On a ~sorta lighter note, following richard tanner's lead, i have a new cat. maybe.
a friend of mine (who was a former student, actually) had a kid, who is allergic to cats. they had to give away their cat, and no one stepped up to the plate. i volunteered, so I've had this cat for about half a week.
she's a real sweetheart, except integrating 2 cats is very difficult. mine is used to having a companion, but this one is 9 years old and has always lived alone. needless to say it's been difficult. i just made a video of them in a stand off, shockingly there was no hissing. there has been lots of hissing.
i have read a bit about how to proceed on this matter and i hope it works out, but... here's the vid: (it's not interesting)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgl4CmuLCxs