pain and suffering in various tempos

Take Time to Relax
What I like doing best is Nothing. It's when people call out at you just as you're going off to do it, "What are you going to do?" and you say, "Oh, Nothing," and then you go and do it. Doing Nothing means just going along, listening to all the tings you can't hear, and not bothering.

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These pictures have all been taken over the last several days. They're getting so very big! They're all starting to open their eyes now.


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1. Winnie-the-Pooh sez:
Plan Ahead
Many a bear going out on a warm day would never think of bringing a little somethign with him.

2. Dad's gone and made Mummy cry. I don't understand why. I know why, but I just don't understand. Grr. I'm angry enough to spit.

3. I'm still looking for avi versions of my vids. Somebody out there has to have at least one! Pleeease? *bats eyelashes* Just let me know?

From Winnie-the-Pooh, Check your Store Cupboard:
It's sort of comforting to know if you have fourteen pots of honey left, or fifteen, as the case may be.

And, a book meme, nicked from noelegy, because it's always fun, and because of the particular book ...
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.

Liall's hands gripped his arms tightly, and Scarlet got the distinct impression the atya wanted to shake him for his carelessness.
-- Scarlet and the White Wolf, Book One: The Pedlar and the Bandit King by Kirby Crow

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Dear Asshat Bad, Bad Man Prime Minister Harper,

Well. Congratulations on your exceptionally narrow win. Now that you and your scary face are running this country, I would like to take a moment to talk to you about some things. I think everything I would care to say falls under one, very simple, header:

This is Canada, not the United States of America.

Please remember those very, most vitally important nine words. Remember what Canada has prided itself for, for so very long.

We are a peacekeeping nation, and not a militaristic force.

Canada did not follow the U.S.'s silly campaign against Iraq. I think it's fairly safe to say that most of us are quite happy with this. It's kept the needless deaths of Canadians on Iraq at a very low level, wouldn't you say? Do not, please, do not start making efforts that might cost Canadian lives for silly things. Okay?

We believe in fundamental, civil rights for all.

While, as you said recently in The Toronto Star, the separation of church and state may not be mandated in any particular part of the Canadian Charter, it's worked very well for us. Freedom of religion is a very important thing, and I agree with you on that. I keep you free of my version of what can only be called Christianity, and you should continue to keep me free from yours. I'm not sure just which churches you say have been "forced" to perform same-sex marriages against their will (surely I would have heard of such things in the news, Mr Prime Minister?), and I agree with you that no church should be forced to do something it doesn't want to do. They should be free to practice their wonky version of my religion as they see fit. By the same token, anyone who feels that same-sex couples deserve the very basic protections under the laws that are afforded heterosexual couples should be able to extend those rights freely, without interference from your religion. Do you see how it needs to be a two-way street? All of this applies to abortion, by the by. If you start barging in and trying to throw civil rights all into chaos, I hope the other three parties tell you to sit down and stfu will veto it all.

Incidentally, I would love for you to explain, as concisely as possible, without using your version of Christianity, just how affording basic legal protections and rights to same-sex couples will lead to chaos, the apocalypse, a rainbow explosion, people marrying their pets, the general destruction of all that is good and decent and right, etc. Please. Just why should a gay person not be allowed to inherit their partner's properties, or be allowed at their dying partner's bedside, be allowed tax breaks, be allowed to share insurance policy, and all that very basic stuff that heterosexual couples are allowed to have? Just cuz they're queer don't cut it, sir, and neither does the fact that a passage in the Old Testament (which I thought Christians weren't actually supposed to be following?) "says so".

Basically what I'm trying to say, Mr Prime Slimeball Minister, is please remember that you're in Canada. While we certainly couldn't condone much of what had gone wrong with the Liberal party, we do not deserve to be turned into America's "MiniMe". Do not start kowtowing to American policy, George Bush, or any of that. Despite the overwhelmingness of American culture streaming over the border, I still live in hope that the vast majority of Canadians are happy being Canadians, and having a strong, healthy, happy Canada. Oh, mentioning healthy -- I think the free healthcare thing makes a lot of Canadians happy, too. Touch that, and I'll bite.

It seems I can't say any of this in a concise manner. I won't apologise for that, though. If you have to annoy me, I'm going to annoy you, so nyah. Please, just don't start making grand, sweeping changes. Leave Canada the way it kind of is. Please?

No love,
Sincerely,
ashinae

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Dear LJ:

You're confusing me and causing general distress. Quit it.

Le sigh,
ashinae

I cleaned out my desk yesterday (in fact, I did such a good job that I regret not taking a before picture!). In amongst all the stuff, I found Winnie-the-Pooh's Little Book of Wisdom: Wise Words from a Bear of Very Little Brain, which is a collection selected and adapted from Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner and When We Were Very Young.

I have decided that, for as long as it takes to post every nugget of wisdom from the book, I'm going to post a nugget of Pooh's Wisdom every day. You can feel free to ignore me, or slap me, if it gets to be annoying. Heh.

Incidentally? My icon is on the cover of the book. *grin*

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Personal Thoughts
When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you sometimes find that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out in the open and has other people looking at it.