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I went to a pet store yesterday and bought our house cats a little bunk tower, but they haven't taken to it yet. I forgot that they like to curl up together and so they may not take to it at all. I just thought it'd be nice since they'd have something to scratch on that wasn't furniture. It's not my furniture and their not my cats, so I don't know why I really worry about it, but I like animals.
I always seem to take over pets when I move into a place. I warm up to animals more than people. I don't think animals and people are much different, so I don't know why this is. Maybe it's just because they're exotic creatures, and don't get into your head like people tend to. They can be just as manipulative as people though, which kind of sucks. These cats for example cream in the morning. At first I thought it was for food, but really it was for attention. They would act like it was for food, but then they'd try and invade my room and be playful by jumping around and rushing at my feet, and also screaming more.
It's not much different than people, but maybe since their are limits to the understanding that can go on between species I just appreciate it for the more primitive aspects, which is also what I enjoy most about people. I like how people eat in groups and use public bathrooms, how they socialize and find trusting people to sleep next to. I can't really think of anything that is uniquely human except guilt, and who knows, perhaps whales beach themselves out of guilt.
I bought a cd player and am finally able to hear all the cds I've had around. Mostly just old folk recordings is what I've been listening to. It's nice to hear things other than Neil Young, which as nice as it is, was getting kind of old.
I was talking to my friend last night. She said in her ideal world she would stay up until 3 a.m. and get up around 11 each day. I told her my ideal would be to go to bed around 11 and get up t 5 a.m. I wish I knew more people like this, because so many people like to designate themselves to nightlife for socializing, but I prefer the afternoon or early evening unless there is a concert going on. It really put strains on the depth a friendship or relationship when one is into the morning and the other is into the late evening.
I just get completely insane when I'm up too late. I don't think mammals are meant to be nocturnal. All the creatures of night, insects and mice, predatory birds and bats, reptiles, all are kind of like the janitors and busy workers of the world. They hold the foundation together. Mammals are social and night is the atmospheric equivalent of isolation. The night seems to put a psychological unease in mammals, at least in people, probably because sight is weaker and ears are sharper, and there are just tons of strange sounds. Nothing is more intense than the isolated night wanderer.
I think it says a lot that when people socialize at night it is in very large, loud groups. It is a type of defiance. Why do people fight their natural instincts. I find it much more intensely personal and inwardly rewarding to wake early slightly before the sun and see the world become animate. Even in winter, when the daytime is just a slight shift in sleepiness for the earth, it is rewarding.
I have had rewarding late nights, especially if it's with a small group of people away from the city. I remember in Portland I would sit on our porch swing late at night drinking tea, and if I was completely attuned, there would be a moment when you could feel the shift of one day ending and another beginning. It was usually around 2 a.m. and it was a secret every time, but I always felt a mysterious completeness and awe at noticing it. I should probably move to a little town and buy a few acres, some cats, and just resign myself. I read about Emily Dickinson and how she rarely left home and kind of hid away when people visited the house. Most of her friendships were through letters. It made me feel comfortable to know that.
In contradiction, Valentine's Day was nice, but I need to meet better pool players. I win every time.
I always seem to take over pets when I move into a place. I warm up to animals more than people. I don't think animals and people are much different, so I don't know why this is. Maybe it's just because they're exotic creatures, and don't get into your head like people tend to. They can be just as manipulative as people though, which kind of sucks. These cats for example cream in the morning. At first I thought it was for food, but really it was for attention. They would act like it was for food, but then they'd try and invade my room and be playful by jumping around and rushing at my feet, and also screaming more.
It's not much different than people, but maybe since their are limits to the understanding that can go on between species I just appreciate it for the more primitive aspects, which is also what I enjoy most about people. I like how people eat in groups and use public bathrooms, how they socialize and find trusting people to sleep next to. I can't really think of anything that is uniquely human except guilt, and who knows, perhaps whales beach themselves out of guilt.
I bought a cd player and am finally able to hear all the cds I've had around. Mostly just old folk recordings is what I've been listening to. It's nice to hear things other than Neil Young, which as nice as it is, was getting kind of old.
I was talking to my friend last night. She said in her ideal world she would stay up until 3 a.m. and get up around 11 each day. I told her my ideal would be to go to bed around 11 and get up t 5 a.m. I wish I knew more people like this, because so many people like to designate themselves to nightlife for socializing, but I prefer the afternoon or early evening unless there is a concert going on. It really put strains on the depth a friendship or relationship when one is into the morning and the other is into the late evening.
I just get completely insane when I'm up too late. I don't think mammals are meant to be nocturnal. All the creatures of night, insects and mice, predatory birds and bats, reptiles, all are kind of like the janitors and busy workers of the world. They hold the foundation together. Mammals are social and night is the atmospheric equivalent of isolation. The night seems to put a psychological unease in mammals, at least in people, probably because sight is weaker and ears are sharper, and there are just tons of strange sounds. Nothing is more intense than the isolated night wanderer.
I think it says a lot that when people socialize at night it is in very large, loud groups. It is a type of defiance. Why do people fight their natural instincts. I find it much more intensely personal and inwardly rewarding to wake early slightly before the sun and see the world become animate. Even in winter, when the daytime is just a slight shift in sleepiness for the earth, it is rewarding.
I have had rewarding late nights, especially if it's with a small group of people away from the city. I remember in Portland I would sit on our porch swing late at night drinking tea, and if I was completely attuned, there would be a moment when you could feel the shift of one day ending and another beginning. It was usually around 2 a.m. and it was a secret every time, but I always felt a mysterious completeness and awe at noticing it. I should probably move to a little town and buy a few acres, some cats, and just resign myself. I read about Emily Dickinson and how she rarely left home and kind of hid away when people visited the house. Most of her friendships were through letters. It made me feel comfortable to know that.
In contradiction, Valentine's Day was nice, but I need to meet better pool players. I win every time.