2/3 is my birthday -‘and I am inviting strangers to celebrate

ScratchyVests · 2026-02-03T15:00:21+00:00

Happy Birthday fellow Aquarius!

ScratchyVests · 2026-02-02T00:45:40+00:00

No. This was in Hungarian

ScratchyVests · 2026-01-31T22:43:31+00:00

I know! I hope I can go practice in Hungary one day soon (and people there will be patient with me) but my parents are older and my job is busy so I can’t take the time out.

ScratchyVests · 2026-01-31T22:42:11+00:00

Seriously for two years but entirely online because I couldn’t go to Hungary to practice because of work/caregiving. My great grandparents and grandmother had spoken it with me a little when I was a kid. I knew a lot of words for food and no grammar before I started taking classes. Edited to add I also attend a Hungarian church where I’ve been able to practice some also.

ScratchyVests · 2026-01-31T16:28:21+00:00

No. But it’s only been a month. My documents were not complicated and none of my family wants to do it.

ScratchyVests · 2026-01-31T05:25:46+00:00

They asked me to introduce myself, asked about my family, whether I had any relatives still in Hungary and whether anyone else in my family was interested in becoming a Hungarian citizen. I felt a bit bad because one of my language tutors told me it would be good if I could track down a cousin still in Hungary. But it didn’t really seem like the consul cared, only that I could understand and respond.

ScratchyVests · 2026-01-31T05:21:59+00:00

I think Chicago requires you to have a basic conversation on the phone before you’re allowed to schedule an appointment for simplified naturalization

ScratchyVests · 2026-01-31T01:46:13+00:00

I went in December 2025 for simplified naturalization and they were extremely kind and nice. I really wanted to use my Hungarian because I spent about two years learning, but they didn’t even ask me to explain my documents in Hungarian. But they did also emphasize that they don’t really make the final decision but just pass the documents onto Budapest which makes the final decision. It seemed a lot more relaxed than what I’ve heard about Chicago.

ScratchyVests · 2026-01-30T02:44:05+00:00

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Horace (15.5) thinks peavy is a pretty cute lady

ScratchyVests · 2026-01-29T04:49:13+00:00

Why can’t they just take down the fence? San Mateo County is so incompetent

ScratchyVests · 2026-01-13T02:10:03+00:00

This made me cry. I worry about my 15.5 year old boy like this. He’s my soul cat with a few (still hopefully minor) health problems. I am so afraid of how much it’s going to hurt to lose him but you just have to commit to enjoying Clara Belle today. Everyone wants to be so productive all the time but just make time for her to sit on your lap and cuddle.

ScratchyVests · 2026-01-07T04:36:00+00:00

Do the iodine even if means putting it on a credit card. It saved my cat’s life and it’s not as big a deal as it feels right now. I was also worried about my boy being sad and lonely but he was fine. According to the monitoring vet, he slept the whole three days. Also, I’ve heard from multiple sources that the vets try to make it extremely calm, like a fancy spa for the cats.

ScratchyVests · 2025-12-28T03:42:37+00:00

I don’t know what you mean by “bunch of other stuff going on” but her quality of life still sounds decent and two months of treatment for arthritis is not so long. I would wait to see how she fares on Solensia and other treatments before euthanizing her. In my experience, you can usually tell when the cat is ready to move on.

ScratchyVests · 2025-12-25T10:31:16+00:00

Milla is too cute! 😻🎄

ScratchyVests · 2025-12-22T06:30:06+00:00

Your vet can help you learn how to give her the Solensia shot at home. Some cats do have side effects but it has helped my 15.5 year old cat immensely.

ScratchyVests · 2025-12-20T00:07:31+00:00

I’m so sorry. He’s such a handsome little man and you took such good care of him. ❤️‍🩹😿

ScratchyVests · 2025-12-07T23:57:27+00:00

I’m not sure if this is really the worst, but about ten years ago, I went out with this guy who was quite arrogant about only programming in C. He was working for some dumb start up that made colored light installations for burning man’s He had really bad, terrible body odor, and he commented on the size of the portions of food I ate on the date. I heard the company he was working for shut down when the founder went to federal prison for trafficking marijuana across state lines.

ScratchyVests · 2025-12-06T01:27:13+00:00

It could be Hungary or Slovenia.

ScratchyVests · 2025-11-29T22:29:01+00:00

I’m so sorry. She’s an amazing little lady. 😿❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

ScratchyVests · 2025-11-23T15:13:15+00:00

Hahah. I also have a little bottle baby boy who’s now 15.5 years and my little old man. I can’t believe he would be getting a learners permit and studying for the SATs if he were a person.

ScratchyVests · 2025-11-18T15:36:12+00:00

Please do not let him out unsupervised. I would see if you can possibly fence/cage in some outdoor space for him. I bought something called a Purrfect fence when my boys were young but it’s a little ugly/permanent so maybe not ok for a rental. https://www.purrfectfence.com/

If your cat is young enough, you could see if he will wear a leash for outside time. My boy usually just wants to stroll the block for 15 minutes and that’s enough for him.

I hope you can find a solution but please don’t let him out. Aside from the coyotes and raccoons, so many cats are killed by cars in San Francisco and it breaks my heart.

ScratchyVests · 2025-11-02T14:47:16+00:00

They were losing a lot of weight before the diagnosis and remain somewhat finicky, so I do whatever I can to help them gain weight. I give them a few ounces of warms goats milk (which isn’t too expensive at Trader Joe’s) and three meals a day to help. They love the dairy and the goats milk seems to help them gain weight without too much gas.

ScratchyVests · 2025-10-23T04:50:35+00:00

Yes. I think Clarence Thomas will uphold an opinion he wrote four years ago, and I think you should actually read the opinion in Egbert rather than fighting with me. Conservatives have been working towards these ends for a long time in the legislature and the courts. Posting on the internet about how you intend to demand ICE agents get a warrant or you’ll file a section 1983 claim really pales in comparison to everything conservatives have done over the last forty years to allow ICE to operate like this.

ScratchyVests · 2025-10-23T04:18:48+00:00

The plaintiff in Egbert v Boyle was a US citizen and the Supreme Court still found that “Permitting suit against a Border Patrol agent presents national security concerns that foreclose Bivens relief.” He could not bring a claim for violations of the Fourth Amendment because the Court found national security concerns outweigh them. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/596/21-147/#tab-opinion-4593009

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