Here I am at my sister's... I think I'll go do her free things on neo for her...

Then go to bed. I have a test to send in, but I wanted to check in latin first to make sure I hadn't completely screwed up... I figure, it's a take-home, it's allowed. So far, no advice. *grumbles* I'll send it when I wake, then, no matter what.

I watched Ana today. She's so cute. Went through 4 bottles. For her last one, she fell asleep right after finishing the bottle. I mean, she gulped the last sip, got up to climb on top of me, and collapsed, dead to the world. *giggles* Fighting sleep to the end, that girl.

Saw Seth as well. He is GROWING. He weighs more than Ana does now, finally. He was always taller than she, but never weighed more... he's too skinny. But he's starting to fill out, so it's good.

I'd talk about meeting Santa, but this guy doesn't hold a candle to my dad. *shrugs*

Nothing else to say. God I'm bored. Djusk' a!

Poll and random question!

As always, get your friends to vote!

[Poll #223242]

Examples of each:

Dead Baby
How do you make a dead baby float?
Two scoops of ice cream and some root beer.

Knock Knock
Knock knock!
Who's there?
Boo.
Boo who?
Don't cry, it's only a joke!

Lightbulb
How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?
The light bulb has to WANT to change

Chicken
Why did the chicken cross the road?
1. To get to the other side
2. It didn't, it got hit by a truck halfway across
3. Once you cross the road into the dark side, forever will it dominate your chicken

Mary Jane/Little Audrey
Little Audrey (or Mary Jane) was playing with matches and burned down the house. When her mother found out, she said "You wait until your father gets home, he'll punish you!" But Little Audrey just laughed and laughed, she knew he had been sleeping on the couch.

And question: Post your favorite joke(s) if you want. If they're not work/school/parent friendly, warn us or something.

I posted a nice mini rantlet, and then found out that it was a response to an old entry...

So here it is for youse guys:

Several years running, I've been taking care of kittens, mostly from strays or near strays. Some of them were abandoned, some of them died, it's not pretty. Note one, fix your pets. Critical. I should've done that myself, but I didn't, and it was wrong.

Kittens die. Kittens get abandoned by mothers who were never socialized properly, or who have their babies too young, or who just aren't good mothers. I actually lost quite a few kittens to chronic respiriatory infections... I just found out recently that the cats in this neighborhood have a tendancy to congenital deformities of the respiratory tract. I should've suspected that sooner, of course, as many of the cats I raised have had trouble speaking (very high pitched voice, scratchy) and constant respiratory problems. Note two, definitely get your pet fixed if there's a genetic problem or if they already abandoned one litter.

However, the big killer of kittens is FLEAS. Fleas. Kill. Your kitten has fleas, your kitten promptly becomes anemic because the fleas drink blood (iron). Fleas carry tapeworm eggs. Fleas cause your kitten to scratch, causing infections. Fleas can carry the plague. Most commonly, though, fleas cause anemia. Fleas. Kill.

I know people think fleas, not a big deal, just an annoyance. That is a myth. Fleas are, in fact, deadly. I'm at the point where if I find a kitten (I don't go looking anymore, I really can't take care of them properly right now) the first thing I do is check the gums. Half the time, the gums are white. And white gums mean fleas.

So. Just to summarize: Fix your cat, and remember that fleas kill.

This has been a public service announcement.