Man, I hate freexing rain..

A cold day in the Back Forty...could be worse I suppose...I guess if I had to choose between freezing rain and oh about 3-4 feet of the white stuff, I'd take the rain. I managed to get a bit of time this evening to rest, so I thought I'd blog a bit, while listening to some super sweet tunes. Man, I just love music! Not country..I guess I could tolerate it if I had to, but not on my comp! Nope, my freinds, I love just about anything else, and I guess some eclectic stuff as well. But mainly if its a good tune and I can dance to it I'm cool.
A sad day for a family in town..they had a child who passed away today...the child was sick since birth, constantly going back and forth to the hospital for treatments and such, and was treated somewhat like a guinea pig. I went to deliver some food to the family on behalf of my parents, because they knew them very well, and when I got there, I could feel the sadness wash over me. I handed the food the childs father, and my heart broke when I saw the sorrow in his eyes. The atmosphere felt like a million broken hearts...not broken...I guess shredded to tiny bits. I wished I could have offered more words of comfort, but I don't know exactly what they're going thru. I do understand sorrow. The fathers eyes are still present in my memory....I will never forget. His child was severely disabled from birth. Mom says he's an angel now. I believe that we are all conected thru our souls, and that they are a part of God, but I also believe those who are born into this world with severe disabilities are closer to God than the rest of us able bodied folk. Mainly because I feel that perhaps thru their suffering, we learn about real love. The love those parents had for the child was so deep, I don't think I know of anyone else that could feel that much love. I later learned that the child died at home. Say a little mental prayer for the family..I know you don't know them, but as I've stated, they are connected to each and everyone of us thru the Creator, and I'm sure that the prayers will give some comfort in the days ahead. If you are not the religious type, then send good thoughts to those who are suffering. I don't have a Blogger question y'all...I apologize. Just know that I am thinking of all my Blogger friends and sending good thoughts and prayers to you too.
Have a happy weekend.

Just when you think you have a full house...

Okay, a short while ago we got 2 new birds...since their arrival, our paraleets Jon and Ponch have been absolute darlings, adding to the noise our other 4 birds add when the sun comes up. Today the parents went to Marathon to fix the van, and shop, and I was left here to run the restaurant. Well, they arrive at 7 pm, and I discovered that Mom had aquired yet another bird....a beautiful Lovebird, named Bubby (it could be spelled bubi, my Mom didn't ask). We believe it is a female, or at least thats what the pet store owner told Mom. She was hatched last July and is soo adorable...with green feathers on most of her body, and peach coloring on her head, and an amazing electric blue color under her wings and on her tailfeathers. Bubby seemed really taken with me, and would chirp and seem agitated whenever I left the room, but when I came back, she'd calm right down. Mom says shes mine, so now I have 3 birds. I feel ready for these new pets. Already they've made me exceptionally happy in recent days. So I'm pleased that they will be with me when ever I move out on my own again. My goal is to make them super tame, so they'll sit on my shoulder like Casey does, and hopefully they'll appreciate my music like Casey does. I do like my little birdies, and I look forward to buying all the latest birdie accessories for them. What can I say? I love Gods Little Critters. Except cockroaches. Yuck.
Okay here's a question...since this is the first time I've owned birds of my own...what animal would you eventually like to get that you've never owned before? Okay, I know y'all check my blog, so don't be shy..drop me a line. Until then...CHIRP CHIRP! (Translated is Blog ya later!)

With all my Visitors, you'd think I'd get more comments than I do...

Today I checked the stats and I've has a total of 1037 visits since I've started this humble blog. Cool. I'd really love to hear from all of you, especially those Blogger pals who haven't posted in the comments section for quite a time. I'd just like to hear from you...tell me whats new, you know, shit like that. Anyhoo, life here in the Back Forty still sucks (go figure), but the weather iswarming up now, and the biggest plus is that everyday we get more daylight, which is great for all those who suffer from light deprivaation during the winter months. We did get a bit of a snowfall a couple of days ago, just when the snow finally melted from the roadways and sidewalks, exposing the trash some dimwit shitheads neglected to depoit in the trash can located five steps away. I mean seriously! How gross can a person get. Its different if say your bedroom is messy; you can shut the door, but you can't shut the door on Mother Nature. As much as I'm against Big Brother watching our every move, I'd be thrilled if they (the Town) could put up videocameras on our Main Street, just to catch the lazy fuckers who litter. Then give them a choice...a huge fine, or to grab a Glad bag, and get to work, and not stop until the bag is full to bursting with their disgusting refuse. And these are the same people who call this town their 'home'...if its a 'home' to them, I'd hate to ever set foot in their house...probably have radioactive waste under their floorboards or something. Talk about acting like they were born in a barn...
So yeah, I admit I'm rather cynical about this place...I mean...they have a local paper that comes out every wednesday about mindless uninteresting crap, and every article is rife with atrocious spelling and grammatical errors. Yet the more important news from this small town...such as the possibility of a mine opening, is located in the Thunder Bay Chronicle. So I feel like I waste 70 cents for a crappy local paper. The only thing I do enjoy is "marking" the paper, ususlly with red pen, and laughing my ass off at the spelling errors, that, in my humble opinion, should not be committed by anyone who has a education level of at least Grade 10. For instance the sentence..." So and so was happy to loose 10 pounds."...ummm....LOOSE????!!! Try lose, you freaky dolt! And the words their, they're, there...are constantly misused, I fell like grabbing the editor of the paper and shouting, "How the fuck can you miss that?" all the while rubbing his nose in the paper much like one rubs a dogs nose in their mess when it messed in the house. Sometimes the first letter of a word in a sentence isn't even capitalized! Christ Almighty! What kills me is I once offered my services to proof stuff for them, and they declined, opting instead to use another person with an IQ of a doorknob to write and stuff. I guess I'm overqualified. But this is what really picks my ass...the editor has a spellcheck on his computer and it's obvious he doesn't use it....I admit that since the advent of technology as we now know it, the kids in school today can't spell to save their souls. Spelling bees are a thing of the past, and we are breeding nations of idiots who can't add, subtract, multiply divide or SPELL without an electronic aid. Geez...I remember when I was a kid, in order to pass Grade 4, one of the prerequsites was to memorize the multiplication chart up to times 12. As well, spelling bees occurred every week, on Friday. And you'd think it would make these kids smarter, all this technology. Nope...when I was in University, I was appalled by the fact that most of the kids I went to school with couldn't read out loud without tripping over the words, and couldn't spell, or form a grammatically correct sentence. Wow, I've ranted once again...well, it was coming...there's only so much I can take before I speak up about what irritates me, and my Blog is a great place to vent.
So on to another rant about this town...I get jerkoffs (male OF COURSE) who come in and balk, nay, rather BITCH, about the cost of a pizza. One guy made me so mad the other day I prayed the extra hot peppers he asked for on his pizza burned him a new asshole. He accused me of raising the cost of his pizza, because my Dad was out of town at the time...since this is my Blog, I'm going to share with you my fantasized version of how I wished it went down..note...this is copyrighted..
Stranger in The Pizzaslinger Strikes Back!
Man: Is that how much it costs?
Stranger: Yes.
Man: I think you're raising the price on me because your Dad isn't here. I think I'll talk to him when he gets back.
Stranger: Yeah you do that asshole, and by the way, I'm sure he'll be thrilled about you disrespecting me. So much so, I'm sure he'll give you an ass whooping when he finds out.
Man: Is that so?
Stranger: You bet your smelly ass its so! And by the way, who are you to tell me our pizza isn't worth that much? You sit on your unwashed ass, drinking beer from noon til night....you're so ugly a dog wouldn't hump your leg, and you act like your King Shit of Turd Isle! What do you know about business?
Man: uh...
Stranger: Uh is not an answer...did God make you stupid as well as ugly?
Man: Now listen here..
Stranger: I'm done listening to you. Shut your cakehole and listen good...my Dad wouldn't take your side over me ever. And if you don't leave by the count of three, I'm gonna kick your ass!
Man: Try it.
Stranger: You asked for it cocksucker.( She does a flip over the counter, landing neatly on her feet. She has a murderous look in her eyes, and in her right hand she brandishes the pizza knife. She plants a side kick squarely on his jaw, knocking him back on the ice cream freezers. He panicks and starts to cry like a sissy baby as she proceeds to land kicks to the face, abdomen, and crotch. She corners him and places the pizza knife against his throat)
Stranger: Say you're sorry..
Man: I'm..I..I'm...s..so...sorry!!! Please don't kill me!
Stranger: Next time you act like a fucking weasel, I'll chop your nuts off!
(She grabs him by the hair, and throws him through the door, where he lands in snow, sobbing like a baby, and while people look on in astonishment, a yellow puddle forms around where he's seated. He gets up and runs home, while people point and laugh at him)
Yeah...this is a great way to get that negativity off my chest! Lol!!!!
So yeah, I can't stand some peoples attitudes here. Its funny how there's some people in this world would try to tell me how to run the business, when in fact they'd never owned or helped run one, and furthermore, make almost $100,000 a year, and don't have penny in the bank saved. Yeah...way to go assholes! Compared to them, my life is fucking fantastic...and it is....I don't have major bills, or a Klingon draining my bank account. Yup, life is good.
Okay, a Blogger question...what is the one thing that annoys you in this world? One of them for me is when someone scratches their nails across the blackboard...it makes me shudder! Even just thinking about it. Oh yeah, and when I get into an elevator, and someone has recently polluted it with perfume or a noxious fart. Whats your beef? Let me know. Until then, keep on Blogging!

Limewire...

Is the cats meow! My God, why didn't I get it sooner? I've been spending the past few days downloading some sweet tunes! This Stranger is at the moment, one happy camper! I am looking at buying myself an Mp3 player, but I'm also entering to win an iPod Nano, cause a good friend of mine says its the shit..(translation-its fantastic). I need to work on getting up to speed on the latest technology....seems like every few months theres something new...just last week I saw an advert for Scooba, a robot that washes your floor (to be used after Roomba I'm sure). What next tho? Robot butlers? Hmm..that would be cool actually...could answer the phone and deal with annoying telemarketers, clean house, make me some chocolate chip cookies...ahh...the list is endless! This could happen sooner than we think....I don't mind, just as long as these robots don't start to think for themselves...then we could see a world overrun by them...a robotic revolution whereby us mortals are relagated to the rank of slave and made to do the robot dance on demand for our electronic masters' enjoyment. Or worse...the Macarena!
Whoa...okay...I went off there didn't I? Anyhoo...seriously...how much technoloy do we need at our fingertips before we finally say," okay I'm happy now"? Never. I see advancements comng to the point we all know where everyone else is on any given day. Kinda scary when I think about it. George Orwell's 1984 may soon come to pass.... (shudders)
Oh well, what the hell can we do? I know what I'm gonna do....I'm gonna download more tunes! Cheers!

Some good news..

Its been a while since I posted....my humble apologies to those who check my site from time to time to catch up on my adventures (or lack thereof) here in the Back Forty. Anyhoo...I have some good news for a change. It's been a couple of years since I had a pet, mainly because of my living arrangements, as well as the heartbreak I felt when my dear dog passed away. To be honest, I still cry over him now and then. I have aquired 2 parakeets, which now brings a total of 6 birds in my parents home. A lady friend of mine was giving away her 2 parakeets for free, plus the cage because she's moving away and didn't have time to invest in them, so Mom got them. I fell in love with them instantly...they're brothers, hatched a year and a half ago, and are small, with green feathers, with a bright blue on the undersides ofthe wings and a bit of blue behind their eyes. I don't know what kind of parakeets they are exactly, but they're sooo cute, and they seem to like me, when I go up to their cages they make the cutest little chirps! Anyhoo, Mom saw how much I liked them, so she said I could have them for my own, which makes me absolutely ecstatic! We decided their names would be Jon and Ponch, after the cop characters from that TV show C.H.I.P.S. Yeah...I guess I'm dating myself here, but hey, Eric Estrada was awesome as Poncharello in that show! Casey was a little upset about our new feathered friends, but calmed down after I talked to him and let him out of his cage to hang with me at the computer. Casey has grown quite attached to me, and will get upset if he catches me coming or going without acknowleding him. What can I say? He's our little Diva! Cosmo is getting better with me..I sat by his cage the other day and talked to him, and now he'll talk when I'm in the room, so cool. He still won't let me handle him, but am working on him. The cockatiels, Sunny and Coco, couldn't give two shits whether I pay attention to them or not, so long as they have their food, water, and a clean cage, they're happy. So yeah..things are looking up.
I've also been saving some coin so I can go on a trip in the distant future...I want to go to Mexico, but I'd love to cross the Atlantic and check out some places I've always wanted to go. I've got quite a bit saved so far, and the other day I won some money, so I put that money aside for the trip. Yeah, its been a good week so far. Can't complain.
Sooo...Blogger question....hmmm....how about some suggestions of some cool places to travel that you think I'd like...heres something to go on...I like places with interesting histories,people, and good beer. K? Let me know! Until then...keep on Blogging!