Kitteh Woes

Ok, people annoy me. Yes. I can say that with absolute certainty. I'm trying to get a cat, since I don't really travel anymore and Dan can't be around all the time so I'd like some company at home. I did some research and I found that Siamese cats are gentle on allergies and besides, I've been around Mouse and Smokey with no ill effects, and Mouse is a Himalayan (looooong fur). Well anyways, this lady who has Angel right now has been postponing and putting off me coming over to see Angel now for a week. I am starting to get annoyed with this. Anxious and annoyed. I love the kitteh without even having met her and I want to bring her home! Today! Well, I will call her today and see if I can't arrange something sooner than the Wednesday she's suggesting which I can't do due to Softball.

So I have been buying kitteh accouterments: CatIt - Drinking Fountain, some Science Diet Adult Cat Food, a scratching thing to hang on the door and some Temptations Cat Treats.

I bet you're saying 'But Leisa, where is Kitteh going to poop?". Well, I would like to get an automatic kitty litter box, but I'm not sure which one to get. So for the time being I got a normal kitty box. Pink. She's female. Anyways, the choices for automatic kitty boxes are:

Scoop Free
Litter Maid
Petsafe Simply Clean

The Litter Maid one can run as high as $350. I am not spending that kind of money. I like the round one because it packages everything up nicely. I just don't know how convenient it would be for Angel to use.

Thoughts?

Sports-a-palooza

Wow just wow. Mats could be gone, Whitt is gone and Cito is back. Topsy turvy sports day. I have to say I'm sad that Mats could be gone, sad that Ernnnnnie is gone, but glad that Cito is back. I should talk to my mom sometime, she really loved the Cito Gaston era.

Nifty

My movie of the Behemoth Inaugural ride has now over 3500 hits. Cool!

Fruity Oaty Bars

ZOMG! I Can't Wait!!!

Fashion: You're Doing It Wrong

While I was traipsing through Square One in search of something healthy, or relatively healthy to eat, I saw a woman wearing a halter top that was quite frankly, several sizes too small for her. To top if off, she had a bra on that completely did not match the top. Top = purple, bra = white. The image to the left is an example of the 'style' I'm talking about. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I was brought up that undergarments are just that... under. Not over, unless you're Superman and you wear your underpants on the outside, or hanging out, but under.

This is just wrong people, don't do it. Put on clear straps, if you really must have your bra straps showing. Better yet, invest in a strapless bra, or a racer back bra, or something more appropriate for the clothing you are trying to wear!

501st Look Out

Well, due to some poking and prodding, I'm going to finish my Tie Pilot outfit and join the 501st. This will be completed before SFX. For sure.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

So Tobey just will not leave me alone. Sent me flowers yesterday and an e-card today. I don't get it. For the last year and a half he's done everything in his power to push me away and now that I've finally given in to that, he's done an about face. Well, I can't tolerate being treated the way I was treated. Done.

The funny thing is, one of the things that Tobey did to me that I really didn't like is he made me feel stupid. I am not stupid. I have a flaky memory and sometimes I can see in my mind what I want to say but it just doesn't connect with my speech center, so it comes out sounding strange. Its almost like there's a cross connect in there somewhere and I have to do some lateral thinking to come up with the word/name whatever. I bet there's some 'syndrome' or 'condition' term to explain this, but I really don't care to know it. So if you know me and you know how I'll be talking then fall silent as I search for words, you know what I'm talking about now. Well, this is the reason Tobey called me stupid. That and sometimes I just plain forget things. I swear he thought I was doing it on purpose when honestly wasn't. Oh well.

Now I have some new friends, which incidentally I met because of Tobey. He introduced me to the Star Wars Fan Force forums which I signed up on. I naturally looked for the stuff that happens in and around Toronto so I lurk on the Toronto Long Line forums. I decided to meet these people last year at SFX, and since then I have gone to see several movies with them and been adopted in to the Bad Wolves costuming community. The feedback I've heard so far is that I'm surprising people with my level of intelligence. After hearing so long that I'm stupid, I'm dumb, women are evil, manipulative, shouldn't be allowed to drive blah blah blah, this is like an oasis in a desert.

I am so much better off, as will my bank account be.

Blast from the Past

Well, after a very very excellent weekend in which I did not drive down to see Tobey but instead spent it meeting new people, making new friends who share the same interests I do, to top it off today on Facebook out of the blue I was contacted by someone I knew back in the mid 80s, an old friend from high school.

Talk about a blast from the past. She even has pictures of us drunk off our butts at home. Kinda scary but kinda cool.

Getting Back to Normal

Well, all the construction is done, I have my car back and to boot, I know my apartment is bug free and has brand new double glazed windows. I took a couple pictures yesterday when the workers had the windows and balcony door removed, the place looks quite odd without windows at all, as you can see.

Got home yesterday to find they did a nice job installing the windows, everything looks sealed correctly and all the window inserts work nicely, slide smoothly and seal tightly.

On another note, I know Tobey is upset that I didn't drive down to see him this weekend, but quite frankly I'm getting sick of doing all the traveling, all the work in the relationship. I think we've been 'friends with benefits' in his opinion for quite some time. Last time I went to see him he said he was happy that I'm actually going out with people here in Toronto. He says he wants me to find someone closer to home. Well, that sounds to me like he wants out of the relationship. Somehow I don't think that would bother me too much if that were to happen. My pocketbook would sure thank me and I could get out of debt faster. My mother said that the relationship seems very one-sided. Tobey hasn't shown much interest in my life for a long time, the only discussions we have is how things I do bother him etc.

I have to think on this.

Home Sweet Bug-Free Home

Well, my apartment got a glowing report. No bugs. This makes me happy. I also had a chance to meet the chairperson of our brand new Tenants Association - Anne. Super nice lady who actually took me in her apartment and made her home my home for the afternoon. This whole ordeal with getting new windows and having the pest control has really brought the tenants together as a community.

Oh, the Grande didn't show movies till 4pm so it was a waste of time for me to go up there.

I just feel so stressed out. I have to keep telling myself, "I can do this."

I can do this. I will get through this.

Homeless for a Day

So my car is now in the shop to determine what the intermittent clicking noise is that's coming from the engine. I am praying that its not something serious. Meanwhile, back at the homestead my apartment is being sprayed for bugs. I don't have bugs, but apparently other people do and since I don't want bugs, I'm happily getting sprayed.

SO.. this means I have nowhere to go since I can't drive to work and I can't work from home.. so me = homeless for four hours while the spraying happens.

I'm thinking about taking a walk up to the Sheppard Centre and going to see a movie, window shopping a bit and maybe grabbing lunch at the Keg. Thinking about Made of Honor or Forbidden Kingdom.

Went to see Speed Racer last night, in IMAX none the less. It was visually overloading, not in the epilepsy way but it was just a lot to take in and see at once. Everything was so busy, the race scenes were so fast and frantic that it was difficult to see what was going on. The plot was meh and the overall effect was... the Wachowski brothers were trying too hard. Matrix was gold, apparently they've gone downhill since then. V was ok.

Overall impression? Wait till you see it for free on TV.

Incredible!

So the most amazing thing happened! I was on Behemoth, in the last row, right hand seat. We were just on our way up that hairpin turn (seen below) when I saw something flying through the air, just above head height. The way it was kind of fluttering, I thought it was a piece of paper. Everyone in our car had their arms up (justly so!) and I didn't think anything of it...

..till the end of the ride where the guy ahead of me held up a CELL PHONE. Some idiot didn't secure their cell phone and it went flying through the train just as we were entering that sweet overbanked turn. What is harder to believe is this guy just reached up and plucked it out of the air. Just like that. Wow.

TGIF

Finally, its Friday. Working early today so I can finish work early today. The plan is to spend the afternoon up at Canada's Wonderland riding the most excellent coaster; Behemoth (pronounced buh-hee-muhth). How can you resist?

Superb!

Oh and today's Zero Punctuation is very good, and of course funny. If you haven't gone and looked at it yet, do so now, the link is in the sidebar.

New Link Category

I'm adding a new link category to the side panel for games. I found online Light Bright!

What a picture!

Check out this picture of a volcano erupting in Chile!

Slow Monday

Beautiful, sunny and warm day out there today. I wish I could just be outside and enjoy the day. I think its time to move my deck chair back out on the balcony. Maybe when I get home.

I got home yesterday from visiting Tobey and found a couple notices under my door advising me that the window replacement construction is going to be starting in my building. They also said that I would be notified when my garage would be unavailable due to the work happening overhead. They said they'd give me prior notice.

Yeah, right.

I left the house to go to work this morning but lo and behold there was construction fencing up in front of my garage door preventing me from even entering my garage. I hunted down our new super who was surprised that I didn't know. He said another fellow said he tried to get in touch with me this weekend but didn't have any luck. Quel surprise, I wasn't home you nub. I asked why they didn't leave a note under my door and he just did not have a satisfactory answer for that one. Anyways, he talked to the construction guys who came out and moved the fence so I could at least drive to work.

Not a great way to start the day. At least now I know the crack in my dining room window is going to be fixed sooner or later.

Average Day

I feel so meh. I don't know how else to say it. This stuff with my throat is just making me feel depressed and the Prevacid for my acid reflux is making me feel like I'm going to vomit every morning. I'm trying different things to stop myself from being sick, but so far it isn't working.

All these changes at work are a bit overwhelming. I should scan in my offer letter for posterity, just to prove that at least someone in the world cares about me. Somewhat. I just spent a day updating my resume, I am somewhat proud of it. Over the years I have had some triumphs here at work and I have actually been able to write about them now. I guess its not all that bad.

Tobey seems more distant than ever. In the past he's stated that I smother him. Now he's saying that I seem disinterested. The guy never asks me about my health, about my parents, about work or anything. I don't feel cared for at all.