Pointless Pet Post

[cornerofmadness]

I admit it, I laughed myself silly this morning. Kanda was chasing his tail with much enthusiasm. So much so he ran headlong into the wall and knocked himself over.

kanda has also learned the joy of paper bags. He's never done them after getting his head caught in a hemp handle from one of the macy's bags when he was a kitten. He keeps curling up in the one on the floor right now. Well this morning, Soul saw him in there. Whatever else I can say about Soul, he's not stupid. He sat on the bag's mouth, sealing Kanda inside then started punching the shit out of the bag with Kanda trapped. That was hilarious.

Then someone (who doesn't know the rules) brought her dog to school today. Kavi walked past me the first time and AM said that she was hand shy (ie don't grab for her) The second time she was all over me and I inadvertently got frenched by her. Ew dog tongue. Kavi is very interesting. She's nearly silent (yay) and looks almost Basenji with her ears, wrinkled forehead/head shape and curled tail but her coloring and coat texture is pure jack russel.

I DID it today. Eliana D. Evans has a twitter and a gmail (and I had to use the D. because there IS an Eliana Evans who had both the gmail and twitter accounts)

And I didn't forget. A Blessed Mabon to all my friends who celebrate.

Comments

[bay115.livejournal.com]

Aw over your cats. My cat likes paper bags too and enjoyed playing them sometimes.

Yay for deciding on a pen name!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I'm still laughing over Soul trapping his big brother and swatting the crap out of him.

I HAD to make a choice. geez

[bay115.livejournal.com]

Yeah I can understand being annoyed taking a while in choosing a pen name. At least that's over with.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes it is. that's why I made the twitter account. no more waivering. it is done.

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Basenjis can come in a variety of colors. I've even seen brindles. May have been a mix (although the last Basenji mix I met didn't have the upright ears!).

I like the D. But I've always liked the middle initial -- that's why I use mine for formal writing. (I trace it back to Harriet M. Welsch...)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen a brindle basenji but boy I'd like to

THanks. I'm not usually a Middle initial person though i used it for my fanfic name when I started in the Buffy fandom.

Also Eliana did friend you. I need to friend a few more of the authors here.

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

I first saw one on a Basenji breeder page back when I was checking out adopting one. They're very pretty! But I love Basenjis, anyway. My Dad used to adopt them, and I grew up with them around.

I'll check my page and friend back.

I know I haven't posted in an age (OMG, any writer who tells me writer's block isn't real, I'll stab 'em in the eye), but I still have my actual writer's journal, nightmaresaloon.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Really? I've never known anyone who had basenjis. What are they like personality wise? I thought they sounded like interesting dogs.

i'll have to see if I friended that with Jana's journal. I meant to but that doesn't mean I remembered to.

writers block is real. I'm worried about getting so anxious over the last 10K of my novel and never finishing it that I might just talk myself right into a block!

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

They are lovely, intelligent, friendly, loyal -- but easily bored and hard to train because of it, and therefore often fall short in the "intelligent dog" tests. They need constant stimulation or they can be destructive, but all the ones we've had have been brilliant. They are intensely devoted to one person, though, and we watched my dad's last one, Doc, simply pine away after dad died. They are quiet and commanding (one we had, Pete, ruled the neighborhood dogs -- they'd bark at everything except him!), but while they don't bark, they CAN "talk," with a lot of emotive sounds.

I'd love to have one again, but Basenji adoption is almost as tough as adopting a kid!

Writer's block is VERY real. Although reading back through this hard-to-get-going ghost story, it's actually not as bad as I thought it was. It may shape up into something, although I'm still struggling with the "short story" format!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you, tells me a lot. I think I would like to visit with them but not own one (I'm more the laid back easy to train lab/golden sort)

short story is HARD. This is why I celebrate every time i finish one and people still say 'seems too dense for a short story.'

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they aren't easy. I determined I'd wait until I retired to get one to be friends with in my old age!

Short story is VERY hard. I get too deep into my characters and want to know everything about them. The best I can do is short stories about their lives, if I can find a small enough plot. This one is Danny when he was a boy; that way I have my universe and what happened there, but hopefully something small enough for a short.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

sounds like a plan

Good luck. I inevitably almost always have too much for a short (I mean this novel I'm about to finish was SUPPOSED to be a short)

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's my problem, too!

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Awe... the kitties sound too cute for words!! So does the puppy! :D


I'm glad you finally settled on a name. :D


I don't celebrate, but I have a friend who does, so I will thank you on her behalf for the blessings! *huggles*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks

me too. geez

thanks

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :D

XD

You're welcome again! XD

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHA, Kanda, you dummy. But Soul, oh, good boy.

I'M GLAD YOU CHOSE THE NAME I TOLD YOU TO.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it was so funny

it was the best name.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I'd bet. I can imagine.

I agree.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

too bad the more alliterative Eliana Evans was already taken

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but a middle initial adds something, I think.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Interesting. wildrider agrees with you

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm the one who uses my full name....

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

true

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

Dickens caught his head in a handle on a paper bag when he was a kitten and had it chase him. He's not a bag fan, either.

It's fun watching the kitties play with a bag. Love that Kanda knocked himself over! My first cat, Toccata, would play so hard on the bed she'd lose track of her butt and would overbalance and fall off the bed. The expression on her face was priceless.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's exactly what Kanda did. it took 2 years for forgive the bag

okay cat falling off bed is hysterical. THey always get so indignant when they do stuff like that