I've always wondered about my dog too. He wandered into my friends' backyard from a very busy street surrounded by a park/woods. He'd been living rough, was very matted and muddy and very, very skinny. We always thought he was on the older side but he's been with me now for 12 years so he mustn't have been that old. His book would be about how he likes to hang out at at the track and smoke stogies and how he's always wandering around looking for his hat.

Heh. I've thought about writing Byron's story. My mom told me she thought I should given how many places we've lived and how much trouble he gets into. In some ways he's the Marley of cats. Have I mentioned that his latest trick is that he's figured out how to scale the 8-foot walls in our backyard, which we fenced in specially for him after the amputation last year? My three-legged cat, the escape artist. The yard looks so classy right now, let me tell ya. ND's nailed plywood along the top to try to contain him, but now he's found another way out. I swear the cat is smarter than either of us.

Cats are impossible to contain! I wonder about Pico...he gottrapped in my boss' house when she went away, and when she returned, she couldn't find anyone to claim the cat. But he was a perfectly clean white cat, it certainly doesn't seem like he was on the streets.

Man, Paypal has emailed the Esty vendors I bought things from yesterday and claimed that I have filed a dispute against them! I just got an email from one of them saying, "What did I do? how can I clear it up?" I am so pissed. I wonder if I can get a person at Paypal right now.

In some ways he's the Marley of cats.

Heh,I did a double take because I have a cat named Marley!

The yard looks so classy right now, let me tell ya. ND's nailed plywood along the top to try to contain him, but now he's found another way out. I swear the cat is smarter than either of us.

Oh, man. Oh, Byron. Way to overcompensate, dude!

Hey Plei, if you're around, do you have a recipe for apricot preserves? I'm just starting to make jams and jellies, and Kristen wants apricot.

Oh, Plei, I have another question. I know you saw a lot of problems in the Leverage episode that dealt with horse racing. What were they?

And Brenda, I was wrong about that line appearing everywhere. At least I missed it in the above ep. Just most of them I can remember.

So I'm at a hotel right now, since there hasn't been any power in my house since Friday, since one of the landlords apparently owes the electric company $1000. The responsible landlord has put me in the hotel until Monday, and there's expectation that the power will be put back on on Tuesday. It's about 40 degrees out, and my house has little to no insulation. Or electricity. I just threw out everything that was in fridge while I was over there.

Also, I was supposed to go to a friend's play, but I've rescheduled (and will now have to buy a ticket, darn it) because my driver's side window is now broken. I drove a friend to the airport this morning and there was a checkpoint, so I rolled down my windown at the officer's gesture, and then after they passed us through, I was rolling my window up and there was a horrible grinding glass sound and now the window won't go up anymore and I'm afraid there's a rock or something stuck in there breaking stuff. That's what it sounds like. So now I have to call the mechanic, since we're still expecting rain every single day.

And then on top of that I still can't get this ram I bought from Fry's to work, and my computer keeps crashing every twenty minutes or so.

This sucks so bad.

Aw Alibelle, what a bad weekend for you! I am so glad you will be out of that crazy scene and into a nice place soon. BTW, I have some bookshelves for you if you need them.

What a mess, Alibelle!

aww , what a royal pain, Alibelle!