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[camwyn]

Well, I'm up and I'm at work. Not thrilled about being up, but I had hot chocolate this morning, so that's good.

I need to call the vet today. Yesterday I went to check on Shula's insurance claim and they had it marked temporarily denied. They need the itemized receipt for his treatment faxed to them, so I'm going to get that from the vet today and send it in and hope they repay quickly so I can start repaying everyone who helped out. Also so that I can get him his prescription cat food. He's recovered very nicely and has gotten to the point of waking me up by sitting next to my head and MREEOW MREEEOW MREEEH at about six in the morning, and he's using his litterbox properly, too. So that's good too.

I made apple slab this weekend and brought it to my parents' yesterday. Both Mom and Dad wanted two pieces, and I liked it a lot myself. My nephew only had a little of it, but he's a fussy eater at this age anyway so no big surprise there. My niece was happy with her sherbet (if I have any UK readers looking at this who aren't familiar with the American dessert in question, our sherbet is a frozen fruit-flavored ice-cream-like thing, not anything fizzy or powdered or involving a straw) and never got anywhere near the slab. I'll probably make the stuff again in future. It's a nice recipe and it's easily divided among a lot of people. So, again, that's good.

For now, all is well, and I am glad of it.

Comments

[amrin-20012002.livejournal.com]

Good morning. I'm glad Shula's doing better.

I saw this while I was surfing the Internet, and thought you might like it. (http://kotaku.com/5641424/please-god-let-somebody-make-a-half+life-2-movie-like-this?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kotaku%2Ffull+%28Kotaku%29)

[camwyn]

I'll give it a look when I get home and can watch it with the volume up properly. Some of the comments does remind me a little of what I encountered when I was writing up all the OOMs for Gordon in the first Half-Life game- that video game movies tend to suck because the studios try too hard to match the video game on the screen and it shoots the narrative (whatever exists of it) all to hell. What's fun to participate in isn't always fun to see on screen or read about- the two structures are different and need to be adapted from one format to the other to match the expectations and needs of the genre.

[chn-breathmint.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your orange lardball is feeling better.

I spent most of yesterday doing laundry and being harassed by the FIL's own orange lardball.

- Mel

[amrin-20012002.livejournal.com]

Very true. I just thought of you thanks to it being about Half-Life.

[camwyn]

We had a period yesterday morning where he was pacing back and forth in front of the couch with his tail swishing rapidly, while Kamella huddled under the couch and growled if he got too close. A couple of times she lashed out at him and he backed off. It was a bit like teeny tiny excerpts from The Exorcist, in terms of noise, but he was behaving himself otherwise and generally seems to be feeling well.

[camwyn]

Oh, I understand. Thank you!

[lilpocketninja.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear kitty is doing better!