I am doing the nightly ritual of trying to kiss my cat so much that she gets out of the way of the keyboard.

Ah, taxes. I am actually expecting a fair refund this year. It's the waiting for all the receipts to come that's killer. My university usually makes them available on the very last day they legally can.

Great, now the cat is sitting on my hands.

Man, you get Veronica Mars tonight in the US, don't you? Another reason to be po'd. CTV, you're on the list!

I LOVE that you are making a list.

I'm here! I need to not be, so I can get stuff done, and yet...

Sue, I do that too! Nothing disconcerts a cat who is trying to get attention more than to get a whole LOT of attention.

Oh msbelle, the list is lengthy today.

The residential tenancies act, a certain employee of the Department of Community Services, my entire HR department (but especially Tanya), CTV, several people at the Archives, the entire stupid committe I am on, the people who made me run around for two days looking for them for info, and then literally pulled a number out of their butts when I finally tracked them down, whoever decided to put the good sandwich maker at the deli on hot food and then my sandwich was barely edible, the girl in the supermarket who was wearing rainbow leg warmers. (Maybe especially the girl in the rainbow legwarmers.)

And Mother Nature, you're on notice.

Sue, I do that too! Nothing disconcerts a cat who is trying to get attention more than to get a whole LOT of attention.

Sometimes it works with Clio. But mostly she's a big ho. My other cat, Pico, hates being kissed. So much so, that sometimes when he's bad, I look at him and say, "If you keep this up, I'm going to kiss you!!" Then make kissy noises in the air. If I pick him up he instantly braces his paws against my face so I can't get any closer.

I can't find some receipts. Bah!

I talked to my sister on her cell: she was at a meeting at Trader Vic's.

... ::boggles::

In other news, my brother seems to think that people are still going to fly to China for his wedding even if he doesn't tell us when and where it is. I wonder what his fiancee thinks about him scheduling the entire thing about his family's presence instead of her convenience.

In other news, my brother seems to think that people are still going to fly to China for his wedding even if he doesn't tell us when and where it is. I wonder what his fiancee thinks about him scheduling the entire thing about his family's presence instead of her convenience.

Wait, do we have the same brother? Oh right, mine's in Russia. But it does seem to be all about her convenience rather than the other way.