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Posted by alexandra_k on January 2, 2005, at 21:18:01
They are. Literally. We had a bunch of people staying in the hostel for a morris minor car convention. The duckies (which are very big now and can fly pretty good) chased people around. Demanding to be fed. They used to peck when they were little and it was cute, but they can hurt a bit with their pecks now.
I have to chase them off the doorstep because they poop all over it, and they can fly off. But they are turning a bit nasty with their food expectations.
I guess they had me trained after all. Smart them. Or stupid me. Can't quite decide. Still, they don't mean no harm... oops.
Posted by Jai Narayan on January 3, 2005, at 8:24:02
In reply to The duckies are terrorising the neighborhood, posted by alexandra_k on January 2, 2005, at 21:18:01
Hitchcock movie the Birds.....
oooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeee
scary
:) Ja*
Posted by alexandra_k on January 4, 2005, at 2:59:53
In reply to Re: The duckies are terrorising the neighborhood, posted by Jai Narayan on January 3, 2005, at 8:24:02
Yeah. I have been thinking about it a lot. I did turn them into scavengers, which was something I was a bit afraid of - though I never really got what was wrong with that or what that meant.
But now they have expectations (demands) on humans. Now they are a menace to people and people will most likely respond to them with agression. Now they are open to their needs being frustrated.
I read something the other day about the difference betwen need gratification and over indulgance. They never needed me to feed them and I guess I over indulged them.
Yeah, I know, they are only duckies but they remind me why it is that I will never have any children. There is no middle ground with me and I would f*ck them up no matter which way I went.
If I don't get in somewhere I want to go to study philosophy I have decided to start a BSc. Biology. I think I would like theorietical molecular biology, or maybe evolutionary theory. Too much in my head. I need to learn to look around me a little more.
Posted by Jai Narayan on January 7, 2005, at 16:07:24
In reply to Re: The duckies are terrorising the neighborhood » Jai Narayan, posted by alexandra_k on January 4, 2005, at 2:59:53
> I read something the other day about the difference betwen need gratification and over indulgance. They never needed me to feed them and I guess I over indulged them.
>
*you didn't over indulge them you just gave them the idea and habit of going to humans for food.
> Yeah, I know, they are only duckies but they remind me why it is that I will never have any children. There is no middle ground with me and I would f*ck them up no matter which way I went.
>
*whoa....children and ducks are very different. I hope.
Parents are never perfect. there is not such thing as a perfect parent. you would teach your children what ever you had to share and I know...with out a doubt...you would have a lot of love to give them.Love counts for a lot.
> If I don't get in somewhere I want to go to study philosophy I have decided to start a BSc. Biology. I think I would like theorietical molecular biology, or maybe evolutionary theory. Too much in my head. I need to learn to look around me a little more.*when are you going to know about that?
personally I think you are so brilliant you could do anything you wanted.
your buddy Ja*
Posted by alexandra_k on January 7, 2005, at 16:20:57
In reply to Re: The duckies are terrorising the neighborhood, posted by Jai Narayan on January 7, 2005, at 16:07:24
> *you didn't over indulge them you just gave them the idea and habit of going to humans for food.
Yeah, I know but it turns out that isn't such a good idea or habit to have. I think you were right to warn me before. People are nasty to them now, it is hard not to be nasty to them when they chase you and peck you and hang around your doorstep pooping all over it. I still talk to them (they know my voice) but I have stopped feeding them. They just glare at me and I feel bad.
> Parents are never perfect. there is not such thing as a perfect parent. you would teach your children what ever you had to share and I know...with out a doubt...you would have a lot of love to give them.Love counts for a lot.Yeah, ok. Back to the original plan of not being a primary caregiver.
> *when are you going to know about that? personally I think you are so brilliant you could do anything you wanted.Aw, thanks Jai - I wish you were on the selection committee! Should hear by April. So sometime in March I guess.
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