i am unfinished

more cousins-once-removed

this wee (very wee) one, born on the 18th, and his cousin, born on the 10th, share the initials a.e., completely by coincidence.  one wouldn't come out - 10 days overdue - and this one wanted out three months early.  so, if you pray, he could really use yours, since he already has a puppy. 

(appx 2.5 pounds now, down from just over 3 at birth.)

feel good comedy of last year, or the year before

(if you don't mind heavy drug use, obscene language, nudity, etc.)

it's all gone pete tong.

"he made disabilities cool."

"maybe i should write a book.  that might take years though, perhaps a pamphlet or brochure."

bug free since 10/19

a few minutes ago, rufus ate his first cricket.  granted, it was a baby cricket, but it was proportionately right on.  he just earned his right to strut like a carnivore, so long as he develops a taste for those other bugs commonly found in older houses. 

feed me, seymour

right now his name is rufus, but that may change to sid vicious if he doesn't cool it with the ear biting thing.

   
sleeping on gma's shoulder

"!!!and most important of all, the best papers will

 

make an important contribution to the field of linguistics or language study."*

ah, crap.  that was for the grad students, right?

*from the "research paper checklist" powerpoint

anyone?

damien jurado and rosie thomas at modified october 16th.

denison witmer november 19th.

momma cat

just over a week ago i got a frantic call from my cousin's sister-in-law.  her daughter found an abandoned kitten and they needed someone to care for it.  "he's only about two weeks old!  i'd take him but my dogs would eat him!"  in this family, most of us are suckers for lost/abandoned animals.  what else could i say but yes?

now i'm his momma cat.  he won't eat from a dish, only from the medicine dropper.  he follows me around and is, i think, actually around 5 weeks old - definitely a boy.  he is orange and striped and dusty named him "samrich" to go along with their kitty "taco," since his momma ignored his suggestion and went ahead and named his baby brother gage. 

samrich, or whatever his real name ends up being, gets kitty milk and likes to pee on the carpet.  when i go to school, he goes to my mom's house.  when i work for family he comes along in the carrier.  he snuggles in hair and likes to chew on ears.  i'm still not sure if i'll keep him, but for now he's very welcome in this big empty house.