sundries: I'm gonna make it through this year....

[rm]

Little bears a remarkable resemblance to hypono-toad, ne? Photo by sykii

Cat update Little is really sick. The good news is that they believe it's all entirely reversable and curable. But she needs to stay in the hospital tonight and tomorrow. They are running another test to see if she has diabetes. They are adding another antibiotic and changing one of her other medications. Once they know if she is diabetic there is another treatment they can add or not (and also address the diabetes). She has to stay in the hospital tonight and tomorrow. On the 26th the other test will be back and we'll know more. And right now they have to hand-feed her too because she's not volunteering to eat. Good news: no ultrasound. Bad news: cat is in the hospital on fucking Christmas.

While I was sleeping I heard the smoke alarm out in the building all. It goes off all the time for a bit while people are cooking and ignored it. So imagine my surprise at getting up and finding the entire house smells like charred things. And ham. Someone had a kitchen fire involving Christmas ham. I'm revolted and pretty freaked out. Long-time readers will remember when the old apartment filled up with smoke and it was TERRIFYING when the idiots who lived below my then roommate and I fell asleep while making drunk food. It involved bacon and I had to wash the walls in white vinegar.

The key witness in the Richmond gang rape case is missing.

amand_r wrote a bit of Torchwood-related RPS. It's sort of genius for its narrative voices and it's not dirty but for a moment. Somehow, it manages to be _more_ uncomfortable for that fact. It's an interesting piece, because is it feeding fan fantasy or commenting unpleasantly on it? It also works so well because it obeys the laws of specificity: include things the audience thinks they know to be true, and everything else falls into narrative line. Anyway, if RPF freaks you out, or you're friends with some of the TW guys you probably don't want to read this. (also, it's Christmas, there was a fire in my building, my cat is sick and Patty is away, so while I'm happy to debate the RPF topic, today is probably not that day, so if you could have your thoughts on yaoi elsewhere today, that'd be good).

"When I saw people who were famous, and people whispered and pointed, it felt as though a very powerful individual had walked by. And actually, once you are that person, it just feels scary. All the time." -- David Tennant via nonlinearmusing

Comments

[sykii.livejournal.com]

My thoughts on yaoi = noses are phallic.

[luke-jaywalker.livejournal.com]

Cat is cute (well, by definition, she's a cat.) Hope she recovers... right now the prognosis seems kinda uncertain, I gather.

Richmond witness... doesn't say that his testimony is vital, but the absence of it can't hurt. Hope the guy's just decided to go walkabout for a bit, that he's alright and he'll come back when he's needed. It would upset me if his disappearance allowed some subhuman scum to walk instead of doing the quarter-century sentences they deserve.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Best wishes for Little's recovery and good health.

[liminalia.livejournal.com]

Sounds like your last night was just as fun as mine was (i.e. not at all). Sending best wishes for your kitteh.

[better-late24.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking good thoughts for your kitty.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Blessings on your cat.

As of this morning, the witness has called his mom.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Thank god.

And thank you.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Oh kitty. Cranky kitty is cranky.

I would be freaked out by the smoky ham miasma. I remember you calling that night. Was it Little who hid under the stairs and scared everyone half to death?

I'm working today, so I'll be on the computer all afternoon if you need someone to talk to.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Aw, kitteh. Crimmas is no time to be sick.

It's an interesting piece, because is it feeding fan fantasy or commenting unpleasantly on it?

::pinky to mouth:: OooooOOOooooo!

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

Wishing a speedy recovery for Little Kitty.

[blue-fjords.livejournal.com]

Best wishes for Little! Piper is sending her some luck. (Piper was in the hospital the weekend before Thanksgiving and just had an echo last week, but it magically turned out all right and she's doing fine! So she's sharing the healthy vibes w/ Little.)

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Gah! Fire alarms are scary!

And I concur with sykii, noses are phallic, in the best way possible.

I'm on the edge if my seat waiting for "The End of Time" :D

[smirnoffmule.livejournal.com]

Ha, I totally saw sykii's comment, and thought of you :D

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I should either get a "nose fetishist" icon!
Or, just stop talking about my love of noses....

*ponders*

;D

[rm.livejournal.com]

This is a long running joke between [Bad username or site: = @ livejournal.com] and I, because I don't get anime at all (which makes me sort of awful, since Patty is in some anime/manga fandoms, but they seem to be less like the stuff I REALLY don't get), and once I asked her "so, is it just like... they don't have noses so teen girls find it safe because that means they don't have cocks either?"

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha!
That makes a perfect kind of sense!

I fetishise noses, and I've yet yo get into whether it's some kind of phallic fixation or not, but it so totally explains my dislike of anime/manga (I'm much more of a Western comic books person; give me Batman and Superman and Wonder Woman any day of the week!).

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Noses often do have phallic symbolism in Japanese iconography.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Best of wishes for big Little. I had a diabetic cat who did well on insulin for several years (and there's a skill you don't expect to wind up on your resume) so it's not the worst diagnosis.

Wishes for you guys as well.

[snufflesdbear.livejournal.com]

I assume they ran blood tests for melamine poisoning? Little is not on any of the Nsaid for pain? (rimadyl is a killer, literally). But all that, I assume would have come out in the tests. Lived with some folks for awhile who had a dog with diabetes. Just had to watch her feeding times, and shots. She just got normal, people insulin. Easy to give her.

Here's hoping Little is well.

I don't do RPS/fic. They make me feel dirty, and not in a good way. ;-)

Smoke alarms....I should say they are necessary, but most times, I find them annoying. I have a wood burning furnace, and the damn thing is ALWAYS going off. Most people don't have the right kind, anyway. I have to upgrade mine.

That's all. From B*F* Ohio, myself, I say try to have a good night, and merry whatever. Having Patty in this godforsaken state has to help somewhat.

[marchek.livejournal.com]

Someone had a kitchen fire involving Christmas ham.

Holy crap. I'm glad you're okay. Seriously, if you need a place to stay let me know. Angel left her bed behind.

[missdeanna.livejournal.com]

Poor Little. I hope your kitty gets better soon.

[ladypeculiar.livejournal.com]

Oh, Little. I'll be thinking of her.

And oy, that fire. I remember talking with the utterly lovely guys who lived upstairs for a while about how they lent them some cookware which was never returned, and how the firemen who were there 6 months later to get someone from the roof asking after the cats. Oh, that apartment. If those walls could talk (and they probably could, that place had strange mojo).

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry your beastie is sick. I do hope it works out.

[editrx.livejournal.com]

I am hoping the best for Little.

Fielder had diabetes that needed insulin injections twice daily for most of his life, and he lived a long and happy (I hope!) life with us (until the cancer).

If she does end up needing insulin injections, please, for her own sake and yours, learn about testing her using standard prick-test kits using the edge of her ears. Sounds icky, but it's the best (and really only) place to do home-testing. Some vets haven't even heard of this and get all weird if you talk to them about it, but testing saved Fielder's life again and again, as of course there was no way to know what his blood sugar was otherwise, and giving an insulin injection without that knowledge is terrifying.

Google has some excellent resources you can find about this testing method, and I found that Fielder not only got used to the testing quickly and easily, but actually relaxed into it (and the shots, which don't hurt at all) and sought us out to get tested at the designated time if we were late or forgot.

Sorry for the scree ... I'm a big advocate of it, as you can probably figure out. :)