pbears, barney, and kruik!

i just read an article (first through grist, then the la times) about toxics in pbears. :( not so fun, eh? interesting to think about bioaccumulation in mammals in general - all the crap that must be in us, for instance. oy. not that this has much to do with what we ingest (well, maybe it does) but a few minutes ago a man's dog decided to relieve itself right there in the middle of the crosswalk (i'm sitting at one of the big windowed cafes on the ave...plenty of crosswalks and pooping dogs to admire) i don't know about anyone else, but i have many memories of my mum sternly reminding my sister and i to take our shoes off before we walked around the house. this was always met with gruff exhalations of contempt (particularly when the phone was ringing or it felt like a waste to take our shoes off to get ONE STUPID book...) anyway, that image of the pooping dog (and the subsequent oblivious college students) really brought my mum's words into my mind. i wouldn't much like to lie down on that sidewalk right now! anywho. that was a tangent.

today has been another lovely day in seattle. i woke up at 6:30, watched the news and weather while contemplating the day and further waking up. around 8 i set out for a walk. i had this strange urge to just keep walking and walking today. i ended up walking to greenlake, then around greenlake, then i took the bus to greenwood (thinking it would be too far to walk...never!), back to greenlake,and all the way home. anyone who knows where i live/what seattle looks like might appreciate it. it took about 3 hours but was soo worth it! along the way, i admired all the dear birds of the lake (i had some problems with my duck identification, and stupidly i left my field guide at bowdoin...does a lot of good there, eh?) i wrote a poem, and came to a pretty awesome understanding about what i want to do after i graduate. it was an amazing walk! on that bus ride from greenlake to greenwood, i had a strange encounter with a man who was sucking his thumb and carrying around a manipulated barney doll. anywho, but i don't have time to type it all out. next time. reminder to self: barney doll story. haha. finally before i go home, i got to talk to my lovely kruiky today for the first time in a while. i have missed her SOO much this last semester! bowdoin , and in fact my little life/universe... is incomplete without kruiky! 2006...w00t!