Timmyfan vs. Craigslist Pet Forum

Well this has been an interesting day! I got in on the Craigslist pet forums. If there was ever a place I would think there would be no, or at least fewer, judgmental people, it would be on Craigslist! Craigslist it’s self has a pretty bad reputation. Though I know it’s only because irresponsible people use it. Well, as with all pet forums that I have been on, any thread about breeding automatically warrants the wackjobs to come out and immediately start bashing the poster. I think people should be allowed to ask something without the threat of getting bashed or judged harshly, so when someone comes in and asks for anything, if I can answer, I generally do. It may not be what others want to hear, but it’s in my nature now to be kind.


So, when I got home from church, I was browsing that forum. And there was a poster who called herself ParkerIRL, a newbie, and this is what she asked on the forum:

Aussie breeding question?


My Australian Shepherd Parker is really a fantastic dog. :) He's a working dog, and has fantastic drive. He loves me and is quite protective of me, and he's great with the new baby.


Now a woman that lives a few miles down the street haws an equally awesome female with fantastic drive. She approached me one day while Parker and I were out and about, and brought up the idea of breeding Parker and Bee to create the best working pups ever. This seems like a good idea, since she offered me a puppy AND a stud fee. I'm not concerned with the money, but having a puppy like Parker would be fantastic.


I do have a question, though, since I can't get ahold of her.
Is it guaranteed to have a litter of high-drive Aussie pups if both parents are active workers with great drive?
She has homes lined up for at least 10 puppies, since both of us would be taking one.

Thank you!

Another poster, named BeauChien, was the first to respond, and his post was about the nicest of the posts on this thread, besides mine.

You don't know pedigrees well enough


You have to know the bloodlines and the health of the dogs as well, you need some health testing on both dogs. I would get a copy of both peds and ask experienced Aussie breeders for input FIRST

Then there is the common types on pet forums, the type that start off picking at the posters and sounding hostile toward them. People like gsdlady:

Nothing is guaranteed.....except that


if you do this, you will be become another Back Yard Breeder. Neuter your dog, please.

Obviously the show-breeder type. She chimed in all over the thread about titles and health testing and shit. While I do agree with health-testing and genetic testing, I don’t see the point in titles. It’s all a big game to me! I know show dogs usually look better, but it’s still nothing more than for attention-seeking snobs, for the most part. Though I know not all show breeders have a sucky attitude, I would bet anyone my bottom dollar that gsdlady fits that description of the snobby show breeder type. Last night, I even remember seeing her poking fun at, and mocking, someone else on the forum that had a mental disability! She’s not the kind of person I want anywhere near me, because I would tend to want to punch her in the face if she makes fun of disabled people around me. But that’s the kind of deplorable person gsdlady is! A dumb-ass and a half! She’s a troll, but a different kind of internet troll. The kind that stays on a forum, and is accepted by all others. Makes me sick!

Anyway, this was my response to ParkerIRL:

I would say


if both parents have a good drive to work, chances are pretty darn good that the pups will have this same drive. At least about 80% of them will. Every pup though will have it's own personality, and you may get one that will be a laid-back "couch potato" (as Aussies go). Anyway, that was my experience when I had aussies. But you should still have both parents health tested. An aussie isn't worth anything if it has HD. Just saying. Good luck to you, and hope Parker turns out some nice pups! :)

You know I was just stating my opinion. I have bred Australian shepherds before. It was a project I did with a former boyfriend, but I did it with him for close to 10 years. Well, from 1992 to 1999. Though we split up in 1995, we remained friends and I continued to help him out. He didn’t breed them with the intent to show. He bred them as farm workers, which is what Australian shepherds were originally bred for. He takes part in no agility trials, nor obedience trials. Again, it’s basically all just a game! As long as he does the necessary tests on his dogs, I am fine with that. I gave an opinion based on my own experience. But then maybe it wasn’t genetic. I kept the pups until they were 12 weeks old, so perhaps a lot of what my pups had was more nurture than nature. But there were some pups who were lazier than others anyway, and they had just as much time with their mom.

Well, then someone who calls themselves “LuvsMyChis” came in and stated about me:

IGNORE THIS TROLL ^^^^^ §

So, Rorix09 asked LuvsMyChis:

seemed like an honest opinion..how that trolling §

I agreed with him. Everyone on that forum thinks if you don’t agree with their way of thinking, you are a troll. But the real trolls, like gsdlady, get excused, even though she mocks people who cannot help the way they are. And then another poster named Moss comes in with his warped wisdom:

Because it


appears a careless attempt at thumbing his/her nose at the actually knowledgeable people around here :).

True, I hate show breeders and know-it-alls. But I have just as many rights to post there as these people do. Then LuvsMyChis continues with this argument:

Because look at his handle history


All he does is incite arguments. He knows NOTHING about this subject.

I’d like LuvsMyChis to show me ONE thread where I have intentionally incited an argument. She cannot because I haven’t. I try to be nice to everyone. I prefer not to get all ballistic on forums, I usually like to let the other posters do that. I like to maintain a graceful and dignified nature.

Well, another poster named “1cat1dog” challenged LuvsMyChis:

I see no such thing in the HH §

I thank her for that post, because it seems that LuvsMyChis is pulling threads out of the sky or something. Surprised to see this kind of behavior from another chi lover! But then that’s showbreederism. It’s a disease. Hehe! It’s one that alters your brain. They’re born nice and friendly. But then something happens to them when they get that first show dog, start showing and start breeding.

Well, I like BeauChien, he seems to tell it like it is. He says to LuvsMyChis:

Knowing nothing doesn't mean he can't post here


There's no disclaimer on this page "ONLY THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY POST" It's Craigslist. Not a troll, get off it

Apparently LuvsMyChis thinks it’s LuvsMyChis’list. So she snaps at BeauChien:

Well thank goodness youre defending


his comment to produce BYB dogs. Neat.

It was at this point I thought I should set this person straight. Actually I had scrolled down and was engrossed in other threads than this one. Once I refreshed, I noticed all the posts responding to my post. I said to LuvsMyChis:

I just don't believe


in alienating people the way you do. What purpose does that serve? The more hostile you are to people the more likely they will be to shut their eyes and ears to you. You are the reason I hate show breeders so much. So please, if you hate my posts so much, get lost. And don't ever read my posts again. Believe me; you are not hurting my feelings. :) Thank you.

I believe in “education, not alienation”. And I was giving the person who began this thread an idea of what could happen if she bred her dog to another dog, with a high herding drive. And it was based on my own experience. So Moss jumps back in and stated to me:

But you were not educating in this situation.


Your response was anything but that.

I do agree that sharing knowledge (if one has it) is often the better route.

I still believe my response was spot-on! Maybe Moss has had different experiences, that he can share. But what I posted was my own experience, and I was sharing without alienating the poster. So gsdlady comes back into the picture:

I guess you've never seen a litter of HD


puppies from OFA'd parents, heh? There are NO guarantees....it is a crap shoot, truth be told. We, as humans, try to educate ourselves as much as possible to move the percentages in our favor, but NOTHING is for sure when breeding. Too tell a novice that they will get 80% ANYTHING is terribly irresponsible and blatantly shows your lack of experience.

I decided to give gsdlady an example I’ve seen on television recently, about a group of students who bred some laboratory rats. I thought it was a good example that sometimes characteristics are inherited:

A few weeks ago


I saw a documentary about a group who took some labratory rats, some had good temperaments and were very sweet and tame, some had more flighty temperaments. The students bred the gentler, more tame rats together and created rats that had puppy dog temperaments. While the more high-strung rats had babies that, even with just as much socialization as the tamer rats, still had a very wild temperament. That will explain the temperament issue. I would say the same holds true for dogs. One dog with a high herding drive, bred with another is much more likely to produce pups with a good herding drive.

"I guess you've never seen a litter of HD puppies from OFA'd parents, heh?"

Depends on what the OFA results were. If they were clear on all tests, the pups should be fine. Shouldn't they? :)

So gsdlady chimes back in:

Exactly...


But they did this with MULTIPLE generations! The OP doesn't have a clue about the temperaments of the siblings or grand parents....probably not even the parents of both the sire and dam of this future litter.

I know about the phenotype issues with breeding a litter. I am not blind to that. What I gave the poster was just an estimate. So I stated:

"But they did this with MULTIPLE generations!"


And I never said they didn't. :)

Smart-ass! But that’s a show breeder for you! They put words in other peoples’ mouths! Seems to be a common practice among those unfortunate people with showbreederism. Nothing to do but feel sorry for them. So here it comes, one of the symptoms of this disease, childish ranting, demonstrated here by gsdlady:

So what does that have to do with the OP?


This is a completely unknown, blind, outcross breeding. You have no idea what these dogs are going to produce and I still think your 80% number was pulled out of your ass. Why encourage a potential BYBer by quoting made up stats?

Total-ass jerk! I guess she’s never heard of something called a “ballpark figure”, which is what I was giving the OP (original poster). She hangs on to that “80%” as if it’s some kind of lifeline for her. She’s beginning to sound like the dumbasses on YouTube. Yet, I tend to still want to maintain my calm position. I counterattack her comment with a completely cool, reasonable debate:

:P


"I still think your 80% number was pulled out of your ass."


Think whatever you like, it doesn't matter to me. I base my opinions on my own personal experiences. Not what you read in books or magazine articles, or whatever it is you read from. :) In a litter I had of 7 puppies, from parents who both had a good herding instinct, only 2 came out couch-potatoes.

That should have explained it. I admit I gave one example of a litter that turned out that way, but I did not feel the need to run down my entire life’s history with gsdlady. She is simply not that important to me. And later on, I would tell her so. So just then, LuvsMyChis comes back! I thought I gave her the option to ignore my posts, but she just keeps coming back for more. She said about my example:

So that one litter makes you the expert?


wow. You sound more ignorant the more you post

And yet another symptom of showbreederism, they think they are the funniest people on the planet. They’re not. They’re actually nothing but crotchety dumbasses. And this post of gsdlady’s proves it:

Like I always say....just give 'em a little rope


They'll hang themselves. LOL!!!

I swear, I could use gsdlady in a dictionary to describe snotty show breeders! People like her is the reason I hate them so much. Yet, they think they are doing all good. But I just want to slap them sometimes, as hard as I can! Perhaps harder. So I respond to LuvsMyChis:

Hmmm, I thought you were


not going to read my posts anymore. Oh well. hehe! :)
"So that one litter makes you the expert?"
Who said I only bred one litter?

Gsdlady was not through yet. Again, she thinks she’s the funniest person on the planet, when she couldn’t be more wrong. She needs to get laid I think! She retorts in childish tones:

Oh SUPER!!!


You're basing your stats on ONE litter? I'm sorry I didn't realize what an expert you were....what was I thinking?


I said to her again, who said I bred only one litter? In fact, I bred several. Not a dozen, but quite a few. But again, I believe this was some kind of attempt by gsdlady to get me to tell her my whole life’s story, and I am not going to do it! But I stayed silent for a while longer. I wanted to see how far she would take this.

So the symptoms of Showbreederism are apparent here in this post by LuvsMyChis, where she is putting her own words in my mouth. One of the biggest and worst symptoms of the disease:

So youre a byb encouraging a potential byb


And youre the one who quopted the statistics of that ONE LITTER as the AUTHORITATIVE measurment by which ALL litters should be judged.


And I’d like to know where I said ALL litters should be judged by that. If she had read my post correctly, she would know that I said “ABOUT 80% OF A LITTER” Key word is “about”, in this case, meaning the same as saying “approximately”. It’s a guess. Meant to be taken as nothing more than such. But like gsdlady, LuvsMyChis hangs on to that like some kind of desperate salvation.

Well, since I like doing things the old fashioned way, and not get caught up in shows or agility trials or any of that BS, I thought I should inform this person:

I believe in doing things


the old fashioned way. I was brought up on a farm, that's my beliefs. Sorry if you don't like it.

Again, that’s what aussies were bred for. Most people who get any dog do not care if the dog has champion titles or anything. A dog can be just as good a pet without any titled parents or grandparents in it’s background. And a title does not guarantee the dog will have a good temperament or be good at herding sheep or goats.

So anyway, LuvsMyChis comes back again:

Excellent. Raised on a farm therefore makes


you an expert. NOT!! At least we all(including OP) can now know that you were talking completely out of your ass

At this time, I am still maintaining my cool. I haven’t even called her or gsdlady names. I’ve been letting them run off with that. Doesn’t mean I didn’t want to choke this person, just means I have kept my calm on a forum, and that is what my goal was here. So gsdlady gripes about the fact that my example spoke of only one litter:

What difference does it make?


You are using one litter as your example. One litter means nothing, absolutely nothing.

So finally, I decide to ask her what her angle is. I know she wants to hear my life’s history, and if she was someone I know, or whose opinion I value, I would gladly have given it to her. But she’s not. So I tell her:

What do you want?


For me to run down the line of all the litters I've had and known that have turned out the same way? If that's really what you want I will give it to you. I'd have to go back 16 years to find all the paperwork though, call all those people who bought pups from me, hope that they aren't at work or something (they do work in the winter months), contact their vets and all that to get the proof you want. And honestly and quite frankly, if I was going to go to all that trouble, it'd be for someone I consider WAY more important in my life than you or LuvsMyChis (Who I will bet you does not even have a chi). :) So sorry if you don't believe what I say, but that's your prerogative.

OK, so I decided to take a little tug at LuvMyChis’ leash! LOL! I didn’t really think she didn’t have a Chihuahua, I was playing a bit of tit-for-tat to teach her a lesson in manners. As for my last sentence, basically I was telling gsdlady that I don’t give two shits what she thinks, and that’s true. She has her views and I have mine. And she’s not going to change me. So she sings me a song-and-dance number:

If you truly cared about this subject,


you'd have records you could pull out. Kind of like when I'm doing research on a particular bloodline and OFA every puppy in the litter. I guess the old fashioned, farm mentality can't wrap their head around that.

I’m pretty sure that last sentence was said with a lot of disparagement. Kindof like she is saying all farmers are stupid. Another symptom of Showbreederism. I always felt what is said between myself and my clients is sacred, and I never reveal any information to the average Joe Blow on a forum for that reason. Gsdlady has given me no good reason to show her any information about dogs I have or dogs I have bred. Except that it might change her personal opinion of me. I am not there to change anyone’s views of me. Gsdlady can think what she wants about me, and continue to do so. I don’t care. My life does not revolve around what she, or any other person stricken with Showbreederism, thinks of me. I try being nice to everyone, but when some dumb show breeder like this gets in my face and tries to pull me down to their level, I’m not gonna give! So, I stated to gsdlady:

Then maybe


I just don't care what you think. Sorry. I don't even breed anymore (in case you missed that post), the 3 dogs I have now are all spayed/neutered. Like I said, I could pull out those records, but I'm not going to. Not for you. If you were a former client of mine, I would gladly do so. But you aren't. You've formed your opinion of me, and that is fine. I can move on from there. :)

So anyway, back to LuvsMyChis, from when I stated I didn’t believe she had a Chihuahua:

Oh yes genius... I have 2 chis


wow you really are a moron

Childish name-calling, another symptom of Showbreederism! LOL! And you will notice I never once called her any names. Guess the Timmy fans and us “dumb farmers” are better than show breeders after all. Hehehe! But I continued to toy with her a bit more:

I doubt it


Thank you :)

She gives me the kind of response I had hoped to see come from her, she asks me (name calling included):

Why would u doubt what I have


other than the obvious fact, that you are a troll looking to start SHIT. Its my handle name that i chose for an obvious reason: I have chis. Like its soooo hard to believe? They are among the most popular breed in the country idiot. Mine were adopted from the HS where I volunteer 2 times a week to helpo all the BYB dogs that people like you have created. You really are a sad little person with no life aren't you??

I was hoping she would ask me that! This was my response to her:

So....


How does it feel when someone judges you and doesn't believe you? I am not a troll. At least not in the manner you are thinking. I try to be nice to everyone. Even you, though you have lashed out at me, called me names and judged me, yet you know nothing about me. And BTW, I too have chis. Vegas and Odessa (both are FIXED). I know how popular they are. I never claimed to be an expert on chihuahuas (or Aussies for that matter). YOU said I claimed to be an expert. I was just giving someone an idea of what *could* happen, based on my own experience. Open their minds to all possibilities.

Honestly, I didn’t give a shit what LuvsMyChis thinks of me either. I just didn’t want everyone believing what she said about me. What if someone I know and like is on that forum? And they happened to believe that LuvsMyChis knows even the slightest thing about me? Even though she doesn’t, what if they believed her? She seems to be the one who just cannot let go of the fact I gave the original poster an estimate on the temperament of the pups. Just because it’s not based on published reports, does not mean that I didn’t experience it. But sadly, the final symptom of Showbreederism, they never believe anything unless they can see it with their own eyes. That is so unfortunate. If you share a personal experience with anyone, you risk being ridiculed by the show breeders, just because they were not there to see it for themselves. It is apparent in this comment made by LuvsMyChis:

"At least 80% of them WILL" sounds like you


are the one claiming to be an expert. I quote you here:


"if both parents have a good drive to work, chances are pretty darn good that the pups will have this same drive. At least about 80% of them will."


You are the one claiming knowledge you don't have, trying to argue the point throughout the thread tho you were outed as a bullshitter very eaqrly on, and in general just being argumentative.
 And then you signed off with a sweet little "good luck BYBing!" **GAGGING

She was confused, so I set her straight:

OK, Here's what I said


"At least about 80% of them will".


I said "At least *ABOUT 80%*". Meaning it could be more or less. If I said it in the way you thought I did, then I can see your point.


"in general just being argumentative."
 No, I was not argumentative. I was stating an opinion. That is all. If you had taken it for what it was worth, we would not be in this confrontation now. Sorry, but you were the one who started off being argumentative with me, by telling the poster "IGNORE this TROLL!!" when you knew nothing of my situation. Thank you anyways for your opinion. Hope we can meet again on friendlier terms. From one chi-lover to another, Thank you. :)

Sure, I was being argumentative. I was not the one who called you names and judged you harshly. But my last sentence was indeed sincere. Like I said before, I never wish ill on anyone. So then LuvsMyChis finally gets a clue how she appeared to me. Wow! That’s unusual for a show breeder. But she seems to not be able to temper it without harsh judgment.

I did start snarkiness, I was just so shocked


to see that you would so clearly encourage a potential BYBer to begin BYBing. As everyone else was using LOGIC and FACTS to support their resounding "NO! NO! Don't breed!", you chime in with "GO ahead, it'll be 80% awesome!" then have defended it with unfounded ridiculous statements. I apologize for calling you a troll. The correct term is uneducated hobby farm BYBer who attempts to speak knowledge that you don't have in order to encourage other BYBers. Is that more accurate for you?

I think I was helping someone who wanted to breed her dog for the possible purpose of farm work. There are good ways to do it. And I don’t believe you can make anyone see your way by being snarky or cruel. I was never that way! I just tell someone how to go about breeding the proper way, and then let them take it from there. Sure I have been accused of being cruel, but it was generally by people whose egos got in the way of them learning. So, I respond to her last question and comment:

Well, let's look


"The correct term is uneducated hobby farm BYBer who attempts to speak knowledge that you don't have in order to encourage other BYBers. Is that more accurate for you?"
"hobby farm BYBer"


I guess it depends on how you look at it. I did show chihuahuas a couple times. Or I tried to. So at least when I was working on them, I made some attempt in conformation competitions. I did grow up on a small farm, so I'd say yes to "hobby farmer".

My idea of what a BYBer is is someone who does no health testing, and sells the pups for profit. Since I did do tests on their thyroids and patellas, etc, and yes I sold some pups, but made no profit whatsoever, not sure if I qualify as a true BYBer. And in the 7 years I did chihuahuas, I only bred 3 litters, only 1 of which was from a not-so-good female, but I still kept in contact with those who got pups from me, and even offered a "reward" for those who spayed/neutered their pups to prevent them from breeding. This last litter, only had one pup, and I kept him (Vegas) because that was my intent all along. And I even neutered him. He could have been shown, I had a mentor evaluate him and said he was good enough, but I decided I no longer wanted to go that route (due to complicated issues), so I neutered him and said so long to the show ring.
 Now, uneducated I think that's a different matter. A matter of your own opinion. Just because I don't believe in alienating newbies does not mean I am uneducated. I think instead of alienating people we should just tell them what it takes to breed, and then let them decide for themselves if they want to go through it. Like I said, Aussies and other herding breeds have been being bred by small hobby farm BYBer's for many years, no agility or obedience competitions were needed. Assuming this person is simply raising dogs for herding on a small town farming community, I answered her question, based on my own experience in Aussies (which I, and a former boyfriend, bred for 10 years). He's still breeding them, I'm not. I'm no longer with him. Though I keep in contact because he is also just my friend. And yes, he does the necessary testing. Like I said an Aussie with HD is useless in herding, and he breeds his for no other reason, but for herding sheep, goats, etc.

Sorry I got long winded there.


That’s the sign of a person with showbreederism, they call everyone they don’t agree with “uneducated”. Why I keep going in those forums is beyond me! I guess for the entertainment value. I mean, let’s face it, drama is entertaining! I haven’t really been a part of a forum in quite a while now. Since 2008. There are a few I do occasionally go into, but not often. I’m actually kinda glad this happened on this forum. Going into a pet forum and being able to keep your cool, that’s a test in and of it’s self! A lot of their responses consisted of a lot of mock-sarcasm (Katrina calls it “blowcasm”), so I generally prepare myself for that every time I go in there. I thank GOD I have friends I can talk to and visit when the actions on that forum get to be a bit much. But even with this incident, I haven’t experienced anything I cannot handle.

You're Delusional!

LOL! I have to laugh at this comment. So, what is delusional? That word seems to be resonating a lot throughout the INXS community now. I have been called "delusional" a lot. But the people using the word against other fans, do they even really know what that word means? Or are they just using it for the lulz? Like some kind of label against fans that have had good fortune in their lives. I know that there are fans who have met their favorite bands many times, and they are so selfish, they seem to get angry when someone meets the bands they know and love as well. Almost like they are being possessive of that band, and they don't want anyone else to know that band except themselves. Which I think is weird. I don't know if that is classified as being delusional, but it is certainly strange behavior, and I see it a lot in INXS fans who have met the band members many times, especially those who have met Michael. I met the guys several times, and even had a chance to kiss Michael (sort-of). But I don't think I own INXS! I am usually happy for those who have met the band, as long as they have been respectful to the band members. Now, I know of someone who has met the band, not Michael, but the living members of INXS, and I would have been happier for her, but she can't meet them without kissing them in the mouth! YUK! And I think that's an invasion of their space! I wouldn't want to have any of my fans kiss me in the mouth without my permission! That is, IF I were one of the men of INXS. But that's what I mean about respecting them. Even when I "kissed" Michael, I didn't kiss him in the mouth! I didn't even kiss him directly. I kissed my hand and touched him with it. I didn't get in his face, I didn't appear in a threatening or belittling manner, he probably didn't even know I did it. When I touched him, it was on his arm, not his face.

The funny thing is, this person, who cannot meet INXS without kissing them in the mouth and invading their private space, has recruited a bunch of her friends together on a private forum, to make fun of me and other fans they think are delusional. I don't think they really even know the meaning of the word "delusional". Because if they did, they would see that their ringleader is far more delusional than I could ever be! I'm not the one who kissed the bandmembers of INXS in the mouth, gave them all colds (which endangered their tour), nor was I the one who wanted to take Jon away from his established girlfriend. That's not who I am. I think the only reason they established that forum was because I no longer liked their ringleader. But that was nothing new. I knew that friendship was not going to last! I knew that before we left LA together. I've been in enough failed friendships to be able to see the red flags, and there were far too many early warning signs in that one to be a coincidence. Only reason I stayed civil was because I wanted to get home. My friends and family were worried enough about me going to LA with a total stranger. Now, I wouldn't even consider it! But then I wanted to go so bad I let my guard down. I was younger, and yes, stupider then. LOL!

Why this kind of evil is going around in the INXS community now, I have no idea. INXS fans used to be the greatest to each other. That was back when the internet was still new, and we all met in chat rooms and got to know each other. Now that the internet is really big, and everybody has it, it seems we have all forgotten how to get along with each other. I was watching this news clip on YouTube where some trolls were e-mailing the families of deceased teenagers. Not only that but also creating Facebook pages to mock the teenagers who were literally bullied to death. It's sad! I see stuff like that and it makes me feel terrible! What has the World come to? I remember a long time ago, there was a website up that even made jokes about Michael Hutchence killing himself by hanging. I remember some of the jokes that were made on there, were something to the effect of "I heard Paula called Michael just before he died and asked if he was coming home that night. To which Michael answered 'No, I'm gonna hang around here for a while.'" And another that went "If Princess Di had the belt instead of Michael Hutchence, they'd both still be alive". Very VERY sick jokes, if you ask me! But that was the kind of shit written on that site. I don't think that site is even still up, but I remember leaving a very angry comment on that page, because I thought his humor was in very bad taste! I can't even call it humor! It was just in very bad taste. Made me angry to see the kind of things that person said.

And it's all gotten worse these days. But it is probably the lowest of the low when someone makes fun of another person's misfortune. It's a sad commentary to what the internet has made of people today. Very sad! I get on the internet a lot, and I have never made fun of anyone! I don't go around making a mockery of people who have killed themselves, or teens who die in car crashes. I could never do that!! I wouldn't even wish a bad car crash on my worst enemy! Heck, I never wish ill on anyone! Because the rules of karma are whatever you wish on others, comes back to you 3 times worse. So believe me when I say I wish well to everyone, and it isn't a front! I actually mean it when I wish someone well. A lot of people say it, and don't mean it. But I'm not like that! Whether I like the person or not, I am always sincere. I believe even if you say it, if you really don't mean it you can still feel the wrath of karma! It is because of all this that I truly believe the world is coming to an end very soon!

Most people will never know how connected they are to this world. Everything that happens, happens because of what we do and how we are. The fact that people are hurting each other in whatever way, and getting enjoyment out of it, I just know that the end is coming really soon. And by hurting each other, I don't mean people eating meat and all that. I mean people who get on the internet and think they're being cute by shit-talking someone else anonymously. That is actually now a felony. If you do it, you have to tell people who you are. Think I'm joking about that? No. Some states have not actually approved that law, but it is coming into effect. Pretty soon it will be accepted everywhere. Since everyone knows by now who I am, I have no worries! But I usually hide nothing. People can ask me anything, and I'll tell them. I can't guarantee they will get a correct answer though. hehe! I make some things up, but not a lot. Just some things that I think is nobody else's business but mine. :) Or some things that I don't want anyone else to know. We all have secrets. Most of us like to keep them that way. Mine are not really bad secrets, but little things that I want to keep to myself. Though a lot of times, I just don't even bring those subjects up on the internet! But especially on the internet, there's always going to be those immoral types that hide behind public information, and dig up whatever they can to find to use against someone else. Those people I always feel sorriest for. They have no lives, and are deeply contributing to this growing problem on the internet. Just because something is public information does not mean that it should be posted without that person's permission. I personally would never do anything like that. But then that's me.

I'm Dying!!

Oh boy, I caught my sis's cold, and she ran away to Bozeman! LOL! Well, I know eventually she will read this, all I hope is that she does good! MSU is one of the best universities in the country, so my guess is they set a very high standard with their students. I know Anna can make it. She's a hard worker and does very well with her studies. My prayers are with her. By now she and my father and nephew are probably going through the passes in Montana. If they got an early start that is. I hope Anna is enjoying herself. She loves going through the mountains and stuff like that. She and I have an agreement to once in a while meeting up in video chat. But I am not going to be able to do it this week. I'm dying!!

This is a bad cold I have, and I was going to use some of this time to go to the pottery shop here in town and get some of my little creations made. They are allowing me to use their equipment for only $5, which is awesome! But I can't go until I am over this cold. There are times when my nose and throat are so clogged, I can barely breathe. I'm sweating a lot, so I must have had a fever. I can barely walk now. I can't even eat. I cough almost until I puke. I think I am dying. hehe! Oh well, serves me right. I didn't catch a cold this bad last year, so I think it's trying to make up for it this year. It sucks! I have to keep taking showers, because first of all I hate the smell of sweat! Second, it keeps me warm. I still look like crap. I mean, even more than usual! I think I am also getting an ear infection. I noticed it last night. One of my ears is sensitive, and leaking. That sucks too. I haven't had an ear infection since 1984. It hurt like Hell, that's about all I can remember about it. This one is just getting started.

So that's why I think I'm dying. hehehe! Even in the midst of all that, I still try to be funny. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Usually it depends on who is listening.

I think I have become afraid of listening to INXS. hehehe! With this new album of their's, I don't know what to expect anymore. One of my old buddies on Facebook posted that she cannot stop listening to the new Devil Inside. I haven't heard it yet, but I looked on the site and I noticed that it is sung by that Nikka Costa chick. I will never forget how she murdered Kick, which is my old theme song. I didn't like how she sang that song at all! So I said after hearing that, I'm not sure I want to hear the new Devil Inside. Maybe I am happiest not knowing how it sounds. Probably sounds like shit, just like the new Kick. That may have been Timmy's favorite track on the new album, but that doesn't mean I have to love it. This old buddy said she can't help but bop to it. If it's anything like the new Kick, I don't know how she can bop to it!! There is no rhythm at all in the new Kick. I'm truly afraid to hear this song! I want to stay an INXS fan. Anyway, this old buddy was not amused! hehehe! Oh well! We can't all like the same things. I think Nikka Costa sucks tiger balls! I can't stand her! These other people can like her if they want to, that's their deal. I prefer good singers that rock!

Well I have to confess, writing that has gotten my mind off this cold. Though temporarily. I just cannot wait till it's over and done. How much longer do I have to wait? I've had it now for almost a week, and it's just now reaching it's peak. Well, I once had a cold that dragged on for 3 weeks! My sis had to stay at grandma's until it was over. Nothing to worry about now though, Anna's going to Bozeman! We said our last goodbyes to each other yesterday before she took off. She has my video camera, and I hope she takes really good care of it. I still have my webcam though. So as soon as I get better, I can make more movies. Maybe even some more critique videos. So far, there has only been 2 songs from this new INXS album that I like. I cannot say truly. I like Rob Thomas, but the song he sang on this new album it's not bad, but it's not great either. The only song I can say I truly loved was Drum Opera.

Timmyfan Has the Power!!!

I have the power to shut the Lukas Rossi fans up and make them cringe!! hehe! I was watching the chatroom on this new Facebook group the other day. The group is devoted entirely to INXS. I still have the magic touch! hehe! I knew when I posted something in chat, that the Lukas Rossi fans were going to shut up, and that is exactly what they did. Which is awesome! Lukas Rossi fans are nothing short of annoying anyway. I can't stand Lukas Rossi! I never did like him. There are 2 things in this world your eyes should never have to endure; direct sunlight, and something that looks like Boy George with a mohawk! The latter is Lukas Rossi. I swear, if I was going to describe him to someone who has never seen Rossi before, that's what I would say. He looks just like Boy George with a mohawk. I still say he is the ugliest person I've ever seen in my life. And the Lukas Rossi fans hate me because I think that. hehe! Which, like I said, is perfectly awesome! At least I got them to shut the hell up about him in the chatroom! I don't want to hear how "cute" they think he is. I don't care to hear how some one met him drunked up in a bar, or another person saying how he left a New Year's message on her Facebook page! I don't care about none of that. I don't go into an INXS group to even think about Lukas Rossi! He has nothing to do with INXS at all! He's not even a guest singer on their new album. So I think to bring him up in a chatroom devoted to INXS is stupid, and pointless.

I didn't even want to join in the chatroom, but I got sick of hearing about Lukas Rossi. So I figured if I said anything (knowing how the Lukas Rossi fans hate me so) it would shut them up. Thank GOD it did!! It's a shame to hear someone as good as the moderator of the group call someone 'lucky' because they met Lukas Rossi. That's not lucky. That's sad! Has our music industry really been degraded to this? To think meeting up with one-timer, has-beens-that-never-were is something lucky, or great? That's sad! Downright sad! Like I would never feel blessed to meet Justin Timberlake or Justin Beiber! Neither one has anything to offer me, and I think they're both homely. I can't stand Justin Timberlake's music or singing!! And I think he's homely as shit! And Justin Beiber has no talent, and very little sexual appeal. Let's face it, rockstars either don't exist anymore, or they are now seriously compromised. They have no character! Why? I don't know. Most of them being born now in the 80s, you'd think something from that generation would have rubbed off on them. But no. Everyone now does their music with absolutely no rhythm, crappy vocals, and slow, drawn-out words! It perplexes me why people even listen to the crap that is around today. After years of listening to 80s rock and 90s grunge, I cannot see any character in today's music at all.

It all started innocently enough. Back in 2005, I still heard some very good songs with lots of rhythm. But at the same time, I could also tell that the crappy RnB and rap method was overwhelming the more rhythmic, classic-style rock n roll. In short, all music today sounds the same. There's no beat anymore and no rhythm. The music seems to go in all different directions at once. It used to be you could only hear music and no words. Now, you can't really hear either. After the first few bars of listening to modern music, I completely lose interest! I used to be able to say I was a music-lover. Now, I can't. Unless you're talking about the old method of music. I still have a lot of songs on my MP3 player. But nothing later than 2005. And nothing that I perceive as being rap or RnB! Unless it's old school style. Now, rap and RnB were different things in the 80s and early 90s than they are today. You could not pay me enough to sit in a room and listen to nothing but Justin Timberlake all day! I'd be out of there like a bull through a china shop in less than 3 minutes! Add a wall-sized photo of Lukas Rossi's face in that room, and I'll put the time down to 1 minute. Though I might stay longer if a picture of Tim Farriss was put on the wall! Though the music would still be annoying!

I will admit there were some slow songs in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. But for most of that time (until about the mid-90s) even the slow songs still had some good rhythm! In fact, I got to like a lot of the slow songs from those eras better than a lot of the fast songs! Actually, I like songs with music and singing about mid-tempo. Nothing too fast, and nothing too slow. By 2000, I could tell slow songs were getting worse. Especially when I saw an Eddie Murphy movie! Eddie Murphy is a great comedian! I love him a lot! But, I always dreaded the music on those movies! Or how about the music on Osmosis Jones! Great movie! But the music SUCKS!!! There were still some great slower songs in 2000, but that was the turning point in history where the songs began to totally SUCK!!! In the 90s, the worst singer was Alannis Morissette! I heard her music, and that's why I knew she sucked. But she was the worst of the 90s, IMO. A lot of people can disagree with me if they want to, I don't care. I think she SUCKED!!! She sings worse than me on my bad days, which would be today, because I have a rotten, miserable cold! LOL! Oh well. It was bound to happen.

Well, Anna will be going to Bozeman here in a few days. I hope she likes it there! Though we really should be looking into moving to Billings instead of Bozeman. Though Bozeman is a more animal-friendly community. We had less trouble finding apartments that would allow us to keep all 3 of our dogs. However, Billings it may more likely be for us. The job market there is better, and I wouldn't feel like I was living in a cauldron during the winter months. My father has offered to drive Anna all the way to Bozeman! That was the very last thing I ever expected him to do! Neither one of us even dared ask him, he volunteered! I am glad though. Anna has no experience driving in wintery pass conditions, so it's a welcome relief to hear my father will be driving her there. Funny thing, for a month I was secretly praying that another way for Anna to get there would come up, and she would not have to drive there herself. I kept imagining her going over a cliff or something. My father has a lot more experience, and he's a damn good driver. Well, Anna's a good driver too. I was just afraid if she began to skid that she would panic, and lose control. Anna is not the best in stressful situations. But I am glad that this came about. She will be on her way Thursday.

Well, on my Facebook page, I am going to have a lot of fun this year. One of my friends is doing a new picture for every day of this year. Well, I cannot really do that, but I have decided, as part of my New Year's resolution, that I would post a different animal picture up on my profile for every week this year. GOD willing! I may not get to do it as much right after I move, but for most of the year, changing my pic should be easy.

My Christmas Receiving List

Well, we had a nice Christmas. I had some left-over turkey that I froze from Thanksgiving. Thank GOD I found another good use for it! I made turkey gravy with it, with packaged gravy and the turkey I had already cut into pieces. I cooked it and spread it over mashed taters, and it was good!!! A rare treat as we really do not eat turkey that much. I must say this year has not been a total disappointment. Christmas was fine!! In between this Christmas and the last one, a few good things happened, though not much. The best thing was when Eva had her 9th child! OMG! They are now officially going to need a bigger house! Anyway, when my father came over, he brought some good things, the best being my new coat. I love it! Anna has one like it. It's very warm and toasty when you put it on. He also gave me a nightgown, but I exchanged it. The material in the nightie had no stretch at all, and I don't like that kind of material. It was big enough for sure, but without the stretch I like in the material, I feel so confined! I got stuck getting these 2-piece PJs made from fleece. Hey! They keep me warm and toasty! It's cold here and I haven't even felt it! Except in my feet and hands.

Anna gave me a wonderful food processor that I have been eyeballing for a while. It even has a setting for bread dough! I like that! I used to have another food processor a long time ago, and back then I heard you could knead bread dough in it. And I did a few times. But the last time I tried it, it burned out the machine. So, I am hoping this won't happen with this one! It's a big food processor, probably has lots of power! I cannot wait to begin using it!

Well, my ma gave me a Walmart gift card, which I will be using next week. Katrina gave me a Sears gift card, which I will also be using next week. And Eva gave me another gift card from a store I never heard of before. Thanks a lot Eva! LOL! I don't think we have that store here. Well anyway, it was a good holiday. And I am happy. Which reminds me, I need to give my father a call! So, hope all my readers had a merry holiday! Thank you all for your interest in my blog! :) Whether or not you commented.

Do You Believe in Santa Claus?

Do you believe in Santa Claus? I do. I always do. Not as in him being a real live person, but I do believe there is a Santa Claus. Although I did meet a Santa Claus in a Walgreens once! Nice guy. But as far as Santa being a real person, no I do not believe in that Santa. The Santa Claus that I believe in is a metaphor of himself. I believe in the Christmas spirit. I believe in the spirit of giving. I sent out a few Christmas cards this year, all to people I have known either in life, or on the internet. It's fun to send out cards. More fun to send them and not expect to get anything in return. Nothing except maybe that person's friendship. Though I did get a lot of responses, nothing like what I got last year! There were some people I got cards from that I never would have expected. At the same time, some of my friends who usually send me cards every year, I have yet to hear from. But I'm OK with that. That there is part of the spirit of Christmas. :) But I want to know, do you believe in Santa Claus as a person, or as in the Christmas spirit? I just finally got my Christmas spirit back this year, I thought it was gone forever! I haven't felt it in years. This year was the first year I've had it in too many years to count back! If someone asks you if you believe in Santa Claus, do you feel uncomfortable when you say yes? Or do you just say no to be accepted? Don't feel bad saying yes. I know a lot of older people who do believe in him.

Christmas I don't think is all just about giving and receiving gifts. I always thought it was about being with family and friends and feeling joy and happiness. My father came over today, I don't get to see him that much. That to me was a big occasion. The funny thing is, I used to despise my father! If any of you had ever read my story "Hutchess, A Picture Diary", you'd know the kind of person my father was and how much we couldn't stand each other, and why. And that was only 12 years ago! But since we moved here, he's changed considerably. He thinks less about self-importance and more about empathy. Believe me, he has CHANGED!!

Well, today we finally told him about our imminent moving to Montana. Last time we tried to tell him, he began to throw a fit. But this time he was more understanding. Though the chances of us seeing him again once we do move there are very slim. We may never see him or ma again. We will be many miles away from all of our family. Even the friends I've gotten to know. Katrina keeps urging us not to move, but we have to. Dad finally realizes that he cannot keep holding us back here. We have to move on.

Well, I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. Not sure if I will be back before New Year's Day. I never know when I am going to blog, I just do it when I get an idea of what I want to say online.

Peace, Love and Good Will

How many people are actually thinking about this at this time of the year? I do but only when I am in a good mood. I have just finally developed the Christmas spirit. I thought I lost it years ago. Moving here though has changed my attitude on a lot of things. I hated people when I first moved here, now I have cooled down. Yesterday's sermon in church was about love. We are supposedly to keep a month-long refridgerator diary (so they called it), and this week's subject is love. So I thought instead of keeping it on the fridge, I'd talk about love here.

What do I love? I love my family and friends. I love lemurs and wiggly little puppies. I love walks through the woods or up the mountains. I love a nice view of the ocean. I love the sound of the rain on the roof, or in my case, on the window. I love INXS, especially Tim Farriss. Though I wish I could say I love their new album, but let's not get into that. I love it when I, and my co-workers, complete a new book and put it up on the UMG Productions site. I love going to the marina here and looking for crabs and sand eels on the beach. I love long drives, though it is coming back after dark that gets me in a bad mood. I love sweet desserts. I also love a nice, juicy steak. I love my kitchen, period! I love my Metazoica project. I am very proud of it! I love jotting down little changes in my Facebook status every now and then. Though I wish I didn't have to keep refreshing it every week! I love having fun with the trolls on YouTube, since I don't go into forums anymore. Even if I did, I'd probably get kicked out with the kind of fun I enjoy having with trolls. hehe! I love having good dreams at night, though mine are getting fewer and fewer. I love getting Christmas cards in the mail, though this year, I didn't get as many as I did last year. Last year, I got so many I could not find a place for all of them! I even got one from a friend who was living with relatives in Nairobi in Kenya. She sent me a real authentic Kenyan-style Christmas card! I put all last year's cards in a box though, but I still have them. This year, I got a card from another friend who is staying in Okinawa in Japan. She sent me a real, Japanese-style card, and it is COOL!!

One thing is wrong though, I haven't yet heard from Giddeon's mommy. Usually by now I would have. Giddeon was one of my Groucho's babies, and he went to live with a family in Utah, and usually I hear from them every year, with new pics of Giddeon. But I haven't this year. Of course I was supposed to e-mail her and I didn't. I've been so awfully busy! I had all kinds of problems go on this past year. I kept saying at the beginning of this year, "I've got to write these people, I've got to!" But things kept happening, and I just couldn't. By the time things cooled down a bit this year, I was thinking by then "Is it too late to write to them?" I still have this person's new e-mail address. I'd like to see Giddeon again. He's all I have left of Groucho. There was another family that got Groucho's other pup, but every time I bring up Ray-Ray to them (that was what they named the puppy), I never hear back from them, and I am starting to get a wee-bit worried! I wonder if they even still have Ray-Ray! Part of the policy contract they signed stated that if they didn't want him anymore, that they return him to me. But they kept making out for a while there that they did still have him. But I am not sure! If they did still have him, they would not mind talking about him whenever I ask. I just hope nothing bad has happened to him! I should have kept him, but I didn't need another male back then, and I had no idea Groucho would die on me so soon! I thought she'd at least have one more litter, and then I was going to retire her.

Well, this month has been very busy, in more ways than one. Which is why I haven't blogged much this month. I've been battling computer problems. This computer overheats too quickly now, I think I need to discuss replacing this computer's cooling system! I've been trying to work on a book, but everytime I do, I hear the computer's fan going too fast, and then I have to stop what I am working on, shut down the computer and let it cool. If I don't shut it down and the fan starts to go crazy, the computer has begun shutting it's self down. When it does that, I lose everything! I have to save my work quickly. Everytime I add something to this new book, I have to save it very quickly. Or risk losing it without warning. This book is an illustrated dictionary of mammals. I started to create something like it back in 1991, but I never finished it. I only got as far as the first few pages, and only a couple of entries. This time I am doing it different! I am doing it by computer (the first one was done by hand). But it gives me an opportunity to use all the pics of mammals I have collected over the years without doing a "Walker's Mammals of the World" type deal. I don't want to put that much detail in this book! But I want it to have enough, and all in alphabetical order, so anyone looking can find what they want to know. I'm working on it, but because I keep having to shut down this computer, it's a slow process!

The Never-Ending Debate

Well, I've been going in and out of Youtube and putting up videos of myself, and I get the nasty comments about how I look in my videos. Which I do expect! I mean, I put my videos up, I'm showing myself to the world, I can expect to get both good and bad comments. I'm not afraid of them, believe me! But what is so annoying is when an offending person leaves negative comments saying "You're fat" or "You're ugly", or some kind of comment like that, and I go to their channel, and they don't have a single video or picture of themselves anywhere on that channel! I personally think no one has a right to say anything like that to anyone unless they have the guts to show their own face on the internet. Otherwise, what's your point? You're just making yourself look like an idiot! I put my videos up on YouTube, I now have over 80 videos! So I had the guts to put my face out there. And I know I am ugly!! LOL! For me, it's commonplace. I don't care if someone says it. Disgusting now, I think that's a matter of opinion. You can't really and truthfully say I am disgusting unless you've actually met me.

One time on one of my videos I made a comment to someone that haters have got to hate, no matter what. Someone said, "Not unless everybody hates you." I told him that fortunately that hasn't happened. I admit that I do expect that too. Anyone who speaks their mind as loudly as I do should expect some persecution from haters, and I do. But at the same time, I have quite a lot of friends. I'm not "popular" and I really do not care to be! I mean, I've seen what happens when an innocent person gets in with the "popular crowd", they become arrogant and flaky, showy and stuck-up, they can suddenly go from being someone I like to someone I don't like. I don't want that to happen to me. Popular people expect too much from people they call "friends", and I like to live my life the way I always have, and have people who will always like me for who I am. Popular people never really have "friends", even though they may seem like they do. The people that they call "friends" are simply just people that they agree with all the time, and that they can throw away when that person makes the mistake of taking a different direction that the popular person doesn't like. See, I don't want that in my life, so I tend to block the "popular people" and ignore them. I've blocked a couple on Facebook that I have some mutual friends with, and I am not completely finished yet! In the end, the formerly innocent person either changes, or gets hurt by the "popular" people. And their change is never for the better. I've honestly never seen someone who started out like me; innocent, with few friends (but are very pure and true friends), that has got in with the "popular" people and remained the same as they were before. I can honestly say I have NEVER seen that happen! They always change! And they always change into something not good. First comes the change, and then comes the hurt. Don't say it can't happen to you, because I assure you it will!

I have friends who have hundreds of friends, and I'm fine with that. But they are not what I refer to as being "popular". That is, they are not the typical "popular" people I've known who are stuck-up, and think the world revolves around them. They are actually very down-to-Earth, gentle, kind, innocent people. They don't forget or reject the "little" people like me. hehe! By "little", I mean what the "popular" people consider "insignificant". There is nothing really special about me. I'm not attractive, I don't wear make-up, I'm not rich, I'm not friends with INXS, never claimed to be, although I do know the last time I met Tim, he recognized me. Doesn't mean I am friends with him though. Not unless he says so. LOL! I don't have hundreds of friends, I don't go many places outside the USA's west coast, I'm just a pure, innocent woman who just says what is on her mind. I do original videos, I don't take many pictures, I'm not that bold or gaudy like some other people are. I don't stand out much in a crowd unless you're looking for a fat, ugly old hag. I won't say I am stupid, as I know what I know. I believe what is stupid to one, may be wise to another. I only think trolls are stupid, as they never have anything intelligent to say.

There is one person on Facebook that in all logic I should block. The only problem is I like her dog. LOL! I don't like her, but I like her dog. LOL! Looks like a shih tzu. I have a few mutual friends with her, she seems to only like people who have hundreds of friends, and she's probably the most judgmental person I ever met in my life. I generally ignore her posts, except when I look at the pic of her dog, if she has it up. I have a special knack for that! LOL! I don't read some peoples' posts, but I do look at their profile pics. Usually only if they have pics of dogs on them, because there aren't many INXS fans who have dogs. Most of them have cats, and almost always tabbies. Not worth looking at really. I personally think tabbies are ugly. Tabbies are about as close to seeing a truly ugly domestic cat as I've ever seen. Except maybe those pixie bob cats and those savannah cats which I think look absolutely hiddeous! I like siamese, and ONLY siamese. Well anyway, when I see another INXS fan who has a dog, it's almost like a valuable buried treasure, so I don't block them unless they get to be too much. Even if I don't like them. I just do what I can, totally ignore their posts, and just look at their dog. hehe!

One of the reasons I don't like this person, she says everybody who she doesn't agree with is "being unreal", or is "insincere". UGH!! I think everyone on the planet is truly realistic and sincere, except her! She's one of those types that will aggressively tear down a common person in order to defend celebrities. I don't like that type of person at all! They are unrealistic! Celebrities are the last people on Earth who need protection from insults and others disliking them! They should be able to handle that stuff. People bad-mouth Timmy all the time, I don't jump in to his rescue and tell common people to shut up for saying that shit. Well, I used to! But after a chat session with Timmy, he was asked what he thought about people saying that INXS were losers for recruiting a new lead singer by way of a reality show, and Tim basically said he didn't care. So I said if he doesn't care what others say about him, why should I. But I must confess, it does hurt me a little to see anyone talking shit about Timmy. I usually just chalk it up to it's only their opinion and forget about it. What matters is that I am always a fan of his, and I think he is beautiful inside and out! Even if I don't like this new album. But that has nothing to do with INXS, unless they really are becoming a rap/RnB band!!!

Well, another season of Hell's Kitchen is over with, and Nona won! She was the last person I expected to win. I actually thought Sabrina was going to win! But she was eliminated weeks ago. I think chef Ramsay thought her attitude was too bad, she was immature and all. But that type usually wins. Not where Hell's Kitchen is concerned I guess. The two finalists were Russel and Nona, and Russel wanted so much to win. But Nona won! I'm actually glad she won and not Russel!! Russel is such a sore loser! While everyone else was cheering (even Sabrina) and congratulating Nona, Russel was downtrodden and sad and cursing because he didn't win. He didn't even have the good sportsmanship to congratulate Nona in her win! A very sad, sorry excuse for a human being!! Honestly though, I think Russel didn't stand much of a chance, I think Vinni sabotaged him. Vinni too was a sore loser, and he was still holding a grudge against Russel because he said that Russel put him under the bus when he got eliminated. Geez!! Take it like a man! Stop being a baby!!

American Southwest In For A Major Draught!!

And to think my pa and stepma wanted to move to Arizona!! They won't after they hear about this! Best to stay here where the rains are consistent. It may rain a lot, but at least we are never without water. But I heard that the American southwest is beginning a major 60-year draught. That is, a draught that is going to last 60 years! This country has not had that kind of a draught since the 12th century! I feel for those in those areas! Mostly I believe places like Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, possibly Nevada and southern California, may be struck. This is kinda sad really. But it is nature. Those places may experience a major water shortage, which is not good! That's why I usually stick to the northern states, where we get a lot of rainfall. Falling rain may be a bit depressing, but it's good. I would not move from here for nothing on Earth! Though I will eventually need to move away and go to Montana. Anna will be going back at the end of this month, and going to school. I don't know how soon or how late I will be joining her there. It may be in the spring, may be in the summer. But I do know I will be moving there. I just hope this draught does not hit Montana. Though I doubt it seriously!!

I remember about 20 some-odd years ago, we had a minor draught in this state, and there was the threat of water shortage. However, we managed, and the following winter we no longer had that threat anymore. We had so much rainfall that year during the winter months, that we had some serious threat of flooding in some areas. That's Washington state for you!! One month draught, the next month flooding! LOL! Speaking of which, I heard Chehalis is under a flood threat. I sure hope Katrina and her family are OK. I heard from her this morning, and she seems OK. They do live up on top of a hill in Chehalis, and they got through the floods of 2008 unscathed. So I am sure they will make it OK.

Well, this is my busiest month, but I finally got finished with my Christmas shopping! Thank GOD!!! I've been hinting to everyone the things that I want for Christmas this year. hehe! But if I don't get the things I want, it's OK. I don't care. As long as I get some recognition from friends and family, I'm fine! I haven't made my Christmas goodies yet though. I would like to get to work on that ASAP! But I said I am not going to make that much this year, just my brownies and peppermint meltaway cookies, which are a Christmas tradition in this family. Though I don't know how I am going to do the meltaways without a mixer!! The one that I've had now for years just finally died on me! :( I need a heavy-duty mixer and I said after Christmas I am going to get one! Like the mixers professional chefs use. I usually like to make up different kinds of cookies and decorate them and give them to friends, family and neighbors. That too has become a bit of a tradition for me, and I make a lot of new friends that way too. But this year I guess I won't make a lot. Just enough to give to friends and family.

Ya know the best Christmas I can remember was one during a year when we didn't even celebrate Christmas. My ma had become a Jehovah Witness, and she said "There will be no celebrating Christmas in this house!" I was appalled by that statement!! But that is how the Jehovah Witnesses are, they don't celebrate Christmas or birthdays, so as long as ma was in with them, I had to go along with it, but it was so different than how I was brought up! Well, Anna and I didn't like the idea of not celebrating Christmas, so what we did was we planned a little fund of our own. We saved some money and went out and bought our own Christmas presents for each other, and when Christmas morning came, we secretly met in Anna's room and gave our gifts to each other. Ma and pa never even knew we did that! Well, the next year, I told pa that we did that. But I didn't tell ma until years later when she got out of the Jehovah Witness faith. I just couldn't convert to that! Everything they believed in, I didn't believe in; and everything I believed in, they didn't belive in. That year we didn't have an official family Christmas, but I think that was the best Christmas I can remember! It was fun, even though it was just between myself and Anna. That was the year I got my little plush ringtail lemur from the WWF collection, which they don't have anymore!! I took that little plush lemur everywhere I went, even to the White House!! hehe! Years later, I had to sell that little plush lemur, and it made me angry too! Long story attached there.

Well, I don't know if I will be making any more blog posts between now and when Anna goes back to Bozeman. So I hope all my readers here has a wonderful and merry holiday season!

Nicole Kidman Loves Snakes!

That's news to me!! I heard it this morning on a reptile news channel that I've recently become friends with. Nicole Kidman loves snakes and wants to own some! That's a surprise because Nicole Kidman is the very last person I would have ever expected to want to own snakes! She looks too "girly" to me to even give snakes a second glance! Not saying that is a bad thing, but most "girly" girls are either afraid or disgusted by snakes. I've always been something of a tom-boy, I used to play with trucks instead of dolls. LOL! I used to go out and catch frogs and snakes instead of playing dress-up. That could explain why I don't take too much care about the way I look and have let my looks go. Now, I think I look like an ugly old hag! But still adorable in character. hehe! ;) But anyway, physical appearance aside, I am the kind of woman I would expect to own snakes. Not someone like Nicole Kidman! Nicole Kidman is a fine actress and she's quite attractive! But I think it's cool that she loves snakes!

This guy was saying on YouTube that it could be good for snake owners if she does get some. A law is still pending to ban snake ownership in all 50 states. While I agree pythons and other large constrictors should become illegal in places like Florida, up here, I should be allowed to keep whatever I want. And I like having snakes! They are fun! Bandit is such a character! I am also so grateful I don't have to get rid of them. I've decided not to join Anna in Montana yet. She's living with a roommate until her schooling starts. So I probably won't be moving until summer next year. Anyway, if Nicole Kidman does get some snakes as pets, that may discourage the senates from passing this law against owning snakes. It's funny how celebrities can get away with a lot of things that common people cannot! But they can also help set the pace as well. Once they are allowed to do something like owning snakes without persecution, eventually the rest of us will be allowed to as well. That's good! So I say if Nicole Kidman wants to own snakes, go for it sweet-cheeks!!

I don't know what I would do without my snakes, I love them so much. People look at me funny when I mention that I have snakes, which I do understand because a lot of people are afraid of them. But fear comes from misunderstanding. People also believe that all snakes are venomous, which that is not true. There are some venomous snakes, but I only dabble in colubrids. There are only 3 venomous colubrid species. Only one of which, the boomslang, is seriously deadly, and I don't have any of those. One species, the green vine snake, their venom is only dangerous to small lizards. I might get some ball pythons later on, I like them. But the big burmese pythons and stuff like that, I'll likely never get into. Leave those to the experts. I have little dogs to think about.

Feeling Rather Sad Tonight

I wanted to post this. Though I am not sure if this is true or not, but I've been hearing that one of my Facebook buddies has passed away. I was thinking "Shoot! I was just getting to know her!" If it is true, it will make the second person I've known of on the internet, who has passed away in my life. I remember the same thing happened on the Pluba forum, to a woman who called herself Shih-happens. I think her real name was Christine. She died back in 2005, and one of her neighbors came into the forum and announced that she had passed away. Apparently the neighbor had known that Shih-Happens was going into the Pluba forum, and had some buddies in there. I don't really like to call internet buddies "friends", until I actually meet them, and we become friends. This friend told the forum that Shih-Happens died of cardiac arrest, and someone on the forum did say she's been suffering with heart problems all her life, so that was quite feasible. But I have no idea if it is true that this buddy, named Kelly, has really passed away. But I left a message of condolence on her facebook page anyway. I even told her I named one of my Metazoic mammals after her, an antelope. I called it Azema steini, in her honor. Well! Actually I named that animal months ago. But I am just letting her know it now, if she's there or not. The animal is not pictured on the site yet, but it will be soon. So far, nothing has been said about what she died from, and another one of my buddies looked in the obituaries for the area she was visiting, and has seen nothing.

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Latest Development!

Yes, it turns out it is true. Kelly Stein has passed away. My Facebook buddy who was looking for it before finally found it. I'm going to miss her. We were just becoming good buddies. She told me she used to live in Portland, at about the time St. Helens erupted. I told her how we used to live in Toutle. Well, anyway, here is her obituary:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/buffalonews/obituary.aspx?n=kelly-stein-witt&pid=146886275&fhid=5240

Kelly STEIN-WITT

STEIN WITT - Kelly November 28, 2010, of Grand Island, mother of Nicholas and Aaron Witt, Evan, Oliver and Page Stein; daughter of Carole Tripi and the late Edwin Stein, Jr.; sister of Lori Sansalone and Tracy Peabody; aunt of Savannah (Paul) Getty, Kaitlin and Jenna Sansalone; niece of Charles and Karen Lenz. Friends may call Friday 7-9 PM at the KAISER FUNERAL HOME, 1950 Whitehaven Rd., Grand Island. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10 AM at St. Stephen's Church. Memorials may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of WNY.

Having A Grand Day!!

LOL! Remember in my last blog post, I told you all about deskset24. Well, I blocked him. I figured since he blocked me from his channel, turnabout is fair play. So he hasn't been able to comment on any of my videos. Well, Katrina pumped life into an old YouTube channel she created but forgot about, so she told me. She came into one of my videos and said this to deskset24:

@deskset24 god damn i cant get over what a fucking nerd piece of shit you are. fuck you! why don't you go pop some fucking beef up your fat ass and stop being so fucking nasty you fucking twat!


That was before I told her that he's been banned from my channel. But this was funny as heck!!! Even funnier is the fact that Katrina told me that deskset banned her from his channel too. LOL! And she was just getting started. So, now Katrina and deskset24 are going around to each other on her channel. She hasn't banned him yet. She should, since he banned her. Katrina also wrote me a message on that same video she made that last comment to deskset. She told me:

tg, dont let these twats run all over you. you need to learn to give some people a good 'fuck-off'!


The problem is, I don't like cussing. I don't cuss. Katrina and deskset24 can do it because they are young, but when you reach my age, cussing does not become a daily thing every time you open your mouth! You begin to realize in your 30s how very disgusting cussing is. That's why most women don't do it at this age. So, I could never tell someone to "fuck off". I say "damn", "ass" and "shit" once in a while, but that's about all the cussing I ever do. I don't say the really nasty words like Katrina and deskset24 do!! I did when I was in my 20s and teens, but not now. I don't know why it is really when you reach your 30s, it feels uncomfortable to cuss. I admit I do need to learn to make some people back off, like Katrina says. I've always been something of a pushover. A little too nice for my own good!! I don't know how Katrina does it! She has a knack for getting people to do exactly what she wants them to do! Like now, she is playing deskset24 like a fiddle!! LOL! I don't know if he knows it or not. But I'm watching those two go back and forth with trying to come up with the most monsterous and vicious lies about each other! LOL! I think they're playing games with each other now, really. So, I have even joined the fun.

This morning, I noticed that deskset24 (of all people on YouTube), called Katrina a hypocrite piece of shit. I laughed and said to him "Look who's talking hypocrite!" He said I have no friends, and my ma and pa hates me because I killed some little girl back in 1993. LOL! I didn't really, but that's the kind of stuff he's saying. I mentioned that he was the one who said on one of my videos that he raped and murdered his own children, and that's why his girlfriend left him and decided not to marry him. Katrina, when on her lunch break, signed on and confirmed "He sure did! I saw his confession!" She added that deskset24 also admitted that he likes to have sex with pigs, cows and chickens, and that is why he stands up for their rights. LOL! I don't know if he really does, there are people out there like that. But that's the kind of things being said. So, Katrina, and myself (maybe even deskset24) are just kicking back and having fun, making up stories about each other. Evil stories. LOL! Well! Deskset24 started it all!!

He even called Katrina a homophobe because Katrina said Ingrid Newkirk is a faggot. LOL! I've heard so many teens and 20 year olds say that phrase, I don't think they just use it to refer to gay people anymore. I don't write to deskset on Katrina's page. I just write to Katrina. I said to her:

Oh Katrina look! Look who has all of a sudden decided he "cares" about minorities!! LOL! Lying, hypocritical douchebag deskset24. You hate gays, deskset, don't deny it. You told me yourself you'd like to see them bombed! hehe!

 

Deskset24 says he'd like to bomb everybody, not just gay people. But I've seen across YouTube where deskset24 has complained about Mexicans coming into this country and taking over. Blah-blah-blah!! I noticed he wrote to Katrina on the video where Newkirk was talking down at fat rights. And this is what he said to her:

 

@SuperKatrinable Everything you just said proves my point that anti-animal rights people are also anti-human. Everything you said proves my point that PETA-haters disrespect all humans.

And you hate America. I encourage anyone to mail you a bomb. That is MY right to support that political position, to make that legal.

You LOVE big government coming in and terrorizing great folks like Newkirk to steal their money and freedom. Hypocrite piece of shit.

And this was Katrina's response, get ready! She's good!!

@deskset24 and you proved my point that dickhead warthogs like you who love to have sex with pigs, sheep and goats hate everything in your path.

you hate the world. if you send me a bomb, i will just send it right back to you. and make it blow up in your big, fat, stupid, ugly face. simple karmatic economics. and it is my right to tell you to go fuck yourself. but knowing you like i do, you'll more likely go back to fucking a sheep like you did last night.

LOL! That's the kind of game these two are playing with each other! It's been this kind of thing back and forth all day long! But I am not worried about Katrina. She's a very tough little bugger! Katrina gives full meaning to the adage about dynamite coming in small packages!! Well, look at the kind of people she hangs out with! Besides me. LOL! Her husband has an accomplished black belt in karate (I guess that's good), and he teaches self-defense to others, from children to adults, even the elderly. He's even tought their oldest child karate! I can hardly wait till tomorrow, see what those two say about each other then! LOL! I'm having fun just watching!!

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Bombing In Portland!

I saw this news article in my e-mails today, and it talked about an attempted terrorist attack in Portland, OR. Apparently the bomb was a dud, but still, I was thinking "that is so close!!!" Too close to home! The attack on 9/11 in New York was a terrible and sad event, but it was a long way from here. It feels very different when the terrorist attacks are so close to home! This came awful close! I go to Portland quite often. Well! More often than I go to New York, that's for sure!! I'm not at all saying that the attacks in New York are of lesser significance to me, it just feels different when I hear about it happening in a town I live so close to, and visit more frequently. I could have been there when it happened!! I'm just so glad that this time, no one was hurt. Apparently it wasn't even a real bomb! But just the idea that such a thing could have happened is a horrible thing to think of!

Unlike the attack on New York, this one was plotted by a teenager! This teenager was born in Somali. I didn't know the Somalians had such a problem with Americans!! But maybe it's not the Somalians. Maybe it's just this kid! Kindof like what goes through the mind of kids who plot school shootings. But anyway, what the heck is wrong with Americans?? Why does every country hate Americans so much? Is it simple jealousy because we have (a little) more freedom than other countries and fewer harsh punishments? Is it just because there are more fat Americans? Is it because we are not afraid to fight for our rights? I'd like someone to give me an answer to that question. But so far, I have never heard anyone from another country who has ever been able to give me a good, straight answer to that. It's always some kind of conflicting answers. Like everyone has their own reasons why they hate Americans, whether or not it's a good reason. But they all seem to only agree on one thing, and that is that they all hate Americans. Seems everywhere I go, people from other countries are always bitching about some little flaw they see in Americans. They seem to forget that there are a lot of intelligent Americans too. And the stupid ones no more outweigh the intelligent ones than they do in any other country. Only in redneck areas they do!

So far, the smartest people I've ever known of are from Japan! I'd love to move there, but I do not speak the language. But the kids there go to school for 9 hours a day, every day including Saturdays. Not sure about Sundays. I think Sundays are off for everybody all over the World. That was GOD's day off. I think it's traditional everywhere to keep that day free. I once dated a Japanese man and he was probably one of the most intellectual and stimulating people I've ever met. We only dated for a few months though. But he was smart as a whip!! I haven't heard from him in several years, I hope he is doing OK. My ma told me that we almost moved to Okinawa once when I was a little kid, I wish we had!! I see movies and videos of that city and it sounds sooooo fascinating!!

Well anyway, I think the World needs to learn to lighten up on Americans. As far as I've seen, Americans are no worse than any other country out there. You want to talk statistically? Fine! The reason we have more freedom is because we fight for our rights, if we didn't fight for our rights, we would have no freedom whatsoever! And we would have harsher punishments. Instead of condemning Americans for that, why not try taking our example if you want your country to be as free as ours is. As for Americans being fat, well, I heard the UK is becoming a fat nation too, and Canada. It's kindof ridiculous to hate a whole nation just because we have a lot of fattened up people. You just never know, your country could be next on the list of fattest nations! You may even someday outweigh us!! So don't be so quick to spout hatred based on that reason alone. You know what is said about karma being a bitch!