That is one well travelled cat. But does he have a passport, like Misha and Vitya?

Ask her what she wore to the exam, though. Decidedly UN-academic, IMO.

I think it was the last time she was allowed to dress like that.

I was thinking about that recently also, although I didn't know who Phil was until I just clicked Jess' link. Mainly I was thinking that it's more impressive to be brave than to be fearless.

My DH really really needs that book, although if I gave it to him I'd hear all these reasons why he couldn't do any of that.

Ooh, I'd forgotten about that book, and I need a b-day present for a friend who's a big fan. Thanks, all.

(This is my friend C, who had her pic taken with Phil at a book signing or something. She emailed it to her family, and found out the next time she went to visit that her grandma had it posted on the fridge and was telling everyone that it was her boyfriend.)

The thing that makes the book (and the show, short-lived though it was) worthwhile and not just another preachy self-help book, is that he really does genuinely care about this stuff. He really wants everyone to live life to the fullest, whatever that means for them -- on the show, very few of the goals were physical stunts like "I want to overcome my fear of heights by jumping out of a plane." (Though some of them were.) Most of them were things like "I want to fulfill my dream of owning a restaurant," or playing in a band, things like that. I wasn't surprised when it got cancelled, but I was disappointed.

(My one quibble with him is that the oft-repeated story of how he "almost died in a shipwreck" is a bit misleading. He wasn't "in a shipwreck" in the sense that the ship he was sailing on crashed and sank, he was "in a shipwreck" in the sense that he was scuba diving in and around a wrecked ship at the bottom of the ocean. The ship was already wrecked when he got there, and he had a bad scuba diving accident while exploring it. Still a very real brush with death, but not the one you picture when you hear the phrase "almost died in a shipwreck.")

Almost died while diving? Not sure how to say it better, but yeah, point taken.

Kitty passports! Must head home and Photoshop Legion into a dip passport.

Yeah, the Russians do manage to find whole new untapped worlds of potential bureaucracy. Hence, cat passports. (Catports?)

They need to have cat student visas. Or guest-worker visas. ("Occupation: mouser" etc.)

Dave's band was supposed to have two gigs this weekend, and one just got postponed! Yay! I am so relieved. I have been feeling so crappy lately, I couldn't figure out how I was going to have the energy to clean this place up today and tomorrow, have people over my apartment tomorrow night, and then be social two nights in a row.

Mom just called. She is trying to convince the docs to let her out of the hospital tomorrow so she can see CJ's show. If not, she wants me to find someone with a video camera. Sigh - not sure if I know anyone with a camera to loan.