(August 5, 2018 at 3:21 pm)Joods Wrote: Oh, they won't attack... Just own a lap and make you their staff.

Right. One of the most conflicting aspects of owning a friendly cat, is when it gets in your lap, snuggles, right when you need to do something. And all  you can think is "FUCK". Screw Catholics and Jews, you upset a content cat in your lap, you have committed a crime against humanity, and they always give you that annoyed mother guilt trip when you disturb their content.

Some of mine are:

1.  The (sometimes) caustic, eye watering aroma of food with a high amount of chili peppers, being cooked.

2. Two annoying cats, with way too many toes on their feet, generally being annoying.

3. Frequent, loud, late 20th century and contemporary avant-garde classical music, prog rock or intense jazz fusion, coming from the high end audios system in my sound room. If I ever want people to leave, I just start playing Gyorgy Ligeti's "Lux Aeterna", Alban Berg's "Violin concerto", Joan Tower's "Concerto for orchestra", or some other similarly "thorny" sounding classical piece.  

4. Having your unsupported assertions challenged.

(August 5, 2018 at 1:22 am)KevinM1 Wrote: Me not letting you in if you show up unannounced.  In my experience, "Oh, I just wanted to drop by" = "I'm bored and want you to drop everything and entertain me."  Homie don't play dat.

Nothing...nothing...irritates me more than unannounced visitors.  I think I have control issues, lol.  


What to expect coming into this house?

1. Wine.

2. Cartoons.  No matter what time of day or tonight.  It’s always cartoons.  

3. A candle burning some kind of bakery scent, because my husband loves the food ones.

4. Screaming, objects being thrown past your head, the same five nursery rhymes playing on an endless loop from fifteen individual toys.

5. Coffee brewing.

6. Lots and lots of wine.

(August 5, 2018 at 4:45 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:

(August 5, 2018 at 1:22 am)KevinM1 Wrote: Me not letting you in if you show up unannounced.  In my experience, "Oh, I just wanted to drop by" = "I'm bored and want you to drop everything and entertain me."  Homie don't play dat.

Nothing...nothing...irritates me more than unannounced visitors.  I think I have control issues, lol.  


What to expect coming into this house?

1. Wine.

2. Cartoons.  No matter what time of day or tonight.  It’s always cartoons.  

3. A candle burning some kind of bakery scent, because my husband loves the food ones.

4. Screaming, objects being thrown past your head, the same five nursery rhymes playing on an endless loop from fifteen individual toys.

5. Coffee brewing.

6. Lots and lots of wine.

Wait, so what you are telling me is you like wine? Not sure if you were making that clear in this post.

(August 5, 2018 at 5:01 pm)Brian37 Wrote:

(August 5, 2018 at 4:45 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Nothing...nothing...irritates me more than unannounced visitors.  I think I have control issues, lol.  


What to expect coming into this house?

1. Wine.

2. Cartoons.  No matter what time of day or tonight.  It’s always cartoons.  

3. A candle burning some kind of bakery scent, because my husband loves the food ones.

4. Screaming, objects being thrown past your head, the same five nursery rhymes playing on an endless loop from fifteen individual toys.

5. Coffee brewing.

6. Lots and lots of wine.

Wait, so what you are telling me is you like wine? Not sure if you were making that clear in this post.

My post might have been a bit misleading.  I do also like beer. 😉

(August 5, 2018 at 5:45 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:

(August 5, 2018 at 5:01 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Wait, so what you are telling me is you like wine? Not sure if you were making that clear in this post.

My post might have been a bit misleading.  I do also like beer. 😉

You'll make a wonderful Fox News intern. 

Staying off my god damn lawn or the hose. Your choice.

(August 5, 2018 at 2:13 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:

(August 5, 2018 at 1:39 am)Astreja Wrote: That's hardcore. Visitors here are sufficiently infrequent that I generally do let them in and put on the tea kettle.

*shrug* I just find it incredibly rude.  If someone wants to hang out with me, or go out and do something with me, that's totally fine.  We can make plans.  But, my alone time is precious to me, and I don't tolerate unplanned, unannounced incursions into it.

I agree.  No one, or at least practically no one, still thinks it is okay to cold-call someone without texting first.  This is so much worse than that.

(August 5, 2018 at 4:45 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: What to expect coming into this house?

1. Wine.

2. Cartoons.  No matter what time of day or tonight.  It’s always cartoons.  

3. A candle burning some kind of bakery scent, because my husband loves the food ones.

4. Screaming, objects being thrown past your head, the same five nursery rhymes playing on an endless loop from fifteen individual toys.

5. Coffee brewing.

6. Lots and lots of wine.

If I had to dodge random projectiles and listen to screaming and the same five nursery rhymes all day, my wine consumption would be substantially more that it currently is.  

I'd strongly consider renewing my old tequila habit.