Remember when we had the conversation about toddlers, and how many it would take to kill you --- I vote for 10 to 12 3 to 5 year olds. There were somewhere between 20 nd 30 in my storytime today. rowdy rowdy rowdy.
Zoe: So you two were kissin'? Book: Well. Isn't that... special?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
beth b - May 03, 2007 4:56:25 pm PDT #5493 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
beekaytee - May 03, 2007 5:04:08 pm PDT #5494 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I take care of a friend's cat occasionally. Pretty Girl is some sort of Siamese mix...teeny and possessing only 1 remaining tooth...that sort of sticks out all the time. She seems to love me...or at least she seems to love the pets I give her while I watch her person's illicit tv. Then? Full on frontal attack with the flaming eyes, flailing claws and proximity to my eyes. What the hey? One second docile, the next, deathray. No warning ever.
aurelia - May 03, 2007 5:04:38 pm PDT #5495 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
If I've been gone all day and sit down at the computer when I get home I get the "we're waiting to be entertained" (AKA "Dance, monkey!") look from Rosie and Gilda.
aurelia - May 03, 2007 5:07:14 pm PDT #5496 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
No warning ever.
Keep an eye on the tail. There's a lot of body language there.
beekaytee - May 03, 2007 5:16:16 pm PDT #5497 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I'll try that. Mostly, I'm just staring at the claws. She's old, so I don't want to bat her onto the floor but cheezwhiz! Her person says she 'misses me' when I'm not around because I give her so much concentrated attention. I dunno. I think she misses her target practice.
brenda m - May 03, 2007 5:23:33 pm PDT #5498 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Pretty sure that distinction is lost on a cat.
sarameg - May 03, 2007 5:40:32 pm PDT #5499 of 10001
As a total cat person, I say...um, they are kinda nuts. MK is a total attention slut, but Devi is more typical. She acts as if other people will eat her. She also has treated me as prey. I have scars. I adore her to pieces and her presence is a comfort to me, but it is very dysfunctional. At least she no longer tries to kill my head at night anymore. She's a fucked up cat, but man, she's cute and cuddles when I need it.
Lee - May 03, 2007 5:41:43 pm PDT #5500 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
As a total cat person, I say...um, they are kinda nuts.
What? How come no one told me that?
Cashmere - May 03, 2007 5:42:56 pm PDT #5501 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm not sure what sort of cold-weather dog Mackenzie is, but she also sheds her undercoat like craxy every spring. When we lived in an apartment, we'd take her down to the yard to brush her out and leave the hair. I swear, I saw a dozen birds' nests lined with her fur that year.
It's very soft and I've had a friend offer to spin it for me but I just never got around to bagging it up.
My guess on the killer toddlers is 5-7. But I'm wimpy and can barely handle two at a time.
Sue - May 03, 2007 5:47:01 pm PDT #5502 of 10001
hip deep in pie
My friends cat peed in my shoe tonight. My left foot is VERY interesting to my cats.