6/8/07

check out his pictures). We’ve decided that in the evenings after the indoor cats are indoors, we’ll open a couple of gates to the back yard so that Maxi and Newt can come and go at will. When I went out earlier to hang towels to dry, Newt came over, whined at me, and flopped onto his back for a belly rub. When I think of what a skittish guy he was last Fall, when he’d run away whenever we tried to approach, it gives me hope for the skittish kittens.

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Potential Sopranos spoilers below; skip if you haven’t seen the most recent episode. I hope AJ dies in the final episode, and I hope it’s particularly painful. He is one whiny, self-absorbed little bitch and I cannot stand him. If Paulie Walnuts makes it out alive, I’ll be happy. I don’t care who else dies, just leave Paulie alone, damnit!
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The brilliant Rose suggested in my comments for yesterday that I name the two unnamed kittens “Thurston” and “Lovey”, and I spit out my water when I read that, because that is PERFECT, but alas. Both those names have been used in the past, and since the idea is to use names that haven’t been used before, I can’t use them. Then I checked the used-names list, and do you KNOW what names haven’t been used in the past? GILLIGAN AND MARYANNE. Perfect! The kittens continue with their skittishness but last night I got Tina Louise to come over and sniff my hand. I touched her tail and the side of her little face before she skittered off, but they’re getting used to me. It helps that I sit in there and read and just ignore them (or at least pretend to) while they play. When Tina Louise came over to me last night, it was a so-very-casual stroll on her part, like “Oh. Hm. Look at these towels here. I think I’ll flop down on them. Why, looky here. There’s a person there! Color me surprised!” Maryanne disapproves. Water=good! Is that a face of disgust, or what? More kitteh pics, here.
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For Fred’s birthday, I made a gigantic chocolate chip cookie and frosted it. Sugarbutt thought he should get some, too. (By the way, that bottle of “Move Free” is glucosamine and chondroitin, not a laxative. In case you were wondering.)
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Previously 2006: Apparently I’m high. And in desperate need of makeup. 2005: By this time the investigator’s eyes had glazed over, and he was clearly thinking “This has WHAT to do with reliability?” 2004: When I was on the pier, the bream darted forward to partake of my delicious thighs, and I stomped across the pier as fast as I could, saying “STOP IT, YOU FUCKERS!” and I stomped up the steps to the top part of the pier, and waited for Fred to take his face out of the water. 2003: No entry. 2002: No entry. 2001: But. It. Was. Too. Far. From. Huntsville. 2000: Oh look, it’s Robyn, bitching. How unusual.]]>

14 thoughts on “6/8/07”

  1. Damn that cookie looks good, was it? I love the kittens ears, they are so BIG!

  2. Ok so in honor of the ending of the Sopranos you should add these names to the kitten names folder: Anthony, Carmella, Meadow, Christopher, Adriana (I still miss her), Paulie, Silvio, Bobby and Janice and anyone else I can’t think of at the moment!

  3. I’m going to miss Sopranos!! I definetely prefer Maryanne as a name for a kitty 🙂
    love the pictures!

  4. Along with Rorschach, I think you should add Sigmond, Frued, Alfred, Adler, Carl, Jung, Ivan, and Pavlov

  5. Kitten names for your list.
    Pippin
    Merry
    Frodo
    Bilbo
    Gandalf
    Lucy
    Ricky
    Fred
    Ethel
    Marsha
    Jan
    Cindy
    Greg
    Peter
    Bobby
    Alice
    Winkin
    Blinkin
    Nod

  6. I have to second the suggestion to use Fred, Ethel, Lucy and Ricky as kitty names! Also, your kitchen looks freakishly familiar – we have the same stove, same countertop, same knifeblock/knives, one same water bottle (the redder one). I also have a big bottle of move free and an orange cat (but he doesn’t lay on the counter – he just walks on it). Sadly, I don’t have the big cookie. 🙁

  7. More names:
    Mojo
    Berry
    Rutherford
    Tipsy
    Schnider
    Cyndi
    And finally,
    Kittensnugglemuggles because we really want her so badly…

  8. I love your red toaster and red isn’t usually a color I like, but I’m drawn to that red toaster. Weird.
    Sugerbutt looks so cute on the counter. We have a cat who is jumping impaired, so my husband pulls a chair over so she can get up on the cabinet. Most people try to keep the animals off the counters and tables. Heh

  9. Is that a red toaster?? Where, oh where, did you get it? I’m a complete sucker for red appliances.
    Congratulations for staying on top of the weeding! I don’t think I’ll ever catch up with mine.

  13. Why aren’t you using a hoe to chop the weeds out by the roots?
    Love the poodie tats.

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