Listening to the Voices in my Head

Maybe if I had roller or in-line skates

That would be the only way I could have done more today.

Went from store to store checking and testing sofas to replace the hunk of scrap metal masquerading as a futon. Found one perfect for the room. Headed off to pillage, and sent son down to get hair cut.

Then drove out to Anketell to 'meet' Ziggy, the retired queen Bengal.

She liked me, and is an absolute darling. She is such a little bit of a thing. We got interviewed by her owner, Alison, to make sure we knew what we were getting into, and were able for it. We gave our cat history, including all the trials and tribulations we had with Affy, and after about an hour, we were given the green light. Aikidomayland and I came home and discussed it. Loki smelled a strange kitty on me, and I underwent a sniff fest from him. When he was done, he stropped his body back and forth on my shins, thereby marking me as his yet again.

We called Alison, and said yes, it's a go, but we want a few days to prep the house (Ziggy likes to gnaw on and eat plastic bags) to get things ready for a new addition. :) Ziggy will be here next week.

Why is it

When you are clearing out something, a closet or cabinet,  a place where things just kept getting placed, you make a huger mess than if you had just left it alone?  (rhetorical)

Had an antique table, which was stacked with old VHS Movie/tapes, that any and everything kept getting piled up onto.  I brought out the old card table, offloaded everything from the old table, wiped off accumulated dust, and then began the process of sorting, tossing and keeping.

Brought in the other bookcase I had gotten from Drhoz, and shifted all TV Series dvds onto the upper shelves, and put the vhs tapes on the bottom shelves. Have two shelves left open. What this did, though,is open three shelves on the other dvd bookcase,  made the room a helluva lot neater and easier to clean, and created a nice spot for the new cat tower.

Cat's new playground

My son helped me put it together.

And Loki likes it!

I like how Loki is looking over his shoulder at Keito as if daring him to come and play. Poor Keito, he is just so afraid of anything new.

Adopting an older cat

My hubby, aikidomayland , and I have been on a waiting list with two pedigree breeders. Not for a kitten. Kittens are cute, but they don't stay kittens long.But for an adult cat. One that needs to be re-homed due to losing it's family (illness, relocation, job loss) or taken from a home due to abuse, or a retired queen.

We got a phone call last night. There is a 2 yr old marbled Bengal queen who is retired. She has a sweet disposition, and likes being around other cats (or even a dog!). We are going to go see her this weekend, as we believe that cats pick their people, not the other way around. If all goes well, we go back home, and prepare the house for the new addition, and to let the boys get used to having a girl around the house.

There are many cats available at shelters who are between the ages of 1 to 6 yrs old, sweet lovable cats, that need to be re-homed. That is where we got our sweet Affy (well, he wasn't so sweet when we first got him. He had been abused by previous owners, and it took time, dedication and gentleness to turn him from a terrified cat, to a musher). Everyone I know who has adopted an older cat has not regretting it for a seond. :)

LOLCat, Starring Loki!

moar funny pictures

Busy long holiday weekend

Happy Chinese New Year! It's the year of the Ox. Luck to those born that year. Had a pleasant evening with Delicious Irony, Discordia13 and Bunny-M . Yes, Bunny, you were ill, but you company was still appreciated and enjoyed.

Starting the celebration off with a BANG!

Lion is 'fed' for good luck and blessings.

Close quarter Lion dancing. :) And dayam! they were good.

Australia Day, 25th anniversary of Skyworks

Green!

Pretty in pink!

Red and Gold.

Perth Skyworks 2009

Brilliant red lights up the jetty and the Swan River.

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Perth at Night

Lumix DMC FZ30
Focal Length 22mm
Exp 3.2 sec at f/6.3
ISO-80

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Maybe I used words that were too big first time

Lets see if this is understood:

Constitutionally, at 12 noon on January 20th, Bush was no longer president, and at 12:01 pm, Obama was president. The swearing in ceremony is a public spectacle, rather like a concert, but for our benefit.  It isn't a necessity, and neither is the use of a Bible.

P.S. This is being addressed to the anonymous rubes who left me some really nasty comments.  Your hate and bile just prove my point. Legalities and the Constitution mean nothing to you.

Right whiners err wingers grasping at illusionary straws

When I saw these comments and 'theories' I thought they were a joke. Then I read more and more of them, repeating the same song and dance over and over.

1. Obama isn't the president, because he screwed up his oath!



2. Obama isn't Christian, because he didn't use a bible the 2nd time!



3. Obama isn't the president because he didn't use a bible the 2nd time.

My answers:
1: President Obama didn't flub the oath to office, Chief Justice Roberts did. Obama said it exactly as it had been rehearsed, Roberts screwed up. Doesn't matter, as Obama recited the correct oath.

2: A bible or other 'holy' book isn't necessary to swear an oath. One doesn't have to be a Christian to swear an oath.  Just ask someone who has enlisted in the military.  My oath was given, no bible anywhere in sight. And just for an FYI, the Pledge of Allegiance is an oath, no bible necessary there either.

3: Re-read above.

And then there are the ones whining about a few rude gits booing at Bush during the inauguration. Personally, I think it would have been better if he had been met with icy silence, but hey, I can understand. What gets me is how offended these right whiners are. But it was ok for Obama to be booed, outright insulted and threatened. It was ok for Ted Nugent to march back and forth on stage with his semi automatic weapon, saying it should  be shoved up Madame Secretary's (Formerly Senator Clinton) 'glory hole' and she should be shot.  

Where was their moral indignation about that? Where was their outrage when Nugent suggested object raping Sen Clinton with an automatic weapon and discharging it?

Hypocrites? Oh hell yes.