Any other world....

Nano is coming. I can feel it in my bones. I'm itching to write. Too bad I can't seem to conjure up a single bit of inspiration. That which keeps me calm and safe also makes it very difficult to be creative.

I have every writing book under the sun. My SARK books (replacements for copies long lost) should arrive tomorrow or so. I haven't written any fiction in months, and there is no excuse for it - I have all the time in the world, which at any other time would be a dream because I could do as much writing as I wanted, but....

The basic design of my website has been developed, but I haven't uploaded it yet. *sigh* I need to fix the links and test it. Hopefully have it up before the end of the month, because once November hits I'll be very busy.

panis et circenses

How much am I missing by not watching network television? I've always been more of a reader, and a bit out of step with popular culture. What little TV I watch has been Tivo'd - I haven't the slightest idea when shows are scheduled.

Matsu wa...

All day I've been a little irritable. I really want to roll out the website this weekend, but I'm so bad at programming that my coding is wonky and broken. John is so patient with me, but I'm a terrible shrew when I'm working on something like this. It's best if I can lock myself up in a room alone while I slog my way though the rest of the site. Probably...I won't get it up and running until next weekend.

Right now I have a little orange kitty draped across my body like a sash. He's so warm and soft....

Life with five cats

There are those who joke that we are the "crazy cat couple." I really don't agree with that, partially because it is my fault and not John's that we have five cats, and partially because I don't think that five cats counts as "crazy" territory. Sure, it's probably two or three more than most people would like to handle, and it does take a bit more work, but it's not in the range of, say, spending 10% of your budget on cat food or feeding hordes of ferals off your back porch. I consider it good training for when we have kids - we spend just enough of our time picking up after them, breaking up fights, and playing with them.

That said, the ownership of five cats has lead me to an interesting observation that I didn't have at four cats. Five cats in a three bedroom house means that, no matter what room you walk into, there is going to be a cat there. I'm not sure how this happens, because sometimes the room you are leaving has two or three in it, but the room you go into always has one. Currently there is one in the master bedroom, one in the living room, two in the dining room, and one in the study.

There is also a constant background of cat-related noises. Hiei cries. Kurama trills. Cassie meeps. Aden wails. Nibiki yowls. Sometimes it sounds like a kitty game of Marco Polo. We just purchased new living room furniture, and it only took about an hour for each cat to discover that there is a wonderous cavern under the new sofa. Yesterday was filled with random squeeks and squawks from under the sofa, plus the occasional cry from a cat who wormed his way in and turned around to find another cat blocking the entrance.

Life with five cats is usually quite entertaining, and I wouldn't trade them for the world.