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The last few months have totally sucked for me. My car was broken into, and I lost quite a few things (it was parked in my driveway!!! Locked and armed!), my keyboard got toasted, and the new one is glitchy, and worst of all, Copper, my toy poodle, passed away. So, I'm not feeling too much like posting right now.

I am getting a puppy in a few weeks, it was unplanned, but I fell in love, and it doesn't mean I miss Copper any less. Copper was a great dog, who was a joy to be with, he was a friend to everyone, and he will be missed greatly.

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When I'm feeling more like me, I'll start posting to this blog more regularly.

~Sprig

Life

I know it's been quite a while since I posted, but I wanted to let you all know that I have not vansished. I've been busy with 2 jobs. Also, We've been working with Mukki in order to get him ready for the next cat show. We have one coming up in a few weeks, and we're hoping to get points. He actually has made Champion in the time I haven't been posted. Now we're working towards grand.

In other news, I am hoping to post more often. I'm going to set up cell-phone posting. that'll help, since one of my jobs is outside...and I can use my cellphone.

I'm out for now, long day.

~Sprig.

working.

So, here I am, back again, and so soon. Right now I'm at work. Doing security. The place I'm at is really exciting, as in totally mind numbingly boring. On the plus, I finally found a way past some of the filters so I can actually do some blogging and reading.

I've been here since 7am, and I get off in an hour. I was there the same amount of time yesterday, and I'll be back again tomorrow for more of the same. Happy 4th of July, everyone, by the way.

I've so far read about a book and 3/4ths, watched over 10 hours of movies.. and played quite a few games. I've also taken a nice walk around the area I'm guarding and found raccoon tracks as well as this kind of neat wild flower. Ok, it's a weed, but to me it's beautiful, so I pulled one up and I'm going to try and get it to grow. I'll post pictures later. Oh, I've also looked up all sorts of stuff. nothing illicit, mind you. just weird things. Like uses for stale beer.

I'd still rather be here then at the deli.

I'm searching for a job in my field, with not a lot of luck, but next week, I'm sending out a bunch of Resumes. Here's hoping one of them lands me a good job. Think of it as a birthday wish (my birthday is Thursday).

That's all for now. I donno, I may ramble on tomorrow while here.

~Sprig

work work work

Sorry, folks, Been crazy-busy! I've been working every day for about three weeks. This update is just going to be a quick one.

Anyway, I thought I'd let everyone know that some stuff has been going on with the cats. Firstly, I've been working on a website dedicated to Mukki (mostly. the others will have their own pages on it.)

Secondly, Mom's cat, Belle, accidentally fell off mom's porch. It's glassed and screened in, but my Uncle had come in to clean the windows, and hadn't popped the screen back correctly on this one. It looked fine, however. Belle must have seen a bird or something and went out after it....and strait down. THEN she apparently went around the side of the house (having realized I wasn't home and she wasn't getting in though by patio) and tangled with the gopher that lives in the yard (he has a borrow right there, we've blocked it off). She then found her way onto Mom's front stoop. She seemed fine...until she started limping. So we brought her to the vet (remember, we didn't know about the gopher fight.) at 11 at night. needless to say, it took a lot of money, and powerful meds to get her all better. And she is all better. Though, her shaved leg looks really stupid.

Next, the cats all caught a stomach parasite from Belle (Copper may have had it as well) so we spent five days doseing everyone 2 times a day. At the end, we got to bathe everyone. OH, so fun. (wasn't that bad, actually).

In happy news, Mukki has a show coming up. Garden State Cat Show, in July. He's still not neutered, so he's going to be entered as going for his Championship. Wish us (or mom, I have work, so she's showing him) lots of luck! As for the not neutered....after a lot of thought, and I mean A LOT, as well as a long conversation with the breeder I got Mukki from, we've decided to breed Mukki (after he at least becomes a Champ). This is not something we came to lightly.

I'll try and get new Pics up of Mukki and the gang soon. The little ones have gotten SO BIG!

~Sprig

Phone!

I have a new phone! It's a Verizon Blitz. So far I really like it, but I'll let you know as I get more used to it. I got a Blitz, not because I text a lot, but because I like accessing the internet on the go, and sometimes a key-pad would be very useful for work.

In other news, We're planning on Breeding Mukki. It's not a decision we came to lightly, but we do think he would be a great contribution to the breed, since he's a fabulous example. I'll keep you informed.

Right now I'm going to bed, I don't feel well; a very bad cold has been kicking my ass for about a week.

~Sprig

Book summery and life

Life update: I got off work a few hours ago. Not bad, I spent most of the time cleaning, which I actually enjoy doing. I hope I get to continue cleaning.

Now, I have a summery of the children's book series, "Warriors" which is about cats. Here it is!

Warriors

by

Erin Hunter

I bought this series after reading the first book of Warriors: the new Prophecy and Firestar’s Quest. As this is a young adult series, I was expecting a light read, with characters I was only mildly interested in. Instead, what I found was a well thought out world of Clan-cats. There are a large number of Cats, and you’d think that after a while keeping all the characters strait would be difficult, particularly with the name changes each cat goes through. But each cat was different, not only in physical description but in personality as well.

This first series is about Firestar, who is known first as Rusty, a common house cat. One day Rusty decides to go off and explore the forest, only to be jumped by a wild cat (Graypaw). After this confrontation, Rusty is offered the opportunity to join ThunderClan, one of the four cat clans in the forest. Of course, Rusty decides to go with them; if he didn’t there wouldn’t be a story, after all. Upon joining the clan, Rusty is renamed Firepaw. He and his fellow apprentices train hard in the forest, but soon uncover a plot laid by Tigerclaw, one of the warriors in Thunderclan. Apparently, Tigerclaw is killing off other cats so he may become the next deputy, and then leader after Bluestar.

Firepaw is torn on what to do. He’s sure that Tigerclaw is going to kill one of his best friends, and makes the hard decision to lie to the clan and help Ravenpaw escape. Graypaw is sure that his two friends are overreacting, but goes along with it. During the course of the series, Firepaw thwarts Tigerclaw every step of the way with Graypaw’s help, forcing the clan to come to realizations about themselves, and their warrior code. The story continues on threw all 6 books, following Firepaw’s promotion into warrior-hood (Firepelt), deputy-ship, and eventual leadership (Firestar).

At first blush, you’d think that this would be the normal epic tale of good v.s. evil. Firepelt v.s. Tigerclaw, all the way through the series. In reality, it’s much more than that. Tigerclaw isn’t even all evil. He has his good points, many of which Firepelt admires. Then, you throw in clan dynamics within clans, and between clans, and you get a story that is very vibrant. Tigerclaw is by no means the only threat either. Most of the threats challenge all the cats, and focus on cooperation to solve them.

The stories deal also with accepting people who are different then you, not only in the cooperation between the clans, but in Firestar himself, who was originally a ‘kitty-pet’. Love and friendship also play an important part in the story, blending nicely with the flow of it.

The only real flaw in the series is Firestar is the Quintessential Good Guy. He’s always right, always knows just what to do. It gets old after a while. Even when he doubts himself, it always feels a bit flat. Like, he feels he should doubt himself, but doesn’t really.

All and all, I’d give this series an 8 out of 10. It was a fast read, but I really got into it. Also, I liked how the lines between right and wrong were not as black and white as they normally are in stories like this. I would have liked a bit more time to have been spent on some of the supplemental characters, or even on the enemies, but as a children’s series, it was very well done.

~Sprig

Gah...work

So, I quit one job, and got a different job. The Petsmart I was working at was just too far away for me. That, and I ended up working with people who, in my opinion, were not pulling their weight.

So. I'm back to the place I used to work at during High school. Oh well. A job is a job.
In other news, I'm getting the planting done in my yard, and it's shaping up really well. We even have a push mower! I didn't know they still made them. Right now I'm bushed. Last night was my last night at the petsmart, and it was a 12 hour shift. I'm starting work at the old place tomorrow. It's a market and I'll actually be working in the deli area. Fun fun. Wish me lots of luck, ok?

~Sprig

Oh, P.S. When I go to Anime Next, I really want to get a Keyblade.