Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tales

While I have an actual post to make sooner or later (a couple days ago was one year since I had my gastric bypass surgery), I've been having a hard time getting an actual post out. So for now, some random things:

Who knew cats like watermelon?



And even better: Amazon.com is starting to offer one hour delivery from restaurants! If that starts up in this area, I'll be nearly to the point of spending my money no where else.

Japanese people get the best commercials. Remember the commercial with the giant cat carrying the business man to work? Now Japanese people get a Pizza Hut run by cats! (Sort of, a what-if.)

What if cats ran Pizza Hunt.

The best of the four, in my opinion:



( Click here for the other three! )

Pizza cat-o!

Edit: Oh, there are more than four! Check them all out here.

For kishenehn and the rest of you dog owners, remember to always obey all signs when out with your dog.

I think I've created a monster, in more ways than one.

My little feeder attracts so many birds! There are four perches, and depending on species and gender, sometimes they will share a perch (but most often they not only want their own perch, they try to drive birds off the other two nearest them, too). Usually there are 20 or more trying to get onto the feeder.

The downside of this is they eat a lot of seed. A lot. A whole bag per week, and a bag costs $25. That's a darned lot of money for wild birds that really could feed themselves. (I have to feed them one of the more expensive foods. Since I live in an apartment, it has to be something they won't toss out and make a mess with, or something they have to shell and make a mess with the leftovers. )

The bird seed attracts squirrels. Nearly from the beginning, they seemed to understand about windows and had no fear of Ellie. I bet you can guess how crazy this makes her. View from our window:


If not for the glass, I could reach out and touch the squirrels from inside, that's how close they are. That's how they sleep, too -- all four limbs hanging down and their heads resting on the surface. (Them in that pose makes Ellie especially crazy.)

I only confirmed the third piece to this ecosystem situation tonight, and I'm unhappy about it. I suspected for the last few days, but now I know for sure: I'm attracting cats. Or rather, the birds and squirrels are. This is bad. The birds (mourning doves and others) eat on the ground. I don't want cats killing them!

Darned neighbors, I can't believe they let their cats roam free around here. Would you believe that Siamese is back? The one I tried to catch a while back? Without a collar again. I think he must be skilled at slipping out of it.

I don't know what to do about the cats. I don't think there's anything I can do. :/

This is surprisingly well done. Cute and amusing! And be sure to watch through the credits. :D

While this zombie kitten video IS highly cute, I wouldn't be reposting it if not for the clever choice in music:



They used the theme from The Walking Dead, the best zombie end-of-the-world show ever on TV! (And man, I can't wait for the next season to start!) Credit to achika_soladia for the video link!

In other cat-related news, while I hate Twitter, there's a Game of Thrones newsfeed that gathers all the ep-related tweets from the night and reposts them. Those I'm willing to read. Best one of the last ep?

@TNRLM: My cat was mesmerized my Arya chasing cats on #GameOfThrones. This show really does hit all demographics.

Ha!

My RL cat continues to not like Glee. I think all the singing bothers her (probably sounds like yowling or screaming). She'll sit there, staring at the TV, then when someone starts to sing her ears will slllloooowly pin backwards, then she runs off. She watches a lot of TV, but Glee is the only show that sends her running.

It's 10 PM, do you know where your AC is?

Nearly 10, and it's 78 in my apartment. *melts* Winter's coming back soon, right? What? It's seven months away? D: Yesterday I had the heat on, today I have the AC on! (Just for a few minutes to cool things off before bed.)

On a nicer note, I keep reading this little comic over and over and it makes me happier every time! Eee love! So sweet!

And lastly, my cat is trying to eat my sofa. I've been suspecting this for a while, but I finally caught her chewing on it today. If one day I come home to find no sofa and yet a sofa-shaped cat, I'll know what happened. (But more seriously, it's leather, so I guess she likes the taste? She finds a fold near the top of it and chewchewchews away at it. I correct her when I'm home, but she's at home alone a lot... I hope she doesn't damage it or make herself sick or something.)

kamalloy linked me to the cutest page! Why Cats Are Not Doctors:



Click here for more cute kitties good reasons.

What do you get when you let 100 cats loose in an Ikea store?



The first three minutes of that I was scratching my head and wondering what the point of it was. (And I wouldn't let my cat take part in that!) But the last minute is really nice and made me smile.

Nothing good on TV, I started to flip around. Lots of shows I've never heard of. One caught my eye. Pit Boss. Thinking maybe it was something gambling related, I checked it out.

Totally wrong.

It's a show about a team of dwarfs who rescue, "rehabilitate", and train pit bulls.

My brain, it boggles.

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In sexier news, my game model in the new FF MMO is the sexiest thing ever! lokyst is responsible for that screen cap. I decided to download the beta, just to see the graphics myself. The open beta. The beta open until 9/22. Only problem is, it's currently closed to new applications. Okay then!

Edit: Bah. Both dwarfs and dwarves are correct, but both look wrong!