things could be way worse if i was expected to swim upstream to the spawning ground.
dude. it is seriously hard work swimming against the current like this. do you guys really do this every year? i mean sheesh, what’s so great up at the top of this river that makes this so important?
you guys aren’t very talkative are you? i get it, you’re busy swimming. swim, swim, swim. whooo. this sure is some workout we’re getting!
what the heck- is that a waterfall? no way. dudes you are not seriously expecting me to jump up out of the water and try and swim up a waterfall?? this is totally fucking dumb guys, honestly! it’s a freaking waterfall. water! fall! it goes down. as in- the direction of gravity? which is also (if you don’t mind me saying) the direction that we should be going. as in- down. not up! i mean, come on people! we’re fish, not freaking chickadees!
can’t we rethink all this here, people? find a nice protected cove somewhere, do some mating, see the sights? no impressions of scaly wet canaries necessary. whaddya say guys, who’s with me?
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Aside from the obvious symbolism, the whole cycle of salmon swimming up river to spawn just seemed too much to believe.
Comment by Mrs. B March 19, 2008 @ 12:56 amVanessa, you really are a very good writer.
I have been really busy today to comment properly, sorry for that.
Luckily this video, I once found, came to my mind, check it out, it too speaks about the opposed current.
Eating disorder sufferers are the salmons of the river. Others glide downstream!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTMx3LFCuPE&feature=related
Comment by valid-i March 19, 2008 @ 12:11 pmeven just trying to eat and not b/p feels like swimming upstream today.
Comment by vive42 March 19, 2008 @ 3:17 pmVanessa,
Please keep trying.
Valid-i, I’m not so sure about the whole Abraham-Hicks thing. Seems kind of occultish to me. I think that Vanessa will be swimming up stream for awhile because the stream she is fighting is self-destructive. Until she is able to find a more peaceful stream, she needs to fight her way out of this one.
Comment by Mrs. B March 19, 2008 @ 3:29 pmlol that was great vanessa! made my day!
Comment by kelly March 19, 2008 @ 7:48 pm