Lazy-Crazy-Monday

I woke up from a horrible dream of a ferral dog baring its teeth at me. I beat it with this white bag I was carrying and then I woke up. I went to sleep after that but when I woke up again I completely forgot the details of my dream even though I was aware that I had one. Perhaps the title of this should be crazy Monday.

I have journal pages to grade and encode. I was hoping the paycheck would be available today but its not. Tomorrow I go to school to encode the rest of the grades in my record so I can submit the midterm grades of my classes. Then perhaps if the paycheck's already available then I can maybe see a movie or eat cake even though I'm allergic to wheat. Hah! I've been having this hankering for toasted bread with vegemite and honey. How crazy is that?

Oh well, back to work it is.

Act now!

Let's do something to stop the carnage taking place in Lebanon and Israel.

I'm all for the process of being heard and for speaking up. This is my small contribution to the peace effort. Every great journey starts with a small step. Great change can have a humble beginning.

Here's affirming the success of our humble endeavor for peace, and so it is!

Below is the letter that promotes this endeavor. Cut and paster it, put it up on your blog, spread the word and sign the petition.

Dear friends,

Right now a tragedy is unfolding in the Middle East. Thousands of innocent civilians have been killed or wounded in the bombings in Lebanon, Palestine and Israel and the death toll is rising every day. If the US, Syria or Iran get involved, there is a chance of a catastrophic larger war.   UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called for an immediate ceasefire and the deployment of international troops to the Israel-Lebanon border, and been strongly supported by almost every world leader. This is the best proposal yet to stop the violence, but the US, the UK, and Israel have refused to accept it. I have just signed a petition calling on US President Bush, UK Prime Minister Blair, and Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to support Kofi Annan's proposal. If millions of people join this call, and we advertise our views in newspapers in the US, UK, and Israel, we can help pressure these leaders to stop the fighting. Go to this link and sign up now!

With hope,

http://www.ceasefirecampaign.org

More Bugs!

I made two more new bugs the following day. Was able to post this just now.


Princess Antela is my favorite. I think I won't put her up for adoption.

This is Prinsipe Talahib (Prince Reed). He's a blue praying mantis, sort of. All these are of course high breeds and are only loosely based on the real thing. The beads dictate what form the bugs will turn out to be.



Prinsipe Talahib (Prince Reed)

This is the Blue Ant. I made it with wings and took a picture of it and then later decided to take out the wings. Here's a picture of both versions, the final of which is the one without wings.


This batch has either japanese crystal bead (Princess Antela & White Ant) or a fresh water pearl (Mookie G, Prince Reed, & bantfly) for a head.

I've ran out of the oval bead I use for the thighs of these bugs so I've stopped making them today. I'll make some more when I get new supplies. They're fun to make and very fulfilling to look at. Everytime I make them I end up feeling like I want to keep them all to myself but I'm willing to let them go when people ask to adopt them. LOL!