no grammar, homeskillet

my (not so) weekly reader.

1. came home monday night to a closet and bathroom dressed in cat puke. lovely.
she's always been an mischievous eater. plastic bags and rubber bands especially, but also plants, leather, paper, cheese, power cords, shoelaces... i guess cheese isn't that weird. anyway, i got worried she might have PICA so i did some research about it. i don't think she has PICA, but i read a story about a cat that went in for a vet check up and the vet found an abdominal mass. they did surgery and ended up pulling 28 elastic hairbands, numerous large rubber bands, a big wad of plastic and lots of other stuff out of the cat's stomach. i don't want/can't afford to have to take booger in for surgery like that, so i'm cleaning out my apartment.

2. i'm cleaning out my apartment. i'm working on becoming more of an unclutterer. not that i'm particularly cluttery to begin with, i just have a lot of stuff that i don't need or use or like. i'm taking all the cool ideas i read about on lifehacker, zenhabits, and unclutterer, and putting them to use. i already cleaned out my closet and did some work in my living room area. it feels good. i'm and organization junkie, so soon my apartment will be looking pret-ty cool.

3. i'm getting my hair cut. finally. at a different place. it's going to look amazing. keep eyes out for a follow up on that.

4. i'm making a list of obscure things i want to do with my life. and the longer it gets the more i surprise myself.

5. Juno is a great movie. Ellen Page and Allison Janney, plus guitar playing and canadian speak and weimaraners. ah.


links:
PICA: http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/home/beh/feline_behavior/pica.html
Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com
ZenHabits: http://zenhabits.net
Unclutterer: http://unclutterer.com
Ikea Hack: http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com
Canada: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada

Cheez. You doin it wrong.

I knew there was a reason the internet was invented.
In case you were wondering - THIS is why.


If you glanced at that and then closed the window just because you don't like animals, SHAME ON YOU. That site might be one of the funniest things ever, and everyone can appreciate a little humor.

How did I find it? Slate. link is over there--->
In fact, this is so funny I added it as a feed. If you want more, just google "lolcats" or look up lolcats on wikipedia and check out the links. I'm not in the mood to do the work for you today.

In other news, Booger (is the name. couldn't change it.. too funny) is finally getting back to herself after having a really rough cold virus this weekend in addition to the vet visit monday. now has a collar, tag, and bell (so we can find her b/c she is SO little). I'll probably be starting a flickr album for her, since i'm getting a new camera and she is so cute it is absurd.

Margaret Spellings (Secretary of Education, FYI) was on TDS tonight. LOVE. I had no idea that a conservative could be so hilarious! As Jon so adamantly pointed out, she is the only member of the current Executive Branch who doesn't seem to be allergic to him. major points, in fact, just for showing up. On that note, I was in Barnes and Noble today, and like a reflex I headed straight to the current affairs section to check out some potential summer reading. I discovered (strangely..I almost feel daft for not noticing this before) 99% of the stuff in that section is crap. Pure, unbridled propoganda. In this town, it happens to be all conservative (think Ann Coulter and "the truth about Hillary") as I could find nothing liberal other than rachel carson and jared diamond, and they are considered things other than current affairs, no? Anyway, don't waste your time. You're more likely to learn more or gain more from some piece of bogus literature you find in the self-help or new age sections. Lesson of the day: use amazon.com and give Spellings another chance.

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Finally, to round out a thoroughly political post in a most inappropriate and amusing manner - the best episode of SNL's TV Funhouse ever: