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| 01:23am 04/07/2008 |
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Anime Expo was fantastic today. *__* It was a bit of a rough start yesterday (concerning the hotel room and the fact that I got almost no sleep), but today rocked.
I got autographs from Tomokazu Sugita (who is very fun and hilarious in real life) and Shokotan (who adored my Boota costume). Shokotan even did a rendition of Sorairo Days in her panel and I filmed it. :D Also the AMVs were quite wonderful and high quality as a whole.
Talk to you later, f-list! |
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| 06:24pm 01/07/2008 |
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Well guys, I'm leaving at some point in the next...one or two hours, I believe? From there I'll be heading down to Daly City to hang out at ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) darkleha's house for the night, and in the morning we're picking up Zoe and several other people and heading down to ANIME EXPO!
It's going to be fantastic. I might post from the hotel room and check my e-mail but I can't promise anything. My f-list is going to be unmanageably large when I get back, but I'll do my best to catch up on it.
If you're going to be at Anime Expo, I hope to see you there! (And if we don't end up meeting up at any point, please don't take it personally. AX is just a very busy time for me and it's sometimes hard to find any time at all to just hang around with people.) If you're not going, take care of yourselves and have a good week! |
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| 12:27am 29/06/2008 |
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I HAVE...A THEORY.
A possibly delusional, fangirly-hope theory. But it is a theory nonetheless.
I think there is a chance that Satoshi Kon will be at Anime Expo. :O It might be a small chance, but it is a chance nonetheless. Here is my total of two pieces of evidence thusfar:
- He is already in New York for a series of Paprika screenings, as evidenced by his blog: http://konstone.s-kon.net/modules/notebook/
- There is a Guest of Honor panel spot open with a TBA on it on the Anime Expo schedule
Yes, it's probably just being hopeful and jumping to conclusions, but if he does come I'll be amazed and super-happy. :D Now I'm just going to cross my fingers for the next few days and hope they announce him. If not it's fine, but Satoshi Kon is my favorite overall director so I can't help but hope a bit!
Took the little robin with the broken leg and nerve damage to Dr. Lund today, and I was expecting him to say that we should put the bird down. Instead he took the bird and did a leg splint on it. Needless to say, the little robin isn't exactly comfortable (as his whole leg is splinted), but he's alive and has a chance! We'll see how it goes and hope for the best. :) I have to call Janet tomorrow to see if she's comfortable taking him even with the circumstances. If not I'll need to make some phone calls.
I honestly don't know what happened with the majority of the day. It's like I woke up, we went to Dr. Lund's office, and then I blinked and it was midnight.
Maybe I should start packing for Anime Expo tomorrow! I've been looking over the schedule and it looks like I'll have more free time than usual. Of course, much of this free time will likely be spent in lines and in the dealer's room, but still! I might actually have time to just cosplay and relax a little for once. |
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| More Macross Frontier and bird-related ramblings |
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| 03:38am 28/06/2008 |
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Last night I thought I would go to bed earlier than my usual 3-4 AM. But then, naturally, my plans were thwarted by the fact that I checked AnimeSuki before turning the computer off and realized that Macross Frontier episode twelve was out. So I downloaded the torrent, waited for it download, and watched it. At 3:30 AM. 8D I can't help it! I've been thoroughly sucked in.
( A bit spoilery )
Outside of fandom matters AKA me getting too involved in Macross Frontier love triangles, I got another fledgling robin today--but unfortunately it may have to be put down. One of our new rehabbers, who lives an hour away, got the bird about five days ago and only noticed something wrong with its leg today. It's either a fracture in the joint or right near the joint--which doesn't bode well for the poor little robin, especially because bird fractures heal remarkably fast and the other rehabber had the bird for so long without noticing the problem. Its toes aren't working quite properly either, which indicates possible nerve damage--which can't be easily healed. Anyway, I'll be calling a few different vets tomorrow to explore the options and then make a decision. It's difficult making the decision to euthanize a young, bright-eyed bird who eats well, but sometimes it's the best option. I'm not sure we'll be able to get this bird to a point where it can even stand up. We'll see. I'm going to try other things if there are any options.
At least Ms. Grosbeak is doing well. She spends a lot of her time crashing around in her box and getting upset at me, which is a good sign as it means she's energetic. She bit me again today while I was trying to give her some antibiotics, but I managed to squirm away gently before she could get a good hold and make it hurt. The goal with her is simple: Make her eat until she is fat and sassy, and then she can be released.
I got a few calls today from people who want to donate some huge and very nice-sounding cages to me. Let's hope those work out! :D
Mom got bucked off of Rivi (River Nights, our horse) and hurt her shoulder today. Let's hope it heals quickly!
Hmmmm, I think that's about it for now. It's almost 4 AM, so time for bed.
It's amazing how fast Anime Expo is coming up!
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| My busy day. (Feel no obligation to read this--it's very rambling and uninteresting!) |
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| 12:27am 27/06/2008 |
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Today was so busy and stressful, but it basically all worked itself out in the end. :D
I was up until 4 AM reading that stupid, stupid Macross Frontier shipping thread (which makes me roll my eyes with its ridiculousness) BUT I CAN'T STOP READING IT. Anyway, early in the morning one of our wildlife transport volunteers showed up at my house to pick up the grosbeak and take her to the vet. (I am now calling the grosbeak a her simply because that's what Dr. Lund referred to her as and I like assigning arbitrary genders.) Well, she didn't call ahead so basically I heard knocking, jumped out of bed, had to give the grosbeak her antibiotics, and got her ready to go while still half-asleep. I tried to sleep soundly after that, but of course the cute little mystery bird heard me get up and he spent the next several hours peeping away.
Then I got a call from Janet asking me to sort out a situation with a bird in Brownsville, which is an hour away. No one lives closer than an hour away from Brownsville, and it seems like every time someone from Brownsville calls they aren't willing to bring the bird to us. So I spent a while worrying about the situation, and then I called the lady back and she said the bird flew away on its own. Which was a huge relief.
Then I was trying to finish packaging things, as I ended up sending fourteen packages (not yours yet, hitchi, I really really didn't have time. ;__;). Once I was done with that, I had to put the cowbirds and towhee in the cage with the robins because mom was going to pick me up in the truck so we could fit their huge cage in it (of course, though, the birds couldn't ride in the back with the cage). Then I cleaned the sunroom really fast and not all that well, packed up everything else I needed, and got in the car. Of course, just as I was going to the car, a phone call I was waiting for came. .__.; I had to hurriedly say "I'll call you later!" and leave. I did call her later, but got no answer. Hopefully she'll call me tomorrow, as I'm supposed to get another robin from her tomorrow.
From there I went to the post office, where I realized I had forgotten to do the customs form and tape up one of the boxes, so I hurriedly did so while the post office lady lectured me about doing the customs forms beforehand. (I do normally!)
We drove around for a little while and then called the vet where the grosbeak was. We had to hurry and pick her up before the vet office closed, which luckily worked out just fine. Dr. Lund says she has no wing fractures he could find, and basically just that she's weak and skinny and needs to be fed a bunch. Good news assuming there's nothing internal going on with her.
Then we went to Janet's house to pick up a robin. However, this trip ended up being perfect. She had a whole flight cage of blackbirds, so I decided to put the cowbirds and towhee in with the blackbirds, thus ridding me of a lot of inconvenience in dealing with their huge cage. In fact, Janet took the cage, too, as she's seeing Deb (who owns the cage) soon. Janet also took my mystery bird because she has a mystery bird about the same size and she didn't want to give up hers, so I just took the robin.
In short, I came with:
- Two cowbirds
- A towhee
- Two robins
- A mystery bird
- A grosbeak
- A huuuuge cage
And I left with:
- Three robins
- A grosbeak
- More mealworms! Which I had run out of and needed to feed the grosbeak.
*Phew* That took a big load of stress off of me. She's also taking over my Tuesday phone shift, as I leave for Anime Expo Tuesday, and will babysit the robins while I'm gone. So it worked out perfectly. Now I just need to find a place for the grosbeak while I'm gone and get the fourth robin and all will be well. :)
I still have much organizing to go for Anime Expo, but I'm confident it'll all go great. :D
That's all for now. I'm unusually tired considering it's only 12:38 AM. That's early for me these days.
Oooh, I have a few last-minute touches to do on my Densuke costume as soon as I get a chance. I really need to get pictures of my Boota and Densuke costumes. I'm so proud of how they came out! |
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| 02:03pm 26/06/2008 |
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I was reading an article on Yahoo News about Obama winning over Clinton supporters, and I came across some gems of ignorance I had to share. Italicized a few parts for emphasis.
"She said she doesn't like Obama's name and thinks he has a questionable background. She also said she thought Obama was deceitful when he broke from his church after it hurt his campaign, and she doesn't trust him to handle the Iraq war.
"It sounds to me like a Middle Eastern type of name and whether or not he's born here in the United States, he doesn't seem like, to me, somebody who is trustworthy," Hartle said in a telephone interview. "You can't trust anybody these days, so who's to say he's not a terrorist and we just don't realize it yet?"
When asked an open-ended question about the first words that come to mind about Obama, some former Clinton supporters used words like Muslim or terrorist."
Wow, not voting for someone based off of their name? That's a new low. Gah, the ignorance of some people.
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| 02:48am 25/06/2008 |
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mood:  bouncy music: Ranka Lee/Megumi Nakajima - Neko Nikki (Macross Frontier)
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It's late and I still need to be packaging things (I guess I just have to do it tomorrow--I got a bit carried away and started doing fully cross-hatch shaded pictures on each package), but I want to write anyway. :D
I went to bed at 3:30 AM last night and woke up at 6 AM because the light coming in through the blinds was a strange yellow color and I guess somehow I sensed this despite my eyes being closed. When I opened them, I realized it was really smoky outside and the whole house smelled like smoke because most of the windows were open. On the amount of sleep I had had and the fact that I wasn't entirely awake, this was obviously a sign that there was a fire in our immediate area, the house was going to burn down, I was going to die of smoke inhalation, all my rehab birds would die, etc., so I went and woke my dad up. He was a lot more rational about it, hahaha, and went to listen to the radio and look online. Turns out there's a bunch of fires going on, but none near us. I closed all the windows to shut the smoke out, went back to sleep, and when I woke up I realized it really wasn't that big of a deal at all. XD
That said, the smoke was certainly not pleasant, and everything felt surreal today as a result of it--as though I was on another planet. It's amazing how something as simple as smoke can affect my view of my surroundings that much.
I was on call today and I'll be on call again on Thursday. Thankfully I only got two calls. One lady brought me the bird but it was dying. I held it in my hands quietly to keep it warm so it could die peacefully. The second came in and seems to be fairly healthy. The guy who dropped it off was really nice; he donated $100 to the organization! He brought his son (probably around ten years old), too, and I showed his son the robins because I was putting the new bird (a mystery bird) in with them. He loved them!
The new bird isn't gaping for me so I have to force-feed it, but it's otherwise doing pretty well. I'm giving it antibiotics just as a precaution. All the other birds (two robins, two cowbirds, a grosbeak, and a towhee--I have seven birds right now) are doing well, too--the cowbirds and towhee are going to the flight cage today or Friday. The grosbeak needs to go to the vet to get his wing checked out, but I'm optimistic about him otherwise. I'm probably getting another robin tomorrow. I'm hoping Thursday isn't a busy day because any birds I take in have to go off to other people on Monday or Tuesday at the very latest.
I think that's about all I wanted to say.
Things to do tomorrow:
- Cancel Figueroa hotel room (because centimetre and I are staying in the Holiday Inn! 8D)
- Call Cindy about the flight cage arrangements
- Call Zoe about AX plans
- Package/send everything
- Transfer Paypal money to bank account
- Call Nancy about the robin
- Send in donation money for WR&R
- Give grosbeak and mystery bird antibiotics
- Rewatch episode five of Honey & Clover
And the usual, hopeful watch anime and draw.
So much love for Neko Nikki~ It's so adorable! Gah, I just want to hug Ranka and be her cool onee-chan or something. >___>; |
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| 06:51pm 23/06/2008 |
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Good things so far today:
+ I got my zukan in the mail, already made more than I spent on them, got my Eevee/Umbreon/Espeon zukan, and got all of the other ones I wanted (with doubles to sell!).
+ The robins are so cute, omfg. The bigger robin likes to go sit with the littler robin in the nest. ♥
+ Honey & Clover is even better than I remember it being, and I'm only four episodes into my rewatch. :D
Bad thing:
- The jay died last night. I haven't the faintest idea why, but he did.
All the other birds are doing well, thankfully. |
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| 01:42am 23/06/2008 |
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This morning, the first thing I realized when I woke up is that I forgot to write about the crazy weather yesterday.
So, yesterday in addition to all the bird madness, there was thunderstorm! With blue skies! It looked and felt like a perfect summer day, with peaceful cumulus clouds drifting across the blue, but then there was a bunch of thunder and scattered rain. While the sky was still blue and the cumulus clouds were still drifting lazily over. It was very strange and cool. I took some pictures, but I need to go to bed soon so I don't have time to upload them.
Also, lightning apparently struck about a mile from our house, which caused a fire up the road. Dad, Ryan, and I went on an expedition to see the fire, but all we got to see in the end was the smoke and all the firetrucks. Apparently it wasn't that big of a deal, as we never heard anything else about it. There were a lot of firetrucks, though.
Today I got another cowbird from Deb, which is exciting! Especially because she's had this cowbird for a year (he couldn't be released because the other cowbirds migrated) and cowbirds are unusual to get in our area. I've never heard of anyone having one in the three years I've been rehabbing, anyway. Deb also brought over a HUGE cage I'm borrowing, so the two cowbirds and the towhee are in it currently. The new cowbird likes to sing the most beautiful songs and bully the towhee by jumping on him and biting at his feathers. Hopefully they'll resolve their argument tomorrow, otherwise they'll have to be separated.
I also got a nestling robin to go with my fledgling robin. The nestling is at least four or five days younger than the fledgling, but I give it three days before the nestling one is out of the nest keeping the fledgling company.
Of course, I also still have the adult grosbeak (who made it through the night and is much more spirited now) and the fledgling jay. The jay is probably going to Janey tomorrow, though, as she has other jays and he'll feel more at ease with others of his kind. As it is, he's hardly eating at all.
I finished Kure-nai today! I thought it was a very good series overall. Not a breathtaking masterpiece or anything, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. The very last few scenes were so sweet, awwww, though I can't say I was extremely impressed with last few episodes overall. Anyway, it wasn't something super-memorable or anything, but I don't regret watching it. It was nice to have so many interesting female characters and the series overall had a different tone and subject matter than I expect from your average anime. Not a lot more I can say on it, really. It was sweet. Not incredible, but definitely sweet and enjoyable, with strong characters that held the series together. I do wonder what happened with the love rivalry for Shinkurou, though. :/ I was hoping that would be concluded or alluded to. Why am I suddenly such a sucker for love triangles? I normally dislike them. D:
I also caught up on Kaiba, but I honestly can't say my reaction because my brother and dad came in the room partway through and started making dumb comments about it/telling me to turn it off. ("It looks like Yellow Submarine! That guy looks like Homer Simpson! *Imitates character laughing*) There's a reason why I try not to watch Kaiba when they're around. :/ So basically I missed most of what happened in episode seven because they were being distracting. And for some reason I can't remember how episode five ended, though I clearly remember episode six. Sounds like I need to rewatch at least seven and skim over five at least.
I might have time to catch up on Toshokan Sensou and watch some other things tomorrow. Hopefully. :D
I'm on call on Tuesday and Thursday this week, so I hope I don't end up swamped with birds. Especially because I'm leaving next Tuesday night for Anime Expo. :O I can't believe it's coming up so fast! I hope my zukan get here within the next one or two days so I can sell them to earn more money for AX. ;__; As it is I hardly have any money at all, so it's important that I sell things and have enough time to transfer the money to my bank account before AX.
Also, I must:
- Rewatch the beginning of Honey & Clover for ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) hc_rewatch, write summary/thoughts on episode four by the end of the day tomorrow
- Send packages within one or two days
- Do a sales post SOON when zukan arrive
- Call Zoe about AX within the next few days
- Start calling around for a birdsitter?
- Get the jay to Janey :(
- Call Tracey and Deb about the cowbirds and towhee going to the flight cage
- Give the grosbeak his antibiotics at 11 AM
...I think that's all. I hope. @__@
I would also like to:
- Draw something pretty/practice drawing on the computer
- Watch more anime
So much to do. @___@ I guess I'd better go to bed. |
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| Peacock, birds, Dragon Tales, Macross Frontier, etc. |
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| 12:24am 22/06/2008 |
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Today was somewhat busy and now I'm exhausted.
Well, no one would take Saturdays in our rehab duty schedule, so we're taking turns doing them. Mine was today, which was fine because all I had was two self-feeding birds anyway.
I was up until 4 AM last night, though, and naturally the calls started coming in pretty early. XD I think I'm beginning to become more competent at pretending I didn't just wake up when talking on the phone, though, haha. Anyway, the first call that came in requires a little bit of backstory:
There's a peacock that lives down the street at my dad's house. I don't know if he actually belongs to anyone, he just hangs out in that area and (from what I've gathered) he's generally well-liked in the neighborhood. Well, my dad was out running yesterday and he saw the peacock come skidding in. At first he thought the peacock was just goofing around or something, but then he realized the peacock was injured, feathers were everywhere, and this was because the peacock had just been hit by a car. :( He called me yesterday about it, but I said animal control will probably deal with it first (seeing as a policeman was already there when dad went past).
Guess what the first call I got this morning was? Yep.
I couldn't take the peacock, as much as I would love to, because I don't have a place for it to go. Thankfully, Tracey has a partly-finished flight cage that's perfect, and from what I've heard the peacock isn't injured very badly at all. So he's recuperating in Tracey's partially-finished flight cage for the time being, and we'll release him back in the neighborhood once he's all the way better. :D
I got in a very wild and very loud (and thankfully, very healthy!) stellar's jay fledgling. He's not terribly happy about being in the basket and keeps trying to escape, but hopefully I can find him a friend tomorrow so he'll feel more at ease. It's remarkable how much difference a companion makes to a bird.
Next intake was an absolutely adorable and sweet fledgling robin that also--shockingly--has nothing wrong with it. :) It's been a while since I've had a robin, but they're just the sweetest things to raise ever. I'm so happy to have one again! ♥ Also called about a companion for the robin.
And the final intake is an adult injured grosbeak. He was caught by a cat and has something wrong with him, but I'm not sure yet what it is. Possibly internal injuries? He had blood all over his beak and he seems reluctant to fly, but there's nothing wrong with his wings or legs as far as I can tell. Anyway, he's got quite the personality. He doesn't thrash, scream, or attempt to flee like most adult injured birds do, but he just quietly watches you and bites if you put your hand too close. He managed to get me one time, and I must say--a grosbeak bite is much more powerful and painful than you'd expect from a straight-billed bird. It didn't break the skin or bruise or anything, but it hurt quite a bit.
I managed to get him to eat some pieces of strawberry off of my tweezers, and also got some water in him by offering him droplets on the tip of the tweezers. He's awfully skinny. :( I'm hoping he makes it through the night. He seems spirited, but I'm nervous because of his weight and lack of panic. We'll see!
I moved from mom's to dad's midday, and I forgot my 1 CC syringe (for administering antibiotics) at mom's, so we had to go meet her at Ridge feed to get it. *Facepalm* There were some adorable roosters roaming free there, though--a Buff Black-Tailed Japanese and two Golden Seabrights. I would have kidnapped them (I'm pretty sure they're just "stray" roosters anyway) if it wasn't for the fact that my rooster would kill them. And that my current chicken population is basically at comfortable coop capacity.
On a completely random note, mom was at the farmer's market today and (I don't know the whole story, so I'll just go off the little she said) some guy approached her and asked her if she had young kids or grandkids. She said no, she has late teen/adult kids, but he gave it to her anyway and said we could sell it on Ebay or something. It's an original, autographed drawing of one of the characters from Dragon Tales, because apparently he's one of the creators or developers of the show. So that's why I saw a custom license plate that had some amalgamation of Dragon Tales on it! I was wondering about that.
Still, LOL. WTF? I have it in my bird paperwork right now until I decide what to do with it. O__o; Kind of funny.
I got a HUUUGE Elekid pillow plush in the mail today. I'll be selling him once my zukan arrive to try and earn more money for AX. He's really fluffy and adorable in the meantime, though. I have him sitting in my desk chair and he takes up basically the whole thing, hahaha.
MACROSS FRONTIER 11. I could go on about it for ages like wao and I have been doing in comments (MUST REPLY TO YOUR LAST COMMENT WHEN I HAVE TIME), but suffice to say it was very bittersweet. Awwww, that last scene. ;__; I understand why Alto made the choice he did (and I don't think it had anything to do with Sheryl, but with the fact that he could fly freely), but it made me sad that he didn't even go see Ranka for a little bit before he left. Or at least call her... There's something about Ranka that makes me protective of her, and I don't normally get that way towards characters excluding, of course, Haraken, but let's not get into that. Fangirling this series so hard. XD I'm going to be excited for/anticipating every new episode until the series ends, I think. It's so fun fangirling this show because it's so...entertaining? Debatable? Charming? I don't know. I'm just having a grand time.
The new ending theme is so adorable. It makes me feel super-sentimental.
OKAY I'M STOPPING THERE. If I continue I'll never stop, and I have a headache so I really should stop.
I still have so many comments to catch up on! And anime, of course. Sorry I'm not getting to all of you as quickly as I normally do. :(
Bed now. |
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| 11:59pm 19/06/2008 |
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Today was DRAMA.
Well, okay, most of the day was fine and consisted of Ryan and I trying to beat each others' high scores on Winterbells. (He has 98,000 so far, which soundly beats my 77,000. :< I'll beat him tomorrow, though--just you wait!)
But then mom and I decided to take Hana and Tia for a walk in the park. No big deal, right? Well about five minutes into the walk, Hana got a foxtail up her nose and started sneezing violently, her nostril started bleeding, and she was frothing at the mouth because she was sneezing so hard. So, long story short, we had to drive her an hour to a twenty-four hour vet clinic for a foxtail extraction. At 9 PM. Thankfully the extraction itself wasn't too bad at all (I watched and helped), but there was one scary moment where I honestly thought she wasn't breathing from the sedative. She was actually breathing (albeit in a very shallow manner), and it was fine, but it was still a bit nerve-wracking. She's recovered now, though she's a little more sheepish than usual. Mom's working dayshift tomorrow, so I'll be watching her and Tia for the day.
Poor Hana has such bad luck--she also has a permanent eye injury from when she was a puppy, as a result of getting scratched in the eye by CC (my calico cat). It doesn't affect her sight very much at all, but it looks like a bubble on her eye's surface. It's rather strange. Thankfully it's been stable for a long time.
For those who don't know who Hana is/haven't seen pictures of her since she was a puppy (SEE ICON), here she is: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v389/pacificpikachu/?action=view¤t=Misc147.jpg/. She's my almost-two-year-old border collie who I love very dearly. ♥
LOL, when we stopped for gas on the way to the vet clinic (we had to wait a little while anyway for the vet to come back from stitching up a laceration on a horse), mom noticed this guy had an attachment on his motorcycle that had his two dogs in it. It was a pretty cool contraption--apparently he had made it himself. Naturally, she asked him about it, and somehow asking him about his dogs turned into a rather long preaching about whether she believes in Jesus and what God's true name is technically and a bunch of other stuff. *Rolls eyes* How it got from dogs to that in two or three minutes I honestly don't know.
I think that's about it. I still have so many comments to reply to--SORRY EVERYONE! :< And lots of anime to watch. But when don't I have lots of anime to watch? :D
Also, I need to remember to make the bird food for tomorrow sometime soon. And take Hana out before going to bed. |
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| 02:02am 19/06/2008 |
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I have accomplished a big fat NOTHING in the last two days thanks to StumpleUpon. It's so addictive it's not even funny. >__>; On the bright side, I've found a huge number of absolutely amazing websites I'll have to share with you guys. :D But here I was going to watch anime, reply to a bunch of comments and entries, and a number of other things, and I've done precisely none of it.
The mystery bird has an identity now! He's a brown-headed cowbird! He looks completely different from an adult brown-headed cowbird, but after a Google search I'm quite sure that's what he is. He and the towhee will be in the flight cage in the next couple of days! Yaaay! I must admit, I'll miss those silly little guys. They're getting wild, though, and I haven't hand fed them anything in several days.
I found this game site that's sooo adorable. The art is really pretty and cute, the games are simple but fun, and the music is relaxing. Check 'em out: http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/
So far my favorite is the second one (Winterbells), but I haven't played them all yet.
Also, Anime Expo plans are shaping up pretty nicely. I just have to figure out transportation for two of my friends, but I have a ride and so does one other friend with darkleha. :D darkleha and I had a great phone conversation last night for over an hour--about our trip, cosplay, doujinshi, and a number of other things. Lots of fun. ♥
I installed the new Firefox and I'm lovin' it, but I'm (strangely) having a problem with most pictures loading on LiveJournal. Even if they're not Photobucket pictures (though some are), a bunch of them aren't loading no matter how much I reload. :( It's driving me crazy. |
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| 01:51pm 17/06/2008 |
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mood:  guilty
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It gets really hard not get discouraged sometimes as a rehabber. :(
I got four calls this morning--on one the person hasn't called me back, two the bird died before/when they brought it to me, and the fourth...
I got in this TINY TINY TINY little baby bird. It was so small I thought it was a hummingbird at first, but I think it was probably a bushtit. The lady's cat brought it in, but it really didn't seem injured at all. I don't think it was injured. I got it warm, gave it some antibiotics, it was eating and looking perky and great... And then I think I aspirated it because it was having trouble breathing after I fed it. Aspirating a bird is really easy to do, especially with a bird that's smaller than my thumb. Well, I checked on it again and it seemed to have recovered. I fed it really gently and left it alone for another fifteen minutes. I put it in a sunny area of the sunroom because I was concerned it would get too cold, but I covered it up with a towel so it wasn't in direct sunlight.
Well, I just went out there and discovered it crawled out from under the towel and--within the fifteen minutes I was gone--clearly overheated and died.
I feel like it's completely my fault. It is my fault. I mean, maybe it would have died anyway, but it was looking perfect and like it had a great chance of surviving.
I'll be fine--I've dealt with this sort of thing before--but I still feel so awful about it. We all make mistakes, even when I've been rehabbing for as long as I have, but I feel like I was just so careless about this little guy. It can be hard making mistakes when your mistakes cost a life.
I'm so sorry. I'll do better next time. That's all I can do, because regretting it isn't going to get me anywhere. Still, it's hard not to feel upset. Losing the turkeys, then the towhee, then this little guy... It's difficult sometimes. I just have to keep going. That's all I can do. |
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| 11:03pm 16/06/2008 |
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mood:  cheerful
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I finally got to finishing Princess Tutu today! KK and I had a grand time watching it and WTF-ing at the various animals in the series and all the crazy twists and turns the plot took. I thought it was a really amazing series and I think it exceeded my (high) expectations for it. It was so well-told and complex and beautifully done. A brilliantly told story. I loved the ending, too. It fit the series so well. The whole story-within-a-story idea is so fascinating to me, and this was one of the most incredible uses of it I've ever seen. The themes of giving in to and defying your fate were so well-done, and I loved the series' use of metaphor and stories to connect to and make points about the characters and their situation. I would love to rewatch the series in a month or two to pick up some of the subtleties I undoubtedly missed this time around. Anyway, it was a very enjoyable and surprising series. Despite the title and silliness of the beginning of the series, I highly recommend this to anyone who likes a good story. Because that's exactly what it is--an amazing, dark, bizarre fairytale of a story. :D If you decide to pick it up and bear through the beginning, you won't be disappointed by where the story eventually ends up.
Argh, still need to get up to episode seven of Kaiba. I keep not having time. :/ As usual, I have a variety of other series to watch, too. I also need to rewatch episode one of Honey & Clover for hc_rewatch, which is going to be a lot of fun. :D
I also need to take new pictures of and post the sculptures.
I got a random call today during Princess Tutu. One of our rehabbers called me about a lady who was calling about a domesticated fowl (she wasn't sure what it was) that was in her yard. She said it was very friendly and talkative and that she'd like us to take it away before the neighborhood cats got it. I mistakenly thought it was a tame pheasant based off of her description and got excited that my pheasant would have a friend, so I called mom up and asked her if she minded going to pick it up for me. LOL, it turned out it was a turkey and it belonged to one of the lady's neighbors. XD They came and picked it up, clearing up the whole silly situation. Aww, I wish it had been a tame pheasant. :(
OMFG, of all the stupid things to get involved in, I've gotten obsessed with reading this thread on the AnimeSuki forums about whether Macross Frontier will have an Alto/Ranka ending or an Alto/Sheryl ending. >__>; I can't stop reading it! It reminds me of the old Pokémon shipping wars back in the day and it's stupidly addictive. It doesn't help that I have a clear side I'm on. .__.; For those who are watching it...which do you prefer? Ranka ending or Sheryl ending?
I'm on side Ranka, for the record. If you're on the Sheryl side I don't mind at all, haha. As irritatingly caught up I'm getting in the debate, it's not like I think it's a big deal or anything. (Unlike some of the people in the debate, apparently.) |
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| 01:47am 16/06/2008 |
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mood:  quiet
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I didn't end up doing much today aside from finishing the Umbreon sculpture. I think it looks good, though for some reason I don't like the pictures I took of it, so I guess I'll just post it tomorrow once I take some new pictures of it. XD
I've been reading about being an INFP and I think it's generally really accurate.
Oh! The Gurren Lagann music project started, and the first short was really adorable. I can't wait to see more.
Um. Wow. Nothing else to say. I guess I burned myself out of being a blabbermouth by making long comments to people earlier, haha. |
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| Kaiba, Macross Zero, and so on. :) |
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| 02:44am 15/06/2008 |
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mood: bouncy
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FINALLY started Kaiba today! I was going to catch up on Kure-nai and Toshokan Sensou, but I didn't really feel like watching either of them... So Kaiba it was!
Like several f-list people were saying, it's a bit hard to get used to at first. It's so different from anything I've ever seen; in concept, art style, and just general atmosphere. It kind of gave me an icky feeling at first, for lack of a better way to say it, but I gladly kept going because I've heard great things about it and I could see it had potential. Once I got past the first two episodes, it started shaping up and getting really interesting. I only watched the first four episodes because Nicole called me right as I was about to start the fifth, but it gets sort of...entrancing, I guess, after a little while and its uniqueness grows on you. It's gotten quite enjoyable and even gave me shivers on a few occasions. I'm looking forward to getting up to episode seven tomorrow if I have time. :) I'd definitely recommend this series to open-minded anime fans. If you need bishounen, typical art styles, or familiar storylines/settings, though, this will make you way too uncomfortable. It's a fascinating ride for those who are patient and open-minded enough for it, though.
I also watched all of Macross Zero! Nicole came over and she wanted to watch Macross Frontier episode ten (which I watched twice today for no real reason. The fangirly factor of it kind of wore off by the third viewing. ;__;), and after that we decided we needed to watch Macross Zero. So, we did!
( Thoughts. No spoilers, though. )
I baked my Umbreon sculpture and Ryan's Bonsly sculpture today in the oven, and we'll be painting them tomorrow once we go out and get some paints. :D I'll be sure to post the results!
Other than that, um...here's a meme from geruempel, who is new to my f-list. :)
( Some basic facts about me, in case you were wondering. Not horribly long. )
If any of you ever have questions about me, go on ahead and ask! It's fine if they're personal (well, to a reasonable degree), fandom-related, or...whatever you want to ask. :B I like talking about myself, hahaha. At least I admit it, though.
Bahhh, it's almost 3 AM. I guess I should go to bed. But only very reluctantly. :/ |
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| 02:11am 14/06/2008 |
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mood: exhausted
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Today was so busy. @__@ Not in a bad way, though! We got a LOT done on the garage. It used to be so crammed with stuff that it was literally like an obstacle course to get even a few feet, and now there's easily enough room for a car and a half or so. I found lots of strange and nifty things I haven't seen in ages. It was terribly hot out, though, and it was hard work. I worked basically nonstop for five hours. Luckily my grandma offered to pay me for my time (just because she's awesome like that), so...yay! I'm so tired now, though.
The rest of the day was spent working on Pokémon sculptures with Ryan while listening to the pillows and Gurren Lagann and Macross Frontier music. I have some terra cotta Sculpey left over from making the lock for my Densuke costume, so I made a pretty nice, detailed Umbreon sculpture while Ryan worked on a Bonsly. I can't wait to bake and paint them tomorrow so I can post them! I'm excited about my Umbreon. ♥ I'll most definitely post pictures once I get it all painted.
Ryan also made a silly Jesus figure out of clay. He has a six pack and Kamina glasses and a cigar. XD He's also quite stupid-looking. I'll take a picture tomorrow before I squish it, because it really isn't bake-worthy.
There were randomly these cats on my deck at dad's house yowling and stuff. I suspect they were mating (it was either that or fighting, but I kept catching them in between whatever they were doing so it's hard to say), but why they chose to do this on the deck is beyond me. They were creating quite the ruckus.
I have a headache now, so I'd better go to bed. :( |
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| 12:40pm 13/06/2008 |
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mood:  disappointed
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One of the towhees died last night. I haven't the faintest idea why--last night he was hopping around the room as fast as he could go, testing out his wings, randomly jumping on Mystery Bird, and was the most upbeat, happy bird you'd ever see. He'd been on the proper dose of antibiotics for a week like directed, he was eating fine, he looked great, and I'm not sure what caused his death. I'm pretty disappointed about it because I had him for a week and had grown rather fond of him in that time (plus I'm at a total loss as to why he died), but...well, it happens. Nothing I can do but accept it. At least he had a really great, fun, exciting week of life before he went.
RIP, little towhee.
Now I must go clean with my mom! We're doing some work on our (frankly, quite terrifying) garage right now. o__o; |
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stressed