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here_inmyheadWhy do dreams have the tendency to make me think and be unsettled all day? .__________.;;;; Anyway, my head screams for writing on LJ.
I dreamed last night that Young Link was trying to light torches. Before they went out, I'd go through a HUGE flurry of crappy art looking for Sonadow pictures on weird places on the Internet. When time runs out, the pics go poof and disappear. They rearrange when Young Link lights them up again (and apparently, it's a hard thing for us to do, lighting the lights).
What the heck does that say about me, if I'm looking for Sonadow art even in my DREAMS? XDDDD!
Another part got me thinking though, which is what this rant is about today.
Do you notice the humongoid lack of bug media? As in, literature? Movies? I'm talking masterpieces/classics that everyone talks about, like the Beatrix Potter books, Watership Down, Redwall series, The Secret of NIMH, Bambi, etc. Animals like cats, dogs, and mice at least have a few selections. But what about insects, like mantises, ants, butterflies... are there any stories about them? There were two books I've absolutely adored reading while growing up: James & the Giant Peach and Charlotte's Web. Okay, so technically, Charlotte the spider is an arachinid. But dude. We need more arachinid luff and tales too! What do we have for movies? A Bug's Life, Antz, and Ant Bully. I won't dig into the negative history I've had with Bug's Life, and I haven't seen Antz in a long time--but either way, connects itself to the memories I've had of Bug's Life. Dear fucking god, lets say I never touched the theater with a 100000000000000000-foot-pole the minute *shudder* Ant Bully came out. (That's not a movie! That's an excuse for gross-out "humor" sprinkled with celebrities in hopes of making money!) And what do you know. I KNEW IT WOULD SUCK. That's one movie I'm glad I never watched.
So it always has me thinking. WHY are there not more insect books or movies or etc. in the public? "Because they're gross!" someone might say. Bugs get a pretty crummy rep, especially considering mosquitoes and flies and other such pests. But don't forget: butterflies, ladybugs, and fireflies are bugs too. In the world of a katrillion different kinds of insects, arachnids, etc., only a small percent of them are pests. Dear lord knows how many times spiders get villainized too, like with Shelob in LotR and the spiders in Mirkwood from The Hobbit, and let's not forget Aragog who nearly chomped Harry & Ron! Dude, why can't another guy be a villain for once? A wicked butterfly would be SO twisted it isn't funny (There's actually poisonous butterflies out there too. :o). Not to mention the use of the Drones in "Jet Force Gemini". *______________*
From growing up, I see bugs differently from most people (most girls, to be more specific). I was darn fascinated with the little critters, I loved to raise caterpillars into butterflies (and moths without my knowing. XDD!) While most kids (and adults) jump and scream when they see a spider, I used to kneel down by house spiders and drop an ant above their webs, watching them wrap it up in a little cocoon and bite it.
Also, there's so many darn interesting things to write about them that would be good for a book/movie/whatever. Take the ant for instance. Did you know virtually every worker, solider, nurse, etc. in an ant colony are female? Same goes for bees too. Only winged males are male, and their single purpose in life is to mate once and die. XDDD!) That a worker ants live 2-3 years provided they don't die earlier? That some ant colonies raid other nests, take the eggs and larvae/pupae and raise them as slaves? That others grow fungus gardens for food underground by cutting off pieces of leaves? That they outlived the atomic bomb? (And cockroaches too?)
I've seen amazing things done with bugs. Even about stuff repulsive as cockroaches: there was this author who wrote poems by saying that when he left his office, a cockroach would jump on his typewriter and make a poem--as a result, the poems have funky layouts and weird awful grammar, and he doesn't know how to use the shift key. XD A poem I've read, about him talking to a moth, almost made absolutely no sense, but darn was it memorable. One of the funnest and most original things I've ever read.
Head feels better. Except dammit! I still want to write! DON'T INTERRUPT ME EVERYONE
I dreamed last night that Young Link was trying to light torches. Before they went out, I'd go through a HUGE flurry of crappy art looking for Sonadow pictures on weird places on the Internet. When time runs out, the pics go poof and disappear. They rearrange when Young Link lights them up again (and apparently, it's a hard thing for us to do, lighting the lights).
What the heck does that say about me, if I'm looking for Sonadow art even in my DREAMS? XDDDD!
Another part got me thinking though, which is what this rant is about today.
Do you notice the humongoid lack of bug media? As in, literature? Movies? I'm talking masterpieces/classics that everyone talks about, like the Beatrix Potter books, Watership Down, Redwall series, The Secret of NIMH, Bambi, etc. Animals like cats, dogs, and mice at least have a few selections. But what about insects, like mantises, ants, butterflies... are there any stories about them? There were two books I've absolutely adored reading while growing up: James & the Giant Peach and Charlotte's Web. Okay, so technically, Charlotte the spider is an arachinid. But dude. We need more arachinid luff and tales too! What do we have for movies? A Bug's Life, Antz, and Ant Bully. I won't dig into the negative history I've had with Bug's Life, and I haven't seen Antz in a long time--but either way, connects itself to the memories I've had of Bug's Life. Dear fucking god, lets say I never touched the theater with a 100000000000000000-foot-pole the minute *shudder* Ant Bully came out. (That's not a movie! That's an excuse for gross-out "humor" sprinkled with celebrities in hopes of making money!) And what do you know. I KNEW IT WOULD SUCK. That's one movie I'm glad I never watched.
So it always has me thinking. WHY are there not more insect books or movies or etc. in the public? "Because they're gross!" someone might say. Bugs get a pretty crummy rep, especially considering mosquitoes and flies and other such pests. But don't forget: butterflies, ladybugs, and fireflies are bugs too. In the world of a katrillion different kinds of insects, arachnids, etc., only a small percent of them are pests. Dear lord knows how many times spiders get villainized too, like with Shelob in LotR and the spiders in Mirkwood from The Hobbit, and let's not forget Aragog who nearly chomped Harry & Ron! Dude, why can't another guy be a villain for once? A wicked butterfly would be SO twisted it isn't funny (There's actually poisonous butterflies out there too. :o). Not to mention the use of the Drones in "Jet Force Gemini". *______________*
From growing up, I see bugs differently from most people (most girls, to be more specific). I was darn fascinated with the little critters, I loved to raise caterpillars into butterflies (and moths without my knowing. XDD!) While most kids (and adults) jump and scream when they see a spider, I used to kneel down by house spiders and drop an ant above their webs, watching them wrap it up in a little cocoon and bite it.
Also, there's so many darn interesting things to write about them that would be good for a book/movie/whatever. Take the ant for instance. Did you know virtually every worker, solider, nurse, etc. in an ant colony are female? Same goes for bees too. Only winged males are male, and their single purpose in life is to mate once and die. XDDD!) That a worker ants live 2-3 years provided they don't die earlier? That some ant colonies raid other nests, take the eggs and larvae/pupae and raise them as slaves? That others grow fungus gardens for food underground by cutting off pieces of leaves? That they outlived the atomic bomb? (And cockroaches too?)
I've seen amazing things done with bugs. Even about stuff repulsive as cockroaches: there was this author who wrote poems by saying that when he left his office, a cockroach would jump on his typewriter and make a poem--as a result, the poems have funky layouts and weird awful grammar, and he doesn't know how to use the shift key. XD A poem I've read, about him talking to a moth, almost made absolutely no sense, but darn was it memorable. One of the funnest and most original things I've ever read.
Head feels better. Except dammit! I still want to write! DON'T INTERRUPT ME EVERYONE
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Date: 2007-01-20 12:54 am (UTC)..yea sorry im a nerd X3
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Date: 2007-01-20 01:00 am (UTC)I forget what the army ants do, but don't they make this HUGE building-ish type thing for the queen made up of their own bodies? (The next day they seperate and go on their way). But yes. They have to get into the nostrils, aka the tender part of the elephant, and from then on, it's elephant skeleton for ya. oO;;; Don't forget the Amazon ants! And the wood ants, honey ants...!
Ah... that's what I get for constantly playing SimAnt on the computer. XDDD!
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Date: 2007-01-20 01:05 am (UTC)Colony insects are just so fascinating~! I've watched one too many shows on Bees, lawl. Even if some of them are scary XD BULLET ANTS ANYONE?
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Date: 2007-01-20 01:26 am (UTC)And haha. XDD Metapod is SO appropriate for this conversation. ;D
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Date: 2007-01-20 01:39 am (UTC)haha spider icon XD MOMO DOESNT HAVE ANY GOOD ONES AH.
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Date: 2007-01-20 02:17 am (UTC)I need more bug icons. XD All I have is Garfield being scared of spiders. XDDD!
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Date: 2007-01-20 02:21 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-01-20 02:53 am (UTC)I CAN'T EAT A FELLOW MAMMAL. BUT AVIANS HAVE NO SOULS SO ITS OK.
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Date: 2007-01-20 02:38 am (UTC)...Ahem. I've always liked ants, though I never did much research on them. There was an antbed near my driveway I would always go to a few years ago. I came by to sprinkle crumbs of crackers/cookies for them and watch them pick the crumbs up, hee. I did it everyday until a small tornado, unfortunately, knocked the antbed out. *sigh*
I loved collecting caterpillars! Whenever I took walks with my mom, we'd bring a bottle in case we saw one. They almost always were moths instead of butterflies, but it was still fascinating to see the evolution of everything.
And I know what poem you're talking about! XD! I've read that too along with some others the "cockroach" wrote. Great stuff.
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Date: 2007-01-20 03:00 am (UTC)Daaaaw. T-T I remember after seeing "A Bug's Life", I did some horrid cruelties to the ants to make their lives miserable. XDDD;;; I found this book about ants in a testing room at school once, and I even kept little notes about what I read, it's amazing. *__________________* I wanna write a book, except darnit, I can't think of a plot.
Caterpillars are SO much love. X3333 There were these HUGE green caterpillars in our garden (the size of Dad's thumb. oO;;;), and we looked 'em up and realized they become the largest moth of North America. *____________________*
You do? T_____T Oh my gosh, I want to read them even more now.
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Date: 2007-01-20 04:26 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-01-20 06:26 am (UTC)I'm freaked out by any bug that can harm me, especially giant ants you see like on Animal Planet or something. @__@ And I know spiders eat bugs and do good but I'm just freaked by them. I'm getting chills on my body thinking about them. D:
But yea, more insect stories, I've attempted a bug character but couldn't get the look I wanted.
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Date: 2007-01-20 02:18 pm (UTC)Hm, I'd actually really like to see that - I'm not the biggest fan of bugs, they don't creep me out too much, but I don't love them either - I guess I'm kind of indifferent. Either way, I think a story about Ants would be awesome.