Everybody wants to be a cat
Last weekend, I adopted an adorable 8 week old kitten from Feral Friends, a Dallas animal rescue group. Her name is Victoria Beckham, and she lights up my life.
I’ve never been the maternal type. Children are not particularly interesting to me, and frankly, holding the responsibility of another life in my hands is a frightening concept. I spent the first few nights with her constantly waking up in the middle of the night to make sure she was ok. She doesn’t sleep much at night still - but she’s adjusting.
She loves to explore, talk, play, eat, and be near people. As Jason said, I “picked a winner.”
I still feel a twinge of fear that I’m going to completely screw up and let her down, but things are going very well. I love her companionship and innocent, playful spirit.
For more kitten pictures - check out my facebook album.
Filed under Pictures, Kitten tales | Comment (0)Best Mother’s Day Ever
I highly recommend the movie Son of Rambow (trailer).
Funny, fun, heartwarming, and filled with cute Euro-80’s children, the movie is about British child #1 (who is raised in an Amish-like religion) who meets up with trouble-making British child #2, who is an aspiring film maker. British child #1 (who has never watched TV before), sees Rambo at #2’s house and a brilliant idea for a movie is born.
And when you go to the Magnolia, be sure to get the $10 bucket of beer special. Four domestic beers and a bucket of ice to enhance your movie watching experience. If you bat your eyelashes at the bar tender extra cute, you might just get yourself some Shiner (though it’s technically a specialty beer).
White people like grammar
Perhaps my favorite blog out there today is Stuff White People Like. It is not only eerily true*, but also hilarious.
An excerpt from today’s post - #99 Grammar:
When asking someone about their biggest annoyances in life, you might expect responses like “hunger,” “being poor,” or “getting shot.” If you ask a white person, the most common response will likely be “people who use ‘their’ when they mean ‘there.’ Maybe comma splices, I’m not sure but it’s definitely one of the two.”
If you wish to gain the respect of a white person, it’s probably a good idea that you find an obscure and debated grammar rule such as the “Oxford Comma” and take a firm stance on what you believe is correct. This is seen as more productive and forward thinking that simply stating your anger at the improper use of “it’s.”
*Maybe I find it so dead on because of the vague subject (inevitably any middle class white person who reads blogs on the internet will find something to relate to), but this is me. To a tee.
So go forth and read daily… you just might read something that lets you have an innocent laugh at your own expense.
Filed under Links, Recommended | Comment (0)Ken Jennings, I think you are great.
If you love Jeopardy, game show drama, or the little twinge of pride when you know something random about the world around you that no one else in the room can quite remember, please read this book.
Not only do I love following the story of Ken’s 75-game streak on Jeopardy, (I remember it vividly - I watched a downloaded video of his losing game over and over and swore to all my friends he was tired of winning and threw the game)… Not only do I love playing along with the trivia sprinkled in every chapter (I get a measly three or so answers per chapter)… but I love Ken’s genuinely entertaining, intelligent, witty writing style.
As I might have insinuated - this book might not be for everyone. But if you’ve always wondered what it would be like to grace the Jeopardy stage - it’s a must read.
Even if you’re not leaping out of your chair to grab this book - go check out Ken’s blog. His wit doesn’t stop at paper.
NOTE: this is book number 6 of 10 (7 of the ten are the Harry Potter series) that I have resolved to read in 2008. Tracking pretty well, if I do say so myself.
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Lots going on at work today - in case you haven’t noticed.
That’s right, we launched the new Nuts About Southwest today!
(If you saw some random posts today - that was QA testing some trackback functionality.)
We’ve also created some screencasts that show off the functionality - so if you want to cheer (or jeer) at my internet broadcast debut - check out this post on the RD2 blog.
Filed under Links, Life Soundtrack | Comment (0)Pumping up the RD2 team with my tshirt!
Been working a lot lately… including at 11 PM tonight. Big things a’coming… get excited…
New theme!
After almost two years, I’ve updated QCait.com! Hooray!
Makes me want to D.A.N.C.E.
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