I've just spent the last 45 minutes trying to convince my cat that a bath is a good thing. He definitely did not agree. He's soaked... my bathroom is soaked... I'm soaked...

I discovered fleas on him last night, so bought a flea shampoo and comb tonight. I'm concerned about it because he wouldn't sit still so the rinse off was less than thorough and now he's grooming... I'm really hoping he's not ingesting any of the shampoo.

I managed to get at least three fleas actually off of him, with my fingers, and the comb, but after the shampoo I still saw two more running around on him.

Oh, yeah. He's an indoor cat. Still trying to figure out where the fleas came from. A month ago, my bf's roommate's cats had fleas (also indoor cats... they think they got them from the neighbour's dog). They had a hard time getting them out of the house, so I think maybe what happened was that either he or I transported on our clothes or selves from his house to mine a flea, or an egg that then latched on to my poor, unassuming kitty.

I can't help feeling sorry for the boy, he's an indoor cat so he's not even supposed to come into contact with fleas, and now he's got them. He had to have a bath, and he's been throwing up hairballs for the last three days because of excessive grooming trying to relieve the itch. He had the softest fur ever, never used a single product on it before... now it'll probably never be quite the same :(
And of course, poor me haha. Trying to bathe a cat with claws that's never been immersed in water before? Not pleasant. Laundering every single article of bedding and clothing in my room... not fun. Spraying carpets and furniture with insect repellent? Not the best.

I just hope we get rid of the pests!

*Nerdiness ahead*

Last week my Mom and I were visiting Value Village - I like searching their bookshelves and yarn/crafts for special finds. In the crafting section I found a set of steel crochet hooks (in a storage case) bagged with two small balls of Handicrafter cotton... for $2.99! At first, I thought the hooks were sizes 00-6, but after opening the bag I found out that it's actually a double set of hooks, they're folded over inside the case and there are actually 16 hooks up to (down to?) size 14.

16 steel hooks for $2.99?! I think this just made my year. =)

I'm kinda happy/shocked/surprised right now.

Ever heard of OK Cupid? It's a website I "joined" ages ago for the quizzes they have. Then I got a message about filling out a profile to get the most out of the site (which is primarily a "dating" site), so I thought, ah, what the hell, I can fill out the profile and take some of the questions. I didn't upload a photo 'cause I'm just not too sure about that right now.
Anyway, I get "new users near you" messages with a picture and the start of a bio weekly. AND just now after checking my e-mail... I see in this new users message the photo of someone I know. Beyond that of someone I kindasortamaybe have a crush on and have had since last February.

Now, the question is, do I message him? Do I talk to him in person instead? Do I do nothing about it? Oh dear. Why am I so horrible at stuff like this?

So, I'm done my round robin chapter already! I'm not supposed to post it for another two weeks! I want to post it now before I forget about it! I like exclamation points tonight!

I think I'm excited about this round robin because I haven't written anything for fandom in a looong time. And, with the round robin, I'm not tied to writing a whole story start to finish, just picking up one chapter after somebody else has already set the scene. It's a break from school work and it's collaborative. It's fun!


Moving on...
I haven't posted in a really long time... I don't really know what to say. I'm having the best semester I've ever had academically. =)

AND I am determined... to get the "nerve" to talk to one of our store's regular customers this week (or next week...). He's kinda cute and always has a smile and I AM going to say something more than "How many crickets is this?" or "$4.50, please, have a good day." I'm going to start with a very simple, "So what are you feeding?" That should be easy enough, right? Here's hoping.
(In case I haven't posted too much about it, I work at a pet store.)

I hope everyone is well, and if my gut-gaining plan works (or fails), I'll be back to tell you all about it!

The first challenge I entered at georgestillness was the "Evel Knieval" challenge and one of my icons placed third.
What's that? You still haven't joined? Go join the community, the next challenge ("Black and White") closes tomorrow!

Also, the first challenge at stokes_stills closes tomorrow - go enter! Join and vote!!

Moving on... I had to take my cat to get neutered on Tuesday morning. We missed the bus and had to walk to the cat clinic. He's kind of afraid of traffic noise (especially after a car crashed into my house...) so he didn't appreciate the walk on a busy road. And then, on the bus ride home we sat next to someone who's allergic to cats! Anyway, he's home and doing fine - the ladies at the clinic gave him a catnip pillow which he quite enjoys. Funny thing though, he keeps hanging out in his carrier. My sister says he wants to go back... he left something pretty important at the clinic ;) I thought after that trip (his first outing) he'd never want to see his carrier again, but, he seems to love sitting in it.
When the vet saw him she said, "You look like you have Siamese in you!" I told her that's what everyone seems to say, but his parents are supposed to be Tabby cats. "Well, you're not," she told him. So the mystery continues... what exactly is Percell? Who's his daddy? lol.

And strange dreams. I'll cut it, 'cause it's just odd. :S
( Dreamin' of a boy I know )

Any interested icon makers out there, I'm pimpin' some challenge communities!

An icon challenge community centred on George Eads: georgestillness

And an icon challenge community centred on Nick Stokes: stokes_stills

Join. Create. Enter. Vote.

I don't think I've ever posted these icons other than at nick_stillness, and I thought, "why not?" So, here they are, a few old challenge icons. The first set of four are from the "Nick's ugly T-neck sweater" challenge and the second set are from the "Phone" challenge. I think the challenge community has ceased to create challenges, unfortunately.
If you like any of the icons, let me know, and they're all available for lj use with the usual credit. =)

Preview:



( There are only eight of them, but I'll cut anyway. )

All you need in life is a cat. They miss you when you go away and when you come back, they let you know they missed you.
At the beginning of this month I went away to Montreal for close to a week (my sister took care of my cat). When I came back, my kitty came to meet me at the door, and lied down for a tummy rub, rolling around on the floor and meowing. I picked him up and he nuzzled into my face (which he doesn't usually do). We played and I gave him lots of petting. Time for bed? He curled up into my side and stayed there the whole night. I love my kitty.

Yesterday was my birthday. It's funny how even when I'm surrounded with something positive, one little thing can get me down. One person in particular didn't even so much as call me to say "Happy Birthday" yesterday and I'm stuck on that. And I shouldn't be. Five good friends came out for a couple drinks (even though it was a Wednesday), and a whole bunch more sent me happy birthday messages, but the fact that this one person didn't even call (and he really should have...) has me bitter.

I guess the fact that I looked really good makes up for it ;) Even though there are no pictures to attest to that fact.

"Any port in a storm."

I had to laugh at that line. Mostly because it's a line from John Cleland's "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure." Except there it was a sexual innuendo.

I recommend the book - straight off a university English course syllabus.

It was really warm here last week. Temperatures in the mid-twenties, I even got sunburnt, and had shorts on! Now it's cold and gloomy looking. It makes me sad =(

It also makes me sad that I do not have a job yet. I've had a couple of interviews but have yet to hear back about whether or not I've got it. How hard is it to snag a crappy minimum wage job?

And since I don't have a job, I AM BORED!! And since it's cold out, I am bored INSIDE!! My wrist has also been "tired," I guess, so crocheting is slow-going and slightly unappealling.

Oh, and can I get your opinions?
This is about Facebook, haha.
The other day someone sent me a video post that was ... ridiculous ... to say the least. It was offensive, the video maker tried to suggest (boldly) that American soldiers currently on active-duty were Nazis. I deleted the video. The way my page is laid out, these posts show up right beside my "causes" box which has (and always has had) a "Support our Troops" ribbon front and centre. I really don't know what this person thought they were doing sending that to me.

Anyway... The next day my cousin sent me a big picture post with a "Support our Troops" message in it. Since the sender of the video post basically slapped me in the face by sending it, would it be wrong to forward the picture message to him? I kinda want to do it just to piss him off, and also to make my statement, since he made his. But I also DO NOT want to start a dialogue with him. (But that's a whole other story.)
What do you think, to forward, or not to forward?