did you know autumn = monsoon season?

[cornerofmadness]

apparently it does in SE OH and SW WV. It's been pouring for two and half days. Also these areas do not have and never have even heard of the nightlight type non-poisonous flea traps. Screw it, i'll fog the place.

went shopping all day with my coworker L. had to return a manga I got (had two issues in my hand and bought the wrong #) We hit the halloween store again. They still had the aviator glasses and I almost bought them but decided i needed to get my steampunk HAT first to see what I needed.

Hit Michael's who has a Halloween "Christmas village" that I am totally coveting. However, each piece is @ 90$ and most are so noisy i couldn't see leaving them plugged in for extended periods.

You know, they keep saying that NO ONE shops in malls and department stores any more (or so say all the reporters every time they circle like vultures to gleefully report another store going under). So tell me why they're always packed to the freaking gills when I'm there? You couldn't move in the halloween shop and recession or not people were thumping down outrageous amounts of money for this stuff. Borders, same thing, you couldn't get through the stacks there were so many people. I was wishing no one shopped at malls.

Had two guys chatting me up today (figures, the one time I'm NOT alone). A young bookseller who was thrilled that I agreed with him FMA ruled. He wanted to get me to read Code Geass which I've seen and don't like but didn't tell him that. And the guy at Krogers who loved i had on my things Star Trek taught me t-shirt and that I liked granny smith hard cider.

This Krogers has a UK import section and I snagged up some maltesers











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[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I keep hoping someone will chat me up when I've got fandom gear on, but so far....

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah exactly. with my luck they both thought L was my older lesbian lover

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

*snort*

[ishte.livejournal.com]

Roy might need a bath too. I just gave Star one... there's a special way to deal with fleas. you can use either Lemon fresh Joy, or Dawn... but you rub it into the cats's fur dry. (I probably used half a bottle on Star.) leave it on for five or ten minutes and then wash it out. (I use the hand sprayer for this.) Star is pretty good about baths. She doesn't like it, but she'll stand still for it as long as she feels safe and reassured. When I run the sprayer down her back she actually reacts like she's being petted. her tail goes up, and her rump hops when the sprayer hits the 'butt' button.

anyway, the soap clogs up the flea's breathing holes and the start struggling to the surface. it'll be hard to see on Roy's fur, but this is a time you can also run a flea comb on him to get fleas off while they're busy drowning in thick soap.

I've had issues where nothing seemed to be helping, but you can get rid of them. I'll be vaccuuming every single day for a while even though I won't get home from work and class until bedtime... I'll hvae to make sure the floor gets dealt with too. If I can remember any other tricks I've learned I'll mention them. I've seen bombs not work. There was a powder I used that I got at Pet Smart or Superpets. I don't remember which, and I don't remember if it was the Adams or the Zodiac that worked. Whichever one it wsa, the other one didn't. Also, that powder if you leave it down in the carpet will destroy their life cycle, but it takes time... if eggs hatch, the powder won't kill the fleas instantly. So if they can get away from it quickly enough they can ge on you or Roy before it kills them. Not sure about borax

In exchange, if you have any hints about getting rid of piss ants I'd appreciate them. *rolls eyes* Right now I just laid a thick bead of honey water and borax along a highway of them., They're going nuts over it so hopefully they'll take the borax home with them and feed it to their queen.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I've been through this with fleas once before but I was twelve and it was Mom waging the war. Roy's gotten so spooky I'm not sure i can touch him long enough to do that. I did put more flea meds on him.

Right now the fogger and frequent vacuuming seem to be my b est plans of attack.

As for piss ants...i have no idea. I'm sure you tried your google fu on this already. I'm waging a second battle. This one on some freaking mite that's on my plants. Dawn to the rescue here too

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

We stopped at Glenbrook Mall in Fort Wayne Saturday. It's supposed to be in bankruptcy court, but I saw no empty shops and the middle aisle areas were full of new little stores. Plenty of people there, too.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I know. I'm not sure why everyone is so convinced we only buy online. There are things i don't like buying online, clothing is one of them especially since women's sizes are so full of crack. You never know what's going to fit