So now I'm off to the store for some Starbucks and some pet shampoo so I can give the little escapee a bath!
- Mood:
relieved
Then I went to my friend Katie's and spent a few hours drinking wine and shooting the shit with a few other friends. Dounia drove me home at around 1 AM because I'd had a bit too much wine and didn't want to risk driving. When I got home, I was so exhausted and just fell into bed. I did notice that Echo didn't come to the door, but like I said, Wolvie is so excitable that she is more reserved these days.
Around 5 or 6 AM I noticed that Wolvie was much more demanding of attention than usual, much more. And I noticed that Echo wasn't around the floor by the bed where she usually is at night. So I got up (like Wolvie was going to let me sleep anyway) and started searching the house for Echo. I looked in all of the Echo-sized hiding places and some smaller than Echo-sized. At this point I was pretty convinced that I was much more likely to find her sick/dead curled up somewhere in my apartment and was scared of THAT. After searching it became apparent that she was not in the apartment, she's a giant cat, she can't hide that well.
So I walked to get my car and made some fliers, posted them up around the neighborhood and basically this entire morning has been spent walking around looking for the cat. My neighbor said she saw a cat that meets her description in the garage, looking really scared. If that's true, it means she hasn't gone far, but there are a lot of Echo-lookalikes out there which I discovered on my various tours around the neighborhood. :(
I have no idea when or how she escaped. She's never done it before, if I left her on the patio because she was hiding under the chair, she is not athletic enough to jump the wall, and most of it is covered with ivy. If she came out the door without me noticing one of the times I left that would make sense, but considering she's 12 pounds of GIANT CAT it's hard to believe she was that stealthy.
- Mood:
worried
Last night was Joe's goodbye party as he left for Canada today. Gonna miss him, but since his girlfriend calls Menlo Park home for the next nine months, hopefully I'll see him again sometime in the near future. Lots of people made the trek down from SF to the party, it was a fun night as well.
Also--the cats are darling and playing well together.
- Mood:
cheerful
- 10:10 Oooow my glutes are in pain. I'm #
- 10:10 Still in bed and haven't tried standing yet! #
- 10:11 @kiwikins The mom of one of my high school classmates wrote on my Facebook wall asking if my mom had joined yet. Don't worry about your age. #
- 10:13 @BarackObama Why do we have to start using the word "faith" all the time? I guess the atheist minority just has to suck it up. Sigh. #
- 10:17 My trainer hates the environment. I was supposed to bike to work today but my ass is too sore from yesterday's workout to even consider it. #
- 13:27 Randomly throwing up at the gym--DO NOT WANT. #
- 08:48 @wintersweet Hmmm. Yeah, FF2 seems to handle things really well in Windows/MacOS but on Linux? Hah! I'm too scared for FF3. #
- 10:31 @kimbalina Scary! Glad you're okay. #
- 10:32 @chickrawker If you don't do something about this one, I am going to kill you. #
- 15:37 @chickrawker New rule--when you're quoting Stars lyrics something must be done. #
- 16:18 @chickrawker Point. Another rule--when you both consider "your song" to be "your ex-lover is dead" you should probably run. #
- 16:20 Wanting Stars to come back and do another show in SF thanks to @chickrawker. #
- 16:39 @chickrawker eh, eff outside lands dude. also, i want to see them in a smaller intimate venue, not at a giant fest. #
- 17:51 Wanting kitty #2. Ooh, now I want to name new kitty "Number two." #
- 19:23 Echo is being suspiciously sweet this evening. Does she suspect she is about to replaced by kitteh 2.0? #
i don't know how people can be vegetarian
even when i tried to be for two months earlier this year, i had a swanky-steakhouse exemption
Ben: um...cause some people believe it's morally wrong to kill an animal.
me: nothing is morally wrong when it tastes that good
lily: how could you hate ben gibbard--he made the postal service and the death cabs
me: i hate how condescending his music is
and he's ugly
ilyneko: hes beautiful as a person
and he makes music about the true hurts in life
Note: I don't think that the person who wrote "Someday You Will Be Loved" is a beautiful person.
Brad: Holy crap
Our camera can record at 240 fps for 3 second bursts
I don't know if we'll use it, but that's cool as hell
I see slo-mo kitties in our future
- 10:43 Good to know: carrying an older designer bag and getting compliments from people who think it's new is almost as good as carrying a new one! #
- 12:09 @chickrawker Yup, the Burberry. And thanks! :) I agree, I just got so used to it being there that I forgot it was awesome. #
- 14:26 @wintersweet Wall-E was fabulous, I saw it last night. There is very little dialogue, most of the story is told nonverbally. #
- 14:42 Needs to remember to eat meat at least every couple of days or so. #
- 17:07 me: why doesn't our relationship have an editorial strategy? are we doing it wrong?
;) # - 22:30 @wintersweet How often is it unacceptable for Firefox to crash? I use 2.0 on Linux and can't keep it going for a whole day, so I'm curious. #
- 22:46 playing Spoon really loudly. It doesn't seem to bother B, he's totally passed out. www.flickr.com/photos/spacekitten/262662
6041/ #
I woke up totally thinking it was real, then after a few seconds was relieved to realize I was not about to die. It took me a while to get back to sleep it was so disturbing.
- 10:24 Apparently I am a robot as I have failed three captchas in a row. These things are so difficult to read! #
- 14:22 @chickrawker Aw, you totally <3 him. #
- 14:23 Um right. Salad for lunch = hungry by 2:15. #
- 17:42 Feeling like a total fatty macgoo #
- 22:00 Being super psyched that a certain someone is getting back into the bay area tomorrow. #
- 08:27 Dreamt that B. and I were in a real life video game. We had to infiltrate a Cambodian village. The village turned out to be Portland Oregon. #
- 08:30 Thanks to noders infiltration was a snap. However due to peculiarities of the game trip points, we kept failing to ensure plot advancement. #
- 09:31 @lostlo That's a damn important thing to remember. Happy birthday to J. #
- 10:24 We're down to 3296 minutes! Hrm, that still seems like a lot. #
- 10:25 I joined Tumblr. I am web 2.0's bitch. xpuff.tumblr.com/ #
- 10:34 @dataknife That took me a second. I was like, duh, I know who you are.... ;) I figured it out, I'm a smart girl! #
- 13:12 @wintersweet I'm glad I'm not travelling on the 880 every day of my life. :) What makes today special? #
- 13:13 @lostlo Well because then I can't whine and pine. :) #
- 14:51 Looking at Chinese LolPandas with my officemate. Unfortunately I don't know Chinese so I can't tell if the grammar is hilariously bad or not #
- 17:54 @kikibelle Do tell! #
- 09:26 Road-bike rage strikes again. Lady in the silver car who yelled out the window at me today, prepare to die. #
- 12:52 Things like banana ice cream sandwiches, banana/rum ice cream between banana bread, are the reasons that a trainer is a waste of money. :( #
- 14:44 Being laptopless during a meeting leads to existential crises while watching electric sheep. Good to know. #
- 16:25 My favorite part of the new Girl Talk definitely has to be the combination of Metallica's One with Lip Gloss by Li'l Mama. #
- 20:31 Trying to finish laynie's birthday present at red rock cafe. 'billie jean' is a damn good song. #
- 09:44 @kiwikins What's the diet philosophy? What's your motivation? #
- 09:47 Can't get "Throw some D's on that bitch!" out of my head. Damn you Gregg Gillis! #
- 10:50 @redrocketwestie Doesn't that mean someone is thinking about you? :) #
- 12:06 @kiwikins No dairy o sugar? You are a stronger woman than I! :) #
- 12:21 @enth Heh. and I thought we were spoiled over here. #
- 15:16 Deciding that I'm going to stop going to my trainer to save cash. This feels like breaking up with a boyfriend. I don't want to. #
- 15:29 This is a whole lotta fire... www.sfgate.com/maps/fires2008/ #
- 22:16 Wishlist for kitty #2--mad spider killing skills. I just watched Echo interact with one on the floor and it was full of FAIL. Worthless! #
For one thing, it's a very unbalanced training regimen. If you aren't throwing some rows, lat pull-downs, or pull-downs in there are on a regular basis you're setting yourself up for really buff chest and tricep muscles and little weakling back and bicep ones. While I think that's silly on an aesthetic level, apparently such imbalance also puts strain on your joints and can cause injury.
Also, what is the effing point of getting really really good at one upper body exercise? The only thing you're going to get good at is doing pushups. The second you try to do anything else with your upper body you're going to either fail or be in incredible pain the next day because it used one of the muscles not worked by pushups. There's a reason there's dozens of different versions of pushups, pullups, squats, and lunges. Changing the position of your limbs slightly when you do these exercises works the muscle in a different way or focuses on a different muscle. If the goal is to develop overall upper body strength, you need to do a variety of strength exercises, with (oh yeah) balance. If the goal is just to get really really really good at one pointless exercise, I'm just confused.
So I'm going to go for a swim. If I can't convince you that the 100 pushups thing is dumb, please throw in a few reps of seated rows in there now and again kthnx!
- Mood:
frustrated - Music:Foals
- 09:24 Waking up. I sleep so well at elevation! There is tea and it is yummy and potatoes cooking. Friend's parents totally kick ass. #
- 09:53 Holy shit, bat in the house. I dived under a blanket so as not to get it caught in my hair. I totally have bat-catching hair. #
- 14:27 Happy I didn't go back to the river today. The car broke down and my friends had to hike back. #
- 14:55 Where's my bear? I want to see his bear-like face. Beer is good. #
- 16:18 Full of pizza. Packing time. #
- 17:42 On my way back to civilization and have cell phone reception again. #
- 18:24 Eating a root beer float. I can't remember the last time I had one of these!! #
- 22:18 The 280 has a great view of the penninsula just north of SFO. I looked over the city lights while driving by and saw hills tinged with fire. #
- 22:19 It was a pretty amazing sight, but I'm not seeing anything about a fire near that area on the news yet. #
- 23:12 On the 280 south around San Bruno. Looking across the penninsula and totally see hills on fire. Amazing. #
Yesterday we went to the river and I thought I was going to die falling on the rocks on the way down but I didn't. Then we were in the river and I heard some kids yell "Snake!" but they were a ways away and I'm not a freak about snakes so I didn't pay attention. Then Brittany yelled "Christina!" and I looked back and there was a snake in my face. One of these to be exact:
I remember seeing the snake, and I remember moving really really fast out of the river. Apparently I handled it with far more grace than most expected they would. I can't say the same about the bat that entered the house as I was writing this entry. I ducked under a blanket to avoid the dreaded bat-hair-tangle.
- 11:26 @redrocketwestie Aw baby, miss you. One week left! #
- 11:30 Croissant-almond french toast for breakfast was amazing. Lathering myself with SPF 50 for an afternoon at the river. #
- 19:40 @chickrawker If my ex randomly messaged me I'd punch him in the face. :) #
- 19:41 Best river quote of the day: "There was a SNAKE in my FACE!.... ....(that's what she said.)" #
- 20:59 Actually I was wrong, it was Brittany who busted out "that's what she said." I was too traumatized by the snake in my face. #
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