Actually, though it is not obvious because of my sweet Adobe skills, I edited that picture just a bit. This is the real image.
There is an actual sniper tower in the background. In the interest of me living longer, I don't drive down this road. Ever.
Is there a baby parade going on around that corner?
You will be happy to know that I really have been trying to stay out of trouble.
Yes, I am a professional fly botherer. I do get bored easily, but I don't want to be one of those desperate people who talks to flies. I just help bring them to their full potential.
I did get a globe as a gift once. Still have it.
I actually enjoy animals. I take them all in without hesitation.
It doesn't make me a hero, though. Sandwich shops make heroes. I would be an amazing sandwich if a sandwich I were.
My goal is to travel. I am going to Costa Rica at the end of the year and will share that in another post.
There is, however, one place that I will never go. It is not because of the people. They are really great people. The blame falls on just a small handful that do not represent the ones who live there.
On September 1 of this year, "dolphin hunting" starts in Taiji.
Image taken from savejapandolphins.org
Some dolphins are sold to aquariums and zoos. Over 50% of them die once they reach captivity.
I am horrified by this every year.
As ham-fisted jumbles of words toss themselves about chaotically in my mind, I have not much to say.
I find myself wanting to morph into some sort of rabid hurricane ready to pick up an entire continent and spew my foaming anger all over anything that threatens to come near me.
I don't want to fight. That never solves anything.
Instead, I am just a helpless wanderer traveling in this shell of my mind hoping that people stand together, fight and become raging war-machines against people like this. Raging.
I always hope that I can have more potential as a hero than a sandwich does.
I have also joined Pinterest and am trying to make my images more "Pinterest friendly" so that ones like the dolphins can be shared. Anyone is welcome to follow me and share my images in a positive manner. If you feel inclined and I hope you do, you can check out savejapandolphins.org and maybe write some letters and sign petitions. We need to stop encouraging aquariums and zoos, also.
Whatever you decide to do with your life, be raging.
P.S. just don't be like these people. This is a different kind of rage that is in guise as misery.
I just finally watched Dolphin Tale and you post this YIKES this is horrible the poor dolphins :( More awareness MUST be done on this!! Um I don't have a global so I am not traveling much or having anything to bother flies with I must get a life as exciting as yours soon :}
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how random and interesting this post is. And great, forgot to mention great. Maybe we'll see you in the amazing spiderman 2?
ReplyDeleteThere's quite a bit to take in with this post. You really get a lot for your money when you land here.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that you just might be more amazing than Emma Stone. But I did notice that she wore some pretty tall boots in just about every scene. Was that perhaps an effort on her part to try to compete with your amazingness? Plus I doubt she ever put a fly into outer space. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's awful about the dolphins, but it's the whale hunting that bothers me because they tend to kill rare species. Great post overall, but I doubt the flies are easily tricked. Flies understand fundamental physics, and know that space is vacuum. If they really were in outer space, they'd get blown apart in seconds. They're wise to your illusions.
ReplyDeleteFocus Tracie, focus! Your mind is squiggly today. This is serious though, disgusting, I will do something about it! Are the people in the photo dead? Their lips are purple and the eyes are empty?
ReplyDeleteYou go girl!
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Aww, wait what? You can't just kick Emma Stone out of the movie. You just di-idn't do that.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you are advocating for the dolphins. That is a horror of trhe worst kind.
ReplyDeleteYou are so talented, and I'm glad you are using those talents in such good ways~
I'd like to see you holding flies over a globe, cackling, telling the flies that they are satellites, floating above the Earth.
ReplyDeleteThat image is heartbreaking. The one of the dolphins, not the driver/sniper thing.
Costa Rica is great. I went there for my honeymoon and it was so beautiful.
Aww poor dolphins. Sniffle.
ReplyDeleteWOW, what does it mean that my son asked for a globe one year for Christmas and he still likes it at age 12? I love your passion for the dolphins Tracie!!! Oh and that family photo is full of all kinds of wrongness!!!
ReplyDeleteLol, Stephen Hayes is right! I love the variety (and I love globes - want one!).
ReplyDeleteThe killing dolphins picture is just horribly sad. Sometimes people are just so messed up and hard to understand :-(
There are roads where the speed limit is enforced by a sniper? Yeah I'm no hurry to go there either. But I would like to save the dolphins. I knew Japan killed a lot of whales, but I didn't know about the dolphins :(
ReplyDeleteI'm deeply horrified by that dolphin thing :(((( Such things make me wanna cry till the end of my life.
ReplyDeleteThe poor dolphins. And they aren't even going to eat them. I think I hate them now. I can see killing to eat or in self defense, but I can't abide, "oh it was just in my way, I think I'll kill it."
ReplyDeleteI wanted a globe when I was 14, but my parents never got me one, not even for Christmas. Now that I know they aren't super expensive, I'm wondering if there's another reason they didn't get me one. LOL
ReplyDeleteAwful what they do to the dolphins. And yeah I'd turn around if I saw that sign on the road too.
ReplyDeleteThat's horrible what they do to dolphins! I can't believe it. I'm awful sorry about your not being in the movie, as well. Did you hear what happened in Colorado?
ReplyDeleteThe story in Colorado is horrific! Beyond crazy...
DeleteThat is one scary sign! I would never drive on that road either. I made a guy mad at the deli yesterday ordering a hero...all because he didn't have hero bread, how is that my fault? They had to use Italian bread so my hero was ginormous LOL
ReplyDeleteUgh. My stomach turned when I saw the picture of those poor dolphins. I am an advocate for all animals, especially whales and dolphins that are killed for no reason!
ReplyDeleteExcept for the dolphin segment, I totally cracked up reading this post! You are lovably insane!
ReplyDeleteI will never understand why anyone would do that to innocent animals.
ReplyDeleteI hate that people still kill dolphins and whales.... they need to be bombed with piranha's or something.
ReplyDeleteThe speed enforced by sniper thing would make me consider and alternate route as well. I tend to have a lead foot and would be taken out for sure.
ReplyDeleteLove the post except for the whole dolphin thing. That is sad hearing that it happens and seeing the picture. :/ Wish they had a mascot like Chic FilA has that cow holding a sign "Eat Mor Chik'n" or something. And the family in the picture- their smiles make them look like a delightful family. :) Enjoyed the posting.
ReplyDeleteThat dolphin thing now has me stressed, that's so awful. Those people in that last photo really don't look very happy to be there. :/ Have an awesome weekend and watch out for that sniper!
ReplyDeleteWas that last picture the beginning of the Duck Face phenomenon? LOL
ReplyDeleteHow could you? How could you possibly torture those flies? Here you are talking about stopping the slaughtering of dolphins, all the while tormenting the flies!
ReplyDeleteThat last pic depressed me.
The dolphin issue is horrendous. But overall I enjoyed your witty drawings and words.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it about human beings always needing to kill things? God, it makes me sick.
ReplyDeleteThat dolphin picture and the tragedy that is shark finning are two things that should condemn the purveyors to enternal hell. Draw that and make my wife and I happy!!
ReplyDeleteAnd that sniper road is probably desolate most of the time.
Is that legal to have a sniper? I would never go down that road either. lol sandie
ReplyDeleteI am so horrified of dolphins being killed that I refused mahi mahi when it was called dolphin in the Keys.
ReplyDeleteI'm saddened by the dolphin part of your post. :(
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog Tracie! I would avoid that road too. Reminds me of the book Kill Me by Stephen White.
ReplyDeleteThe dolphin thing makes me really sick too. So awful...
Redish, blond hair. Hand-me-down plaid shirt. Akward gaze off into the distance. Must be a Weasley.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laughs..and please kiss that brain Of yours I adore the way it works.
ReplyDeleteThe holding the flies over the globe made me laugh out loud, and not just lol
ReplyDeletebut I didn't feel like laughing after the dolphin picture. Or lunch
It is horrible the mass killing that goes on. I am at a loss for words.
ReplyDeleteOne of the redheads looks like Courtney Love. Anyway, that picture with the dolphins really upset me. Fighting will help with the rage. WHY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat last shot cracked me up. Not quite the Waltons is it?
ReplyDeletethats just horrible, the dolphin hunting. it's like killing elephants by the herds for some sadistic reasons.
ReplyDeletereally horrible.
Every time I hear about the dolphins, I become physically ill. Such a disgusting way to mutilate any animal and dolphins are so beautiful
ReplyDeletePeople who hunt and kill dolphins need to be hunted and see how they like it.........now that awkward family photo cracked me up and no I don't know why it just did...........
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of that documentary that I watched, called "The Cove." SOOOO SAD. Ugh, it pisses me off.
ReplyDeleteMaybe animal cruelty will one day cease... even if the first step is to stop holding flies over globes.
That picture made me laugh. Of you with the maniacal grin and the globe and the fly.
ReplyDeleteThe picture of the dolphins did not make me laugh. Where do I sign the petition? I suppose clicking the link would be a start...
I join you in your rage against the Japanese killers of dolphins. Also, I rage against the aquariums and zoos that have dolphins. thanks for the link. -- barbara
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