Media Frustration

If you were to pick up my phone and press any of the keys, this is what you would see. The beautiful profile of Topkapi laying on my bed. She makes me smile every time I use my phone.
She's been really lazy for the last few days, not really doing much. I took her out today before I started practicing my music and put her on my bed, to see if that would get her into her exploring mood, but no, she just headed straight for my pillows and curled up. Since snakes are deaf (they do feel low vibrations), I can practice all I want without disturbing her. Sometimes I practice in the library, where my cat Ophelia lives, who can most definitely hear, and SHE does not enjoy it one bit. I've stopped doing that because it doesn't do much for my ego to see her with her ears pulled back in disgust.

Why is there nothing worthwhile to watch on TV? Really, I flip through the channels and nothing. Not one measly snake show. But it's not just right now, it's pretty much all the time. I'm reluctantly watching "True Blood" on Sundays, but it's such a weird show. I have no problem with the concept, with the gore (which does seem a little tamer this season), but when the two main characters are so revolting in every way, I really can't be that enthusiastic about it.
I watch "Dexter", which is a fabulous show, but it's not on until September. "House" is another one that I used to love (because I am obsessed with anything remotely resembling Sherlock Holmes), but that has now been disappointing me in its romantic blather. Sherlock Holmes would never be in love, tsk, tsk. But I guess they had to make House a bit more human-like.
I used to love "The Cleaner" but that's been cancelled, and "In Treatment" another obsession at my house, is on shaky ground. There's supposed to be a third season, but who really knows?
Anyway, I just wanted to get the frustration out of my system before I throw the remote at the TV.

This is why I love books.

Bed Time Stories

A funny thing happened a few days ago. I took Topkapi out in the morning like always, and I left her cage door open, like always. I spent some time with her and when it was time to put her back I went into the library/snake room and I leaned down to place her inside her cage. And there, as snug as a bug in a rug was Ophelia, my adorable female cat. At first my eyes didn't really register what they were seeing, something so crazy did not make much sense to my senses. I shook my head and she was still there, so I wasn't going completely crazy just yet. Poor Topkapi also looked a little put off, I thought I saw her wrinkling her nose in disgust. Now she would have to sweep her home of all that nasty cat hair. I kid, of course...she'll make me do it.
All our animals are nuts.

Last night, my mom called me into her room to show me our other female cat Tika's face. It was really swollen on one side. She is a black cat so it's hard to see much in her fur, but we did see a little puncture mark on the side of her face. I think something bit her and she had an allergic reaction. We carefully examined her, touching very gently the side that was swollen and she didn't seem at all in pain. She was purring away, not a care in the world. This morning the swelling was completely down. I still put a bit of Peroxide on it, just to make sure nothing gets infected, but she looks back to normal.
That's the thing with keeping so many animals, there's never a lack of excitement.

Today has felt inordinately long hasn't it? I, for one, can't wait to turn off the lights and go to bed. I still have a number of animal-related tasks to do, so it will be some time before I can head up to sleep...plus it is only about 5 in the afternoon.