Okay so I didn't....August 2002

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August 1st, 2002

Damn, summer always passes too quickly, it's August already! I can't believe it. Well all this talk about having kids over the last few days has been for a reason. Derek and I have made a very important decision. We are going to take the plunge. We have decided to become parents.....to two cute little Jack Russell terriers!! I am so excited! WEEEEEE! Seeing as I am alergic to children and not having any, I have all this excess nurturing energy to pour out onto some helpless creature, and Derek is getting sick of me wrapping him in a blanket and burping him on my knee. As soon as we get them I will put up pictures. I need help with name suggestions so if you read this, please visit the forums and suggest some to me.

August 4th, 2002

We found a puppy!! I am so excited! We have been pretty busy lately trying to puppy proof the house and I have been neglecting writing. Already I have a backlog of things I want to write about. We are bringing the puppy home tomorrow. I will write more then. It is amazing though, just the little bit of writing, just making myself jot down my thoughts once in a while, is making a diference. I am thinking more creatively again. It's not like I am saying anything brilliant, I think it's just the act of slowing down to think for a bit each day. Anyway, I am going to go read the onion for a bit because I am too excited to sleep.

August 7th, 2002

Well we have had Emma for 2 days here now and she is really good. It's funny but now that we have her I am terrified at the idea of taking her into the trails. I am worried about coyotes or a cougar getting her. But we got her for a trail dog so I have to get over it. It's my over protective motherly instinct kicking in again! You know what I hate? I hate it when you get an animal and you are a girl, people automatically assume that this means you will want to have children soon. Oh, it's your clock ticking! Oh your desire to be a mother is finally kicking in. Soon you will want babies! No ...trust me, no such thing is happening. There are a few differences between loving a puppy and wanting children. Just because I care about the safety of an animal does not mean I want to have it sucking milk from my breast. Ugh! The whole idea of breast feeding is revolting to me. Just because I enjoy taking the puppy out for a walk to do it's business doesn't mean that i want to wipe a shit smeared ass every hour. Just because I can tolerate the relatively small responsibility of taking care of a dog doesn't mean I want to give up the next 20 years of my life to take care of a baby. Trust me , no babies for me. Also, puppies are cute, babies are ugly. That's the bottom line. Now I have to get back to work. Too much time spent playing with puppy.

August 7th, 2002....photo

Here is a photo that the rescue place gave us of Emma. Ain't she a cutie? Emma!!

August 15th, 2002

Well Derek is giving me a hard time about neglecting my blog so I guess I need to update it. He actually said "Look you only have one photo of Emma from before she loved us."
Well that did it. I guess I need to add more pics. I have been busy this week trying to come up with a new routine for my days. Dogs are a lot of work!
We have actually had a really good week. Smokie and TK visited with Capone X and TK's bro' Matt. After 2 years of talking with them on ICQ it was awesome to finally meet them. TK is WAY more talkative than I imagined, and Smokie is way less talkative than I imagined. But they are all really great guys. Funny thing about Smokie though is, whenever he does open his mouth, you have to be really sure you don't have a full bladder. The thing I am very excited about though is that they told me that if they find green twizzelators in the states, they will send me some. Oh could you just imagine....... Incase anyone reads this and doesn't know how I feel about green twizzelators, you can read my haikus on my poetry page. I will put all the letters that I sent to Hershey up one day soon. I sent them letters because they took the lime green splendor off the shelves in BC. 2 long years ago. Tragic. I mean the heroine addicts who get off heroine have methodone clinics, but what do we have? nothing! Pizza and beer help. Oh yes....they help a lot...hang on...just got to get another slice. Anyhow, check out the new cute Emma pics on my PHOTO PAGE. Okay, it's almost bedtime so I will have to finish of here. G'night.

August 21st, 2002

I envy people with the ability to retain volumes of information easily. In a world where our 'volumes of information' are growing at an exponential rate, this is a useful ability to have. Most of our schooling is tautological and completely ineffective for people like me. I forget things unless they are linked with an emotional or visual experience. Personally I can't wait for nanotech or whatever method they use to increase our learning capabilities. Plug in Matrix style….I know Kung Fu! But for now I am stuck with my sieve brain reading physics textbooks with a nosebleed. It's gotta happen and I think it's going to happen soon. Artificial evolution, structured evolution, designed evolution. Human ethics are a funny thing. They are totally unique to us. Due to advancements in medicine, tech and our wonderful human ethics we have almost brought human evolution through natural selection to a grinding halt. Our next step in evolution has to be designed. Technology. The new and improved human being. Now I don't mean to sound like I am down on human ethics. Human ethics are generally a very good thing. The things we're reading about science and tech right now are so exciting that it is tempting to just throw ethics out the window. Don't stop to ask if or why just show us what it can do! Our world is changing so fast. The way we think, what we believe, the way we perceive our universe. Ancient religions are changing, crumbling, Jews and Catholics are agreeing. It's a great time to be alive! I have rambled a lot here and I haven't made much sense but my point is basically this, I can't wait to learn Kung Fu in an hour.
Derek and I are going camping soon! Yay! This is why I haven't written in here much. Life always gets busier before vacation. So many things to do. Makes you appreciate the vacation more. So needless to say, next week there wont be any updates. But if I am good and journal on my vacation, and if I remember how to use a pen, there should be lots when I get back. Later.