Signs of Spring

"Il Giardino"

Here is what Spring looks like in my neck of the woods! It's a shame I can't also upload the amazing smells; the deep, spicy hyacinth, the sweet cherry blossom, the delicate daffodil..
So, beautiful!

Spring with bounce

So my petition is over 700 signatures to date, ( 703 to be exact!)!!!
How excellent is that?

For any newcomers who don't know what the petition is about, just briefly I want my government, here in mild-mannered Canada to recognize animals as having rights and, to that end, include or, encode animal rights into the constitution.

Here's the link: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/put-animal-rights-into-the-constitution

In other news, Spring has definitely sprung. The wee birds have been up since before the official ass-crack of dawn. They were happily chirping away at 4 this morning, when there was still no sign of light, anywhere.

Superior cat is nestled next to me resembling, as she always does, a baby seal, crossed with a little bear and a door mouse, yes, she is that cute!

And on a personal rant, I hate wix.com, they are the devil's spawn, truly! Fuck, I've spent so many god damned hours of wasted time trying, in vain to get a website up and running, but each time I do something, something else disappears permanently. All you have to do is touch anything at all, and poof, you've lost all your work. It's bullshit, or perhaps mmm, maybe even elephant shit, cuz they're bigger, :)

Superior cat just repositioned herself, she was keeping my leg so toasty, to the point of sweating.

Even though the weather's getting warmer, I still do agree that "April is the cruelest month", as dear old Eliot reminds us. It's such a liminal period of flux and transition, growth and death happening all at the same time. Plus a lot of people have exams, which is also cruel. I will be giving exams, and the cruel part is the first one will begin at 8 in the morning! Who's going to be even vaguely ready to even spell their own name, let alone anything else at such an hour?
Maybe that's the point? Survival of the fittest? Weed out the whingers. Well, I guess in ties it with the whole Spring birth-death cycle. Meh.

Happy middle of April, and coincidentally, the middle of the week! Do something fun today, and eat something that makes you really happy.

Almost Easter

Happy almost Easter, or if you'd prefer, Eostre's day. Eostre's familiar was a hare!

Even if the day means nothing to you, I hope you will celebrate the new birth of spring, which is something to celebrate.

My favourite thing are flowers, which are amazing! How do they know how to create themselves to perfectly and smell so beautiful, and their colours?

And in other animal related news, the petition's gaining, I have close to 700 signatures, on the combined 2 sites!!! 672 to be exact.

Passover and Easter are 2 of my favourite holidays, and then of course is Thanksgiving.

My cat has taken on a new nick name, as it were, she's now known, by me, as "superior cat", because really, she is.

This house feels like a bloody daycare cum halfway house c/o my ass sister. Anything she wants, she gets, and that means having anyone live here whenever and for however long. I just heard her snap at the kid she's brought over to stay I assume, "start being a little more creative!"
" You don't know how to pick up stuff and read? "You need me to guide you?! You're not a baby yo, I don't do it like that!"

Nice

Anyway, I'm off to eat lox and cream cheese with my grandmother.

Family isn't so nuclear anymore

A new topic: I have 545 signatures to date on my petition urging the Canadian government to include animal rights in the constitution!

Also, something to chew on: the term "family" is only ever extended to those with children, but never to those who choose other forms of family. I have a cat, and she's obviously my family, but rarely would non-cat lovers see that point.


Some people I know have chosen to not have children but instead have a dog: their baby. And until I mentioned /thought of it the other day to my friend, who is relatives to the guy in the duo, who also had not ever seen it,I realized that that couple is not regarded as a family, by their larger family , and society, by virtue of the fact that they don't have kids. They are 'only' seen as a couple, not a family, even though they share their lives and home together.

In other words, they are seen as less important, because they have chosen not to procreate, and their chosen family is not validated.

It's time we start recognizing all forms of families. From two people who share their lives sans anyone else, to one person and the animals s/he is lucky enough to share it with too.

These ways of viewing the world seeing family as meaning 2.5 kids and a husband and wife are discriminatory, stupid, limiting and unfair. And should be relegated to the past.

Family is who you choose to love and spend your life with formally or informally, so this includes best friends, the furry kinds and the not-as-furry people kinds, and partners and spouses, and close friends.

When it dawned on me, the other day, that the family with the dog was a) a family! and b) actually not seen as such I felt both angry and triumphant, for realizing that I've have been seeing the world through the old paradigm for way too long as well, hence my just waking up to see that, yes relationship, home= family, and then triumphant for realizing it and telling my friend who had to stop and think about it too. I don't know if it moved him as deeply as it did me, but for me it's about seeing animals as deeply sentient and important beings, and furthermore, it's about recognizing people's valid life choices.

By not recognizing that fam as such we are saying " the only valid life choices are marriage and children, thank you very much."

Well, fuck you ancient, oppressive paradigm.

Family is who you love with and live with!

Bullshit

Question: If someone told you that they hoped you'd get hit by a bus how would you feel?

I know how I felt when it was said to me earlier today by none other than my psychotic sister.

And right before that hateful scenario was wished upon me , the "c-word", among other words, was hurled at me, full throttle, I might add. It's the one that rhymes with blunt.
This person, who feels that I am her emotional and psychological punching bag, is not some kid. No, she's nearly 40 years old.

And once her personal storm is over she thinks everything's ok, and treats me like nothing happened, and often uses a voice that is so damn condescending, (I think this is the word I want.) I feel beyond rage and she calmly says shit like, "Why are you always so angry?" As a control tactic, I've finally figured that out.
What the fuck?!

Most people should never have been born, and she is on the top of the list, as far as I'm concerned, as a huge, psychotic mistake.

This is on the heels of International Women's Day. The irony, huh?

Why, you may be wondering, am I blogging about this? Because I can't keep this to myself anymore. I don't know which is worse, feeling terrified by her crazy temper, or isolated because of it.

It's debilitating to get treated like shit so often, and to have no one know or believe me. The people in my family who have seen her rage or listen to me 'complain' about it, always have an excuse for why she acted in such a manner.

I don't want to hear any more excuses! Not one.

Most people who know her think she's swell. That's cuz if she showed her friends her evilness she'd have no one. So, she figures she can take out her rage on me, primarily, because I am only a relative.

Today I have decided to no longer be quiet. That's why I've written this.

Little joys

So, after crow-watching for 3 weeks now, I am so happy to report that my lonely neighbourhood crow was sitting perched atop a large billboard, cawing next and right to her/him was another crow who seemed just as enthusiastic to be able to share the sunshine with someone else!

We all need friends. Loneliness is terrible, for everyone. So, seeing the crows was beautiful!!

I also saw a rainbow this morning, it must be an omen; because there was no rain and it wasn't overcast at all, just completely sunny.

Keep asking/telling people to sign my petition, even with the names of famous dead vegetarians, such as St. Francis of Assisi; the original animal lover,

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/put-animal-rights-into-the-constitution

Animals strike back!

I saw that same, lone crow today. I think her/his wing is tagged. It made me so sad to see her/him flying in circles and crying and cawing and shouting for someone to call back. But no one did.

In other news,
A whale decided he had had enough bull shit and killed a human trainer at seaworld.
Good! Who the fuck do we, collective, think we are?!
We abduct animals from their homes,which is a very colonial, man-centred approach to being in the world; to dominate, sell, torture and abuse animals and then wonder,
"Why on earth did that whale (in this case) attack?" Fuck isn't the whale happy living his life in a glass cage, on constant display.

If you need to ask that question, then you really don't deserve the air you breathe.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1017047/killer-whale-kills-seaworld-trainer-reports


Have a look at this video, wherein animals in captivity say, " No fucking more!!" to their captors.
The best way to watch it is with the sound off to to avoid the shit "music" and the ass-commentary.
To be frank, these videos make me pretty sad because even though animals are getting a little bit of revenge, it hurts to see them tied, and chained up.
http://www.kewego.com/video/iLyROoafMuZ_.html

This brings me to my petition..asking the Canadian Government to include animal rights in the constitution. please sign it. If you have, ask other people to sign it too.
We need to affect change!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/put-animal-rights-into-the-constitution

P.s I just clicked on the link and the page it took me to said the page i have been looking for has been moved...I've now fixed it, so I hope all goes and stays well.