Some cool animals facts images:
sky day 152
Image by maureen_sill
my dad is currently reading books that are titled
how to remember names
and
how to overcome fear
i am currently reading books entitled
the only good thing anyone has ever done (page 47)
what is the what (page 381)
the white hotel (page 120)
naked (page 11)
and a book of poetry that does not have page numbers
plus hopefully soon some stories and poetry and essays that hannah legris will send me in my email because i have asked her to via email, because i think she is a brilliant writer
i don't care if that was weird of me to ask that because we are not good friends i just love her writing very much and i'm sure a lot of people would think that is strange but i will get more enjoyment from reading her writing than i will feel bad for people saying i am strange
so my dad is reading
how-to's, "improve yourself"
i want to say, "dad, i can tell you how to remember people's names so you can read other books you want to instead, like maybe some fiction or maybe a book about baseball because i know you love baseball so much"
and i would want him to say, "oh yeah? how?"
and i would want to say, "just play a game in your brain that you have to remember this person's name or they will die in the next 24 hours"
and then i would want him to say, "that sounds like it could work."
but in reality, if i said those things he would say something about how i am morbid and obsessed with death and he wants me to come to church service or prayer nights or whatever with him and mom
and then i would laugh and say i disagreed with him about this
and, about almost everything
and i would ride my bike far away
and sing songs in my friend's apartment about sarcastic death
and i would bring him a kiwi strawberry banana fruit salad to show him i wanted him to eat more fruit and vegetables and not just vegan ramen all the time because i love him in my very own, dismissive way and we would talk about why sugar is not vegan because to process it takes animal bones
and we would get sad about this and go for a walk and come back and fall asleep on the carpet separate from each other using different blankets and pillows
like
usual
pretend
we
are
little
kids
things that make me the happiest no matter what:
friendship
vegan recipes
sky
getting phonecalls, especially from grandpa, even bad phone conversations make me happy
sending mail, getting mail
zines
looking at the beautiful things my friends make, kristin and andrew's photos, matthew's words and mixtapes and jessica's architecture designs, matthew and kristin's music
things that make me the saddest no matter what:
domesticated animals
the fact that people are self-domesticated animals
the fact that my brother has lots of domesticated animals because he is lonely and wants a girlfriend but cannot find one that he likes
the news
rotten or wasted fruit
when i try to talk to my mom about important things and she tells me to shhhh because she is watching television
tonight i will play music for probably about twenty five people for thirty or forty minutes at the park through a very crummy amplifier and one microphone so i will have to shout/sing but it will probably sound better that way because i can't really sing anyway, they will stand around and sit in the grass and clap for ten seconds after the songs to show me that they were paying attention and stare at me when i am done and then they will walk to a coffee place nearby and tell each other that my music is cute and repetative and endearing but in a little kid sort of way, not in an adult "i respect you" way, which i already know so they could have just said it in front of me or something, and then me and my five friends or so, we will watch the sunset and i'll wish i hadn't done sky project for today already but it's okay because i liked those two clouds i saw this afternoon on my bike riding to the post office which i forgot was closed because it is saturday and i dropped envelopes with stamps i got from a vending machine in the blue metal boxes lining the parking lot of the grocery store
i will play music for thirty five minutes through an amplifier my cousin sold to me for twenty bux
twenty bucks
buckz
and now i will do the dishes
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Image by BioDivLibrary
The reptiles of British India
London :Pub. for the Ray society by R. Hardwicke,1864.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4020751
Look closely, this Chinese Water Dragon, or Physignatus cocincinus, has a "3rd eye" biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4020751 #pod > C why: nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Facts/FactS...
Glyphs
Image by Travis S.
This slab is on the corner of the South Platform wall that sticks out a bit into the Gran Plaza. This wall is to support the steps leading up to the platform.
It's rather hard to see what's actually represented here, but I believe the large figure might be a jaguar. Again there are glyphs to the right that might explain the story being told on the left.
To make this photo even more boring, I'll type out what a sign near the southeast overlook tells about the fauna around Monte Alban:
To consider the importance prehispanic peoples placed on their environment allows us to better appreciate and understand their great cultural development. Animals, for example, played such an important role in the lives of these people that some, such as bats, jaguars, and serpents were considered gods.
Other animals, including turtles, lizards, crocodiles and certain birds (eagles, quetzals, owls, and hummingbirds) were considered to possess magic powers; the bones of some of these animals, in fact, were used to predict the future.
Animals such as tapirs, deer, tlacuaches, grasshoppers, certain types of worms, ants and other insects provided means of sustenance for Monte Alban residents. They also used the skin, bones, and feathers of fauna such as jaguars, snakes, macaws and quetzals to produce diverse types of clothing and adornment or to manufacture tools such as needles. Since animals played such a fundamental role in the way these people envisioned the universe, fauna was commonly represented in stelae, mural paintings, ceramics and crafted bones.
