So, it's come to my attention that certain people think I'm not posting often enough.  No idea what they're talking about, none whatsoever.  Yup.  Anyhow, a couple new things...

I have a roommate - a roommate of the four-legged, furry variety, that is.


According to the good folks at the CT Humane Society shelter in Newington, her name is "Jelly", and she's about a year old.  I dunno if that's what I'm going to call her, though.  I haven't really settled on a name yet, mostly I've just been calling her "wee kitty", or some variation thereof.  Regardless, she's quite the adorable little furball, and possibly the most affectionate cat I've ever seen.  When I first saw her at the shelter, she was looking around with those big eyes and rubbing against the glass of the cage, begging someone to pet her.  What can I say?  I'm a sucker for cute cats.  By the time I'd finished filling out the adoption paperwork, she was happily cuddling up to my chest, and since I've brought her home, most of her waking hours tend to be spent on my lap.

I've been a little worried about her for the last day or two, because she seems to have picked up a cold in her brief stint at the shelter, and as such has been sneezing a lot and not eating much.  Today, though, I got her to eat some of the dry cat food I put out, so I'm hopeful that she's getting better.

Hey, how about more cute wee kitty pictures?



OK, maybe the glowing eyes bit detracts ever-so-slightly from the cuteness, but you get the idea.

Second bit of new goodness, a finally have a new camera with which to take cute cat pictures.  And other pictures, too, but I haven't gotten around to putting them up yet.  YOU try doing photo editing with a cat draped across your wrists.  But anyhow, yeah, no more film hassles for me.  Yay!  It's a Kodak Z730, and so far I'm pretty pleased with it.

Well, I'm just coming off a much-needed week's vacation.  A vacation which not-so-coincidentally coincided with Initiation at Cleo, which was fun in ways that - well, if I told you, I'd have to kill you.  Or something like that.  But believe me, it was fun.  Aside from that and adopting the wee kitty, however, I got a lot less done than I'd hoped to.  It's not surprising, really, but still - I would've liked to get some more cleaning done around the apartment, at least.

Let's see, what else has happned since my last post in... September??  Sheesh.  Umm... let's see, I got a new bass for Christmas.  It's an acoustic/electric, so, y'know, I can actually play it without having to lug 60 pounds of amplifier and other stuff around.  Granted, playing with a 15-piece jazz ensemble kind of requires the amp, but there'll be other occasions where I'll appreciate the opportunity to play unplugged.  Plus, I like the tone better than my old bass - it's got a sound that's a little closer to that of an upright acoustic bass, without being as tall as I am.  The upright'll have to wait until I buy a new car.

Perhaps you've heard of a certain game called World of Warcraft?  Well, it's not as addictive as some people say.  Not QUITE.  Suffice it to say that this game's so good, Kathy (who generally disdains games, PC games in particular) went out and bought it.  While having to pay a subscription fee to play is kind of a pain, I feel it's balanced out by the fact that I've spent enough time playing it that I didn't buy any other games until just recently.  It's weeks of entertainment.   It's so good, I even made a t-shirt about it.  Why yes, I am a nerd.    Thing is, I made it using one of those iron-on transfers, so it doesn't look as good as it might otherwise, but hey.

Unfortunately, between WoW and time constraints for certain of our players, our weekly D&D game at Duane's is pretty much dead.  Which is a shame, really, 'cause I liked playing a priest who got drunk and swore at people in Gaelic.  Ah, well, Conn, ye'll be missed.

So, then - that about covers the last few months, and will hopefully keep whoever's not been getting enough of this blog happy for awhile.

Nice P***y! No, REALLY!

Oh, and it's about freakin' time you updated this thing! I was actually about to remove your RSS feed from my newsreader when I noticed to my immediate shock that you'd actually posted. Keep at it, man!

Oh, and about your pictures: to avoid washing out your photos with the flash (point-n-shoot cameras tend to do that A LOT in indoor environments), try turning off the auto-flash or (if there's REALLY not enough light in the room) back away and use your zoom to frame the subject so that the flash has more space to disperse.

OK, that's REALLY lame. Apparently BraveJournal seems to think that RSS stands for "Rich Site Summary" instead of "Really Simple Syndication." Hive Mind ≥ BraveJournal.