My xanga is .. old?

Ho hum. Guess it is. This is probably the longest thing I have ever actually stuck with. Or thereabouts.

Ok, so, not much has happened, but I have strengthened my resolve to not drink, sleep with random people and become a deadbeat. One from experience, the others from common sense.

I really have nothing to say. Sucky.

To the rude people on the trains and othersuch public transport,

To all the rude people I meet on the trains,

I understand you are with your friends and are going out to have a good time - I imagine, by all counts, if you were not having fun with them, you would get rid of them the way anyone with and sense of style would get rid of those tacky minishorts that do not suit your 190-pound frame, or that horrible wifebeater that shows your pit stains in their full glory.

Map of train lines in Perth, I am on the yellow line
Source: Colinjong.com, used without permission

But please! I implore you! I am a student - albeit a failure of a student, but one anyway - I am on the train, studying, and it is hard enough without your horrendous behaviour. I am perfectly happy for you to have a chat, even I chat to my friends on the train, but this Is the difference, I choose not to yell so loud I see people in the other carriage getting up to move. Are you so inconsiderate that you cannot keep your voices down?

And on the subject of noise level, I understand it, my train line is the mecca of the Tradie, the working class. They are not known for eloquence of good taste, but why must everyone else be subjected to your incessant swearing. I also fire off the more then occasional curse word - as a growing woman, I have been steeped in the same stinking cesspool you have. However, not every second word I say is "Fuck this" or "fuck that" or "you are a shitted cunty slutbottom!" Do you not have the self control to leave these words from behind closed doors? More often then not, less then ten feet away, there are children!
And then! The horrible issue of music. I love music just like all people, I love Beethoven, Strauss, the Gorillaz, and Nine Inch Nails, plus more. And yes, my music taste is bad. That is why, when I feel the need to listen to my disturbing music that talks about doing the nasty "like and animal" or was specifically designed to remind people of fornication, without words, I use earphones. But you, however, Mr or Ms Important, believe your wonderful rap music talking about "fucking hos" or getting piss drunk, will be enjoyed by everyone. I hate to burst your bubble, but I have no interest in hearing Fiddy psuedo-sing about how he rooted some cheap whore he picked up.

Oh, and should I mention you talking about your own exploits, or, as happened today, you brag about how your brother bashed up an asian and stole his wallet, containing the princley sum (for both you and probably an international student, since I cannot see your brother going at a grown man) of $500. You see nothing wrong with taking someones money/bragging about not going to school/loudly discussing your sexual exploits? What kind of people are you?

And then, the icing on the cake has to be when someone politley tells you that your behavior is unacceptable on public transport, especially someone like me, who chooses not to swear, not to get angry, but instead, calmly explain that what you are doing is not right (I am, of course, no angel, I did choose to go one step further and point out you are disgusting if you find it amusing to talk about your illegal taking of peoples belongings by force). And then, you have the audacity to fire off lots of angry comments to me, using all the words in your vocabulary.

This is the one I like best: "Youse a feral bitch."

Excuse me? I have been reading the entire time for this train ride, and then taking notes on said book. You have not heard a peep from me. Am I dressed as a cheap hooker or bum, like you are? A resoundng no! Did I swear when pointing out how filthy you vile beasts are? No? Did I use incorrect grammar? No? Then how, pray tell, am I feral? Did I spit or take a shit or build a nest on the train floor, like an animal would have? No? Oh, er ... so Im feral for pointing out you are morally and socially impotent.

I am paying a students fare to use the train, but that does not mean I should be a second class citizen for that. I stand up for old people and stay quiet, why can you not do the same? Esecially since you probably pay the same fare, despide constantly wagging school (yet another thing you tell the world about)!

Sparrow

PS: To the girl that I had to deal with today, if you are going to cake on the makeup so thick on your face, can you do the same to the disgusting hickeys on your throat? I do not need a physical reminder of your sex life - the graphic retellings to your equally whorish friend is enough.

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Raw Meaty Bones

Ill admit it, when it comes to feeding our dogs, we are way below standard, for many reasons. Mainly monetary. We buy the cheapest dog buiscuits, and the cheapest meat roll which is only just better then canned food.. at first, I thought that the fact we were buying Pedigree instead of Science Diet was the main worry. In the back of my head, I always knew that bones and raw food was good for them.

Then, I read "Raw Meaty Bones". Which made me feel guilty. Very Guilty, because its very much a consolidation of what I already know:  Bones and raw food > processed food. Every time.

The basis of this book is that Peridontal Disease, inflammation of the teeth and gums. While I cannot vouch for much of the veterinary evidence used to back this as I am neither a vet nor vetnurse, but given what I have seen at the animal shelter, I would say that the stat that two in three dogs or cats have peridontal disease, which means chances are, our dogs have it and probably our cats.

I already know Kiara - my little white cat - has foul breath. But, not being the kind of person to let my dogs lick my face, I did not know about our dogs.

I also wondered about the cost to feed meat offcuts, carcasses and the like to dogs. Ok, so, heres my calculation -

One can of pet food, is about three dollars. Plus some dog biscuits. Lets say the most expensive, $120 per 30 kg bag (Science Diet, btw. I've been told its good stuff, doubting now). And we feed Fido 200g of this stuff a day.

so, $3 plus $2.40 of dog biscuits.

five fourty to feed a day. Thats not too bad.

Lamb off cuts - $5.00 a bag, About four in each bag, feed one. - $1.25
Chicken necks - Conservative estimate of 15 in a bag at $4.00. Feed five$1.30
Chicken Carcass - 75c for half
200g dog biscuits - $2.40

I cbfed add that up but its not much more then canned food. I feed ours meat roll, which isnt much better, sadly.

Sparrow

Well

Ok, so, a lot has happened since I updated.

Firstly, and the most recent, I have spectacularly failed year twelve and now officially recognised to be "below average intelligence". Good, I said it. Not that I believe it, but in the scope of the students sitting the TEE and such like exams, I think its an accurate reflection. No harping on about the limitations of standardised testing; I'm pretty uniamginative.

Secondly, after an irate xangan told me to quit bagging Twilight if I hadn't read all of it. So, to soothe the masses she threatened to send after me, Im going to read the first book, withold judgement until the end and post my review. Im 100 pages in and already feeling ... NO! I must withold judgement.

Im going to sit my TEE, just for the hell of it.

Ah, the wonders of technology.

Sparrow