Filed under: Holiday, Randomness | Tags: animals, Earth Hour 2008, Enviroment, Mouse
First off, thanks everyone for your lovely comments about Mouse! At around sunrise this morning, Scampers jumped the gate we have blocking off the downstairs from the upstairs and attacked Mouse. Luckily, no harm was done and Scampers is relegated to a room in the downstairs by himself. *does karate action* TAKE THAT SCAMPERS! 
In other, and somewhat late news, today is Earth Hour day. I think it’s from 8pm to 9pm so I guess everyone west of… somewhere in the Middle East has already had it! Apparently Washington, DC is far too cool to take part in it but Arlington, VA isn’t! I’m definitely going to take part and I hope you do/ did, too!
Saturday morning cartoons on Kids’ WB. ^_^
So apparently WordPress suddenly sucks and won’t let me imbed a little video I took of my kitty when he got home from the hospital. Check it out here. He had to get 3 stitches in his back near his butt for a booboo he got. Gael’s evil, evil cat Scampers viciously and randomly attacked him several times and one of those times he pulled out a clump of hair and put a hole in Mouse’s back. It appeared to be healing fine on its own until one day I noticed it oozing. I took him to the vet and some pus had set in so they had to cut open his back, clean the wound, and then stitch it back up. He had to stay overnight at the vet’s and let me tell you! I was so lonely that night. I really am a crazy cat lady. And damn proud of it, too! 
The first picture is of him hiding in a bag he later peed in before he went to the vet’s. The 2nd picture is him hiding at the vet’s & the 3rd picture is after he came home. Next Tuesday he has an appointment to get his stitches out- yay!
I’ve also heard rumors that Gael’s dad is going to get Scampers declawed and, while I usually don’t promote that, I couldn’t be happier. 
I have a love- hate relationship with dolls. Ever since I was a little girl I’ve loved and feared dolls. I’ve had little hand- held, miniature dolls; porcelain dolls; Barbie dolls; etc. I’ve loved dolls because you can dress them, bring them around with you (except the porcelain ones), and show them off. I’ve hated them because it’s insanely creepy how they stare at you with unblinking eyes- day and night. I’ve always been afraid that while I’m sleeping they’ll climb up to my bed and attack me. Sometimes I’d get so creeped out I’d turn the dolls to face the wall or put them in my closet. I suppose watching movies like Child’s Play and reading books like Night of the Living Dummy didn’t help but boy do I enjoy scary movies (and Goosebumps!). This love of scary movies was eventually and inevitably coupled with my love for Asian cultures and I started watching Asian horror movies. My first was Ju- On (whose star, Megumi Okina 
is now in the crapified “American version” of the excellent Thai movie Shutter) which is now one of my all time favourite movies. Most recently I watched a South Korean movie called The Doll Master. This movie is about some people that are invited to a house in a remote location to model for a doll master who is creating some dolls based on actual people. The dolls in the movie are exquisite. They’re tiny and delicate and intricate. For some reason it took me nearly 8 months to finally remember to look up the dolls that are in the movie on the internet. A few weeks ago I finally did and found them at Doll in Mind or D.I.M.
I’ve fallen in love with the one pictured above (link for her is here) and boy do I wish I could afford her. Unfortunately I am still looking for a job (I have an interview today and one on Thursday and I’m looking into being a substitute teacher) so that’s a no- go. *sigh* Maybe sometime in the near future I can afford lovely Odelia.
History Detectives on PBS.
