Let me start off by saying this: I have many pets (1 hamster, 1 rabbit, 2 Anole lizards, and seven fish). With at least the types of pets I have, one would assume that I could go to a pet store and get the appropriate items to nourish, care for, and provide a comfortable living establishment for my animals. Unfortunately, the local PetCo doesn't feel the same way.
Frank and Jose, my two lizards, eat crickets. They like they're crickets alive. And I usually buy the crickets in bulk because theres two of them and they eat them up mighty fast. So in order to keep feeding them, I need to buy more crickets. Am I making sense so far?
Well, I hadn't bought crickets for nearly a week in a half because PetCo says they're out of them. I can understand it happening once in a while, but not when you go in almost every day of the frikken week! Besides, I don't always have time to go into town if I have to do other things. Contrary to what people may believe, I am a very busy person. So I finally got frusterated and went to the other small petstore in town (I usually don't have time to go because they close at five, and by the time I get into Keene its later, so I mistakenly go to PetCo)
Of course, they didn't get their shipment of crickets either. So their is nothing in the whole city of Keene, New Hampshire that can sustain a pair of lizards, which, may I state, I bought at PetCo.
So my question to you is this...How are these petstores selling animals and never having food for them when you go back to buy some? Further more, how are they feeding their animals? Or are they not feeding them and letting them starve? This little perdicament makes me think out of the box unto bigger and worse problems. I mean, come on people! If you sell the animals, have the food that goes with them in stock every once in a while. And if it's true that these pet stores aren't feeding their animals approprately, then they shouldn't be shopped at period. Lets come togethor and look into this as a people and see if PetCo is really where the pets go,..willingly.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Happy Post-Fetus Day for Me!!! and other things
So nineteen years ago today, I was brought into the world. I built no opinions, intellectual skills, or even a pyramid of cruddy diapers. I was just me, a new-born. Now, Dec. 16th, 2007, at nineteen I have done all of those things.
Now for the nitty gritty. My rant for the day is about vehicles with 4-wheel drive and crappy weather such as is today. In Southern New Hampshire, as I speak there is freezing rain, at least a foot of snow already having been fallen, and unsafe slippery roads. I'm a proud Toyota driver, and though I like to think it can do anything, it doesn't have four wheel drive and is a light car so it slips easily. Therefore, to ensure safety to myself and others on the road, I tend to drive a bit slower in unsafe conditions.
However, there are those with trucks and gas-guzzling SUVs with four-wheel drive that think themselves invincible and tend to not drive the speed limit, but quite a bit faster in bad weather. I wouldn't be as concerned, after all, survival of the fittest and if one is too stupid to think to drive safely, then kissing a snowbank or pavement maybe the way one should be positioned. But when one is driving unsafely in these terrible conditions, or any conditions for that matter, that person is putting other's lives at risk. I've had so many trucks and SUVs and such riding my tail in blizzards and freezing rain, and I even swirved to let one by just so I could keep my tail end in place. Anyone out there reading this, please be considerate and don't be so arrogant as to think that just because you feel you don' t need to take the extra percautions just to be safe doesn't mean everyone else feels the same way.
Now for the nitty gritty. My rant for the day is about vehicles with 4-wheel drive and crappy weather such as is today. In Southern New Hampshire, as I speak there is freezing rain, at least a foot of snow already having been fallen, and unsafe slippery roads. I'm a proud Toyota driver, and though I like to think it can do anything, it doesn't have four wheel drive and is a light car so it slips easily. Therefore, to ensure safety to myself and others on the road, I tend to drive a bit slower in unsafe conditions.
However, there are those with trucks and gas-guzzling SUVs with four-wheel drive that think themselves invincible and tend to not drive the speed limit, but quite a bit faster in bad weather. I wouldn't be as concerned, after all, survival of the fittest and if one is too stupid to think to drive safely, then kissing a snowbank or pavement maybe the way one should be positioned. But when one is driving unsafely in these terrible conditions, or any conditions for that matter, that person is putting other's lives at risk. I've had so many trucks and SUVs and such riding my tail in blizzards and freezing rain, and I even swirved to let one by just so I could keep my tail end in place. Anyone out there reading this, please be considerate and don't be so arrogant as to think that just because you feel you don' t need to take the extra percautions just to be safe doesn't mean everyone else feels the same way.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Religions and Such
Picture this; two men sitting next to each other, one singing Christmas songs and the other singing songs worshiping Hanukkah. Neither is getting into the other person's face and such, or claiming that the other is politically incorrect. The Atheists sing with the Protestants, the Protestants sing with the Catholics, the Catholics sing with the Jewish, the Jewish sing with the Buddhists, and the Buddhists sing with the Muslims.
In our modern day society, people are so touchy and fight to press their beliefs onto other people. For example, a duo of parents down in Massachusetts made a fuss over a school taking their kids to see the Nutcracker because they felt their kids should not go and see a religious play. Of course, refusing to sign the permission slip was simply not enough. They forced everyone else in that class to go on a field trip to a zoo. Yes, ridiculous, I know. Other examples are banning the Pledge of Allegiance from being said, changing Christmas to Holiday, and even complaining that the words "under God" are even uttered during the Pledge.
First of all, let me say this. Atheists have each and every right not to believe in God, but they do not have the right to try and push God out of the minds of those who do believe. Second, if we can safely wish others a Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing day, whatever, then Christians have every damn right to be wished a Merry Christmas. Third, I never understood why everyone had to try and push their beliefs onto other people. It is because of this very action that there have been wars since the beginning of time. Is it really so important that everyone believe the same thing as someone else that it ruins the lives of others?
No one should be pressured. No one should be bound by the chains of belief. No one should be complaining unless there is someone else out there who is forcing them to shoot their beliefs to the ground.
Talk about freedom; it is my freedom to be able to say the Pledge, it is my freedom to celebrate Christmas instead of mere Holiday, and it is my freedom to say "under God" during the Pledge, just as it is everyone else's right not to do any of the above things. So please don't take away my freedoms of this Country just to better your own.
In our modern day society, people are so touchy and fight to press their beliefs onto other people. For example, a duo of parents down in Massachusetts made a fuss over a school taking their kids to see the Nutcracker because they felt their kids should not go and see a religious play. Of course, refusing to sign the permission slip was simply not enough. They forced everyone else in that class to go on a field trip to a zoo. Yes, ridiculous, I know. Other examples are banning the Pledge of Allegiance from being said, changing Christmas to Holiday, and even complaining that the words "under God" are even uttered during the Pledge.
First of all, let me say this. Atheists have each and every right not to believe in God, but they do not have the right to try and push God out of the minds of those who do believe. Second, if we can safely wish others a Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing day, whatever, then Christians have every damn right to be wished a Merry Christmas. Third, I never understood why everyone had to try and push their beliefs onto other people. It is because of this very action that there have been wars since the beginning of time. Is it really so important that everyone believe the same thing as someone else that it ruins the lives of others?
No one should be pressured. No one should be bound by the chains of belief. No one should be complaining unless there is someone else out there who is forcing them to shoot their beliefs to the ground.
Talk about freedom; it is my freedom to be able to say the Pledge, it is my freedom to celebrate Christmas instead of mere Holiday, and it is my freedom to say "under God" during the Pledge, just as it is everyone else's right not to do any of the above things. So please don't take away my freedoms of this Country just to better your own.
The Dream like Your Average Horror Flick
So I had a dream, a dream so weird that I thought that I'd share it with y'all...
I was at a movie with some of my friends, and then for some reason I was at some large hotel with one of my friends and my Grandparents. People were running in terror because there was this really cute guy who turned into some sort of Werewolf type thing. I was like the main character, so I was the one who sort of gave random orders.
So I and a few strangers ran into a girls bathroom and I tried to lock the door, but the lock wouldn't work, so I tried to pin the door closed and I was fighting with this beast to keep him out so I wouldn't get massacred!
When he was distracted by someone else, I ran outside with my grandparents and, there was a random Drivers Ed car, so I yelled at everyone to get in, and we drove to my grandmas house, where I saw my little sister still in bed.
I told everyone to dim the lights so that we wouldn't be seen by the beast, who may have been seeking to decimate us. Then there was a knock on the door, and some man was cheaffeured here in an old 1940's like car. I'm like "Don't open it!" and my Grampa was like "I have to!"
He opened it and told the guy he should have told him later.. what he should have told him I will never know. So then he slams the door and I wake up.
I can't understand what a dream like that could possibly mean, but it was quite funny after that!
I was at a movie with some of my friends, and then for some reason I was at some large hotel with one of my friends and my Grandparents. People were running in terror because there was this really cute guy who turned into some sort of Werewolf type thing. I was like the main character, so I was the one who sort of gave random orders.
So I and a few strangers ran into a girls bathroom and I tried to lock the door, but the lock wouldn't work, so I tried to pin the door closed and I was fighting with this beast to keep him out so I wouldn't get massacred!
When he was distracted by someone else, I ran outside with my grandparents and, there was a random Drivers Ed car, so I yelled at everyone to get in, and we drove to my grandmas house, where I saw my little sister still in bed.
I told everyone to dim the lights so that we wouldn't be seen by the beast, who may have been seeking to decimate us. Then there was a knock on the door, and some man was cheaffeured here in an old 1940's like car. I'm like "Don't open it!" and my Grampa was like "I have to!"
He opened it and told the guy he should have told him later.. what he should have told him I will never know. So then he slams the door and I wake up.
I can't understand what a dream like that could possibly mean, but it was quite funny after that!
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Hello God
Hello God, how are You? Are we good? Well there's a few.
There's good-luck and happiness for the wealthy, the ones who are both fat and healthy
The ones who own those luxury cars, the ones who are able to travel far
The ones that have nothing to fear, around this merry time of year.
But why does it seem that suddenly ; You've turned your back on the poorer team
The ones that go through all the hardships; the ones whose luck constantly tips
What of those sick with a cancer; whos so sick they can barely answer
What of those without a family; who eat what little they have so sadly
Why is it that children cry; across the world where we don't pry
We take care of those who do not need; but ignore those that have mouths but can't feed
God, have You truly forgotten them? Is this a test, or are they soley forsaken?
Please God why can't You take heed, to all of those who are in need?
If I could do it by myself, I would not leave it on a shelf
But we all know that You're divine, and Your powers are beyond what I can define
Beloved, dear Heavenly Father, I know not what causes my mind to wander
I just believe that it is true, that the worst at life should have a Merry Christmas too.
There's good-luck and happiness for the wealthy, the ones who are both fat and healthy
The ones who own those luxury cars, the ones who are able to travel far
The ones that have nothing to fear, around this merry time of year.
But why does it seem that suddenly ; You've turned your back on the poorer team
The ones that go through all the hardships; the ones whose luck constantly tips
What of those sick with a cancer; whos so sick they can barely answer
What of those without a family; who eat what little they have so sadly
Why is it that children cry; across the world where we don't pry
We take care of those who do not need; but ignore those that have mouths but can't feed
God, have You truly forgotten them? Is this a test, or are they soley forsaken?
Please God why can't You take heed, to all of those who are in need?
If I could do it by myself, I would not leave it on a shelf
But we all know that You're divine, and Your powers are beyond what I can define
Beloved, dear Heavenly Father, I know not what causes my mind to wander
I just believe that it is true, that the worst at life should have a Merry Christmas too.
'Tis the Season
As is everyone else, I too am in the Christmas spirit! I've gotten all my Christmas shopping done and now am filling out what seems like a million Christmas cards. We have all our lights strung up on the house except for one strand we have to pick up in town.
It hasn't snowed yet, but we're supposed to get a Nor'eastern tonight which means I may get the day off from work tomorrow as a result of a snow day for the kids! I need the extra day of sleep.
I'm also excited because in 14 more days I will be 19 years old (not a great accomplishment, but one step closer into adulthood!)
My friend lost her license for twenty days as a result of running through a stop sign, so she's gonna be keeping my passenger seat warm for awhile. It was ironic because about the same time she got pulled over, I got pulled over in another spot! I got a warning though, not as severe as her situation. The cop was pretty cute too!Anyways, I'm sitting here playing around with my MySpace and getting a few laughs off of it. What can I say? I'm a dork! (not in the literal sense though, for that is a whale's penis)
It hasn't snowed yet, but we're supposed to get a Nor'eastern tonight which means I may get the day off from work tomorrow as a result of a snow day for the kids! I need the extra day of sleep.
I'm also excited because in 14 more days I will be 19 years old (not a great accomplishment, but one step closer into adulthood!)
My friend lost her license for twenty days as a result of running through a stop sign, so she's gonna be keeping my passenger seat warm for awhile. It was ironic because about the same time she got pulled over, I got pulled over in another spot! I got a warning though, not as severe as her situation. The cop was pretty cute too!Anyways, I'm sitting here playing around with my MySpace and getting a few laughs off of it. What can I say? I'm a dork! (not in the literal sense though, for that is a whale's penis)
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