It's been a long bloody time

Not really "bloody," but I feel like putting crap online again. Perhaps posting a video of my weird cat will give me inspiration to post a real entry later.
I've already forgotten what I was posting about, perhaps I should write things down, as my brain is like "You want your blog to be substantial.... I want a burrito.... ok, you came back to the computer and four windows are open.... shit the tofu is burning.... ok you turned it but didn't you have green pepper?.... it's nowhere to be found but the rice is burning and beans have gone cold...... (this is all going on for about a half hour), shit something is crackling, ..... and it was the tofu and onions, crackling for no good reason."
Perhaps this is substantial for now.

Yesterday's Lesson of the Day

.....is at the end of this video.


Featuring the sage advice of Mike Visnick and the saxophone stylings of Justin D'Ambrosio.

Sunday Night

We got back from our weekend away Sunday afternoon. Clara, of course, was squeaking for affection, perhaps unnerved and under the impression we'd never return.
That night we beheld quite the violent windstorm. However, the calm before the storm was quite beautiful.

It Starts

As with anything, avid interest in starting a new activity wanes with time. This outlet will hopefully not fall victim to that eventuality, as did my livejournal years ago. Then again, this is a different age, and I no longer plan to rant without purpose or eloquence. Also, I'm looking forward to the amusement of seeing the little red misspelling lines under the British spellings I use, such as favour and colour. *is amused already*
I have plans that will probably not take off, like posting the theses that enter my head late at night or when I'm at the grocery store.... late at night. My arguments are hard to validate, as thoughts tend to spin off on tangents and I lose the core of each thesis.
Instead, I will most likely be posting things that I find interesting or irritating in day-to-day life (already my thoughts want to leave this and start rambling). These will come from trips to Frick Park, my workplace, honing my gardening skills, and the various books I indulge in. Perhaps I'll get to the bottom of things a little better if I develop and edit my thoughts into cohesive texts.

For starters:
We went to Frick park on August 22nd and, while the fungi and reptile sightings were in a lull, the cicadas made themselves very prevalent. I'd post the multitude of pictures, but I don't plan on letting this go down the slippery slope into picture blog territory. I'll just share the bare minimum of photos. We found not only the shed exoskeletons of the cicadas but also an in-shell one climbing a tree, one that had latched itself in a safe spot and had just begun emerging, but also this

which might possibly be the most amazing thing I've seen on the hikes so far. It's a shame we had plans for the evening or I'd have stayed and watched the rest of the process.