some things, not joined at all
Written on 15 February 2006 | Posted in family & feline,politicking,teevee,toronto | 3 Comments
- I would like another cat (a third!), a brand new, squeaky kitten, but the mister is quite firm on this point. So are the existing cats, they won’t have any part of it. Damn them.
- I am knitting the exitsing cats a blanket, one they will have to share because, while I have good intentions and plan on knitting two, I know that I will make it to the end of the first and say to them, “there isn’t a chance I’m making another one of these, my dears; you will have to share.” I’m using Lion Suede (in ecru), which is a heavy, soft, chenille-like yarn, which isn’t tons of fun on the needles, but oh! the feeling of the knit fabric between my fingers, it’s delightful. I think the cats will enjoy it, even if they have to wrestle for it.
- I’m weary to-day. I’ve been weary for a few days. I am ready for Spring.
- At the moment, my teevee roster includes Lost, Veronica Mars, Project Runway, The Sheild, Battlestar Galactica, and 24. As you can see, it’s a pretty substantial roster, but I hardly ever talk about these shows at all here. I’m not sure why that is, exactly, except that I watch most of this teevee peripherally, with my laptop on my lap, while I do interwebby things. Like right now, for example, I am blogging while Jack pulls out an arrow from the shoulder of an “other”. If you know what I’m talking about, you know what I’m talking about; it’s not quite worth explaining, so my apologies to non-teevee-viewers.
- Last week, I bought an issue of The New Yorker. I haven’t bought The New Yorker in ages, months, maybe years, and all of a sudden I feel like I need to incorporate some decent vocabulary into my regular communications. Words like vernal and behest. Anyway, decent vocabulary aside, there is a very good article by Malcolm Gladwell that deals with how to solve the problem of homelessness rather than manage it (which is what most cities do) using power-law theory. As Gladwell says, the theory is economically sound (it costs less to rent homes for the homeless than it does to run shelters and provide other such services, including health care) but morally problematic (giving a free apartment to a homeless person is not “fair” when there are plenty of people who are not homeless but living below the poverty line & struggling to make ends meet). We have a dire homeless situation in this here city, and I have no good ideas on how to solve it, so I’m always keen to read what others have to say on the subject, even if I have slight philosophical reservations with their solutions.
wow, that’s a lot of tv! I am currently watching more tv than I have in 2 years, olympics all the way. This will be a blockbuster tv viewing year for me with the world cup this summer. I haven’t seen any of the shows you mentioned, I should try. Sorry about the tv related rambling.
16 February 2006 @ 09:10
I have been a New Yorker subscriber for years. I used to think it was bourgeois (and sometimes it actually is), but you’re right on the “decent vocabulary” element–which is essential! Those two years I lived in rural Japan (1996-8) the magazine kept me sort of sane and in touch with a lot of world issues that I would have otherwise had no exposure to, in English at least.
I also really liked that Gladwell article and have been thinking of sending copies of it to some of my local city leaders, because our homeless problem is very large.
My sister went for the third cat and it was pretty upsetting for the other two, especially the first one. She had, and has, a lot of problems with bad potty behaviors, and that is NO fun to deal with. But as we all know the cat universe is full of diversity, so whatever you end up doing, good luck! I love the kitties too, and if Stanley didn’t try to kill every other cat within a 100-meter radius I might get more myself.
16 February 2006 @ 12:12
I’m with you on the whole “weary” thing. I am ready for spring.
I miss television! especially Lost. Actually Lost is the only thing I miss. I want to know what you are talking about! Jack pulled an arrow out of one of “the others”, huh? sigh.
16 February 2006 @ 13:55