Petunia, Brian and Tulip
Most of Chicagoland has been overrun by cicadas. Most. Somehow my neighborhood (full of old trees) has been unscathed thusfar. When I mentioned this to a co-worker yesterday she offered to bring me in some cicadas to share in the joy. Sure enough when I turned up at work today a little plastic container of cicadas was sitting on my desk.
After a few hours, my new friends (Petunia, Brian and Tulip) didn't appear to be very happy living under the harsh light of my desklamp (even though they were well cared for in their plastic land of tall grass and twigs). It was decided that we'd set them free to live their lives to the best of their ability in the park across from the office.
My co-worker and I went to the park to let our new little cicada friends go. As my co-worker shook up the plastic container one of the cicadas (Brian), flew up into the air. As the other cicadas were discovering the world of bark and mulch under the shade of a maple tree, a robin came out of the next tree and ATE poor little Brian in mid-air.
RIP Brian. Life's short, enjoy some music on your Friday.
Both The Rosebuds and Loney, Dear are in Chicago today. Ahem, GO SEE THEM LIVE. You'll be missing out if you don't. Oh, but you'll have to pick one or the other because they're on stage roughly the same time across town from each other.
Buy some: The Rosebuds, Loney, Dear, The Pigeon Detectives, Dubstar
Comments
LMAO!! It's sad that Brian's life was cut short before he could fulfill his main biological directive. However, it made for a great story that made me laugh. Thanks! Here’s hoping that Petunia and Tulip breed up a storm of the next swarm.
Posted by: HelOnWheels | June 4, 2007 05:42 PM
There's been a fair bit of amusement at my office about poor little Brian's fate, especially as that was the one cicada named after a co-worker. ;-) Strangely, no one in my office is named Petunia.
Posted by: liz | June 4, 2007 06:54 PM