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February 8, 2005
escape from DC
I have got to get out of DC soon. Perspective always does a body good. I am simultaneously depressed and crazed. I don't know if I can wait until the AZ visit in March to get out of here either. I always get this way this time of year. Manic, cranky, angry, sad. I know it's a combination of winter blahs, the current political climate (which is making every other fag in this country cranky too, so it bounces off to me), and that holiday that's coming up which shall not be mentioned that makes single people feel like lepers. Please, Hallmark, do go straight ahead and suck my dick because I'm choosy or have not had the fortune of meeting my life mate to date. Suck my cock, really. I secretly like the candy though.
To keep my mind off myself and look forward, I am already constructing my list of birds to look out for while I'm in Arizona, that one will not normally see on the East Coast, Cascades or in the Midwest: road runner, inca dove, montezuma's quail, elf owl, acorn woodpecker, gila woodpecker, magnificent hummingbird, pyrrhuloxia, Chihuahuan raven, mexican chickadee, and so many more...
Posted by jimbo at February 8, 2005 9:56 AM
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Bawk, bawk...gobble, gobble, gobble. Chirp.
Posted by: homer at February 8, 2005 11:41 AM
Don't forget to be on the lookout for the elusive Chupacabra!
Posted by: Clever Monkey at February 8, 2005 11:55 AM
Stellar's Jay was always my favorite when I lived in AZ. The other really cool thing is that some species of birds that live on top of Mt Lemmon near Tucson supposedly just fly down to the bottom (10-20 degrees cooler) for winter migration each year. None of this transcontinental anaerobic hoo-ha. Don't miss the Sonora Desert Museum.
Posted by: dellwood at February 8, 2005 11:59 AM
Yeah, the AZ-Sonora Desert Museum is a must-see for first time visitors. Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains south of town is a major hummingbird seeing area (there's a major amount of hummingbird varieties out here)
Posted by: Lee at February 8, 2005 5:15 PM
I put up some anti-Valentine's cards on my site...even though I'm in a relationship, that doesn't mean I can't hate VD too!
I drove through Arizona several times on cross-country drives with my college boyfriend...we always got out and posed with a saguaro. Go figure.
I wish I was getting out of the drab northeast.
Posted by: Eric at February 8, 2005 11:54 PM
Agree with you on the season's power over us.
That's why this year I'm doing an RSVP cruise to the Carribbean. One week to go!
Just hope I don't wear out my cock. Need to remember to take at least two bottles of lube.
Posted by: Dwight at February 10, 2005 12:00 PM