• 15:33 twitpic.com/1abfx - He's actually been rubbing against the door to be let outside. #

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• 21:10 Curled up with a book, some tea & 2 cats. Not bad for an evening home alone. #
• 21:16 twitpic.com/zgzr - One sleepy kitty... #
• 21:17 twitpic.com/zh00 - Two sleepy kitties. #

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--Sixteen Military Wives, The Decemberists

I've updated my website with... well, with not much actually. A quick front page note about Glass Slippers and the fact that I will be at Wicked Faire this year. I didn't mention anything about the children's theater class discussed in my last post, and don't intend to until I have something a little ( Read more... )

( lap cats )

just don't say I didn't warn you.In other news, I pass roadkill with some frequency on my commute to and from work. Since I'm on my bike, I'm usually going slowly and my morbid curiosity means that I generally manage to identify it. Raccoons and groundhogs are bad enough, but today, just a couple blocks from the house, I passed--what was once--a ( Read more... )

On empheliath's suggestion, I've been reading all the Wapsi Square archives. It's brilliant. It's like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and American Gods had some sort of web-comic love-child. This isn't immediately apparent if you start at the beginning (which you should), but trust me.

I just read this strip which is, actually, a guest strip. Normally I ( Read more... )

When I go home at night, my cats are always waiting immediately on the opposite side of the closed door. When I just had Algernon, I'd come home using the front door, and grab him in his attempt to flee into the building's hallway. Now that I also have Rupert, I actually lock them out of the bedroom while I'm away, and exit/enter through the back ( Read more... )

(Part 1, "The Bad" is friends locked--sorry.)

No really. Yesterday being Valentine's Day really salvaged what would otherwise have been a shitfest of a day.

The Good: I have an amazing boyfriend. He used one of his morale calls to phone me yesterday and wake me up. Most of our conversations are over skype these days, so it's always extra nice ( Read more... )

With apologies to chalkhorsegirl and her kitten (cat, by now) of the same name:

I'd like to officially introduce you all to Rupert.


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They're playing with each other through the gap under the bedroom door!

SO pleased!

[edit: 11:44 a.m.]

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Given that he's been in my home for less than 24 hours, and out of the bedroom for less than 20 minutes, I'd say things are going pretty well, wouldn't you?

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It would seem they're still most comofortable with each other when there's a door ( Read more... )