Shark Week

I've loved sharks since I was a little girl.  I think I've been watching Shark Week on Discovery since it came out.  I remember my mom getting me Jacques Cousteau documentaries on sharks.  I believe sharks are beautiful creatures that deserve respect and probably a healthy amount of fear.

Most sharks do investigatory bites, which is what most shark attacks on humans are.  The problem is that they have sharp teeth, which causes the major damage.  If you get bitten a a tiny horn shark it won't cause as much damage as say a Great White or a Bull shark because of their sheer size and aggressiveness.  If you've been in the ocean you have probably been in close proximity to a shark and might not have realized it.  You are going into their home and have to understand that the are out there.

The shows so far this year have been pretty great.  Air Jaws is always a favorite of mine.  It's just impressive to see an animal that weighs a ton launch itself out of the water.  While Great Whites are impressive, I like the smaller sharks like blues, makos and nurse sharks.  I'm glad that Discovery decided to branch out and show some of these sharks.  The program on the oceanic white tip, which is the shark behind the USS Indianapolis attack, was really interesting. While this species of shark is aggressive, they are nowhere near as aggressive as bull sharks.  Bull sharks are extremely deadly for the reason that they have the highest level of testosterone of any animal on the plant.  Basically they are terrible motherfuckers.   I'm looking forward to the rest of the programming this week.

I think one of my goals is to volunteer at an aquarium and educate people about sharks.  I love these animals and I want other people to love them too.  I spend most of my time at aquariums at the shark tanks.  My companion took me to the local one and was nowhere near as excited as I was about petting the sharks.  The nurse sharks are pretty docile and that's why they do well in the touch pools.  If they don't want to be touched, they know where to go.

I hope to see some more of them up close one day.  I would love to see a whale shark.  I don't think I would be happy to swim with a great white.  Since I love the ocean, I respect and love sharks.  They deserve protection because humans kill about 1 million sharks a year while sharks on average kill 5 humans a year.  Many sharks are vulnerable or endangered.  I think I would like to adopt a shark one day too.

Now, I'm going to go cuddle with one of my shark stuffed animals and go to sleep.

Passion

I'm trying to discover what I'm passionate about.  I know that cooking is definitely one of them.  I have cookbooks and recipes that I want to try to make.  I'm planning on making my companion a coffee cake.  I might to a practice one next week.  However, the monetary situation is causing a huge strain on discovering things that I like to do.

I am starting to hike again.  It's kind of difficult on an easy hike because I'm hugely overweight and out of shape.  I do enjoy the scenery and seeing the wildlife again.  I used to enjoy hiking with my dad.  I was also a lot thinner then too.  I have not found an exercise regimen that I enjoy.  I like yoga, but I'm not overly into it.  I do it occasionally to get my back stretched out.

I do enjoy scents and baths, but it's not my passion.  If it was, then maybe I would get into making my own.  Perfumers make a lot of money because they mix scents to create new ones and then sell them to big companies.  My favorite scent is violet and I adore violet flowers.

As for a career, I don't know what I'd enjoy.  I like what I do now, but I dislike the patients.  Maybe it's the town I work in or maybe people are just crappy in general.  I don't really know.  I do know that at the moment, I am not making enough to survive, especially in the summer.  The good thing is that my debt is starting to go down.  It's stressful that I sometimes can't make payments.  I sometimes live off my credit cards, which adds to my debt.  I know I can't do full time teaching because you can't really have a bad day when dealing with children.

I do want to draw and make costumes again.  Maybe find a hobby that I can turn into some extra money.  I'm working on trying to get rid of things in a tag sale.  I really do need to downsize. 

Sorry for the boring post.  I feel boring.