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[14 Dec 2009|10:45pm] |
Today I watched a very small child wandering about the store. He was about a head over knee-high--maybe three years old--and completely unattended. He toddled all the way from the opposite side of the store towards me, veered off down an aisle, meandered back to the main aisle, walked almost up to my counter, headed further into the store to look at a couple of little old Italian men drinking their coffee, turned around, walked back across the floor . . . and, with his parent still not in sight, headed straight for the automatic double doors and the road directly outside.
I bolted around the counter and caught him before he could get past the first set of doors, then herded him back in--which is the point his parent turned the corner looking for him. If I hadn't been watching, that kid could've been road pancakes. Some people really should just not be allowed to have children.
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WTF, Dexter season finale. WTF.
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[11 Dec 2009|03:41pm] |
I cleaned the rabbits, then stacked their cages in preparation for company tomorrow. Sambunny is now in the window--and has been stomping for the past half hour. Usually it's not so big a deal . . . but since the cages are stacked, with his smaller one on the top, any stomp he makes fucking echoes.
I tried to be nice. I figured he was just scared of new elevations, in the same way he's afraid of the outside and/or open spaces. I went in and petted him for a bit; I fed him banana chips and told him it was all okay. I even got him a box to hide in--something that's always been guaranteed to make him calm down.
Three minutes after I left, he started stomping again. He isn't afraid, he just hates it--in the same way he hates grass, water not in a bottle, feet, and keys.
He keeps it up, I might eat him.
I think I want a Christmas tree. The question remains: Do I get a bag of dirt and replant the tiny sad one I have that I haven't watered in months, in hopes that it will recover? Or do I get one of those rosemary trees I've been ogling for the past few winters?
Things to consider:
The rosemary tree is expected to die in a few months.
Then again, so is anything plantlike that I touch.
Where do I put this bundle of holiday spirit, anyway? On Sambunny's cage?
All of this requires me to go outside, and it's god-awfully cold out there!
ETA: Rosemary was expensive; I picked up a couple Christmas cactus instead. :P
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[09 Dec 2009|12:32am] |
I picked up a piel de sapo from Sam's club out of curiosity--and completely without knowing that its name translates as "toad skin." It's interesting, but amazingly generic in flavor.
This doesn't mean I didn't just eat an entire half of one, of course. You know how with a normal melon, they're not as sweet once you get closer to the rind? This one isn't so much like that. I'm sure the bunnies will be thrilled once I start doling out leftovers. Sharkbunnies attack!
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[08 Dec 2009|12:32am] |
To do:
Bank
Pay student loan
geary barrettes
purple/blue flowers
packages
post office
Sam's club & etc.: bubble wrap, mailers, food, bunny food
put away laundry
do more laundry
dishes (Halfway. Ran out of room in the drying rack.)
photos for mass uploading
gravy boat.
I'm debating trying out Katsucon. They made a tiny little 20-spot area for craft artists, they're charging $100 for an 8' spot, they're putting artists in the vendor room, and you have to buy a badge ($50) on top of that. Add in travel, food, and a hotel, and I'd be looking at a number far too close to one that'd get me across the country for a show eight times Katsu's size.
At least it's not being as douchetastic as Ohayocon, I guess.
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