Sad to say,,,(with update)
I really don’t think this is going to work out. Peanut, the pittie, new to house, and things are an absolute nightmare this mornin’. yes, she is a pitbull. Reputation blown all out of proportion in my opinion as some of the best and most loyal dogs I have met are pitties.
Only one other animal is taking it well, and he is doing his best to tell her, “no, we don’t do that!”: Voodoo. Well, even that one has a rough spot as one of the things he is telling her she can’t do is “EAT”,,, I have to feed her seperate from him and out of sight of him or things get all growly and rough.
I’m sporting new holes in skin too. Not that I am mad about them: Kats is sharp on five ends and when the adrenaline gets flowing, the knives come out. Thats just the nature of kats. The hole were induced by ‘get me outta here’ moves, not retaliation. Peanut has one scratch on her nose from getting ‘just a leetle’ too close to Mama, and that lead to me having four holes atop my right foot as Mama headed for the katdoor at speed,,,, not scratches, HOLES: she dug in for traction and that wheel caught good. As I said, I’m not mad about it, she is just being her species: kat. But I don’t know how much more abuse this carcass can take.
We don’t nest well when there are newbies in the mix,,,,
I wanna struggle through because I know the kids are alright, ONCE THEY SETTLE DOWN and get to know each other. but danggit, The whole Grizzy issue has me in a conundrum. Those of you that have been here for a few years know my emotional spiritual attachment to that reincarnation of Unconditional love. And today he is the embodiment of HATE AND ANGER. This, the cat that will usually allow me to carry him into a nest of wild dogs, purring and buzzing ‘you got me, I know you got me’,,, Not today. His attitude has 180’ed and even a simple head pat draws a growl (all while looking at the intruder) and the “don’t touch me”,,, while not physical yet, he has exposed the knives as I tried. His haven of house has been invaded and he is NOT GOOD with that.
And the other side of that is knowing that a short stay is less damaging on the psyche than a long stay and failure. She knows she is safe around me, (and why she is up my ass at all times) but that up my butt is whats causing the issues. The other kids want da time too and aren’t capable of tolerance enough to learn tolerance that quickly. (does that make sense? )
I’m venting. Feeling out my own thoughts as well. Much easier when I can see them out in the open and not being buried by the other thoughts of my day. (like the doings of the J.O.B.)
I may take her to work with me today (Definitely if I knew today were a shop day; I don’t know that) and let the house settle down for a minute, BUT, I wonder if that hiatus would only exasperate the issue upon return. And as I was saying to Mike in comments, I have the dog door so that Voo can come and go as he pleases,,, Shuttering that will cause him issues, and keeping her put,,,, Don’t like chaining dogs, don’t like crating dogs, but I am starting to see some advantages Gonna say it: I don’t like that thought line,,,, I’m very much freedom oriented, even with, maybe especially with, the fourfeets. Don’t like cages of anysort, and hate going to zoos for that very reason (and why I liked the SanDiego Zoo: the people were the ones in cages to see the animals.) Its one thing to incarcerate criminals, but to incarcerate an animal for being itself because thier nature is inconvenient to you at that time,,, seems way wrong to me. (yes, her nature is inconvenient to me with how tossed and turbulant my house is right now. Is that her fault? No, its mine, because I introduced her: why would I punish her, by locking her down, for my doings.)
And I may just let Serendipity take a play too. Leave for work, if she tries to follow, so be it. Maybe someone working the RR right now will take a shine to her and she find a different forever home,,,, I don’t like that gamble so much,,,, Would rather re-home her through other methods but,,,
pittie,,,, Evil reputation (wrongfully earned IMO)
More laters,,,,,
UPDATE: guess it doesn’t matter now. Peanut headed out straight away, and ended up at the J.O.B. by beating me to the bottom of my hill. ‘A’aight, you’re going back; get in girlie’,,, I’m off on site right now, but she won’t be returning home with me. The bosses said they’ll work on something for her ‘re-homing’.
I brought home a mess of trouble,,,,
I’m calling her Peanut. Someone dropped her at the J.O.B. over the weekend and she started coming around on Tuesday. She is massively depressed as she was still nursing puppies when the ShitStains dropped her off. No puppies, so I would say its a dog fighter and they kept the pups, but she had served her purpose.
There is a special place in hell for people like that,
She is an absolute sweetheart, and right now, she is tossing my well run household of kiittehs quite turbulant. Grizz is flat PISSED!!! won’t even let me touch him the couple of times he has came in. Mama is actually taking it quite well, only hissing when that intruder comes sniffin’ round. Zooms is curious, and vocal about ‘keep your distance’: funny that, when the boys were kittens, Zooms was terrified of Voodoo, and Grizz was ‘lets be friends’,,, now, roles have reversed a bit.
Voo was ok with it until the food bowls were filled, but then Voo has always been the food agressive one. Not quite sure how I am going to handle that situation,,,
And she doesn’t want to stay if I leave. I had to run into town, and found her down near the RR on my return. I don’t like crating dogs, never have, and don’t have one to begin with, but if she won’t stay put,,,,
She is very clingy right now, and to be expected, this is the third time her world has been turned upside down and of all those changes, I am the only constant in two of them. She was my shadow at work the last two days. Now, she is quite underfoot,,,
Growing pains. Everyone will adjust, it may take a week, or more, but we will find a happy medium somewhere.
frustramations (totally a word)
Been trying to write a post, and keep hitting this wall. So much going on in the world, and the narratives are contradictory, convoluted and quite INSANE of late. you have the whole “genocidal joos” thing from one side, then you have the “joos to blame” for everything, then you have the “Bestest ally EVAH” groups, and toss in Ukraine KlownKar that more resembles a Keystone Kops clip,,,, And now there is ‘admission’ that the whole KrainianKlownKarkokefestivus is CIA,,,,
uh, yeah,,, I think that was obvious back during the Color Revolution in 2014,,, and the fact that some down and out standup comic is now their greenscreen leader, grifting ALL THE DONOR COUNTRIES for his retirement program and likely kicking back 10% to the big-guy semi-ambulant corpse (p)Resident pretend,,, Shit looks more like “a Weekend at Bernies” than an Executive administration,,,
No matter how I look at things, I keep coming back to the one thing that I can’t ignore. OUR GOVERNMENT IS NO LONGER VALID. It has no bearing towards the country anymore, it is in place to enrich the Elected, and the Bureaucrats, and apparently EVERY OTHER COUNTRY OUT THERE, while its people struggle under onerous legislation and regulation that is designed to milk them of every last penny they can produce. AND NOW, they are attempting to replace the very people that they filched the power from so that they can rig the system in perpetuity.
And there is a threat of military aged people enmass coming in as well. All funded by the very people that pay the taxes and struggle
Sarah posted up today and the end of it is a simple question. The same question I have been asking since 2008. Orvan Taurus posted up THIS
But now I am starting to ask another question.
When do the people say ENOUGH! and put this shit to rights? Maybe we still have some bloodless ways that need explored, as one commentor in Sarahs peanut gallery says. MAYBE, but the longer this goes on, the worse, the harder, the less likely, the outcome will be ‘clean’. Maybe we do need that Dictator to bring things to a head or clamp it all in place so the healing can begin. I dunno, I don’t like the idea of adding more and more government onto something that needs a 97% reduction of same.
There needs to be election reform, and almost as importantly, Term limits across the board; these lifetime appointments both in the elected and unelected bureaucrats is the WHY we are here.
We need to close the borders to all but those that can prove they are worth the expense, and are intent on becoming AmeriCANs.
We need to shut off the flow of funds to all but OUR people. Allies? sorry, YO-YO, might wanna play nice-nice with the nieghbors for once.
Cut the welfare to only those that can prove they are in need, OR those that did the deed of working like dogs for 40 years and paid into the system: Keep that promise. Vets that retired from service, same thing; KEEP THE PROMISE. As for the welfare peeps,,, Sorry, if you are 3 time felon and living on the dole because you are “not hirable”, thats a self inflicted wound and you need to work on that; The people that work for a living owe you nothing,,, Couldn’t hack it in school and dropped out? There are plenty of places to work on getting your GED and showing the world that you are actually trying. Don’t be a zit on societies ass, expecting to be supported from cradle to grave: that is swallowing the Marxist/communist pill that has brought us to this point.
DAMNED STRAIGHT!!!!
Little Hiatus
just lettin’ you know that I decided to take a couple days off the bloggin’ thing,,,
No worries, the world will go to shit quite capably without my input,,,,
Back in a couple of days, when I feel like I might have something of value to contribute to the world,,,,
’tis a zero dark mornin’
Up early, dropped my meds down the tubes of this ambulant carcass, and filling the coffee tank up. No foodies yet, workin’ up what I want before we go that road,,,
Reading around, the blackpill is creeping in the edges of pretty much everyone: I can sense it in the wordings and phrases used. Not that we are blackpilled, but that the effforts to do so are getting hooks in us; ya feel at times the urge to just throw your hands in the air and fiind a bunker somewhere to wait it out.
NO CAN DO!!!!
That is EXACTLY what they want,,, they want those of us with a finger on the pulse of humanity to give up and go away, stop resisting the ‘inevitable’ and let them put 97% of the world back into medieval/serfdom times. Granted, with the way the economies are going, we are almost there now, everyone around living paycheck to paycheck if they aren’t in that 1% tier,,, Even those in the 6+ figure salary ranges are borderline,,, SO deep in debt that one bad quarter will have them in bankruptcy courts.
Here on the hill, I have been tossing a lot of thoughts around, from the “load the boat and go” range, to “Need chickens, and three sisters plot” and the every damned day thought of “Not Enough Ammo”,,, cleaned the rifles yesterday; not that they needed it, but because of desire to know intimately their readiness conditions. Good to go (need more ammo,,,,,)
February is wrapping up, that leaves us 9 months for this monstrosity to gestate into whatever its going to become. NO ONE KNOWS. Too many factions going into its design, with no cooridination of inputs. One side wants full on USSAR type control (that never existed) and another wants a return to the glory of the 80’s, The People in general just want some stability for the most part, knowing with confidence that what they make today will be worth the same tomorrow, or better, not this ‘well, better spend it now, may not buy bubblegum tomorrow‘ thing going on. Or the “30 million illegals in-country and we don’t know JACK about them, prepare for impact” that is a growing concern.
Of that last, that actually is the least of my concerns. Only one group coming in concerns me and that is the Chinese Nationals of military ages. THEY have a command structure in place and COULD be the formidible foes. Those Syrians, muselmenn types,,, The hardest they will be is cellular and those can be rooted out, though it may take time, but the worst they can do is local local local. I know 9/11 was a horrible day for America, but think about how localized the damage was,,, If you are at ground zero, yah, SUCKS, and feels for you,,, BUT, that sort are also suicidal as hell, and that means short half-life when up against pissed off and armed red-necks.
WE gots LOTS of those on these shores.
Not even worried about things going all nuke,,, Several talking points on that around the spheres and there seems to be some growing fear of it in major mouthpieces (coff Tucker coff coff). I don’t see it. If there are going to be canned sunshine tossed around, it will likely be tactical (lo-yields) and precise in delivery, not some swarm of ICBM’s released. I could easily see a Russian Sub off the coast slam a Hypersonic Cruise into DC during sessions,(Far to fast for retaliation: pop up, launch and be on the way as the blast hits.) especially if the Krainian Klown Kar DOES use those ‘freshly delivered’ F=16’s behind Russian borders. BUT, that might would be a blessing for the American People,,,, Oh, we’d lose some good ones, but they are already so outnumbered by the bad ones, the ones that were NEVER elected, the faceless ones that use the Federal Register to enact laws with no oversight or accountability,,,, THOSE are the ones we wouldn’t miss IMO,,,,
9 Months,,,, There was a time where that would feel like ‘Fuh-evehs!!!’,,, now, its a blink of the eye and we are there,,, Even now, it seems like its so far off, but once it gets here, we’ll look back in awe at how fast it happened. And it looks like the dance card is going to be filled every damned day between now and then,,,,
SO,,,,,
Take my advice that I am giving to myself (and not heeding completely,,, Trying though) Kick it back, take care of that stuff you can take care of (YOU) and get your house in order for storm. Batten down the loose fly away stuff, get the stores in order for when things AREN’T readily available, spend and extra $20 on canned or long shelf life stuff every week while its still on the shelves. GET MORE AMMO while we can,,, (Weak area for me)
But more importantly “KEEP UP THE HEAT” in meme’s,,,, They are working, you can smell the fear in all of the actions we are privy too. Crankin’ up the heat in lawfare for one. THEY ARE SCARED.
THAT is what scares them. NOT the noose, or the blade of Madam Guillotine,,, its the DARKNESS of what lay on the otherside of those. Maybe they do have some concept of the afterlife and what scares them is that they KNOW they will pay penence for what they have done on this side,,, I dunno for certain, but they absoluletly FEAR dying.
It’s just part of this game we entered when we were brought into this world kickin’ and screamin’ and covered in someone-else’s blood. There is only one way out and its the same door for all of us: how we go through that door is the only question.
I choose one of two ways; quietly, in my bed at home, OR Kicking and screaming and covered in the blood of others,,, That is to be determined by how the future plays out and not by my direct choice.
What lays on the other side holds no fear for me, I’m quite content with my ideas of whats there. I hope you can say the same.
It’s sunday, get out there to whatever church of your choosing, commune with whatever you percieve as a Higher Power, and get your spirit/soul aligned RIGHT. I may not be able to make it to my churches Inner Sanctum today, but by God, I am gonna make it to the Vestibule and at least toss a prayer and light a candle,,,, A prayer for the future of this country, a candle for those that haven’t made it this far.
and old man winter is showin his mug
Not bad today, but the rain that is coming down feels like it was snow 1000′ feet up: cold icewater falling from the sky. Temps won’t drop low enough for snow to form at this altitude until late tonight, but the clouds are slated to roll out before then (and why the temps will drop so low, no atmo blanket to keep the heats in.)
My ‘juice’ came in today. For the record, yeah, you can ‘ingest’ it: get that syringe as far back as you can, nearly down your throat and blast away. Still gonna get some taste of it, but not gagging levels. Probably not the best way to get it in the system, but I don’t trust me with needles and my own flesh. I can do subcutaneous injections on the kats and they don’t mind (or seemingly so), but my skin,,,
I’m a wuss. LOL
That should be a soothing thought to my fam and friends: I won’t ever do drugs that require me to poke holes in meself,,,, but most of those close to me know I don’t abide recreational drug usage (other than the occasional left handed cig type, I can’t see how that is much different than my taking a finger or two of Scotch or Bourbon afterwork.)
For those out there that may be getting hit with this bug, here is what HAS worked for me so far, that is ALL OTC stuff. Not including what I rcvd today as that is ‘unknown’ at this point.
First off, the drips: saline washes. I’m using A&H Simply Saline nasal mist. Blow some up the schnoz, repeat on other side, then BLOW THAT HONKER,,, what comes out will ASTOUND you. The extra strength version I am using is a higher concentration of salt and helps dry things out. AND this bug or the infection that it induced, does NOT like that salt water. The bloody mucus that I was getting is much reduced now.
as for the crud in the lungs,,, Mucinex 1200 ER tabs. one every 12 hours.
DRINK LOTS OF WATER,,, toss in some electrolytes every other or two cups to keep your system in balance. You are going to be hacking up gobs of gunk and that takes water out of you; need to replace that
as for the pains of infections,,, my usual acetaminophen/aspirine/caffiene OTC pain meds. Excedrin is the brand name but there are reasonable generics as well. (250/250/50mg respectively.) A pair of those and the ache receeds, sometimes goes away completely, for awhile. (bump up the caffiene with a shot of coffee, bam! pain gone!)
Hope that helps someone. Things are definitely improving since I started using the saline washes; drainage is down enough that I stopped using the benedryl (which I hate using anyways,,,) Still, keepin on eye on the weather and watching how my body reacts when it gets warm out again. Still thinking this was a minor bug topped with alergic reactions to pollen from overzealous trees thinking spring had sprung.
more laters,,,,
Bookshare thoughts
One thing about me is my book collection. I’ve dragged the one I currently have, around the country when I was doing the RV living thing. I’ve added to it since settling down but I don’t get rid of ‘Friends’: and my books are the bestest of Friends.
I rarely lend books, for many reasons. Usually due to lack of trust that they will be returned: see above, you take one of my books, you have kidnapped a very dear friend of mine. I take that shit kinda personally,,,,
BUT, If I do lend you books, 1) I trust you to respect my friends whom have no self defenses of their own. and 2) I am opening a window into ME!!!! The books I keep close have had some impact on my life, spirit, thinking, outlook, what have you, and when I am sharing that, I am sharing a part of me with you. That sort of thing is very intimate to an introvert, usually jealously guarded and kept behind 10000′ foot walls. One book in particular comes to mind right now: Illusions: the tale of a reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. I have had a few copies of it over time, and its getting harder to find used copies of it, and ALWAYS because someone ‘fell in love’ with my friend and failed to return it home.
I’m writing this now because I went to the shelf for THAT book and realized, its out on loan currently. I’m pretty confident I know where, and if thats the case, no worries, but I wonder,,, Has the borrower read the book? what did they think about it? etc etc,,,, Those questions mean something to me since that book had a lot to do with HOW I think about the world around me. It started my thinking about the quantum world and how we are all tied together in some way, even down to our thinking and how identical ideas seemingly pop up on opposite sides of the planet at the same time.
Hell, I admit it, I want to discuss the damned book with whomever borrowed it. Partly because I want others opinions and perspectives, and also because I don’t want to live in an echo chamber,,,, I feed my mind daily, and yet there are so few I can discuss things with and I end up edging to that black-pill stage.
And a lot of reasons why I need to just set the phone on charge and walk away for a day or two.
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