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Don tagged me with this meme to post a song that best describes me. There was one in particular that popped immediately into my mind, but I took some time to think about it because I don’t feel like the same person I was even six months ago. So, does it still fit? I think it does, but that makes me wonder if it fit as well before as I thought it did. Or maybe it doesn’t fit as well now as I think it does. Or maybe this is something I’ll never be able to answer. Nonetheless, I think this is my song. ani difranco’s “Not a pretty girl”.
Who to tag next? I’m going to go with Mother Wintermoon, if she’s in the mood for it! But really, anyone who is interested in participating, I’d love to see what everyone would post, because I love music, and it is both fun and interesting to see what resonates with everyone!
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I also need to catch up on my three things. For Saturday:
- At the sanctuary one of the roosters, Speedy, pecked at me. This is standard Speedy behavior, and I’ve always thought he was just an ornery rooster. I said something to Dave, one half of the couple who runs the sanctuary, and he said that Speedy was just trying to get some attention (much like a 4 year old acting up!). I scoffed at this, but he picked Speedy up and put him in my arms. After Speedy didn’t peck at me, which I admit surprised me, I pet him and he fell asleep as we stood in the sun. There were many things beautiful about these moments, not the least which was that it made me reevaluate and remember that outward impressions aren’t always what is at the heart. Speedy went straight from being a chicken I avoid to being one of my favorites.
- During this, one of the other volunteers said it was too bad that no one else had a camera because it was so cute to see Speedy asleep in my arms. I actually let someone take my picture…in fact, I encouraged it. You’d have to know me to understand just how out of character this was of me. And I like the picture. I’ve even shared it with someone.
- Grocery shopping later: Silk Nog and Vitasoy Peppermint Chocolate. In other words, the two things I actually like about the giftmas season!
Okay, and now for Sunday:
- An extra hour of sleep.
- I had a task I’d been avoiding. I had something I needed to return, a task that is oddly difficult for me. (well, oddly in the sense that most people don’t seem to have any issues with it, however it isn’t odd for me to have issues with it!) I had only 3 more days in the return period, and it really was today or never. I lugged this thing to my truck, went to the store, made my way to the return desk, waited in line, made my return…easy! Okay, obviously it should always be that easy, and it is pretty much always that easy, but I mean that mentally it was easy. Not being depressed is such a novelty for me at this point, and this is one of the ways it comes out.
- The sunlight was gorgeous this morning. I took some pictures of the Tempest as she lounged on her double wide cat scratcher. Happiness.
November 4, 2007 at 8:51 pm
My first exposure to this song. You are very forthcoming which is something I greatly admirer. The lyrics are very descriptive.
Your three-things are going to keep Deb busy with keeping herself honest. Tho’ I don’t think you have much trouble in this area. Being honest and straightforward that is. I would dare say you are very straightforward to a fault. Am I on the money or way off base? Never mind. I think I’m right on point.
You have a good eye for composition. Do you have any close-ups of hawks in flight or perched somewhere? Just curious.
See you later ambiguous lady!
November 4, 2007 at 8:54 pm
I just noticed you started blogging in the same month I began this little adventure. Sure glad I ran across your site!
Later my friend…
November 4, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Vitasoy Pepperming Chocolate š OK but seriously I think it is a huge thing for you to not only let, but encourage someone to take your picture. Then to share it with someone, wow!
Enjoying your new lens I see.
November 4, 2007 at 9:20 pm
hawk, glad I could introduce you to ani! She’s my favorite musician ever. I admire her so much. AND…I see her in concert this coming saturday, and then again the following friday. Very excited!
You are right about the three things keeping me busy being honest with myself. I’m pretty straightforward and honest, but that can be a way to deflect and distract as well. I’m honest about that too. š But really the thing about being honest with ourselves is that we have to be able to see clearly, and that’s one of the biggest challenges, as far as I can tell. So I can only say that I try to be honest and straightforward, and I have no idea how close I manage to come.
I don’t have any close-ups of hawks in flight. I’ve tried, for sure, but birds in flight are one of the hardest things to get! I have a lot of awe and respect for people who can do it. I also don’t have a lens that reaches far enough, though my new lens will help. But there’s still the problem of tracking and focusing and all that. There are hawks and eagles living near the sanctuary, and I tried to get a shot this weekend of what I think was an immature eagle. It isn’t very good or very clear, however!
But that’s the beauty of digital – costs nothing to keep trying! š
I’m glad you ran across my site too. I think we’re oddly similar, given the ways we’re completely opposite!
rich, luckily mom’s had a big stock, we’ll have to split one when you come for the thanksgiving at the sanctuary! And yes, it was a rather huge thing for me to let someone take my picture. I think I’m only now sorting through some of what is behind it. I will have to send my mom the link – she’ll fall over! And yes, enjoying the hell out of my new lens. I didn’t have the IS on the right IS mode (I finally read the instructions!) so I think there are some oddities in the pictures I took with it, but it still let me get some awesome shots, and I think the camera likes this lens best – the colors seem to need less correction, though it could be my imagination!
November 5, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Deb, you always make me smile when I soar in. Just think how boring our world would be if we were all the same. I like people with diversity, that are different from me. I like getting to know what makes them tick, what’s their hot-button, and what they enjoy and feel deep within. Goodness gracious, if everyone was like me, there would never be any peace in our world! LOL – just a little quiet humor here!
Always good to conversate (love this word) with you. I know, it is arcane, archaic and a host of other thangs you could call it. Conversate has such a Southern ring to it’s pronunciation, I just can’t help but think that one isn’t half right if they don’t think the same way. Now, I’m laughing at myself; or, LAMS! Heheheh…
November 5, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Hawk, it is true, diversity keeps things interesting! As for conversate, is it a southern thing? I am in the sortofsouth, but I’m still fairly new to the area. I’ve lived a couple places in the real south, and I can’t remember if I heard people use conversate or not. It was a while ago.
I was curious so I did an online search, and found that it is listed in a modern dictionary, though as slang, and I also found the following, which I haven’t tried to verify or not:
Interesting!
I’m not sure if that means I’m in my right or left mind though. š
November 5, 2007 at 9:33 pm
I like your Three Things assignment. I need to do that myself, considering I certainly couldn’t find much to put a smile on my face at work today. Mondays suck for me.
I cracked up when you described Speedy! A picture like that would be priceless!
November 5, 2007 at 10:06 pm
OB, the three things has been good for me, both on the good days and the bad. On the good days it is exciting that there are so many good things, and I need to limit myself to three. I have a chance to savor the positive things, and decide which to include on my list. And then on the not so good days, it is still really helpful to reach and find the positive parts of days that aren’t always fun and games.
Speedy is a character. š
November 13, 2007 at 12:41 pm
You are going to see Ani in DC? Please write about it! I just saw her in Asheville on Sunday.
November 13, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Thanks for the edification. Though it may be slang in some circles, it remains a rigid in my ego-concentric vernacular. Hmmm, there is probably not such a word ‘ego-concentric’ according to Webster. I will pay this no never-mind since I’m not too inclined to look it up and see if it is proper. Many things we do in the South are not considered proper by most folk. What’s a compound word anyway! It sounds good to me so I will just go with it. That is, if it meets with your approval! ~~~~LOL~~~~ These little ~~~~~ are me shaking as I LOL!
November 13, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Now, if I could only learn to check punctuation and spelling, I might have a leg up…somewhere!
November 13, 2007 at 4:56 pm
fightingwindmills – I am going to see Ani in DC, and I’ll make sure to write about it! It is at the 930 club, which is going to be a very very different venue than the one in Baltimore (at a symphony hall), and I think the 930 club is probably different than any other venue I’ve seen her at. I’m excited! But, really, ani is always amazing. š
(I’m tempted to make it a mad weekend and go up to NYC to hear her give a talk benefiting Bluestockings, but it would be a very crazy weekend if I did that and I’m still undecided!)
Hawk, as far as I’m concerned slang is just a couple years away from being regular ole language! I thought it was interesting (if that person was right, which I still haven’t verified) that the slang of today is the same as the proper usage of the word 200 or so years ago! And feel free to make up words (I do quite often myself!) as long as you’re communicating meaning, well, isn’t that the point? š
November 14, 2007 at 2:26 pm
This is a dumb question, but what does meme mean?
November 14, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Oh, meme‘s are fascinating. More of a phenomenon than a thing, they’re essentially a mechanism of social change. This can superficial – such as a song you get stuck in your head, sing aloud, and get the people near you with it stuck in their heads – or altruistic, such as the idea within the movie “Pay It Forward”, and of course everything in between. I think slang could be considered a meme as well.
The phenomenon of blogging is a meme! And blogging is used to propagate other memes. When bloggers talk about a meme, they’re usually talking about a sort of task (answering questions, posting photos, posting music, posting on a specific topic) to be done within the blog, and then passing that task on to others. You can seen how ideas and information are propagated through blogging communities this way, though it is primarily a way to learn a bit about other bloggers, to sort of humanize the ‘net.
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