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Being a person who has never co-habitated with a cat, all this is new to me. Litter boxes, allergies and not feeding it Teddy Grahams. However, one of my biggest gripes would be that the litter gets everywhere, even though the litter box was covered. This is not comfortable and makes a mess. However Cat (yes, that is his name) is beginning to get a little too comfortable and doesn’t feel bothered to cover his excrement anymore. This is not a good thing to smell while you’re trying to make Pizza Pockets in the kitchen.
So I suggested to my girlfriend that we train him to use the toilet. As a librarian and a previous cat owner, I figured she already knew of such a cat dropping receptacle. She did not however and was quickly schooled in human/cat toilet training via youtube
Anyway, our first step to this was to order such a cat training device: http://www.citikitty.com. This is basically a thing you put in your toilet to simulate a littler box that slowly shrinks and gets your cat used to going on the toilet.
So once we got the thing, we switched his litter to flushable litter and mixed it with his normal litter.
Next we moved his litter box to the bathroom without the lid and put it next to the toilet.
Cat status: Confused, jittery, unsure and uneasy.
Prediction for tomorrow: Litter everywhere , or cat going shit in the trash can where we put his old litter.`
A lot has happened in the past few weeks. Moved, got an apartment with my girlfriend, quit my job and got a new one and the list goes on. This is going to be the subject of a later post. But damn, alot has been changing.
More posts to come. Just thought I’d get on here and prepare to post post post.
Upon downloading a bunch of Nintendo NES roms, I came across a little rpg (role playing game) called The Adventures of Musashi. It appears to be a Japanese rpg that was translated over to English.
So let me start you off with the introduction, word for word.
“So the story starts, about a boy from Arima Village who was skilled with the sword. His name was Musashi. Son of the legendary swordsman Miyamota Musashi. His dream is to be a great swordsman like his father. One day he hears an ominous rumor. The ghost of Kojiro, nemesis to his father has risen,calling monsters from Hell to terrorize the people. So Musashi sets out with dreams…
I will defeat Kojira and maybe even get laid (yes that is in there)”
So if this is any indication of things to come. I am in this to the very end. Starting out I am in the village and playing as Musashi. The first person I talk to says ” I’ll be lonely without you”. Who this is and why I care, I do not know. The second person I talk to says “be careful” and “KISS”. So right away, this Musashi character is a pimp. Wonder what else people have to say…
“Train hard to defeat the ghost of Kojiro, when you return you can marry Otsu like you promised”
“Don’t forget to equip your weapons”
“It is said Torii Shinto Gates have a magical secret. Is it true?”
“Be careful in the poison Swamp”
That’s just a handful of conversations I had with the random villagers in Arima village. All in all, I’m fairly confused and already promising to marry random Arima skanks.
My first impression of this game is that it’s an average rpg with heavy Japanese influence. Whether this was actually released on NES here or Japan is unknown to me atleast. The graphics seem decent, the sound is tolerable. The only complaint I have so far is that the building’s signs are in Japanese. So I have no clue what building is what.
Anyway, my quest will continue. I will defeat the ghost of Kojiro and avenge my father (and maybe even get laid). In my next post, we’ll take a closer look at the “creatures of Hell”, which so far consists of Cones. Yes Cones.
- Pay off credit cards
- Get a new job
- Get student loan
- Get new personal training certification
- Go to TRX seminar
- Move in with girlfriend
- Start enjoying life again
That is all. For now.
“I don’t care much for egg yolk”
Ok, Bob Dylan (probably) never said that. He might have loved egg yolk or at least tolerated it. This is up for debate. But he also said, “times, they are a changin'”. This might have been a song as well. It’s hard to know for sure.
While I’m just a person and not an era, this perhaps isn’t the best example. But oh well.
Over the past half year my life has been in what I’d liken to an “upheaval” which is defined as…
anything characterized by abrupt and extreme changes (especially up and down)
In this time of upheaval, many things have changed. I have won/lost large sums of money, stole, cheated, lied, schemed, plotted, quit jobs, closed bank accounts, maxed out credit cards, went on amphetamine driven tirades which resulted in me passing chemistry over the summer and met the love of my life. The list goes on and on.
During this time I became someone else, someone I didn’t like. I can safely say that this was probably the worst summer of my life. I am still dealing with the aftermath of it and will be for awhile. I was driven to the brink of insanity and only brought back to reality by desperation, hope and the love of someone who saw something more in me. In the span of 8 months, I have destroyed many things that I once thought defined me and created many more that will define me.
Saying that I learned a lesson from all this would be an understatement. Having 50+ creditors call your phone in one day is a bit of a wake up call. Having no money for over half a year is very humbling. Never have I learned as much as the past few months.
There are many changes coming. And for once, I’m ready.
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