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Ahhhh, it feels good to finally have some things to write about! : -D About two months ago, a little stray oldman (or so I initially thought...) cat wandered up to me and my roommate in our backyard. He had an old and faded collar (seemed to be one for fleas & ticks) as well as a tipped ear, so he was at some point cared for at the very least. We brought him in and kept him in the bathroom for a couple days until his meowing started and we said fuck it and made his domain the living area (which thankfully can be separated by a door). I got him to the vet the following week for a full assessment, and since he wasn't microchipped he officially became mine! And still more, I come to learn he's actually a kitten!! Estimated younger than my own Hamlet, even! I couldn't believe it; he's had such a rough life.

But now here's where the trouble starts and hasn't let up.. He is NOT ok with my other cats. The few times they've had the opportunity to be in the same room as each other, Errol (stray) lunges at Ham and my roommate's cat Socks. And I mean lunges and is GOING FOR IT. It's terrifying to witness as our cats are from the same litter and rarely even roughhouse. As mentioned earlier, luckily Errol's domain can be separated by a door, so unfortunately we often have to have them all sanctioned off and everyone involved is stir-crazy. Errol will just yowl and howl and it breaks my heart, but it also makes the others really anxious. I got the pheromone plugs about a month and a half ago and they haven't done much. I need to be more diligent with the Jackson Galaxy methods or whatever, truthfully. I wish Errol would see that they don't give a shit about his food and are just trying to do their own thing! He doesn't have to be so territorial anymore, he's safe... :c I don't have any experience in this situation, so if you happen to read this and have tips feel free to send them my way!!

With that out of the way, my bedroom has finally come together after literally three months. And it still isn't anywhere where I want it to be AT ALL. It's feeling cluttered in a bad way because the walls are blank but I have so much stuff that needs to be hung on said walls.. I guess now that everything is more or less in its final resting place, I can start hanging shit. But here are some pictures, ft. Errol!


Quick disclaimer about the picture with my bed.. As I was inspecting all the pictures on my computer I realized the yaoi manga lent to me by my unabashed fujo coworker on the grounds of "it's actually really funny, just don't read it at work" (she's mid 30s/early 40s mind you) is on my nightstand because she really wants it back and has mentioned it politely multiple times, so now I feel like I HAVE to read it because it's been sitting in a box under my bed for so long and is only now seeing the light of day again. I have never read yaoi in my life lmfao. I skimmed through it and it's literally just porn idk if I have to heart to even fake enjoy it with her.
And here's my bunny Fozzie, currently in bunny jail (ignore my laundry. it's a lot of bulky stuff ok!!) because I do NOT trust Errol around him unprotected. Which makes me sad too because my Hammie loves Fozzie, and Fozzie is an OLD MAN (14 yrs, somehow) who loves the attention of kitties.. :c You can see his curious little face through the bars! And do you also spot something else perhaps, tucked away to the left of my monitor? Why yes it IS my childhood Flower Power iMac, I'm so glad you asked!!



And which segues me perfectly into my next (and I think last?) topic I wanted to discuss.. I thought to ask my parents if we still had this lady (lady being iMac) anywhere, and my mom said yes it was in their shed. Unprotected in both containment and by elemental exposure, yet somehow she remained! My mom does commercial graphic design work and has used Macs since their conception really, I'm lucky enough that this computer ended up in my bedroom growing up (because TV=bad but unfettered internet access was...?) so this was literally my childhood computer. Though, I think it must've been cleaned up a bit when I upgraded to another Mac in middle school (perks of being an only child, I'm the only leech!) because it was definitely missing a lot of files that I can remember, but some artwork of mine remained and that's what matters. Here's a smattering below:



And here're two more fanart/edit pieces that made me smile:


Why did I make Gaara green-eyed and brown-haired? Your guess is as good as mine!

I honestly couldn't believe these survived, let alone the computer running without any outside assistance. Yahoooo! I left the original file names as the saved images for if you enlarge them. I definitely want to do redraws of these four in particular, and I think that's how I'll end up spending my Sunday!! : -D Ooh, I also need to do my Neopets dailies!! I finally got the Wheel of Celebration avatar which I was worried I would miss, but I've gotten really lucky! I'm not sure what the stats are for all the items/I'm sure the prices of things will drop due to lots of copies being out there, but I managed to snag both the Celebration Pet & Petpet Paint Brush, as well as the 25th Anniversary Celebration Stamp (which, yeah, all the prices have dropped pretty dramatically since what I was seeing in the beginning. At least for these wheel items). All in my SDB currently because I'm also still working for the Packrat avatar!
And while typing this out, my Wheel of Celebration wins for today were: avatar again (so nothing), and this little fella!

And that FINALLY wraps up my longest journal to date! I hope you enjoy the rest of your day today!