Moving Day Three, and cat video... my cat!

[thistlechaser]

I got my first smart phone on Monday. I haven't had much time to play around with it, but I ended up taking a video by mistake, which lead me to discover that function. So, as my first on-purpose video, I filmed Ellie New Cat doing the first trick I taught her. (I filmed it sideways by mistake, but Youtube fixed it on its own. Nice!)

It's only 17 seconds long, and a good part of it is the camera following my big, white hand to take a treat out of the bag. A cameraman I'll never be.

I'm usually very careful about keeping my personal information private, so it feels kind of strange to put a public video up with my voice.

On the moving front, today was books and give-things-away day.

I wouldn't have thought I could cull my physical book collection at all, but I cut it down by half. I was actually surprised at how well I did! The only ones I have left are meaningful ones and some old ones I enjoyed that aren't available in ebook format yet. Alas those latter ones are basically falling apart, so mostly they're going to just sit on the shelf.

Giving-things-away went well, too. Cat scratching post is back in my possession, waiting to be passed on to tersa tomorrow. I packed up all my Pokemon stuff for hamburger. It was so fun looking through it all again! I'm glad I can pass it along to someone who will enjoy it (and/or sell it and put the money to good use). :)

Freecycle: Worked out well today! My extra vacuum is now gone. The lady who responded said hers just died and they didn't have enough money to get a new one. Her and her husband both work, have to share a car, and are having a really hard time. So yay! (I always take these stories with a grain of salt, but she told me that after I agreed to give it to her, so I'm more inclined to believe it.)

Tomorrow's Freecycle will be my old TV/digital decoder thingie/rabbit ears. A pain in the ass to get down to the curb for someone to pick up, but easier that than moving it with me! It's not like I've used it even once in the last many years.

In general, Freecycle is a lot more work than donating things, but it's nice to hear personal stories about where the items are going. It feels more like I'm helping people than if I just dropped it off at a donation center.

I'm (semi-unwillingly) taking this evening off from packing. I feel like I finally made a dent in things, and I'm only three days in. My brain is just one big ball of NO to doing anything more tonight.

Comments

[hamburger.livejournal.com]

Ooooh she is such a smart kitty!

My brother's girlfriend's cat... taught itself how to use the toilet. They didn't do a thing. One day they just walked in the bathroom and there he was, using it.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

That's one clever cat! I'm not too sure I'd want my cat to use it. I wonder how often they miss and hit the seat? Or just totally miss and have it go down the side.

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

She's also a very cute kitty! :)

Love, C.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

Haha, Ellie is so cute!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

I would love to say something eloquent here, but really all I can say is KITTY :D.

I'm not even close to her, and yet this:

http://xkcd.com/231/

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Haha! I love that comic -- it's so very true! :D

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

You have posted a cat video on YouTube. Congratulations, you have mastered the full potential of the internet! ;)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Haha between that and this being my first smart phone, I feel like I'm decades behind the rest of the world!

Which is an odd feeling, since I was the first person on by block to own a computer, way back when. One of the first people to bring one to my college with me, too. (I remember they asked people who was going to bring one, so they could try to decide if having a computer in college would become commonplace or not.)

[spike7451.livejournal.com]

What a cute kitty.

I have yet to invest in a smart phone, I really must get up with the latest soon. :D

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

It's kind of handy. I don't make many calls, but it's good for entertainment while standing in lines and such. I eat out alone a lot, so now I can be like everyone else and just focus on a phone.

[fealubryne.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say...

I've known you since I was fourteen(ish) and I've never seen your or heard your voice. Holy crap.

...You sound girlier than I imagined. :D

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Haha! I've been good at keeping the real me off the net, huh? But cat videos must be posted!

And yeah, in my head I hear my voice as a lot deeper -- I hate hearing recordings of it! :P

That's still the cutest icon ever!