life is demanding without understanding

[pensnest]

Went for breakfast at the café by the river this morning, and looked at why the road is closed for two weeks. There is a remarkably deep trench going from some brand new buildings to, er, somewhere, with a very big digger parked next to it. Which explains things, really. Breakfast was tasty but a bit gluey—loaded hash browns, with sausage, bacon, melted cheese, a fried egg, and rather good mushrooms. I shall have an apple for lunch! Or possibly prunes.

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I was doomscrolling yesterday afternoon and found a little video of a kitten making a lotta fuss. I turned the sound on, and Sable hurtled into the room with a face full of concern. She kept looking for the kitten in distress, and was most unimpressed when I showed her the phone.

Sometimes I wish she had a kitten of her own.

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Yesterday we watched The Electric State, and I realised that I don't enjoy watching Chris Pratt. He always seems to play mostly-stupid, mostly-selfish characters who 'come good' at some point, and I find the type annoying. At least, I say 'always'—that probably isn't true, just the things I've seen him in. Is it type-casting? Is it pure coincidence that these are the things I've seen and I've missed the ones where he is a different kind of character? I don't know. Just, meh.

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Things that made me LOL this week: Tom and Lorenzo describing Jason Statham as 'the gay porn version of Homer Simpson', which, yes. Yes he is.

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Deke Sharon is coming to the UK. Deke Sharon is going to coach my chorus! Woohoohoo!

Comments

[jacieleigh]

Of my cats, Ozzie is the one most likely to take notice of cats or birds coming from the phone or desktop speakers. The other two don't take much notice.

Have you ever thought about getting her another kitty friend?

[pensnest]

I've wondered about it, but Sable was very much the under-cat when Princess Fluffykins was around, and I think she rather likes being the Chief Cat of the household, even though there is no competition. I had a dream once in which Sable had kidnapped a kitten, and on the whole I think that the only way she would be happy with another cat in the household would be if she brought it in herself. Which seems unlikely!

[jacieleigh]

There was a story floating around a while ago that someone had a fixed female cat, and one day it came home with a random kitten. They had no idea where the cat found the kitten. LOL - no clue if it was true.

I do remember when I had a cat door, one of my male cats brought a 'friend' cat in through the cat door once. I had four cats at the time (not on purpose), and I was like, we are NOT taking in anymore. The same cat brought in a baby bunny once. Other cats brought in dead or live birds from time to time. My brother was living with me then so the deal was, I took care of all live animals, and he took care of the dead ones.

[turps]

I saw Mercy at the weekend and Chris Pratt played exactly that kind of character. He was the main guy and I was rooting for him to escape from the situation he was in, while also thinking he was a dick.

[pensnest]

That's exactly the character he plays, isn't it—you want him to get through okay but he's still a dick. Meh.

[minoanmiss]

You're not wrong about Chris Pratt. He decided to cram eagerly into that pigeonhole. I used to like him but now he's just lazy. (and fundie) Also your title earwormed me hahaha

[pensnest]

I suppose it's handy to be in that particular pigeonhole, in that whenever some producer wants a well-known person who can play that part exactly, they know where to reach. Still. Meh.

[turlough]

After such a heavy breakfast an apple for lunch sounds more than enough.

I remember Lancecat getting so upset and worried at the sound of a pair of fussing kittens on tv. He kept hunting around for them even after I'd turned down the sound. Aparently distressed kittens need to be rescued even by male cats.