Meow...blub
So maybe this isn't *new* news, but I just became aware of this...
http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/
Um....seriously? Seriously? There is so much wrong with this... Take for example this statement from the PETA site:
"Sea kittens are just as intelligent (not to mention adorable) as dogs and cats, and they feel pain just as all animals do."
--intelligent? My guess is that the breeds of fish that we've tamed to eat are not all that bright. I will give kudos to the blind cave fish (http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=458) that seems to have *learning* capabilities, but that doesn't even compare in my book to a Labrador's ability to lead a blind *human* around the streets of New York City.
--adorable? Let's compare...
Kittens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTxW3GWZ5hI&eurl=http://www.cuteoverload.com/kittens/page/2/&feature=player_embedded
"Sea kittens:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBviZd5RIts&feature=related
(and FYI: a YouTube search for "ugly kittens" produces no hits with that combination)
And finally...http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/book.asp HAHAHAHAHA
I wonder what kind of people are actually convinced by this crap? Fish DO NOT experience these same emotions (while I won't deny that humane conditions in breeding grounds should be provided), and the day a fish draws the schematics of a kitten baked into a pie...well, I'll be impressed to say the least.
I made my own Sea Kitten through the PETA website. Complete with it's own hydrophobic litterbox. Observe:
Create Your Own Sea Kitten at peta.org!
They *almost* hooked me in (haha...pun...) by having a tab on the webpage titled "Free Stuff," but then it turns out they're only free banners and desktop wall paper. I'll pretend I'm not a horrible horrible bargain whore who downloaded the free desktop pattern anyways...
In life news, things overall are going pretty well. I recently Feng-Shui'd my room, removing excess furniture and general crap that I've accumulated (3 trash-bags and a box for the Salvation Army--I was impressed), and I'm actually sleeping better and enjoying my space a lot more having done so. School is going OK so far--only having had 3 classes there isn't much time for things to go unwell, but I'll take it. Coming up on a 5 month Monthiversary with Joe on the 14th, which I'll say is pretty cool. Things for him have been pretty stressful as of late, but life happens, and he's a trooper to take it in stride and focus on what he's trying to do with himself.
I'm most disappointed I'd say with my practicum right now. I'm working in the Leominster/Fitchburg hospitals in both the rehab and acute care units providing speech, language, and cognitive therapy to patients and performing swallow evaluations. I've learned a few things:
-Old people are not really my deal
-neither are sick people
-old sick people therefore are not really my deal
-kids continue to be my deal, and this practicum is confirming that daily
-I have had really great clinical experiences...(had...as in up until now). This is really apparent since currently I *don't* feel like I'm learning as much as I could be, nor am I having all that great of a social experience. It's nothing intolerable, but I'm not loving it. At least I only need to worry about getting 50 hours this semester. And at least I'm not afraid of killing patients performing a bedside or modified barium swallow anymore.
According to a countdown on a fellow student's FB--I will have earned my Master's degree in 105 days. Holy shit.
And...bed
http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/
Um....seriously? Seriously? There is so much wrong with this... Take for example this statement from the PETA site:
"Sea kittens are just as intelligent (not to mention adorable) as dogs and cats, and they feel pain just as all animals do."
--intelligent? My guess is that the breeds of fish that we've tamed to eat are not all that bright. I will give kudos to the blind cave fish (http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=458) that seems to have *learning* capabilities, but that doesn't even compare in my book to a Labrador's ability to lead a blind *human* around the streets of New York City.
--adorable? Let's compare...
Kittens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTxW3GWZ5hI&eurl=http://www.cuteoverload.com/kittens/page/2/&feature=player_embedded
"Sea kittens:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBviZd5RIts&feature=related
(and FYI: a YouTube search for "ugly kittens" produces no hits with that combination)
And finally...http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/book.asp HAHAHAHAHA
I wonder what kind of people are actually convinced by this crap? Fish DO NOT experience these same emotions (while I won't deny that humane conditions in breeding grounds should be provided), and the day a fish draws the schematics of a kitten baked into a pie...well, I'll be impressed to say the least.
I made my own Sea Kitten through the PETA website. Complete with it's own hydrophobic litterbox. Observe:
Create Your Own Sea Kitten at peta.org!
They *almost* hooked me in (haha...pun...) by having a tab on the webpage titled "Free Stuff," but then it turns out they're only free banners and desktop wall paper. I'll pretend I'm not a horrible horrible bargain whore who downloaded the free desktop pattern anyways...
In life news, things overall are going pretty well. I recently Feng-Shui'd my room, removing excess furniture and general crap that I've accumulated (3 trash-bags and a box for the Salvation Army--I was impressed), and I'm actually sleeping better and enjoying my space a lot more having done so. School is going OK so far--only having had 3 classes there isn't much time for things to go unwell, but I'll take it. Coming up on a 5 month Monthiversary with Joe on the 14th, which I'll say is pretty cool. Things for him have been pretty stressful as of late, but life happens, and he's a trooper to take it in stride and focus on what he's trying to do with himself.
I'm most disappointed I'd say with my practicum right now. I'm working in the Leominster/Fitchburg hospitals in both the rehab and acute care units providing speech, language, and cognitive therapy to patients and performing swallow evaluations. I've learned a few things:
-Old people are not really my deal
-neither are sick people
-old sick people therefore are not really my deal
-kids continue to be my deal, and this practicum is confirming that daily
-I have had really great clinical experiences...(had...as in up until now). This is really apparent since currently I *don't* feel like I'm learning as much as I could be, nor am I having all that great of a social experience. It's nothing intolerable, but I'm not loving it. At least I only need to worry about getting 50 hours this semester. And at least I'm not afraid of killing patients performing a bedside or modified barium swallow anymore.
According to a countdown on a fellow student's FB--I will have earned my Master's degree in 105 days. Holy shit.
And...bed