This is the blog of a Norwegian (Marianne, aka 'M') who moved to Australia in 2007 to be with Roger (aka R) and feels lucky to have escaped a comparatively communistic country with ridiculous weather!
Archive listing for July 2010 Guard catsPosted in 'The cats and the dog!' on July 27, 2010 Our cats let us know when there is an intruder. They are not shy around visitors, some of them will go up and want attention, others will simply ignore visitors. But what's funny is when one of the kids from over the back climbs the fence to get a ball, or one time we came home to find someone in our backyard (who ran off as soon as we yelled out) or if a courier comes to the door before we are up. We will instantly know that something isn't right because the cats will get very spooked and run around, which means we get up to check what is going on and we then usually find someone on or near our property that we didn't invite (usually one of the kids from over the back). But when someone comes to the door and we go and greet them and invite them in, the cats don't care at all. It's funny how they all know who is allowed to be on our property and who isn't. Cats don't generally get cedit for that sort of intelligence. It's good when I'm home alone and think I heard a noise somewhere, and then I just check the cats, and if they are still asleep/not spooked then I will know it's nothing.
WeaklingsPosted in 'Usa bashing' on July 27, 2010 Said by a friend of mine: | They breed them weak in America. That's why they all need guns. |
Bullfighting banPosted in 'Random stuff' on July 29, 2010 | Catalonia has made history today: the Catalonian Parliament has voted to approve the amendment of the current animal protection legislation and therefore ban bullfighting within the region. The ban will come into effect on January 1st, 2012. Bulls will no longer suffer a slow, painful and terrifying death in Catalonia’s bullrings. |
Convo about animals and deathPosted in 'Roger' on July 30, 2010 R and I discussing animals and death and grief.
M: So if it was up to you, you would not have any animals in your life, because they will die one day?
R: That's right.
M: What if I die? R: You will outlive me, so I don't worry about that.
M: What if I die in an accident?
R: Then I will kill myself.
M: But what about the cats?
R: Yeah ok, I will continue to live for them. But I will set your room up as a shrine.
*pause*
R: What will I do about your fish, I don't know how to take care of them.... Give them to a pet store?
M: *shocked* No, they are rare, expensive species. Give them to an enthusiast in the forum.
R: I don't know where the forum is.
M: You'll find it in the favourites on my computer.
R: If you die, I won't go near your computer. Imagine me opening your browser and it comes up with the sites you were looking at the last time you were on your computer. How sad would that be??
M: Yeah, I spose.....
The Girl EffectPosted in 'Random stuff' on July 30, 2010
| A woman or girl will reinvest 90% of her income into her family. A man will reinvest 30-40% |
| Research in developing countries has shown the children of educated women are healthier, and are more likely to be in school themselves |
| An extra year of secondary school raises a girl's lifetime wages by 15-25% |
| When girls have received 7 or more years of education, they marry 4 years later and have 2.2 fewer children |
| For every developmental dollar spent, girls receive less than two cents |
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heh... or maybe they are weak because they have guns, and therefore the need to be tough has disappeared
Yeah, it wasn't dark or depressing or anything.
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I see this thing in my cats as well. =^.^=