Roscoe Pitches a Tent

I've been trying to capture this video for the past few days, with good lighting, and without distracting the star of the show. This is one of Roscoe's favorite games, and he will hide under the paper for a few minutes at a time, singing, before climbing out again.


I had an interview today, which went well, I think. I'm going to observe the job on Thursday, to see if I think I will like it.

-吴碧芙

What's there to do around here?

I've had classes for almost two weeks. My Tuesdays and Thursdays are free, and I haven't yet found a job, but I have some exciting prospects. Still, these days I'm finding my life more boring with a lot of time to think. Last week the weather was quite cold, so I decided to make a scarf, which I finished on Monday. Today I made a necklace, having finally acquired some daisy beads.


Today I studied at a coffee shop for about 3 hours. I came home and decided to use some of the beads I bought with my aunt just before I moved. It was my first attempt with a three-stranded necklace, but my crimp beads weren't big enough to allow six wires, so it's two strands.

The birds are well. I wish I had it on video, but I couldn't get it fast enough. Roscoe went down to the bottom of the cage and started chewing the paper. Then he started rolling up the top sheet. He jumped off the paper, onto the next sheet, and allowed the top paper to unroll on top of him, covering him completely. Kavi and I looked at each other, but Roscoe was happy, whistling from under the paper, and popping his head up every once in a while, causing the paper to pop up with him. I finally lifted the paper up and let him out.

-MsLin

Two Birdies

Well, I moved to SD on Saturday and started classes yesterday. Classes seem good, but undergrad classes have a lot of work in them. I got Kavi back, along with his friend Roscoe. Both are sweet, but Roscoe is kind of a stinker. His mischief is cute, though. I let them out whenever I'm home. They have clipped wings, but Roscoe flies with no problem, I guess he just figures he has to try a little harder, but it works. They mimic each other and like to be in the same room at least. When Roscoe flew into my bedroom and didn't know where he was, he screamed and Kavi screamed back, although that was the only time I've heard Kavi scream these days. Kavi might have an infection, and he's been quiet but affectionate lately.

Kavi (left) and Roscoe

This morning I let them stay on the counter in the bathroom while I was getting ready. Roscoe checked out the sink, but then they both sat on the counter, and Kavi preened Roscoe. I thought I would check out the video feature on blogger and let you see how cute they are. If the video doesn't work, I'm including a still.



Roscoe wants Kavi to preen him all the time, but Roscoe doesn't like to be petted by people. Kavi will take a pet from anyone. It's what one might call the "chain of preening."

I don't have internet or TV at my apartment. I'm at the library now with plans to buy my books after this. I've already met a few people on campus through the International Student Group. One of the international students is a returning student like me, so we have some of the same classes.

-MsLin