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From daybreak to sunset she turned her thoughts, like boulders, over. She set them in long lines. She rearranged their order.

—Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

"he's gone full popcorn!" (birds puff out their feathers when fierce and a puffy cockatoo=popcorn)

me: [SHOWING MY WIFE MY NEW SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO PHONE BACKGROUND AND PALM COCKATOO LOCKSCREEN]
waxjism: So are you in parrot fandom now?
me: [SHRUG EMOJI]

Specific parrot species that I am especially fond of include the palm cockatoo, the umbrella cockatoo, and every other kind of cockatoo; the caique; the budgie; the cockatiel; the rainbow lorikeet; and most recently, thanks to krait for informing me of their existence, the pacific parrotlet (but I also spent a long time looking at pictures of other types of parrotlets).

Specific individual birds that I am a fan of include Gotcha the cockatoo, Harley the cockatoo, Pedro the talking budgie (there's several videos of him talking nonstop for 20+ minutes 😂), Alex the honking cockatiel (his 'honk' is more of a squeaky toy squeak), and Charlie the parrotlet. Finally, allow me to include this parrots swearing compilation, because it's a beautiful and amazing thing when the tiny budgie says "Fuck off".