House and TV guide (and other stuff)

[tenaya]

I was shopping yesterday and glanced at the TV Guides. "TV's Sexiest Men!" it announced, with a picture of some generic prettyboy I didn't recognise. Giving a snort of disgust, I started to paw through them, thinking this has to be one of their multiple cover scams. Eureka! Hugh Laurie! That's more like it! And I had to flip past 'Sawyer' to get to him! Tee hee!

Of other news, I brought home a 18x24 cloth mat filled with capnip for the boys from MediaWest. As expected, Reg looked disapproving and marched away; Scooter ran away with his usual "you're trying to kill me! Arghhh!" But Brindle! Brindle fell in love. Baby bear says it's just right. And you know what's strange? Brindle, the cat who has anger and rejection issues, who can rip your face off in one swipe, who is a time bomb on the best of days...is a mellow drunk. He rolls around in peaceful bliss and takes long naps on his mat. And he is calmer during the rest of the day, too. Go figure.

Quick varmit update: Four baby skunks and one young possum, among the usual bunch. We hear coyotes on the hill behind our yard every night, a few nights ago, it was even an hour before dusk. Nevertheless, we are still getting raccoons, very wary raccoons, and usual one at a time. I can't tell if Cutiepie is still coming by. She could be; there's this one that looks me in the eye quite calmly, but he/she is standing on the water dish all the time. Cutiepie never used to do that, so I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see if little raccoons will be coming by. And the good news is that Brindle has been coming in each night.

Now, I get to go to the DMV and get photographed and finger printed and sit with all the others on the Group W bench. Yes, it's driver license renewal time. Can life get any better?

Comments

[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

Well I'm glad that one of the three is enjoying himself! I've learned that the amount of money I spend on "cat things" is nearly always in direct proportion to how much they will ignore said items. Wheelz could care less about catnip, but Snicky gets ripped.

Is it late for raccoon babies? Aww, I hope Cutiepie and her current/future litters haven't abandoned you.

Have fun at the DMV, lol.

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

I agree about price:use inverse ratio thing. This pad cost $8, relatively cheap; I figured there was a chance it could be used. *g*

Last year the raccoon babies showed up the first week of July, so there's still time.

Btw, I saw Chris tonight and she gave me the peanuts she was holding for you. As she handed them over, she said, "you know, those look pretty tasty." Good thing we'd eaten already! So, thanks for the peanuts.

DMV. I'm waiting for my number to be called and am people watching. There's this guy that looks like an unkempt Jerry Garcia gone to seed. He's having to look into this box thing and he keeps pushing against it with his face so the DMV lady has to push it back to keep it from falling off the counter. Finally, he stops, grabs the front end of his t-shirt and rubs it against the screen, baring his ample belly that's completely furred with grey hair. I imagine that sweat is involved, too. The lady is stunned but manages to find a tissue to hand him, which he jovially uses to swipe at the box thing. And I think everyone watching is mumbling the same prayer to themselves, "PLEASE god, don't let me be called to that window!"

Other than that, it was fairly uneventful.

[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

LOL - I'd think those peanuts would be pretty stale by now, I think I bought them last September! Hope they're okay for the varmints though.

Re: the guy at the DMV - ewwwwwwww! Grossssssss!