I can do just about anything to Shiva.

Is she the one who actually didn't flee Annabel?

With Clio, the belly touching is all in the mood. Sometimes she is bitey, and sometimes she is hypnotized by belly rubs. Pico will roll over for a belly rub anytime.

Hey remember how I was supposed to be on my way to see a show? I bravely got ready and went to the club all by my lonesome to discover the show's been postponed due to a "family matter." This is officially Not My Day. I am requesting a do over!

Oh, I knew the likely results going in. I still had to try it.

Me too. Also, my ow was not from scratching, but from banging my hand into the table leg.

Plei! I am horribbly sad that we are not eating sushi right now. I mean, I am eating sushi, but it is supermarket sushi, and it is not with you, so I am sad.

Anna's nose is dry. I've been freaking her out, I lost the cap to her kitty treats so I put them in a ziploc bag.

Except she's scared of plastic rustling sounds, so when I give her a treat her first reaction is to RUN!! For the most part I can touch her belly.

However, she hates it when I start pacing near her (when I'm on the phone) and she'll lean out and bite me.

I'll bet Hec is wondering right now why he's got a cold chill running down his spine.

Tuesday I get my hair cut again, I'm going to get him to do it shorter in the back, have him use the clippers.

Maybe that will take the chill off Hec's spine.

The neighbors upstairs just got a cat, and I think they're feeding it amphetamines.

I'm sorry. Did you move to Baltimore?

Sample: Mister Kitty's is wet and why I am I not still petting him. Devi is wild and I can't catch her. I am not bleeding. MK likes his tummy rubbed, but it makes him horny, so we avoid that. Devi tolerates it if on the bed. Otherwise...well, she's off and running.

Bwahahahaha! Sarameg made me laugh and laugh.

Byron's nose is not wet, but my hand now is since he sneezed on me when I tried to touch it.

Mia is hiding under the bed looking suspiciously at me, so her nose remains a mystery.

My bath caddy can hold bath goodies, a book, a candle and a glass of wine.

I so need one of these.

Just out of college, I had an apartment with no tub, just a shower, and swore I would never do that again. I've actually turned down some pretty decent apartments due to no tub. My tub in my apartment now is right on top of concrete, so it tends to be really cold. I have to use all the hot water in the heater, plus a few teapots full of boiling water to get it warmed up enough to be comfortable. It's enough effort that I don't do it all that often, but it makes a world of difference to know that I can.

And I, personally, can pimp mint as being quite ignorance friendly. I abandon mine at random times and most of it just keeps on making more baby mint plants. Great stuff.

I have to do this again. I so miss the mint. And basil. Yes, must. have. herbs.

And... I completely forgot about Live8, but am enjoying some of the alternate lyrics.

Love the upside down plants. It always sounds wrong, but they look so natural that way.

My psycho-kitties both are fine with nose touches and belly rubs. Now, picking up one or moving in the presence of the other is grounds for panic, and they both occasionally come up and dig their claws into your leg for no reason whatsoever, so I think it evens out.

eta: Both noses are damp, but I don't think dry is bad for cats if they're not hot. I used to have a cat that always had a pretty dry nose.

Dudes. You must not be doing it right. If you hold out a pointy finger at cat nose-height chances are about 88% that the cat will come "touch noses" with your finger. Even stranger cats will come to the pointy finger. It's a thing.

Herbs are wonderful. I have a pot of golden sage I need to divide; it's five separate plants, I noticed today, and I swear it was only one when I bought it. I have the French and English lavender sharing a planter, and pineapple sage, silver-edged lemon thyme and red creeping thyme in another--but what you smell first is the curry. It's gorgeous too, all feathery silver-grey. My strawberry pot is like Calli's, with chives growing out the top but oregano poufing out everywhere else. Except my chives have already bolted and dropped their flowers. And there's the planter full of patchouli. I didn't know patchouli was a single plant! I thought it was a blend of several essential scents, but this is more "patchouli" than any perfume or incense I've ever smelled--and it smells better than products made with the scent. And then there's the lemongrass, the lemon verbena, and the English and the tiny grey-leaved wooly thyme. I'm missing basil this year, though. I don't know how that happened.

Oh, I forgot to mention the bigass tub of rosemary. It's still greening up after bronzing and then going yellow in the spring. It's got tons of new leaves, though, plus lots of new growth on the tips. I've got a huge ziploc full of dried leaves from last year's clippings. We use it a lot.