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HOLY FUCKING SHIT
Jan. 14th, 2007 02:31 pmMY KITTEN THREW HIMSELF OUT A THIRD STORY WINDOW!!!
*hyperventilates*
Ok, so like, today being unseasonably warm, I had my window a bit, maybe 6 inches, and I decided to walk to Einstein Bagels for lunch. The cats usually do like to sit in the window, but I adopted them in October, so there haven't been many days when the window was open. I was gone, dunno, 45 minutes? And when I came back, Moya seemed a bit fretful, and I thought she wanted attention, but when I went into my bedroom, I could see the screen was ripped from the top left corner.
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calendae, that's the suncatcher you gave me long ago...)
Anyhow, I tear up my apartment looking for Pilot and I can't find him anywhere and part of me already knows he's outside, but I check everywhere, and I go down THREE STORIES and there on the ground directly below my window is Pilot, all puffed up, but otherwise ok. Holy shit. Not sure how long he was out, could have been since minutes after I left or minutes before I came back.
Here's the drop:
So, he's fine, he just gave himself a good bath, and he seems totally ok. Frankly, I wish he seemed a little scared or traumatized by the whole thing, like it shaved years off my life, but he is COMPLETELY UNREPENTANT and I know he learned nothing and is going to fling himself out another window before long. *headdesk* I always joked about how this kitten had NO SELF-PRESERVATIONAL INSTINCTS WHATSOEVER and how he would try to get himself locked in the fridge, or fly off a high shelf, or drown himself in the toilet bowl, but now? Ha ha, not so funny.
The little fucker is just fine:
Been a while since I posted. I hope everyone had a nice holiday/new year! I spent it with my parents, and it was pretty nice. The cats did not wreak nearly as much havoc as feared, and I did a lot of Kakuro with my mom, and I watched a lot of Foyle's War with my parents.
Oh, yes, and I've learned to play poker. I wouldn't say I'm good, but I don't actively suck, so I'm happy enough with that. I had a bunch of people over last night to play, and I lost in very annoying ways. Like, it's one thing to just get beat, but one time, I had a flush, and I lost to someone with a higher flush, and one time I had a full house and I lost to someone with a higher full house. Really fucking annoying! Because I played my hands right, it just wasn't meant to be. Grrr. Now that's a conspiracy.
Also, I impulse bought Dead Like Me because the DVDs were twenty bucks at Best Buy, and I'm really digging it so far. God, I love Mandy Patinkin.
It's a sad, pathetic little number, but everyone else is doing it... ( Books I read in 2006 ) reports, however, that apparently none of the humor translated into the English version.
5. Eragon -- Christopher Paolini It's a fun fantasy novel, although he probably owes Anne McCaffrey and JRR Tolkien big ol' royalty checks. Still, pretty good for a teenager.
6. Le Colonel Chabert -- Honoré de Balzac A good little story, but a bit bleak for my taste. I prefer his torrid love affairs.
7. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell -- Susanna Clarke LOVED IT. My favorite book I read last year. It was original and charming and spooky and sad. It rocked.
8. The Thin Man -- Dashiell Hammett Is it blasphemous to say I like the movie better? Crisp, but a little unsatisfying.
9. Watership Down -- Richard Adams Bunnies! My sister told me that bad things happened to bunnies, so I avoided reading it when I was younger, and then I just never did. It was wonderful, suspenseful, and very, very compelling. Loved it.
10. Freedom's Ransom -- Anne McCaffrey Eh. I've liked the other books in the series, but this one was not that good. No tension.
11. The Confusion -- Neal Stephenson Turns out I had forgotten a great deal of Quicksilver, but I mostly managed. I got completely wrapped up in it, but it could have perhaps used some editing. But, as always, a rollicking good read and hilarious. It was like 900 pages, can this count as two books?
12. A Great Deliverance -- Elizabeth George I really liked Inspector Lynley, and that may be because George does a much, much better job of finding his inner voice than his partner Havers. Turns out I had seen the Mystery version, and so remembered what happened, but I liked it enough to read more in the series.
Aaaand that's it. 12. Boo! It will be more in 2007, that I vow!
*hyperventilates*
Ok, so like, today being unseasonably warm, I had my window a bit, maybe 6 inches, and I decided to walk to Einstein Bagels for lunch. The cats usually do like to sit in the window, but I adopted them in October, so there haven't been many days when the window was open. I was gone, dunno, 45 minutes? And when I came back, Moya seemed a bit fretful, and I thought she wanted attention, but when I went into my bedroom, I could see the screen was ripped from the top left corner.
(Btw,
calendae, that's the suncatcher you gave me long ago...)Anyhow, I tear up my apartment looking for Pilot and I can't find him anywhere and part of me already knows he's outside, but I check everywhere, and I go down THREE STORIES and there on the ground directly below my window is Pilot, all puffed up, but otherwise ok. Holy shit. Not sure how long he was out, could have been since minutes after I left or minutes before I came back.
Here's the drop:
So, he's fine, he just gave himself a good bath, and he seems totally ok. Frankly, I wish he seemed a little scared or traumatized by the whole thing, like it shaved years off my life, but he is COMPLETELY UNREPENTANT and I know he learned nothing and is going to fling himself out another window before long. *headdesk* I always joked about how this kitten had NO SELF-PRESERVATIONAL INSTINCTS WHATSOEVER and how he would try to get himself locked in the fridge, or fly off a high shelf, or drown himself in the toilet bowl, but now? Ha ha, not so funny.
The little fucker is just fine:
Been a while since I posted. I hope everyone had a nice holiday/new year! I spent it with my parents, and it was pretty nice. The cats did not wreak nearly as much havoc as feared, and I did a lot of Kakuro with my mom, and I watched a lot of Foyle's War with my parents.
Oh, yes, and I've learned to play poker. I wouldn't say I'm good, but I don't actively suck, so I'm happy enough with that. I had a bunch of people over last night to play, and I lost in very annoying ways. Like, it's one thing to just get beat, but one time, I had a flush, and I lost to someone with a higher flush, and one time I had a full house and I lost to someone with a higher full house. Really fucking annoying! Because I played my hands right, it just wasn't meant to be. Grrr. Now that's a conspiracy.
Also, I impulse bought Dead Like Me because the DVDs were twenty bucks at Best Buy, and I'm really digging it so far. God, I love Mandy Patinkin.
It's a sad, pathetic little number, but everyone else is doing it... ( Books I read in 2006 ) reports, however, that apparently none of the humor translated into the English version.
5. Eragon -- Christopher Paolini It's a fun fantasy novel, although he probably owes Anne McCaffrey and JRR Tolkien big ol' royalty checks. Still, pretty good for a teenager.
6. Le Colonel Chabert -- Honoré de Balzac A good little story, but a bit bleak for my taste. I prefer his torrid love affairs.
7. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell -- Susanna Clarke LOVED IT. My favorite book I read last year. It was original and charming and spooky and sad. It rocked.
8. The Thin Man -- Dashiell Hammett Is it blasphemous to say I like the movie better? Crisp, but a little unsatisfying.
9. Watership Down -- Richard Adams Bunnies! My sister told me that bad things happened to bunnies, so I avoided reading it when I was younger, and then I just never did. It was wonderful, suspenseful, and very, very compelling. Loved it.
10. Freedom's Ransom -- Anne McCaffrey Eh. I've liked the other books in the series, but this one was not that good. No tension.
11. The Confusion -- Neal Stephenson Turns out I had forgotten a great deal of Quicksilver, but I mostly managed. I got completely wrapped up in it, but it could have perhaps used some editing. But, as always, a rollicking good read and hilarious. It was like 900 pages, can this count as two books?
12. A Great Deliverance -- Elizabeth George I really liked Inspector Lynley, and that may be because George does a much, much better job of finding his inner voice than his partner Havers. Turns out I had seen the Mystery version, and so remembered what happened, but I liked it enough to read more in the series.
Aaaand that's it. 12. Boo! It will be more in 2007, that I vow!
