Baby Peeps and Chipmunk Superspy
We had 9 baby peeps born last night. All of them have black spots except two which are perfectly yellow. I wish I was lucky enough to have been able to watch them come into the world. At this moment I’m watching one of them fall asleep standing up, until he realizes his mother is further away in which case he panics and runs after her. I’ve seen all kinds of animals be born, cows, cats, dogs, snakes, but oddly enough, never chickens. They are the type of moments I wish I could catch with a digital camera. Hence why I’ve been craving one so much. Right now they are perfectly innocent puffs of feathers that deserve to be preserved in pictures.
There is also this little chipmunk that I see hopping out of the bush by one of our flowerbeds once in a while, to climb the big oak in front of our house, and steal seeds out of the bird feeder. He fills his cheeks to maximum capacity, and then runs away quickly to make sure no one sees him. He probably has about 10 different underground pathways and holes throughout our front yard to ensure his survival.
I sent out 11 applications to 11 different companies yesterday. Hopefully I’ll hear something soon.
I was watching this soap opera today, and they do their usual Independence Day program. What was interesting though, is they had two natives of Jordan on the show, talking with people about how the one gentleman would wear his one head turban (I forget what they called it) out of pride, and how the other man from Jordan would always be tempted to tell him not to wear it, because the possible consequences would be horrible while in America, but then he would catch himself, and be disappointed that he would even think that, because why shouldn’t the guy wear it? Why shouldn’t be be proud of his country and his culture? He is not a terrorist?
And it really touched something with me. Their whole point in the meeting was that, unless you are Native American, you can’t sit here and complain about immigrants. What we did the the Native Americans was unthinkable. Worse than anything that happened during slavery, during war (not to say that those weren’t horrible in their own right). That we are all a part of somewhere else. I mean what is an American anyway? Someone who is born here? What about the African American or Cuban who is born here? Aren’t they just as American?
I don’t know, I don’t really see American as a ‘bloodline.’ I see America as a place of freedom. No matter the race. I am one of those people that believe that people who come here should be able to or at least attempt to learn english though, I hope that doesn’t make me hypocritical.
Either way, Happy Independence. Not just for America, but for everyone who has fought to win their freedom to be…….themselves.
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4 Responses to “Baby Peeps and Chipmunk Superspy”
July 4th, 2003 at 3:46 pm
little chicks are nothing new here, I have about 70 running around the homestead as we speak!
July 5th, 2003 at 6:57 am
That’s what always bothered me about hearing white people telling black people to go back where they came from. Excuse me, but you weren’t from here either. Yes, you may have been here, but you stole this land from the Indians. My grandmother (on my mothers side) is full-blooded Cherokee and it just pisses me off what people say that.
And yes, I agree with the engligh speaking part. -could go on forever-
Good luck on the job, and finding a camera you like
July 6th, 2003 at 12:03 pm
I watched American History X again the other day ..one of my all time favourite movies.. and it so fits in with what you have to say.
I think anyone from Canada, America and Mexico need to realize that unless you are indeed Native American then you have no right to tell anyone to go ‘back home’ or back to their own countries.
I feel what happened to the Native Americans was horrible, a disgusting side of human capability, and it never fails to anger me when people try to dismiss it. However, North America as it is today has been built upon a fine mix of people from all over the world..we all belong here, even if the land is not our own.
*hops off her soap box*
July 8th, 2003 at 4:37 pm
Hell yeah, tell it like it is girl.