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6.13.2006
The Most Adorable, Eco-Friendly, Chock Full Of Pictures Post Ever
Once again, my titles reflect my intentions for the post. I've got lots of pictures to show you, none of which have ever been seen before. This is an all-exclusive event (if you happen to be one of the billions of people with internet access). So first, a little background story to our first set of pictures:
A long time ago in a land far far away (a semester or two ago in Binghamton), I rescued a neighbor of mine from a very evil window (True, and would be a good post for some time). She eventually recovered, and in time, became friendly with the members of our house. Now this girl, whose name escapes me, also had a bit of a hobby in rescuing kittens. Tom, who used to live with me, had a bit of a hobby in wanting a kitten. The two of them quickly struck a deal, wherein Tom got a free kitten in exchange for giving it a good home. Tom chose the runt of the litter, and named her Mona. Now, in the background of these pictures you may see much litter and dirty clothes strewn about, those are mine. This was a low point in my long standing rivalry with cleanliness. However, the kitten front and center should distract you enough. I don't really have to say anything about her...she speaks for herself:
Jesus H. Christ, that's a damn cute kitten. She was very playful too, and utterly adorable. I only wish I had more pictures of her sleeping on people or sleeping inside of water bottle boxes.
Now, when I started uploading pictures of Mona, I felt bad for Ed. For those of you who don't know Ed, he's my slightly deformed German Shepherd. You might be able to see in the following pictures that one of his legs bends the wrong way, due to a particularly nasty automobile accident before we ever got him. He doesn't know the difference, though it does seem to ache him sometimes. He's also incredibly sweet and scared of more things than you can think of, despite his enormous size. I took one full body shot of him to show what I mean.
I've got three more pictures for ya, so hold on tight. Now, these next three aren't as cute, but they are going to start (maybe) a trend on this here blog. See, when I was a kid, I used to grow tomato plants, because the nice lady who owned the plant store used to give me them for free. I haven't done it in a long long time. But it's back baby!!
I realize the unwavering dorkiness of this, but for some reason its got me excited. And its my mother-effing blog, so you are all going to watch this thing grow. I'm going to take pictures of it, you're going to look at them, and you will leave comments about how gorgeous and delicious my tomatoes look. Ok, maybe not that last part, but definatley the first two! That last picture of the four little yellow flowers is the beginning of a tomato. Each one of those flowers will, with any luck, start to develop a little green ball inside of them, which will grow and grow until it turns the shade of red you'd normally expect. When they fall off to the touch, they're ready for eating. I'm no tomato connisseur or great lover of said vine-ripened vegetable, but they're easy to grow and extremely rewarding.
And there you have it. In a single post you've witnessed adorable felines, the paradox of a 115 lb. German Shepherd who could tear your arm off but prefers to lick it, a nature lesson about the origins of an vegetation, and pretty pictures of it all to boot. Now that's a goddamned post.
A long time ago in a land far far away (a semester or two ago in Binghamton), I rescued a neighbor of mine from a very evil window (True, and would be a good post for some time). She eventually recovered, and in time, became friendly with the members of our house. Now this girl, whose name escapes me, also had a bit of a hobby in rescuing kittens. Tom, who used to live with me, had a bit of a hobby in wanting a kitten. The two of them quickly struck a deal, wherein Tom got a free kitten in exchange for giving it a good home. Tom chose the runt of the litter, and named her Mona. Now, in the background of these pictures you may see much litter and dirty clothes strewn about, those are mine. This was a low point in my long standing rivalry with cleanliness. However, the kitten front and center should distract you enough. I don't really have to say anything about her...she speaks for herself:
Jesus H. Christ, that's a damn cute kitten. She was very playful too, and utterly adorable. I only wish I had more pictures of her sleeping on people or sleeping inside of water bottle boxes.
Now, when I started uploading pictures of Mona, I felt bad for Ed. For those of you who don't know Ed, he's my slightly deformed German Shepherd. You might be able to see in the following pictures that one of his legs bends the wrong way, due to a particularly nasty automobile accident before we ever got him. He doesn't know the difference, though it does seem to ache him sometimes. He's also incredibly sweet and scared of more things than you can think of, despite his enormous size. I took one full body shot of him to show what I mean.
I've got three more pictures for ya, so hold on tight. Now, these next three aren't as cute, but they are going to start (maybe) a trend on this here blog. See, when I was a kid, I used to grow tomato plants, because the nice lady who owned the plant store used to give me them for free. I haven't done it in a long long time. But it's back baby!!
I realize the unwavering dorkiness of this, but for some reason its got me excited. And its my mother-effing blog, so you are all going to watch this thing grow. I'm going to take pictures of it, you're going to look at them, and you will leave comments about how gorgeous and delicious my tomatoes look. Ok, maybe not that last part, but definatley the first two! That last picture of the four little yellow flowers is the beginning of a tomato. Each one of those flowers will, with any luck, start to develop a little green ball inside of them, which will grow and grow until it turns the shade of red you'd normally expect. When they fall off to the touch, they're ready for eating. I'm no tomato connisseur or great lover of said vine-ripened vegetable, but they're easy to grow and extremely rewarding.
And there you have it. In a single post you've witnessed adorable felines, the paradox of a 115 lb. German Shepherd who could tear your arm off but prefers to lick it, a nature lesson about the origins of an vegetation, and pretty pictures of it all to boot. Now that's a goddamned post.
6.04.2006
A Quick Apology
As you may have guessed, this is a public, open, quick apology:
In my last post, I insinuated that Heather was exceedingly mean, by misquoting her feelings about this here blog. In fact, Heather is nothing but supportive of my little musings here, and encourages me to post regularly. She also reads every single one of these things...and, well...some of them are kind of boring. You can read the comment she left regarding this issue. That girl really knows how to make a guy swallow his words.
So in short, I'm sorry for the way that last post made her sound. She's really a wonderful person, and a loyal, loving reader of this little space of internet.
As a sidenote, how kick ass is this new look? And now that I've figured out some of the html intricacies, I'll be able to change that striking background picture whenever and however much I'd like.
In my last post, I insinuated that Heather was exceedingly mean, by misquoting her feelings about this here blog. In fact, Heather is nothing but supportive of my little musings here, and encourages me to post regularly. She also reads every single one of these things...and, well...some of them are kind of boring. You can read the comment she left regarding this issue. That girl really knows how to make a guy swallow his words.
So in short, I'm sorry for the way that last post made her sound. She's really a wonderful person, and a loyal, loving reader of this little space of internet.
As a sidenote, how kick ass is this new look? And now that I've figured out some of the html intricacies, I'll be able to change that striking background picture whenever and however much I'd like.
