it was at least accepted enough to exist in some places, that's interesting enough.
Jul 1, 2005
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