Now the Critter Count has become an actual travel game for us. It serves two purposes, 1) it makes us giggle and 2) it keeps your eyes busy, which helps you avoid road hypnosis.
Count from ATL to KnoxVegas and back (dead unless otherwise noted):
Deer 1
Coyote 1
Skunk 1
Cat 1
Dog 1
Unidentified brown critter (alive; beaver? woodchuck?) 1
Hitch Hiker (alive) 2
Unidentified Varmints 13
Road Pizza 9
Greasy Spot 2
Isn’t this fun? ;-)
So, I’m back! Yay!
To amuse myself, I count things while driving: dead animals, live animals, hitch hikers, tumbleweeds, etc. When I started reading the list, it became funny to me, so I’d like to share Critter Count 08 (all are dead unless noted):
Coyote (alive) 1
Coyote 9
Dog (alive) 2
Dog 1
Cat 2
Skunk 2
Opossum 2
Deer 6
Hawk 2
Chicken (I SWEAR!) 1 (apparently crossing the road! Ha!)
Armadillo NONE! How weird is that?
Unknown Varmint 18
Unknown Bird 3
Road Pizza dozens
Greasy Spots dozens
Hitch Hikers (alive) 2
Tumbleweeds couple dozen crossing the interstate – not as many as you’d think!
And the game for tumbleweeds is to shout TUMBLEWEED!! every time one goes across the road.
Yes, I’m easily amused. :-)
I’m hitting the road today, folks. I’ll be back by the end of the week.
I’m available via email until I get back. :-)
Studio, here we COME!!! SQUEEEE!!!!!
As most people know, Nick and I are married ONLY because we want the special rights afforded those who tie the knot. Yes, there are laws here and there for “domestic partners” but they are weak, not enforced and vary by COUNTY and even by COMPANY.
I think it’s hilarious that we felt that we had NO CHOICE but to get married to ensure that our finances and our healthcare decisions would be guaranteed to the other if anything happened to one of us. Not to mention the long list of discounts you get for having that piece of paper.
Personally, we think it’s fucked up that we HAD to get married. If we didn’t, we’d have to manually do contracts and tons of paperwork supervised by lawyers to ensure that the other person has full rights and controls if one is gravely ill or dies. I know a gay couple who did just that. They had piles of paperwork that cost thousands of dollars to create to ensure that they kept custody of their daughter, could administer the money or make health decisions for each other.
I just don’t see what the big fucking deal is with gay marriage. The big deal is that STRAIGHT people are discriminated against just as much if they don’t want to marry. Nick and I HAD to have the piece of fucking paper – don’t think that you get partner rights just because you’re straight – YOU DON’T. In MY opinion, WE have been discriminated against because there are NO domestic partnership laws.
You want equality? Let’s get DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP laws on the books. Marriage is an artificial social contract. It has never served any purpose other than to the church. It has evolved into a whole list of rights and privileges that have nothing to do with the act of marriage at all. It’s a social contract that grants SPECIAL rights to the participants. And it’s NOT FAIR.
You want to RAGE against something? Then RAGE against this whole society being rooted in silly Christian religious crap that affects straights, gays, blacks, everyone.
RAGE that STRAIGHT PEOPLE are expected to get married if they want the same privileges afforded the married. Want that insurance discount? Get married. Want to see your partner in the hospital? Get married.
If we put as much energy into EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE as we do into railing about gay marriage rights, we might actually get somewhere.
Don’t-Call-Me-Mrs-Pratt-OR-Mizgala
It’s ANGELA.
MISAngela if you’re nasty.
:-)
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