Agreement, disagreement.

[mrissa]

The doglet and I are united in our dislike of box elder bugs and Canadian geese. Having trained this brain to work in symbols and patterns for fiction-writing purposes, I find I sometimes have difficulty pulling the brain out of that rut -- in this case, convincing myself that the box elder bugs are not symbolic of everything being chaotic and scary with many unpleasant things looming. They are not symbols. They are bugs.

On the other hand, it might be comforting if I could just squish unpleasantness symbolically and have it work. Having the guts of unpleasantness neatly disposed of on a tissue: well, all right.

The doglet and I disagree on the subject of the neighbor dogs, and also on the subject of squirrels. I keep trying to teach her, "That's none of our business," but she feels that a dog hardly has any business more pressing than the neighbor dogs, squirrels, or possibly what the neighbor dogs are doing in regards to squirrels.

Tomorrow I can have wild rice pudding with sour cherries for breakfast if I want it. I probably won't, but I can.

That's really as deep as it gets here tonight, folks. There's stuff that's a lot deeper but less coherent, so it would come out as, "you know that feeling you get when stuff happens? I hate that. It's like, much worse than that other feeling you get when different stuff happens. The End. By Mris, Age 28." But you do know that feeling you get, right? With the stuff? I thought so. Good.

Comments

[cadithial.livejournal.com]

mmm, rice pudding with sour cherries sounds like an excellent breakfast to me :)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

It may be a portion of lunch. It's one of my favorite fall/winter foods. Next time I make one, I'll give you some of it. (I've already given away 2/3 of this one to lydy and elisem, so I want the rest for us here. But next time.)

[cadithial.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[carbonel]

ObNitpick: It's technically Canada geese, not Canadian geese. Per Wikipedia: "In North America, these birds are often referred to colloquially as "Canadian Geese" since "Canadian" is normally an adjective while "Canada" is a noun. However, the standard English name is Canada Goose."

I like them when they're flying. I don't like them when they're being importunate and pooping all over the grass.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I like them when they're flying away. Like my dad always says, "Don't go away mad, just go away." Mostly he doesn't say it to birds. But still.

[gaaldine.livejournal.com]

Scott's thinking to send you rice crispie bars, 'cause. So, if you have any objections to said bars, please raise them now.

Distance bites, sometimes.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

It does. Yes. But so do I, on many kinds of bars. So there's that.

[intrepida.livejournal.com]

My stepfather has an entire arsenal of radio controlled vehicles to harass the Canada geese. Less poop on the lawn and it makes him happy.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Happily, our backyard is too wooded for it to be a big problem. But if they ever decide to explore the front, I'll know what to do!