Over the recent space of time, I seem to have shifted my circle.
I am weirdly at ease around them.
I spend waaaay too much time in their company, in study periods and class, and laugh far too much at their sexist jokes.
It appears, ladies and gentlemen, I am becoming 'one of the boys'.
Minus their 16-square affinity.
- xx
I experienced something different today, and it had me thinking about it throughout the day.
My mother and I were driving down a very busy road and there were two ducks and their ducklings crossing the road ahead of us. Then an on-coming car promptly ran over 3 of the 6 ducklings. Because my mother is a Vet, I pleaded her to stop and see what she could do for them, but sadly one was already splattered over the bitumen.
Dodging a truck she got the other two off the road but the second immediately died in her hands, and the other with broken legs wasn't going to make it either. Out of humanity to the struggling duckling, mum wrung its neck.
This episode that happened in about five minutes, and a post from the satorialist, put a lot of things in perspective for me today.
The way people act towards each other, the easy way in which we take our safety for granted. It just doesn't seem right, in a sense. If things were natural, we wouldn't have the supremacy we feel, and our respect for others wouldn't be just to get into his/her pants.
What ever happened to manners, chivalry and common decency?
Here's hoping.
I guess I never really put an aim to this blog, it kinda just happened out of a notion to express myself. Urgh, gosh that sounds corny, "express myself". Blahg.
Looking back on all my blog posts, I seem to have gone along the theme of posting my thoughts on something that has happened that's been bugging me or got me feeling all philosophical-like. There's also a spattering of photo's, mostly taken by others and a few shoddy ones from myself.
And then I noticed that I haven't posted any of my artwork.
Here are some random sketches from my current working sketchbook, some have been taken to with a fine liner, others' are simply done with a pencil.
Don't get me wrong, I love a good dose of sunshine. It makes swimming in an outdoor pool a helluva lot more fun.
But I miss snuggling under a big doona, a warm fuzzy blanket and sipping at coco. I miss wearing a nice coat, accidentally getting caught in the rain and having to dry-out in front of the heater.
I also miss being able to press my nose to the cold glass of the window and watch the droplets of rain patter against the pane as my breath makes foggy shapes.
I think I've found my soul mate in the form of a cat.
