And meows: "He loves you, Polly Jean."

[reddragdiva]

This morning the kittens went in to HAVE THEIR BALLS OFF! Tell your taxi driver that as you start your journey and you'll have an epic cat owner's conversation. Thank goodness Madam hadn't gone into heat by now, her mother having gotten knocked up with them a month younger than she is now ... The lovely Claire is back at the vet, so we can expect competence in future. By crikey they were upset not to be fed this morning. I shall be fetching them this evening, reproductive systems exchanged for microchips. And hopefully a tad subdued.

First day back at work and I'm not on the network. The network guy held up the disconnected far end of the cable: "I think I've found the problem." The tube strike didn't shut any of my stations.

I can't find my work shoes, so it's Doc boots today. Being me, I was trying to think of the stupidest possible place I could have left them, and I think it'd be the Dev on Friday 23rd December, when I collected the new boots. Either there or Black Rose. I'll be making the world's dumbest lost property calls later this afternoon.

axy_666 got burgled just after Christmas and they even nicked the cloves his folks had given him. So I've sent him my last two packs of Djarums. I have one pack left (which will please arkady, who won't kiss me when I've been smoking them) and I desperately hope my Gudangs arrive before those run out, because I don't fancy paying £6.50 a pack for Djarums, of all things.

I've been using a Mac too long already and keep hitting "alt", expecting to hit "command."

Tomorrow evening I plan to meet up with narnee at Bisexual Underground.

Comments

[vatine]

I'm not so sure about that. How long's cat gestation? Smoke gave birth at about 14 months of age, so she'd probably been, oh, 14-gestation months old (I guess about 10) and Madam was born mid-July, so about 5 months by now.

[reddragdiva]

Oh, really? I thought Smoke was a tragic Romford teenage mother!

[vatine]

Not quite. Thoug hif we suppose cats gestate for nine months, she'd been about Madam's age on getting knocked up.

Did you know taht teh sister of madam & Neo find lifted floorboards incredibly fascinating?

[felishumanus.livejournal.com]

gah I gave Ax a mint to freshen his breath after a cigarette...the taste was worse *turns green*

[greylock.livejournal.com]

First day back at work and I'm not on the network. The network guy held up the disconnected far end of the cable: "I think I've found the problem."

Not to seem, whatsit, but were you ashamed you didn't find that problem?

(Which reminds me, you will appreciate this: There's a certain highly-praised Local Data processing, backup and recovery firm I shan't name that, in the week before Christmas, had a catastrophic computer failure.

They hadn't backed up their files since March 2005.

The IT manager was, I have heard, ushered out the door by hired security.)

[reddragdiva]

You should see these two around the toilet. They're amazed. Mind you, Neo is still dumb as a brick and Madam is still semi-crazed.

[reddragdiva]

That would simulate menthol. Get him to gargle with clove-flavoured Dentyl pH. GOTH BREATH IN A BOTTLE!

[reddragdiva]

Hell no. I administer the Unix boxes; I don't have admin on my Windows box and I don't do networks. I call Helpdesk then twiddle my thumbs for £29/hr. Good gig.

[damien-wise.livejournal.com]

I'm going to the vet's (http://vechee.blogs.com/beats_per_minute/the_home_front/tutored.jpg), by Gary Larson.

[siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com]

You should see these two around the toilet. They're amazed.

have you accidentally peed on a curious kittaen yet?

[reddragdiva]

NO, BUT IT'S OH SO TEMPTING.

[greylock.livejournal.com]

But surely, you checked the network was plugged in on finding it not working?

Surely?

(It's okay, a friend of mine who works somewhere had her computer moved but not plugged in. HSE rules forbid her from plugging the machine in).

[greylock.livejournal.com]

Cue the strains of "I've Been Golden Showered (By John Winston Howard)" by the Chaser lads.

[reddragdiva]

It's plugged in at my end; it was the other end that was floating free.

[arkady.livejournal.com]

Cat gestation is 65 days - i.e. a little over 2 months. cats are way too small to have a gestation period anything like 9 months - that's a humans and big apes thing!

[cyberpunkgrrl.livejournal.com]

I might be up for Bisexual Underground but I'm scared to go on my own - if I managed to pluck up the courage could I meet up with you before you go in?

:)

[reddragdiva]

Shirley they're not THAT scary. Mayyybe :-) Whether I go at all depends on Liz's health on the day.

[axy-666.livejournal.com]

lol, Thanks mate it's much appreciated :D

[reddragdiva]

Arkady says the icky ashtray taste still comes up from my lungs though ;-)

[axy-666.livejournal.com]

hehe I'm gonna try and give up again this year, if not for my health for Felis :)

[siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com]

But surely, you checked the network was plugged in on finding it not working?

why bother? you'd just get shouted at for daring to plug it back in yourself anyways. my helpdesk won't even believe that you've restarted the computer by yourself, so they'll still check it even if youalready have.

[shamus9999.livejournal.com]

I once had to call in to work to request a day off, on the grounds that someone had nicked my pants. All of them. I'd left them in the clothes dryer in the basement of my apartment building intending to fetch them in the morning. All I had left was one very dirty pair, which I was forced to wear shopping.

I've been thinking of trying clove ciggies. What kind would you recommend? I'm used to American Spirit brand menthols: pure tobacco with no saltpetre etc. added, and the menthol's all in the filters. Not extremely strong or harsh, yet not mild either.

[reddragdiva]

I'd recommend you get a bucket of tar and a brush and paint your lungs directly, spraying them with clove oil afterwards. It'll be quicker and healthier. The typical clove cigarette runs 35-50mg tar per cig. Three cigs a day and you can be a pack-a-day smoker! :-D

As for brands, I favour Gudang Garam (filtered, non-menthol) — they're really nice. Djarums are more readily available, particularly in the US, but I'm not a fan at all — they have the aftertaste of licking an ashtray — and I only smoke them when I absolutely can't get Gudangs. You can get menthol Gudangs, but I consider them an abomination unto cloves.

[reddragdiva]

Yep. It's explicitly Not My Problem! Though I did supply ipconfig/all and ping data to the helpdesk guy before we realised there wasn't ... actually ... a cable connection ...

[reddragdiva]

WE'LL TAKE AWAY YOUR GOTH CARD!

[shamus9999.livejournal.com]

I guess I'll pass on them then. The things I'm smoking now are already killing me as it is (24mg per). Thanks for the data though.

[axy-666.livejournal.com]

I'm so goth I don't need one :P

[arkady.livejournal.com]

It does. You're still exhaling the horrible stuff from your lungs the following morning. It really is incredibly off-putting and nauseating, I'm afraid. try playing tonsil-tennis with a stale ashtray and see how you like it.

[barakta]

I got seriously bollocked via 2nd hand phonecall for opening an unauthorised piece of software (IE) and rebooting a windows box which had totally hung two hours later.

The BOFH tried to blame me for the final crash, which was annoying cos had I been able to use the phone (I'm deaf) I'd have laughed in his face.

[reddragdiva]

meep!

[shamus9999.livejournal.com]

On second thought, fuck my lungs. And I feel the need to explain: that's an expression, not an invitation. :) I just ordered a ten pack sampler from rokokzone.com:

Gudang Garam Merah King Size 12
Gudang Garam Surya 12
Gudang Garam Professional
Gudang Garam Nusantara 16
Crystal Special
Sukun Executive
Inter Biru
Bentoel Sensasi Klasik
Djarum L.A. Lights 16
Ultra Special

We shall see what happens.

[reddragdiva]

You'll never want a plain tobacco cigarette ever again. And, as a bonus, you won't have to worry about your pension plan! I'd advise keeping up the medical, though.

[karen2205]

Come and join me and some others in the cafe in Borders (near Oxford Circus tube station, on Oxford Street), at 6-6.30pmish - we normally (though I can't guarantee it) have a couple of people who start off with coffee and who then move on to BU, while the rest of us go somewhere for food.

My phone number is in http://www.livejournal.com/users/karen2205/36699.html

[greylock.livejournal.com]

Aha.
Mystery solved.

[cyberpunkgrrl.livejournal.com]

cool - i may well do seeing on how i feel tomorrow..

thanks :)

[ickle-yuki.livejournal.com]

You might want to give uControl a try, it allows you to swap keys about.

I mostly got it cos I use a PC USB keyboard with my G3, and it makes life easier as I use the Mac more often than the PC now!

[ashbet]

*curses because I can't find the LJ entry in which I document K pissing on Zuul (by accident) because she's just a little too curious about the toilet*

Suffice it to say that it was funny as hell ;)

-- A <3<3

[reddragdiva]

I hear of those who have deliberately pissed on their cat after it pissed on them, to make damn sure it knows who is the alpha cat. It worked and they don't have scars in an unfortunate place ...