Haulin' Mek

Aunt Tudi and I got back home about two hours ago after taking mekkasimian home from his dropping off the moving van at the airport. We got to meet Mrs. Simian and their lovely cats Toast, Verbal, and Schwa. Verbal is probably the biggest cat I've ever seen, outdoing even the giant Minerva, may she rest in peace!

The ride down and visit went pretty well, I think. I didn't shy off like I was afraid I would. Mek is just very easy to talk to and so is Mrs. Simian. They're what I call Good Peeps and I sincerely hope they survive the Alpaca Lips to reseed the world with decent humans. I informed them that, once they're settled in nicely and have some time, Aunt Tudi and I would come down and kidnap them to take them up to Asheville and for a ride up the Blue Ridge Parkway. It'll probably be Spring before we do that since they usually close the Parkway in the Winter. It's icy there when there's no sign of Winter anywhere else. Besides, I'm sure the Simians have much to do before they can think of socialising or gallivanting.

They live very close to Tri-County Tech where I'll be going to learn in the Veterinary Technology program. I told 'em that I'd drop by after school to experiment on their cats. Of course, I was kidding. I have plenty of animals of my own to turn into guinea pigs. Bwaaaaahahahahah! Again, I'm joking.

So I told them to reach out if they could think of anything I could do for them, and Aunt Tudi and I came back home. We were gonna go see a movie, but decided to put that off until tomorrow when the kids are back in school. I'm taking her to see the new Queen Latifah flick 'cos Aunt Tudi loves Queen Latifah. I'm rather fond of her myself, truth be told.

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News Shows

They're always featuring stories that display the multitudinous dangers of every day life. There's death around every corner according to the media. All your neighbours are perverts, all the medicine you take will help with one thing but make your tongue fall out and your left arm fall off, your vehicle may explode any minute, the sky is falling, the sky is falling!

It's like the folks in charge of this hooha are desperate to create a nation of ninnies, too scared to even step out of their own doors. I think this is the main reason why I hate watching the news. Not only do they try to scare you to death, but they use other people's deaths as a lesson that needs to be taught, even pounded into the heads of the viewing public. If someone died in a car accident, the reporter is always keen on adding that they were not wearing their seatbelt. I don't like to be talked down to like that. I wear my seatbelt thankyouverrahmuch so I don't need you waggling your index finger in my face like I'm some sort of demented child.

Now they're saying that taking some antibiotics may produce a poison bacteria that will kill you. I'm sick of it. If I'm sick enough and antibiotics will help me, I'll take my chances. If I die, I die. Stop trying to protect me with your sensationalist news reports. The world is already in the crapper, so why seek out even more dangers to try to scare the hell out of people? Reporting the simple facts should be frightening enough to keep viewers riveted.

Speaking of the news, I heard yesterday that a band of scientists have created a vaccine for the bird flu. This disappoints me more than I can sufficiently express with words. Guess I'll have to turn my prayers for something else as monumental, like airborne ebola or the return of the Great Mortality.