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									<pubDate>Tue,  3 Nov 2009 17:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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						<title>H1N1 Prevention</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/39352</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Prevent Swine Flu - Good Advice   Dr. Vinay Goyal is an MBBS,DRM,DNB (Intensivist and Thyroid specialist) having clinical experience of over 20 years. He has worked in institutions like Hinduja Hospital , Bombay Hospital , Saifee Hospital , Tata Memorial etc.. Presently, he is heading our Nuclear Medicine Department and Thyroid clinic at Riddhivinayak Cardiac and Critical Centre, Malad (W).   The following message given by him, I feel makes a lot of sense and is important for all to know   The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it's almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is.   While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted in most official communications, can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):   1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications).   2. &quot;Hands-off-the-face&quot; approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat, bathe or slap).   3. *Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don't trust salt). *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/ nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected o ne. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.   4. Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water. *Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but *blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.*    5. *Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C (Amla and other citrus fruits). *If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.   6. *Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can. *Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.   I suggest you pass this on to your entire e-list. You never know who might pay attention to it - and STAY ALIVE because of it.&nbsp;  The above portion was forwarded to me by my daughter. I am taking heed of the advice and thought I should share it with all of you. Stay well please!! I'll miss you on Fropper.&nbsp; I'm thinking that someone here at Fropper suggested chewing on Basil leaves for prevention and relief.. Take care!! Peace! --    ]]></description>
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						<title>Back in Time - 1980</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/38511</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Beginning with the journal in my lap... inspired by a visit from the ex husband who was new to me then. We didn't really know each other. We didn't really relate to each other.. but we fell into the same spot on the same earth and that is where it all begins. Sad but true.. both of us in the wrong place at the wrong time. My life is such a perfect example as to why arranged marriages are the right way to know. Parents know best. Kids don't listen to reason. Such is life... So the first thing I ran across was an Emily Dickenson poem which I had jotted into the cover. I liked to put things that were very special to me in the cover.. so I could read them aloud in the train.. where the noise of the train drowned me out, and I could read or sing in public.. un-noticed. Hmm.. I am the silent announcer, the singer who sings at the top&nbsp;of her lungs for herself only.. that is me. I love off key...Neil Young, Leonard Cohen.. Tom Waite.. Bob Dylan.. poets and what-not.. So here is the poem.. where Dave noted: &quot;Love it - David 7/90.&quot; I wonder if we were together then? (David and I)  Emily Dickenson...  This world is not conclusion. A Species stnds beyond- Invisible, as Music- ut positive, as Sound- It becons, and it baffles- Philosophy- don't know- And through a Riddle, at the last- Sagacity, must go- To guess it, puzzles scholars- To gain it, Men have borne contempt of Generations And Crucifixion shown- Faith slips-and laughs, and rallies- Blushes, if any see- Plucks at a twig of Evidence- And asks a Vane, the way- Much Gesture, from the Pulpit- Strong Hallelujahs roll- Narcotics cannot still the tooth that nibbles at the soul-  ....  I love the way she uses the dashes.. I adopted that habit completely and thank her for it often... So - in this 1980 Journal Cover.. the poem is followed by Florence Nightengale- Have you heard of her? She is a nurse.. very caring.. something like a Mother Theresa.. well known and quite nice.  &quot;... for out of nothing comes nothing. But out of suffering may come the cure. Better have pain than paralysis.&quot;  .... and that is the sum of my married life.. my hope and dreams for getting married.. ah.. failures and foolish choices. I know.. I know.. I was looking for a poem that I wrote last weekend... Now am on an entirely different train. Where is that poem anyway? I am suffering my youngest daughter's engagement to a Man that I feel loves her not.]]></description>
						 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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						<title>Song Lyrics - The Wind</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/38414</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Here is my song in answer to Haas' blog idea for a favorite song lyrics. I plan to have this song at my funeral.. I love the message.. the simple idea making life to seem natural and death too.. (You can listen to the song on YouTube with the link attached to the name. I used to sing this in a tree when I was young. I don't think I could get up there any more.. and also the tree is on someone else's property. Who is that fat old woman trying to get up in our tree???)  The Wind by Cat Stevens   I listen to the wind  to the wind of my soul  Where I'll end up well I think,  only God really knows  I've sat upon the setting sun  But never, never never never  I never wanted water once  No, never, never, never   I listen to my words but  they fall far below  I let my music take me where  my heart wants to go  I swam upon the devil's lake  But never, never never never  I'll never make the same mistake  No, never, never, never    ]]></description>
						 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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						<title>Handing the torch to Pradip Das</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/36612</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Greetings to your weekend friends!! I should like to pass the torch to my wonderful friend Pradip Das!! This is one of his photographs. I was trying to get the link and it started up a blog,&nbsp;like this.. so now it is time for me to write my blog. (Otherwise I might have procrastinated it forever!!) I was getting lost in Pradip's older photo's.. quite a few that I hadn't seen before!! No need to link any specific photo cause they are all great!! Lucky Pradip&nbsp;looks so young!! It is hard to believe that he isn't really that much younger than me!! But younger he is!! Please check out his photographs.. May I suggest clicking on the slide show and catching them all!!&nbsp;I was missing Pradip in Yahoo 360.. wishing to view some of his photographs. It was a pleasure for me to learn about India in this way. Sadly, he informed&nbsp;me that he had moved to Fropper and didn't have any extra time for 360 any more. I was encouraged by him to join and view his pictures over here. And so.. I came.. not intending to stay.. I felt&nbsp;oh so distant and strange here at first.. but gradually found myself falling into the pot and feeling completely at home here.&nbsp; Thanks to Pradip's love of this place, I am able to enjoy it myself.&nbsp; Thank you Pradip for being a great and wonderful friend of the net for such a good long time now. I think you are SPECTACULAR!! (And handsome!!) I knew that Pradip was exactly the right person for my choice, because he brought me to Fropper! I believe we met in a Yahoo Chat room, perhaps 6 years ago. After some time chatting and exchanging webcams, we both joined yahoo 360 and kept in touch.&nbsp; .. (My favorite two memories being when he let me see his wife applying her makeup and fixing her hair and her dot upon the forehead.. And another time when I was showing them the snow falling, and I could see their family all pressed up against the computer and enjoying the view. It was perhaps my most favorite internet moment of all time!) Smile.   Date of Birth: I&rsquo;m sure I knew once.. Am thinking July?  D.O.B at fropperdome :&nbsp;December 14, 2006  Known as: Pradip57  Profession: Pharmacist - But I became attached to him for his interesting conversations and his beautiful photography!!  Achievements: Wonderful work with photograph&rsquo;s. The most lovely Slide show presentations, even video&rsquo;s on YouTube.. He is practiced at touching up old photo&rsquo;s, and very good at it. My pleasure comes from&nbsp;all his traveling around India and capturing each spot with love, and his sharing of&nbsp;friends and family with all. Pradip is a GREAT friend at Fropper!! I think he is a good person with a lovely family!    Strengths: Photography, Friendly Nature, Love of Nature Best Blog: They are all wonderful!! My favourite blog: Many of his blogs from trips, with photo's shared and lovely descriptions.&nbsp;  Most popular: Not sure on this.&nbsp;  What I learned from him: I learned how to make good friends on the net. I learned that it is ok to love everyone&nbsp;freely, deeply and to be honest and open. I learned about Fropper!!    Dear Friend Pradip; It is your turn to link the chain on to your favorite Fropper Person. You can only link one person on this chain.. and that person cannot be me.. it has to be someone else out of your dearest pals. Ensure that the link is not broken. Lets built the longest fropper chain!   PEACE!!!!  ]]></description>
						 <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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						<title>Tequila Boy</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/33284</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Entry for January 23, 2007  
Another very white day in Iowa, and I ventured out into the world reluctantly for my annual physical. After spending lots of money there, i'm sure... i went to visit a previous boyfriend.. whom I still love.. and still feel a comfortable bond with.  
 
Needless to say, drinking and partying with him for several hours before he went to work and I went on my way.. my mind was full of thoughts and conversation.  
 
I wanted to show him my new motorcycle postage stamps and returned with my back pack of belongings.. and while he showered for work, I wrote this poem quickly. So here it goes... needing work, but of course, it will never get any. I only write poems on an impulse and seldom reconsider their words.... We shall see how this one goes.  
 
A poem by me.  
 
Tequilla Boy  
 
Hanging out comfortable  
 
How Strange - A change  
 
and always the same -  
 
Soul Mates confiding  
 
Riding the dreams of our past  
 
The history causing us to be  
 
Two people alone  
 
Without love  
 
Friends to all  
 
Standing tall - Security  
 
without sex.. an illusion  
 
to the lives of others  
 
Something strange  
 
to recognize - digest -  
 
Rest - Restore - Bring  
 
Reality --  
 
Love is as we see  
 
And as life does  
 
Such is  
 
...... and that is the end of this poem... for now. Home again Home again... and up very late indeed. One more vacation day tomorrow. I shouldn't take it.. but I shall. Please feel free to tell me what you think of the poem. Does it make any sense? Curious mind wants to know.... Good night.. and Peace.  ]]></description>
						 <pubDate>Tue,  9 Jun 2009 22:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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						<title>Fly</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/33205</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Relaxing with a loud and annoying buzz - He dances the last dance about the entire room - Making his loudest cries - irritating me not enough No action taken - not even as another paces about Clinging to my body when it can - finding me&nbsp;vulnerable and distracted, And He -- hungry - though less ominous than the elder. Again, he&nbsp;spins, crying loudly and&nbsp;slapping the walls There is a spring - sprung- unwinding in the frustration of tears yet to flow The younger to bite The elder to die A gray even tone blankets the sky - Seeking to make the grave rightly heavy - and sullen - Though ready for a breaking warm sun Replacing the black dirt with a soft green grass. These ever anxious divers&nbsp;consider again and again as they deliver their messages of life gone on past the dance or the song and one last hurrah!! A call..&nbsp; I hear it in the&nbsp;silence as this most obnoxious one Goes silent - taking little bursts Not yet.. Once more.. I'm not ready.. a flop flop flop - And Two now pace upon my body, anxious for the rain. Ouch!! ]]></description>
						 <pubDate>Mon,  8 Jun 2009 01:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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						<title>My Love</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/33200</link>
						<description><![CDATA[I knew it and didn't, for it wasn't as I thought. Nor was it as I wished when we fought It wasn't as it looked or seemed Not at all as I had dreamed All the bad, once remembered -  Gone  One great song and then&nbsp;another Memories - motivations - to smother your saddest memories with tears of love - good love -&nbsp; Which I'll remember til the end of time - when dreams fulfill eternity - As I see -- Simplicity - Two spoons in tune Spinning a fine memory of &quot;what if&quot; and &quot;more please.&quot; Soul mates forgotten as Death touches each of us In God's Plan.]]></description>
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						<title>25 Things about Me - Random and Rambling</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/30238</link>
						<description><![CDATA[What a fun Idea this one! i see it must have originated with Dagney, so will try to add her link here also. Can't remember who the first person was, that&nbsp;tagged me.. but I will find and add.&nbsp;Manisha was the second.. here is her post. (click here) 
 
I have included 5 tags in the body of my much too long rambling. I just couldn't control myself. My tendency is to go on and on. Unfortunately, you may find multiple subjects in many of the 25 items. Towards the end I did stifle myself a bit. Smile. I hope I don't bore any of you completely to death, cause I will certainly miss you!! 
 
1. I love the opportunity for meeting people from other parts of the world on the internet! It seems like I couldn&rsquo;t have imagined a better invention, for me, than this. I feel very lucky to have fallen into Fropper, and I really really do love you! Let us hear from one of my first friends here - Buddah Ray&hellip; I shall tag him with this blog to hear what he has to say about himself. Where have you gone my friend?  
 
2. I am permanently placed in the 70&rsquo;s. I&rsquo;m a wanna be hippie, and have long hair (gray) and love to say peace and draw flowers and smiling faces. My favorite new music is when a young and fresh band plays songs from the 70&rsquo;s in a new and interesting way. You can tell me that it isn&rsquo;t the 70&rsquo;s any more, but I won&rsquo;t believe you. With this thought I am adding the tag of Magsvir2000. He seems to fall into the 70's category of my friends here on Fropper. 
 
3. Right now the sun is coming up over my neighbor&rsquo;s house. This may be a crisp and sunny day! My plants are all anxiously awaiting some TLC (tender loving care) and I must go out and find some leaves to cover again the Iris&rsquo; that I anxiously uncovered on a nice day while I was wishing for spring and watching my grand baby riding her bicycle in its first circles on 2 wheels.  
 
4. I go a little crazy if I don&rsquo;t get some good quality time with myself rather frequently. I live alone, but also do enjoy living &ldquo;with&rdquo; someone when I do. My children are all rather close to me, and I have two grand children also. I see the grandchildren often, as I am free and convenient help.  
 
5. I can be very shy when I meet someone. If I know you well I talk talk talk.. As far as internet chat goes, I&rsquo;m a rather fast typist. If you&rsquo;re my chat friend, please never hesitate to tell me to sit on my hands and let you type. I don&rsquo;t mean to be rude like that. And I do like to listen, believe it or not. Most of the people who really do chat with me on yahoo, know me well. So sorry if you try and chat with me here, and I don&rsquo;t see you. I am often signed in at work and can&rsquo;t chat, or don&rsquo;t even notice the invitations. Also if reading blogs or writing or looking at pictures, I don&rsquo;t notice someone trying to chat here.  
 
6. I like to garden, cook, eat and read books on nutrition and health. But.. I can&rsquo;t seem to make myself follow my own advice on any of this. Coffee, frozen dinners, cheese.. Simple nibbling at the computer. Now that I live alone, I have a very bad habit of doing what I want to do at every moment, unless interrupted by some task or another that presents itself assertively. Most people have a lot more priorities than I do. Hmm.. That doesn&rsquo;t sound very good. It&rsquo;s a bit like laziness.. Though stubborn commitment to doing what I want to do.. Going back to my young origins in Item #2. I don&rsquo;t like to say I am lazy, but some people would call it that. I aim to please me.  
 
7. I have taken great pleasure in photographing my simple life here in a part of the US where nobody cares to visit. Rural America where the food grows. (Too many farm chemicals. That is the sad part. Too much clearing of land for more crops. Less and less habitat for the wild and free animals who also love Iowa.) .. I have (almost) always lived here. I have certainly always had ties here. I love sharing my pictures with those of you who are interested to see. My camera is a bit beat up. It has traveled the rugged mile. The worst incident was when I was letting my young grand daughter snap pictures with it and she dropped it on the cement. Ouch!! When I post pictures and you leave comments, you can be quite sure that you have left me bursting with smiles. I loved Abhash&rsquo;s comment on my recent cat and dog blog .. A lovely little poem about pictures. Often his messages to me are interesting little poems, which I do love! Thank you Abhash!! Ha Ha!! I tag Abhash!!  
 
8. These random thoughts seem to be getting long and longer with randomness. I myself am a random thought writer. Bad spelling. Bad sentence structure. I was thrilled to discover Emily Dickenson and her use of the &hellip; How well that has always worked for me.. (This time laziness in writing!) These problems persist even though I have been writing and writing for um&hellip; more than a few years. I am a grandmother, after all.  
 
9. I love weekends!!! I love to be home.  
 
10. I am now chatting on yahoo with my friend AKS. We chat daily at lunch time. He is good at conversation&hellip; and I feel we have made ourselves into good and casual friends. He has taken many pictures for me, to share life in his part of India. I have seen his wife and he on their webcam. When He cooks for his family, I get to see the meal sometimes. It is fun for me when whole families participate in my chat world. And sometimes my family gets involved too. My most recent pleasure was being able to introduce him to the 70&rsquo;s in the US through YouTube and my new faster internet service. We spent an entire day and listening to all the songs I could remember.. Ok AKS.. You are tagged too!!  
 
11. I love people who are nice to me. Though I do believe strongly in the Golden Rule: &ldquo;Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.&rdquo; I try to be nice to everyone. Every now and again you make friends with a real grumbley sort of person who will soften at your touch. If not, then what&rsquo;s to matter when you have walked away. If you have been kind and they have been otherwise, then it is they who walk away carrying the burden.  
 
12. A neighbor&rsquo;s cat is looking in my window at my cat. My cat is wishing she could kick its butt. She did manage to express her displeasure. My other cat, who is used to standing back when this old cat speaks also, just watches interestingly.. Now that the first cat has walked away from the window, she wait&rsquo;s a few moments and then goes to look for herself. My cats are both a bit jealous to watch it prowling now about the neighbor&rsquo;s flower garden, which is naked and exposing lively pleasures as spring is arriving.  
 
13. The music has stopped and I find myself listening to the happy birds. They like this sun as much as I do! My garden certainly needs work!!!  
 
14. I am expecting a visitor from India!! Met here on Fropper. This is very exciting for me. I shall look forward to showing him my favorite places and hopefully will cook too. Smile. It seems it will be in mid April, so I am also looking forward to sharing it with all of you. I have never met a real live Indian person before. I feel as though I have known many, just the same.&nbsp; 
 
15. This is getting way to long. Imagine that!! When I was young I wrote lots and lots of letters to men in prison. &ldquo;Rolling Stone&rdquo; magazine had a &ldquo;Prisoner&rsquo;s Dialog&rdquo; where people could request a pen pal. I wrote to so many. A good portion of these were quite capable of sharing 20 pages of letters on a very regular basis. My Mother convinced me once to throw away my very first box full of letters, but after that I have kept them all. Somewhere. I am a bit disorganized. Organized in my mind.  
 
16. My favorite musical poets are: Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, &hellip; hmm.. Trying to list them my mind draws a blank&hellip; thinking instead of singers that I like.. Melanie, Linda Rondstadt, Traveling Wilburys&hellip; On and On.. Music is responsible for a lot of my happiness. I played the clarinet when I was in school. Wish I had one now.. But was never too well practiced. I prefer absorbing the music of others.  
 
17. Perhaps I will plant some seeds indoors today. This sun makes me think spring is here, and I purchased some yesterday. 3 kinds of tomatoes and mixed packet of hot peppers. I also bought some gourds that are supposed to look like snakes! Interesting. I am wondering if they might chase away the rabbits? I have annual rabbits nests in my garden thanks to messy areas. They always leave me plenty to eat. J I&rsquo;m sure my neighbors love seeing families of 5 hopping about my yard! The wise rabbits built a nest in the middle of my cilantro last year, where they were totally hidden from my cats by the odor of their nesting area. When we accidentally dug into their nest and scattered them, my old cat went running. I had to keep her in the house for a few days after that! She did get the first one that bolted.  
 
18. I am wondering, How will I find all these blogs that are written in this theme? Does anyone happen to have a list of them? Lovely Stars, have we heard from you on this? Though I know you are quick to follow tags if they inspire you, whether you are tagged or not! I like that about you!! 
 
19. I love colors. Especially those that appear in the sky. I gather a lot of my emotions out of the colors I see in the sky. Often while driving to work I wish I could pull off the road and start painting them.. I am addicted to the vast horizon you can view from here. Unfortunately, I have to drive on and go to work to pay my expenses. I don&rsquo;t think I would mind being a hermit.. But I have a life rich in friends and family, and am guessing I would miss them all terribly if I were too secluded. Perhaps I like seclusion only as it is an illusion. Smile.  
 
20. My prejudices and previous impressions of India, not meant to be taken offensively, please! I thought you might find them funny.  
All my life I have used the phrase &ldquo;Holy Cow&rdquo; as a non-swearing way of exclaiming. Now that I have started in Fropper, I think twice about saying it. For me it has been sort of a secret awareness developed here with my Indian friends. Before I came to Fropper I did imagine a lot of mystical travelers, thin cows and a land of gypsies mixed with many gods and colors. Oh, and in America, I think of Indians as specialized doctors whom you visit for a required service but can not understand the advice or conclusions&nbsp;he speaks.  
 
21. Sigh. I&rsquo;m almost there!! This is way to long. I&rsquo;ll never be able to edit it!! Next I shall tag my friend Uma. She is fairly new to me.. And I&rsquo;m guessing a better writer than me. I have taken pleasure in getting to know her in a little bit of chat, and would so love to read a blog like this from her perspective. Please Uma?!!  
 
22. I wish the governments of the world would stop thinking about wars and wasting.. And start thinking about sharing the good qualities of each people this earth has blossomed. I feel we are burning out our resources for destruction.. Couldn&rsquo;t we better conserve them and prosper? And think of all the good ideas we could come up with if we all brainstormed together?!!  
 
23. Respect is a wonderful thing.  
 
24. Kindness is a virtue. Never feel guilty for being kind&hellip; no matter what the outcome. I shall add 4 more of my kind friends here on Fropper for tagging: 
Pradip - who brought me here, Mikunal and Nalindas who have kept in touch, but still I don't know much about them.. and a new and fairly quiet friend here, ann2007gem. I would really love to hear from all of you!! 
 
25. I love my life, though very plain and ordinary and unimpressive. Of course I wish and dream and lust for things I don&rsquo;t have&hellip; but I can only give thanks for all that is good. Funny how you find yourself just when you are getting older and physically failing. Conserve your health while you are young people! So many young people here on fropper seem so wise!! I have been quite impressed! May the world step up to greet you!! Peace!  
 
 
 
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						 <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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						<title>Invasion of Privacy - Part 2</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/30172</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Excerpts from a Cat's Daily Diary.. This one in honor of the cat amongst us - Manisha!!&nbsp; 
 
Day 983 of my captivity... 
 
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little danglng objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. 

Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. 
 
The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet. 
 
Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since i clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a &quot;good little hunter&quot; I am. Bastards. 
 
There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of allergies. I must learn what this means and how to use it to my advantage. 
 
Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow - but at the top of the stairs. 

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privledges.He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded. 

The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe.&nbsp; For now..]]></description>
						 <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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						<title>Invasion of Privacy - Part 1</title>
						<link>http://www.fropper.com/post/30078</link>
						<description><![CDATA[Greetings to your day! I am bringing a joke.. trying again.. long time ago was a bit of a failure. This time I like it. Part 1 is dedicated to our dear friend Mr. Earmarked, who has just lost his best friend..&nbsp;  What Pets Write in their Diaries Excerpts from a Dog's Diary...  8:00am - Dog food! My favorite thing! 9:30am - A car ride! My favorite thing! 10:30am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing! 12:00pm - Lunch! My favorite thing! 1:00pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing! 3:00pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing! 5:00pm - Milk Bones! My favorite thing! 7:00pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing! 8:00pm - Wow! Watched TV with my people! My favorite thing! 11:00pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!  (to be continued with a second invasion .. which I think I will dedicate to our lovely white cat!)]]></description>
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