1. New cat has come around. A blue gray cat with a clipped ear so it's part of the TNR program here. The weird thing is it is very domesticated. Clearly it was raised with humans. The folks in the house across the alley want to take it in so I hope to get it to them in the next few days.

It came up to me for scratchins and Ginger came and slammed his butt against my leg. 'I need attention too! Don't forget about me!'

2. I wake up each morning and hope for a species ending event. Lets let the other animals have a chance.

3. The tax people, to borrow from Beavis and Butt-Head, suck, blow, bite, chew, spew, and hurl!

OH OH OH! Can I add a fourth? Well I will anyway.

I quit Facebook last year. I kept my account open just so no one could take it and use it to pretend to be me for fraud but I deleted everything from the 12 years or whatever.

I went back today to see if there were any messages in the past year and there were over a hundred. All of them invites to stuff. Not one person has noticed I deleted my presence.

I left because the site is a threat to the public good and a danger to personal safety but I was worried I would lose personal connection to people.

I know I made the right call to quit because clearly it was just a time waster.

1. Sweet Charity was fantastic. I've always loved that show (and the movie, which I saw first). The theatre is tiny, so sets were very creative. The cast were great The actor playing Charity - Anne-Marie Duff - isn't the best singer, and she's certainly not a dancer, but she captured Charity's vulnerability and outer bravado perfectly. Dadddy (in "The Rhythm of Life") was played by Adrian Lester and his voice made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. The company was diverse, and included a very zaftig woman and a trans woman, and because it's a small theatre, they all played multiple roles. Our seats were right up in the circle, but we still had a great view. It was brilliant.

2. I was sneezing yesterday and thought it was all the dust stirred up by Storm Hannah (it was really windy yesterday). But today I woke up with a razor-blade throat. As I'm on antibiotics, I can't take my usual high-strength zinc to knock it out (the label on the antibiotics specifically says don't take them with any zinc preparations). But I finish the antibiotics today, so I can start on the zinc later. This is, of course, scientific proof that colds are caused by a virus rather than bacteria, as otherwise the antibiotics would have prevented it.

3. Rudi is the best boy. He likes to spend a lot of time outside, and his favourite vantage point is on shed roofs. When he's indoors, his favourite sleeping spot is on my bed, as long as I'm not in it. He'll curl up with me for a while, but the first time my foot touches him, he's off. I'm glad I got a cat who is so different from Bailey and Lucy. He is his own man, and has strong opinions about what he does and does not like.

Yea Rudi. Ginger used to be a roof cat but he now looks like one of those guys who live at the weight lifting beach in Venice CA. I'm sure he is strong enough to launch himself up to a roof but I am afraid he might break something jumping down. I think he is too as he no longer haunts roofs.

Senyar, I hope you feel better soon.

arse_hat, I always love hearing about the kitties. I agree about taxes!

1. Still trying to coordinate moving and packing my mom. The new move date is 5/11, and I am so lucky to have a partner that is willing to drive a 15' truck 4 hours to move my mom, *again* (this is the third or fourth time?). This is full of frustration and anxiety.

2. We went to New York! Saw Hadestown, Coney Island, Central Park (from carriage). It was fun - I was very glad to be home, though, there were a lot of people.

3. We're going on a trip out west soon - Albuquerque, Santa Fe (Tinkertown, MeowWolf), Yellowstone.. I'm excited! Lots of driving, but there is so much to see out there!

1. What seemed like massive allergy attack for the last three week; I've now come down with the Cursed Crud. Added to the uncontrolled coughing is copious green snot-thick mucus slugs. (Sorry about that descriptor)

Everyone else who's had it spends 4 weeks fighting it and another four weeks with a cough. So. That's the only update. Just need to share a whine.


Cool news about the new kitty arse_hat! And glad Ginger is ok with things. The tax system is an evil force when things go awry.
Hugs to essexjan and needlegirl.

mightshould, I hope you feel better soon!

So sorry to hear that mightshould. Hope you're 100% soon.