Images In The News - May 23, 2008

A Zimbabwean man takes refuge at the Milnerton police station after fleeing a fresh outbreak of anti-foreigner violence in Cape Town, South Africa, May 22, 2008.  

REUTERS/Mark Wessels

Spanish assistant bullfighter lies on the arena next to a bull during a bullfight at Maestranza bullring in Seville May 22, 2008.  

REUTERS/Marcelo Del Pozo

People displaced by Cyclone Nargis line up by their tents for United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at a refugee camp in Kyondah village, Myanmar May 22, 2008. Ban Ki-Moon is on a tour to view conditions in Cyclone Nargis damaged areas and to meet with Myanmar government officials.  

REUTERS/Stan Honda

President George W. Bush kisses Erika Wyckoff, wife of Sergeant Charles Wyckoff, after she received her husband's posthumous Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action during a division review ceremony at Fort Bragg, home of the 82nd Airborne, in North Carolina May 22, 2008.  

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Palestinians carry a wounded youth near the Karni crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel May 22, 2008. Israeli soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian and wounded 10 others, medical workers said, after youths taking part in a Hamas rally against Gaza border closures approached Israel's Karni Crossing, medical workers said. An Israeli army spokesman said troops spotted armed men in the crowd, but had no immediate reports of any gunfire.  

REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Paramilitary policemen are disinfected after searching for bodies of victims in the earthquake-affected Dujiangyan, Sichuan province May 21, 2008.  

REUTERS/Stringer

A man looks out a window of his home at the wreckage after a tornado hit Greeley, Colorado May 22, 2008.  

REUTERS/Bret Hartman

A man looks at a pig walking out from where it sleeps in Taipei May 22, 2008. The sole tenant of 151 Ti-Hua Street, Taipei pays no rent, does no work and won't mind being called a fat pig. She is a 150-kg (330 lb) sow after all. The pig's owner, a middle-aged man who declined to be interviewed, put her up at the tiny, blue-painted hut about two years ago when she got too big to share a living space with humans, neighbours say.  

REUTERS/Pichi Chuang

Children play in a dirty pond in the Karamoja region, 700 km (420 miles) northeast of the Ugandan capital Kampala, May 22, 2008.  

REUTERS/James Akena

Two cows suffering from malnutrition rest in drought-affected Los Chiles de San Carlos 300 km (187.5 miles) north of San Jose May 22, 2008. Hundreds of families have lost crops and livestock, and been without water, after a prolonged drought in the northern region of Costa Rica forcing the government to declare a national emergency, local media reported on Thursday.  

REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Just Some Random Stuff

I'm kind of agitated right now. My family frustrates me. Why? Because NO ONE FREAKIN' LISTENS TO ME!! And they wonder why I repeat myself all the time. Any time I have something important to convey to them, I tell them what they need to know, and ask do you hear me? They always say yes, I got it. But what really happens is that when they see my lips moving, they automatically put me on ignore. Then when the crucial moment in time arrives, guess what? They didn't remember what I said, and they need Mom (or wife) to bail them out. Why? They're out to drive me crazy!

Another example - last night after dinner the trash can was sitting there full, just about overflowing. After I washed the dishes I left the can sitting there with the lid open to remind my husband to take it out. Later, when I went in the kitchen, I saw the full trash can still sitting there. So I left it there with the lid up so he'd see it this morning and take it out. But guess what? It's still sitting there!!! I know I'm capable of taking it out, but that's not the point. The point is that it was deliberately ignored.

And what's up with people borrowing stuff from you and never returning it? I hate to go and ask for my stuff back. When they're done using it, why can't they just return it instead of putting it away like it belongs to them?

I live in an apartment right now, and the back door has a drip from the air conditioner that is dripping from under the upstairs eaves right down to the door mat at the back door. Some days it practically pours out of there in a steady stream, so that when I'm trying to unlock the door, I'm getting wet. Not to mention the fact that we always track muddy water inside the house, so I have to mop the tile in that entry every day. How come a little water can be so aggravating?

How about we talk about poop? We have a rule here that dog owners pick up the poop. So how come I have to go on a weekly poop patrol to pick up all of the poop in the courtyard that no one else is picking up? I know - you say just leave it if your dog didn't do it. I can't do that, because kids play out there, and they shouldn't have to be stepping and falling in it.

OK - gripe session over for now. Just needed to vent.

Waiting

This is my entry for Blogophilia, Week 11



Week 11 Topic: Guess What This Is Supposed To Be
bonus points (hard, 2 points): use two lines from any Beatles song
bonus points (easy, 1 point): use the phrase "Shower Survey"


Waiting

I spent my days alone.  Sad.  Lonely.  Afraid.

My friends didn't know what to say or do.
Everyone told me:
All  you need is love, love.  Love is all you need.

I rejected that notion.  Love was the last thing I needed.
I could only guess what that was supposed to be.
The only love I'd ever known wasn't love at all.
It was anger, hatred, breaking me down to nothing.
No thanks, I didn't need any more of that.

I sat in the quietness of my home, waiting…

And then one day you were there.
In my heart.
In my soul, and in my life.

I never knew what I was doing.  I wasn't looking for you.
If I cry, it's not because I'm sad.
But you're the only love that I've ever had.
Seems that all I really was doing
Was waiting for love.

Freaks of the Universe

This is my entry for Blogophilia Week 10



Week 10 Topic:  If I Were From Mars
bonus points (hard, 2 points): incorporate a scary raccoon
bonus points (easy, 1 point): use the phrase "aluminum siding"

Final day to post: May 12, midnight GMT.

FREAKS OF THE UNIVERSE

If I were from Mars, I would seriously think that humans were the weirdest species found in all of the earth, the galaxies, and the contents of intergalactic space, regarded as a whole.  If you look at some of these pictures of our strange species, I think you would agree with me.  Imagine what  Marvin the Martian thinks about the likes of us.


Not my kind of fashion statement.


Wonder what he'll look like with his eyelids ripped off?


Surely he didn't choose to do that to himself.


Halloween?


Can you imagine what might be living in there?


Look close - that's his tongue sticking through a hole in his chin.


No metal detectors for her!


Or him!


This is the happy couple's dog.


And this is their dog's girlfriend.


My kind of girl - yay pink!


Look how nice and straight his rows are.


Hmmm - to each his own.


Not sure what species or gender this is - but it sure needs a bath.


Must have some painful hemorrhoids - and I thought he had those tonsils removed when he was a kid?


Yep - he's had one too many.


The local Furries convention .


If you see one of these - never fear!


He's not as scary as this one - but then again...


Purple lizard?


Now those are some hard core sports fans!


I think I'll pass on the gum today!


Now that's got to hurt!  Why in the world would he want to do that anyway?


And the point of this is?


oooh - I think he's uber confused.


Strange indeed.


These two seem to REALLY like each other.


There are just no words for this - none at all.


Hope the dude on the left is not skateboarding - he could get some serious road rash.


Now these two just look like mass murderers.


And I know that hurt!  Who in their right mind...


Yes - we are a strange species indeed, but -

This  - my friends - is the absolute weirdest species I've come across yet - the aluminum siding salesman!

Something Close To My Heart - *warning* disturbing pictures

The Many Faces of Hunger
























I want to help every one of those hungry souls.  I wish I could.