Freak like me.

[reddragdiva]

• I have found a new joy in life: cranky_editors.

Friday we moved an albatross-load of stuff from arkady's flat to storage. We used Deed Removals in Walthamstow, (020) 8524 2235, who were great and we'll be using them next time. £170 for an awkward flatload of stuff moved cluefully and competently.

We have given up on Freecycle in favour of Chavcycle: put any useless bit of tat outside and it'll be gone in an hour. This worked on a dead printer/scanner, a cordless phone, a 56k modem (which I later saw down the street outside someone else's house) and a suitcase with a broken wheel. We'll see how it goes on a kitchen bin, a wastepaper basket and a washtub.

That evening I went to Streatham in honour of narnee's birthday (which is actually today). A lovely evening and morning eating pizza and talking rubbish. I had no present but offered my worship:

What would Eris do? Squeal "OH MY GAAAHHHDDD!" at 110dB. Then make ice lollies.

I was shocked to discover the Sugababes' Angels With Dirty Faces isn't half bad (and kimkali does much better lyrics to "Round Round"). I caught the first train home and was sweating walking up the street at 7am.

Saturday was a quiet night in as redcountess was unwell. But in the afternoon, Arkady and I fetched a cat trap cage. There's been a stray hanging around her house for the past two years, which seems to have been fed largely by tom_pusscat and what he's caught (hence we referred to it as "Tom's girlfriend"; and since she moved in here, Arkady's noticed the stray getting thinner and thinner. She left food out for it, thus taking responsibility for it, so we thought we'd better retrieve it from the flat. Trap left out with food in. Arkady checked in the evening and the cat had managed to get the food without triggering the trap ... she set it to be more sensitive.

Sunday morning Arkady popped round to the flat and discovered a stray cat in the cage, which she brought home. She now has a small grey familiar. We retrieved the last of her stuff from the old flat on Sunday evening. I must call the landlord to sort out the final cleaning and gardening bills (to be deducted from the bond by arrangement). DING DONG, THE ALBATROSS IS DEAD!

Today we took "Tom's girlfriend" to the vet. It's a boy. No microchip, so he's ours for now; Arkady has christened him Kynaston. He appears to be a Burmese-moggy cross. The others are cautious around him but we haven't had cat pee wars yet. Cross fingers.

Comments

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Tom has a boyfriend! \o/

[reddragdiva]

Indeed. Liz's first words when I told her: "TOM'S GAY!!"

[sister-stella.livejournal.com]

*cracks up*

[arkady.livejournal.com]

I'm noticing a recurring pattern here - my boyfriend is bi, my dolls are gay, even my cats are gay.

Methinks the world is trying to tell me something.

[reddragdiva]

"I'M A MAN, JACK!"
"Nobody's perfect!"

[sister-stella.livejournal.com]

I think it's called "not gender normative".

[arkady.livejournal.com]

Oh, Kyneston is most certainly not grey. He's not a true black; I think he's what would be termed "sable" in the US (i.e. incredibly dark brown, almost black). But yes, he will make a very good witch's familiar I suspect!

[reddragdiva]

We'll make that "small gay familiar".

[gothgeekgirl.livejournal.com]

Ooh- same color as my youngest cat, Chava (that's a gutteral there, folks; "Chava" is the Hebrew equivalent of "Eve"). It's a gorgeous color.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Burmese kitties are beautiful.

[juliann.livejournal.com]

Mm, Kynaston. I'm assuming you have seen Stage Beauty!

[reddragdiva]

Arkady has ;-)

[siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com]

please put up signs around the neighbourhood saying that you've found a stray, eh? Kynaston might be a pet who is getting thinner because of an illness. i know Tish has previously convinced people that she's a stray, and when she has her flea allergy she looks pretty rough.

[sister-stella.livejournal.com]

Love the t-shirt baby!

[reddragdiva]

Sahra of course squealed "OH MY GAAAHHHDDD!" at 110dB.

[horngirl.livejournal.com]

we took "Tom's girlfriend" to the vet. It's a boy.

*snicker*

Classic!

[gothgeekgirl.livejournal.com]

Which reminds me of my mother telling me about her grandmother's cat, which was named Al Jolson because my mother's Uncle George, the doctor, declared that the cat was male. Then Al Jolson had kittens.

[narnee.livejournal.com]

I had no present but offered my worship

... and a tee-shirt at a later date for me!

What would Eris do? Squeal "OH MY GAAAHHHDDD!" at 110dB. Then make ice lollies.

In fairness, flufybumblebee made the ice lollies.

(Oh my god, I look seriously munted in the first picture. And quite possibly the third picture.)

and kimkali does much better lyrics to "Round Round")

Funnily enough, we *all* heard that song incorrectly...

Thanks so much for coming to my party!
<hugs>

[reddragdiva]

Oh yes! If I'd managed to make it later I'd have had the shirt with me ... I handwashed mine and it looks way beat up afterwards - the iron-on prints really don't wear well and are basically for semidisposable one-off shirts. But it was worth it for the "SQUEEEEEEEE!" :-D

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

> Chavcycle

Works for me. I use it to both get rid of and collect stuff.

[mofette.livejournal.com]

Is anyone up? I want to talk PLANS!!! XD

[reddragdiva]

Arkady's just left for a business meeting :-O Liz is asleep. I'm dealing with pimps at high speed and am desperately trying to wake up before a 2pm phone interview ...

I expect I'll be the one coming to meet you. Which station around when?

[mofette.livejournal.com]

Kings Cross at 15.42 :) I'll be around on MSN until about 5 when I go to the pub. Don't worry, I can chat tomorrow. Wanted to know about any plans for Friday/Saturday or I can call you all later on :)

[reddragdiva]

I don't have msn, but I'm on irc right this moment - Diva on netgoth.org.uk (or DavidGerard on irc.freenode.net, but you can't /msg on Freenode without registering and blah and etc).