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NaBloPoMo#8 Bear with me

Bear with me. It's 3 pm. here and I haven't taken a shower yet; although, I did do my exorcising and feeding. Some cleaning too.

To tj ~ endeavors to persevere! in "Do What??"  We do not hug bears in Montana... that would be bear-food tourists. The bears I saw as a child in WNY were small black bears. The ones I saw in Kosovo were rescued and behind barriers.

By-the-way... I just realized that callmetj = call me TJ... Yeah, I'm ready to become worm-fodder. Speaking of which...

To Charity Marie - <3 in "Las Vegas"  I had lived alone for so long... came to Thailand and wham! I met Pan one year ago this week.

I'm better off living with someone and being here has been 'interesting'; but, I'm not sure that the future will be anything other than lonely. Hard to make friends here , full stop. And I'm too old for anything more than acquaintances.

I'm surprised that you were surprised about Vegas. Tourist party towns can be rough.

I remember moving to a sleepy farming community in Kansas in 1975. I learned a lot and felt 'free' for the first time in my life. People were friendly too. I still miss that. But time moves on and small towns have bled all the movers, shakers, and oddballs. I suspect all that remains are the bitter, waiting-to-die, addicted-to-something or those defined by close-knit membership-only church communities. I'd go back to Kansas but I can't go back to 1975.

Udon Thani isn't a tourist town but the ex-pats aren't overly friendly and with a red-light district left over from the Americans during the Viet Nam War (and few backpackers, travelers or tourists) there's a false belief that all foreigners are wealthy. I get treated like an ATM occasionally.

To Lazy Writer est 4/24/2008 in "Day 7 November Blogging Challenge 11/7/23"  "Tolerance does change with age. I immediately thought of gall-bladder or liver issues. Peanut butter is oily and gritty. Intestines? Diverticulitis? My liver needs to be checked so that's on my mind.

I do love basic peanut butter cookies.

Peanut butter is expensive in Thailand; so, I have to stick with shelled peanuts, chopped, or made into satay.

Growing up in an unhealthy factory town = cancer of various sorts. I've lost a few, some at an early age, probably many I don't know about.

I use skin moistener but retinol has side effects and unless I'm willing to address those I'm better off not using it."

Pannya uses beauty products to cover, remove or whiten blemishes. He believes in make-up and botox. Me? I ____, shave, shower, and put on deodorant and go. I'm very slow at getting myself together though.

Robert Waltz in "Worlds Enough"  "We often fail to find what we don't expect exists because it's not where it's 'supposed' to be. Ah... a common human foible. Eris/Dysnomia is an example. Orcas/Vanth another. That said... I'd rather visit Ceres or Pluto/Chadron.

As for Vulcan... too hot for me regardless."

90 degrees at noon; 91 at 3. Tad too hot for me; but, the a/c's too cold. We might get relief next week.

I don't think I'd do well on Vulcan or beyond Neptune. Odd thought though... Orcas is considered the anti-Pluto. Does Eris have a similar anti-celestial body? If so... name it Ursa (she-bear)!



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