Showing posts with label love bug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love bug. Show all posts

Saturday, May 24, 2008

The Circle of Life

As spring swings in, life blooms. While biking around the neighborhood the other day, I noticed little black dots jumping on the street. Out of my curiosity, I stopped and examined the mystery. The little black dots happened to be little frogs that just got through their tadpole phase of life.

Another great example of life in spring is the lovebugs. Though they are sometimes the most annoying things ever, they are still living creatures (but some deserve to die!). I posted before about lovebugs here, which is also one of my first posts ever (notice that my mom posted on it). I still maintain that love-hate relationship with lovebugs. Actually make it more hate because some lovebugs started trying to go into my mouth the other day...

As some life make  it onto the Earth, some mature and bloom. My little brother has been growing up both physically and mentally. Recently, he has even become somewhat philosophical. On car rides, he would ask random questions about death and growing old. Though this brings fear to me, I'm happy that he's growing up.

As life goes on, some must come to an end. Though I talked about this before, once is not enough. The devastation of property and life in SiChuan and Myanmar is off the scale. Spring should not be of tears. It should be of blooming flowers; of loving parents; of caring friends. Take a look at this poem from the earthquake.

Life is full.

-runiteking1

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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Love bug season is now starting

In where I live, love bugs are starting to bloom. If you didn't live in the Gulf Coast, love bugs are fun and a pest, considering how much your car is worth and probably how much outdoor free time you have on hand.

Due to the acidity of love bugs, and the relatively slowness of flight of a bug compared to a speeding car, more than enough splatter on to your nice chrome to make your car look like it got a bad case of pimples. Plus if you don't wipe it off by the end of the day, chances are it's going to be incredibly hard to do it... there goes your $5000 paint job.

Now for the fun, if you are like me, you like to see how many you can kick out of the sky. Since it is sooooo slooowwww, it's in the hundreds. If you are a baseball player, you might practice by taking a few swipes at the bugs (no, I'm not a animal torturer). The last thing to do is that you might slowly take the bugs apart, it's a bit cynical but it's fun if you have nothing to do.
(don't forget to wash your hand after you are done!!!)