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            So there I was, sitting at the Sentient Bean, one of my most favoriter places ever. My normally empty smoking area was full of patrons. I thought that was cool in itself. So I unloaded all my gear, tripod, camera pack, coat etc. I was at this table with this really cute girl (maybe I should say lady ?) and her dog whom I introduced myself to right away, putting my hand under the table and petting the cuty. The chick was way standoffish like. So I didnt bother to push the conversation thing. I had my Columbian ($1.85) java and was really needing it after the bus ride into town. Just chillin. Their was two other really young and pretty girls  at the table behind me talking about sewing. Thats another story for another posting.   :)
So I noticed the little birds like every where. Literally ! They were waiting on something, anything to hit the ground that was eatable. Then their where a couple of plundering type birds, like me, the pirate type. LOL. They wasnt waiting around for "dropped stuff", hell no. They were table pirates with big ba__s. They were not afraid. All this time I had my camera sitting on the table right in front of me and I was waiting for photo ops. Hey, you know me, the psycho photo guy. Then all of a sudden this one little bird hopped up on top of the chicks laptop. Right on top of the screen. I thought it was just the coolest thing ever. I was forming thought processes to grab my camera when this chick just backhand swatted the little bird off the laptop. That kinda caught me off guard. Like wow! Like swatting a fly. With no remorse, or after thought. Right back to the email typing or what ever it was she was doing. So at that point I realized that she wasnt even paying the dog any attention at all. The whole time I was there. Nothing. The dog just set there. 
Eventually she finished her "what ever it was" that she was eating. Taking the scraps inside to despose of, tiddied herself and her coffee cup and finally came back out to get her dog. No words to the dog like "come on (insert name) lets go home or for a walk. Nothing, not a wisper. 
I thought that was not right. You just cant be that cold. Not to YOUR animal. But what really had me thinking was the fact that you can not be mean to one animal and not to another. If you are mean to one, you are mean to all. Animal people draw no lines as to breeds, types, species, etc. You either like and respect  them all or you dont. Now their are people like me that doesnt like CATS. But I dont hate cats. I just dont want one. And I sure as hell would never, ever, back hand a bird off my computer.....EVER. 
So shortly after she left I did the same. Got me a refill and my gear, bike and walked over to Forsyth Park, across the road. Low and behold, there she was, in all her glory. The girl with the dog. I watched as she walked from one side of the park to the other, never stopping once to let the dog do dog stuffs. 
And now, as I write this I hope that she is not putting that dog on like a piece of jewelry. Just to make her look cool. Cause it aint working. I can see thru that crap like a cheap plastic bar to-go cup. 
I have wanted for so long to have another dog. But I have the fn common sense to know whats best for the dog, and it aint living on a little boat, or living with a pirate. 
Maybe, if my suspisions are right, the dog will run away and find a really cool chick that has a warm heart. God knows this dog is looking.   :)

{ This dog is headed out on the water again in the early am. Going to find an island to plunder.  :)    Hope all you people have a really great weekend. 
Get out, touch something you havent touched. Life is short.   Cheers }
   

Taken on: January 8, 2009

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