Day 15 ~ I'm so ashamed!
by Jo Rebeka on 07/27/11
Well, okay, perhaps I was a bit harsh with the Gangstas. After writing that rather judgmental blog entry last night, I woke this morning and went outside to look at them with new eyes.
Yes, their hill is much the same as it was yesterday, and yes they don't gather frit on their own, but maybe their talents lie in other directions... who am I to judge?
One astute reader asked:
| Kevan said on 7/27/11 - 12:42AM | |
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Do the Gangstas have a rap album we could buy to help support them? |
And another reader commented:
Nancie (75.61.75.51) at 12:02PM on 7/27/11 commented on The Importance of Being Gangsta's
I'm worried, Jo, that the real reason you have written off the ganstas is that they no longer seem to be very interested in collecting frit, one way or another, & that means there is no more free advertising for you. (Where are the smilies?? Where's that wryly winking smilie when you need it?)
I even got a phone call this morning from a friend who was worried about what I had written! Okay, I was a jerk.
I felt like such a bad ant-thropologist! I have to ask myself, am I guilty of only loving the Gangstas when they loved my frit? Loved it enough to kill for it? I hope I'm not that shallow, but I do realize that I have not seen the Gangstas for who they really are, appreciated their own unique sugar-antness. Why did I not see through their tiny, tough posturing to the inner teen angst that was so close to the surface? I just hope they can forgive me!
Did you know that ants make their own varied and different noises by strumming a washboard-like section of their own abdomen with a thumb-like projection on one of their front legs? They also pick up eachother's vibrations and appear to pass commands down the line by reproducing the same vibrations for the next ant they meet. Amazing!
And yes, actually, the Gangstas are in negotiations with a very, very minor record label to put out a little tiny cd of their own. The challenge is that their sounds are largely inaudible to the human ear, so it will take some fancy sound engineering to make it viable. I'll keep you posted!
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