When I looked at the run scheduled for yesterday, I thought it might kill me. We ran immediately after a brief (but intense) rock climbing session, so I was already a little tired. Even though climbing is supposed to be mostly in your lower body, I always feel it the most in my upper body. (I like to believe this speaks more for the comparative ( Read more... )

• 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... )

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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... )

...and it really bothers me ( 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... )

I'm not sure when I became The Cat Advocate, but clearly I have ( 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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