Rob: Want me to put headphones on while you’re studying?
Me: Yes, please, if you don’t mind.
Rob: No problemo.
Me: (absently) No probleMA.
Rob: So what you’re saying is that all problems are female?
Me: No, words that end in “ma”….. shut up.
Rob: (snickers)

• Company holiday party @ buffalo billiards! Fair warning of possible drunk tweets ahead! 7:15 PM Dec 12th from txt
• Putting chambord in JD is a Bad Idea. Maybe it was the sweet & sour 7:38 PM Dec 12th from txt
• The husband is doing tequila shots. This can’t end well. 8:34 PM Dec 12th from txt
• … I can’t remember exactly how many drinks I’ve had 9:00 PM Dec 12th from txt
• I have to pee. 9:07 PM Dec 12th from txt
• Sourdough rolls are great for soaking up alcohol! 9:57 PM Dec 12th from txt
• Tipsy, not blasted. Switching to water for now. 10:10 PM Dec 12th from txt
• Never mind, just had a shot of JD. 10:18 PM Dec 12th from txt
• Free alcohol rocks. Also, I should probably not have any more shots. 10:34 PM Dec 12th from txt
• Note to self: Strongbow goooood! 11:35 PM Dec 12th from txt
• I’m @ Fado’s – these guinness wings are incredible! 11:52 PM Dec 12th from txt
• Ok, forget tipsy, I’m gone 12:02 AM Dec 13th from txt
• 6th street is a lot of fun, but only if you’re half blasted. Or more. Which I am. At least. 12:23 AM Dec 13th from txt
• I am NOT a lightweight!!! 12:26 AM Dec 13th from txt
• The waves of sound and energy passing over me are incredible! 12:49 AM Dec 13th from txt
• @daun for large values of 2. Oh crap I’m so freakin’ drunk. Awesom. 2:02 AM Dec 13th from web in reply to daun
• @daun No, no it doesnt’. bit iut’s good. fuick fixing typos oh crap bed. I nened bed. whoa.\ 2:03 AM Dec 13th from web in reply to daun
• I swear I’m not a lightweight. 2:04 AM Dec 13th from web
• chugging water… then bed. whooooooooo! 2:06 AM Dec 13th from web

Much fun was had. :D

Originally published at Jen’s Corner. You can comment here or there.

They must have some massive PR budget, because my cats, at least, are decidedly not graceful.

Proof lies in the tale I’m about to relate.

OK, take a look at this picture. This is an old picture; now there is another bookcase along the wall between the light and dark bookcases. It fits snugly – the corners of the book cases meet, creating a square behind them that is blocked off. Nothing is there, can’t get to it. The plastic containers on top of the bookcase aren’t there any more, but the monkey with the banana is.

So.

Lately the cats have been getting up there and knocking the monkey onto the floor. Almost daily we’ll find him sitting on the floor; once, we found him drug halfway down the stairs.

Today, today was their peak performance. I’m minding my own business, poking around on the computer when I hear a cat crying. Now we can usually tell more or less what the cats vocalizations mean. Playful, mad, hungry, needy – whatever, we can usually tell. Also, each cat has its own distinctive sound; Max is loud and tends to be yowly, George has the tiniest meow but can be heard when he wants to be, Fred is quite talkative, Tasha rarely meows, she mostly chirps and mrrrps. Yes, that’s a word. Really.

So there is this pathetic meow that sounded unfamiliar. It was definitely one of ours, but not of a sort I’ve heard them make. I go looking for the source, and end up in the library. George is agitated, and is snuffling the bookshelf. Fred is perched on the cat tree, looking very interested in the proceedings. The monkey is again on the floor. And then I heard the cat cry again.

Out from between the two bookcases where the corners meet, a grey paw waves pathetically. Tasha had managed to get up on the bookcase, shove the monkey off, and then, graceful creature that she is, either decided to see what was down in that corner, or simply fell off. I don’t know how long she was in there – could have been up to four or five hours, but honestly, I don’t think it was that long. The way the cats were acting, I think it had been a recent adventure.

To get her out, we had to empty one bookcase, so we could move it away from the wall. I’m not sure how we’re going to solve this little problem, either.

Cats.

Originally published at Jen’s Corner. You can comment here or there.

I attempted to make the following tweet:

“LiveJournal down until 2pm – probably longer for me due to TimeWarner’s notorious name server issues.”

… only to get this message:

Twitter is currently down for database maintenance.

LiveJournal AND Twitter down at the same time? COINCIDENCE?? I think NOT!

Stolen from Ponks

01. Take a picture of your bag.
02. Now dump everything out and neatly adjust them, and take a picture [no matter how embarrassing].
03. Talk about the items inside. Details, plz.
04. Tag 6 people.

My current bag. Bought it a week or so ago at Charming Charlie, and so far it hasn’t annoyed me much at all! This is unusual. Perhaps I’ve found a bag I can live with?

Click the image for notes on everything.

So I’ve been playing with my Wii for a couple of days now – my arm hurts!!

What??

I <3 xkcd. :)

In other news, I'm way too easily amused:

1:12:19 PM jenc9998: spell ellucidating
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What should we chat about?
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1:13:26 PM jenc9998: is it silly that I talk to bots?
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Hey, maybe some real content tomorrow! It could happen…

The world is just a little bit brighter when you know your hair is purple.

EDIT:

Ok, proof. :)