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Jul 25, 2004 23:07

Several raccoons were just scratching at the door. I opened it up to get a better look and they backed off a few feet. The came closer as I stood there but didn't come in. This is probably a good thing because how on earth would I have gotten them out?

general niftiness, outside

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ducks_with_lips July 26 2004, 07:22:35 UTC
That's much better than our visitor last night. We were sitting on our porch, and a skunk wandered by. I am glad there wasn't a "close encounter of the skunk kind."

Be careful with raccoons, though. When they feel cornered, they get really mean and aggressive. And, they are pretty stupid, so they probably can't tell the difference between "cornered" and "hey, look, there's a human. Run away, run away!"

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ookuotoe July 27 2004, 16:38:15 UTC
Actually in this case I was the one that was cornered. :) Well, I could have shut the door should they have looked menacing.

Sigh. I used to feed two baby skunks. One of my high school teachers shot their mother after she sprayed his dog; when he found her litter a couple days later I wound up with two of them. Eventually they stopped coming by but they were a great deal of fun. Very intelligent. Like to climb.

Ooh, and you can tell when they're about to spray if you watch them. If they're stamping their front feet they're pissed. If they turn around it is time to get very far away. The third sign is when they look back to aim but by that time it's too late.

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adda_liz July 26 2004, 18:20:22 UTC
I can't believe you got your nipples pierced? Did you not wail and cry and scream like a baby? Wow.
If only it were Stutz.
Try Mr. Miller.
He asked me today if I have ever had any pregnancy scares and if my Mom knows that I have sex??? I know we're no longer in the student/teacher relationship thing, but isn't that still a bit odd?

Yeah I can share the little bastard for awhile ;)

Again, I saw ow

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ookuotoe July 27 2004, 16:43:12 UTC
I suppose he should have been my next guess. I thought I had it with Eriksen though. He never seemed creepy before now though -- just very, very odd. But no, asking if you've had a pregnancy scare is not at all proper.

Hee, my nipples didn't hurt anywhere near as bad as you'd think. And I didn't scream and cry because I didn't want to scare the baby. Now if only my hair would stop getting caught in the rings all would be well.

I'll take a look at my work schedule and get back to you. You work during the day and I work at night so we might have to do this on a weekend. Anything in mind?

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michfest beanyth August 4 2004, 07:22:51 UTC
Hey! I just tried to reply to a post you made in ducks_with_lips michfest filter post. It replied to her. Ugh. Anyway, it was all about bellydancing and fest. I've been bellydancing for about a year and half. I'll be driving up to Denver Sun afternoon to be ready to catch my fest flight early Mon. morning, so you can get a hold of me before fest if you want to shimmy~talk. :) Hope to see you on the LAND and definitely at Jamie's bellydance workshop!

~bean

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Re: michfest ookuotoe August 4 2004, 21:08:36 UTC
I've never tried it before but I'm really looking forward to the workshop on Saturday. Want to meet up before that? I'll leave a note at Triangle earlier in the week if so.

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shimmy shimmy beanyth August 4 2004, 21:17:52 UTC
Yeah, would love to catch you before the workshop. Do you have anything to wear on your hips? Not necessary, but helpful. Even a fringy scarf is good. It tells you what your body is doing. I'm bringing both of my jingles. One is a hip scarf and the other is a coin belt with some nice imported pieces. Fun fun stuff. I keep thinkng that I should do some drill before fest, but the excitment is almost more than I can bear. Where are you camping? I'm heading to the Sola Collective. :) See you there!

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Re: shimmy shimmy ookuotoe August 6 2004, 14:32:22 UTC
I have a couple of things I think might work as scarves. What dimensions seem to be best?

I've no idea where I'm camping yet. I plan to wander around with my tent for a bit when I get there until I stumble on something that looks good -- then I'll schlep my gear in.

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