I woke up and di dthe routine of going to my animals to see if they needed food or drink...When downstairs I found Connor, Duncan's brother, twitching and unable to move. Not making a sound, just in a constant death dance...I know this has to be the end for him, he is old, almost 9 years old, and I am off to the vet now to get him euthanised. He is in a box now wrapped in a blanket, warm and even now, gentle and peaceful. e never bit anyone ever, never even nipped when playing. Like hisll his life he was an angel. I hope in the next life he is reunited with Duncan and they can play forever in a warm forest with many places to hide and yummy things to nibble. And since it seems all i ever do is come on here to tell about the deaths of my loved ones, I think this is the last time I will ever post here. There is too much saddness, and reading these words again will only remind me of the final moments of those I love. Even now I am crying like a baby and doubt I will stop soon. Thank you all for your time, and may you have fun int he forest of life, always warm and safe.

my great, scratch that, BEST friend Cuprohastes, whose LJ is located at http://cuprohastes.livejournal.com Did a picture for me that you see below. I sent him a book of art from "Hellboy 2" and he did my online name, Bombur, in the language of faerie. Tell me this is not cool! In fact it is now my new LJ icon. Which he also did for me :D Love this guy!!!!

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http://www.cuprohastes.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=323&fullsize=1

I am walking to lunch on campus about 15 minutes ago, as I am walking on the sidewalk, a frisbee his my shoulder. A guy calls over to me, "Hey! Little help?" Without a word of appology, even though I know he saw it hit me. Is this one of those exceptions where I can beat someone with a foam fish until I feel better?

Well it started saturday morning when I cut my index finger's tip by picking up a 12 can diet pepsi carton....yes I got cut by a cardboard box.......Fast forward an hour when I was taking out the battery in my lawnmower to bring it into the garage, but a bit of the acid from the battery seeped out and was on the underside of the battery. The acid went into my newly cut finger and I dropped the battery as if shocked. When I dropped it, it hit the ground and a bit of acid splattered up from the battery directly into my right eye. I screamed as if a needle was inserted into my eye and took off out the garage to run inside to was it out. With my right hand over my eye, I took a turn and ran RIGHT into the scrub tree outside my house at full speed which caused all these scrabes and cuts you see below. The one on my arm was bad since an artery much have been nicked and it bled like a stuck pig for a good hour....Why does all this happen to me when there are no witnesses nor a camera running?

And since Angelfire sucks, please click the links for the pics.


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Today I went to feed my ferrets and only Connor came out, so I peeked around and saw Duncan curld up in his bed, and nudged him...he was stone cold. Little bugger passed away in his sleep. Over the past 6 months he started losing his fur and I knew he was sick yet was never in pain. I knew he was going to pass eventualy, he was 7 years old and well......I will miss the little guy. I buried him at the base of a tree in my back yard. Little guy was always gentle, never ever ever bit anyone, not even a nip and was always rolly polly and happy. I will miss ya Duncan, you were as good as they get.


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Today I was at a local video store, and they have the typical (Recommended by) area. So one caught my eye. "The Secret" Recommended by Sophie, the cashier. Now some of you may see the irony in this so far. "The Secret" is not a female deodorant, but is in fact a supposedly *secret* DVD about how to succeed financially, business, life in general. So....If this is so great and leads to unparalleled success, why is Sophie still working in the DVD store as a cashier?

Last weekend i was excited to be going on my first ever blind date. A friend I go to school with has a girlfriend in a school 4 hours west of where I live, and they are having their annual Winter Snowball, a semi formal dance. I was resistant at first since it would be a Saturday night, and took 4 hours there, 4 hours back and basicly meant an entire weekend away. But hell, would be a nice change of pace. So, I went and the ride was nice enough, but then the hell starts......Turns out this girl got back with her boyfriend the night before, and HE is getting my ticket. So....Obviously I was dumbfounded since I learned this AT their college. My friend did not know, and his girlfriend forgot to tell him.....So yeah.......Anyways, I decided to just relax in her dorm room, since the college was out in the middle of nowhere and there were no movies or such close by. They left at 5pm and told me they may be back 2am or so. Great.....So, I ordered a pizza as soon as they left, 10 bucks for an 8 cut pizza with 2 sodas. So, I made sure the door was unlocked when I went outside the door room to pay for the pizza, went back and........Yep, the door was locked. I unlocked it, but I did not realize there was a SECOND lock on the door which locked unless you flicked a little switch on the handle. So, I was there alone, in a hallway, eating pizza and soda for......You guessed it, till just shy of 2am when they came back and saw me crumpled up in the hallway trying to sleep. No one in the dorm was there, since the ENTIRE school went to the dance. No RA to let me in her room, no other student to hang out with, and you needed an electric ID to get in and.....Well it sucked. Got back Sunday at 3pm and well...last weekend sucked. I spent all week debating wether to post it to LJ since some of my fellow students know my LJ page and I promised my friend not too tell how much of an ass his girlfriend is, but hell with it. At least my venting I can get a little joy out of the situation.

During lunch I sat down at a long rectangular table at one end, and my teacher (Who is a very conservative woman in her 40s) and another student sat at the end. Usualy our enitre group sits there, they just were at the register still...So, just as I sit down, a SMOKING hot girl says, 'Hi..May..I take this seat?" at the seat directly across from mine. "I said, "Yes, please...." And smiled, shocked. I mean she was GORGEOUS. Then, my teacher at the end, no sooner then .5 seconds after I said that, says, "No, our group will take up the whole table, sorry." The girl blinked and nodded and kept walking, I blinked too at the girl, then stared at my teacher, my mouth hanging open. My teacher looks at me then reality hits her and said this...."Oh god Rick...I am so sorry, i just cock-blocked you...." Needless to say I laughed so hard my sides hurt and it did not even occur to me to actually go after to talk to the girl. When it was over she asked me if I was upset and I said, "Nah, its like Haley's Comet, it will happe again in another 87 years or so.

Stopped in Wal-Mart for some cheap sneakers, and saw this...




Apparently its a drink, that heats itself. I was of course, fascinated. Apparently works by flipping it over, popping the top and pushing the button so inside some limestone mixes with some water and generates heat.



You then shake it a bit, flip it back so its upright, wait 5-8 minutes until a little indicator goes from pink to white showing its warm, and you allign the top and pop it like a soda can and drink. So i did it, and the result?




It is actually VERY good hot chocolate. And at 200 calories, its a third of the calories of the stuff I get at StarBuck once in a while. I think I may go back to Wal-Mart and get some more and keep a few in my car. This is tasty stuff, check out the website at www.ontech.com At Wal-Mart these were 2 dollars per cup, not too shabby! God I love technology.

Just cleaned their terrarium and reorganized some things, I am still trying to decide where to put the plasma TV for them.