Day, in B minor
Mithril's parole officer has come and gone. There was no actual exam or anything, he just needed to have a look and be sure the cat was alive, and not foaming at the mouth and climbing the walls or anything. I explained the circumstances -- to whit, that the bite happened at a vet's office when he'd been taken in for severe constipation, and was tired of having fingers shoved up his bum. The man laughed, and said "Yeah, I'd probably bite someone too."
And that was that.
The weather being a balmy 50 degrees today -- In February! I KNOW, RIGHT?! -- I chucked outside all cats who were keen to go. Which wound up being everyone but Hilfy. Gave them all a stern warning to remember about the street, and the yard with the Big Dog in, and hied myself off to pick up groceries. When I came home again, Godric, my big lump of creamsicle love, was half swamped in the FILTHIEST ditchwater ever. The spray pattern essentially busted him; he'd gone down streetside, and was sniffing about, and got tyre-splashed with road runoff. Can't say Medusa fails to look after these beasties, no matter how unpleasant her reminders to them might be.
I let them all in -- the white cats magically still white, aside from Godric, who was half grey, -- and proceeded to attack the idiot with a towel. Went through two before I stopped sopping black water off him. Anybody else remember back before we'd decided to keep him, when the cat's name was Filthy?
Yeah.
Had it been warmer, I'd have given him a proper bath. Because yes, I AM just that evil.
Went to see Coraline in 3D last night.
WAO!!!
The story is pretty much the same as ever it was, with the addition of a character, and a couple of sight gags, and so that was satisfying. Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher did fantastic work with the voice acting, and the animation was really great. But I gotta say it, if you're one of those who can stand 3D, you MUST see it that way! The 3D isn't intrusive, or saved only for the 'Gotcha!' moments, it's pervasive, subtle in places, absolutely magical in others. And stay through the credits for the Easter Egg when you do. It's amazing. Prolly not the best movie to see high though. Tripping through the Other Mother's scenes would lead to some really REALLY bad headspace.
I have just made the BEST egg salad ever.
Oh yes I have.
6 eggs, boiled hard, then peeled and chopped.
1 shallot, minced
2 stalks of the tenderest celery, from right near the heart, minced
2 - 3T bleu cheese dressing.
Dill, Paprika, Salt, and Pepper to taste.
Ciabatta toasts to put it on.
OM NOM NOM!
And that was that.
The weather being a balmy 50 degrees today -- In February! I KNOW, RIGHT?! -- I chucked outside all cats who were keen to go. Which wound up being everyone but Hilfy. Gave them all a stern warning to remember about the street, and the yard with the Big Dog in, and hied myself off to pick up groceries. When I came home again, Godric, my big lump of creamsicle love, was half swamped in the FILTHIEST ditchwater ever. The spray pattern essentially busted him; he'd gone down streetside, and was sniffing about, and got tyre-splashed with road runoff. Can't say Medusa fails to look after these beasties, no matter how unpleasant her reminders to them might be.
I let them all in -- the white cats magically still white, aside from Godric, who was half grey, -- and proceeded to attack the idiot with a towel. Went through two before I stopped sopping black water off him. Anybody else remember back before we'd decided to keep him, when the cat's name was Filthy?
Yeah.
Had it been warmer, I'd have given him a proper bath. Because yes, I AM just that evil.
Went to see Coraline in 3D last night.
WAO!!!
The story is pretty much the same as ever it was, with the addition of a character, and a couple of sight gags, and so that was satisfying. Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher did fantastic work with the voice acting, and the animation was really great. But I gotta say it, if you're one of those who can stand 3D, you MUST see it that way! The 3D isn't intrusive, or saved only for the 'Gotcha!' moments, it's pervasive, subtle in places, absolutely magical in others. And stay through the credits for the Easter Egg when you do. It's amazing. Prolly not the best movie to see high though. Tripping through the Other Mother's scenes would lead to some really REALLY bad headspace.
I have just made the BEST egg salad ever.
Oh yes I have.
6 eggs, boiled hard, then peeled and chopped.
1 shallot, minced
2 stalks of the tenderest celery, from right near the heart, minced
2 - 3T bleu cheese dressing.
Dill, Paprika, Salt, and Pepper to taste.
Ciabatta toasts to put it on.
OM NOM NOM!