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pacificpikachuThank you for all the nice comments on my layout! I'm still getting used to it but it's so nice to have something fresh to stare at, hahaha.
I get to go pick up my surfing Pikachu box soon, yayyy! That means...collection update tonight! I've got SO much awesome stuff to post, this is going to be a massive post. Not that I mind, it'll be fun! :D I need to get packaging materials so badly so I can start sending stuff out. Ugh, need to apologize on the community for shipping delays again. I hate being a slowpoke about shipping, but I have no materials and things have been too chaotic...
Firefox has been awfully derp for the last few weeks at least, freezing and crashing and generally being irritating, so I downloaded Chrome to see how it goes. I still love Firefox (m-my add-ons! ;; And StumbleUpon! And all my customizations!) and hope it'll work properly for me again at some point, but...damn, Chrome is fast. I'm enjoying having a fast browser again, it feels like I have a new computer or something, hahaha. Maybe I can put off getting a new one for a bit longer now that I can browse the internet without extreme frustration. ;)
I'm so happy with my flock right now! I go out to look at them and just feel so proud. The four serama chicks are thriving and all four are different colors, the two older serama pullets are growing quite lovely (and have been named Tawny and Tucson), and my sumatras are getting shinier and shinier. All of my birds are so pretty, I love them! I still have three cockerels that could use homes, but in the meantime they're doing fine in the coop so I suppose they can stay until they find proper homes. They're beautiful guys, I'm sure someone will want them if I'm patient. I ought to post pictures sometimes, but similar to my collection, I take so many pictures at any given time of my chickens that it's a big undertaking to even post pictures of my flock. XD
Looks like Death Streak 2010 may not be over after all. Ilikeayou, one of my eleven-year-old hens, is weak and very thin despite having a full crop (a full crop means the bird has been eating,so in other words her body is not properly processing the food). It may be her time to go soon. This death won't upset me if it does occur--she is an old bird who has lived a full and happy life, and if she passes it is simply a natural death of old age. I put her in with The Salula and Minky so she won't get bothered or picked on by any other birds, and that way she'll have some peace but also won't be alone. She has seemed a bit dull for about two months, so this doesn't come as a huge surprise. Her timing could be better, but this--a peaceful death of simple old age, with no way to prevent it--is a death I can cope with. It is simply a natural part of life. I will certainly miss her whenever she goes, she is the last remaining bird from my first batch of chicks (the father was my first ever chicken Pidgeotto and the mother my Japanese bantam hen Dovey) but I won't get too stirred up over it either. I cope much better with natural passing than with euthanasia choices (even when they're unambiguous) and accidents (which are the hardest for me to death with).
I've felt rather strong and energetic the last few days, which is strange, especially after a major pet death. For some reason, it's like I've reached a place of peace when it comes to all of the losses I've suffered recently. It's strange to think that Princess is gone, as she seemed like she was one of those individuals who was just always there, but I feel like my reaction to her death is one of slowly accepting my loss a little bit at a time, and small pieces of remembrance and mourning here and there, but not one of explosive grief. I think it was, again, because she was elderly and because there is nothing to regret or feel guilt over that I am coping well. I surely do miss her, though--I've seen things moving out of the corner of my eye a few times and thought they were her before I remembered she is gone. My memory of her is so vivid and bright that it's truly bizarre to think that no matter how I searched the earth, she is no longer here. Maybe I am still in denial, but I feel like I'll just accept it little by little.
I have a few (non-angsty) introspective and topic posts I've been wanting to make, but I never get to it! I should start writing them because I've been meaning to for a while. I have a lot I want to do lately! Collection post, poultry post, miscellaneous posts, finishing sculptures, drawing, writing, playing Mystery Dungeon: Sky (trying to beat Darkrai right now), doing stuff with Honey, perhaps perusing some thrift stores, hanging out with and working on AMVs with Makayla...etc.
I get to go pick up my surfing Pikachu box soon, yayyy! That means...collection update tonight! I've got SO much awesome stuff to post, this is going to be a massive post. Not that I mind, it'll be fun! :D I need to get packaging materials so badly so I can start sending stuff out. Ugh, need to apologize on the community for shipping delays again. I hate being a slowpoke about shipping, but I have no materials and things have been too chaotic...
Firefox has been awfully derp for the last few weeks at least, freezing and crashing and generally being irritating, so I downloaded Chrome to see how it goes. I still love Firefox (m-my add-ons! ;; And StumbleUpon! And all my customizations!) and hope it'll work properly for me again at some point, but...damn, Chrome is fast. I'm enjoying having a fast browser again, it feels like I have a new computer or something, hahaha. Maybe I can put off getting a new one for a bit longer now that I can browse the internet without extreme frustration. ;)
I'm so happy with my flock right now! I go out to look at them and just feel so proud. The four serama chicks are thriving and all four are different colors, the two older serama pullets are growing quite lovely (and have been named Tawny and Tucson), and my sumatras are getting shinier and shinier. All of my birds are so pretty, I love them! I still have three cockerels that could use homes, but in the meantime they're doing fine in the coop so I suppose they can stay until they find proper homes. They're beautiful guys, I'm sure someone will want them if I'm patient. I ought to post pictures sometimes, but similar to my collection, I take so many pictures at any given time of my chickens that it's a big undertaking to even post pictures of my flock. XD
Looks like Death Streak 2010 may not be over after all. Ilikeayou, one of my eleven-year-old hens, is weak and very thin despite having a full crop (a full crop means the bird has been eating,so in other words her body is not properly processing the food). It may be her time to go soon. This death won't upset me if it does occur--she is an old bird who has lived a full and happy life, and if she passes it is simply a natural death of old age. I put her in with The Salula and Minky so she won't get bothered or picked on by any other birds, and that way she'll have some peace but also won't be alone. She has seemed a bit dull for about two months, so this doesn't come as a huge surprise. Her timing could be better, but this--a peaceful death of simple old age, with no way to prevent it--is a death I can cope with. It is simply a natural part of life. I will certainly miss her whenever she goes, she is the last remaining bird from my first batch of chicks (the father was my first ever chicken Pidgeotto and the mother my Japanese bantam hen Dovey) but I won't get too stirred up over it either. I cope much better with natural passing than with euthanasia choices (even when they're unambiguous) and accidents (which are the hardest for me to death with).
I've felt rather strong and energetic the last few days, which is strange, especially after a major pet death. For some reason, it's like I've reached a place of peace when it comes to all of the losses I've suffered recently. It's strange to think that Princess is gone, as she seemed like she was one of those individuals who was just always there, but I feel like my reaction to her death is one of slowly accepting my loss a little bit at a time, and small pieces of remembrance and mourning here and there, but not one of explosive grief. I think it was, again, because she was elderly and because there is nothing to regret or feel guilt over that I am coping well. I surely do miss her, though--I've seen things moving out of the corner of my eye a few times and thought they were her before I remembered she is gone. My memory of her is so vivid and bright that it's truly bizarre to think that no matter how I searched the earth, she is no longer here. Maybe I am still in denial, but I feel like I'll just accept it little by little.
I have a few (non-angsty) introspective and topic posts I've been wanting to make, but I never get to it! I should start writing them because I've been meaning to for a while. I have a lot I want to do lately! Collection post, poultry post, miscellaneous posts, finishing sculptures, drawing, writing, playing Mystery Dungeon: Sky (trying to beat Darkrai right now), doing stuff with Honey, perhaps perusing some thrift stores, hanging out with and working on AMVs with Makayla...etc.
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Date: 2010-07-26 10:13 pm (UTC)It's great to hear you're feeling better already, I'm looking forward to future happy posts ;D
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Date: 2010-07-28 02:05 am (UTC)