In two or three years, after I graduate and get a full-time job, James and I are going to live together. Possibly even as people married to each other, but anyway, we discuss it a lot. We want to get a townhouse, because we have too many in-tank animals to keep them in just a small apartment. I've been trying to think of ways to save space with ( Read more... )

( Wayback machine to 2003 for some background )

I think visiting Petsmart almost daily for crickets is good for me; I haven't had as many longings for mammalian pets since I started going, because there's always a friendly dog that's eager for a random stranger's attention there. Today in line I ended up surrounded on both sides by friendly dogs. One was a King Charles Spaniel, who jumped up ( Read more... )

I don't miss being a cat owner. I don't miss the need to be there every morning and every night, in order to give them their fresh can of food. I have more freedom to go where I want and stay where I want, without worrying about the cats getting fed. I don't have to deal with the smell of kitty litter, with the chore of cleaning up cat poop. I ( Read more... )

James' busy season is the Thanksgiving/Christmas season, and I am apparently a misanthrope in disguise, so for New Years' we decided to have a weekend just the two of us, instead of going to a party. We went out on Saturday night to a dinner party and Grampa and Donna's, and we ventured out to Target and Petsmart and Famous Dave's today, but ( Read more... )

Today was a very busy day for Sonja! The past few weeks she's just been hiding in her cave all the time, being Little Miss Grouchypants because she's outgrown her skin and hasn't started shedding yet. I've been forcing her to come out of her cave and sun and eat, but she hasn't been eating a whole lot. So the past few days I've been like, "To ( Read more... )

As of approximately 2:15 today, I am no longer a cat owner. Marty went home with a very nice couple, along with his cat carrier, scratching pads, kitty litter rug, Supermouse, and Evil Blue Bunny. After they left, I cried, and James held me, and offered to be my new cat, saying that he would let me pet him and that he would start calling me at 4: ( Read more... )

Well huh, it appears that my paid account will expire in three days. Hmm. Well sorry, I'd rather buy it next month. *cancels automatic payment*

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My biological third cousin sent me a packet of all of her genealogical stuff on the Handkes. It's very exciting stuff! It seems that in the 1880s, there was a mandatory draft in Germany. Christian ( Read more... )