so despite my overweening tirades on the plight of (wo)man's best friends and hurling imprecations on backyard breeders everywhere, i do, on occasion, derogate from such pressing issues of animal welfare and uc compensation and filipina stereotypes and permeate a somewhat roseate view on other matters. what they may be, i have no clue. :)
more later.
22 February 2007
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sometimes i look at chewy and wonder what his personality was like when he was a young pup. it would have been nice to see the little tyke grow up. sometimes i ponder whether if he had pups, if his offspring would harbor similar personality traits and would resemble my handsome furry son. unfortunately i adopted him at 2 years of age and he is neutered, so i have no sense of his history or hope for his lineage. unfortunate, indeed.
not quite. see, this is the same kind of thinking that compels people to give in and breed their beloved pet. "just one litter," they promise, because sparky/princess/spike is just soooo cute, right? wrong. i love my chewy, but while i experience pangs of what could have been, i think of the irreparable harm such thoughts may lead if i was a pet guardian with an un-fixed pet. when i walk him, he gets the most generous of all compliments: "what a gorgeous dog!", "what a perfect dog!', but i think of all the dogs that look like him that remain in shelters and rescue organizations. check petfinder.com on any given day and you can find at least 6 dogs who have similar, if not spot-on, features as chewy, in addtion to all the various other pomeranian or spitz mixes. not to mention all the people who think their purebred dog should be bred because its purebred -
quit fucking around with the breed- that's why there are all these dogs that almost resemble purebred dogs but they look "off." because of your inexperienced and untrained eye, we have dogs that are basically mutts. see #6. unless you're showing the dog at westminster, you shouldn't be "dabbling" with the breed. it gets ruined.
10 Reason why you should Spay and Neuter your Animal Companions:
1. Every day 70,000 puppies and kittens are born in this country while only 10,000 people are born.
2. It's simple math - there just arent enough homes for all of these animals.
3. Every year 10-12 million animals are euthanized in shelters for lack of available homes.
4. On average, 64% of all animals taken into shelters nationwide have to be euthanized for this reason.
5. At least 50% of the overpopulation problem is non-neutered males. Females cant do it alone.
6. Purebreds account for 30% of all the animals in shelters. "Papers" dont mean an animal should be bred.
7. For every home you find for an animal that you have bred, a home is lost for a shelter animal.
8. Breeding to "see the miracle of birth" demands that you also "see the tragic results". Visit a shelter.
9. Animal overpopulation has reached a crisis point in this country.
10. You personally can make a difference by spaying or neutering your pet. It is the single most important thing you can do to prevent animal cruelty!
not quite. see, this is the same kind of thinking that compels people to give in and breed their beloved pet. "just one litter," they promise, because sparky/princess/spike is just soooo cute, right? wrong. i love my chewy, but while i experience pangs of what could have been, i think of the irreparable harm such thoughts may lead if i was a pet guardian with an un-fixed pet. when i walk him, he gets the most generous of all compliments: "what a gorgeous dog!", "what a perfect dog!', but i think of all the dogs that look like him that remain in shelters and rescue organizations. check petfinder.com on any given day and you can find at least 6 dogs who have similar, if not spot-on, features as chewy, in addtion to all the various other pomeranian or spitz mixes. not to mention all the people who think their purebred dog should be bred because its purebred -
quit fucking around with the breed- that's why there are all these dogs that almost resemble purebred dogs but they look "off." because of your inexperienced and untrained eye, we have dogs that are basically mutts. see #6. unless you're showing the dog at westminster, you shouldn't be "dabbling" with the breed. it gets ruined.
10 Reason why you should Spay and Neuter your Animal Companions:
1. Every day 70,000 puppies and kittens are born in this country while only 10,000 people are born.
2. It's simple math - there just arent enough homes for all of these animals.
3. Every year 10-12 million animals are euthanized in shelters for lack of available homes.
4. On average, 64% of all animals taken into shelters nationwide have to be euthanized for this reason.
5. At least 50% of the overpopulation problem is non-neutered males. Females cant do it alone.
6. Purebreds account for 30% of all the animals in shelters. "Papers" dont mean an animal should be bred.
7. For every home you find for an animal that you have bred, a home is lost for a shelter animal.
8. Breeding to "see the miracle of birth" demands that you also "see the tragic results". Visit a shelter.
9. Animal overpopulation has reached a crisis point in this country.
10. You personally can make a difference by spaying or neutering your pet. It is the single most important thing you can do to prevent animal cruelty!
14 February 2007
03 February 2007
what i carry...
with me is nostalgia. several heavy boxes of nostalgia, that is - that i now must repack and load up into my kitty cat for a journey down the road. a resettlement into grander lodgings, if you must. i like to reflect on the good ol' days, but these reminders...it's as if they're an anchor and i'm some hapless mob snitch about to take a swim with the fishes. surely i'm a glutton for punishment, as i took a moment to reread some old journal entries. with some regret, reliving some of my thoughts have been painfully amusing as i cringe with both astonishment, laughter, anger and shame at some of my melodramatic thought processes as a gawky teenager and later, a naive college student. a lot of the events or things i did that i recorded in my journal i don't recall even happening, but i was a more prolific and copious writer back then. there was this guy i had a huge crush on but i don't recall ever talking to him. (well, i talked to him once over the phone, but it was excruciatingly lame). but according to my entries, i saw him several times and my sis even invited him to either my 16th or 17th birthday party, to which i wrote how he declined but later on apologized for not going. i don't remember this! i just thought he was impartial and indifferent to my existence , but he actually may have known my name, which was probably, cynthia's sister.
maybe i shouldn't take that trip down memory lane.
maybe i shouldn't take that trip down memory lane.
02 February 2007
sonnet 57
Being your slave, what should I do but tend
Upon the hours and times of your desire?
I have no precious time at all to spend,
Nor services to do, till you require.
Nor dare I chide the world-without-end hour
Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you,
Nor think the bitterness of absence sour
When you have bid your servant once adieu;
Nor dare I question with my jealous thought
Where you may be, or your affairs suppose,
But, like a sad slave, stay and think of nought
Save, where you are how happy you make those.
So true a fool is love that in your will,
Though you do any thing, he thinks no ill.
-william shakespeare
Upon the hours and times of your desire?
I have no precious time at all to spend,
Nor services to do, till you require.
Nor dare I chide the world-without-end hour
Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you,
Nor think the bitterness of absence sour
When you have bid your servant once adieu;
Nor dare I question with my jealous thought
Where you may be, or your affairs suppose,
But, like a sad slave, stay and think of nought
Save, where you are how happy you make those.
So true a fool is love that in your will,
Though you do any thing, he thinks no ill.
-william shakespeare
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