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I don't keep up with them.

Nevermind.

I'm fine.

Toodles.

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/24310820/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/24310820/ Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:57:15 PDT So what's been happening in the world of Banni since Jan 31?
Not a lot.
But nevermind.
I'll tell you anyway.

On the last day of the hunt meeting with the Warwickshire Hounds, one of our most devoted followers was killed in the most grizzly way. An anti-hunt monitor has been charged with murder after Trevor Morse was hit and killed by the blades of a privatly owned gyrocopter. The gyro had been reported to the CAA 10 days before for buzzing hunts and endangering life (both human and animal) until eventually it ended in tragedy. Sometimes, I just don't understand what goes through the heads of hunt sabs, I really don't. Anyway.

I've been really negligent on the dA front, havn't I?

Ah well.

All change at the Farmers Bloodhounds, looking forward to what the next season brings.

Read a new book, re-reading it. I recommend it.

I can't spell.

I recently got 2 film rolls developed so I'll be uploading some piccies over the weekend.

I suppose the next time I update this will be in another 2 or more months because I'm lazy.

Toodles.

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If you don't know, Bloodhounds are exempt from that detestible piece of garbage legislation (the Hunting Act 2004 -spit-) because they hunt humans to hold. A (very fit) person runs off early in the morning and carries on running in a big, wonky circle, crossing their own lines etc until the hounds catch up with them. As much as I love foxhunting, and I go whenever I can to perfectly legal meets, it's good to change.

And to get away from the 'monitors' (otherwise known as animal rights terrorists).

That and bloodhounds, the proper working bloodhounds, are nicer than domestic ones ^^

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/21063374/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/21063374/ Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:44:11 PDT
Still surviving.

Just about.

If anyone wants anything just note me.

I have no muse.

Or drive to do anything.

I'm at a low point of my manic depression.

Pills don't work.

So don't expect an answer soon.

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/20669660/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/20669660/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:09:37 PDT
Percival(Percy) was a Turquisine Parrokeet, if you look in my journal back to Jul 8 2007 you'll see me asking if anyone knows anything about them.

Last night, I understood.

He was rejected by his parents, plucked bald on his head and shoulders. When we got him he wasn't feeding and I personally vowed that he would live. I lost sleep but he pulled through. He lived for a few days on puree'd apple meant for babies before were were able to indroduce seed to him. Within the week he was feeding himself and eating good amounts.

Within a few months he was starting to re-grow the feathers where there was none.

We had fun, for at least 10 months he was fine. He was the best bird I had ever owned, he even surpassed my darling Mannick for fun.

Then things began to change. He started to eat excessivly and his poo contained undigested seed. We took him to the vet and he decided it was nothing more than overeating but still, we put him in the hospital cage and put him on a strict diet.

Three weeks later he was back to his old self. But that was only the beginning.

He started to have funny turns, falling off his perch, falling over when running on the floor of his cage. Something wasn't right. We figured that the vet would only charge us and do nothing for such a little bird so we did what we could.

Then in this past week he had been sleeping alot, the falls had increased and he was acting even more erraticly.

Then, last night he fell heavy and seemed dazed - he just sat there, looking at me, as if he knew. I took him out and held him.

He hung on for an hour in my hands, pressed against my chin. Whenever concact was lost he would activly reach for it, even though it appeared he had lost his sight.

And then it happened.

His whole body tensed, his eyes wide and tail fanned - legs straight back. His jaw was the only thing that moved as the massive fit that lasted no more than a few seconds shot through him. And then he relaxed, his heart had stopped and he fell limp. He was gone. He had left me.

Now I understand. I understand why the parents rejected him so violently. He wasn't meant to live. He was a bad egg. I've never seen a bird have a fit like that, and having seen an epileptic human having a massive fit I can only explain it in that way - Percy had epilepsy and it killed him. He was such a little bird, smaller than a canary, it didn't take much to stop his tiny heart.

There is a reason I've told you his tale. Why, dispite my hurt and wanting to become reclusive so I can grieve. There is a reason.

Watch your pets. For god's sake watch them. If you breed animals and the mother rejects it's offspring violently, don't blame her - she might be inexperienced but it could be that she knows the baby doesn't have a future. Animals have an inbuilt sense of the right and wrong that humans have lost.

I had a bitch who had pups, she rejected one pup from the litter that wasn't the runt. That pup went on to lose both her hearing, eyesight and use of one of her front legs due to a brain problem.

The parents of Percy rejected him because they knew he was wrong. And perhaps he should have been allowed to die but if he hadn't he wouldn't have brought me so much joy. And he wouldn't have had a comfortable life and a death held by the one who helped him live, the one who loved him the most in the world.

I can't describe the feeling of having the animal you helped survive, that you brought back from the brink, die in your arms. But somehow, it's a comfort. I said my goodbyes then and there, as did he, and that sooths the pain of losing him.

So the moral is this. If you really care about your animals, if you can, don't leave them alone in their final moments. Let them die in the company of a loved one, otherwise you won't forgive yourself and you'll spend the rest of your life looking for closure that doesn't exist.

I wasn't there when my dog died and it still hurts. I never said goodbye and now I can't recover properly.

For fucks sake. Don't let them die alone or with a stranger just because you can't face it.

You'll regret it all your life.
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RIP Percy.
September 24th 2008
Aged 15 months.

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/19971230/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/19971230/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:39:48 PDT
Ugh, in case you were wondering, I'm still about but my muse left me aaaaaaages ago and hasn't come back. Methink's he's left me for another girl :/

Ah well, this dry spell can't last forever.

On another note, my rabbit's dead. Meh, she was old. Can't get emotional about a rabbit, no matter how hard I try. I will miss her though, the bottom of the avery seems very empty without her. Ah well, I shall be getting some CHICKENS next. Yeaaaaah chicky chick chicks. Cluck cluck. And a few quails. California ones. With that teardrop headdress that they try and catch. I've had em before. Cute little buggers. Stupid tho.

Anyway.

Toodles.

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]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/15663806/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/15663806/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:40:17 PST
Seriously. It's too early.

Today's NOVEMBER 25th. We have a WHOLE MONTH before we get to that.

Today should be about making your xmas puds and getting some shopping in. NOTHING MORE.

NO fucking jingle bells.

NO fucking Proper Crim'bo (Selecta!)

It's TOO EARLY.

BAH HUMBUG!

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/15098291/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/15098291/ Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:50:14 PDT
It's not a lot compared to some people but it's a lot to me. So thank you people who've dropped by, people who watch me, people who have added my stuffs to their favourites, thanks for getting me this far.



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]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/14783260/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/14783260/ Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:03:48 PDT OHMYSWEETLORDALMIGHTY
How freaking wonderful is that film?!?!!?!?!
-is a comic book freak-
I snorted milk out my nose I laughed so hard in parts.
I mean I liked him before an' all cos Face/Off was a wicked slick film and shizzle and Gone in 60 Seconds...was it that one...yeah, I think it was...that film roxs too but DAMN.
I think this is the first film I've actually fancied him in. There's just something about the leather that makes him sexy.
I mean he wasn't not sexy before but Cage+bike+leather= one very shexeh package.
And the fire.
I like fire.
And that bike -drool-
I WANTS IT NOW!
And the fire horsie, I'll take that too.
Though I did want to smack the female in the gob.
She was just annoying.
Typical journalist.
Seems to be theme with comics.
Protagonists having journalist girlfriends.
Unless I'm thinking of something else.
Probably.
I really need to lay of the sugar.
And stop eating sugary foods when watching films.
-eyetwitch-
I'll shut up now.

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/14686921/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/14686921/ Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:18:08 PDT
I think I must have buried my muse and the small scrap of talent I had with him.

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/13658759/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/13658759/ Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:00:26 PDT
A bald one.

An old friend of my mum's is a bird breeder and he was having trouble feeding a clutch of 4 chicks after the cockbird died and longstory-short, all but one died and now we've got said chick because we've always hand-reared chicks. But needless to say, we know eff all about Turqs.

He's got his baby feathers but his mother pulled all the feathers on his head out so he's bald until he malts out.

So yeah, I dunno if Gordon'll want the baby back 'cos it'll be handtamed and apparently they are very good pets and he keeps his in an avery, might be a bit of a waste...that and the poor thing'll be spoiled rotton XD

So yeah, if you've had experience with them I'd like to hear from you - there's only so much you can gleam from reading their profiles online, it's got nothing on personal experiences.

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/13593268/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/13593268/ Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:09:59 PDT
Bah

I think I'll cancel it....


Or maybe just erase the '0' and make it so I'm 2 instead.


No, that wouldn't work.


Hopefully I'll get the camera I'm after, might set up a stock account if I do.

I havn't been putting anything up here because my muse has left me for a man named Juan....I wouldn't mind but my muse is male T_T' ]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/13239538/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/13239538/ Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:13:40 PDT
I'll just sit here and become transparent, I'm just...words can't say how I'm feeling.

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]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/12732816/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/12732816/ Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:26:43 PDT
I do something out of my own free will, I get coaxed out of retirement and as soon as I even try to point something out that's gone unnoticed or is incorrect I get slapped down, trodden on and then spat upon! I didn't do anything outside the rules, I didn't say anything offensive or rude so why in gods name did someone take offence? I don't try and deliberatly step on anyones toes, I try and integrate myself as much as possible into their little clique society without becoming 'one of them'. I keep to myself unless I see something wrong - it's who I am - only to find myself subject to someone's pms.

I'm not one to deliberatly pick arguments, hell, I have a tendency to turn into a quivering wreck if someone shouts at me in anger IRL - I have extreme paranoia and low self-esteem so I tend to just turn the other cheek and walk away. I don't argue, I can't argue - hell, their comments don't even have to be deeply personal and it hurts because that's just the way I am. Its either remain deathly silent on the matter or fly into an uncontrolled fury, k? It's a fight or flight defence taken to the extreme and yes, I know it's silly but I can't help it.

This is one of the reasons I retired, I got sick and tired of turning a blind eye to all the slanderous comments made about me, crap art, can't roleplay worth shit, can't draw - no matter how hard I tried they just kept talking and it just just kept on bringing back painful memories. So I quit. I try and I try but no one seems to be happy, so I quit.

Then a friend persuaded me to remove myself from retirement and try again, the site I joined and the friend will remain nameless.

I guess that old saying is true. "It's dangerous to be right when authority is wrong."

I'm on the verge of falling back into retirement thanks to one stupid comment by one stupid person who just had to try and pick a fight. For fucks sake, I seem to attract these people like a magnet. And now that friend who persuaded to emerge from my pit is trying to get me to stick around.

I have yet to decide.

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]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/12172054/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/12172054/ Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:33:04 PDT have one but I haven't ridden one for YEARS and I am SO going joyriding on that. It's a fast one too.

Wheeeeee!

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]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/11851957/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/11851957/ Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:52:29 PST The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "6 weird habits/things/hates about yourself" and people who get tagged MUST write a journal about their 6 weird habits/things/hates as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their devpage comments and tell them to read yours.

1. I have often wondered who else in the world is doing what I'm doing right now - yanno, if you are really doing something that's unique to you and then I get a text from my friend saying that she's going to kill me if I don't turn over to the other channel and watch what she's watching... That girl must be psychic :/

2. I have a strange tendency to grow an amazing amount of hate towards people who say they like a remake of a classic. I mean for GODS SAKE PEOPLE! No, the Americans did not originally make Ring and when they did remake it they butchered it completely so it was watered down shit. Spend your money better - don't rent the remakes...at all. And that goes for the Italian Job butchery too.

3. I've only been to a hairdressers three times in my whole life. Seriously. They scare the shit outta me. I'm fine once I get in that chair but the whole build-up just sends me into a nervous heap on the floor. That'd be why I often have long hair that gets on my nerves.

4. My [ubershexeh] young cockatiel cock has turned my elderly, drug-addled cockatiel cock senile...and gay. No joke. I think the drugs that he was exposed to when he was young have turned him into the bird version of Ozzy Osbourne...only gay. He just randomly tries to grab things in mid-air, or he bellyflops onto the floor for no reason. I would be worried but when I talk to him he's absolutely fine.

5. I'm addicted to cheese. If I don't have any for a few days I go mental and just /need/ cheese. Once I went two weeks without it and then sat down and ate a whole pound in one sitting...felt sick afterwards though.

6. I'm sure it'd be classed as OCD but I have to turn everything I see so that the label/picture/other is facing outward/the right way up. It's like when I get in the car, I have to turn the cigarette lighter up so it's the right way up otherwise it bugs me the whole journey. And all my deodorants have their labels facing out. I go to all that trouble and yet my room's an utter mess...eh, go figure.

Hmm, I'll tag...






Eh, I know it says six but four'll do XD

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/11553676/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/11553676/ Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:39:47 PST
Alas, come 9am it was rapidly dissapearing and now at 9:33pm it's all gone and probably won't be back now until this time next year. I know they still have a bit down Kent way but I'm in the midlands and while we get frost, snow is still rare. Mores the pity. Still, I had my fun and I got to enjoy it when it was still virgin and fresh (and still falling) instead of polluted and trodden into the earth. I'm happy.

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/10789165/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/10789165/ Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:12:19 PST
You'll have to be patient with me, my muse is just not in the mood anymore lately.

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/10489000/ http://Banni-Whitemane.deviantart.com/journal/10489000/ Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:05:30 PDT



Not that I'd know what to write....



My life is so boring, I've got nothing to say...


So yeh....






Toodles, thanks for dropping by!

]]> ~Banni-Whitemane