So, I ran out of kitten food this morning, so I tried a lil experiment. I gave Wrigley Penny’s food. So, they have the same food today. I put Wrigley’s food down, and he happily munches. I put Penny’s food down, and he goes over and shoves her out of the way of her bowl. Now I know for sure that he’s just being a greedy lil bastard and not just preferring the taste of Penny’s food 😛

So, Wrigley is one greedy lil bastard. He’s been consistently eating out of Penny’s bowl. I don’t know if there’s much I can do about it, except maybe change his food to the same brand that Penny’s is. Maybe that’d have him eating out of his own bowl more. Anyhoo, it sucks because it leaves Penny with nothing–or Wrigley’s kitten food. I’m thinkin’ it might be best to let Penny handle it. If Penny gets hungry enough, she’ll kick Wrigley’s ass for her food. In theory. Anyhoo, all of the huffing and puffing I do at Wrigley means jack, because he just heads straight back to her bowl just minutes after. Ugh.

It’s been a good week, so far. I’m glad it’s a short one. It’s getting cooler around here, which totally rocks. I’m all about some Autumn.

The weekend was pretty awesome. Saturday was a LAN. FEAR Combat was played a bunch of the time. Very awesome game. On Monday, Ruthie and I hung out at my parents. We had some burgers for lunch and played some Night Sky Monopoly. That evening, we went over to visit with some friends and talked about WoW a good bit of the time.

The Great Ham Cannon Test

Is it just me, or does the guy who’s “feeding” the pig look like Putin?

Today is one of those days. I can tell already, and I just woke up. I got plenty of sleep last night and yet I’m uber sleepy this morning. Figures 😛 Bah, maybe I’m just uber relaxed from a good night sleep.

I just won War of the Worlds, Season One off of eBay. I watched the series when I was a kid. Like most SciFi, I just gobbled it right up. It’s interesting, because it’s a continuation of the classic movie made in 1953 produced by George Pal, who produced and directed a good number of SciFi classics back in the 50s and 60s, among which were When Worlds Collide, Destination Moon and The Time Machine. Anyhoo, this series harkens back to my childhood. I bet it will be a helluva lot more cheesy than the coolness I thought it was in those days 🙂 Ya never know.

I got a new lawn mower. Someone where my mom works refurbishes old lawn mowers, so he sold it to me for $30. It’s in great shape, though, and looks like it’ll last a lil while. Perhaps a lil while will become a long while. It’s not like my wee lil yard will beat the thing to a bloody pulp…I hope.

Knology (the cable company) still hasn’t buried a cable that it laid out there when I asked for an outlet in one of the bedrooms. Looks like I’ll have to get my complainin’ on 😛

So, it turns out Han was actually the secret identity for Anakin all along, and that he is the father of Luke and Leia…

So, apparently (depending on how much you believe the wiki) we were all set to go beyond the moon after Apollo. We had plans to do a manned Venus flyby. Of course, we couldn’t have dreamt about attempting a landing, because the composition of the atmosphere and the extreme pressure of the atmosphere would have precluded such an attempt.

But, nooooo. Instead, we went the “cheaper” route with the space shuttle. In the end, of course, this turned out to be the more expensive route and the shuttle costs more per-flight than all of Apollo ever did because of the strenuous safety inspections that are required for the vehicle, and also the terrible cost of unionized contractors.

I really do hope that the ISS is a stepping-stone to exploration of interplanetary space, and that it’s not just some political tool to make nice with other countries (namely Russia).

In any case, the plans were to explore another planet, using the technology of Apollo. Perhaps this time the technology of the Constellation Program will send us beyond the moon.

So, it’s my third weekend in the house. I have things mostly unpacked. The final horror is the closet in the master bedroom. I can’t see the floor of it, at the moment.

I need to cut the grass. Wow. I have my own grass. Not only is it a horrifying thought, but also kind of cool. The back doesn’t need it as much as the front, but this evening I shall give them both what-for. It’s also kind of “ugh, I have to cut the grass”. But not so jaded about it, yet 🙂

I got a new desk yesterday, to replace the one that was torn to shreds in the move and finished off shortly thereafter by the cats. It’s a really nice one, or as nice as engineered wood can get 🙂 While I was off puttering away, putting a desk together, Ruthie was having a blast in the living room in Zul’Gurub with her guildies. I have yet to visit the instance, and the guild I’m in seems to be too big a mix of levels to mount a raid for it. Maybe I’ll have to level a character up on her server and get myself in on the act.

Today was my official last day in the apartment, though I’ve been long gone. I payed a security deposit when I first signed a lease, but they have since ended security deposits at the place–they’re now “administrative costs”. I may not get any moola back *sigh* I don’t know if I should fight for it or not. I had noticed deposits were listed as $0 in my second lease, so I don’t think I’d have much of a leg to stand on even if I did protest. It wasn’t necessarily a big deposit–at least it certainly wasn’t as large as the pet deposit 😛 Makes me not feel so bad that my last month’s rent was late 😛

Cubs are trailing the Rockies in the 5th, 5-4. I’m chillin’ at the ‘rentals, watching it. It’s in Denver, so I really think this is far from the final score. The fireworks are coming. You’ll see.

So, the UN has passed a resolution to end the fighting in Lebanon. Ehud Olmert has accepted it, but the Israeli cabinet still must sign on.

I’ve been reading up on Hezbollah, and they’re a scary bunch.

Brief History of Hezbollah, mostly from wikipedia

So, yea.. this picture is pretty frightening…

Not for the faint of heart

Well, I definitely made a huge bunch of headway today with gettin’ rid of the boxes. The kitchen is nearly all unpacked. I think I still have a couple of miscellaneous boxes that have kitchen stuff in them, but I have all of the essentials unpacked.

It looks like I’m all good when it comes to curtains, too. Some friends gave me some before the move, so I’ll have enough for three bedrooms to replace the flowery ones that are there now (bleh).

I went to Publix this fine eve–the one that’s on this side of town, which I tend to like better than the other. It has the exact same selection as the other one, and I really don’t know why I like it better, but it seems to jive with me better *shrugs* Just one of those things.

So, I’m watching Cocoon: The Return. Courtney Cox must be frickin teen-something in this movie. Wowsers.