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November 29, 2006
Sparky update....and then some....
Thanks everyone for the nice comments and lovely emails. Sparky is home and doing well. He's on a 'special diet' (but not a 'short bus' kinda special) diet at the moment. He has to go back to the vet on Satuday to have his urine tested (doesn't THAT sound like a fun morning?!?!) for crystals. If he is doing well then he goes on a 'maintenance diet'.
But the funny thing about this whole experience is that the vet has given us a stash of 'kitty Valium'.
Seriously.
The only reason we have it is because he get himself worked into such a state when we have to take him in the C-A-R that by the time we have taken the 4 minute drive to the vet's office, he's drooling, pooing, vomiting, howling....well, you get the picture. So the vet says that the Valium will 'take the edge off' and he shouldn't get so stressed. I'll let you know on Saturday.
But just to keep everything fair and balanced here at Casa Del GG and to give the dog world its props, I bring you Señor Pelone. You have to see him for the Mohawk and the tongue.
Oh, Señor, what's going on with your tongue? I just want to tuck it into his mouth. Thank you SOOOO much bro for sharing him with us.
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 09:50 PM
November 26, 2006
Everybody love Sparky
Look who's the poster boy for the very popular 'I love my cat' flickr pool.
Ain't Sparky purdy? (yes, that's him as the group icon!)
Hopefully this will cheer him up when he gets home.
Thanks Bibi for picking our little fur boy.
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 07:13 PM
November 25, 2006
sparky
Our little fur boy is in the kitty hospital tonight.
He has a blocked urethra. Not totally uncommon for boy cats, but still very serious. We caught it early so he should be fine in a couple of days.
But I miss him.
Probably a bit more than I should.
I'm a sook.
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 06:23 PM
November 24, 2006
Freedom, sweet freedom
I just sent in my LAST ASSIGNMENT to TAFE.
I'm done, I'm done, I'm done!
Oh my gawd, what am I going to do with all this free time? I might read a book or knit something...nah, I'm heading to the pub.
-gg
(ok, you watch, I'll get some email from one of my instructors saying that I forgot to do some paper or something...)
Posted by gadgetgirl at 03:01 PM
November 22, 2006
purrrrr
Just in case you are like my husband and didn't know about the tradition of cats living in libraries I bring you the Library Cats Map of the World.
And yes, it includes Australia.
I wonder how my manager would feel about getting a cat for my library....somehow I'm don't see it happening.
I love Spencer Public Library resident cat's job description. (scroll down a little). Good job Dewey.
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 09:57 PM
Your daily moment of zen
Rock on Vincent.
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 07:34 AM
November 21, 2006
jaded but topical
OJ tries to cash in on his ex-wife's murder?
Yeah, well I figured he'd try to do it at some point
Fox picks up it up and runs with it?
Yeah, well I knew they'd jump at the chance.
Fox has a change of heart and drops the whole project?
*faint*
-gg (who is way to cynical for her own good)
Posted by gadgetgirl at 07:45 AM
November 19, 2006
I've been feeling like crap all weekend.
It's been panadol and apple juice cocktails for me.
Let's hope it's just an allergy thing.
Or maybe I just need a beer
;)
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 06:26 PM
Dammit.
Hate it when Tara Dennis is right. (I should have her damn job)
But this t-shirt folding method ROCKS.
try it, really.
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 09:24 AM
November 18, 2006
whoo-hoo, party at my place
Well in case you didn't get the memo, today is national 'Buy a gun day' here in Australia.
Yes, Buy a gun day
In Australia.
So come on everyone, go out today and pick yourself up a shiny new magnum or maybe an old skool shotgun. oh, wait you CAN'T just run out and buy a gun on a whim in this country. damn those gun laws.
oh well.
And just who has brought this day to the Australian public? The Coalition of Law-Abiding Sport Shooters.
Yes, ladies and germs, they are all C.L.A.S.S.. Ba-da-boom, thank you, I'll be here all week, don't forget to tip your waitress.
But on a serious note, I do believe that adults should have the right to make their own decisions. Get a tattoo, don't get a tattoo. have kids, don't have kids. own a car, don't own a car. But it is hard to argue with the facts:
The total number of criminal incidents involving a firearm in NSW is now about 44 per cent lower than its peak in 1997, according to figures released today by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.
Gun laws changed dramatically in 1997 after the Port Arthur massacre. And since then crimes involving guns has been on a steady decline. 1+1=2. If you want to go out and shoot at clay pigeons, good on ya, I'm sure it does improve eye-hand-coordination. But as for me, I don't really want it to be easy for any ole schmuck to walk down to the local sports shop and pick up a hand gun because he thinks it'll make him cool like Snoop.
But that's just me.
/rant
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 10:19 AM
November 12, 2006
It's all Kris' fault.
Dammit, I didn't want to like Andrew G.
Really I didn't.
But his blog is really good.
Damn.
-gg
(thanks for turning me on to it Kris, really)
Posted by gadgetgirl at 07:48 PM
November 11, 2006
star spotting
Rob and I went to Sculpture by the Sea today (Also known at 'SXS'. I tell ya what, I can't type that without thinking about 'SXSW'. But I digress)
We took in all the pretty sculptures with the masses, in the heat. (jeez, wasn't it hot today?)
But not only that, we did a little star spotting. If you've been watching Jamie's Kitchen Australia, you might recognise this lady:
That's Lauren Oliver, no relation to Jamie, the director of the Fifteen Foundation. And the Fifteen restaurant has just opened in Melbourne.
We just happen to be going to Melbourne next weekend and I thought, what the hey, I'll see if there are any tables. (I know, I know...)
The ealiest table is available in early March 2007.
uh, ok. Not this trip...
Maybe we'll just go look at it.
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 07:10 PM
November 10, 2006
Happy bday Bro (Well, I guess it is still your birthday in the US)
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 11:02 AM
November 07, 2006
three things
1. Clinton scores a slam dunk. Rock on Billy!
2. It would take 142.19 cups of 'brewed imported tea' to kill me
3. Just in case you were unsure how to pronounce 'barbiturate',
here's a handy chart for ya. It's a really funny list. But I must admit there are a few things on it that I've said....oh, not that I would say them now, oh no, I'm far too sophisticated for that.....
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 08:16 PM
November 06, 2006
sigh
I hate to type this just in case I jinx something.....
but....
as of right now, I never have to go back to TAFE.
EVER
AGAIN
I still have a few weeks left of this semester, but I can email everything else in at this point.
I can't believe it.
I wont get my diploma until next May, but assuming I pass these last two classes, I'm done. Three years it's taken me to get here. But I ain't counting those chickens just yet....
as for now....I'm just going to relax...tomorrow I'll do homework.
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at 08:05 PM
November 05, 2006
overheard at the library
kid: Do you have 'Mystery of Miss Pee-Pee'?
me: what?
kid: I'm looking for a Trixie Belden* book called 'Mystery of Miss Pee-Pee'
me: WHAT????
me: Ok, ok, let me look it up.....maybe I can find it.....
(I walk over to the computer and type in 'Trixie Belden' and 'Mystery' and a list of books come up)
kid (pointing over my shoulder): there 'The Mystery of Miss Pee-Pee'
me: OOOOHHHHHH, 'The Mystery of Mississippi'. I'm with ya now.
-gg
*yes, kids still read Trixie Belden books
Posted by gadgetgirl at 05:45 PM
November 03, 2006
congrats
A big shout out to Eve and Ben who are expecting their first sprog in May. And as you know, May is the best month to have a baby ;)
Posted by gadgetgirl at 07:39 AM
November 02, 2006
not quite haiku
You know those days that start out ok, then end really sucky? Well, today was one of those days.
Only six weeks until I finish this semester and school altogether.
Rob flies out for Singapore and Thailand on Sunday.
yeah, what he said...
-a
/feeling sorry for myself
Posted by gadgetgirl at 08:59 PM