December 21, 2010

• I Can't Get With The Program

  It's Solstice

  It is an "off" day,  not a terribly negative off day,  just an off off day.  Of course I'm off work for the Xmas holiday. 

  It is the first day of winter and I got plenty of sleep.  I did not wake up to practice yoga on the mat as I had envisioned.

  I am cold.  I turn my little fireplace on and sit at the computer and cannot clean my desk. 

  I was going to go out and buy some stuff.   I need to eat breakfast.  I am worried about my brother in Colorado who has just had a 5 way by-pass.   His failing health is not new nor unexpected,  but it is worrying and stressful nonetheless. 

  There is nothing material I want for Xmas, that I did not buy.  What I bought was a green 10 cup Brita water pitcher and some stuff for the apartment and candy and crap... I gave money to the Salvation Army to buy Xmas gifts for needy children who live in my neighborhood. 

  My fish is dying.  It is dinofish anyhow because it is probably about 3 years old now.  A single female Betta,  I always either have a Betta or a Paradise fish and they nearly always live to be incredibly old.  I keep wanting to film and photograph stuff but I don't.  This female Betta, I never even named her,  has actually gone gray and is all stove up.  She can barely make it to the top when I feed her.   

  I have a unique ability to interact with fish and animals.  When I had a 50 gallon salt water tank,  my hilarious Unicorn Tang, with his pinocchio nose tapping the glass was always waiting right there by my head for me to wak up and feed him.  When he saw me stir, he would get exited and he would eat his shrimps right out of my fingers.

  I really miss having a Unicorn Tang, they are so cute and lovable,  the most interactive of any fish I have ever had the pleasure of caring for.

  I need to check Willow's blood glucose level.  He hasn't been given insulin since March and has been fine, he eats pure protein food but I haven't been checking his blood glucose.  He has gained weight and maintains it and self rations his food a bit and has a good appetite.

   He rarely eats dry food and when I do give him some crunchies, it is Core Protein by Wellness which is also grain free. 

  I haven't been taking care of his teeth.  I am bad about caring for my cat's teeth.  Of course dental health is related to coronary and digestive health and everything else too so if you want a healthy cat to live a long time you should also care for its teeth,  just a brushing, I have a ribbed finger cot and a kitty toothbrush and toothpaste but I am too lazy.

  Speaking of which.   I should get off and do something.  My one terrible chore is taking some shit to the post office that I sold on eBay...

  I should got to look at the new LG Phone I want to see if my SIM card will work in it if I buy it unlocked from an independent vendor, like I usually do as I hate the idea of paying too much for a phone plan and will not sign a cellphone contract, since 2002, and T-Mobile would just LOVE for me to make some type of change to my cherry phone plan so they can get more money from me but I love holding this plan and refusing to give it up.  They hate me.  They have nothing I want.

  The fact that I have refused to have a contract,  just for the sake of not wanting to have a contract,  yet have held and maintained the same service and account since 2002... is that irony?

  I actually don't need a new cell phone. I want to keep Windows Mobile and a QWERTY keyboard and the HTC Dash still is working fine.

  What are you doing on this holy of holiest days?  The Solstice, the shortest day which actually means the SUN begins to grow and stay around longer and longer and this is a HARBINGER of SPRING.

  Don't you just love the word "Harbinger"?

  Bernadette Peters is on TV talking about her performance in a Little Night Music,  her perfect Broadway solo of Send in The Clowns which I saw from second row and could literally see her pulse in the veins in her feet.

  I love Bernadette.

  What are you doing on this harbinger day?

  The day the "sun" is reborn in the eastern sky under the constellation Virgo,  in the cycle which has been revered since humanity has recorded its presence.
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