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icq w/skye_ds today
Mar. 9th, 2004 09:17 pmMar. 9, 2004
evile: howdy :)
SkyeDS: good morning!
evile: how's your day going?
SkyeDS: it is a beautiful day, and when Hugh gets back from lunch,
I'm going to invite him to go for a half hour walk :)
evile: nice!
SkyeDS: how's you?
evile: sleepy. But OK.
SkyeDS: would be a nice day to take a nap under a tree
evile: I'd love to be outside. But the days are getting long enough
to where I might be able to enjoy nature after work.
SkyeDS: yep
SkyeDS: when DST kicks in, I'm pondering changing my habits and
coming in early (7ish) rather than late (9ish) so that I have
daylight after work.
evile: That would be cool. Waking up early is tough but it can be
rewarding.
SkyeDS: if I could get body used to it eventually it would be good
evile: yeah. It takes me longer & longer every year to get used to
the time changes.
evile: Sweetie wants to camp this weekend. I know several people going to
opening weekend of Excalibur. Oh well, i'ts only Tuesday, I can
decide later :)
SkyeDS: pace bend? either activity sounds good to me, decision
making isn't my strong point
SkyeDS: but then too, Excalibur is a more limited opportunity than
camping, and, opening weekend is even more limited, s ince it only
happens once a year.
evile: Sweetie's sister & brother in law are going to be here next
Wednesday. It would be nice to have him at home for part of the
weekend in order to help with getting the house ready for visitors
(dream on, right?)
SkyeDS: ::tongue firmly in my own cheek:: no comment.
evile: You're right about opening weekend. I haven't seen any of my
faire friends since November at TRF...so I'd like to go.
SkyeDS: using that particular logic, I would go to opening weekend
and go camping some other time
SkyeDS: and you and Sweetie do a good job of not being surgically
connected at the hips (as some have said disparagingly about me and
mine in the past), so he can do what he wants and you can do what you
want, and you can camp together another time, no?
evile: Yup. the only suck thing is Sweetie will probably be gone camping
all weekend & bring home a bunch of dirty dishes & dirty clothes to
clutter up the house . argh.
SkyeDS: speaking of which, since sineater and I do a lot separately these
days, I think people like to over analyze that too.
SkyeDS: just can't win with people
SkyeDS: either we spend too much time together or too much time apart.
evile: nope.
evile: Please yourselves and if other people have objections, tough
crap. If you're happy in the marriage, that's what matters.
SkyeDS: I like the fact that sineater has an office with a door that
shuts.
SkyeDS: if sineater did that, I would gently direct him to his room to
deposit said things and ask him to please shut the door.
evile: I don't want dirty dishes anywhere but the kitchen.
SkyeDS: and then I would ask him politely when he finished if he
would assist me because it just so happens that right now this moment
I am preparing for *his* family to visit.
SkyeDS: ok, sidetrip to dishwasher (rather than sink)
evile: I've been pointedly ignoring the camping dishes he brought
home sometime in January. Every other dish in the house is clean.
SkyeDS: I am so grateful to havec a dishwasher now, you know I didn't
have one in the old place.
evile: I'll be goddamned if I don't even have any of the fun of
camping and still have to do the cuntwork.
evile: We go camping together and it's pretty well a given that I
have to plan and shop and pack and shlep. But then we get there and
it's almost fun enough to make it worth my while.
evile: And I'm a puritan, I never feel good about having fun if I've
left a filthy house behind or work undone.
SkyeDS: if I were going to be sneaky
SkyeDS: and I'm not good at sneaky
SkyeDS: I would hug sineater when he came through the door
SkyeDS: use that as an excuse to take him by the hand
SkyeDS: use that as an excuse to guide him gently with his stuff to
his room
evile: hee
SkyeDS: while making a side trip to the dishwasher to at least hide
the dirty dishes (better than in the sink, which has no door)
SkyeDS: I don't know how well that would work in my situation, much
less anyone else's.
SkyeDS: and, if I have to, as much as I hate doing it, I can just put
my foot down and say, this is the way this is going to be, so do it,
now, please, thank you.
evile: Sweetie did dishes last night :) Having a houseguest brought out
the good in him :)
SkyeDS: even better
SkyeDS: you can pet him and praise him lavishly for that
SkyeDS: before you do the rest.
SkyeDS: "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down" ~ Mary
Poppins
SkyeDS: I'm thinking I'm going to write a list of 10 things I love
about sineater and give it to him.
SkyeDS: except -- it isn't going to be things that he already does
unfailingly
SkyeDS: it's going to be a list of things he has done, that I would
like him to do more often
evile: Sometimes it's good to remember why you picked this one
particular ass-headed slob out of the hordes of ass-headed slobs :P
SkyeDS: I figure, he'll pride himself on that list, and then it WILL
become a list of things he does unfailingly - self fulfilling prophecy
evile: It's always nice to be appreciated.
SkyeDS: like telling someone at work, you know, I really like that
dress, or some other particular about their dress, and then they
become very aware of the way they dress and take even more care about
it
SkyeDS: kind of reverse psych or something
evile: except that there are some people who will hear things you're
not saying. You say "I like that dress" and they hear "wow, you're
not dressed like a slob for once!"
evile: With my coworkers, it's best not to say anything.
SkyeDS: but hopefully it will work on the menfolks
evile: Depending on the guy, but yeah, most men are a hell of a lot
more straightforward than most women.
SkyeDS: I'm not exactly going to lie
SkyeDS: I'm not going to list things he doesn't do and has never done
SkyeDS: I'm going to list things that he does that I want him to do
more often
evile: yup.
evile: Sweetie's finally tackling his work room. Unfo, that involves
moving stuff into the hall & living room to make room to organize
stuff inside the room. And making a Goodwill pile in the LR, etc.
*sigh*. It'll be great when its done, though.
SkyeDS: I'm trying to get around the cut in income and the increase
in expenses so that I can afford to buy the rest of the fencing
materials.
evile: Ah, the joys of property ownership.
SkyeDS: I think it's frustrating to me and him both to have half the
stuff in the living room
SkyeDS: 8 acres of grazing we can't use effectively
SkyeDS: etc.
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: is nice arrangement. I did the original research into what
to fence with, bought it, paid for it, and he puts it up
evile: cool.
SkyeDS: I have all this mesquite that I have to chop down and dispose
of. Wish I could sell it. People bbq with it.
SkyeDS: I could always burn it in the fireplace I guess
evile: This is true.
SkyeDS: wouldn't take much time and effort to call the bbq places in
town and ask them if it would be worth anything to them
evile: there's an idea :)
SkyeDS: these kids that keep fishing on our pond despite the no
trespassing signs showed up again yesterday.
evile: oh, yuck.
SkyeDS: I told sineater he could charge them to fish if he wanted to, but
I don't think he wants to have to keep an eye on.
evile: yeah and if they drown while they're tresspassing, their
fucking parents can sue you.
SkyeDS: places that charge for fishing do a flat fee and then a fee
per pound per catch, and that's a nuisance
SkyeDS: that too.
evile: seems like a time-consuming enterprise, at best. Probably a
lot of retired folks run these fishing ponds.
SkyeDS: if I can find a way so that the legal ramifications aren't
too time consuming, at some point I may let people fish for money
SkyeDS: but just do a flat fee
evile: or people who enjoy fishing themselves, so they can fish &
keep an eye on customers at the same time.
SkyeDS: I don't want to weigh fish and deal with honesty issues and
blah blah blah
evile: yeah.
SkyeDS: won't cost me anything, the state stocks ponds for free
evile: I didn't know that.
SkyeDS: something else I recently fo und out
SkyeDS: the state or some kin organization gives out 10 free saplings
on arbor day
SkyeDS: would make for a nice, free tree lined drive way
evile: I've gotten the arbor day trees before. Mostly they die.
SkyeDS: and I want to put up crepe myrtles or some other barrier
along the fenceline so I don't have to see Levi
evile: Then again, that could be just me. I plant 10 things, 9 die.
SkyeDS: what kind of trees do they offer?
SkyeDS: do you remember what the name of the place was exactly?
evile: I think it's the arbor day foundation, and I think it's 10
different trees, supposedly matched to your area so they'll be native
plants.
evile: It's been a while. I planted those things at our rental house
in Greencastle. So wer'e talking 1991-3, right in there somewhere.
SkyeDS: I think that purple flowering plant I like so much that
thrives in rockdale is wisteria
SkyeDS: and I've been wanting wisteria anyway
evile: wisteria is nice.
SkyeDS: and Karen has ivy that is invasive and thrives and will share
with me
evile: I've killed one o f those before :P
SkyeDS: and then I want that purple flowering tree, a redbud or
whatever it is to go with my beautiful apple and pear trees that
flower white in spring and turn flaming red in fall
evile: Our duplex had great soil. I regret wasting so much $ on
planting stuff down there..but it was nice that so much of what I
planted actually did well.
SkyeDS: Karen also has roses that she doesn't do a damn thing to that
are thriving
evile: redbuds are bloming right now. Sweetie likes those.
SkyeDS: I've offered to barter training for gardening
SkyeDS: I hate bartering but it seems like a good idea
evile: The home & garden show I went to on V-day had the City giving
out booklets on native plants & xeriscaping. There are several rose
varieties that do well here.
evile: There's a book by Neil Sperry on Texas Gardening that is
apparently the gardener's bible for our area
SkyeDS: I goin for a walk, bb in a few :)
evile: Ok, enjoy!
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2007Re: icq w/a. today
Mar. 9, 2004
SkyeDS: I back, that was perfectly lovely
evile: awesome :)
SkyeDS: hopefully I can get him to go with me regularly, I am much
better with a partner
evile: me too :)
SkyeDS: where is your office again? I'm at 13th/Nueces
evile: 15th and Congress, right at the capitol, pretty much.
SkyeDS: wonder how long it would take me to walk there
SkyeDS: that's only two blocks up and not that many blocks over,
doesn't seem like
evile: downtown city blocks are large-ish.
evile: Looks a slight bit further to your office than to the main
library. It takes me about 15-20 min to get from my ofice to 8th &
Guadalupe
evile: maybe the same distance. I'm bad with maps.
SkyeDS: I will just have to try walking to the capitol and see what
happens
SkyeDS: we circled down to 8th and came back in 20 minutes from here
evile: When the weather's nice, I like to take a picnic over to the
capitol & feed the squirrels at lunchtime.
evile: I may start doing that again, once a week or so, like I did
this past fall.
SkyeDS: while we wouldn't be walking together, we could meet there
and eat
SkyeDS: I'm thinkin y ou likely have good reason not to drive/park at
work, so driving there to walk with you wouldn't be good
evile: That would be nice. The suck thing about being a state
employee is everything's so regimented. break 9:15-9:30, Lunch 11:30-
12:30, break 2:30-2:45, every day without fail.
SkyeDS: ick
evile: There is no parking around here, unless you want to pay.
SkyeDS: nah, I like being a ronin
SkyeDS: I like Hugh
SkyeDS: I like our offices
evile: Nice to have a workplace & boss you enjoy :)
SkyeDS: not much to look at on the outside but the landlord attorney
has classical tastes and the decor is impeccable
SkyeDS: it's a tradeoff. I don't get vacation, sick days, holidays
or benefits. But it isn't like I don't get anything.
SkyeDS: I get here when I want to get here and leave when I want to
leave and take lunch or don't for as long as I want
evile: very cool.
SkyeDS: and Hugh knows about just about all of my pasttimes and it is
no trouble and not uncomfortable to say hey, I'm taking off for a
three day weekend or whatever to go do this thing
SkyeDS: paid vacation also requires advance notice and most of the
time needs approval
evile: exactly
SkyeDS: and we do okay covering our own healthcare so far, and soon I
hope to have us where I can buy us catastrophic coverage
evile: Yeah, that is always a concern.
SkyeDS: life is good
evile: beats the alternative any day :P
SkyeDS: I have labor to do, and it pays (not well, but that can
change too)
SkyeDS: I can enjoy the fruits of that labor
SkyeDS: I can take walks, go riding, go skating, go swimming, go to
the store, go shopping, cook a meal and eat it.
SkyeDS: things Bob & Phyl couldn't/can't do.
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: (Bob eats through a feeding tube. Or he's supposed to. He
eats what he shouldn't, but that's not the point).
SkyeDS: and I can go to the bathroom. (have you ever had experience
with dialysis?)
evile: Aunt L's best friend B. did. It was terrible.
SkyeDS: nods
evile: seems a sure way to make yourself unhappy is to focus on what
you don't have and can't afford. But the opposite of that is to pay
attention to the blessings that are usually taken for granted.
SkyeDS: I have pretty trees that bear fruit, and grapevines, and my
trees are all white flowery
SkyeDS: and a pond
SkyeDS: and a creek
evile: yup. all good things.
evile: I should definitely get out more & enjoy the weather while I
can. before it gets too hot to go outside :)
evile: want to make a lunch 'date' for Friday?
SkyeDS: sure
SkyeDS: I can try walking to the capital before then and see how I do
SkyeDS: sorry slow, we have a client waiting
evile: No prob :)
I go to lunch at 11:30 every day, I could be anywhere on the capitol
grounds by 11:40 at the latest.
SkyeDS: that reminds me, I have to go get the rent from Maria Friday
SkyeDS: I am bothered that she can't pay till midmonth, because I'm
positive we accrue late charges paying Oakwood that way
SkyeDS: I think may have to call Oakwood and ask them to make our
payment date the 15th or later
SkyeDS: if they play nice, sometimes they do and sometimes they don't
evile: hassle!
SkyeDS: I'll be happy when they're paid off completely
SkyeDS: whole reason I'm renting it out is because I owe more on it
than I could sell it for
evile: Yeah. That happens.
SkyeDS: if I can keep a renter, preferably just one, in it for five
more years I can sell it, burn it, whatever, and be done with Oakwood
at least
evile: That would be very nice :) I know the property management has
given you hassles in the past
SkyeDS: Maria keeps it in better shape inside than I ever did. If I
can keep her in it for the next five years, I should be able to keep
renting it either to her and then making complete profit because it's
paid off, or rent it to someone else easily because it's in good shape
SkyeDS: there are worse property management problems.
evile: That's good.
SkyeDS: in Leander, block house mud, lawyers send their minions out
to measure your yard with a ruler
SkyeDS: and that is not gemini hyperbole
evile: good lord.
SkyeDS: and they threaten you with lawsuit if the grass is too long,
or you have "trash" (completely undefined) in your yard.
SkyeDS: Nancy & Sheila know if they mess with me too much I'll make
lawsuit growling noises at them, and they know I'll do it, and they
know I'll win
evile: Yuck!
SkyeDS: most people have good understanding that you do not push me
to have to pursue my legal remedies, because when I start using that
language, you is in trouble
evile: I bet!
SkyeDS: I find it disgusting that David Boies bills $750 an hour and
his legal staff can't be bothered to put out correct documents
without major glaring mistakes in both form and content.
evile: how embarassing!
SkyeDS: I would find it so, mortifyingly and humiliatingly so.
evile: me too.
evile: BRB, potty break :)
SkyeDS: Hugh had a secretary once who got mortally offended because
he generously offered to pay for her to take a class in proofreading
(k)
evile: that seems kind of like a win-win, to me.
SkyeDS: I told him I would cheerfully go anywhere he paid for me to go
SkyeDS: (especially considering that part of our IC Agmt is that he
isn't responsible for my training)
evile: Oh, hey where on the capitol do you want to meet on Friday?
One of the entrances maybe & then we can pick our picnic spot from
there?
evile: I'd jump at a chance to grow my job skills on the employer's
dime, personally.
SkyeDS: I will be coming down 15th Street. Where will that put me on
the capitol grounds?
evile: There's a series of skylights and then the main north
entrance faces 15th
SkyeDS: /me nods
SkyeDS: I was thinking north entrance, where that circular opening to
the inground offices are, with the star
evile: Okay, I know where that is :)
SkyeDS: which would be a cool place to circle if they'd let you
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: a friend of Hugh's acquired that beautiful building that used
to be the ARC over here on MLK, the big greco roman antebellum
looking one and turned it into a hotel and restaurant
SkyeDS: food critic was talking about it on the radio today
evile: hm. I'll have to check that out sometime.
SkyeDS: I think occasionally that I would like to go to nice places
more often
SkyeDS: maybe just spend one night in the Driskill and eat nice place
SkyeDS: or the new place there on MLK, I have always loved that
building and never been inside it
SkyeDS: and they closed Basil's and Spiazzo :(
evile: That's why I like the No Kidding group, really the main
reason, because I like Restaurant Explorers & such.
SkyeDS: although Vespaio is owned by former owner of Basil's
evile: I guess the hard-core foodies will follow their favorite
chef's/restauranteurs wherever they go :)
SkyeDS: I haven't tried vespaio yet, or carmelo's on 5th
SkyeDS: or gone to what is it called, green pastures?
SkyeDS: one off of like live oak and oltorf, in an old house w/
peacocks?
evile: I've been there, long time ago, back when L&B were meat
eaters. It was awesome.
SkyeDS: East Side is pretty, but I found the prices to be
unacceptable given the small portions and the quality of the food
SkyeDS: I mean it was good but it wasn't all that
SkyeDS: and I didn't like the service at all.
SkyeDS: I don't mind dropping that much money but I'd better get my
money's worth when I do.
evile: I've never been there.
SkyeDS: Basil's was worth at least that much.
SkyeDS: but I know, I'm hard to please.
SkyeDS: although I know people harder to please than myself, because
they are conoisseurs and I'm not.
evile: I'll try anything once.
SkyeDS: I just want not to feel like I wasted my money, on teh
quality and/or quantity of food.
SkyeDS: it's kind of across from Hoover's, east side is.
SkyeDS: and it's kind of cool, they grow all their own stuff and have
an old house and a shop and all
evile: I've driven past it a few times. I hear its good.
SkyeDS: and the food was good, but it wasn't great
SkyeDS: and the portions were tiny
SkyeDS: and the prices are high
SkyeDS: and the service sucked
evile: bad service is inexcusable.
SkyeDS: which is sad because it had a lovely patio and I'm always
looking for nice patio places
SkyeDS: as an IC I should also be able to write off certain expenses
regarding meals and entertainment and such if I can plausibly relate
them to business
evile: I would think so.
SkyeDS: going skating ona worknight while in austin already probably
wouldn't work too well
SkyeDS: given that I drive two hours a day, and when I get off work I
just want to go home.
SkyeDS: I should probably skate on a Fri or Sat night
evile: yeah. Long work day & commute pretty much wears you out by the
end of the day.
evile: I may not be able to do Tuesday skate night for a while,
anyway. Not just creepyJeff, but I'm thinking of taking a tues/thurs
self defense class.
SkyeDS: now if I could just get Hugh to move to Rockdale, Taylor,
Plugerville, Hutto or Round Rock (never happen LOL)
SkyeDS: that sounds like a great idea.
SkyeDS: they're teaching women who ride trails in Oregon & Washington
self defense
SkyeDS: I'm like ok
SkyeDS: you're on a 1000+ pound animal
SkyeDS: its first reaction to a threat is to run 35+ miles an hour
away from it
SkyeDS: if it can't do that, it will bite and kick, causing harm
and/or death
SkyeDS: so why would you not use your horse's natural habits as
defense.
evile: assuming you are attacked while mounted great. But what about
the trail rides where you camp out several nights.
SkyeDS: what I read was just about being attacked while riding on
trails
evile: you're in your tent, in your sleeping bag, and some cowboy
comes into your tent and pins you down. What is your horse going to
do?
SkyeDS: like, one lesson is, run away and don't let them pull you out
of the saddle
SkyeDS: I'm like people have to pay to be told this?
evile: You dismount to take a piss and some cowboy comes over and
tries to give you a poke. what does your horse do then?
SkyeDS: I didn't see anything about dismounting (other than they say
not to)
evile: It's great to have a thousand pound fast running friend, but
it's good to be able to depend on yourself, too.
SkyeDS: what I saw had to do with, don't get down, run away, let your
horse bite and kick if necessary
SkyeDS: all of which, to me at least, is homer simpson duh
evile: Sorry, I wouldn't piss my self or my saddle.
SkyeDS: I wonder if they cover another duh issue
SkyeDS: don't go trail riding by yourself
SkyeDS: (something I used to get lectured about all the time and I
finally quit)
SkyeDS: and that's not just self defense issue either, but a health
hazard and safety issue
SkyeDS: saw in an article elsewhere where it said, if you go riding
with a cellphone, don't get one of those gadgets that hangs it on
your saddle
evile: what if the person you trust to be your riding partner turns
into a predator?
SkyeDS: because if you come down it will run away with your horse
SkyeDS: another duh moment
evile: heh.
SkyeDS: I don't know if they talk about that
SkyeDS: just, t he things they did cover, are duh things
SkyeDS: and things that if people can't figure out for themselves, I
don't know that they really need to be on a horse.
evile: It never hurts to be prepared, I don't think. And something
that's a 'duh' while you're talking about it may not be so obvious
once you are in the situation and feeling threatened.
SkyeDS: I mean, I don't have to pay someone to tell me that if
someone comes at me in a threatening manner that I shoudl run
SkyeDS: on the other hand
evile: example: I have been told a million times to call the police
when you're in a wreck. Every wreck I've ever had, I've neglected to
call the police.
SkyeDS: someone else do it?
SkyeDS: one of the first lessons about riding is or should be, what
to do in dangerous situations
SkyeDS: whether that be run away, walk away, get down, don't get
down, whatever
SkyeDS: and a lot of people for example won't bail when they ought to
for whatever reason
SkyeDS: tough it out on top of an out of his head emotional dangerous
horse
evile: It happens. Nobody knows how they will be in a panic-type
situation until it happens.
SkyeDS: I'm a fraidy cat, and my method of dealing with scarey is, if
I don't have to, I don't deal with it. So, if horse panics, I get
down.
SkyeDS: if someone threatens us, or makes me feel like they are, we
go away, far and fast.
evile: yeah. as you know, common sense ain't so common.
SkyeDS: I don't have a lot of common sense but I have some.
SkyeDS: but I think mostly that I'm just a fraidy cat
SkyeDS: like I tell the people I see every once or twice a year on
the Cbar trail ride
SkyeDS: I ride the baby trails
SkyeDS: because I KNOW I'm a baby
evile: Hey, whatever keeps you alive & well
SkyeDS: but I do my damndest not to be a WHINY baby
SkyeDS: you aren't going to hear me whining about being in the
creekbed once it's too late
evile: heh.
SkyeDS: if I can't do it (because I'm scared), then I turn around if
I can without causing trouble to others
evile: yeah.
SkyeDS: and if I can't, I secure reins, grab mane, bury face so I can
relax, and I let Mirage do what she does best
SkyeDS: because she doesn't need me to be scared
evile: right.
SkyeDS: I don't know if you'd like trail ride &/or campouts or not
SkyeDS: I do though
evile: camping, no. trail rides, maybe.
SkyeDS: lots of places not too far away to go day trailing, like
McKinney Roughs
SkyeDS: Pace Bend too, I think
SkyeDS: although just the gate fees sound stiff there
evile: That's why the Chenonceau ride is so attractive. You ride for
the day, then spend the night at a chateau eating and drinking
wonderful things, get a nice shower & a comfortable bed...best of
both worlds.
SkyeDS: and you would probably enjoy happy horse hotel, just down the
road from McK Roughs
SkyeDS: run by rennies
evile: The county parks are 'pay by the carload' mostly, so the more
people you can get to go with you the cheaper it gets per person.
SkyeDS: only have two horses, no point in taking more than two people
SkyeDS: unless people are willing to wait and take turns
SkyeDS: but then we did three days of rides that way, with sineater me
and sonar0m all taking turns, and everyone got riding in
SkyeDS: and, saved us from being as saddle sore as we would have been
if we'd all been riding the entire time
evile: Or unless people want to camp & hike and not ride.
SkyeDS: zactly
SkyeDS: when each of us weren't riding we were happily entertaining
ourselves otherwise, drawing, reading, whatever
SkyeDS: babysitting the tyrannomacaw
evile: yup
SkyeDS: now, if you and me, and sineater and Sweetie, went, t hat might be
good?
SkyeDS: I want to get Randy and Princess to do that sort of thing
with me at Somerville
SkyeDS: I even have a name for our little cavalry unit
evile: heh.
SkyeDS: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse :)
evile: awesome ;)
SkyeDS: we haven't figured out who's which yet, but who cares
evile: too funny!
SkyeDS: is interesting, Merrick is freckled gray like Mirage, but his
mane and tail are black
evile: pretty
SkyeDS: and Strider is a blue roan but looks nearly black and is
gaited (like Jezebel)
SkyeDS: you'd think I did it on purpose
evile: that's cool, nice coincidence :)
SkyeDS: a Paso like Strider would be perfect for you too.
SkyeDS: he's a Peruvian.
evile: nice.
SkyeDS: but I don't know if Peruvian or Fino would make a difference
to you.
evile: I don't know enough about it to say
SkyeDS: Peruvians are built like Jesse and Finos are built like Mirage
SkyeDS: but they are gaited, flashy as hell, high spirited but gentle
souled and can and will do anything and do it well.
evile: cool
SkyeDS: I keep telling Meghan, now if you decide you don't want
STrider anymore, I'll take him off your hands
evile: hee
SkyeDS: (I suspect there will be snowflakes in hell first)
evile: more than likely :)
evile: It would be fun to go for a 'test drive'....but that's pretty
dishonest since I'll never be buying. And while I wouldn' t mind
inconveniencing an auto sales person, I would feel bad about doing
the same to the horse-sellers
SkyeDS: when one of two things happen, and one or both will happen,
it's just a matter of time
SkyeDS: either I will breed the girls so I can have babies
SkyeDS: and/or I will acquire a Friesian, a Gypsy, and an Andalusian
SkyeDS: I will need help
SkyeDS: because I can't ride them all at one time :)
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: what kind of sucks is that the horses that I helped Randy
with are now both bonded to me
SkyeDS: not to the exclusion of others, I hope, and maybe part of it
is that no matter how much I try to teach it, some people just don't
snuggle horses as well as others.
evile: yeah.
SkyeDS: I don't completely get it
SkyeDS: they saw more of sineater than of me in terms of time because he
fed them
SkyeDS: they see more of Randy & the kids than they do of me
SkyeDS: but they seek out snuggles when I'm around, and I've tried to
get Randy & Meghan to snuggle, but it isn't quite the same
evile: hopefully with some time & use they'll bond better with their
own people.
SkyeDS: they love their people, no doubt about that
evile: Both cats like Sweetie better than they like me. That's life, I
guess.
SkyeDS: I don't understand cats as well as I would if I'd had them
SkyeDS: I was making friends with what appeared to be a large
domestic cat in the yard the other day
SkyeDS: and sineater came home and freaked out
SkyeDS: here kitty kitty, scritch scritch
SkyeDS: what the HELL are you doing?
SkyeDS: I'm playing with the cat
SkyeDS: that's a BOBCAT get away from it
SkyeDS: I suppose that means you don't want me to feed it milk.
evile: bobcats can be domesticated. And they breed with domestic cats
SkyeDS: he was less than pleased.
evile: (as domesticated as cats get, anyway, I guess I should say)
SkyeDS: I swear though, it looked just like a different cat I thought
I knew
evile: But wild cats do carry diseases. 'cat scratch fever' is n't
just a song.
SkyeDS: it wasn't like I went out to pet a bobcat on purpose
SkyeDS: I was playing with what I thought was a husky once, and he
said, that's at least half wolf, leave it alone
evile: wolf/dog hybrids seem to have some behavior issues
SkyeDS: I'm not entirely sure it's good to have hybrids and I know
the law doesn't allow fullblood wolves as pets unless they were born
and acquired by the owners prior to 1972
evile: they can be skitzy and/or interpret some body language as a
dog would, but other gestures as a wolf would & you can find yourself
missing digits.
evile: But...cats are skitzy regardless. So... you're just as safe
with a bobcat as you would be with a stray.
evile: (not very)
SkyeDS: it looked like the cat that belonged to Harold & Fandy
SkyeDS: I am so looking forward to a tree lined driveway that they
can't use anymore, and privacy trees/bushes like crepe myrtles or
something else so I can't see them anymore
evile: big tabby with no tail? Not unheard of
SkyeDS: Harold, Fandy, their kids, Theresa and her son are all living
on that place now
evile: wow.
SkyeDS: Sineater told Levi that if we saw the dogs on our place again,
without the tags Levi says he has for them (rabies) then we will
dispose of them (without being more specific)
SkyeDS: Levi swears they've had shots and have tags but they don't
wear them and he also says that they're strays anyway.
evile: yuck
SkyeDS: Sineater wanted to use the horse trailer to haul them off with
SkyeDS: I'm like, um no.
SkyeDS: matter of fact, I'm not sure how to catch the mangy one or
transport it without contagion.
evile: I really wish the animal control folks out there were more
reliable!
SkyeDS: I'm not even sure if we have animal control for dogs in the
county since the sheriff told Wayne & Connie just to shoot them.
SkyeDS: I told Sineater, you want to catch & transport fine
SkyeDS: but you aren't using Arthur's cage
SkyeDS: or the horse trailer
SkyeDS: and you aren't coming anywhere near the rest of us until you
find some sure way of decontamination
evile: I'd keep checking with city officials and see if you can get
some kind of professional to take care of it.
SkyeDS: city's out. we don't live in the city.
evile: county. Somebody who has the equipment to deal with diseased
animals.
SkyeDS: not sure who t hat would be
SkyeDS: when Connie told the Sheriff that she didn't know if they
were protected against rabies, he called the Mullins himself
SkyeDS: and they haven't gotten back in touch with him
SkyeDS: so the Sheriff seems to be under the impression that it's his
bailwick
SkyeDS: don't know if it really is or not
evile: well, it's certainly not worth risking yourselves or your
animals' health & well being.
SkyeDS: it isnt' something I felt like debating
SkyeDS: so I just laid down the law as far as I saw it going
SkyeDS: Arthur's cage and the horse trailer are off limits
evile: What are your taxes paying for, if not professional services
to deal with public health issues?
SkyeDS: you want to catch the dogs and put them in the truck bed, fine
SkyeDS: but you aren't coming in the house till you're positively
clean, h owever you have to get that way
evile: yuck.
SkyeDS: he also said he'd mentioned to Wayne that one of the dogs had
mange which is highly contagious
SkyeDS: but he said that Wayne didn't seem to find that problematic
because he didn't think there was contact enough
SkyeDS: all of this second/thirdhand conversation of course
evile: right.
evile: ooh, interesting new post on the voyagers yahoo group. I
probably shouldn't answer...
evile: A guy found himself fascinated by/attracted to the TV guys at
the party.
evile: & is kind of freaking out because he considers hmself hetero.
SkyeDS: I refuse to freak at anything sexually
SkyeDS: safe sane and consentual is a perfect motto just the way it is
evile: It's probably easier when you're bi. :P
SkyeDS: it's all a labeling thing
SkyeDS: and I hate labels
SkyeDS: they are too related to pigeonholes and box restrictive
thinking
SkyeDS: and the Celts said, never name the well from which you will
not drink
evile: sure. But...what if you woke up one morning and everyone was
calling you 'he' and 'him' even though you were still exactly what
you are now?
SkyeDS: and it's certainly an invitation to trouble when you do it
with sex
SkyeDS: I wouldn't know until it happened
SkyeDS: but I did have a conversation with Tom about th eterm "lady
lawyer" once
SkyeDS: I don't want to be a "lady" lawyer
SkyeDS: I would want to be a lawyer. Period. No distinction.
evile: It's cool that the Voyagers group exists as a place to find
new and interesting things and ask questions without feeling judged.
SkyeDS: one of the contradictions of our founding
SkyeDS: our founders wanted political and religious freedom
SkyeDS: but were Puritans
SkyeDS: and hence really inhibited about sex, and so the populace is,
right down to today
SkyeDS: leave our guns alone, leave our religion alone, and don't
show us nipples on tv or we'll die
evile: I'm a puritan in some aspects of my life. But I also see that
my standards are not universal nor should I judge people by them.
evile: YKIOK
SkyeDS: /me blinks at the acronym she's never seen before
evile: Your Kink Is O K
SkyeDS: way I figured it, before I realized even that I had strange
tastes (I'm always discovering new ones, wh ich is fun if you don't
get weirded out)
SkyeDS: is, I have vices
SkyeDS: I don't care to be lectured about them
SkyeDS: I don't lecture others about theirs unless or until they
cause harm to others
evile: yup
SkyeDS: far as I'm concerned if there is no victim there is no crime
(why I hate drug, gambling, prostitution and other "vice" law)
SkyeDS: the war on drugs is a waste of resources...time, money,
people, everything
SkyeDS: and an excuse to throw out civil rights
SkyeDS: bad things that come from drug use are already against the
law anyway....assault and battery, weapons, stealing, etc
SkyeDS: and prohibition in this country has never worked, it made the
mafia laugh all the way to the bank the way the drug cartels do now
(surprise surprise, quoteth gomer pyle)
evile: I guess the main problem is that a lot of people have no
border between 'indulgence' and 'addiction'. And being addicted to
sex, gambling, and drugs *can* hurt other people, like family members
who are depending on you to provide for them with the $, time, and
energy you are wasting on sex, gambling,and drugs.
SkyeDS: but harming other people is already against the law
SkyeDS: existing laws outside of possession and selling laws I mean
evile: true.But some of the stuff is hard to pin down. And I'd argue
that there are plenty of legal things that are just as destructive to
relationships as drugs, gambling, and seeing whores.
SkyeDS: and I don't notice the existing war on drugs stopping
families from being destroyed by those things either
evile: Lisalotte's endless EverQuest playing comes to mind.
SkyeDS: zactly
evile: Could Thax divorce her on grounds of lack of congress, maybe.
But not likely.
SkyeDS: and if you legalize drugs and prostitution you can regulate
them
SkyeDS: and gasp profit from taxing them
SkyeDS: in Texas he could divorce her "just because"
SkyeDS: insupportability (which isn't defined, at all)
evile: sure. And since there's no kids, no pesky child support. And
since it's texas, no alimony.
SkyeDS: insupportability = I don't want to be married anymore, no
reason given.
evile: yup
SkyeDS: and I don't think the government needs to be social
engineering
SkyeDS: vice law is social engineering
SkyeDS: and who gets to decide whose vices are against the law in the
first place
SkyeDS: public schools are now social engineering (they were good
once, but not now)
evile: indeed
SkyeDS: telling consenting adults who can and can't get married is
social engineering
SkyeDS: gov shoudln't even call it marriage, that's a religious
institution
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: gov's deal in domestic contracts
SkyeDS: and should either honor them all or none
SkyeDS: and I don't know why it should be important whether I get
called "he" or "she"
evile: As long as it doesnt' fuck with my tax rate or my property
values, whatever my neighbors do should be OK.
SkyeDS: even where dress code is concerned
SkyeDS: I can wear a suit with slacks and a tie, and that is
appropriate regardless of my gender.
SkyeDS: of course, then you have the theoretical reverse, which is
that men should be able to wear a skirt suit with hose and heels, and
we know that dog don't hunt and probably never will, unless he never
reveals that he is a he.
SkyeDS: but it should.
evile: yup
evile: personally, I dont' see why anyone would want to wear
pantyhose unless they had to.
SkyeDS: on the other hand, there are many idiosyncrasies I have in my
private life that I don't "wear" to the office
SkyeDS: I can now, because Hugh doesn't care
SkyeDS: but in most places I couldn't
SkyeDS: my ren stuff
SkyeDS: so it could be argued, that you wear what the boss tells you
to wear and if you don't like the gender specificity, tough.
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: there are judges in dallas that throw women lawyers out of
courtrooms if they're wearing pants, to this very day
evile: well, it's 'their' court, right. They could throw anyone out
if they wanted
SkyeDS: that's what the rules of procedure state
evile: One would assume that the women would know the 'rules' or
quirks of the judges and deal with it. Either by conforming to the
judges dress code or finding other employment. By agreeing to work in
XYZ environment, you are agreeing to the working conditions, whatever
they may be.
SkyeDS: and if you are a man who likes to dress like a woman, that's
tough, you don't get to do it at work.
SkyeDS: you don't get to wear sleeveless sundresses or open toed
shoes even with hose, no matter how tasteful they may be, no?
evile: I like wearing my pajamas, but I dont' get to wear them at
work.
evile: OTOH, if I started wearing PJ's and my boss didn't say
anything for a set amount of time, they'd lose their bitching rights.
If they tried to enforce dress code after letting me wear PJs for a
while, I could sue :)
SkyeDS: I didn't know that but it doesn't surprise me
SkyeDS: I know if someone breaches a contract and you don't do
anything about it in a certain amount of time, you lose your right to
evile: yup. 'acceptable business practice' or somesuch.
evile: and it has to be universally enforced. I could sue if I wore
PJ's and someone else did too, but I ws the only one reprimanded.
SkyeDS: I knew that
SkyeDS: that is true for example of religious jewelry (crosses v
ankhs v stars of david v pentacles v yin yangs etc)
evile: yup
SkyeDS: I think the laws for what can and can't be done in state &
federal offices is different th an what the private sector employer
is allowed to do, I'm just not sure how
evile: I should know this, but I'm lazy!
SkyeDS: private sector isn't nearly as regulated as public sector
SkyeDS: because as you know better than I, we are at will a dn right
to work
evile: yeah.
SkyeDS: I dont' know if I would be bothered by someone mistaking me
for a man or not
SkyeDS: I don't think so, though, but I don't know
SkyeDS: it wouldn't make me feel threatened or insecure though, I'm
pretty sure, and it's hardly an insult
evile: I think I have enough secondary characteristics that ti would
never happen in the flesh. It's happened online & just made me laugh
SkyeDS: I hope for his sake that he learns to be comfortable with
this newly discovered facet of himself
SkyeDS: and all others he discovers, because I"m sure there are
probably more
SkyeDS: accept yourself first, then accept others.
evile: me too. I did post a reply. Mostly what we said here. YKIOK,
and really there are enough jerks in the world judging you adn
calling you names, don't do it to yourself.
evile: Did I tell you about that part of the Voyagers party? Very
uncomfortable for me: people started introducing themselves & it
mutated into not only names, but orientation & kinks as well. I
said "if you wanna know, ask".
SkyeDS: amen
SkyeDS: good lord, if I had to start applying labels to myself
SkyeDS: in general, much less just specific sexual labels
SkyeDS: I'd have to write a resume and say here
SkyeDS: I hate labels and pigeonholes
evile: I like the voyagers,and I am sure that none of my interests
would seem too out of place, but...it's none of anybody's business
but mine and my playmates'.
SkyeDS: if you want to know something about someone, how bout just
watching and listening (how I learn lots)
evile: Or initiating a one on one conversation, maybe? Jeez, how
novel.
SkyeDS: I couldn't any more answer such a question succinctly than I
could succinctly name my favorite food
evile: exactly. :)
evile: well, it's about time for me to make the rounds.
SkyeDS: I just tell people I'll try anything once and if it hurts I d
on't do it again (within boundaries - some things I won't even try
once)
SkyeDS: yep
evile: Good talkin with ya :)
SkyeDS: sees ya tomorrow or whenever, and Friday unless circumstances
prevent
SkyeDS: ciao bella :)
evile: Yup :)
evile: *hugs!*
SkyeDS: hugs
