Month: January 2006

Cats do the cutest things

Jack is settling in very well here, and I am basically finding everything he does cute and funny. It’s really great having a cat around again, and I had kind of forgotten how damn cute they can be.
Playing with paper.
Falling over chasing their own tail.
Running too and fro and playing peek-a-boo around the edge of furniture..

Anyway. I’ve made a little movie for you amusement of some of Jack’s first day at home.
(It’s about 1.4Mb, so it may take a few minutes to download, and if it’s not playing well you might want to save it only your computer before trying to play it).

The cat in the hat

Today has been an excellent day. Having been paid for the first time earlier this week, and having cleared all my immediately important bills, I decided to do some shopping.
First I found a bottle shop which sells Monteith’s Summer ale, which is a spectacularly good New Zealand beer, and so I bought a dozen (which true to Simone’s predictions at the time of purchase is almost certainly not going to be enough).
Then on into the city where I bought a fedora style hat, on the principle that I have long wanted one, and I should buy something lasting and memorable with my first pay packet. I’m eagerly looking forward to having an opportunity to wear it somewhere, and when I get a good photo of me in it I’ll post it on the site.
Then, after weeks of discussion and anticipation we took a trip out to the RSPCA and found a new family member, namely Jack, a 9 week old male tabby cat with enormous paws. Much more will no doubt be said about Jack on this blog as he become part of the family.

Cats do the cutest things

Jack is settling in very well here, and I am basically finding everything he does cute and funny. It’s really great having a cat around again, and I had kind of forgotten how damn cute they can be.

Playing with paper.

Falling over chasing their own tail.

Running too and fro and playing peek-a-boo around the edge of furniture..

Anyway. I’ve made a little movie for you amusement of some of Jack’s first day at home.

(It’s about 1.4Mb, so it may take a few minutes to download, and if it’s not playing well you might want to save it only your computer before trying to play it).

The cat and the hat

Today has been an excellent day. Having been paid for the first time earlier this week, and having cleared all my immediately important bills, I decided to do some shopping.

First I found a bottle shop which sells Monteith’s Summer ale, which is a spectacularly good New Zealand beer, and so I bought a dozen (which true to Simone’s predictions at the time of purchase is almost certainly not going to be enough).

Then on into the city where I bought a fedora style hat, on the principle that I have long wanted one, and I should buy something lasting and memorable with my first pay packet. I’m eagerly looking forward to having an opportunity to wear it somewhere, and when I get a good photo of me in it I’ll post it on the site.

Then, after weeks of discussion and anticipation we took a trip out to the RSPCA and found a new family member, namely Jack, a 9 week old male tabby cat with enormous paws. Much more will no doubt be said about Jack on this blog as he become part of the family.

The Gmail Phenomenon

Everyone seems to be getting Gmail addresses at the moment. Just like a few years ago when everyone seemed to have a hotmail address, now everyone seems to be switching to Google. It’s rather funny watching the flowing tides of internet trendiness.