This whole entry is accidentally gloomy! I am not, in fact, gloomy, however.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you had a good one. :D

I personally am not a fan of Thanksgiving because of the turkey element, but nonetheless it is nice to have another day to spend with family and eat food. We drove down to San Francisco today to celebrate with my dad's side of the family, and this was pleasant and mostly uneventful.

Did see a disturbing sight on the way back, though--a buck that had been hit by a car. He was struggling to get up, but obviously couldn't, and he was lying in a puddle of blood and had blood streaming out of his mouth. The police officer on the scene had his rifle raised and ready. While there was nothing I could do, as even with wildlife rehab licenses adult deer cannot be rehabilitated (and this guy looked beyond help, anyway), it pains me to see animals in pain and makes me feel this deep urge to do something even when there's nothing I can do. I'm glad his pain is almost certainly over by now, but nonetheless it was deeply saddening to me. The humans celebrate, and many animals (and people in less affluent countries/worse situations) continue to suffer as always... I know it's kind of a gloomy thing to say on a happy holiday, but to me it is always important to note what goes on beyond superficial celebration. Blargh, it still does sound depressing. :/ Anyway, I'm not depressed, just thoughtful. Just noting things to myself.

( And on the subject of depressing-sounding but not actually depressing thoughts! )

This whole entry is accidentally gloomy! I am not, in fact, gloomy, however.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you had a good one. :D

I personally am not a fan of Thanksgiving because of the turkey element, but nonetheless it is nice to have another day to spend with family and eat food. We drove down to San Francisco today to celebrate with my dad's side of the family, and this was pleasant and mostly uneventful.

Did see a disturbing sight on the way back, though--a buck that had been hit by a car. He was struggling to get up, but obviously couldn't, and he was lying in a puddle of blood and had blood streaming out of his mouth. The police officer on the scene had his rifle raised and ready. While there was nothing I could do, as even with wildlife rehab licenses adult deer cannot be rehabilitated (and this guy looked beyond help, anyway), it pains me to see animals in pain and makes me feel this deep urge to do something even when there's nothing I can do. I'm glad his pain is almost certainly over by now, but nonetheless it was deeply saddening to me. The humans celebrate, and many animals (and people in less affluent countries/worse situations) continue to suffer as always... I know it's kind of a gloomy thing to say on a happy holiday, but to me it is always important to note what goes on beyond superficial celebration. Blargh, it still does sound depressing. :/ Anyway, I'm not depressed, just thoughtful. Just noting things to myself.

( And on the subject of depressing-sounding but not actually depressing thoughts! )