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First sign of spring!

Taubin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:01:59 +0000

No photos, sorry… But, I saw the first official sign of spring today. Nevermind the fact that we are supposed to have sub freezing temps still… When I came flying into work this morning, and whipping around the corner on the side of the building, I had to slam on my brakes. Why you ask? *Waits for everyone to say “Why is that Taubin?”* I’m glad you asked. There, walking across the parking lot on the side of the building, were two ducks! One wood duck, and one mallard duck. I of course didn’t have my camera on me, seeings that I was coming to work and all, but, I do have a photo of what they would have looked like had they been in water instead of on land…

That’s right, that’s exactly how they would have looked! Precisely! So, there you have it, the first signs of spring, I’m excited!

And, since I have been accused of “grabbing a stock photo off Google Image search” for the above photo, I feel the need to defend myself, and the photo. If you have me on flickr, as a friend of family, you can see the exif here:

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The Murder of Crows

Taubin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:54:21 +0000

Don’t worry, this isn’t about killing birds, or any other animal, this is about a group of crows (which is called a murder).

I’ve seen allot of odd stuff in my years on this planet, and quite frankly, I don’t think anything has quite freaked me out as much as the murder of crows near my work. 2 days ago, I got a phone call from a co-worker telling me to bring my camera to work (I didn’t, the battery was dead, sorry man), because there was a large group of birds that were chillin in one fo the trees near work. No biggie I thought…. Then I got to work… He understated what was going on. There are a few HUNDRED (no joke) crows that are perched in EVERY tree near my work. I can’t believe it… It really kinda freaks me out…

They like to fly over my building, from across the street, and drop their precious little packages all over anything in their path. Including my car… The parking lot is FULL of bird dung. I can’t go out and enjoy my smoke because they like to fly over, and I’m afraid of being shit on. Now for the freaky part though. I sit directly under a very large skylight at work, and apperently, they want to kill me. Or, murder if you will. They keep pecking at it, picking at the edges and just plain hang out on the damned thing ALL NIGHT LONG… In fact, just now, like 3 minutes ago, the ENTIRE flock of the flew over it, and it sounded like it was going to collapse. So, if I disappear, blame it on the murder of crows. I don’t know what their demands are for my release, but, I know they are after me…. Oh, and I’ll see if I can get a photo of them to add… Assuming they don’t murder me first.. or hold me hostage in some sick, twisted game they play.

I need to take photos…

Taubin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:53:22 +0000

I was thinking, on the way to work tonight, I really need to get out and take more photos. I haven’t done that in a while. I mean, I did take photos at ren fest, but, I didn’t go there *to* take photos. I need to get out, I need to do something.

Everytime I walk downstairs at home, it feels so empty. I keep looking for Lulu and Bozo, and they aren’t there. It sucks. I don’t want to ‘forget’ because I will never forget. But, I also can’t wallow in it. I just don’t know what to do with myself right now. I’m at work, and I can’t concentrate, no matter how much I try to.