LIFE: BANTAMS ARE HERE!

I got a call today at 7:30 telling me my bantam chicks were in, so i got up and went for them! They are here now, i got 7 altogether, two black ones and 5 red/yellow ones. One of them is pretty much all yellow but i feel its probably the same as the others. They all have feathered legs, which is good cause its what i wanted. They are so tiny! I know chicks are usually tiny but these guys are even smaller due to the fact that they are bantams. No clue to their sexes, may be all hens, may be all roosters but odds are its a pretty even mix. So far they are all doing well, they are all eating and drinking and scratching. More on these little guys later.

Blast from the past: SITCOM KITCHENS

I was watching Hangin With Mr. Cooper the other night and it occurred to me that his show had pretty much the same kitchen set as the Cosby show did. It might have even been the same set, i don't know how Hollywood works. Then i realized something, a TON of sitcoms through the 80's and 90's had their kitchens located in the same place, to the left of a very big living room. I thought of all the left sided kitchens then i thought about all the ones that were on the right. I compiled a list of both to see which side had more, the left or the right.

LEFT SIDE KITCHEN:
The Cosby Show
Hangin With Mr. Cooper
Alf
Family Ties
Sister Sister
All in the Family
Diff'rent Strokes
The Facts of Life
Mama's Family
Just the Ten of Us
The Nanny
Everybody Loves Raymond
That 70's Show

RIGHT SIDED KITCHEN:
Step by Step
Full House
Growing Pains
Family Matters
Boy Meets World
Who's the Boss
The Golden Girls
The King of Queens
Mr. Belvedere

Looks like more kitchens were on the left side, but the strangest thing about every single one of these shows, no matter which side the kitchen or living room was on, they all had a two way swinging kitchen door......

LIFE: the great bantam plan

Last summer my dad got some chickens. New Hampshire Reds and Plymouth Rock. They grew, he ate some and now gathers a lot of eggs everyday. Now i like my eggs and eat them often but i came to like the smaller ones better. I rather cook up 3 small eggs instead of 2 normal sized ones, why i don't know. As his chickens grew and became better egg layers the eggs also became larger leaving me still wanting the smaller eggs.

Now for my idea. A "bantam" chicken in a small version of a large one, comparable to the miniature versions of dogs, such as the miniature collie or dachshund or min pin. The thing about smaller chickens is, smaller eggs. So i figure i should get a few of these tiny chickens for their eggs. But how? This is where my plan comes in.

If i get a few "banties" i can have the eggs, im pretty sure my dad would keep them with this other chickens, and i sure hope so because thats a major part of this whole plan. If he says he will then i can go ahead and get some. Ill build Tux my rabbit a new and better pen and use his old one for the chicks, which in a few weeks will be big enough to be outside, also the weather will be warm enough. Soon ill have little eggs to eat. This plan might fall through and very quickly i might add. We will just have to wait and see.

MUSICALS: CATS

I went to see Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS in Baltimore over the weekend. This is the second time that i have seen it on the live stage, so how was it? PHENOMENAL, as always. There is a clear reason why this was the longest running show on Broadway. Nothing beats seeing it in person either, the lights, the sounds, the effects, the songs, the dances, everything was just amazing.

For those of you who don't know the plot to cats, its just basically about....well cats. Poems were taken from T.S. Elliot and made into this musical about a group of cats who join once a year for a very special occasion. At the end of the night, the leader of the cats will choose one very special cat so they may be reborn into a new cat life. The play is about each cat saying why they feel they should be the chosen one or plead a case for the another one they think it should be. I think the play is better if you're a cat person yourself, you'd just get it better. Not to say if you're not a cat person you wouldn't like this show, i think everyone should see it at least once.

I knew all of the songs by heart but i still give them an A plus. The dancers were amazing too, i don't know how people can bend that way or stretch like that but they do and its pretty cool to see so i give them an A plus as well. My seat was great too, not too far back and right in the middle. The theater was nice too so my entire experience was an overall A plus. If you haven't seen CATS yet, do yourself a favor and go. Rent the video first if you are skeptical. I still think this is by far the best musical out there but that is just my two cents.

PETS: UPDATE ON MISSING ROSY BOA

On October 29th 2008 i wrote a blog about my first snake that went missing, my rosy boa named Chac. Well today i feel i have found him at last.

While looking for some boards in the basement i saw what i thought was some kind of sting but a closer look reviled it was a dead snake! Could it be MY snake? Escaped from my room and somehow made it all the way into the basement? I picked it up to look at it, the size was right and shape of the head looks like a rosy boa. Could be another snake but im pretty sure that it was my missing pet snake. I hope it is because its closure that i would have gone for the rest of my life wondering whatever happened to my snake after it got loose.

PETS: Angel Eyes, the albino dwarf hamster

He was my first albino hamster. I waited a very long time for something like him to come along. His father was Jester Jr. A male that i originally thought was a female, his father was Jester. A male from my very first litter. Crunchenator was his father, the male of my original pair. I remember when he was born into a very large group of 7 babies. As they grew by the day i noticed he was a very light colored hamster. Soon it was obvious he was pure white.

He was white as snow and his eyes were red like fire. Every one of his babies had red eyes. Because they looked like evil eyes and because i like the movie, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, i named him Angel Eyes. Angel Eyes lived a very long life. His first litter was three albinos, something close to impossible to produce if you look at the odds and genetics. He never produced another Albino and i didn't keep any from that litter. In his whole life he had 14 babies that survived. I only have one of those babies right now, "Argonaut."

He died yesterday sometime during the day.

LIFE: THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING 09

Well it snowed today. Yes thats right, on the first day of spring. I have decided that this year i am really going to be into fishing. That was pretty random, is that what you're saying? Well i don't know why or how but at some point i became all about fishing. Its early, only being March and all but for the 2 times i've tried, i haven't even seen a fish, let alone caught one. I'll keep you updated with this site, my goal is to catch the biggest fish i have ever caught. That won't be hard, i think the biggest one ever was around a foot long? I won a tackle box on ebay, a great deal i might add and i found a fishing pole at a lake two years ago so i'm ready to go! Fishing is a fun, relaxing way to relieve stress and spend time out doors, i think more people should get into it but thats just my two cents.

MUSIC: my new song!

I heard my mom talking with my older sister on the phone today and she said, "nothing looks good on a fat person." This made me laugh but i have to agree, well right there on the spot i started to sing a song about that and it was so good i had to write it down and add more than two lines. So here it is, my new song, "Nothing Looks Good On A Fat Person."

Nothing looks good on a fat person, not even a smile.
But what does a fat person have to smile at anyway?
Maybe they're standing in front of the golden arches?
Maybe they're looking in a fun house mirror?
But nothing looks good on a fat person, especially you.

Many fat people eat because they're depressed,
and many more fat people eat because they cant get dressed!
Some fat people wish they were dead,
and many more fat people would eat a goat's head.
Other fat people say they love themselves but who are they kidding?
Not me, not you, not me.

(refrain)

Many fat people complain about their weight,
and many more fat people could never score a date.
Some fat people stuff their faces in secret,
and many more fat people eat with no regret!
Other fat people say you make fun of them because you really don't like something about yourself, but that's just what other fat people and their moms say to make them feel better.

(refrain)

Many fat people can never finish a diet,
and many more fat people will deny it.
Some fat people lie about what they consume,
and many more fat people know what we all assume.
Other fat people would eat roadkill if they could,
lets face it, they do, they do, they do.

So here's to you fat people, keep on living your short life, here's to you fat people,
you're smothering your wife! Go on fat people, do what you want, Go on fat people,
how do you guys use the toilet?