Woodstock New Brunswick Canada, is where I call home at this point and time. It is a small town with just over six thousand people. We are surrounded by fast-food joints and a very crummy mall. Everyone knows each other, for the most part anyway. I complain often that there is nothing to do, but that is really my own fault, I've come to accept the fact that I am a pessimistic person.

The town isn't all bad I suppose. There are a lot of hicks, rednecks or whatever lingo is used, but I've come to ignore them. One thing I do know is that I'd be scared out of my mind in a big city.

A character from Charles M. Schulz all time classic Peanuts comic strip

Woodstock is a small yellow bird of unknown gender or species.

Though Woodstock is feathery, he or she is decidedly not featherbrained, oftentimes displaying uncommon common sense and wisdom above and beyond that of your average bird. (Although, Woodstock has been known for his or her clumsiness and physical 'sight gag'-style comedic gaffes.) Charles M. Schulz uses Woodstock as Snoopy's main non-human friend, and as Snoopy's sounding board.

Woodstock does not 'speak' in identifiable language, speaking an obscure dialect of some sort of 'bird-ese', represented in the illustrated comic strips by groupings of vertical hatchmarks of varying amounts, depending on the complexity of the dialog. Woodstock also has a gaggle of compatriots that tag along for sports, games, hiking trips, and other group activities.

Woodstock frequently suffers from 'beak-bleeds' at high altitudes, and therefore prefers walking to flying. (Historical data suggests that Woodstock does not fly at all, or only has very limited flight.)

Woodstock lives in a nest in a tree near Snoopy's dog house, or when suffering from frequent beak-bleeds, in Snoopy's red food and water dish. (Much to Snoopy's consternation.)


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The Woodstock Neighborhood is a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. It is a middle class neighborhood with a mixture of residential and commnercial developments. The neighborhood is centered around SE Woodstick Blvd.

The neighborhood is in Southeast Portland, directly to the East of Reed College and the Reed Neighborhood. The neighborhood is situated at the south edge of the level plain that makes up east Portland, and south of the neighborhood, the terrain becomes more hilly and the system of streets laid out at 90 degrees breaks down. As such, this neighborhood is kind of located at the edge of "Portland proper".

The neighborhood is mostly residential and quiet, although it does have a few thorough streets. In addition, it is next to Reed College, and has a lot of "hip young urban people" in residence, so there is a fair amount of coffee shops, bars and restaraunts around. However, Woodstock Blvd. does not resemble SE Hawthorne Blvd (there is no functional glass art shops), let alone the trendy consumer districts such as Northwest Trendy Third.

Going south or east out of this neighborhood leads to Milwaukie in the first case, and the slightly less charming neighborhoods of outer southeast in the second. As such, this neighborhood is a bulwark of Southeast Portland's genteel liberalism against all of the cultural disruptive forces that exist east of 39th Avenue.