nanila: (kusanagi: amused)
( Jul. 8th, 2021 09:44 am)
Stop laughing hoomin

"Stop laughing, human. I'm going nowhere near that armoured rat."



Hedgepig continued to browse the seed bonanza in the garden for at least an hour with a brazen nonchalance that must have been infuriating to our resident feline.

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nanila: (kusanagi: amused)
( Jul. 5th, 2021 08:26 am)
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Caturday was spent getting the hoomins to enable quality stretching, and glaring coldly at them when they chuckled at the undignified positions adopted during the process.

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One of the many things I haven't had time to write about in the past few months is that the bloke dug a pond in the garden. It's just large enough for a few plants, a handful of snails, and two goldfish, Flippy and Not-Food*. It took Sir some time to notice that there were fish in the pond, but now that he has, it's Channel 1 on Cat Telly every day.

* Short for "No, Mr Heron, go away. I am not food."


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Yes, well done hoomins for buying me this sun lounger, it is a fitting throne for my royal self.

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Chin scritchings? Well, perhaps I may allow.

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Wait. What fresh hell is this.

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Sir, I am not your scarf. Return me to my throne immediately. In the meantime, Expect Pain.

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I haven't posted in almost two weeks, which is most unusual. I've been going in to campus since term started up again after Easter, as the students returned and a lot of them are desperate for in-person contact. I'm not accustomed to the energy expenditure required by commuting and interacting with the other humans in physical space, so that has been exceptionally tiring. All is well in Telstar's world, though, which is the important thing.

nanila: wrong side of the mirror (me: wrong side of the mirror)
( Mar. 2nd, 2021 08:49 pm)
The grass has ris
I wonder where
The Telstar is

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February 11
Who would you like to trade lives with for a day and why?


I don’t much fancy living as another human person. I would, however, quite like to spend a day as my cat, sleep for 22 hours, be fussed over when I meowed, and brought my meals on demand.


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January 30

What websites did you visit most frequently this week?


Dreamwidth, LiveJournal, the BBC, the virtual learning environment of My University, the search engine at My University which allows me to find peer-reviewed research publications, and the data archives of a scientific space mission.


January 31

What are your favourite things in general?


Mochi, whisky (single-malt Scotch, Japanese whisky and bourbon are my top three), Lego, computers, the internet, space, cats, space cats (thank you, the internet).

I'm not sure these question were particularly illuminating. Somehow we've gotten to the end of January. It hasn't been the most thrilling month in the history of ever, but we're still here, marching along in the same routine of the past ten months, hoping there's a future ahead of us with more diverse activities and companionship in it. Also, Humuhumu spent two hours yesterday crafting a cat toy for Telstar. Observe the immensity of his gratitude below.





 

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Caturday is enjoying the view from my office window.

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