January 17, 2011

whatrabbit:

I still can’t get enough of this Grass Widow video.

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November 9, 2010

I am doing this now!

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October 13, 2010

PJ Harvey - This is Love

dir - Sophie Muller

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October 8, 2010
[Flash 10 is required to watch video]

Chickens love parsley plants!

Or possibly cilantro, I’m not the gardener of the house.

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September 9, 2010
Co-existing, with minimal pecking.

Co-existing, with minimal pecking.

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September 6, 2010
We got Chicken some little sisters! I want to call them “Lady” and “Gaga”.

We got Chicken some little sisters! I want to call them “Lady” and “Gaga”.

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September 1, 2010
feminist film reviews: RADICAL ACT a documentary about women who rock, coming soon
RADICAL ACT a documentary about women who rock, coming soon


Portland, OR — A Million Movies a Minute is proud to announce its latest release RADICAL ACT. This feature-length documentary covers the contributions made by women in the 1990s indie rock scene and features Kathleen Hanna…

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August 10, 2010
Sad chicken, consoles herself in dirt bath Good/bad news on the chicken front. My chicken co-parent did some googling and it turns out silkies are prone to bouts of brooding (often referred to as “broodying” or “getting broody”!) during which time she will not lay eggs, be social or do anything other than lay in bed. Twice a day I physically remove her from the coop so she’ll be forced to eat/drink and she responds by huffing, fluffing and rolling around in dirt. Which is actually really adorable! If only humans were so endearing when we got broody. Some of the remedies recommended are hanging her upside down (an outdated method, most people don’t do this anymore), dunking her head in ice water, rebuilding her coop so she has only chicken wire to rest on (apparently getting cool air on her butt would make all the difference) or just waiting it out. We’ve opted for that last option though I can’t wait to tell someone who’s being cranky that they need to go air out their behind, toute suite! She’s also recently developed a strong aversion to crows and tries to scramble her way back into the coop whenever she hears them. I hate to think of her having some terrible crow trauma and we weren’t there to intervene on her behalf. Our neighbor who has a veritable turkey shangri la in his backyard told us crows are really aggressive in this neighborhood. At the same time, she seems completely unfazed by the aging but still semi-aggressive German Shepherd who lives next door. If he starts barking at her through the chainlink fence we share during her limited outings, she fluffs her butt out at him and continues pecking at bugs. Perhaps Chicken has grown aware that this will make us all feel better. Except the German Shepherd, I guess.

Sad chicken, consoles herself in dirt bath

Good/bad news on the chicken front. My chicken co-parent did some googling and it turns out silkies are prone to bouts of brooding (often referred to as “broodying” or “getting broody”!) during which time she will not lay eggs, be social or do anything other than lay in bed. Twice a day I physically remove her from the coop so she’ll be forced to eat/drink and she responds by huffing, fluffing and rolling around in dirt. Which is actually really adorable! If only humans were so endearing when we got broody.

Some of the remedies recommended are hanging her upside down (an outdated method, most people don’t do this anymore), dunking her head in ice water, rebuilding her coop so she has only chicken wire to rest on (apparently getting cool air on her butt would make all the difference) or just waiting it out. We’ve opted for that last option though I can’t wait to tell someone who’s being cranky that they need to go air out their behind, toute suite!

She’s also recently developed a strong aversion to crows and tries to scramble her way back into the coop whenever she hears them. I hate to think of her having some terrible crow trauma and we weren’t there to intervene on her behalf. Our neighbor who has a veritable turkey shangri la in his backyard told us crows are really aggressive in this neighborhood.

At the same time, she seems completely unfazed by the aging but still semi-aggressive German Shepherd who lives next door. If he starts barking at her through the chainlink fence we share during her limited outings, she fluffs her butt out at him and continues pecking at bugs. Perhaps Chicken has grown aware that this will make us all feel better. Except the German Shepherd, I guess.

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August 7, 2010
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Nina Simone - Young, Gifted and Black.

After a weekend away that included a wake, numerous familial recriminations and lots of pool time I came home to learn Chicken has fallen into a deep depression. She refuses to get out of bed and actually buries her head in her blanket of wood chips when we try to lure her outside.


So I sing this song to her as I refill her water silo and hose down her run hoping it will lift her spirits.

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June 27, 2010
From Torontoist.

From Torontoist.

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March 31, 2010
Via superphoebe.

Via superphoebe.

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March 19, 2010
Stay psyched!

Stay psyched!

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March 8, 2010
And woot.

And woot.

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January 15, 2010

Email I just wrote to a friend who is going out of town:

I feel like I need to disclose that the last time someone left a pet in my charge the pet died! But it was a hamster and I was in 8th grade. Also, the hamster ate its own babies (not while I was watching it) so clearly it was a beast of Satan.

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January 6, 2010
Scenes from a subtitling project..

Scenes from a subtitling project..

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