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Friday, June 06,
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In the dark, all cats are gray
There's been this cat hanging out on my back porch for several weeks.
She's wearing a flea collar so obviously at some point she had an
owner (or another insane good Samaritan like me), but she doesn't
appear to have anywhere to go because she spends countless hours trying
to break into the house. When she can't get in, she sits outside and
whines. You never heard such an annoying sound, even if you're well-versed
in Jim Carrey's work. It's a high pitched monotone bleat, repeated
ad nauseum. No, post nauseum. She figured out how to
climb on the roof of the porch and spent a good part of last night
yowling at me from my bedroom window. It's so piercing that even the
other cats leave the room when she starts up. I'm beginning to think
if she had an owner, she was not accidentally lost.
I had made up some "Found Cat" flyers, but it's been
raining so much I didn't want to put them up. I guess I'll start
now that the rain has subsided a little. I just wish there was a
single website that everybody knew about for lost or found pets.
I might check out Petfinder,
but I think that's only for shelters. So my dilemma: do I drop this
cat off at BARC
and be done with it? I think BARC is a great place, wonderful service
to the community, in fact it's where I got Decatur.
Do I really want to subject these nice people to the annoyances
of this creature? I think her whining could break glass.
Maybe she'll get lucky and somebody will take her. I need to go
down to the vet office and put up a flyer, and also the new pet
stores that have opened recently. What's up with that? I'm here
two years, and within a couple months of each other there are two
new pet stores, one on Fulton and one on Dekalb.
In the meantime, if anybody is dying for a little gray cat, you
can have her. I've already got two cats, one stray cat that I like
having around, plus another house cat set to move in. I'm brushing
the line of Crazy Cat Guy, and I don't like it. For what it's worth,
when the cat is not locked out, she's really sweet (and silent).
I know I'm not selling it very well, but maybe the real owner will
get online and search for "gray cat with pink flea collar and
annoying voice" and find this.
Posted By Jimmy Legs
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Thursday, June 05,
2003 at 10:08:58 (EDT) |
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Everything gonna be all right, this morning
I awoke this morning to good news on the radio. How long have I been
asleep? As you may recall, the MTA's fare hike was to be put on hold.
Here's the new thing:
Mirroring a similar lawsuit on transit fares, a judge Wednesday
ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to roll back
recent toll hikes and give drivers refunds on its nine bridges
and tunnels. [NY1,
emphasis mine]
Oh yeah! I never thought I'd see the day. Can you imagine the cars
lined up waiting for their refunds? I love it. I'm not much for
driving, and I am frequently annoyed by drivers who get in my way
while jaywalking, but god bless 'em. They're getting one over on
the MTA. That's something that brings us all together.
If that weren't enough, I also hear this: Mayor
Announces $90 Million In Restorations To City Services
Did I just fall through a hole in the space-time continuum? Bloomberg
did something good? Who is this guy and what has he done with the
mayor! Then again, this was the same guy who couldn't wait to yank
the 90 million in the first place. And he's clearly pushing this
now to garner a little good press before he gets back to disappointing
and outraging the citizens of this city.
Finally on NPR, every 10 minutes they have been reminding us how
George W Bush flew over Baghdad and was reportedly able to "point
out landmarks." Good for you, George! Additionally, you should
encourage your propaganda ministers to come up with more inspiring
copy.
Posted By Jimmy Legs
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Wednesday, June
04, 2003 at 18:11:25 (EDT) |
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If god doesn't stop this rain he's going
to be very sorry
 God
I hope this is the end of the rain. It's supposed to rain on Saturday,
but Friday seems free and clear so far (cue "you'll be sorry"
music).
So as I sign off tonight, I'm sending a shout out to my homie R,
as I just found out his birthday is today. Happy birthday! Now your
image belongs to the ages.
Posted By Jimmy Legs
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Monday, June 02,
2003 at 14:01:39 (EDT) |
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Kick out the jams (and roommates), motherfuckers!
I got my new scanner today, so you can look forward to gems like these:
Speaking of funny pictures, here's what my room looks like now:
I feel like a squatter. Last night was my first night alone, which
was not the never-ending picnic of fun you might think it would
be. But I got some good news, my other roommate is moving out, probably
by the 15th. I never expected this to happen so quickly, especially
considering that it is now exactly one year since she first said,
"I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to start looking for a new apartment."
Her method of looking has been similar to OJ's method of tracking
down the Real Killer.
M's landlord says he'll take the deposit as last month's rent,
so by July this abode will be one testosterone-filled, no food-havin',
sleeping on the floor, manly kind of total jam factory. M and I
are also thinking of taking up quilting.
Posted By Jimmy Legs
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