So today we officially celebrated our anniversary. Chris took the day off which made me very happy. I haven't seen him much this week and was getting cranky over it. We took the three pigeons for their first three mile training toss from this farm stand. Chris asked the owner if we could let them loose from the field behind his store. He was very happy and let us. In fact he got so excited about it he filmed it on his camera. I should get a copy of that hopefully soon. I forgot my own camera but I gave him my email. He was very nice and said I could come out whenever to let them go. It was a very pleasant experience. My birds circled the area several times before heading home. We went to eat after that the went home to get a few things. The birds had made it home perfectly and were waiting inside the loft. I'm very proud of this small flock. I can't wait for my two babies to start flying and get to the point that they can join this trio.

After that we went to a new park. There are several parks in this area we haven't been to and we walked some of the hiking trails. We saw an armadillo, red shouldered hawks and the coolest thing was three Turkey Vultures feeding on a deer carcass. I got pictures of that. There was a power station that looked just like the one in Jurassic Park so we got a picture of that as well. If it had a fence it would have been perfect. It's been very relaxing and beautiful. We really needed this day off together.

I decided to prune my Friends list again. I took off some people that haven't posted in ages and don't post often enough to me here. Once again read my profile. I make it very clear that I expect participation. If you can't fine but don't add me. Also if it gets to the point we no longer have anything in common I will take you off my list. If you post about the same thing too much and I'm totally not into it or it's a subject that annoys me I'll take you off. I may prune my list further still as I don't like that I've been reading my friends list through my filter lately. That shouldn't be. I know some of my friends are going through a phase and it will eventually pass. I'll try to be patient since I do the same thing too but it's darn hard when I hate the subject matter.

Speaking of Phases my friend silvolf recently posted a list of her cartoon crushes she's had. I find it so interesting how much alike we are since I too have kept a list of the characters I liked. Not all my obsessions and crushes were cartoons though. Some where real life, movies, shows or even video game characters. So I think I'm going to list deep obsessions not just crushes. A few were females but that's very rare and the majority are bad guys of course. I kept a record of about how long they lasted too. I kinda forgot my list and see I quit updating it around 2004. Swell that's two years for me to catch up with. Some of my obsession I still have some love and appreciation for. A few I have completely turned on and loath. That's rare. And a few have had revisits which was new to me. So here's my list.
( Behind a cut because it's quite huge. )

Ok so that's my list. Some of the older early stuff I know I've forgotten and left out. Also there's a huge gap between 2004 and 2006. That's because silly me forgot about my list and to keep it up to date. Perhaps that two year period I wasn't into anyone. And after Chick to the present I've been obsessed with nothing but my own creations. I'm enjoying that actually because I'm in complete control of it and don't see myself falling out of it. I guess I went through a Harry Potter phase but I wasn't obsessed with anyone. Voldemort was my favorite character. But I always wonder who will be next. I always move on to something else no matter how I fight to not leave it.
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