Sometimes there happen to be bears. I watched a Nature program on TV Sunday night… NATURE! and it was all about bears. Grizzly bears, to be particular. The ones living out West. I saw a Mama Bear try to kill a baby antelope and the Mama Antelope stampede and try to stomp out a baby cub. I know that baby cub is redundant. Perhaps the most interesting part of the program was when my roommate brought up the idea of a “grizzly proof” suit.
In the film, “Project Grizzly,” Troy Hurtubise creates a special suit of armor that theoretically allows him to get as close to a live grizzly bear as he likes. It is a documentary financed by the Film Board of Canada, and endorsed by no less than Quentin Tarantino. I can’t wait to see the movie and learn about how I too can get up close to bears. On a bear-related note, I want to apologize for being a bear on the post “Chick Magnet.” The girl that I wrote about wrote back to me, in comments, that she doesn’t appreciate my attempt to make fun of the story:
alysha (dalek) says…
you freak!
haha! i wasnt hitting on you but i could see how you think i was, i hit on everyone indiscriminately… btw, im BI but dont screw everything, eggman!
only 2 things come outta texas: steers and queers, and you dont look like no steer to me!
maybe we can meet up again sometime so i can fuel your mean, nasty blogs!
p.s. i do NOT drawl
I am truly sorry. I was just trying to make jokes not trying to hurt feelings. I can be a bad bear. It helps to have a Japanese mech-style robot suit to wear into the wilderness, at least when in bear country.
Let me clear something up. In Boston, in CT, niceness, friendliness, is not exactly running free like a wild river past bears. Basically, we read our Times in peace. No conversation expected. So aberrations that veer into the territory of what is considered normal behavior in TX and the Midwest and possibly the whole rest of the nation shock us. We write blog entries, we tell our friends.
ive lived here for 5 years and im aware of the reserved, puritanical nature of northeasterners… however i dont consider myself a shining example of “texan” either. there were reasons to leave and stay gone… try to be a river despite the bears, it can sometimes be liberating. besides, one day day ill be worm food and so will everyone else. the paper trail runs dry, even in the times.