kitty care

This is totally going overboard, but it seems my little Marley has an allergy. Probably a food thing or something. The vet can only do so much and they have limited experience with dealing with nutrition for cats. So, I went to a Manhattan pet store called Whiskers that has a nutritionist dude there. I have to say, he was really nice and answered all of my questions (I asked a lot of them). He recommened what to cut out of his diet (dry food, fish, grains) and supplements to help boost his immune system. I'm using some medicated ear drops to clear up his ears for the next 10 days. He really hates the drops, but at least he doesn't run away while I put them in. Anyway, he also told me to take up the food after 1/2 hour, don't let it sit out. Which is a real good idea. On Monday he, Marley that is, was throwing up at like 4 AM. Seems he didn't eat all of his wet food and decided to eat some. Yuck! We shall see how it goes.

commitment

It seems that all of my friends are moving in with their significant others and enjoying the coffee/breakfast Sunday morning in bed deal. Mind you, I'm totally happy for them all. Best of luck to them, I hope to be invited to the wedding. But upon reflection of myself, been over thinking that situation. If I were to take a relationship to the step of living together, it would have to be with a real sense of commitment. I don't like my stuff mixing with other people's stuff. For example, I don't want to go through the process of my CDs mixing with my bf. I know that totally makes me a consumer and materialistic. That's how I grew up in this world, and kind of hard to break that habit. This is all assuming I have a bf to have a commitment with and then get a place together to enjoy breakfast in bed on a Sunday morning, will I actually have to deal with those issues of mine.

By the way, this is post 100. Yippie!

Res Firma Mitescere Nescit

Tomorrow is the 66-mile bike ride to LI. Wish me luck!

ShutterCal

Just took a trip to Boston. Good times. Signed up for a new site: http://shuttercal.com/calendar/poppy13/

Got back to work today and iTunes crashed on me. Rebuilding the library and iPod now. Sucks.

Wish I was still in bed.

Got to read for class tonight.

Finished season 2 of NCIS. Can't wait for the next DVDs to come in the mail. Love Netflix.

Having a difficult time deciding between a new bb or iPhone. Wish that the google fone was out.

Bought the new NERD album... but can't listen to it till iTunes is fixed.

Got myself a "kickball" t-shirt. It's sweet!

Long bike ride on Saturday. Let's pray for good weather. Not too hot. Not rainy. Perfect ride weather. Please.

Marley is still the best cat ever. He came into my bed this morning, laid on his back and put his paws in my face. Believe me, a nice way to wake me up, instead of his normal NOISY antics.

I miss my girl who is in Japan now, but moving to SanFran in a week. Makes me sad.

Work is kinda slow - can't complain though.

Mac vs Windows

Long ago I had a boyfriend who did a whole paper about user interfaces (GUI) for a college class. It was really well done - explaining things like how in German cars the reverse gear is next to the 1st gear. Which makes more sense than how the Japanese and American cars do it. Since then I kind of look for these things.

Today I put Dreamweaver on my Mac at work to kind of learn it in the different way that Mac would be versus Windows. The first thing I noticed is that the files and folder are listed alphabetically. In Windows land, the folders are listed alpha and then the files in alpha. On Mac, they are all together and in alpha. Which makes more sense when you are doing a web site. In fact it starts to make more sense all together. It's logical to list everything. My brain of course naturally thinks folder or file, then look for it in alphabetical order. People don't normally think that way. Kind of fun learning these significant differences.

Next I have to learn to control the windows more like a Mac user. In Windows I minimize everything as I go along. Things are alien to me still on the Mac side.

110 degrees in the shade

It's pretty damn hot. "No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater... than central air." (Dogma) Tried to get around the park on Sunday on the bike. Didn't do so well. Partly cause of the heat, but also cause I got pinch in my right shoulder. Probably from sleeping wrong and leaning when using the mouse. I'm literally on the computer like 10-12 hours a day. It's rare for me not to be on the computer if I'm awake. Someday I'll just throw the thing out the window and give up on computers forever. :)

blagoonga

Got around Prospect Park 3 times on Sunday (that's 10 miles). I was oh so proud of myself. Of course now I need those nifty bike shoes to snap into the pedals. Already I look very "Tour de France" with my padded shorts. Haha. The shoes will be the perfect finish to that. :)

Blur

Playing Blur "Parklife" on the iPod went perfectly well with the morning rush. Wants to move quickly, but just can't because of the forces of nature.

DWG

Went out to the Delaware Water Gap to visit my friend. Got to have the greasyest breakfast every, but it was damn good. Then hit up a flea market - bought buttered nuts, beef jerky, shoo-fly pie, and a grapefruit spoon (to use for getting wet cat food out of the can). After that we went for a little hike on the Appalachian trail. Got some really nice pictures out of that.

Tomorrow I'll go for a nice bike ride. Have to get the 2 flat tires fixed first. Oh joy! Thankfully I got a buddy who loves to touch my bike and keep it running good. :)

So glad that warm spring is here.

subtitles

When I watch a foreign film, I really enjoy hearing the foreign language and don't mind reading the subtitles. Mostly cause when it's dubbed, the acting is completely off, no matter what. Just makes sense to me. I wish when I get movies it would at least give me the option to watch it as is with subtitles instead of dubbing it. Kind of annoying.

Any-waz... it has been awhile since I last posted. Been crazy busy with work and school, and now taking martial arts class. Haven't been on the bike yet this season, too much rain on the weekends. Kind of stinks. Let's hope for this weekend will be nice enough.

Oh, and Happy Birthday to Mom today! :)

apple vs oreo

I've got an apple sitting here, just waiting to be eaten. But I keep thinking about an oreo. And how yummy an oreo would be right about now. Maybe if I walk home it will cancel out the bad affects of the oreo. I should eat the apple, it is red and pretty and probably delicious. Damn you oreo!

my new chair

They call it a La'Z Boy... I call it a La'Z Girl

By the way, the movie Notorious was being filmed on my street today. Wish I could have stayed home to watch it.

Dirty Thirty

It's offical... I'm 30!

HD radio

The wave of the future is HD radio, right? Sure, I believe it. For xmas I got mom a new car radio, with HD radio available and a nice little MP3 player cable. Shows how much I love her. Right? Well, she loves it, even ordered Sirus (all by herself!) and loves it even more. About 2 weeks ago, one of my favorite radio stations went off the air, more specifically it went off FM waves and moved to HD waves. No problem I say, I was planning on getting a new reciever anyway. My current one is decent, but old and my iPod sounds like shit going through it. Come to find out a reciever with HD radio will cost like $10k or something crazy like that. No good! Guess I have to wait a bit longer. At least I've got AOL XM radio for free for now online. =)

V-Day

I've been known to get something really yummy from Starbucks, but eat only half and throw the rest away. Then I desire more and figure it really isn't "in" the trash long, so it's safe. But is it?