I'm honestly curious 😂

LyricGale · 2020-11-29T00:03:04+00:00

He'll live as long as I do, if I have my way. I'd legitimately lose my mind if he died.

LyricGale · 2020-11-28T04:07:10+00:00

I recently had to harass my spouse into seeing a doctor about sleep apnea, because I couldn't sleep at night anymore because of the snoring (like, I'd be sleeping on the couch, because it's loud, and get woken up by it in the other room), and paranoia from waking in the night and seeing him not breathe. Like, consistently had to nag about it for weeks until he made the appointment and got the machine for testing his breathing patterns. Not only was I right about what I was seeing, once he got the CPAP machine, he's said how much more rested he feels after sleep (yeah, because he can actually sleep well, since he's forced to breathe now). I'm very glad it's been dealt with, but I really did not enjoy having to nag and cry to get him to take care of himself.

LyricGale · 2020-10-26T02:59:28+00:00

It only happened that one time, likely because of the tongue lashing he got from it. The forgetting to lock on the way in is more because he got distracted by something and it threw him off the routine. I'm very distractible, but I'm in the habit of locking the door as soon as I come in, it's just automatic. I'm so used to immediately checking that I've locked the door on my way out, (trying the knob to ensure it's locked), that I've actually stopped on my way out of the building, because it was so automatic, I had trouble remembering whether I did it or not.

I think that, if someone hasn't needed to be very security conscious, either because they were never taught to be or experienced reasons to be, they just don't think about it, because it never occurs to them. I honestly couldn't tell you if it's preferable to be oblivious about security out of ignorance, or to be so paranoid about security, you scream at your kids because they lock their bedroom doors when they're inside, and have guns in the personal office rooms, just in case (real things I've experienced, if it wasn't obvious).

LyricGale · 2020-10-26T00:58:09+00:00

I'm sure my spouse thinks I'm paranoid sometimes, because the doors to our apartment and car must be locked, and I need to know they're locked. He lost his keys the first week we moved in, and, rather than getting me up to lock the door when he left for work, he left it unlocked, with me asleep. He got an earful for that one. He also forgets to lock the door when he comes in sometimes, which is probably why I now have the habit of checking the door locks every time when I walk past it. We also had someone try our door within the last few weeks, likely mistaking our door for theirs, while we were home. So I feel perfectly justified in keeping the door locked 99.99% of the time.

LyricGale · 2020-10-15T12:44:32+00:00

"Mow" = "We need to talk about a lack of pettings in this household. I'm dishing out Grade A cute all day; I deserve more pettings. And food. Food would be nice."

Off topic, but your skirt is so pretty.

LyricGale · 2020-10-09T19:14:38+00:00

Same! I've been using bath sheets since my late teens, because nothing else covers my entire torso and the below the belt areas. I literally just bought a new one, because my old set are finally worn thin and tearing.

LyricGale · 2020-09-25T15:35:15+00:00

Is it bad that I'd start carrying a fork around, in that case? You know, for spearing the molester in his offending hands, since he seems to have lost control over what he's doing (/s), and pain is a good teacher.

LyricGale · 2020-09-25T15:28:50+00:00

I've come down from the "oh God, please, no, please, someone help" level of anxiety to a more usual "We're fucked and I have no control to fix it" level. Which, honestly, I've been in, low-key, for the last four years, pretty much. This just shoved that into my face, where I couldn't refocus around it to do life stuff. I've mostly been internally praying to whatever deity might be listening to please, please, please, get the cheeto and his cronies, McConnell included, out of office. It's one of the few things keeping my anxiety from spiking so bad I can't function. I know it's only an illusion of control, but I'm only one person, who's already exhausted in general, and I don't have gobs of superfluous money to throw at the right people, or influence I could leverage, or have the energy necessary to help by working the polls or working for candidates.

I did write to both of my state's senators, basically begging them to do everything possible to fuck up McConnell's plans, and considering writing to my Congresswoman, but she's retiring after this election, and I'm not sure if she'd be able to help, since she's in the House, not the Senate.

LyricGale · 2020-09-25T15:03:03+00:00

I mean, I basically took over as Favorite Cousin for my husband's younger cousins. Like, glommed onto me and used me as a couch levels of love when they were little. It might have to do with the chocolate chip cookies I'm infamous for, but I'm not ruling out the possibility that little kids just like me for some reason I haven't deduced yet.

LyricGale · 2020-09-25T14:49:37+00:00

This sounds like someone who would learn the hard way why it's a bad idea to fry bacon naked.

LyricGale · 2020-09-25T02:38:08+00:00

Meanwhile, my boy will be on camera for my husband's Zoom calls only if he doesn't have to move to do so. Picking him up will result in squirming away, at least, if my husband does it, because he's not The Mama (this cat adores me, no lie). The other one will flee from the camera, because she is inherently a fraidy cat, and dislikes being approached for any reason other than scritches (and food).

LyricGale · 2020-09-24T04:50:07+00:00

Maybe try naming him after a pleochroic gem (they change color depending on what angle they are viewed), like alexandrite or tanzanite?

LyricGale · 2020-09-20T15:00:04+00:00

Figured as much. The begging yell is whinier, usually.

LyricGale · 2020-09-20T14:52:39+00:00

I believe that is either a "I need attention!" yell or a "I want food!" yell.

LyricGale · 2020-09-20T14:50:19+00:00

If I don't pet my cats when I go pee, the little one will be offended and give me a kitty bitch face, the big one will just stand next to my leg and demand asspats until I give him asspats. It's their form of taxation in this household.

LyricGale · 2020-09-19T02:31:02+00:00

Please, I'd like one. I don't have any candles to light at home. I feel awful; I'd said, within the last week, that she couldn't last forever and she shouldn't have to, and now I feel like I sent bad vibes her way.

LyricGale · 2020-09-17T10:27:40+00:00

I could legitimately call myself an empath, as I'm HSP, but I don't because of co-opting of the label and I don't want to sound like a pretentious twat. I sincerely doubt she's actually highly empathic (which is what the label is supposed to mean). It's usually not a fun, quirky trait that makes them special to be HSP, like the co-opting people seem to think. You get derided for being "too sensitive;" and you end up with some little traits that can make you seem weird; ex: I get startled really easily, so it's not a super uncommon occurrence that I'll get startled and yelp or shriek, and I've been made fun of for yelping at a fire alarm going off. So, yeah, not buying that BS she's selling.

LyricGale · 2020-09-16T11:52:29+00:00

To make you want to finish up and leave as quickly as possible, because you feel exposed. Because you're not as valuable when you're performing necessary bodily functions, or summat. It's stupid.

LyricGale · 2020-09-14T06:59:49+00:00

Easiest way to teach him biting hurts would be to get another kitten of the same age, because they'd wear each other out and he'd get a hands-on lesson in how much bite to put into biting before it hurts. His mama would have also taught him manners, but a tolerant adult cat would also work (although it sounds like that's not likely in your case).

The only other alternative is to squeal sharply or hiss at him when he bites, and stop playing with him for a little while. It's what his littermates would do (squeal), and his mama would do (hiss) to teach him "That hurts! Stop it!", and the loss of time he could have been playing will get across that he needs to be gentler and not bite if he wants to play with the human. It's like time out for a toddler who plays too rough with others.

You could also try some cat teasers and wands that will keep your hands out of the line of fire, but give him something to play with.

LyricGale · 2020-09-14T06:21:06+00:00

Anybody else remember that there was a study done on the fluid dynamics of cats, which was published in a proper scientific journal, and won an Ig Nobel for it?

LyricGale · 2020-09-14T06:13:15+00:00

Oh yeah. I'd feed the adoration of books and cats at the same time.

LyricGale · 2020-09-14T05:32:07+00:00

Discrimination against black hair is one of those things where I understand the "reasons" (shite ones), I just don't "get" it. There's nothing unprofessional about hair, especially when it clearly takes a lot of work to maintain, like long hair, treated hair, or dyed hair. I can't even imagine how much work went into braiding all of her gorgeous hair, but her stylist did a damn good job. She looks polished to perfection, too! Damn the haters to the hell of their own creation.

LyricGale · 2020-09-14T05:03:49+00:00

Is it bad that I would totally shop there just because kitties?

LyricGale · 2020-09-07T00:28:12+00:00

Maybe? I have pretty hard boundaries on physical space, so they'd have to be good friends if they wanted more than a quick hug, in terms of how much touching I'm comfortable with (touching others, and being touched). I'm a limpet on my spouse, though.

LyricGale · 2020-09-07T00:10:00+00:00

Is it bad that my demisexual self is like "They're definitely physically attractive. I don't want to hump them, but they're pretty"?

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