1. We took Harvey to the vet yesterday, where he was very popular with the nurses ("Oh yes, he was neutered here! He's such a handsome boy! And so well-behaved!") and with a kitten that was looking for a new home. (Name of Eevie, found as a stray at Essendon Airport, now nine weeks old, spayed, immunised and ready to be Harvey's best friend. Harvey retreated to the back of his carrier and looked faintly overwhelmed.)
Now we have a two month supply of anti-depressants and the number of a cat behaviourist if the pills don't work. The medication solution seems to be going well so far, though. The vet said it would be a couple of weeks before the pills took effect, but he had one, and spent last night curled into a ball, sleeping. This is a bit of a change from his usual night time routine of (a) cry outside
baggers's door, (b) attack passing ankles, (c) cry some more, so we're in favour.
2. I have purchased Christmas presents! For family more than friends; we've decided to postpone Friendmas until after
piecesofalice,
yiduiqie and the Js get back from Japan. But as of this afternoon, the family shopping will be done, and my father, who is usually impossible to buy for, was surprisingly easy this time.
3. Currently watching:
Star Trek: The Next Generation and the
Avatar commentaries. In the absence of 15+ years of fandom and volumes upon volumes about the creative process and the life history of the extra in episode #221, I'm down to this. Which, commentaries aren't my favourite thing ever, but I'm really enjoying the Avatar ones. Even though, as the series goes on, I'm getting all, "STOP TALKING, THINGS ARE HAPPENING."
But I am learning new things which I hadn't yet absorbed from the fannish hive mind. Like, the network baulked at the end of "The Beach", because apparently you can show a bunch of teenagers capturing a city, but trashing a party might be going too far.
(I'm so glad that ending survived, because I love that, a few months ago, these teens were taking a city, effectively capturing a whole continent, not to mention the bit where Azula took down the Avatar. And now they've been packed off to the beach and they're reduced to socially interacting with normal people, and they just. can't. do it. HILARIOUS.)
4. Currently reading:
Dead and Buried, the new Benjamin January novel by Barbara Hambly. It's a bit slow to get into, mostly because I always need to draw up a chart to remind me who the characters are. These books always work better on the re-read.
5. Just finished reading:
Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg. It wasn't a bad read, but the best chapters were when he was talking about pop culture he loves. More
Star Wars, less formative sexual experiences, pls. I did enjoy the fanfic he posted as an appendix. And it made me actually want to watch
Spaced, so good work.