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frodo the dog-cat

I'm always raving about my cats.

Crazy about them pussies. ;-)

I know I've said this already... yes I have 13 of them... THIRTEEN! Just like the apostles, but their names aren't very apostolic.

Of course there's Shadow, Salmon, Pumpkin, Ponkan, Sampy (frontyard cats), and the two queens in our backyard, Citron and Fugly who gave birth to their litters: Saffron and Ashley, then Sisal, Basil and Crispy. The thirteenth is a new recruit, as usual he just saunters into our backyard and makes himself feel welcome. For that he gets the name Judas.

Still no takers. :-( Will start posting their cute pics soon, while they're still cute and adoptable.

But hey, this post isn't just about them cats. I do have a dog too.

His name is Frodo.

Here is one dog who actually thinks he's a cat, hehehe. He likes to cuddle and be the lap dog. I sit on the floor and this is the first thing that he does. Would've been cute if he were smaller, like my cats. But it's a habit that he couldn't break, I guess. What, growing up with so many cats and seeing them jumping up to my lap with ease.

Sin is dead

This is stale news already, but I hardly ever get to read the papers these days.

So Sin is dead.

He's been around forever, a constant media presence especially during the Marcos era and of course, the historical EDSA Uno. Yeah, am a martial law baby too.

I still remember feeling all excited about our expedition to EDSA, was so afraid to meet the tanks too. Radio Veritas did warn us against the so-called dangers, but hey, what a thrill that was for me. But there was no way to get there but to troop via Libis -- this was way back when Libis was just talahiban -- en route to EDSA with the whole clan... and all that trouble just because the Cardinal says so. When it comes to matters of religion, morality, even politics, Sin was the man for a lot of devout Catholics. That means a couple of million Pinoys.

That excludes ME however. Am seriously lapsed.

Am blogging about Sin just for that one encounter we had (see photo). I was in kindergarten in my old school... it was ca. 1977, and he gave me my first communion. That wasn't my last either. The last communion for me was sometime in high school, I forget.

I suck at photo-editing but that's moi seated on the second row, and Sin, well, he's very easy to find. This was taken 28 years ago, so you'd find a younger Sin, and a much younger Doms. :-)

Ashley the Whiskat

This is Ashley, still a kitten but she's gotten bigger and way cuter.

Am so in love with her. :-)

Methinks she looks just like the cats in Whiskas products. You'll see 'em in cans, bags, and pouches of Whiskas cat and kitten food.

I would have named her Whiskat too except I wouldn't want to endorse them and help make the monopolists earn more, well definitely not from moi, hehehe.

But then again, why did I bother to link their page? Ah, that's for you to check out and see who's REALLY cuter -- my Ashley or the Whiskat models...

pussy magnet?

Moi?

Yep. You got that right. I'm the uhrm, pussy magnet. Pussies so loooove me! :-)

Tonight after laboring over a dull task in school, Gab and I (thanks, Gab!) headed for Blue Wave to get some coffee.

On our way back to the car, we chanced upon this cute marmalade tabby cat. She's a bit on the scrawny side too, but so affectionate. I started meowing at her and what do you know? She meowed back!!! :-) Then she started rubbing her face against my leg. I couldn't resist petting her. She sure reminds me of dear old Carrot.

Back home, I STILL have thirteen cats and kittens though. So even if I wanted to take her home, I'm afraid there's simply no more room for her, Carrot-y or not. :-( But hey, I already named her Squash. The next time I go back to that place, I hope she'll come to me when I call out that name.

laptops and acronyms

Two friends had a problem with their laptops recently and they desperately needed to get 'em serviced pronto.

Friend 1 was in a dilemma about how to explain the contents of her hard disk especially uhrm, some of her "files" just in case an uzi technician got a peek of the kind of stuff she keeps in her folders. Downloaded Sapphic Porn (DSP), anyone? Nyahahar! And so she kept the dead laptop whilst mulling over how to go about the servicing. At one point, she even asked ME if I could bring in her laptop for her. Yeah well, she is kinda shy. I was willing to do just that too, except I didn't have time and she never brought it up again... But after many months she finally got over her shyness and brought it in... alas, she had to bid those nasty pics farewell too. Hyukhyukhyuk!

Friend 2's laptop suffered a similar fate some weeks ago as it crashed too. Could that be because of DSP too, well who knows? :-) She says she brought it to "HP" for servicing. I don't know about you, but whenever I hear "HP" that's always meant Harrison Plaza right? That's prolly because I've spent the last 25 or so years of my life studying and working in that area.

But hey, F2 says she meant Hewlett Packcard pala, like, "doesn't everyone?" she said. NOPE!!! I dared her to ask around. Even F1 agreed with me. I mean, come on...

HP=Harrison Plaza, right?

F2 is so stubborn though, kept insisting that HP stands for the computer brand, so we asked the ever-reliable Geeky Guy Friend (GGF)  to help us out and let us know his first association with the acronym HP.

Me: Hey, GGF help us out here.

F1: Yeah, tell us. What comes to mind when you hear HP?

GGF: Uhrm, Horse Power?

Right! :-)

fags

So I've tasted Ecstacy cigarettes. What's next? Oh fags! By fags, I meant tobacco, and not, uhrm them... Am still addicted to yosi 'til now, I'm afraid. :-(

Can't forget Gab's anecdotes about her euro-trip, one is about this cab driver in Amsterdam who was busy driving them around town, making them chica (i.e., small talk) and at the same time hand-rolling his cigs. Cool eh?

And so when we got the chance to visit the Fuma! outlet, we purchased some dried leaves. I got this brand called "Samson" -- what, no Delilah? He he he. Corny! Anyway, it goes with free rolling paper too. Gab likes rolling so she brought home the stash and spent an hour or more just doing that. The first batch she did was a bit too tight though.

I have also tried the Drum brand a couple of years back. Methinks Samson tastes better, though they both cost around Php275 (if I remember it right). Check out the online pricing though... OUCH! 63 to 65 Euros for 50 friggin' grams? Arrrrggghhhh!!!