Did the entire city of Portland raise their karma this week? Something has to explain the insane amount of sunny days we're getting this week. Therapy that I didn't even know I needed. Been riding around in the truck, listening to a lot of Talking Heads. Several afternoons of guitar-playing and reading Freedom in Exile (the autobiograhpy of the Dalai Lama). Loan check arrives tomorrow,...
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mikael:
Holy life! You must certainly have one.. haven't heard from you in awhile. Hope things are well.
les:
dude! yes, i'll be portland tomorrow, email me your number! i'll give you a call while i'm there.
My parenting skills must be severely lacking. My kitten is running with the local cat gang and refuses to come home. Looks like she's flopping at one of the neighboring apartments. I tried to bring her home, but she attacked me and ran off.
Give you the best 2 weeks of my life....
I hope the folks in the other apartment adopt her, because I...
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Give you the best 2 weeks of my life....
I hope the folks in the other apartment adopt her, because I...
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tiffanyjewel:
My cat Gir hides in the cubards everytime someone comes in the house. My rat will climb up the sides of her cage to get to the upper level but uses the ladder to get down 
P.s. Check out #23 in my pics section
P.s. Check out #23 in my pics section
louise:
isn't the problem really with the person who allows themselves to be with a person who is only capable of showing affection one day out of the year?
yeah, i think so.
i also think it's weird to assume that people actually think that because valentines day exists, they can slack off the rest of the year. and anyway, do birthdays suck for the same reason that valentines day sucks? i would think so.
yeah, i think so.
i also think it's weird to assume that people actually think that because valentines day exists, they can slack off the rest of the year. and anyway, do birthdays suck for the same reason that valentines day sucks? i would think so.
My kitten has fucking vanished. Was in the apartment when I locked up as I left for work, was not here when I got home tonight. I've combed the apartment, alone and with a friend, and the cat is nowhere to be found.
I had really gotten attached to that cat.
Damn.
I had really gotten attached to that cat.
Damn.
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mikael:
I'm sure she's around somewhere. Mine likes to disappear for days at a time in the crawlspaces behind my laundry room.
Just listen for "meows" - though i doubt she's stuck anywhere. Does the landlord like cats? Are they allowed?
Mine's mad at me for trimming her claws. The bitch.
Just listen for "meows" - though i doubt she's stuck anywhere. Does the landlord like cats? Are they allowed?
Mine's mad at me for trimming her claws. The bitch.
mikael:
ohhh she's just being a cat. Cat's are like that. I'm guessing she'll come back.. when she's hungry, knocked up and addicted to meth.
What a week. Supposed to work 15 hours a week for my scholarship, pulled about 35 this week (grad school takes up plenty, if 35 hours a week sounds pussy to you...). Finished the website for work and did the editing for a $400,000 grant proposal. I'm really proud that work thinks highly enough of me after this short time to entrust important matters like...
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alyssum:
Hooray for funding! 
And ohmigod that's a lot of work. Yeesh.
You're talking to someone whose handle is something that grows on trees, I totally get that sort of well-out-of-civilisation appeal.
That's why I love living out in Suburbia here. I have coyotes and salamanders and hawks, etc. all making their home within a minute's walk from our apartment.
Yeah, definitely both with the shy thing. I also get the feeling you have a lot of interesting things to say, once you get past that.
And ohmigod that's a lot of work. Yeesh.
You're talking to someone whose handle is something that grows on trees, I totally get that sort of well-out-of-civilisation appeal.
That's why I love living out in Suburbia here. I have coyotes and salamanders and hawks, etc. all making their home within a minute's walk from our apartment.
Yeah, definitely both with the shy thing.
I also get the feeling you have a lot of interesting things to say, once you get past that.
les:
i'm back in your area...so when the weather clears up, i say we have a get together.
Well, my kitty's respiratory infection has cleared up and she's peachy-keen. I thought that she was going to be a mellow kitten, but apparently that was just sickness-induced lethargy. Now that she's well, she's bounding around the house, constantly attacking my feet and attempting to hang from my shirt lapels. She's also very into playing with my beard. Oh, for those of you who inquired,...
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alyssum:
Brain-insides are always a scary and intruiging trip... 
What was interesting in Sitka?
What was interesting in Sitka?
ovida:
I started a Pineapple Cult, and yes, it's as sad as it sounds. Hurray for kitties being well though!! 
I scored a kitten for MLK Day. I volunteered to help weatherize some homes for low-income families. One of the homes was owned by one of those crazy, animal-collecting grandmas. I bonded with a 5-month-old black kitten that has a bad case of the sniffles. The house was disgusting (it was like being back in Mississippi, honestly), so I figured I needed to rescue this...
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alyssum:
Yay, a kitten!! How's she doing?
That's hilarious... upside down and in the dark maybe.
How's she doing?
That's hilarious... upside down and in the dark maybe.
nadine:
really?!! well thats a first! ....but thank you!
Well, I've been going ninety miles a minute lately, but after the intense cabin fever induced by the "Great Winter Storm of Aught 4", I needed to spend copious amounts of time away from the flophouse. My neighbors took me to see Triclops play at the Goodfoot on Thursday and got me so tanked that I passed out in my booth periodically. Really dug the...
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Finally managed to break free of the Fortress of Solitude today. My friend Tami braved the ice to snag me for a journey to Powells. First time I had ever been there, and I never wanted to leave. That store is bigger than my college library. Picked up vol.2 of Bukowski's letters, a Japanese cookbook, and a 1959 printing of Kerouac's The Subterraneans. I have...
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mikael:
"I started out on Burgundy but soon i hit the harder stuff
All my friends said they'd stand behind me when the game got rough
But the joke was on me when there was nobody left to bluff
I'm going back to New York City
I do believe I've had enough"
Name the song and artist and get a prize. Album and year gets a bonussssss
All my friends said they'd stand behind me when the game got rough
But the joke was on me when there was nobody left to bluff
I'm going back to New York City
I do believe I've had enough"
Name the song and artist and get a prize. Album and year gets a bonussssss
mikael:
Your prize is in my undying gratitude for having such fabulous taste in music! And perhaps a tasty noogle-by-proxy if you visit Les when she gets back.
Actually, she's at her parents' house just north of portland, so she's in your neck o' the woods!
Actually, she's at her parents' house just north of portland, so she's in your neck o' the woods!
Wow, haven't posted in ages. Sorry to folks that I haven't been in touch with recently. I dunno, I go through periods where I really don't like the conversations/mentality/whatnot on the site and just have to lay low for a while.
Of course, I still pop in for the daily hot chick fix.
PSU is closed yet again. My first week of grad school has...
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Of course, I still pop in for the daily hot chick fix.
PSU is closed yet again. My first week of grad school has...
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alyssum:
That's just it, it wasn't crappy at all. It could well have been played that way, but crappy on paper does not equal crappy in reality. I don't think I've ever been this happy, despite it all.
But that first holiday away from family sucks the big one, for sure.
But that first holiday away from family sucks the big one, for sure.
ivy:
Well, I'll let you know if the request for pizza and a bottle of vodka thing pans out. If it does, I suggest you start requesting bread and milk, maybe even peanut butter...
Some goddamn asshat stole my helly hanson rain shell and my fleece liner when I got up to take a whiz at the Virginia Cafe. The culprit cunningly replaced my $200 gear with a $2 tiny person's windbreaker. Oh, I was fooled, let me tell you. Devious fuckers.
It's not the cash value I care about, as I got that stuff for free when I...
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fromthissoil:
Dude, let's track down that asshole who took your jacket and beat his ass.
les:
keep me posted on this Humboldt thing please! It's coming up fast! *shakes in boots*