Warning: The following is just venting and is not intented to offend anyone that may read it. I just needed to blow a little steam off.

I'm sitting here, trying to wrap my head around it but I just can't. What is so bad about hunting?
Somehow it got brought up at work, for roughly the umpteenth time, and yet again everybody's all "OMG! Hunting is teh evil!" I really fail to see the big deal. Or maybe I'm biased? I grew up around hunting. My dad's been doing it since before I was born. I went out with him a few times when I was little(5-8yrs). And now, my brother and two of my sisters go out with him. I've had people tell me that we're bad people for hunting. Well, hey. You tell me of a cheaper way to get meat for a family of ten people. It's not like we do it for sport, we eat what's brought in. And yet Sarah tells me "I don't like hunting. It's not fair to the animals." Um.... That's why we're at the top of the food chain and they aren't. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying people that don't hunt, or don't eat meat for that matter, are in the wrong. Everybody's got their own beliefs, just don't jump down my throat when I say that I like wild game. I grew up on the stuff. I see nothing wrong with hunting so long as you're not doing it for sport. You just want an excuse to shoot your gun, go to a range. That's what they're for. But if you're hunting to get food, which my Dad and siblings are, then it's alright. Plus, it's population control. And before you start in on me about that, it's something that needs to be done every so often. We set traps for mice, rabbits and other rodents. Well, deer and moose are just like that. Let the population get too big and our crops start to suffer. "But they deserve to live, they can feel too." Yeah well, we're pretty good at killing our own kind without remorse so that makesthe above a moot point. All I'm trying to say is that hunting isn't evil so don't go branding me and mine as evil killers. Save that for when I'm standing over your bed with a knife in one hand, chanting in Latin. *evil grin* Hunting's not bad, it's a choice of lifestyle. Besides, I just eat the stuff.


Quote of the day:
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."
Hannibal Lecter

Ta da! An update!

I start this with "Hi kitten!"*wave*

In all honesty, I really have very little to say, just figured that I should let any readers I have know that I'm still around and kicking. I'm sure once the antics of this weekend are over I'll have material to work with and blab about for a bit.

Recently I'm getting along with the maternal unit a bit more. Though this could be yet another phase. I'm sure we'll find something to fight about in the near future. The joy of relationships between parents and children. I have to admit, when we do get along, the conversations are pretty interesting. We bitch about social issues, talk about doubts that we have had about religions(namely ours), dicuss what color the bathroom at the 'rents house should be next time they renovate, etc. So yeah, getting along with mom can be fun. Better stay that way because I've got an hour and a bit drive back to Lacombe with her. And a dog. Not too sure how that's working. Jump off that bridge when I get to it, I guess.

I'm off work this weekend, so it's a trip home as I mentioned above. The kids have been asking about me. They're all eager for visit time since it's never long enough and often months between visits. They've got a little party all planned and I really can't wait to see them again. Hayley'll be bigger than last time. She grows like a weed.

Today's discovery: my computer speakers don't like System of a Down. I can hear crackling and I know it's not the MP3. Much angry from the wires. Funny, the volume isn't up that high. I wonder what opera would do...

Dinner at Erin's house is soon, meaning I should probably change to real clothes as opposed to pajamas. Happy note, earrings not hurting so much anymore. Off I go then.



Quote of the day:
"Hathor was the Egyptian goddess of fertility, inebrity and music."
"Sex, drugs and Rock 'n roll?"

Daniel Jackson and Col. Jack O'Neill
Stargate SG-1 Episode: Hathor

Good thing:
Getting off work early.
Better thing:
getting off work early and talking to my boy.


Quote of the day:

"Pour yourself over me, until there's nothing left to see
I like the way you move in the dark,
I like the tension, the tension and the spark."

I like the way - Darren Hayes

This being the week before Canadian Thanksgiving, we've had quite a lot to do at work. That being said, I think it's also safe to say that the work load has destroyed what little sanity still remained in our department. My boss has started singing songs, which leads Erin and I to join in. These are not just ordinary songs. No, these are the likes of children's songs and campfire songs. Sarah just shakes her head and keeps working, but being the mother of a two year old, she's quite possibly immune to the effects of the work.
Today, however, was slightly different as Erin and I had an indepth discussion on the comparisions of uncomfortable bras to uncomfortable mens undergarments. Mind you, this was a while after the topic of tantric sex, why contortion artists would have kinky sex lives and leading to the theory of just where the Kama Sutra came from. Other topics of conversation were my new fish, (Josua Sephiroth/betta and Fairnsworth Moriarty/corycat), siblings and why I can't keep track of mine, chocolate and the effects of copious amounts of caffine on tired bodies(this topic prompted by the beginings of muscular twitching).
And to think, there's two more days of this left.



Quote of the day:
If I could get a firm grip on reality, I'd throttle it.