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November 4th, 2009
11:03 am - text message wrong numbers
Whats up im gone find a bathroom
Styn in my lane
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July 28th, 2009
July 24th, 2009
July 7th, 2009
11:24 pm - And.... there will be pants!
(Or trousers.)
So, of the 4 main costume pieces and 3-ish accessories I have now finished exactly 1. Did I mention that I leave for LA on Friday morning?
I'm at a sticking point at the cloak because I have to insert the feathers-and-chiffon part into the shoulderpads part. And... it's really tough to do without 500 hands. I tried last night at an ungodly hour... I think I'll try again before I go to bed. There's still significant work there. The shirt could go out the door as is once I hammer on a bit of hardware (while the neighbors aren't sleeping) and... um... there's also supposed to be an underjacket/bathrobe thingy... teehee?
I think I caught the last minute bug. Bleh. Okay, back to work.
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May 28th, 2009
10:39 pm - costuming with kitten
I'm trying to draw sketches for that costume concept I mentioned a few days ago. Monty was immediately fascinated...
Kitten: "Hey, you're making a new sound! Let me investigate."
Kitten: "Hey, that stick thingy is leaving spots on the paper!"
Kitten: "MUST EAT STICK THINGY"
Kitten: "MUST EAT SPOTS ON PAPER"
Kitten: "Hey, you moved the stick thingy! *flurry of claws*"
Can't wait until I bring home the feathers.
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May 18th, 2009
11:01 am - kitten's first bath
I gave Monty his first bath! Yay! I was surprised at how well it went, actually. I made sure that there was a warm bath set up and that I had a small saucepan for quickly pouring water over him for rinsing. He was fussy once he realized that I was holding him in the bathroom with a drawn bath and a closed door, but he didn't try to scratch me at all. He just stood there, wet and scrawny and undignified, making the most pathetic yowling sound while I held his scruff and shampooed and rinsed him.
I worked fast, the whole washing process went much faster than the drying process. That took forever... and two towels. He got pretty irritated with me by the end of the drying process, even though he kinda likes being dried off, he was trembling by the end. (With fear? Anger? Coldness?) At the end, I wrapped him up in the dry towel, gave him a treat, then put him wrapped up in his bed. And he got out of bed immediately and "ran away" for a couple of steps, mostly because he hadn't gotten a chance to run anywhere yet and he felt the need to point out that he wasn't a willing participant. Then he looked out the window and went back to his bed.
About an hour later, though, when he was completely dry, he was very affectionate. As in "here, let me wrap my tail around your face" affectionate. And his fur is soft again! I thought that it was soft when he was a kitten and was getting coarse because he's becoming an adult, but really, he needed a good shampoo. I'm really glad this went well, so hopefully neither of us will be afraid to do it again.
Next up: clumping litter! I've been looking at better litters or even an automated litter box, but I haven't found anything completely awesome. (Even though I went out clenching a 20% off coupon in my fist.) Any recommendations or warnings?
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April 30th, 2009
April 24th, 2009
09:18 am - ...glad I don't have roommates
I found myself singing to Monty this morning.
Kitten time
And the kitten is easy
Kitten kitten
And the kitten is cute
Kitten time
And the kitten is easy
So hello my kitten kitten
Kitten
...I'm a dork.
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April 22nd, 2009
April 20th, 2009
11:37 pm - best birthday ever
So it looks like seven-year-old Kendra is going to receive the best birthday cake ever.
She's going to grow up to be a drag queen.
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April 8th, 2009
April 6th, 2009
05:49 pm - my life is boring
Today's crossword puzzle was the best ever. It had "Defender of Castle Greyskull" (HEMAN) right next to "Cuchie cuchie girl" (CHARO).
I love that Castle Greyskull is now a legitimate cultural reference.
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March 28th, 2009
03:10 pm - tricks of the trade
Link to this article on main site: eep... now I'm bragging.
I don't claim to have all the answers, but I have learned a few things. One of my favorite life lessons is that a little assertiveness can prevent a lot of silent suffering. As an example: I've seen a lot of respectable, well-educated adults get completely flustered when it comes to telemarketers. I've seen people take the phone off the hook and walk away, say hurtful things, fly into a tantrum, wait meekly and listen to the entire sales pitch with family members holding on the other line, or simply hang up. The telemarketers call back the next day, and the whole thing grows into a cycle of fear of answering your own phone.
I'm not sure how I started doing this, but somehow I learned to simply interrupt the telemarketer with, "I'm sorry, we don't take promotional calls at this number. Would you please remove this number from your list?" That's all it takes. Most of the people I've used this with have been very kind and gracious, and I never get the call again. And the telemarketer never sells my number to 15 of his best telemarketing buddies. In the one or two cases where people have persisted, I just inform them that there has been a mistake, they should not be calling the number, and they need to remove it from their database. Period.
It works.
I guess this is kind of a long way of introducing two assertiveness stories that Susannah linked in her blog this morning. I'm re-linking because frankly, both are awesome.
Kathrynt: "What's gonna work? TEAMWORK!"
Kathrynt: How to make an idiot shut up.
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March 23rd, 2009
March 15th, 2009
10:55 pm - camera advice
I'd like some advice from the LJ oracle.... I'm thinking about getting my first digital camera, and... I don't know anything about cameras. I've had two friends show me their new Canon Elphs in the past couple of weeks (they didn't know I was thinking about getting a camera), and of course we know that I like elves.
Basically, I want a camera to take good pictures of Monty. Good as compared to my blurry cell phone camera. I'd probably also use it for in-progress costume pictures, some circusy pictures, and traveling. I'm creative and picky enough that I'd like a little control over things, but not so knowledgeable or passionate about photography that I want to learn what an f-stop is.
Any ideas?
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March 11th, 2009
March 8th, 2009
March 7th, 2009
February 27th, 2009
February 5th, 2009
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