A Cat By Any Other Name

      Still life with cats: the story of me

 

October 1, 2000

The breadsticks were naked, but then so were the men

Mix:

One Performer who apparently likes to get naked
One Olive Garden virgin with a knack for poetry about unsavory acts between female siblings
One woman with eight pussies
One man who was taught to drive in New York by a Parisan (and if this doesn’t scare you, it should)
One woman who was willing to name her price
One woman […]

 

October 3, 2000

Enforced relaxation

I got absolutely nothing productive done on Friday. And it was wonderful. I actually called in sick. I was feeling perfectly fine of course, but sometimes you just have to play hooky. It was a rather difficult decision; I wavered back and forth on the topic for a while that morning. I didn’t have any […]

 

October 7, 2000

Doc Martin and Lila Mae

I’ve played poker approximately 3 times in my life, the last time probably back in my undergraduate days. So I was more than a bit hesitant about accepting the invitation for a night of poker when it was extended. After the week I’ve had at work, cumulating in a day-long meeting on Friday, it turned […]

 

October 10, 2000

Stumbling

The alarm woke me with a jolt this morning and, momentarily disoriented, I rolled over and was surprised that Richard was already up - I hadn’t even heard him. Then I remembered that he’s back in Portland, same as every week since September, and same as it will be til mid November, and I sighed […]

 

October 12, 2000

Tiptoe

Winter is coming, albeit reluctantly, dragging his feet, lounging in the door while summer and fall wrestle over who gets to push past him first. The weather hasn’t been able to make up its mind these last few months. It’s flip-flops between unseasonably hot for this time of year, and then unseasonably cold, all in […]

 

October 14, 2000

Random ramble

I was at PetSmart, perusing the litter scoops, and saw something that made me a do a double take.
It’s a battery-operated litter scoop. I swear I’m not making this up. No, really! The darn thing has a button and when you press it, it vibrates. I guess this is to sift the litter faster. Goddess […]

 

October 16, 2000

She’s short and she has 4-wheel drive

I feel like a 6-year old playing on daddy’s computer. I hate it when the only chair they give you in the hotel room was meant for someone at least a foot taller than me. Or maybe I’ve just got a really short torso. Hmm. No. It’s discrimination, I tell you. Hotel rooms were designed […]

 

October 21, 2000

Peeking through

The driveway to the project site in Lake Stevens curves gently around in a circle through an expanse of green grass and vibrant fall trees. There’s a ‘duck crossing’ sign midway down, showing a small family of duck silhouettes walking in single file, although I’ve never seen a duck there yet. There’s a cougar on […]

 

October 23, 2000

Future mirrors

Lately I’ve been seeing myself in other people. Not in their faces for some physical similarity, but for circumstances and situations. It’s kind of an odd feeling, looking at people and seeing bits of me looking back.
When we went to the poker night a while back, my coworker gave us a very quick tour of […]

 

October 26, 2000

Spare brain

Richard and I have had a joke for nearly the entire time we’ve been together about how we share a server brain. He and I have a tendency to blurt out exactly the same thing, even if it’s completely out of the blue and has nothing to do with the conversation we were having. At […]