So, we got our kittens chipped back when they got spayed and neutered. Today, I got the paperwork in the mail, and it came with information about pet insurance. It isn't something we'd thought about, but with the rash of pet-related emergencies on LJ recently, we gave it some looking into.

According to Pet Insurance Review website, Pet Plan is ( Read more... )

The Shadow Queen, Anne Bishop (birthday gift from ddrpolaris)

So, after reading Butler, Shakespeare, and Oates all in a row, I decided it was time for something a little more frivolous. The Winter's Tale and Beasts weren't intellectually taxing, but they were intellectually rigorous. Since I'm also working on my thesis and planning Othello, I need a little ( Read more... )

I'm hungry, cold, and I have stuff to do. But I can't move from my computer chair, cause I've got a sleeping Captain curled up on my lap, and he's far too cute to move.

I may have to resort to trickery, and send something skittering off into the other room, to see if he'll wake up and chase it.

...Christmas trees are the best things EVAR. For one, they are mighty tasty. I, personally, am REALLY looking forward to dealing with them as they digest spruce needles. Also, in a time-honored tradition, shogunhb and I attached bells to the bottom branches as an Insto-Kitten Alarm. This way, if we hear the jingle-jangle that is NOT Nick Cave, we know the ( Read more... )

Happiness meme:

Log the Things That Make Me Happy for a week

1. Post about something that made you happy today even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this everyday for a week without fail

I have a couple of things today:

1. Islay's doing MUCH better. She's active, alert, and responsive ( Read more... )

Seriously, it's enough to break my heart. She's skittish, stand-offish, and in so much pain. Sometimes she lets me curl up with her; right now, she's 'hiding' on the back of shogunhb's desk, looking all doped up and damn pathetic. She keeps trying to get comfortable and failing ( Read more... )

The kittens are getting 'tutored' today! I was so sad...last night, we took away their food and water (stuff in belly + general anesthesia = BAD THINGS), and then this morning, on the way to the vet, Islay was making the most pathetic noises. She didn't know what was going on, but she knew she didn't like it. And, since they have different carrying ( Read more... )

shadowravyn: Awww...Islay's cuddling up to you. She loves you!

shogunhb: No she doesn't. She just knows she's radioactive. She's trying to give me brain cancer.

shadowravyn: Our kitten is...radioactive?

shogunhb: Yup. Radioactive kitty. I don't know how, she just is.

*Islay starts purring*

shogunhb: Hear that? Those are her turbines going. *pause* She's making cat ions.

shadowravyn: I hate you so

Productivity dropped by 40%. For one thing, chin-scritches seem to be called for. And unlike some people, I've never mastered the art of typing one-handed.

...but I ended up falling asleep for hours. Not my fault, man. I had a sleepy Captain on one side of me, and a snuggly Islay on the other. The napping-kitten-field was too strong for me. I had to succumb.

But I'll write tonight before I go to bed. Scout's honor.

(All right, how many of you put Sailor in front of that, too?)