I had my first cello lesson this afternoon, and can now play "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," pizzicato. I get to learn how to use the bow next week.  Yay.
My teacher seems like a pretty cool guy- grad student at PSU, likes to write children's stories in his spare time. He doesn't know who Neil Gaiman is (steeee-RIKE) but he still seems pretty ( Read more... )

Little-known fact: Alex's favorite food evar is tape. nom nom nom dericious sticky adhesive moar pls.

I bought some Sticky Paws today because a certain 17-pound lumpy gray someone refuses to leave the armrest corners of the 2 half-sofas (worth more than my life, inherited from great-grandparents) alone. See little-known fact above.

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Attention, humans! I am Aleksandra cat and I am hijacking this blog until further notice! Or until it bores me.

Look how pretty I am:

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Dear Alex,

Your little Bulimic Kitten routine has got to stop. Yes, yes, I know you are not actually clinically bulimic, but it still freaks me out.
Your brother's "FIVE SECOND RUUUUULE!" routine doesn't make it any easier.

Love,

Mommy

I watched 'Dawn of the Dead' last night. Very nice waste of a couple'a hours, if you ask me. The bit with the baby made me twitch a bit, but I got over it. Still have to find 'Shaun of the Dead' and '28 Days Later.'
Braaaaaiiiiins...

Alex-cat has her yearly check-up this morning. Wish me luck.

For those who were wondering, Alex is doing much better.


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Know what sucks, kids? When you leave 15 minutes early for class due to extensive road construction and STILL MANAGE TO BE LATE. grrr ( Read more... )

Okay, so after much rigmarole, John informs me that he believes Alex's boo boo to be the result of a fungal... thing. Possibly ringworm. He shaved the area a bit, scrubbed it, and applied some anti-fungal spray ( Read more... )

On Saturday Josh and I noticed that Alex has a big ouch on her left front leg. All the hair is gone in about an inch and a half square patch, and the skin was raw and seeping a bit. We figure she and Nicky got into a tussle, as is their custom. By yesterday it looked very inflamed, so we decided that she'd come to work with me today ( Read more... )

It is time for Aleksandra to have her yearly check-up and vaccines. So she gets to come to work with me today.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to The International Campaign for Tibet, The International Red Cross, or The Heifer Project.

Then again, maybe she'll only maim me severely.