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But I set fire to the rain
Watched it pour as I touched your face
Let it burn while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name



It's been a rough couple of weeks...

It is with deep sadness that I write this-- I lost my baby girl Tigerlily Socks tonight. I needed to say something more than a facebook status, and I wanted to thank everyone who helped me out when I needed it for her vet bills--you allowed me to have several more precious months with her.

I take solace in the fact that she is no longer suffering and will no longer need shots for her diabetes anymore. She had a good life--she was 17 and still as sweet as ever. I think she knew that I was ready to let her go because I didn't want to see her suffer, but she went on her own terms at home before I could get her to the vet. I also take comfort in the fact that I got to say goodbye and hold her so she knew how loved she was. I've had her since I was 10, and it's very hard to think about how she will not be waiting for me when I come home--for two-thirds of my life she has been there. I picked her out as my first pet for me when she was 3 and half months old. She was one of the sweetest cats ever, and I will always love her. I only wish I could have done more for her in the end.



I hope you are running, playing, and being the mighty huntress again baby girl. I will always always love you. <3

Tigerlily:


PV:

(I apologize for the bad camera phone pics, but it's whats most readily available.)

I thought I would post a cat update--I had hoped to do it sooner but work and frequent vet visits have kept me busy. She is doing well on the insulin so far, but we still have to get her sugar level down, which means one to two day vet visits every week and a half or so to change her amount of insulin, test her sugar and try again. Unfortunately, there is a lot of trial that has to go on, which is more money. Her sugar levels are down to the upper 200s/lower 300s currently (which is down from well above 600). Our target is upper 100s. She requires two shots a day, but is doing ok with them (she is a little sore where she has to get the shots). My other cat is doing well since being on antibiotics for a couple of weeks. Soon, I will have to get her tested again to make sure the kidney and urinary tract infections are gone.

The vet has allowed us to give her post-dated checks, but the cost has still been very high and hard to handle. I've taken deferments on my student loans to be able to move that money over to help with the vet bills. Thanks to chiara_scuro's suggestion in my last kitty post, I have been able to create a button for one click donations (see the end of this post).

Once again, I know money is tight for everyone I know, but if anyone can spread the word and even just give a dollar it will help. I am also willing to do stuff for people in trade. I can edit papers, do some accounting work, legal research, research of any type really, cook, bake, clean, etc etc, and I'm willing to trade any of my skills for help in aiding my kitty.

I would like to thank all my wonderful friends who have offered me support so far during this trying time. The kind words, donations, and general love and support I've received from you guys is very comforting. I know it's cliche but words simply cannot express the gratitude I have for everyone right now.

Sometimes I just want to scream.

On a funny note to make me and Tiffany laugh... ::flashy hands:: DANGER! DANGER! ::flashy hands::

Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

(This update is brought to you by insomnia, the letter M, and the number 9.)

Dici che il fiume trova la via al mare
Che come il fiume giungerai a me
Oltre i confini e le terre assetate
L'amore giungerà, l'amore
E non so più pregare
E nell'amore non so più sperare
E quell'amore non so più aspettare.

It has been decided by Melissa and I that Mary Wollstonecraft is a whore and liked author gang bangs, especially when she was being pounded by Swift (in the ass), Dryden (from the front), and Pope (in the mouth) all at once.

That is all.

p.s. Swift totally enjoyed smacking her ass with a riding crop, and sometimes Pope too, just for shits and giggles.

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You scored as Kurogane. You are like Kurogane from Tsubasa. You are everything anyone could want to those who love you, and everything to fear from those who do not. Your are the type of person who comes across as being aloof and distant and your trust is not something easily earned, but once it is, you are a friend for life. And try as you might to fool them, those closest to you know you’re just one big cuddly teddy bear. <3 </td> Kurogane 71% Chii 71% Kamui 58% Fai 58% Hokuto 58% Seishirou 58% Yuuko 54% Miyuki-chan 54% Watanuki 50% Kero-chan 46% Sakura 33% Who is your inner CLAMP character? created with QuizFarm.com

And I contest the teddy bear thing. =P

...in the past three weeks since being back at school...

* Indian/South Asian literature really intrigues me, and so far the class has been very enjoyable. I'm interested to see what else I will be reading this semester.

* Apparently some school systems tried to ban the teaching of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the 1980's on the premise that the act of teaching it was a hate crime.

* "God invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey." ~Mark Twain

* I still have a fondness for interesting chairs, which was proved by my newest addition of a plush black swivel chair.

* Old driving habits have not completely left me, like flooring it when my passenger yells, "Just floor it, we can make it!", or driving with my foot out the window.

* I still dislike cooking for just me... I need to like leftovers more.

* My thesis is interesting, but I wish I wasn't already behind. I can't say my comps reading is interesting, but I'm even farther behind on that.

* I can still run across the street and dodge cars in nearly 6 inch heels.

* I enjoy living alone, and only having to deal with my crap.

* It's been a blast hanging out with the second year grad kids again and getting to know the first years. I for see lots of drinking in the future.

* Some of those old demons are rearing their ugly heads again. I hate when baggage I thought I'd left behind shows up on my front door step.

* I can't wait to be able to read what I want to and not what I have to.

* Overall, things have been fairly good recently even if busy.

I'm back at school for my last year as a graduate student, and things are already busy in the first week. However, last night I housed the first party of the year, and it went off really well. A lot of the first and second years showed up and that rocked. The purple duck made an appearance at the party. For those of you who know the duck... he is still a whore, and people love him. I may have to cart him to class with me on Thursday night and just sit him in a desk. I had a blast last night, but now I have to go read two novels. So, the work continues.