A Life SO Ordinary
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002
I'm supposed to go and get my Chorus dress today, and hopefully it will fit! Last Monday i went to try it on, and it was not long enough... so now i go back at around 6:30 to get it (hopefully). The lady we are using is very nice, and she's been sewing for people and her grandkids for a long time! She makes pajamas and one of her son's fatigues for the army or marines... I can't remember which!Today my dad, melissa, and I watched Windtalkers. It is a very good movie. It's about World War II and the Navajo language that was used as a code for the US so that the Japanese couldn't break it. It had Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach. Nicolas Cage had to protect Adam Beach's character so that he wouldn't be killed or he would have had to kill Adam's character if he could have been potentionally caught by the Japanese. I highly recomend this movie.
Is it true that horses sleep standing up?
You've probably seen those westerns where the bad guys sneak up on the good guys' camp at night and steal the horses. The horses are always just standing there, ready at a moment's notice to be stolen or stampeded or whatever it is the bad guys have in mind. "What's the deal?" you ask. "Don't horses ever lie down?" Actually, they do sometimes. When they're sick, for instance. Or when a mare is giving birth (or "foaling," as they say).
But not usually. Horses can go for days and sometimes even weeks without ever leaving their feet. They have the ability to lock their knees into a standing position and sleep at the same time. If you tried the same thing, you'd fall over and brain yourself.
Not horses.
Some experts say horses are more comfortable and use less energy when standing. Part of the problem with lying down is that the great weight of the horse's body can make it difficult to breathe. Horses aren't the only critters who sleep standing up. So do flamingoes. What's more, they do it on one leg, with the other leg tucked beneath them, while standing in shallow water. Why?Mainly to impress the tourists is my guess, but being in the water also makes it pretty hard to sneak up on a sleeping flamingo.
A wise schoolteacher sends this note to all parents on the first day of school: "If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I'll promise not to believe everything he says happens at home."
