|
|
| Nelthilta |
[December 29 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 hot |
] |
This is my new rabbit. I don't know exactly how old she is - I was told 12-14 weeks, so I'm splitting the difference and calling it 13. She's a mixed breed, mostly Dutch and mini-lop, and her body structure is very Dutch, so she's incredibly dainty and has short fur and skinny kangaroo feet. As you can see she took "half lop" to mean that her right side should be lop, so she has one fully lopped ear and one ear that sticks straight up.
At the moment she and Holly are being kept separate. Mostly they ignored each other but there was some chasing and he made little lunges at her twice. They're next to each other, so hopefully they'll get used to each other and become friends, but even if they don't I'm not going to give her away again, I'm prepared to just get a second hutch (though a smaller one, sorry Nellie) and love them both. I've given both of them cuddles today so Holly doesn't feel left out, because he's still my sweet boy.
As you can probably see in a couple of the vids, she moves really fast. She also leaps. Like an Olympic long jumper.
(The full album of pictures is here, there's a few really similar ones.)
( Pictures and vids )
|
|
|
| Sick. |
[December 21 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 sick |
] |
Just a cold but it's the kind that lands me in bed off and on for most of the day. I'm just so tired. In between playing not-mindless-enough games on one of my pet sites because there's a daily play limit which doesn't roll over and I want the money. I have to think more than I do foraging but a) time, b) this is the busiest time of day for foraging, and c) they just released a new craftable Plush so everyone's madly trying to get all the components for it. If I'm awake tonight I'll have a go then.
|
|
|
| I am in fact alive |
[December 14 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 frustrated |
] |
1. My rabbit is totally awesome. Except when it's raining I have been spending a few hours outside with him, lying in the sun reading or cuddling him. A few days ago he climbed all over my copy of Watership Down when I was reading it in front of the open fence door and he got curious.
2. My sister's been dragging me out of the house - to the pub, natch. Sundays is 3-for-2 tap pints so she and a friend get their Guinness and I have a Speights and we're quite ridiculous.
3. My internet activity is totally old school. I'm playing my MUD again, I have a level 15 myrmidon in the temple of order, law and balance (warrior-mage, essentially, and in the later levels they can work with runes, she's badarse) and a level 10 cleric in the nature temple. She isn't quite as badarse, but she's no slouch either. ALSO I'm totally playing virtual pet sites again. I'm mostly active on http://www.wajas.com and http://www.khimeros.com. This is actually good because most of the sites have games and between them there's like mahjong, solitaire mancala, mastermind, minesweeper and that sliding-tile game where you have to rearrange them to form a picture in a 4x4 grid with 15 tiles. (Khimeros also has sudoku but it doesn't give you pretend money.) So they're all thinking games, and they're fun.
4. Fandom on LJ consists of me usually being very laidback until humanity sucks and I get rage. So, pretty much normal. I write things or put together video clips to music and people tell me they like them. It's a good arrangement.
5. Speaking of, I have rage.
6. I'm on the waiting list for the anxiety outpatients unit. The waiting list is nine months long. Story to be updated in September.
7. Animals are pretty damn awesome.
|
|
|
|
[November 21 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 lazy |
] |
I swear, if I don't get a tan this summer, sitting in the sun for a while every day with my rabbit, I never will.
When I think objectively, I also find it strange that I consider lying on the lawn reading while my rabbit flops in his cage to be spending quality time with him. But.. you know... I scratch him a bit and we look at each other and he tooth-purrs.
Also: went to meeting with the psych unit. Diagnosed with social phobia. Was told I'd probably feel better if I got volunteer work or something. THINGS I ALREADY KNEW FOR $500.
|
|
|
| Overheard at my house |
[November 16 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 silly |
] |
Mum: (of a pub in Britain) They had a bar made out of Richard III's bed.
![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) zeborahnz: Did she go back when she was finished serving?
|
|
|
| My life will be over if I don't get those cool boots from Hot Topic!!!1 |
[November 14 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 amused |
] |
Mum was just in my room, where we had the following conversation:
Mum: What are those?
Me: Oral syringes for giving my rabbit medicine.
Mum: *laughs a little*
Me: *not sure why* They keep giving them to me so I have about five.
Mum: I shouldn't be such a cliche suspicious mother.
Me: Oh, yeah, they're for shooting up. I use oral syringes because needles are so passe.
Mum: Well I couldn't see what they were!
|
|
|
| Oh John Barrowman |
[November 13 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 dorky |
] |
|
|
|
| in other news |
[November 12 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 bouncy |
] |
In a squee that no one will understand, someone on trademe just listed a litter of mini lop x enderby island rabbits. Sadly no pictures yet. *wants pictures*
|
|
|
| *sigh* |
[November 12 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 aggravated |
] |
Last night was sitcom night. I was starting to almost think that The Big Bang Theory could be kind of amusing when the group of not conventionally attractive guys decided that they should go to a bar to wait until the hot girls were drunk enough to have sex with them, because dubious consent is hilarious. And one of them managed to score! But in a crazy twist, he woke up the next morning to find himself in bed with a not conventionally attractive girl and was horrified. LOL LOL!
Yeah, I'm oversensitive. Sometimes it's a pain because it really detracts from being able to enjoy half the mass media.
|
|
|
|
[November 10 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
lazy |
] |
Staff at the bottle store recognising you - good customer service or a statement about how often you're there? HMMMMM.
I have confirmed that there appears to not be any lionhead rabbits in New Zealand. This makes me sad. That's three small breeds that never made it here that I'd otherwise like to get - American Fuzzy Lops, Polish and Lionhead. Seriously, lionheads have short fur all over their body except for long hair on their heads. How awesome is that?
Instead if I get a second rabbit I suspect it will be a light coloured Dutch or minilop (fawn or blue with white for Dutch and god only knows for a lop because they come in every colour ever). Or a Dutch x lop, since I have actually seen more than one litter of those advertised and mix breeds can be healthier than purebreds.
I've written nothing today, but it's not 4pm yet and I'm not cooking or cleaning tonight so I should still have time to do stuff. I'm coming up on the dramatic climax of the thing I'm writing, and once it's finished I'm going to go on to something else, so really I guess it's NaFicWriMo.
I apparently have the same birthday as St Aloysius. Also Chingy, Matthew Gray Gubler and the BTK killer.
IT'S LIKE SIX DAYS UNTIL NEW DR WHO EPISODE.
|
|
|
|
[November 05 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 disappointed |
] |
I'm sorry, Maine. :(
53% should not be enough to overturn legislation. It just shouldn't. Even the student union at university requires two-thirds majority and they're not issuing civil rights.
|
|
|
| OMG OMG |
[November 01 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 jubilant |
] |
On fandomsecrets today over on LJ:
|
|
|
| but wait there's more |
[October 25 2009] |
I found a big patch of dandelion so I yanked it up and tossed it in Holly's yard.
It's pretty big.
|
|
|
| island in the sun |
[October 25 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 relaxed |
] |
Holly's hutch used to be on the side lawn, which is the one leading off the patio that you look out onto from the living room, but yesterday we moved him to the back lawn. It's not as green as the side lawn but it gets lots of sun and at the moment he's just lying there enjoying the warm.
( pictures )
|
|
|
| o an epilogue |
[October 21 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 sleepy |
] |
I have finally done a Pepper epilogue. Shocking, I know. I've mostly been focused on vidding and writing human/technology slashfic. But there's proof and everything.
So now I have an hour before I have to leave to whine at my doctor about how my meds don't work anymore.
|
|
|
| k, so |
[October 16 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 thoughtful |
] |
I have purged my f-list. Remember, f-lists are not a drama zone for me - if I dropped you, it's not because I hate you. I'm not in any games at the moment and I'm much more active over in Torchwood fandom on LJ so I'm checking my f-list less. Just making it a bit less cumbersome. (If you have an LJ and don't mind excessive blather and fic and vid posts, my LJ is ~phaetonschariot, I have the same open friends policy there.)
Also have a picture of bunnies.
|
|
|
|
[October 16 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
amused |
] |
|
|
|
| fun with yahoo answers |
[October 12 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 shocked |
] |
First the absolute stupidity of this question:
My bunny is bleeding,losing hair, and cant standd.?
okayy i have a bunny and when i got home today she was bleeding and souldnt stand up and shes losing hair what do i do!
And then someone provided the answer (remember, this is for a rabbit):
Calm down! Is it a boy or a girl>? how long have you had it? If its a girl the blood could be her period. anyway call the vet. This doesn't sound good but the vet can help. Do you keep your bunny indoors or out? It could have been attacked outside.
Emphasis mine.
|
|
|
| Follow up |
[October 10 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 nerdy |
] |
From yesterday's post, I got this back today:
Thank you for also making us aware of the description on this website of our Hartz Bonanza Rabbit Diet. Please note that we have improved our Bonanza Diet. The new formula contains more high fiber pellets and is fortified with vitamin and mineral for your rabbit's well-being. We have removed some unnecessary ingredients that rabbits usually don't eat or don't like to increase some of their favorites (Carrots, Alfalfa...). We have completely removed the whole corn, which can lead to digestive disorder, and we have added new tasty ingredients like raisins and bananas chips. This new improved formula will help you deliver the optimum levels of protein, fat and fiber that your rabbit needs for a happy, healthy life.
Which is a lot of rhetoric, but it's more than I was expecting. (Not sure of the wisdom of increasing alfalfa, really, but removing corn is good.)
|
|
|
| *sigh* |
[October 09 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 cranky |
] |
Yeah, I totally just threw a politely worded shit-fit at an American pet food company.
Despite your website urging pet owners to research the required nutrition of their animals, you seem to be unaware that rabbits are not rodents, rather lagomorphs.
"Rabbits require a rich varied diet of quality seeds, grains, vitamin enriched pellets, fruits, nuts, and veggies." as stated on this website selling your product http://farm-and-pet.hardwarestore.com/109-606-rabbit-and-hamster-food/bonanza-rabbit-food-521876.aspx is not only an exaggeration but blatantly untrue. Rabbits should not be fed seeds or nuts, and fruits and grains should be limited as they can lead to obesity. Corn is never listed as a recommended food for rabbits by any expert. Foods such as nuts, corn and sunflower seeds are high in carbohydrates and fat and when fed to a domestic, desexed rabbit, contribute to a high rate of obesity and the build up of fat in the liver and arteries (atherosclerosis) - rabbits fed seed-rich diets have a higher incidence of hepatic steatosis, fatty liver disease, which can be fatal. The starches also present in these foods can lead to bloat and GI stasis when they reach the cecum, which can be extremely dangerous in an animal that requires its digestive system to be constantly active. While a wild animal may eat these things to supplement its diet out of necessity, in pets it should be strongly avoided.
There is already a lot of false information spread about rabbits, largely from pet stores, and adding to this misinformation with advertising that is so utterly misleading is irresponsible at best.
Not that I expect it to do anything, but at least I feel better?
|
|
|
| Bunny update |
[October 03 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 pleased |
] |
Last night my dad told me there was a cold weather warning for this weekend and I was debating whether to leave Holly out overnight. Before I went to bed I checked on him and he seemed happy enough, so I left him - about half an hour later dad knocked on my door to say Holly was kicking up a racket. He'd gotten his way up the ramp and was sitting on the upstairs floor, so my theory is that he'd gotten up, but was too anxious to get back down. I brought him inside and put him in his indoor cage for the night.
Took him back out this morning, gave him parsley etc while I read my f-list and twitter. Then I grabbed an apple to cut up for my breakfast and sliced an eighth of it into small pieces that he'd be able to get in his mouth to nom. Gave some to him where he was sitting on the top floor again, put a few on the shelf (not sure if he's actually gotten right up on there yet, he mostly leans against things to grab) and a couple of rungs on the ramp. Checked on him again a little later and he was downstairs. Hurrah!
Whether he's outside tonight depends on the weather, I guess, but I'm starting to be less nervous about him being out there. Saw a cat walk past yesterday and they completely ignored each other which was sort of amusing, but the cage is really secure anyway.
|
|
|
| Something most people already knew |
[October 02 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 morose |
] |
Few in sex cases convicted
Findings from a two year study of adult sexual violations between July 2005 and December 2007 (yeah, that's two and a half years, oh well). The overall conviction rate from 1955 recorded cases was 13% and the article notes that only about one in ten sexual violation offenses are reported - making the total conviction rate between 1-2%.
Interestingly enough, I read an article about false rape claims a couple of months ago that indicated that the most accurate study the author had found put the rate of false claims at about 2%, pretty much the same as any other crime. Other studies put it as higher, but they have less rigorous standards for how one defines a false claim - they noted one district where law enforcement had ulterior motive to get victims to drop cases due to policies, for example, and if you badger a traumatised woman enough of course she's going to back down.
Two percent of thirteen percent, btw, is a very, very small number. 0.2% or thereabouts. And that's assuming the same conviction rate for false claims as for legitimate ones.
So basically, if you and forty nine of your friends all go out and rape someone, only five or six of you will be reported, and one of you might be convicted.
But psh, feminism. Who needs it?
|
|
|
| Dear tv |
[October 01 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 angry |
] |
Stop fucking messing with dissociative identity disorder. KTHX.
Extra fake-lols for stereotypical system model with protector, slutty chick, perfect competent one, terrified core personality. I thought they were going to bring out an innocent child but luckily not.
Omg. "Say something!" "He can't. Alters are one dimensional."
alksfj:LKAJEF;asjfeas;lkefj;JEFSLK;AJFL;KjgL;
|
|
|
| Fandom crossover partner action! |
[October 01 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 geeky |
] |
Pair ups from different fandoms I want to see:
Truth-telling deathmatch: Cal Lightman (Lie to Me) vs Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)
The Good Ship Awkward: Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds) & Ianto Jones (Torchwood)
Sci-Fi Superheroes: Darien Fawkes (Invisible Man) & Jack Harkness (Torchwood) with an option to make it a holy crime fighting threesome with the addition of either Benton Fraser or Ray Kowalski (Due South)
Snark Techs: Eli Loker (Lie to Me) & Topher Brinks (Dollhouse). Xander Harris (Buffy) might fit in here.
|
|
|
| iTunes meme |
[October 01 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 recumbent |
] |
Instructions: Open up your iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.
How many songs total: 1359
How many hours or days of music: 3.5 days
Most recently played: White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Most played: Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick
Most recently added: something by Jamiroquai, I took the date added column out I think
Sort by song title:
First song: About a Girl - Nirvana
Last song: 88 Lines About 44 Women - The Nails
Sort by time:
Shortest song: Shake Your Booties - Flight of the Conchords
Longest song: Fumbling Torwards Ecstacy - Sarah McLachlan
Sort by album:
First album: About a Boy soundtrack
Last album: 200 km/h In The Wrong Lane - TaTu
First song that comes up on Shuffle: Adam Rickett - I Breathe Again
Search the following and state how many songs come up:
Death: 5 (4 of which are Torchwood tracks)
Life: 59 (43 are the Another Life audiobook)
Love: 70
Hate: 7 (4 from the 10 Things soundtrack)
You: 142
Sex: 12 (8 by the Sex Pistols)
|
|
|
|
[September 29 2009] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 hyper |
] |
o hay em
|
|
|
| navigation |
| [ |
viewing |
| |
most recent entries |
] |
| [ |
go |
| |
earlier |
] |
|
|
|
ditzy
giggly
irritated