1. 2 years ago 

   To a Mouse

   
   Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie,
   O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
   Thou need na start awa sae hasty
   Wi bickering brattle!
   I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee,
   Wi’ murdering pattle.
   
   I’m truly sorry man’s dominion
   Has broken Nature’s social union,
   An’ justifies that ill opinion
   Which makes thee startle
   At me, thy poor, earth born companion
   An’ fellow mortal!
   
   I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve;
   What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!
   A daimen icker in a thrave
   ‘S a sma’ request;
   I’ll get a blessin wi’ the lave,
   An’ never miss’t.
   
   Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin!
   It’s silly wa’s the win’s are strewin!
   An’ naething, now, to big a new ane,
   O’ foggage green!
   An’ bleak December’s win’s ensuin,
   Baith snell an’ keen!
   
   Thou saw the fields laid bare an’ waste,
   An’ weary winter comin fast,
   An’ cozie here, beneath the blast,
   Thou thought to dwell,
   Till crash! the cruel coulter past
   Out thro’ thy cell.
   
   That wee bit heap o’ leaves an’ stibble,
   Has cost thee monie a weary nibble!
   Now thou’s turned out, for a’ thy trouble,
   But house or hald,
   To thole the winter’s sleety dribble,
   An’ cranreuch cauld.
   
   But Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
   In proving foresight may be vain:
   The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
   Gang aft agley,
   An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
   For promis’d joy!
   
   Still thou are blest, compared wi’ me!
   The present only toucheth thee:
   But och! I backward cast my e’e,
   On prospects drear!
   An’ forward, tho’ I canna see,
   I guess an’ fear!

   Happy Burns Night 2010!

   xx

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Hey. How's it going? Not much to tell. I spend more than a healthy amount of time on the internet, doing... not very much. I get periodically addicted to blogging sites. I'm about as geeky as one can be without knowing klingon (I figure I'm OK until 2218), so I tend to post stuff about movies, video games, random internet comedy... fun distractions for use during work!
Oh, and I write a bit., and act a little... but then who doesn't on the internet? ;) Mostly, I work in a museum dressed as a pirate or making paper masks.

Upfront - I don't quite 'get' tumblr fully. But hey, whatever, right?

Finally - I am fully prepped and ready for the impending zombocalyse. Just so you know.

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