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Name: Jen
Country: United States
State: Nevada
Metro: Reno
Birthday: 9/2/1971
Gender: Female
Interests: Reading, cross-stitching, my cat and cooking. As far as t.v. goes, I have my favorites and I'm loyal! Love 24, Alias, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, Arrested Development, CSI (Las Vegas only, not the other 2) and The Office.
Expertise: Listening, baking
Occupation: Computer related
Industry: Engineering
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Member Since:
2/15/2006
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| I realized that I haven't updated some good news and am here to remedy the situation.
While the loss of Gabby can never be 'replaced', we did seek to find something to fill the emptiness we both felt with her passing.
We went to the local Humane Society where they had probably 250 cats and kittens waiting to be adopted and we brought home this lil feller:
Friends, Meet Dexter.
Kindly ignore all background mess. My computer desk multi-tasks and I'm not so good about keeping it clean.
Dexter was named Macy at the shelter. His owner had to move and was unable to take him with her, he was not in the shelter due to any bad behavior, etc. I really like our Humane Society because they let you take the animal into a small, private room where they are able to interact with you. We brought 3 or 4 different cats into a room (separately!) and tried to see if they were friendly, curious, liked us, etc. "Macy" seemed like a good fit for us. We liked how once he 'freaked out' in the little room (which every cat did..it's like they get in there after being in a small cage all day and they want to see if they can get out) he settled right in. He liked being picked up, he liked being pet and he was a pretty cool cucumber.
He is just under 2 yrs old, has long hair but not like Gabby's long hair. She seemed to have an undercoat of downy hair that liked to get matted. Dexter's is just long but thin. He is very playful. We have gotten a couple of toys for him but I think I need a couple more, he's very active. We're not used to an active cat!
What makes me laugh the most is when he wakes up from a nap he comes over and wants on your lap and a little cuddle. If your lap isn't available he meows to let you know "hey, I'm awake, sit down!".
He's brought a lot of joy back into our lives and hearts and we're glad we went and got him so soon after our loss. I felt guilty at first, like I was saying that Gabby meant nothing to us because we just went out and got another cat so soon. But, now I don't feel that way. We gave another cat a good and loving home. He gets a cage free life and we get a lovable lil kitty.
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| It is with a very heavy heart and many tears that I inform everyone that our beloved, fat, lazy, bitchy cat has passed away.  
Gabby was ours for 8 lovely years. She had a tendency to bite if you pet her in a displeasing way. She was pretty sure all chicken and pork every consumed should be hers. She talked, a lot. 
She loved being brushed and often came to me for many minutes of grooming. She had me trained better than any maid or butler. I knew what every meow meant, I knew why she wanted to go outside at 9:00 pm when we were obviously going to be in 15 minutes (she wanted to go out and then refuse to come in til the canned cat food was served.) and I loved her with all my heart. We took her to the vet this morning as she was having a very hard time breathing and had barely eaten in 3 days. This cat weighed 24 lbs...she was and food were no strangers, so when she was off food I knew she was ill. The vet tried and tried to help her but...she just couldn't hang on. Her chest was full of fluid and she couldn't breathe and her heart couldn't take it. We went down and said good bye to our lovely lady. Cried our eyes out and said we loved her. 
Today isn't a fun day. 
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| I have been wanting to talk about this for a bit. Have you seen the show Whale Wars on Animal Planet? At first I wasn't sure what it was about. I got that whales were involved, as well as people on ships. I just wasn't sure if it was people fighting over who got to kill the whale or if they were trying to save the whale. Turns out it's a little of both. Japanese whaling ships are apparently killing whales in waters where there is supposed to be NO WHALING other than for research. The Japanese (apparently) say they are only killing them for research, and have big letters on the sides of their ships that say 'R E S E A R C H". The other ship has one of the co-founders of Greenpeace leading throngs of people in stopping these "research" vessels in a variety of ways. He is no long with Greenpeace because he was too radical. He did not want to simply protest the whaling, he wanted to be a little more aggressive...so, he is. I didn't want to watch this show, but somehow I caught an episode. I can't decide what I like or don't like about the show other than I can't look away. The leader (Forgive me, I know only first names, you can probably google the show and get all the details), Paul, is quite possibly a sandwich short of a picnic, or maybe just half a sandwich off. You couldn't get me to follow him to the dinner table, let alone go off in antarctic waters trying to stop Japanese ships. In the latest episode they are rather far South on a ship that is not rated for ANY ICE in the water (I learned on this episode that ships are rated for this sort of stuff... who knew?). They get into some really rough seas and bad storm. They do eye a japenese whaler and try to pursue but their ship is faster and by the time they get the little boat in the water, the ship is long gone and the water is too rough. A huge storm is blowing in and the captain (Captain Paul, the Great Leader) says "Go over by that iceberg, it will help us weather the storm". Well this turns out to be THE mistake of all mistakes. The wind starts blowing these huge ice chunks toward the iceberg as well. So now they are surrounded by ice. By the time they realize they might be in trouble and start making their way back out to clear sea, it is almost too late. They literally are boxed in by ice chunks. It's not like the ice is just on top, they extend rather far underwater. You can hear the ice hitting the sides and underneath of the boat as they try to navigate out. One girl says to the camera 'when you see paint coming off on the ice, it's time to get scared.'....sure enough, they show the ice after the boat has skimmed by... huge smears of red paint. The narrator lets us know that if the ice rips a hole in the hull the ship will sink and they could be weeks from rescue, literally. Yah, great! So everyone aboard ship starts packing their shit up, putting on the survival suits and basically panicking. Cap'n Paul is up on the bridge trying to steer them clear and then has 2 people go down in the lowest part of the hull to see if there's "any damage or leaking yet". I think that's about where I'd be callin my mommy. So down they go, to inspect. As they are looking around, moving things from the side of the ship to look for leaks they hit some ice.... the metal hull of the ship bounces inwards. Yes, it moved. You want to talk about freaked out? More people come down to see what's going on and then report to Paul. Paul, in his infinite wisdom, says "Ok, well, if it starts to leak down there, you two are going to have to stop it. You are the only thing that will save us." But, you know, no pressure. One of the 'lucky' two looks at the camera and goes "I'm claustrophobic". The cameraman keeps seeing the metal buckling and unbuckling and goes "Yeah, this is where I get off. Sorry guys" and sets down the camera (still running) and you can hear him say "Good luck. If that starts leaking, get the hell out. Don't die over this, seriously." LOL WOW, someone with common sense. So how does it end? I have to imagine it ends ok because all thru the episode they show scenes from the next Whale Wars and they are off doing some other adventure, but they leave you hanging as to how they get out. SO I suppose I will have to watch the next show to see how they manage to get out. Have they saved a whale yet? I dunno. It's more about watching Psycho Paul than anything for me! | | |
| I'd like to officially request people to stop using the word AMAZING to describe any and everything. It is so overused it has become meaningless for me. In fact, when I hear someone use "amazing" to describe anything anymore I just tune out. It could be good, it could be bad, but these people know no other word to describe and therefore cannot be trusted. About the only place I want this word used is in Amazing Grace. That's it. The rest of you: Stop it. Especially you reality tv people. Use the brain, find another adjective. Gah. | | |
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