Because I'm not online dating anymore.

I really appreciate everyone's concerns. I'm at a friend's place, across the Channel from the avalanches. Actually, I'm watching them clean up from the huge one that blocks Thane Rd. (the road was closed for a set avalanche, so no danger there).

I think I may have overreacted a bit. But looking at a danger chart with the arrow bent so it could point past the highest level kind of freaked me out a bit. [link] They just said that people should be ready to go, but I wanted to get the cats out ahead, when I could actually catch them and had a ride, rather than later. Plus, no pets are allowed at the shelter.

I haven't decided whether to go back home tonight or not, now that that I don't have the cats to worry about. The latest update doesn't lower the danger level, but does say it's decreasing. But since I'm inside and it's crummy out, I'll probably just stay put and sleep on my friends' futon, to the chorus of their cats and my cats howling at each other through the door to the quarantine room.

If anyone wants to see some cool avalanche pictures that I don't think are on the web, email me. I'd be happy to email them to you. I don't want to post them, since they're not mine.

Sean, I'm sorry your kitty has to spend the night at the vet. It doesn't sound like much fun, but I think you did the right thing.

It's frightening how quickly we've become accustomed to EVERYONE having a cellphone, and how useless we become if it's broken or out of battery or accidentally left at home or whatever. Yeesh.

Funny you should say this...

I stopped by the Miracleborns' place on my way home today. As I got out of the car, I dropped my cell phone. In a puddle. It is very, very dead. I took it to Cingular, and the guys took pity on me and tried to use compressed air to dry out the phone and get it working again, but...yeah. NSM. They tried everything and finally declared it DOA. Since I don't have a landline anymore and use this number for personal and business, I pretty much had no choice but to buy a new one. So much for making a dent in my credit card this month. I'll be lucky to break even. Fuckity.

ETA: Eep! Be safe, libkitty! Be well, S&S's kitty! My sister in shiny, sj!

Cell phone insurance. I swear by it. Then again I have run over my cell phone, so I recognize that I am clumsier than most.

I've never heard of cell phone insurance. Of course, I am the last living person not to own a cellphone, so that is perhaps not surprising.

The shitty thing is that it was still under warranty, but not "no fault" warranty, like I'd thought. I thought I *had* cell phone insurance. Again, nsm.

Heh. Coming back from Tucson, I noticed the front glass on my RAZR was cracked. I thought I still had time to get the phone insurance on our plan, but no. The option to put that on our phones ran out a few days before.

So, mine at least still works (sorry, Kristin), but it now has a little strip of black gaff tape on the front.

Do I need to remind y'all that Ozymandias ate my cell phone? Insurance does not cover that. I asked. I should have told them it was stolen.

Clearly I had to remind y'all twice.