Polishing my lizard

[greatbear]

As usual, I've been a bad blogger, no regular updates 'n' all that shit. Been pretty busy at work, then I come home mentally exhausted and not much in the mood for anything challenging. That sort of carried itself into this weekend, where I did little non-critical projects, some of them odd, some necessary. The bathroom vent fan in the travel trailer, while effective, is the biggest source of RF interference this side of an armed forces tactical jammer. Anytime it's on, forget about watching or listening to most anything over the air in a radius of 200 feet. I pulled out the motor and fitted it with a set of capacitors, now there is no EMI. One dumb project taken care of.

Last weekend I had pressure washed the big parking area in front of the garage. During the week I have been filling cracks in the asphalt and concrete. Today I picked up a couple huge cartridges of concrete crack repair. It's essentially a self-leveling latex caulk. I tackled the long crack along where the pad meets the building. Once I made the first pass, I waited for the stuff to level and seep into the crack, filling in where it's insufficient. Color me surprised when I find a portion of the bead moving and writhing, then attempting to walk across the driveway. Apparently I sealed a blue-tailed skink (a common lizard) inside the crack. These strikingly colorful little reptiles are suddenly very common around here. I felt bad about entombing the little juvenile lizard in the sticky caulk, so I spent about a half hour trying to clean him up. Water is hopeless, so I used a bit of vegetable oil. Eventually I got most of the stuff off the critter washed him up and set him free against the house. I hope he makes it.

I have so much to do and no desire to do it. I gotta get out of this slump and take care of these things before it becomes overwhelming and expensive. And getting angry at myself no longer does any good.

Comments

[budmassey.livejournal.com]

"fitted it with a set of capacitors"... "pressure washed the parking area"... God I'm as hard as rock here! LOL! You're good.

Kudos on saving the little fella.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Noted. ;)

Next set of butch and/or techie projects I do, I will be more explicit in the details. ;)

[sparkygearhead.livejournal.com]

Thank you for saving the little guy. They're beautiful, gentle, and useful creatures, and you have earned a permanent place on my 'friends' list for taking the time to help him.

On a side note - my roommate pulled a pail from under a shelf today and saw a pair of bluetailed skinks mating inside it. He said he apologized to them for interrupting and quickly stuck it back where it was. Oops!

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

There seems to be a population explosion of the little dragons around here. I had a piece of cardboard covering stuff outside not long ago. While away during a weekend, it rained and wind blew the cardboard off and onto the driveway. I picked up the soggy cardboard and three of the buggers took off, one into my sandal. I am also finding a lot of smallish, non-poisonous snakes around the yard. Jeff is snake-phobic, so I pick 'em up and take them to a far corner of the yard. Still, he once found one in the basement near the freezers, and not too long ago I discovered the dessicated remains of a black snake hanging from a truss in the basement, about 2+ feet long. Dont ask me how the hell it got there, It apparently got caught in a gap in the lumber and could not go forward, and the scales kept it from backing out. I dont even recall a smell at any time prior.

[kymutt.livejournal.com]

You saved the lizard? I hope nobody is surprised by that. You're a sweet fella. I wish I could do somethin' to help you get over the slump you're in...but I know the only one who can do that is you.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

I could not stand to see him suffer. I respect my wildlife here, and the time spent de-caulking the critter is the least I can do.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

At the risk of sounding juvenile, DUDE, YOU RAWK!

At least you had me looking at my bass sitting in the stand. I really should try and play more. But that seems to have taken a back seat even behind my blogging. In time, I suppose.

Now I have an earworm.

It's my journal and I'll update when I want to
Update when I want to, update when I want to
You would blog too if it happened to youuuu...

Yeah, I totally dont rock. X-D

[djmadadam.livejournal.com]

Hehheheee... you said crack.

(You've now earned one set of angel wings for saving the salamander)