R.I.P. Bob

Bob 1998 - 2009

Well, it happened pretty quickly, just like the vet said. My kitty Bob made his last trip to the vet yesterday. He was at the point where he couldn't get in and out of the litter box by himself, he was barely eating and the last night when he ate, he threw it all up shortly after.

He seemed to not mind at all when I picked him up. Normally Bob doesn't like being carried very much but he was quite content to let me carry him.

My husband and I pet him and sat with him and just before the appointed time. Then I took him to the vet and kept petting him until he was gone. Now I'm hoping he's with his pals Obake and Harley and of course our Old English Sheep Dog Belle having a great time.

So, I'm not sure what we'll do now. Leaper misses him apparently. He's been meowing and looking in closets and giving me looks that make me think if he could talk he'd ask what happened to the tan kitty?

We've always replaced our cats at some point. When Kilowatt died we got Harley. After Harley died we got Leaper. Mostly it was because we didn't want the cat that was left to be alone. However they didn't work out so well, necessarily. Harley came into the house and immediately he and Obake fought. Bob got along with everyone. Then after both Obake and Harley died, we thought he was lonely so we got Leaper. Bob spent a lot of time being quite aggravated at him and he started hissing. Bob never used to hiss.

So perhaps that's a sign that we should leave well enough alone. Leaper's not depressed or anything. He's still playing and hanging out with us. He just keeps looking in closets, behind the sofa and out the back door to see if he can spot Bob. I'm pretty sure that's what he's doing.

Having a cat is a must for me. I can't imagine not having a pet. But I don't know how much more I can take saying goodbye to them when their time comes.

Bob before he got sick

Bob less than a month ago

[NP: R.E.M. - Find the River]

Random Thoughts About Everything

It's been a while again. Seems my online obsession has gone the way of my LOCI obsession. So I'm still interested, just not on a level that takes up so much time I have no clue how I managed to get anything done in my real life.

So here are a few thoughts that have been on my mind over the past couple of weeks.

First, there's my disappointment that Life on Mars is over after this season. That's tempered with the idea that it only went two seasons in the UK for a grand total of 16 episodes I believe. So we have one more than they did - I heard the number is 17 episodes. Here's hoping it ends as well as it did in the UK version. I'd love to see that one once the American version is over. Don't want to spoil my experience by seeing it first.

The show is marvelous and I'm sad it's ending but then, seeing what's happening to some of my other favorites that have gone on longer than 5 years, I think every show should have a shelf life - hello original L&O? Even the return of Balcer couldn't save it. Shows really should end when they're still great.

I know maherjunkie is trying to help save Life on Mars. Good luck and I'll even help out but if it doesn't get picked up by Sci-fi, I'll be okay with that.

Politically I'm obsessing again because I am just so interested in President Obama and how he handles everything so calmly. He's such a refreshing change from what we had before. And we're constantly reminded of that by the fact that the big DICK won't go away. He keeps talking and really making himself and the Bush Administration look even worse than before. That's quite a feat since I didn't think it was possible.

So as the Republicans slowly disintegrate in front of us - desperately clinging to old ideas that have been proven failures and following the lead of the loud mouth Rush Limbaugh who cares nothing for the country or his party just himself - I say they deserve to fall apart and go away and I'm enjoying watching their demise.

The Republicans went from being a party of fiscal conservatives. Smaller government, etc. They've become a mean spirited hateful party if you follow the fact that they are now kow towing to Rush Limbaugh. Basically, conservative has come to mean selfish (I got mine so everyone else can go die), vindictive (I don't care if there are innocent people on death row as long as the guilty ones fry who cares if one or two are actually innocent? They're probably poor and conservatives really don't give a rats ass about them), outdated (lets continue to harp on no taxes, less regulation when they don't work) bunch of buffoons - take a look at Limbaugh's performance at CPAC.

Everything my father told me about Republicans when I was growing up turned out to be true. Even my husband and his brother, former Republicans, are disgusted with the party. What's happening is all the intellectuals are outraged but are being overshadowed by the neo-cons and evangelicals. It's sad, really. But if they don't have the ability to pull themselves out of it, they deserve it. Just like the Democrats spent so much damn time whining the last two years nothing got done.

Well, things have changed. Barack Obama is on the scene and at least the Democrats have a chance. Republicans can only offer up Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber and Rush Limbaugh, not to mention Ann Coulter and Laura Ingram. Ms. Ingram is apparently starting to pick on other Republicans who don't tow the line. Of all the people she chose to attack, she attacked John McCain's daughter! And not for her ideas but for being 'plus size.' Good going there Laura. Keep the attention off the important stuff and on the things that really shouldn't matter.

U2 has a new album out. I have to listen to it in its entirety still. But from what I've heard it's another hit for the boys from Ireland.

It's getting warmer and I can feel spring is in the air! I'm thrilled. I love winter but there's only so much snow a person can handle. Especially after living in Hawaii for the first 35 years of my life.

Granddaughters are fighting over who gets to come visit since we've been limited in our visits with them due to someone's health - ours or theirs - over the winter. Think we'll have one of them over next weekend. I'm leaving the choice up to Staci 1.0. Don't want the ones who don't get to come angry at me. lol

Wish I could get more excited about things other than politics. Hopefully with the new season of LOCI about to start - maybe (I don't trust USA or Wolf Productions).

Thanks to all who have emailed me. I'm still here and hopefully will start blogging again soon. This is where you'll find me. Maybe at Major Case but only to visit with old friends. I'm not really into the details of LOCI anymore. Too much information has spoiled things for me. If you do want to discuss the show do email or PM me or something. Major Case is the only place I'll be. The USA site is too busy and the ci-us site is filled with posers. So PM me there or email me. I'll hopefully post about the show here.

Maybe all I need is a good dose of Vincent D'Onofrio and I'll be back in the game. lol

[NP: Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely]

The latest from U2

A week of U2 on Letterman and they're making appearances elsewhere to promote their new album and tour. I hope all those conservative bastards at a particularly conservative classic rock forum get so mad they choke. lol Nothing gets some of those people madder than Bono. Guess they don't like nice guys. If you don't want to shoot something or go around doing copious amounts of drugs and making fools of yourselves, they don't like them.

Ah well, I'm quite happy to see them back. Been watching Dave and their performances. Along with R.E.M., these guys are like old friends who have been around since my college radio days and they just get better with age.

The new album is called No Line on the Horizon and this song is called Breathe. It was posted to YouTube by KEVINSCOOT713.



Gonna have to give the album a complete listening and come up with a review.

In the meantime, do watch Dave or tape him if you can't. The boys did a top ten list for him last night. The Edge even improvised and was quite adorably funny. Dave enjoyed it. :-D

Rush Limbaugh - Bonehead Gangster

This is why I LOVE David Letterman. Here's something posted on YouTube by freedotws.




You know, Michael Steele actually kissed Limbaugh's fat ass today. So I guess that gasbag is really the face of the Republican party! Anyone who thinks he's brilliant, well, please don't talk to me about it because I'm in the David Letterman camp.

Watch Dave this week, btw! U2 is on EVERY NIGHT!!! Yep, definitely gotta love Dave!

[NP: U2 - Twilight]

It's like Christmas all over again!

There's in-fighting amongst Republicans! They're about to have a civil war within their ranks! Rush Limbaugh on one side and the new Chairman of the RNC, Michael Steele, a man who makes me realize that the Republican party's attempt at diversity means put up anyone you can find who's not an old white guy to be the face of your party. Obviously the man isn't an intellectual giant. Statements like government has never created any jobs ever, makes me think the man is missing a large chunk of education in American History. The Franklin Roosevelt years, for example.

But now he's apparently up against that hypocrite Rush Limbaugh. That gas bag who fancies himself to be some kind of intelligent life form. The man was at CPAC this weekend and misquoted the Constitution. In fact, mistook the Declaration of Independence for the Constitution. What a moron. A man who claims President Obama is wrecking the Constitution. Unlike Bush who what? Revered it? No, he disregarded it and blatantly defied it. But that's okay in Rush's book. Because Rush is a Big Fat Idiot - as Al Franken put it a while back in a book he wrote. You know Sentaor Al Franken from Minnesota. No matter how much Norm Coleman protests, he's OUT.

The only Republicans left are those who's constituents are dangerously inbred and so far to the right I expect them to start goose-stepping down the streets of Washington, D. C. any minute.

They're in-fighting! I'm in liberal heaven. Watching them get nasty with each other makes my heart go pitter-patter in anticipation they will kill each other off and we will see an new party emerge. One without the radical evangelicals and neo-cons. One that loathes Karl Rove as much as I do. One that will demonize DICK Cheney as he deserves to be demonized.

Keep on spouting out your stupidity Rush. I'm just waiting for him to make a racial slur against Michael Steele. The jerk just can't help himself. He makes fun of people suffering from disease like Michael J. Fox, he makes racist statements while commentating on football games and is a total hypocrite. I'd say he's back on drugs but it could also be he's even more brain damaged than he was before the drug abuse.

Oh and a side note on Bobby Jindal from Louisiana. I feel sorry for him that he seems to be avoiding his cultural background. He wants to be an American so badly he feels awkward and uncomfortable when someone wanted to do a story on him and wanted to go to India to meet his relatives and interview them. I suppose to him, being a Republican means you have to lose your ethnicity. Perhaps that is a reality in the Republican party. A man with a name Barack Obama wouldn't have had a chance to rise in the party ranks let alone become president of this country through that party.

That joke I make about why I'm not a Republican seems to not be so much of a joke the closer I look at the Republican party. You have to be at least one of the following to belong: A man, wealthy, Christian with little or no intellectual curiousity.

So, I'm going to continue watching the Republican party self-destruct. It's quite fascinating to see them throw their hatred at each other instead of at Democrats. It's going to get even uglier folks. It always does when Rush Limbaugh is involved.

[NP: Smashing Pumpkins - 1979]

The sun is shining, snow flakes are flying....

...what the hell? Oh right, I'm not in Hawaii any more. It's March and the snow is still falling. Not enough to stick but it's still visible. I think I'm ready for spring. As muddy and ugly as it will be until things start growing, I'm ready.

I also think I'm feeling better because I'm here, making my rounds and actually interested in the fact that LOCI will be back on Sundays. Still not as excited as I used to be about start dates for the show but having been jerked around by USA I'm kind of put off of getting worked up over it.

With all the behind the scenes trouble with show runners - for the Jeff Goldblum/Julianne Nicholson portion of the shows anyway - I hope they don't ruin it and scare Jeff off. The show needs more continuity and while most of us watch primarily for Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe episodes, it doesn't help the show to have a confusing second part with rotating leads. And besides, I'm rather fond of Jeff Goldblum. After he was jerked around with his show Raines on NBC and now this ridiculous shuffling of show runners, I'd be a bit put off by television if I were him. Here's hoping he's not easily annoyed by people who apparently can't keep their commitments - his show runner who's name escapes me now and I suppose I won't really care in the end.

Haven't been keeping up with epi titles, filming dates or anything like that. I don't think I really want to get back into the forums thing again. I love Major Case and all but honestly, sometimes it gets to be a bit much. Why torture myself about where they're filming when there is no chance in hell I will ever be wandering by?

Also, the fact that a few so-called fans are kind of....well, shallow and quite judgmental about everything from writers to actors puts me off. Not that saying you don't like something is bad. It's just the things that bother them are kind of....shallow and judgmental. Mostly judgmental.

Also, too much knowledge can be a bad thing sometimes. It interferes with my enjoyment of the show in the end sometimes. Exception - having writer Charlie Rubin answer questions about continuity and that infamous "It's too late" comment made by Eames in Smile. lol Don't get me wrong, Major Case is the best of the forums out there but even there you get a couple of really annoying people. Nobody from there who reads this ask me about it because it's probably not you. The ones I'm referring to seem to be clueless about this blog and I'd like to keep it that way.

Starting to find new fan fiction via blogs of fellow fan fic writer friends. Seems it's helping to keep me wanting to see how Goren and Eames are this upcoming season. I'm ready for some happier moments for them. Dark is great drama but there's got to be some respite. Here's hoping for some this upcoming season.

Am really enjoying Life on Mars. Thank goodness LOCI will be on Sundays because if it was opposite Life on Mars, it would have to be watched later. I really am quite taken by the show and the fate of Sam Tyler, portrayed marvelously by Jason O'Mara. It also helps that Harvey Keitel is in it. He's one of those great character actors that I will watch in anything because he's quite entertaining. Great cast all around. Still finding Michael Imperioli's mustache somewhat distracting. I keep expecting it to jump down off his face and walk off. lol

Really wanting to see In Treatment. Oddly, even though I haven't seen any new episodes of LOCI, I already miss Warren Leight. I'm guess ing if he were still there, the shows would have started on time since he wouldn't up and quit in mid-season. In Treatment is really quite perfect for Warren Leight, I think.

Well, that's about it for today. I figure two days in a row is great these days, all things considered. lol I also saw my dismal post count for February of 5 and it made me realize I really do need to get back to blogging. It's very therapeutic.

Oh and thanks to all the concern over Bob. He's resting and as comfortable as he can be under the circumstances.

[NP: Nothing, 60 Minutes is on right now so we're watching it.]