Congrats to all the grads. What Karl said in re The Fay Experience. And I love you, Hecubus, but *fuck* you and your seventy one degrees Farenheit as I could bake chicken on the street. Just for that, if I rob a bank to move there, you have to be my alibi.

t stands next to Erika

Though I can't complain compared to your temps in Phoenix, that's for sure. Still, I'm betting you have AC.

I'm remembering why I tend to lose weight in the summer: it's too hot to eat.

I have a friend that makes 'saints' out of found objects. they have very fun stories to go with them. the parade has a song

Da-rool, da-rool. Something I'd like to see. All that and the bead store too.

In kitten news: they fit their tiny bodies into places that are hard to find. Once I located them by following the faint sound of snoring. Other times they are lost for a few hours. Soon it will be time to hand out the chow again. They'll let me know when. While they were napping I put together a baby-Aslan mane for my orange Waffle (who is very fierce indeed). Soon we will torture him with much picture-taking. Mwah-haw-haw!

The other fun thing is watching wee Sophie toddle after big fuzzy black Mishka. She purrs every time she sees him. Cuteness abounds!

Oh, and because it deserves a post of its own:

HAPPY Graduation! Wheee! Congratulations to the Mathematician and the Nurse. You're both sheepskin-holding official edumacated folks now. (Pay no attention to the student loan behind the curtain)

It does make mom's menopause a bit simpler because yes, it really is warm in here, Mom. Yes, very glad replaced the AC two summers ago.

Yay for Emily! Also, Helllooooooo, Nurse! to Jen, because if I don't say it now, I may forget later.

The other fun thing is watching wee Sophie toddle after big fuzzy black Mishka. She purrs every time she sees him.

Female kittens have a way of stalking much larger male cats into liking them. This is what Sammie did. After about a week of her being extremely cute in Harvey's direction he started bathing her and playing with her in such a habitual fashion I began to wonder if she were my kitten or his.

Ok. Things I liked about Obama:

1. He said that Catherine Reyes [link] stole the show. He was right (at least in my mind, but I think the girl's pretty amazing), and I thought it was fitting and generous to say that.

2. He joked about the drizzle and the length of his speech.

3. He was very human...told stories about his credit card being denied and a weird old man in a hotel in Pennsylvania.

4. I can just tell that he was idealistic in his youth, and he still clings to some of that.

5. He focused a lot on empathy, and that made me respect him an awful lot.

I LUFF him.

Back off my Obama! He's minemineminemine.

Oh, and congrats to Emily and Jen!!!!!