A 'what have I been up to' post
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tenayaEscapade was great, but I'm still working on a con report.
Domestic details:
Cutiepie the raccoon is here most nights. In fact, soon after dusk I spotted her totally relaxed laying on her back with her feet up in the air. She just rolled back and forth as her attention and questing fingers shifted between potted plants and paving bricks. There was ruckus a few hours later. From the panicked yipping it sounded like a puppy was being attack; it was actually 2 raccoons in a 'fight.' I think she'd probably cornered one of last year's litter over by the face and was telling him to clear off. I've heard/seen raccoons really fight and it's pretty alarming; strong, fast and snorting/snarling like bears.
Big Reg is back on pills twice a day. He was acting odd, so we had him tested. He is negative for the cryptococcus titer (yay!), but has ulcers in his mouth and needs his teeth cleaned. He's on an antibiotic and anti-histamine for some reason. It's anti-itch but also increases appetite. He's 18.5 pounds; he doesn't need to eat any more! He's also 12.5 years old, but his pre-op lab work came out okay, the vet said. He's fine, but I'm anxious. What would I do if I didn't have Sir Purr to fret over? He's scheduled for surgery on Monday.
Scooter is fine. Brindle hasn't savaged us in a couple of weeks. Yee haa!
I took a few packages to the post office to mail and guess who was loitering about outside the place? Yes, it was Garage Guy! I waited til he looked away, backed out of my parking space and drove off without going in. I didn't think he spotted me, but then we did have a hangup call a few hours later (and we haven't had them for weeks now.)
Peter Wingfield on Smallville. That was a nice little treat. He was underused and I wish there was more interaction between him and Lex, but it was nice to see him again. I got a kick out of the fact that his character was a bouncer in a club called Kronos. I wonder if the club logo has four horsemen in it. *g*
I've now seen two eps of House. It is entertaining and well worth watching.
I must admit I got a big kick out of this week's Lost. Hurley...who would have thunk that was his story?! Very imaginative. I adored how he handled 'the French chick!' Very, very fun.
Stargate. I was out doing errands when SG aired (we were going to watch Reckoning 1 & 2 back to back, on Tivo.) I stepped into the house and Mom looked accusingly at me. "Daniel's in a very bad way again! I think he's dead." She won't watch Meridian and I forgot to warn her that Daniel was going to die again in this ep. She was quite cross that he died again. She thinks the writer's have it in for him; she's 72 & draws her own conclusions.
Anyway, I quite liked that Jack was fretting/angsting quietly over Daniel. I felt that while Jack made a point to absolve Carter from any responsibility for whatever had happened to Daniel, that last look he gave her as she walked away looked like he did blame her on an emotional level. I'm really not feeling the shippy vibs in this ep even though they have Carter in multiple scenes with Jack in her muscle shirt. Funny how Jack and Daniel had no scenes together in this ep, yet those two characters had the only teamy connection I could sense.
I loved that Daniel was able to take control of the Replicators and do onto RepliCarter what she was doing to him. There was a throw away line that Jacob and Sam couldn't figure out how Daniel had organized his notes; that made me think of how DaVinci's notes are difficult to decipher. I'm sure the writers were actually just using the remark to stall the solution to the plot complication, but I think it works well to hint that Daniel has a lot of outside the box reasoning. Of course, the notes were there to help them decipher Ancient, so his notes should have been more like a dictionary....
Jack's "blast" door remark was great. It was good seeing the leadership, the shooting, the decisions...the snark was good, too, if oot a few times. At least he wasn't playing the fool. AND...he did admit that he thinks Thor has a cute butt. I loved how he said Siler's name with lots of emotion.
Teak'c. I like his alieness, and I want him to succeed with the Jaffa rebellion, but I don't care for him as much as I usually do when he's surrounded by Jaffa. Strangely, he works best for me as within SG-1. I wonder why?
I like Replicarter better than Carter. I like the confidence and, like all good villians, she believes in what she is doing (even if it's e-ve-il.) Sam's reaction shots, on the other hand, are getting as annoying as Lana Lane's. The chin thrust paired with the opening of the lips, that little headbobbing/gulping thing...once you you let something get to you, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard (are their chalkboards anymore???)
I need to rewatch Atlantis as we had drama going on during it. It looked interesting and I did like last week's ep. I loved Carson's and Zelenka's taped messages. The show is coming together better.
Oh, try out: http://www.20q.net/ It's a 20 questions site and a good way to waste some of those micro moments when you're waiting for something else to occur on the computer.
Domestic details:
Cutiepie the raccoon is here most nights. In fact, soon after dusk I spotted her totally relaxed laying on her back with her feet up in the air. She just rolled back and forth as her attention and questing fingers shifted between potted plants and paving bricks. There was ruckus a few hours later. From the panicked yipping it sounded like a puppy was being attack; it was actually 2 raccoons in a 'fight.' I think she'd probably cornered one of last year's litter over by the face and was telling him to clear off. I've heard/seen raccoons really fight and it's pretty alarming; strong, fast and snorting/snarling like bears.
Big Reg is back on pills twice a day. He was acting odd, so we had him tested. He is negative for the cryptococcus titer (yay!), but has ulcers in his mouth and needs his teeth cleaned. He's on an antibiotic and anti-histamine for some reason. It's anti-itch but also increases appetite. He's 18.5 pounds; he doesn't need to eat any more! He's also 12.5 years old, but his pre-op lab work came out okay, the vet said. He's fine, but I'm anxious. What would I do if I didn't have Sir Purr to fret over? He's scheduled for surgery on Monday.
Scooter is fine. Brindle hasn't savaged us in a couple of weeks. Yee haa!
I took a few packages to the post office to mail and guess who was loitering about outside the place? Yes, it was Garage Guy! I waited til he looked away, backed out of my parking space and drove off without going in. I didn't think he spotted me, but then we did have a hangup call a few hours later (and we haven't had them for weeks now.)
Peter Wingfield on Smallville. That was a nice little treat. He was underused and I wish there was more interaction between him and Lex, but it was nice to see him again. I got a kick out of the fact that his character was a bouncer in a club called Kronos. I wonder if the club logo has four horsemen in it. *g*
I've now seen two eps of House. It is entertaining and well worth watching.
I must admit I got a big kick out of this week's Lost. Hurley...who would have thunk that was his story?! Very imaginative. I adored how he handled 'the French chick!' Very, very fun.
Stargate. I was out doing errands when SG aired (we were going to watch Reckoning 1 & 2 back to back, on Tivo.) I stepped into the house and Mom looked accusingly at me. "Daniel's in a very bad way again! I think he's dead." She won't watch Meridian and I forgot to warn her that Daniel was going to die again in this ep. She was quite cross that he died again. She thinks the writer's have it in for him; she's 72 & draws her own conclusions.
Anyway, I quite liked that Jack was fretting/angsting quietly over Daniel. I felt that while Jack made a point to absolve Carter from any responsibility for whatever had happened to Daniel, that last look he gave her as she walked away looked like he did blame her on an emotional level. I'm really not feeling the shippy vibs in this ep even though they have Carter in multiple scenes with Jack in her muscle shirt. Funny how Jack and Daniel had no scenes together in this ep, yet those two characters had the only teamy connection I could sense.
I loved that Daniel was able to take control of the Replicators and do onto RepliCarter what she was doing to him. There was a throw away line that Jacob and Sam couldn't figure out how Daniel had organized his notes; that made me think of how DaVinci's notes are difficult to decipher. I'm sure the writers were actually just using the remark to stall the solution to the plot complication, but I think it works well to hint that Daniel has a lot of outside the box reasoning. Of course, the notes were there to help them decipher Ancient, so his notes should have been more like a dictionary....
Jack's "blast" door remark was great. It was good seeing the leadership, the shooting, the decisions...the snark was good, too, if oot a few times. At least he wasn't playing the fool. AND...he did admit that he thinks Thor has a cute butt. I loved how he said Siler's name with lots of emotion.
Teak'c. I like his alieness, and I want him to succeed with the Jaffa rebellion, but I don't care for him as much as I usually do when he's surrounded by Jaffa. Strangely, he works best for me as within SG-1. I wonder why?
I like Replicarter better than Carter. I like the confidence and, like all good villians, she believes in what she is doing (even if it's e-ve-il.) Sam's reaction shots, on the other hand, are getting as annoying as Lana Lane's. The chin thrust paired with the opening of the lips, that little headbobbing/gulping thing...once you you let something get to you, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard (are their chalkboards anymore???)
I need to rewatch Atlantis as we had drama going on during it. It looked interesting and I did like last week's ep. I loved Carson's and Zelenka's taped messages. The show is coming together better.
Oh, try out: http://www.20q.net/ It's a 20 questions site and a good way to waste some of those micro moments when you're waiting for something else to occur on the computer.
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Date: 2005-03-05 11:28 pm (UTC)Hope Reg is okay. My kids were doing their best to totally show off for
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Date: 2005-03-06 03:51 am (UTC)The peanuts...I think I'm just going to have to come down there for fish and chips, you know. Oh, the things I do for my varmits! *g* Besides, I need to see these kids of yours.
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Date: 2005-03-06 05:59 pm (UTC)I'd love to have you come over. Ask
Let me know some weekends when you're not working.
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Date: 2005-03-06 06:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-07 08:05 am (UTC)We'll have to compare schedules. It might be a few months as I've got a lot of irons in the fire til about JUNE! *g*
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Date: 2005-03-07 07:42 pm (UTC)I bought a hilarious little book called "Bad Cat" - 244 pix of very naughty kitties looking evil, with funny captions. The author's web site is www.mycathatesyou.com
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Date: 2005-03-07 08:09 am (UTC)Well, Reg was just sent off to the vets to have his teeth cleaned. Poor thing was shivering, but still walked cooperatively into his travel cage. He is such a sweet creature. I have to try to sleep as I work tonight but I'm worried, worried, worried.
He'll be okay and come home feeling better.
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Date: 2005-03-07 07:45 pm (UTC)My kids could use a teeth cleaning too, I'm sure. I'm not really worried about it at this point, though, because their major diet is dry food, so that's better, tooth-wise, than if they ate only canned food. But they are both now (gasp!) 'middle-aged', so it's something for me to think about.
I hope you're going to pamper Reg tonight. Lots of extra luv and his favorite goodies?
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Date: 2005-03-07 07:55 pm (UTC)After being told that the fur children would be a bit shy, they immediately went to great trouble to prove that they were, in fact, anything but!
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Date: 2005-03-07 08:22 pm (UTC)