Captain Jack Tahlmorra

tahlmorra @ 2005-10-17T21:36:00

2005-10-18T01:42:47Z

Posted almost exactly one year ago t'day...

"PSA Alert:

As of approximately 3am on Sunday, the 17th of October, I have a girlfriend.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled net-activities..."

Happy One-Year Anniversary to us...! *grin*

Ranch Weekend: Take One....

2005-04-25T00:48:18Z

So.. Where to begin...?

This will be a somewhat abbreviated entry..but I'll try to hit all the salient points... :)

Took a technical Friday off from werk, this week.. Ran a call..but it was on the way and no skin off my teeth.. Got down to the GF's by 1pm....

'Bout two hours later, a trio of folk arrived to look at horses (for those who do not know, who may be legion, my GF's mother runs a horse ranch..Arabians..and I have been going down there every weekend to help out with chores, fer the past month+, since her mother broke her ankle...)..

There followed two't'three hours of showing horses..mainly stallions..and RaNae (the GF) werked her adoreable butt off in putting the horsies thru their paces for the potential buyers...

Couple scary moments, in there, as this or that horse reared/jumped..but she handled it all in stride.. As if any 1200 lb horse could never pose a threat to a tiny human... :)

Long story short; the buyers were impressed..both with the horses and the folk showing them...

Two horses sold..mebbe a third.. Lots of accessorial conversation..which somehow turned to turtles..heh...

Won't detail, but..all goes well, the GF will be getting a Yellowfoot tortoise, a Redfoot..possibly a Star tortoise..and I may end up with an albino Cornsnake and 3 geckos...

On a side note.. I've made a totally unrelated deal to recieve a Spotted turtle for the purpose of care and medical treatment..and will likely be taking a Lop bunny into my care, this week...

Am looking into applying fer official "Zooilogical Garden" status.. *chuckle*

Am home now..and wish I weren't...

So much more to tell.. Did I mention I'm immune to electric fences..? ;) But..is enuff fer t'nite... Will werk on catching up as the weekends go on....

Salut..!

Oh, yes.. Half a year.. :)

2005-04-17T04:20:06Z

In 2 hours and 45 min-ish..I will have been with my Love for half a year.. Our Semi-annual Anniversary.. *grin*

*hophops*

Another day at the Ranch...

2005-04-17T03:37:52Z

Yes, yes.. I know... I've been sorely absent from here, of late...

The surprising thing 'bout that is I've has sooooooo much to talk about, since my last entry.. Mind, since most revolves around my new Love and my time spent away from home, I shall do my best to endeavor to post regular updates..under some variation of the title I've given to this one....

Studdy horses, 70lb bales of hay..electric femces.. You can find it all here.. ..assuming I actually 'member t'post... ;)

Send them your heart, so they'll know that someone cares

2005-01-12T05:15:05Z

"Mommy! A tsunami! You heard your young child say.
But when you reached to take his hand, your son was washed away.
Mommy! A tsunami! You heard his sister scream.
You tried to run, but couldn¹t move. You woke. It was a dream.

For us, a figment of our minds while blanketed in bed.
But for those who were swept to sea, this nightmare left them dead.
Did panic fill their final thoughts? I pray they sensed God near.
I hope their death was swift so that they had no time to fear.

So why should we be spared such grief? Do we deserve to live?
But since we dream what others saw, can we do less than give?

For mommies robbed of babies, for husbands who lost wives,
For kids without their moms and dads, for all who have survived,
Let's give help to the homeless, let's fund the food they need,
Let's pray for people we don't know who claim a different creed.

Regardless of religion, let's act on what we see,
For God is pleased when we reach out. We are one family."

How you can help with the Tsunami Relief effort...

I don't see myself as taking part, at all...

2005-01-04T06:13:19Z

Long ago, in someone else's lifetime.. Someone with my name..who looked alot like me.. Came to know a girl and made a promise.. She only only had to say, and that's where I would be....

Yes.. I'm that far gone in love....

"..ten years older, and I've finally found my stride.."

2005-01-03T03:41:39Z

Happy New Year's, all...

My only resolution is to do better for myself and those I love..and to post more, here.. This venue truly helps.. I have so little taken advantage of such, in the year just past....

Entering this new year, one has the whole of my heart..but there are others that I care for..and I need to work that all out.. I cannot stand to make another mistake..

I cannot lose what I've only just found..

"Old feelings make it hard to describe..just what it means to me.... I lost half my life to "wisdom" so forgive me if I come off sounding bitter, if my words push you away.. If I seem surprised to see you lying here, in front of me..."

I am happy..very happy.. And I'm so very afraid I'll lose that....

They call me the sloth, Way down in the Ghetto...

2004-12-08T03:23:15Z

You scored as Sloth.

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Sloth

88%

Pride

81%

Envy

69%

Lust

69%

Wrath

56%

Gluttony

50%

Greed

44%

Seven deadly sins
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Reeboks - RIP, 12/02/04 - approx midnight....

2004-12-03T06:34:53Z

Little fighter that he was, he curled up under the desk..at my feet..a bit afore midnight.

That was the last he moved...

Rest in peace, Reeboks..yer better off without the strain you've been under, and I love you... You will *so* be missed... :(

She wishes she was a dancer..and that she'd never heard of cancer...

2004-11-28T00:13:07Z

Reebok's update...

Sorry..same thread as the last LJ entry..just scroll down, iff'n so inclined....

Raindrops and roses and whiskers on kittens...

2004-11-27T02:36:16Z

Because I'm too depressed to re-post..

See the dog and the butterfly....

2004-11-16T04:12:31Z

Okay..

Dogs chase things..its what they do..ne..?

So tell me..

WHAT THE FUCK BUSINESS DID A US GAME WARDEN HAVE SHOOTING MY GF's DOG THIS PAST WEEKEND..?!?!

Backstory:

MY GF lives on a reasonably large parcel of rural land in the NY Southern Tier. While she was up here, this weekend just past, it seems that Pishka, her barely-out-of-puppy-stage German Shepherd mis was out running the property and crossed over into another owner's land. This owner called the Wardens to tell them that dogs were chasing deer on their property.

Ferget coyotes and such that deplete livestock, which the Wardens say they can do nothing about.. Mention a pet doing what comes naturally and *bam* they're out like a shot...

Fer the evil crime of chasing deer, Bandit ( the neighbor's dog, who stole my shoe a month+ back) and Piska (tho' no body has been recovered, yet) are now dead..

My GF will be taking t'morrow off from work to try and find/retrieve Piska's body.. :(

From what I have been able to garner, the law states that a pet that kills/runs a deer to death needs be shot..

From what I have been able to gather, the deer was simply exhausted and eventually got up and ran away.

Two household pets are now dead.

Gov't is unaccountable.

But, wait.. I'm not done...

The pet/dog owners are now being *fined* for letting their dogs run and "kill" a deer..a deer that ran away and is now prolly happily munching on grass.. Dogs that the Warden shot dead...

I can't even begin do describe how PISSED I am....

Anyone who knows anything about the regulations that allow such to happen..anything even close.. Please let me know.. I am not about to let this lie....

Some other place.. Somewhere.. Some other time...

2004-11-15T05:19:04Z

Ever feel like you have too much on yer plate..? Too much to give everything, every aspect, the attention it deserves..?

Maybe have something absotively great come into your life and worry that the rest o'the general mess will fuck with it..? Ruin it..?

Consider dropping all'a the rest for that one thing..that one person..so as not to miss out on something it feels like you've waited yer whole life fer..?

Feel so crushed by obligations and duty that you don't know what to do/where to turn..?

..'course you have..silly me.....

..it's not a habit, its good..I feel alive...

2004-11-15T04:47:53Z

You are 73% Virgo

How much do you match your zodiac sign?

You and me, baby, ain't nuthin' but mammals....

2004-11-13T23:18:57Z

If there is someone on your friends list who you would either like to tie down and have your way with, teasing them mercilessly and making them beg for release, or have them tie YOU down, post this exact same sentence in your journal.

..message in a bottle..

2004-10-19T21:16:22Z

PSA Alert:

As of approximately 3am on Sunday, the 17th of October, I have a girlfriend.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled net-activities...

Can you read my mind....

2004-10-07T20:39:16Z

Order a MindMap, elect a President!

MindMap

Cat-scratch Fever....

2004-09-28T00:21:40Z

<a href="http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upload/index.php?showtopic=26397" title="..what a Monday...</a> Prefix "mildly" to the "mood" listing..... (ps - well, what a mess..heh...)

Doctor, Doctor..goive me the news...

2004-09-23T23:50:37Z

*blinkblinks*

Didn't ever put half as much effort into finding a physician fer m'self as I have in locating the proper one fer my turtles..

*peruses the internet*

..just dying to meet you..

2004-09-22T05:17:19Z

There's a place you're always welcome
It's as nice as it can be
Everyone can get in
'Cuz it's absolutley free...
That's Death.
No need to take a breath
Just lie around all day
Without a single bill to pay
Hooray...
That's Death.
No more sickness or flu...
If you've lived beyond your means
You can die beyond them, too
Boo-hoo....
Well, the greatest and the finest
Mmm, have a ready died,
Why not simpley join them
On the other side?
That's Death...
Say farewell to all your bills
Rip up all your wills
And pop your final pills
Amen.
That's Death...
It's a tete a tete with fate
Of you're not feeling great
Then it's the best wat to lose weight,
Mate...
Nothing here to hurt you
No one's here to nag
Come die with me
If your life's a drag...
That's death...
Death Daeth,
The wealthy and well bred,
All of them are here,
And they're all completely dead
So dead
That's Death,
Death, Death.
No more headaches, no more pain
Of the millions who've died
No one came back to complain
Uh-huh.
You can't take it with you
You can't keep what you've got
So why not just lie back
And simply rot?
Death, Death,
Just sit and rot,
Death, Death,
It's so cool it's hot,
Death, Death,
And That's Death.

"That's Death" - Eric Idle

Don't sound so bad, do it..? ;)

(don't no-body go worryin' on me, now...)

..in an octopus' garden in the sea..

2004-09-22T04:45:17Z

"Turtle Soup"...

..remember it.. ;)

Think about me, all you want is something I can't be..

2004-09-20T20:02:13Z

..glommed from angeloncrack21

How to make a tahlmorra

Ingredients:

3 parts intelligence

3 parts humour

5 parts empathy

Method:
Add to a cocktail shaker and mix vigorously. Top it off with a sprinkle of wisdom and enjoy!

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

Just for tonight, one night..love you, and tomorrow say goodbye...

2004-09-16T06:14:19Z

A bixarre set of circumstances has set me to remember and recall every pet I ever had..and lost.. To look at my present pets and think of how I'd be, without them...To think of my newest pets and how to stave that situation off, as long as possible..

A truly odd concurrence of timing, pet and song just recently drove home..more than anything else I could imagine..how strong are the bonds 'tween pet and pet-owner...

To my Garfield..my Foster..my Reeboks, Minx (those last two, still with me)..my Dusty and Brittany..to my Black Kitty and to Amber..to every fish I ever had, especially Stripe and C'thulu...to my attempts at raising exoctic insects and reptiles (Fido the hermit crab)..to my Guinea Pig I could have saved, but was too young to understand (picture a Veterinarian telling a 12 year-old that his pet wouldn't have died if only he'd been brought in a couple hours earlier..yah..bastard..)..to Sweetwater and the few birds in my past, to every wild animal I tried my best to help..to the unidentified bird that cost me a day's work because, in finding you barely alive and trying to save you, I couldn't handle the loss as you took your last breath as I arrived at my place of work...

To the living that share my life and to the departed that I couldn't save.. I love you all.

They deserve better than we give, they do....

I saw the sun c-c-c-crash in the ocean....

2004-09-16T02:08:06Z

Put in a new filter setup fer my turts, t'day...

(..the next time anybody hears me talk about dropping $100+ on hardware..please shoot me..wait..make that startin' in mid-October, I still need to get a proper tank.. ;) )

Noticed, not all that long ago that the female Painted was sitting at the bottom with her nose in the corner. I gave things a min, thinkin' maybe she just found a nifty smell..but, after that much time and no moving, I mildly freaked and pulled her out. She responded immediately..but was doin' the same thing within' 20 min of bein' put back in the tank.

Everything I could find to read talked about how they live in watery environments..but nothing specifically said, one way or the other, whether or not they actuall slept underwater....

After a tense hour or so, my friends at www.turtleforum.com let me know that I likely had nothing to fear.

I have become *such* a "Mother-Hen"..... :)

..your love should be a crime, the way that it just car-jacked my mind...

2004-09-15T05:03:30Z

Reality bites..

..oh, wait..that's copyrighted..what luck fer me...

*sits halfway between happiness and relationship..*

*Captain* Jack Tahlmorra