Good. The cubs are sleeping peacefully and there's no icky mess to clean up.
Currently watching the mighty hunter, Kittenkong, stalking her traditional prey, the fearsome moth. Hey, don't laugh, some of those critters are a whole inch long! Scary...
Happy Samhain! Have a wonderful new year! (To those in the northern hemisphere that is, though no doubt there's some dills down here in the southerh hemisphere celebrating Samhaim cos it's traditional to celebrate it on this date. Dickheads. They overlook the fact that all of the celebrations are seasonal.)
Thursday, October 31, 2002
[Smells like Zha'haabron, eh? Mmmm... *dopey grin* Hn, 'lestrel, if your ningen trys to follow through on her threat we are not without weapons, I mean, you can ki-singe her and my chibi eyes are quite effective I've been told. ^~^
And thank you for hanging around and looking after me, sinam; I'd glomp you but - *tragic look* - I don't have the energy.]
See, I told you the cubs were really truly sick.
One of them threw up soon after dinner (OK, so fish & chips are never a good idea when they're feeling poorly - you'd think I'd know by now) and I'm just waiting for the other one to do his party piece.
I can cope with most things that come out of the human body except vomit (and semen in bukkake amounts.. ick. I do not believe the fable that it's good for the skin, not when it dries in your hair like liquid cement) and just my luck, I was blessed with not one, but two babies afflicted with reflux. Lucky me. For those who've not had the pleasure of dealing with a refluxy child, it goes something like this... You feed child - 10 minutes later child throws up most of what they've just eaten.. repeat.. until child grows out of it, in the cubs case that was almost a year. But that's in the past, now I only have to deal with it maybe 2 or 3 times a year - speaking of which I'd better go and check them...
And thank you for hanging around and looking after me, sinam; I'd glomp you but - *tragic look* - I don't have the energy.]
See, I told you the cubs were really truly sick.
One of them threw up soon after dinner (OK, so fish & chips are never a good idea when they're feeling poorly - you'd think I'd know by now) and I'm just waiting for the other one to do his party piece.
I can cope with most things that come out of the human body except vomit (and semen in bukkake amounts.. ick. I do not believe the fable that it's good for the skin, not when it dries in your hair like liquid cement) and just my luck, I was blessed with not one, but two babies afflicted with reflux. Lucky me. For those who've not had the pleasure of dealing with a refluxy child, it goes something like this... You feed child - 10 minutes later child throws up most of what they've just eaten.. repeat.. until child grows out of it, in the cubs case that was almost a year. But that's in the past, now I only have to deal with it maybe 2 or 3 times a year - speaking of which I'd better go and check them...
[*smug smirk*] Heh - come now tenshi, it wasn't really a threat. The ningen was just in her 'Queen of Casual Torture' mode and wondering how readers of the Chronicles would take it if she didn't write another chapter until next terran year... She wouldn't really do it. I don't think...
[*scowls*] She'd better be bloody joking or she'll have me to answer to!
[gently ki-heats a bowl of lemon (from the lemon tree of course) and sweet honey and sparkling water to help the cold...]
Did the ningen mention that that new fragrant stuff she's bought smells a bit like Zha'haabron? S'nice. Very nice...
[*scowls*] She'd better be bloody joking or she'll have me to answer to!
[gently ki-heats a bowl of lemon (from the lemon tree of course) and sweet honey and sparkling water to help the cold...]
Did the ningen mention that that new fragrant stuff she's bought smells a bit like Zha'haabron? S'nice. Very nice...
Fun fun fun.
The cubs and I all have colds - not that you could tell initially this morning given the sounds of joy and delight coming from the cubs when I told them they could stay home from school. *rolls eyes* But they're sitting on the couch now, tucked up under a blanket and watching the Wallace & Grommit dvd. We are really all unwell, honestly, the fact that we've got next monday and tuesday off played no part in my decision to keep them home for today and tomorrow thus giving us a 6 day holiday. Well OK, maybe a little, but probly not for the reasons you think. I have things planned for monday and tuesday and hopefully these 2 extra days to rest will mean we'll all be feeling well enough to go out later.
Lessons I have Learnt.
Watermelon is wonderfully soothing on a sore throat.
And lemon, *nudge, nudge* can alleviate the symptoms of a cold. ^.^
*gasp*
Joules has just threatened to not do the next AC chapter until after Yule!!
Meep!
She's joking - she must be joking...
The cubs and I all have colds - not that you could tell initially this morning given the sounds of joy and delight coming from the cubs when I told them they could stay home from school. *rolls eyes* But they're sitting on the couch now, tucked up under a blanket and watching the Wallace & Grommit dvd. We are really all unwell, honestly, the fact that we've got next monday and tuesday off played no part in my decision to keep them home for today and tomorrow thus giving us a 6 day holiday. Well OK, maybe a little, but probly not for the reasons you think. I have things planned for monday and tuesday and hopefully these 2 extra days to rest will mean we'll all be feeling well enough to go out later.
Lessons I have Learnt.
Watermelon is wonderfully soothing on a sore throat.
And lemon, *nudge, nudge* can alleviate the symptoms of a cold. ^.^
*gasp*
Joules has just threatened to not do the next AC chapter until after Yule!!
Meep!
She's joking - she must be joking...
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Jeez Joules is fast! (or should that be 'efficient'? :) It took her only 25 minutes to code 10 pages of writing...
So here it is - Wish Fulfillment in all it's fluffy glory. *grin*
Enjoy.
Hee hee hee, and Joules is getting back to work on the Transpositions series... Zaabon in a whole different light. Phwoar! ^.^
So here it is - Wish Fulfillment in all it's fluffy glory. *grin*
Enjoy.
Hee hee hee, and Joules is getting back to work on the Transpositions series... Zaabon in a whole different light. Phwoar! ^.^
Tuesday, October 29, 2002
[67!? The most I got was 20 before I got bored.]
OkapiPrincess and I went to see Bend it like Beckham today. That was a fun movie, I really enjoyed it. Sure, it was predictable, and it had elements of classic english farce - mistaken identity, comic misunderstandings, racial stereotypes, that sort of thing - but everything worked out all right in the end and it made me feel all warm and gooshy so I was happy (and some of the saris the cast were wearing were just gorgeous *sigh* Is it pretentious for an anglo to wear a sari?).
Juliet Stevenson was very funny in it, and Jonathon Rhys Meyers (he was Maxwell Demon, the bisexual glam star in Velvet Goldmine... *pause while Lutra slides of into glitter spangled day-dream...*) did a passable job as an Irish coach. True, he still moved like a faggy rock-star rather than a soccer player, and while his wasn't the best fake Irish accent I've
ever heard, it wasn't the worst. (That honour would have to go to Richard Gere in the 90's remake of The Jackal - which, by the way, is another underated Bruce Willis movie, .) Bend it.. also had the *cough* added attraction of lots of eye-candy, lots of nubile young things playing soccer. :)
I'd give Bend it... 7/10 with an extra point for one of the funniest lines of dialogue I've heard in ages. (spoken by a confused, elderly female indian relative after one of those 'comic misunderstandings')
'She's a lesbian? I thought she was a pisces.'
*rolling around laughing*
OkapiPrincess didn't enjoy the movie as much as I did, but then her 'suspension of disbelief' isn't as robust as mine, (heh, suspension'? In some cases I have complete abandonment of disbelief!), and getting a parking ticket (pig-dog nazi parking inspectors! Barstids!) wouldn't have added to the enjoyment. :(
(And, bless her, I got presents today from OkapiPrincess too! 1/2 dozen pretty little fishy brass charms and a Maisy Mouse mix-n-match book! *happy squeak*)
More quizz results.. thanks, Talon : )
Humph....
What Kind of Virgin Are You?
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Hoggle?! Oh, please... I wanted to be Sir Didimus! *pout*
What Labyrinth Charater are you most like?
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OkapiPrincess and I went to see Bend it like Beckham today. That was a fun movie, I really enjoyed it. Sure, it was predictable, and it had elements of classic english farce - mistaken identity, comic misunderstandings, racial stereotypes, that sort of thing - but everything worked out all right in the end and it made me feel all warm and gooshy so I was happy (and some of the saris the cast were wearing were just gorgeous *sigh* Is it pretentious for an anglo to wear a sari?).
Juliet Stevenson was very funny in it, and Jonathon Rhys Meyers (he was Maxwell Demon, the bisexual glam star in Velvet Goldmine... *pause while Lutra slides of into glitter spangled day-dream...*) did a passable job as an Irish coach. True, he still moved like a faggy rock-star rather than a soccer player, and while his wasn't the best fake Irish accent I've
ever heard, it wasn't the worst. (That honour would have to go to Richard Gere in the 90's remake of The Jackal - which, by the way, is another underated Bruce Willis movie, .) Bend it.. also had the *cough* added attraction of lots of eye-candy, lots of nubile young things playing soccer. :)
I'd give Bend it... 7/10 with an extra point for one of the funniest lines of dialogue I've heard in ages. (spoken by a confused, elderly female indian relative after one of those 'comic misunderstandings')
'She's a lesbian? I thought she was a pisces.'
*rolling around laughing*
OkapiPrincess didn't enjoy the movie as much as I did, but then her 'suspension of disbelief' isn't as robust as mine, (heh, suspension'? In some cases I have complete abandonment of disbelief!), and getting a parking ticket (pig-dog nazi parking inspectors! Barstids!) wouldn't have added to the enjoyment. :(
(And, bless her, I got presents today from OkapiPrincess too! 1/2 dozen pretty little fishy brass charms and a Maisy Mouse mix-n-match book! *happy squeak*)
More quizz results.. thanks, Talon : )
Humph....
What Kind of Virgin Are You?
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Hoggle?! Oh, please... I wanted to be Sir Didimus! *pout*
What Labyrinth Charater are you most like?
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Monday, October 28, 2002
*rolling around laughing*
This comic strip site from Soulsis! PowerGoth Girls! (The english translation in some cases is funnier than the actual jokes - read the 'characters' section. ^.- [does that look like a wink?] )
This comic strip site from Soulsis! PowerGoth Girls! (The english translation in some cases is funnier than the actual jokes - read the 'characters' section. ^.- [does that look like a wink?] )
And Niki sent me this cute little game . Took me a couple of goes to work out what I was sposed to do (I'm not game literate) but you have to close down as many of the pop-ups as you can within a given time. : )
[I killed 67. Is that good?]
[I killed 67. Is that good?]
['lestrel! *blushing crimson* That's private!]
Lessons I Have Learnt.
Celeriac is not a vegetable suitable for stir-frying. Great raw with dips, instead of carrots (bleuch) just don't subject it to heat.
This term the cubs are studying ancient cultures, notably, Greek, Roman and Egyptian. They've been learning about Gods...
One of the cubs bounced up to me today after school and started telling me all about Pan and how cool he was. Then he said he wanted his nickname to be Pan, and he skipped away playing his pretend pan-pipes.
Made my little pagan heart swell to see him... ^.^
His father, who is definitely not a pagan, might not be quite as charmed.
Lessons I Have Learnt.
Celeriac is not a vegetable suitable for stir-frying. Great raw with dips, instead of carrots (bleuch) just don't subject it to heat.
This term the cubs are studying ancient cultures, notably, Greek, Roman and Egyptian. They've been learning about Gods...
One of the cubs bounced up to me today after school and started telling me all about Pan and how cool he was. Then he said he wanted his nickname to be Pan, and he skipped away playing his pretend pan-pipes.
Made my little pagan heart swell to see him... ^.^
His father, who is definitely not a pagan, might not be quite as charmed.
Sunday, October 27, 2002
[you know, 'lestrel, when you sway your tail like that, sometimes I get a very kittenish desire to pounce on it and chew it. ^~^ .. only I know I'd probly get my head kicked in, so I don't. : ) ...]
This is a great site for when you desperately need a name for a character. Some beautiful names here. Thanks, Okapiprincess!
This is a great site for when you desperately need a name for a character. Some beautiful names here. Thanks, Okapiprincess!
[snarl] Bloody ningens buggering about with time measurement again... Do you have any idea what this stupid 'BST/GMT/Daylight saving time' crap does to my ningen's brain? She has enough trouble with numbers as it is; when it comes to "mucking about with haddock" it leaves her gibbering quietly in a corner...
Hey, why am I complaining? That means I get to take over for a while...
[lopes off to hunt, tail swaying hypnotically, twinkling at tenshi over shoulder...]
Hey, why am I complaining? That means I get to take over for a while...
[lopes off to hunt, tail swaying hypnotically, twinkling at tenshi over shoulder...]
In an email from soulsis... *rolling around laughing*
The Ten Catmandments
1.. I am the Lord of thy House.
2.. Thou shalt have no other pets before Me.
3.. Thou shalt never ignore Me.
4.. I shall ignore thee when I feel like it.
5.. Thou shalt be grateful that I even give thee the time of day.
6.. Remember My food dish and keep it full.
7.. Thou shalt spend most of thy money on toys and gifts for Me.
8.. Thou shalt always have thy lap ready for Me to curl up in.
9.. Thou shalt shower Me with love and attention upon demand.
10.. Above all, thou shalt do anything and everything it takes to keep Me happy.
The Ten Catmandments
1.. I am the Lord of thy House.
2.. Thou shalt have no other pets before Me.
3.. Thou shalt never ignore Me.
4.. I shall ignore thee when I feel like it.
5.. Thou shalt be grateful that I even give thee the time of day.
6.. Remember My food dish and keep it full.
7.. Thou shalt spend most of thy money on toys and gifts for Me.
8.. Thou shalt always have thy lap ready for Me to curl up in.
9.. Thou shalt shower Me with love and attention upon demand.
10.. Above all, thou shalt do anything and everything it takes to keep Me happy.
Saturday, October 26, 2002
*sniggering quietly*
Ooops, missed the school's working bee. I'd set my alarm but I was kind of relying on the cubs to bounce in and wake me up at 7a.m like they normally do, but they didn't, and anyway the clocks went forward for daylight savings last night (I'd kinda sorta forgotten) which meant that for me to get up in time to go to the sodding thing I would have had to peel myself out of bed at the relative (to yesterday, that is) time of 6a.m.
I don't think so.
The cubs and I will go to a park for a picnic lunch instead, methinks. ^.^
Ooops, missed the school's working bee. I'd set my alarm but I was kind of relying on the cubs to bounce in and wake me up at 7a.m like they normally do, but they didn't, and anyway the clocks went forward for daylight savings last night (I'd kinda sorta forgotten) which meant that for me to get up in time to go to the sodding thing I would have had to peel myself out of bed at the relative (to yesterday, that is) time of 6a.m.
I don't think so.
The cubs and I will go to a park for a picnic lunch instead, methinks. ^.^
Sleepy sleepy sleepy...
The cubs and I went swimmng today.
Hmm, a simple statement, deceptively normal. For me to 'go swimming' meant I had to beat myself out of the excruciating embarrasment about letting other people see me in my bathers. : )
But it was fun, the cubs were delighted I was in there with 'em, and I even managed to get the equivalent of probly two - slow, and rather scrappy - laps. It's not expensive for me to go swimming, maybe I should make more of an effort?
Went with soulsis and Niki to see an amateur production of Dimboola last night, but I'm too tired to do a review justice *grin*. Maybe tomorrow, after I've gotten back from the school's working bee... (which goes from 9a.m to 11a.m on a Sunday for gods' sake! Don't these people need sleep? Don't they have lives?)
The cubs and I went swimmng today.
Hmm, a simple statement, deceptively normal. For me to 'go swimming' meant I had to beat myself out of the excruciating embarrasment about letting other people see me in my bathers. : )
But it was fun, the cubs were delighted I was in there with 'em, and I even managed to get the equivalent of probly two - slow, and rather scrappy - laps. It's not expensive for me to go swimming, maybe I should make more of an effort?
Went with soulsis and Niki to see an amateur production of Dimboola last night, but I'm too tired to do a review justice *grin*. Maybe tomorrow, after I've gotten back from the school's working bee... (which goes from 9a.m to 11a.m on a Sunday for gods' sake! Don't these people need sleep? Don't they have lives?)
I had to this, come on, it's Tacky Trek!
(and the questions had me rolling around laughing...)
which captain kirk are you?
this quiz by kari and belle
OK, so I role-played, and read Bradbury and McCaffrey and Heinlen, and I could recite the dialogue of Star Wars, and most episodes of Star Trek - original series please, and could keep a Monty Python dialogue going ad infinitum...
Take the What High School
Stereotype Are You? quiz, by Angel.
(Thanks, Onna! Cutie pic of chibiV btw, and I didn't bother to take the PowerPuff Girls quiz because I am Blossom...)
(and the questions had me rolling around laughing...)
which captain kirk are you?
this quiz by kari and belle
OK, so I role-played, and read Bradbury and McCaffrey and Heinlen, and I could recite the dialogue of Star Wars, and most episodes of Star Trek - original series please, and could keep a Monty Python dialogue going ad infinitum...
Take the What High School
Stereotype Are You? quiz, by Angel.
(Thanks, Onna! Cutie pic of chibiV btw, and I didn't bother to take the PowerPuff Girls quiz because I am Blossom...)
As I was answering the questions to this quiz I just knew I'd be vanilla...
Contrary to what you may expect, Vanilla ice cream types aren't bland or boring. Rather, you’re probably quite gregarious, impulsive, fun loving and expressive. You may have a hard time making up your mind -- Vanillas are known for never saying no, even when they probably should. Vanilla types also tend to take a romantic, hopeful view of life. Your motto: Live for the moment, and everything will work out fine. When it comes to romance and relationships, Vanilla types are happiest with your own kind -- only someone equally spontaneous and energetic will do. Fun fact: Vanilla is far and away the most popular ice cream flavor.
Contrary to what you may expect, Vanilla ice cream types aren't bland or boring. Rather, you’re probably quite gregarious, impulsive, fun loving and expressive. You may have a hard time making up your mind -- Vanillas are known for never saying no, even when they probably should. Vanilla types also tend to take a romantic, hopeful view of life. Your motto: Live for the moment, and everything will work out fine. When it comes to romance and relationships, Vanilla types are happiest with your own kind -- only someone equally spontaneous and energetic will do. Fun fact: Vanilla is far and away the most popular ice cream flavor.
My room smells like turkish delight at the moment, it's wunnerful! Why does my room reek of confectionary, you ask? There's about a dozen rose bushes on our property, they're all in bloom at the moment (beautiful!) and one of them is the type they make attar of roses from. Gorgeous flowers too, very plump and luxuriant, deep red velvet petals.
I like roses. : )
On the list of things to get myself before I go on holidays (20 days and counting) is a back-pack.
I've got one already but it's made of cotton and it doesn't have a rigid back, plus it's not really big enough to hold a clip-board comfortably, let alone the rest of the stuff I tend to drag around with me when I go away. So I ventured forth in search of a new one. Ideally I was looking for something similar to the Pooh Bear back-pack the cubs' father got before he went overseas. That one was very good quality and roomy, and it's held up well to the rigours of his treatment of it since, but fond as I am of Pooh, I didn't consider getting one of my own because I resent that the 'bear of very little brain' is now owned by the Holy Rodent Empire - (Christopher Robin is English, dammit, he could at least be given an english accent). Incidentally, I've been after a DBZ back-pack for ages but they are very hard to find here now, and prohibitively expensive on ebay.
Needless to say, I didn't find a DBZ back-pack, and while there were some very nice - and quite expensive - types around I managed to find one that suits me very well. It's black, with purple pockets and trim (purple is a colour I have a huge affinity with at the moment), was a little over half the price of the next most expensive brand, and my purple plastic drink bottle (remember that?) fits snugly into one of the side pockets. ^.^ *bouncing, happy Lutra* (Heh, doesn't take an awful lot to make me happy. :)
And now that I've got my back-pack I need, of course, pretty-shinys to hang off it. Hn, I've already got a Blossom (PowerPuff Girls) clippy thing, and there is that pink fish keyring Joules sent me... *grin*
I like roses. : )
On the list of things to get myself before I go on holidays (20 days and counting) is a back-pack.
I've got one already but it's made of cotton and it doesn't have a rigid back, plus it's not really big enough to hold a clip-board comfortably, let alone the rest of the stuff I tend to drag around with me when I go away. So I ventured forth in search of a new one. Ideally I was looking for something similar to the Pooh Bear back-pack the cubs' father got before he went overseas. That one was very good quality and roomy, and it's held up well to the rigours of his treatment of it since, but fond as I am of Pooh, I didn't consider getting one of my own because I resent that the 'bear of very little brain' is now owned by the Holy Rodent Empire - (Christopher Robin is English, dammit, he could at least be given an english accent). Incidentally, I've been after a DBZ back-pack for ages but they are very hard to find here now, and prohibitively expensive on ebay.
Needless to say, I didn't find a DBZ back-pack, and while there were some very nice - and quite expensive - types around I managed to find one that suits me very well. It's black, with purple pockets and trim (purple is a colour I have a huge affinity with at the moment), was a little over half the price of the next most expensive brand, and my purple plastic drink bottle (remember that?) fits snugly into one of the side pockets. ^.^ *bouncing, happy Lutra* (Heh, doesn't take an awful lot to make me happy. :)
And now that I've got my back-pack I need, of course, pretty-shinys to hang off it. Hn, I've already got a Blossom (PowerPuff Girls) clippy thing, and there is that pink fish keyring Joules sent me... *grin*