1. The different bird calls. My new hobby is "backyard birding." I recently set up a bird feeder station outside of my apartment and am learning to identify the different bird species who visit the feeder based on their calls, before I look out my window to verify if I'm correct. It is so fun. Birds like: northern cardinals, warblers, black-headed vireo, olive-sided flycatcher, boreal chickadee, bue jays, dark eyed juncos, finches, nuthatches. And I am feeding the squirrels too (not corn but nuts and berries mixes). It's OBVIOUS to ME that we need our backyard birds, and we need to take care of them. So many bird species are literally dying from eating lead pellets used by hunters or stupid kids with BB guns, or are poisoned by the chemicals people use on their lawn grasses (this causes neurological problems in birds and it infuriates me that people don't care about how fertilizing their stupid front yard is killing the beautiful birds and squirrels and rabbits, and even insects. Who cares if you have a green lawn! Grow food on it. Better yet, don't mow it, and let clover take it over, so that you can provide natural food for insects and birds. Grrr. This is a sore point for me. I hate lawn fertilizers SO MUCH. More people need to care about the welfare of the urban wildlife. We've taken over their ecosystem and habitats. THe least humans could do is stop poisoning what's left of any natural food sources for insects, birs, rabbits and squirrels.

2. I am 49 and despite being outgoing and friendly and (for the most part) empathic, have awkward social skills. I can tell when someone is lying to me, or manipulating me. I have learned that even if I am 100% myself, that people still shun and reject me and THEY are just as flawed as I am. Yet, these same flawed people think I am some weirdo who doesn't have anything to offer which just isn't true. People have the wrong impression of me most of the time, and when I show them my true self, they reject me anyway. So, really, I figure, what's the point of even trying anymore to seek out friendships. So, I have grown accustomed to being a loner, which I absolutely hate because I would rather have a social circle around me then be alone. It really sucks. Therapy hasn't fixed this flaw and can't. I don't know why people always reject me. I'm not an asshole.