I got my new camera today. The Canon 50D. I haven't had a chance to fool around with it much today, but I did manage to get off a couple of shots. So, here it is, my first picture:
(Doesn't Peace have HUGE eyes?) Okay, now onto your questions...
Tell me Allison, Why, when we first met, did I ever think you were quiet and shy?? I love that I did, actually, and then you turned out to be an amazingly funny, and not at all shy, friend...but why? why? why?
This is actually a fairly common theme in my life. I am shy when I first meet people. It takes me approximately 6.72 times of being around someone until I feel comfortable around them. It often surprises people that I meet, especially if they are used to my online persona, because I am much more social when I write. I was lamenting to my friend Aileen about how I'm socially awkward when I first meet people and how I was going to struggle with that all over again when I move. And she says, "No you won't. You'll be fine. You're not like that anymore." So, that got me to thinking... maybe I'm NOT like that anymore. Maybe, after all these years, maybe I'm starting to become more social and less awkward. Maybe now it only takes me 3.47 times to meet someone before feeling comfortable.
Why the hug aversion when you're so obviously not averse to hugging Vernon and kiddos? :)
I'm just comfortable around them, because they've heard me fart and stuff like that. I think I wouldn't be averse to hugging anyone who has heard me fart... well, except for maybe my sister's husband, Jon Sele (I'm writing his full name here because I want people who google his name to come up with this post).
Is your sister a twin?
No, she is 11 months, 6 days older than me. (Which means that my mother got pregnant with me when my sister was 2 months and 2 weeks old. Crazy, huh?)
How on earth do we adamant breastfeeding mamas think it is ok to drink cow's milk when it means that the cow's calf will be torn away from them at less than a month old and bottle fed? This does not seem at all rational, fair, or humane.
I can't answer for the masses would consume factory-farm crap-milk, but I think that most family farms that specialize in raw milk DO NOT separate their baby cows. So, basically, this would be akin to me pumping so I can leave a glass of breastmilk in the fridge for Vern to drink every now and then. (I'm just kidding. But I would totally do this if I owned a pump.)
Okay. That's it for now. More questions tomorrow.
2 comments:
You should ask the farmer you buy dairy from if he/she separates the calf from the mama so you can have the milk. I am guessing he/she does...that is pretty standard even when it come to the crunchy/granola raw types. Some may let the calf nurse part-time, but not always. It's a hard life being a dairy cow...but then it could be worse, they could be beef cattle.
Holstein cows overproduce milk because they are bred to do so; this is why babies are separated from mama cow. Baby cow will drink itself to death if left to nurse freely. I suppose they could reunite for a quick nursing session and be separated again rather than bottle feeding them...
Jersey cows don't produce as much milk so their babies can freely nurse.
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