Things accomplished today

[truepenny]

ME
1. washed (1) gray and (2) white bras.
2. outlined plot for the rest of Thirdhop Scarp.
3. got a page further in The Goblin Emperor revisions (I know, doesn't look like much, but trust me: it's huge).
4. picked up Emma's ashes (NOT "cremains") from the vet. She would be offended by the paw-print patterned tin; I will obviously have to find something more suitable.
5. bought a BRIGHT YELLOW Lamy fountain pen to replace the one that vanished over the weekend.
5.5 signed stock at the University Book Store
6. discovered that Shakespeare's Books has been reborn as Browzers Books. Feel that this is a sad come-down, namewise, but glad to see the bibliophoenix rise from the ashes.
7. bought The Horrors of the Half-Known Life: Male Attitudes toward Women and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century America by G. J. Barker-Benfield (research); Women, Family, and Utopia: Communal Experiments of the Shakers, the Oneida Community, and the Mormons by Lawrence Foster (research); and Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook by Donald Rumbelow (research). I love my job.
8. wondered where the cut-off is between a respectable interest in historical criminology and a ghoulishly trashy taste for true crime.* One's own birth-date? Hardback vs. paperback? Use of the word "true" in the subtitle? Serial killer vs. non-serial killer?
9. picked up more cat food, more cat litter, more cat treats . . . and a three-day pass for the Midwest Horse Fair.
10. put more gasoline in the truck.

CATZILLA
1. hampered
2. purred
3. napped
4. talked to robins
5. purred

THE TERMINATOR (a.k.a. THE LITTLEST NINJA)
1. hampered
2. purred
3. napped
4. was mortified by Catzilla
5. purred
6. vanished into thin air and mysteriously reappeared
7. purred


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*Having just marathoned the first season of The First 48, I'm not casting aspidistras at anyone. Just saying: there's clearly a cut-off somewhere, and I don't know where it is.

Comments

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

I've thought about getting one of these: http://www.designtoscano.com/product/code/WU74309.do to use as an urn for kitty ashes.

http://www.goddessgift.net/page15.html has them cheaper, and then there's this one: http://www.goddessgift.net/bastet-jar-egyptian-TL-1510.html which is a bit pricier.

[fidelioscabinet.livejournal.com]

I have, in the past, planted flowering shrubs over feline remains. Also, the $50 I paid to fill my tiny truck was an unpleasant experience.

I can't help on the true crime; one sentient's bright line is another sentient's gray area.

[brendan-moody.livejournal.com]

NOT "cremains"

That's a terrible "word," isn't it? My family was very relieved that the funeral home didn't use it while planning my father's services.

[panjianlien.livejournal.com]

Beware of Barker-Benfield. Let us just say that it is... enthusiastic. A necessary book to have read, but not, perhaps, to consider as gospel.

[wl551.livejournal.com]

Regarding C6: my boys are absolutely convinced that cats can teleport. =^..^=




=^..^=

[opera142.livejournal.com]

After we had lost our pet, My husband and I winced at "cremains" too.

[sillylilly-bird.livejournal.com]

I marathoned all available seasons of that show - I'm crocheting a king size blanket - I'm a little over half way done.
Um, OK, The First 48, River Monsters, MonsterQuest, The Detonators [sooooo cool!!!! implosions!!], Gangland [stopped after starting S6], Prehistoric Predators, Manhunters, Lockdown, Crime 360, The Last Days of WWII..... Which is how I'm a little over half-way done... it was 10 pounds at halfway [bamboo yarn, single crochet, finished blanket will be something over 7' x 8' - I can bring to WisCon to show you:)]

netflix is my friend

[oceankitty1.livejournal.com]

Purrs all around then, including you :)

[oracne.livejournal.com]

"Research." Yeah, sure! *winks* *is equally guilty*

[samhainborn.livejournal.com]

I'm a huge Mormon nerd and would be happy to chat if anything comes up in your reading. :)

Jess