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So...animal rescue won't take the extra toys vincent doesn't play with..


The Issue: When people come over they instantly want to interact with the cat so they pick up a toy and start to play. Well when you have 10 people shoving toys in the kitten's face-he gets very overstimulated and starts morphing from a kitten to the dreaded...dundundun!!!....snapfish...where he starts bobbing and weaving and snapping his jaw at anything and everything.

I don't want to store the toys because then I forget about them and just go get more when the ones in current rotation get eaten, dunked in the toilet or otherwise destroyed.

SO-if you or anyone you know has a kitty who could use a few extra toys,please let me know.

Not feeling The Watchmen trailer at all.

So, rather than going to BaGG last night, I decided to sleep. I really needed it after being so worn out from that day.

Overall, being in Oakland and living near the Bay has really really changed me a lot, and for the better. Things are sunnier, there are more creativity and artistic things abound, and loads of fun events to go to. You are never lonely, even if you technically are.

While I still quite don't know as many people as I use to in the area, I can definitely say that isn't really something that has been bugging me a whole lot. School has been keeping me busy, and the good type of busy. Rather than doing boring bookwork all the time, I'm doing more hands-on stuff and actually applying knowledge, rather than the stupid soak it up like a sponge approach.

Yet I still do seem a bit ahead of the curve and such, I've been meeting a couple of people who are giving me a leg up in everything, so it all works out for the best. I've met a really good friend that use to go out to Revenant/Fate, and we wind up carpooling to Deathguild and such now. If not, then Grey is usually around to get rides and such too. Either way, through her I've been meeting quite a few new people as well, although sometimes I don't quite exactly remember all their names, but I'll slowly get there I'm sure.

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Today, I'm getting my lovely Volkswagger back. Apparently there have been some brake issues with it that weren't brought up to my attention since the last service (poo on you VW!). So I won't be having to deal with driving the boat of a car, my parent's Volvo. Mind you, I have been close to many accidents with this car due to the slowness of the engine. Its a gorgeous car to drive in and very comfortable, but other than that, it is still a boat.

After that, I'll be dropping off some laundry with my parents. This has been working out to be a rather good arrangement. I get to visit the parents, so my mom isn't feeling too needy to see me as often, and I get laundry done. Fair trade I suppose. Then I guess I'll also be getting lunch too, so yay for food.

Speaking of food, that has been another thing I have been noticing. I have been sort of "starving," myself by accident. I find myself really occupied and lazy to prepare food, thus I just plain don't eat. I think with the elimination of junky convenience food, it has lead me to the issue of, "Oh crap I have to cook shit and I'm too lazy/busy to do that at the moment." Also not to mention, that I don't make an effort to go out and get food on my own (something I should start doing more often I suppose).

Then finally, for the first time in a year, possibly more, I'm going to GO to someone to cut my hair. I've been cutting my own hair since then (somewhat successfully) and I'll be going to my friend Lindsey to have her cut my hair at her school. I'm going to be getting a rebleach, redye, possible chemical straightening, trim, and everything else imaginable. Hopefully my hair will looking good... fucking good.

It has to be, I won't be doing it. Hah.

People who just plain don't get it. I'm stuck in a group that don't realize how serious some things are and mindless do things hoping that it will work out. Leaving me, either to lead them or to cover their ass. The instructor is pretty much out of the picture and isn't a help at all. In fact, he fucking turns to me to teach everything because I know more than him... YET HE FUCKING WRITES BOOKS ABOUT IT ALL!

Today, the group was insistent on letting this one actor audition, and I was totally unimpressed by his performance, not to mention they changed the script again so I was completely thrown off by everything. Overall, due to this "lazy" approach towards things, we wound up spending so much time over that my hair appointment with a really close friend of mine had to be canceled, and I'm left with very little free time in the next few days. UGH! I'm really pissed at how inconsiderate they are about time, and when I mention we need to get things done at a certain time before something happens, they brush it off.

Overall, if people want to know what I'm doing. Essentially, we are doing a rough 7 minute short film from a script that they selected (which was also a story written by me). It's very hitchcock-esque and has a rather interesting twist. We have to do this entire production binder and stuff, and just overall, I'm really really ready to just, kill someone because I'm doing all the work.

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This has just been a whirlwind summer.

Camp&Sons.Vegas. New Job starting August 4th...and Eddie Izzard and Infected Mushroom this friday.

just crazy.

We now have a tent, Air matress and everything we need to go camping. Which is Excellent. The 4-6 person tent was 160$ and the 8 person tent was 109$ because it was "last year's tent technology". So of-course we had to represent with the 8 Person tent. Twice the tent, 1/3 of the price.

Aside from that- I have been trying to spend more time with Big D and the kitty before the job picks up and it gets hectic all over again. Also been working hard with the whole administrative support thing. It went from Heloing out a friend to 6 clients. If you're looking for work-I highly recommend opening your own professional services business. It's awesome, easy and makes a lot of money if you're responsible and a good communicator. I mean to say that if you don't ask for the money-they won't give it to you.If you don't do your job- then it makes it that much harder to get the next client.

yeah-vacation...sure...well...it was nice while it lasted.

What I want to know is:

What are you guys up to?

Good News: Mr. Vincent's hair is growing back nicely. it feels like a chinchilla!It's so soft and he's being really good about bathing. Which is great because it means that he is happy, healthy and adjusting. It took some training and positive reinforcement, but he's come a long way.

Bad News: Some of his fur that was not shaved is measuring out at 6+ inches long. Which means that other parts-when they DO grow back in...might be that long.Which means..We should expect a big fluffy muppet kitty in T-minus 3 months.

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Do I need to see the movie Robot Jox?

-lol- sorry about the spelling,but with a mistake like festical I just had to leave it.

Anyway- I will be volunteering the 24th through the 26th at the Festical (hehe) of Sail. I am mildly excited in that I do not know really what to expect. The Significant other will also be volunteering,but just for Saturday.

These gigs have given me a couple of things.

New clients.
Reason to get out the house.
New Friends.

and they are generally a ton of fun.

Anyway-Ciao Ciao.

New job starts August 4th. More details at 11 am.

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http://www.catchannel.com/

This is very bad...for work.

VERY BAD.

Especially the virtual cat show section.

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"Two unidentified Afghan Women chat with each other a few minutes before they were executed by Taliban in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on late Saturday, July 12, 2008. Taliban fighters told Associated Press Television News that the two were executed for allegedly running a prostitution ring catering to U.S. soldiers and other foreign contractors at a U.S. base in Ghazni city"


I just wanted to take a moment and reflect on the passing of these two women. Even if they were guilty, it pains all of us when the death penalty is so strict that it is enforced on even relatively petty crimes. I am always suspicious of the middle east prosecution policies and the limited amount of evidence needed to convict, women in particular.

My point is not to politicize all of this, but I hope by voicing my thoughts and feelings I can understand them better. I feel that the phot has gained much popularity because they were executed by the Taliban. The problem with having archaic and medieval beliefs and rules of law- is that your views will always been seen as extreme. Such as in this case- I amd highly suspect that they were guilty simply because of the overall treatment of women.

In another discussion-we talked about whether or not it was constitutional to regulate a form of dress while in public. Take a good look and you tell me. It won't stop with jeans being worn too low. It won't stop with thongs and knee length skirts. Conservative progress will not stop till you see the above picture and it's your daughter...your son...your brother in that photo...because something else you should know..is that the execution was in a crowd of people.


...and they stood by...

and did nothing.

because in their community it is socially acceptable. We talk about obscenity,but we don't really mean what we say as a country. I say this because we go out into the world ,in earnest, and look down on other communities like the one above. The penaly for prositution is death. The penalty for homosexuality is death. If we're so into letting the "communities" decide-then why do we feel anger when the two women who were alive in the picture...are executed.

That's all for now.

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