hugs and ants?

been pondering on two things today...

why do people hug the way they do? arms around the neck? around the waist? one each way? what is the reasoning behind this type choice? what does it symbolize?
any one have any clue... let me know!

and then I was thinking of ants...
have you every seen one die? apart from when you, or somebody else has killed it?
do ants have their own ant funerals? or do they just eat their dead?
and trying to link it to some budist thing I read today.... if an ant would just leave the rest of his.. familie? gang? anthill?? where would he go? even in the movie ants, they little dude ended up back home right? .. so, do they just walk away and live happily ever after? do they die when they are too far away from home? do they seize to exit? are they missed by the rest? is it noticed at all that they ahve vanished? do they walk into the forest, and come out on the other side as chickens? do they become buddas, and get out of the ant cycle, just walking far and wide to be of inspiration for others to learn from until they pass away of old age, or somebody steps on them?

again.. any ideas.. shoot!

heading off to Australia early in the morning.. celebrating christmas with my family their.. it will be warm.. it will be nice.. just suddenly start regretting I didn't take any situps or hours in the solarium the last year.. ah well, if I'm lucky, I can scare some people off with the big white tub of a belly, more room on the sand for moi

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