the next few days

[thegoodwill]

The morning after a bottle of wine followed with bourbon, I went on a hike with my dad and uncle. We woke a bear sleeping not far from the trail. The three of us kept going down the path a little, discussing how black bears don't attack humans very often. So my uncle and I decided we should go back with my camera phone and take pictures. My dad

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[lizaboo]

that was what mom speculated. i've really sorry, will.

on the other hand, i like your bear. and isn't that what makes lide so awful? it doesn't stop and even when there's COPD, there's bears, right next to the path, watching you, being amazing and interesting, you know?

[thegoodwill]

Yeah, but... it is too far out of whack, out of balance. I don't see it getting close any time soon.

How does your mother know about this? I had never heard of it before.

[lizaboo]

sally knows everything. will, mom smoked till we were LA and she could either breathe smog or smoke, but not both. and it still wasn't easy for her to quit.

her mother, on the other hand, is 85, still smoking and has no pulmonary issues of any kind.

as for being out of whack, it's never in balance. maybe it gets balanced sometimes on the personal scale, but the global scale? the i mean, by some measure, it's always wrong and capricious and unfair and broken. so, you deal with it. which you will.

[herr_schpook]

the bear is cool.

sorry to hear about your mom, and sorry for you and your dad. it's very frustrating when people aren't fighting it hard enough in a situation like that. my mom's like that about her diabetes and it pisses off the whole family.

[thegoodwill]

That picture is really disappointing. I have my cell phone, and then a bulky digicam that I don't like carrying.

I don't know if I'm overstating my mother's reluctance to taking the appropriate steps. Maybe I'm projecting worst fears? I'm not of the mind that quantity always trumps quality, I don't want unnecessary suffering. But... I don't know.