What made you sad today... - Page 32

Mel C. · 06-04-2014, 12:03 PM

I'm thinking about my mom's next surgery. I'm glad she made a decision, but waiting and worrying will suck. One day at a time.

Smiling · 06-15-2014, 10:02 AM

One Of Kenya's Legendary 'Tuskers' Is Killed By Poachers
by EYDER PERALTA
June 14, 201411:55 AM ET

Satao was a rare elephant with tusks so big they almost touched the ground.

Kenya is mourning the death of one of its legendary elephants.

Satao was known as a tusker, one of the few remaining elephants whose tusks are so big they almost touch the ground. Unfortunately, Satao faced an end many others have faced before: He was killed by poachers, who mutilated his head to remove his ivory.

The Tsavo Trust, a conservation group in Kenya, says that they spotted a large carcass in early June and while they feared it was Satao, they waited until they could collect more evidence to determine that the carcass was, indeed, Satao.

"Satao was shot dead by poisoned arrow on 30th May 2014," the trust reports. "The arrow had entered his left flank and he stood no chance of survival."

As The Guardian reports, however, Satao had survived an attack once before. In March, Mike Chase, the director of Elephants Without Borders, reported seeing "two seeping wounds on Satao's flank." They were arrow wounds, but despite pain, Satao survived.

Mark Deeble, a wildlife fimmaker, wrote about his encounter with Satao around that period on his blog. He writes that Satao was a rare creature, maybe one of a dozen left in Kenya.

Deeble sat in a metal box for weeks to try to film Satao. When he finally showed up, it was a breathtaking and sad experience. Deeble wrote:

"Initially I thought the sun had reflected off the windscreen of a distant vehicle, but there were no tracks close by. Whatever it was disappeared, then glinted once more. Alert now, it was several minutes before I saw it again. I came to the slow realization that what I was looking at was sunlight reflecting off an elephant's tusks. Gradually, like in the opening scene from 'Lawrence of Arabia', their owner materialized through the shimmering haze. A mirage from the Taru desert — a magnificent, dusty behemoth.
"Other elephants stood sleeping, clustered in the shade of acacias, apparently unaware of the bull's approach. He didn't walk straight to water. It took him almost an hour to cover the final kilometer as he slowly zig-zagged from one bush to another. The glint I'd seen, came whenever he turned his head and appeared to bury it in a bush. Each time he did, he'd wait a few minutes, partially hidden, then continue zig-zagging upwind, scenting the air, to check there wasn't a poacher hidden at the waterhole.
"I was mystified at the bull's poor attempt to hide — until it dawned on me that he wasn't trying to hide his body, he was hiding his tusks. At once, I was incredibly impressed, and incredibly sad — impressed that he should have the understanding that his tusks could put him in danger, but so sad at what that meant."
In the comments of the post, Deeble explains that he initially left Satao's name off his post, to try to protect him from poachers. With Satao's death, he has added it to the headline.

"He was very special," Deeble writes. "If his death can focus the world's attention on the terrible trade in ivory and help end it, then it won't have been in vain."

Link.

bobbi46 · 06-15-2014, 10:25 AM

just found out my friend has to battle cancer again .
then my other friend who has worked so hard in the past few years to get her life back together finally got a new car only to have some jerk steal it .

WildHorses · 06-15-2014, 01:54 PM

I am missing my parents. My dad was an ass but I still miss him.

lilapache · 06-15-2014, 02:37 PM

Casey Kasim
both my dad's watching over me from above on this day for them
not being able to see my kids since Sept

JustLovelyJenn · 06-15-2014, 04:29 PM

This past friday would have been my little sisters 30th birthday. She has been gone almost 18 years now and I still miss her every day... Happy birthday Amber Beth!

Mel C. · 06-17-2014, 12:41 PM

An unpleasant reminder that my painful past will pop up from time to time. I don't want to re-live it.

~ocean · 06-17-2014, 12:56 PM

~ knowing that I was right about a very sensitive situation and then accepting what u once thought to be a very good friendship isn't ! ~

lilapache · 06-17-2014, 01:00 PM

my appointment had to be rescheduled for July... *sighs*

MsTinkerbelly · 06-20-2014, 10:13 PM

The father that left his 13 month old daughter in the car for 7 hours in 90* heat. I can't get that poor child out of my mind.

WildHorses · 06-20-2014, 10:38 PM

Too many things- shhh.

WingsOnFire · 06-20-2014, 10:53 PM

as sad as I was at the unexpected loss of Cuddly femme I am devastated at the unexpected death of my brother just 40 mins ago words cannot express the pain I feel right now. I just found out last night that he was admitted to Hospice and was given 2 to 3 days to live. He made it one.

Go be with Mom and Dad Smoky my heart is broken and I will forever miss you

JustLovelyJenn · 06-21-2014, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WingsOnFire

as sad as I was at the unexpected loss of Cuddly femme I am devastated at the unexpected death of my brother just 40 mins ago words cannot express the pain I feel right now. I just found out last night that he was admitted to Hospice and was given 2 to 3 days to live. He made it one.

Go be with Mom and Dad Smoky my heart is broken and I will forever miss you

My thoughts and love are with you, Wings! I am so sorry you have to go through this. Know I am here if you need anything, just a phone call away...

tiaras-and-books · 06-21-2014, 03:15 PM

A longtime friend is moving cross country in the next day or two.

bobbi46 · 06-21-2014, 04:21 PM

well after a very long fight with cancer ...my friend finally said goodbye this morning ..a long night of us laughing and opening our hearts to make sure we told each other everything.then cuddling in a hospital bed we fell asleep ..i woke up to watch her sleep she took one huge breathe and a big sign..she passed away in my arms ...may she finally have peace ..xoxo

cinnamongrrl · 06-23-2014, 04:20 PM

losing a piece of trust and faith in others......

LoyalWolfsBlade · 06-26-2014, 09:13 PM

Well I would have to say it was myself that made me sad since
It was my thoughts
My memories
My damn flashbacks
So yep I was my own worst enemy again today
But hey there is always tomorrow right

AnAwkwardAccident · 06-26-2014, 10:20 PM

A longtime friend isn't doing well health-wise. She's been in and out of the hospital and been seeing specialists....so far, no answers.

Talon · 06-27-2014, 09:18 PM

The fact that I have to go to a friend's nephew's funeral on Monday, due to a motorcycle accident...and he was only 23 yrs. old.

Jesse · 06-28-2014, 01:58 AM

A woman who is a member of an online group that I am in committed suicide. So sad.

06-04-2014, 12:03 PM	#621
Mel C. Long-time Member How Do You Identify?: WIB - woman identified butch Preferred Pronoun?: Your choice...not really a button for me Relationship Status: ♡ married 1/1/2019♡ Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,149 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,772 Thanked 6,828 Times in 1,621 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I'm sad because... I'm thinking about my mom's next surgery. I'm glad she made a decision, but waiting and worrying will suck. One day at a time.

06-15-2014, 10:02 AM	#622
Smiling Senior Member How Do You Identify?: with a distinct flair Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: somewhere else Posts: 1,852 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,623 Thanked 4,388 Times in 1,009 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	This did. I really hate people sometimes. One Of Kenya's Legendary 'Tuskers' Is Killed By Poachers by EYDER PERALTA June 14, 201411:55 AM ET Satao was a rare elephant with tusks so big they almost touched the ground. Kenya is mourning the death of one of its legendary elephants. Satao was known as a tusker, one of the few remaining elephants whose tusks are so big they almost touch the ground. Unfortunately, Satao faced an end many others have faced before: He was killed by poachers, who mutilated his head to remove his ivory. The Tsavo Trust, a conservation group in Kenya, says that they spotted a large carcass in early June and while they feared it was Satao, they waited until they could collect more evidence to determine that the carcass was, indeed, Satao. "Satao was shot dead by poisoned arrow on 30th May 2014," the trust reports. "The arrow had entered his left flank and he stood no chance of survival." As The Guardian reports, however, Satao had survived an attack once before. In March, Mike Chase, the director of Elephants Without Borders, reported seeing "two seeping wounds on Satao's flank." They were arrow wounds, but despite pain, Satao survived. Mark Deeble, a wildlife fimmaker, wrote about his encounter with Satao around that period on his blog. He writes that Satao was a rare creature, maybe one of a dozen left in Kenya. Deeble sat in a metal box for weeks to try to film Satao. When he finally showed up, it was a breathtaking and sad experience. Deeble wrote: "Initially I thought the sun had reflected off the windscreen of a distant vehicle, but there were no tracks close by. Whatever it was disappeared, then glinted once more. Alert now, it was several minutes before I saw it again. I came to the slow realization that what I was looking at was sunlight reflecting off an elephant's tusks. Gradually, like in the opening scene from 'Lawrence of Arabia', their owner materialized through the shimmering haze. A mirage from the Taru desert — a magnificent, dusty behemoth. "Other elephants stood sleeping, clustered in the shade of acacias, apparently unaware of the bull's approach. He didn't walk straight to water. It took him almost an hour to cover the final kilometer as he slowly zig-zagged from one bush to another. The glint I'd seen, came whenever he turned his head and appeared to bury it in a bush. Each time he did, he'd wait a few minutes, partially hidden, then continue zig-zagging upwind, scenting the air, to check there wasn't a poacher hidden at the waterhole. "I was mystified at the bull's poor attempt to hide — until it dawned on me that he wasn't trying to hide his body, he was hiding his tusks. At once, I was incredibly impressed, and incredibly sad — impressed that he should have the understanding that his tusks could put him in danger, but so sad at what that meant." In the comments of the post, Deeble explains that he initially left Satao's name off his post, to try to protect him from poachers. With Satao's death, he has added it to the headline. "He was very special," Deeble writes. "If his death can focus the world's attention on the terrible trade in ivory and help end it, then it won't have been in vain." Link.

06-15-2014, 10:25 AM	#623
bobbi46 Junior Member How Do You Identify?: sporty, athlete Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hey you Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: vancouver canada Posts: 25 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 110 Thanked 113 Times in 23 Posts Rep Power: 1718001	made me sad just found out my friend has to battle cancer again . then my other friend who has worked so hard in the past few years to get her life back together finally got a new car only to have some jerk steal it .

06-15-2014, 01:54 PM	#624
WildHorses Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch/Big Heart/Rough Edge Preferred Pronoun?: Hy, She, Hym, Whatever, it really does not matter but do NOT call me lady! Relationship Status: Crazy over Genesis! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Northern CA Posts: 1,216 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,840 Thanked 2,426 Times in 917 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I am missing my parents. My dad was an ass but I still miss him. __________________ There's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away. Sarah Kay

06-15-2014, 02:37 PM	#625
lilapache Member How Do You Identify?: DONE Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: forever away Posts: 1,374 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,015 Thanked 3,880 Times in 1,025 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	sad about the following Casey Kasim both my dad's watching over me from above on this day for them not being able to see my kids since Sept __________________ Don't get mad when a girl cares too much. Worry when they start to not give a fuck.

06-15-2014, 04:29 PM	#626
JustLovelyJenn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Relationship Status: That's Need to Know Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Aberdeen, WA Posts: 4,478 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,464 Thanked 13,992 Times in 3,684 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	This past friday would have been my little sisters 30th birthday. She has been gone almost 18 years now and I still miss her every day... Happy birthday Amber Beth! __________________ --Jenn

06-17-2014, 12:41 PM	#627
Mel C. Long-time Member How Do You Identify?: WIB - woman identified butch Preferred Pronoun?: Your choice...not really a button for me Relationship Status: ♡ married 1/1/2019♡ Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,149 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,772 Thanked 6,828 Times in 1,621 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	An unpleasant reminder that my painful past will pop up from time to time. I don't want to re-live it.

06-17-2014, 12:56 PM	#628
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06-17-2014, 01:00 PM	#629
lilapache Member How Do You Identify?: DONE Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: forever away Posts: 1,374 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,015 Thanked 3,880 Times in 1,025 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	my appointment had to be rescheduled for July... sighs __________________ Don't get mad when a girl cares too much. Worry when they start to not give a fuck.

06-20-2014, 10:13 PM	#630
MsTinkerbelly Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: ... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 6,573 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,737 Thanked 22,908 Times in 5,019 Posts Rep Power: 0	The father that left his 13 month old daughter in the car for 7 hours in 90* heat. I can't get that poor child out of my mind.

06-20-2014, 10:38 PM	#631
WildHorses Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch/Big Heart/Rough Edge Preferred Pronoun?: Hy, She, Hym, Whatever, it really does not matter but do NOT call me lady! Relationship Status: Crazy over Genesis! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Northern CA Posts: 1,216 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,840 Thanked 2,426 Times in 917 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Too many things- shhh. __________________ There's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away. Sarah Kay

06-20-2014, 10:53 PM	#632
WingsOnFire Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer..femme.. .babygirl...girl Preferred Pronoun?: Female Ones... Relationship Status: Enjoying life but ready to meet someone Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 3,945 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,015 Thanked 12,476 Times in 3,357 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	as sad as I was at the unexpected loss of Cuddly femme I am devastated at the unexpected death of my brother just 40 mins ago words cannot express the pain I feel right now. I just found out last night that he was admitted to Hospice and was given 2 to 3 days to live. He made it one. Go be with Mom and Dad Smoky my heart is broken and I will forever miss you __________________ Previously known as MidnightBlueEyes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://gailsforum.files.wordpress.co...-psd340941.png

06-21-2014, 03:15 PM	#634
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06-21-2014, 04:21 PM	#635
bobbi46 Junior Member How Do You Identify?: sporty, athlete Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hey you Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: vancouver canada Posts: 25 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 110 Thanked 113 Times in 23 Posts Rep Power: 1718001	what made you sad today? well after a very long fight with cancer ...my friend finally said goodbye this morning ..a long night of us laughing and opening our hearts to make sure we told each other everything.then cuddling in a hospital bed we fell asleep ..i woke up to watch her sleep she took one huge breathe and a big sign..she passed away in my arms ...may she finally have peace ..xoxo

06-23-2014, 04:20 PM	#636
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06-26-2014, 09:13 PM	#637
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06-26-2014, 10:20 PM	#638
AnAwkwardAccident Member How Do You Identify?: Trans* Preferred Pronoun?: He/Him Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Where the wild things are Posts: 190 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 123 Thanked 537 Times in 152 Posts Rep Power: 0	A longtime friend isn't doing well health-wise. She's been in and out of the hospital and been seeing specialists....so far, no answers.

06-27-2014, 09:18 PM	#639
Talon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Divine Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: . Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: . Posts: 4,921 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,246 Thanked 10,223 Times in 3,305 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	The fact that I have to go to a friend's nephew's funeral on Monday, due to a motorcycle accident...and he was only 23 yrs. old.

06-28-2014, 01:58 AM	#640
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,781 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	A woman who is a member of an online group that I am in committed suicide. So sad. __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”