Hi. Did I mention my bike was giving me problems? If I didn't mention that before, I am going to mention it now. (And if I did mention that before, I'm still going to.)
A week or two ago I was cycling to school and the chain randomly comes off of one of the gears. It came off the gear with the pedals on it, so that was easy enough to get back on. Then, last week, the chain comes off again, only this time it came off the tire gear, which means I had to take it off both gears so that I could put it back on the rear gear first and then pedal it back onto the front gear. Not only that, but the chain guard broke. I am not sure why nearly every bike in this country has a chain guard on it, but I wish I didn't have one. It makes it hard to fix the chain when it comes off or has other problems (for example, a few months ago I was having problems because the chain guard was sitting lower than it was supposed to, and the chain kept running against the bottom of the guard and making a lot of terrible noise). Anyway, now the chain guard has broken entirely, and there's a part of it that gets in the way of the chain somehow. I haven't been able to tell how exactly because when I have problems, I am riding my bike, and I can't very easily look at what it's doing while trying to also look where I am going. But I think every once in a while the guard catches on the chain, because the chain will "jump" while I'm pedalling. Okay. Then, last week, I thought maybe my rear tire was going a little flat. Last night I discovered that I didn't really have to worry about that, because my front tire now is completely deflated. I have a little tire pump, so I pumped it up to go to the store, and when I came out of the store it was already completely deflated again. Ugh.
The good thing is that Ian still has Amber's bike, and I can use that until mine is fixed. The bad news is that I'll have to tap into my emergency money to have mine repaired because I don't have any extra money this month. It's really frustrating that all of this is happening at the same time, but at least then I can take it in to have it all fixed and not have to go back every 2 months for something different.
In other news, this is my last week of classes before break. I'm not doing much during break. Jenn and I have talked about going to Rotterdam but I don't know if we're actually going to go. Also, we're going to go to IKEA because we love IKEA and why not. Other than that, I'll probably try to get a lot of school work done. Yay, school work. My exam schedule for this year is sort of odd, because thanks to a lot of people being gone on exchange the resits for my January exams won't be until August. Which means I have a lot of time to hold the information on those exams. Or a lot of time to forget. I don't particularly like either option, but I have no other choice. Unfortunately, I have a lot of resits.
Anyway, have a nice day. I'm off to class now.
2014-02-17
2014-02-10
Update: Monday 10 Feb
Hello!
How are you? Doing well? Good, I'm glad to hear it. I'm sitting in school right now, I have an hour to kill between classes. Actually, I have 40 minutes. I already killed 20 by getting lunch (which was some kind of rice with green beans and fake meat because the school for some reason doesn't think food can ever not have meat so all the vegetarian options always have mockmeat, with satay sauce on top, and an apple for dessert) and reloading the chip on my bank card so that I could get a chocolate espresso from the vending machine. And possibly tea from the same machine when my espresso is gone.
A few months ago I decided I wanted to start going running every day again, and I made a plan to start when classes started back up. I didn't manage to do that though. However, I did start Saturday. I always had a problem with shin splints so even though I really like to go for a run every day because it makes me feel good, once you get shin splints you have to stop and let it heal. I wasn't stretching well enough to prevent it before, so this time I decided I would stretch a lot better. As a result, my legs are so sore right now. It's a good sore though. I have this running tracker app on my phone, which I used yesterday when I went running. It tells me how long I was running and how far I ran… There's also a map that shows where I went but that map isn't very exciting. I ran to Zuiderpark, and then ran to the 500m mark on the path, and then turned around and ran home.
The other night I really wanted rice and I really wanted to use these mushroom bouillon cubes I had, so I made risotto, with a side of roasted candy. I mean, roasted Brussels sprouts. It was probably the best risotto I've ever made, and the best risotto I've even eaten. It's also the only risotto I've ever made or eaten. I also never really liked Brussels sprouts before but last month I decided I wanted to like them, so I bought some and roasted it because I had read that when they are crispy and roasted, they can be pretty good. They were. Now I'm looking at the Wikipedia page for Brussels sprouts and it says that in continental Europe, the Netherlands is the largest producer of Brussels sprouts at roughly 82,000 metric tons of Brussels sprouts per year. I guess I now understand why they're fairly cheap. I can get a 750g bag of Brussels sprouts (enough for three or four meals probably, but I usually eat it in two…) for half a euro. Anyway, I like them. They're very cute, and I love cute food.
Uh. What else do you want to know about? My bicycle has a flat tire. My espressochoc (that's what the machine calls it) is gone. I don't have a grade for one of the exams I wrote, so I went to talk to the teacher and he told me to email him, I found that annoying. I now only have 15 minutes left before class. I'm going to go grab that cup of tea from the machine and head to class. Bye!
How are you? Doing well? Good, I'm glad to hear it. I'm sitting in school right now, I have an hour to kill between classes. Actually, I have 40 minutes. I already killed 20 by getting lunch (which was some kind of rice with green beans and fake meat because the school for some reason doesn't think food can ever not have meat so all the vegetarian options always have mockmeat, with satay sauce on top, and an apple for dessert) and reloading the chip on my bank card so that I could get a chocolate espresso from the vending machine. And possibly tea from the same machine when my espresso is gone.
A few months ago I decided I wanted to start going running every day again, and I made a plan to start when classes started back up. I didn't manage to do that though. However, I did start Saturday. I always had a problem with shin splints so even though I really like to go for a run every day because it makes me feel good, once you get shin splints you have to stop and let it heal. I wasn't stretching well enough to prevent it before, so this time I decided I would stretch a lot better. As a result, my legs are so sore right now. It's a good sore though. I have this running tracker app on my phone, which I used yesterday when I went running. It tells me how long I was running and how far I ran… There's also a map that shows where I went but that map isn't very exciting. I ran to Zuiderpark, and then ran to the 500m mark on the path, and then turned around and ran home.
The other night I really wanted rice and I really wanted to use these mushroom bouillon cubes I had, so I made risotto, with a side of roasted candy. I mean, roasted Brussels sprouts. It was probably the best risotto I've ever made, and the best risotto I've even eaten. It's also the only risotto I've ever made or eaten. I also never really liked Brussels sprouts before but last month I decided I wanted to like them, so I bought some and roasted it because I had read that when they are crispy and roasted, they can be pretty good. They were. Now I'm looking at the Wikipedia page for Brussels sprouts and it says that in continental Europe, the Netherlands is the largest producer of Brussels sprouts at roughly 82,000 metric tons of Brussels sprouts per year. I guess I now understand why they're fairly cheap. I can get a 750g bag of Brussels sprouts (enough for three or four meals probably, but I usually eat it in two…) for half a euro. Anyway, I like them. They're very cute, and I love cute food.Uh. What else do you want to know about? My bicycle has a flat tire. My espressochoc (that's what the machine calls it) is gone. I don't have a grade for one of the exams I wrote, so I went to talk to the teacher and he told me to email him, I found that annoying. I now only have 15 minutes left before class. I'm going to go grab that cup of tea from the machine and head to class. Bye!
2014-02-02
Update: Sunday 2 Feb
Hello!
Yeah, I know I don't write often enough. Really, I'm sorry.
I started my second semester classes this past week. Since most of my classmates went on exchange this semester, the rest of us get to take minors. So that's all I'm doing this semester, is minor classes (and resits). I'm taking American Business and Culture, and Society and Culture in the English-Speaking world. The Society & Culture one is going to be really interesting, I think. For the first 6 weeks we are talking mostly about the UK and Ireland. We have to write a book report on some English or Irish novel (we have a list to choose from) and there's an exam at the end of the term. Not too bad.
The American Business and Culture one seems like it will be annoying. The business part is probably okay, it lasts for 6 weeks and we're going to talk about different American/international companies based in the US, and their influence on the rest of the world. But for the culture portion, apparently we're going to be reading a bunch of texts and things and talking about how they relate to American culture. For example, in the first class we read a page from the Mayflower Compact and a page from the New England Primer. Then we talked about pilgrims and Puritans and stuff. For the exam for that class, he's going to give us 20 quotes from the various texts we've read and we'll have to identify in which text they were found. I'm not really looking forward to that.
Tonight, Jenn, Moon, Tessa and I are going to a restaurant out at the beach. My very late birthday dinner. It's called Rodizio, and it's a Brazilian churrasco place. I haven't been to one in a long time, and I really hope that it's comparable to the one in Boise that we used to go to. And I hope they have enough vegetarian options for Jenn and I.
Azazel has been sleeping up on my bed with me every night lately, except that he always wants to leave the room around 7 in the morning and I don't want to make him stay because I don't know how good his bladder control is. So I have to climb out of bed with a cat every morning and then let him out… And he really hates being carried down that ladder (and I hate carrying him down, but I'd rather he not jump). I think he fell off the other night, and ever since then he always acts like he will jump down himself and I grab him before he does because I don't want him to hurt himself. I don't know how I always wake up when he wants down, but I do. He doesn't touch me or make any noise but somehow it always wakes me up. This morning he was more determined to jump than normally, and I was watching to see if he would because he was aiming for the washer machine, which is not as far to fall. I was standing on the ladder waiting to see what he would do, and he gave up and came directly to me to let me carry him down. He's a smart cat.

He's on the windowsill watching me right now. Meow.
Yeah, I know I don't write often enough. Really, I'm sorry.
I started my second semester classes this past week. Since most of my classmates went on exchange this semester, the rest of us get to take minors. So that's all I'm doing this semester, is minor classes (and resits). I'm taking American Business and Culture, and Society and Culture in the English-Speaking world. The Society & Culture one is going to be really interesting, I think. For the first 6 weeks we are talking mostly about the UK and Ireland. We have to write a book report on some English or Irish novel (we have a list to choose from) and there's an exam at the end of the term. Not too bad.
The American Business and Culture one seems like it will be annoying. The business part is probably okay, it lasts for 6 weeks and we're going to talk about different American/international companies based in the US, and their influence on the rest of the world. But for the culture portion, apparently we're going to be reading a bunch of texts and things and talking about how they relate to American culture. For example, in the first class we read a page from the Mayflower Compact and a page from the New England Primer. Then we talked about pilgrims and Puritans and stuff. For the exam for that class, he's going to give us 20 quotes from the various texts we've read and we'll have to identify in which text they were found. I'm not really looking forward to that.
Tonight, Jenn, Moon, Tessa and I are going to a restaurant out at the beach. My very late birthday dinner. It's called Rodizio, and it's a Brazilian churrasco place. I haven't been to one in a long time, and I really hope that it's comparable to the one in Boise that we used to go to. And I hope they have enough vegetarian options for Jenn and I.
Azazel has been sleeping up on my bed with me every night lately, except that he always wants to leave the room around 7 in the morning and I don't want to make him stay because I don't know how good his bladder control is. So I have to climb out of bed with a cat every morning and then let him out… And he really hates being carried down that ladder (and I hate carrying him down, but I'd rather he not jump). I think he fell off the other night, and ever since then he always acts like he will jump down himself and I grab him before he does because I don't want him to hurt himself. I don't know how I always wake up when he wants down, but I do. He doesn't touch me or make any noise but somehow it always wakes me up. This morning he was more determined to jump than normally, and I was watching to see if he would because he was aiming for the washer machine, which is not as far to fall. I was standing on the ladder waiting to see what he would do, and he gave up and came directly to me to let me carry him down. He's a smart cat.

He's on the windowsill watching me right now. Meow.
2014-01-12
Update: Sunday 12 Jan
Happy New Year! And Merry Christmas and all that stuff that happened since I last wrote.
I recently discovered that shipping to the Netherlands via Amazon is not always as expensive as I had always thought. Not that I currently have anything to buy on Amazon. It's nice to know if and when I do want something from Amazon. I even have a few Amazon gift cards for that.
I'm making a scarf. Crocheted. And I like the yarn, and I think I will like it when it's finished. The problem is that I will do a huge section, and then set it aside and forget about it for a while, so it may never be finished. Well, that's not the only problem. The other problem is that I think that I am making it too wide, and I don't want to pull it all out again and redo it. The only reason I anticipate this being a problem is that I'm worried I will run out of yarn before it's at a length I am happy with. And my momma bought the yarn, so I can't just go get more. I don't even know where she got it.
I've had a very interesting weekend. I won't go into detail other than to say it's been an interesting weekend. Amber and Ian have broken up, Amber is returning to the US (for good) on Thursday so right now she is packing up everything that she wants to keeps and setting aside everything she doesn't want so that Ian can sell it. Ian and I had a very long talk Friday night (he did most of the talking, he was in quite a talkative mood). I was making food for Saturday and he was sitting on the floor in the kitchen talking. And then Saturday was my birthday. So Tessa and Simona and Jennifer came over and we played games and ate food. That was a nice birthday.
Then, last week I had exams, and next week I have a couple more exams. I don't even know when classes start back up. I can't wait for that though, I'd rather have classes to worry about every day than exams to stress over. Actually I just checked, classes start again on January 27.
Also, yesterday instead of birthday presents, we all exchanged Christmas presents. Moon got me a really nice knife set, and Jenn got me a scent warmer (kind of like the Scentsy stuff, except it uses a tea candle instead of a lightbulb), and Tessa got me slippers. I don't know how they all knew that those were exactly the things I wanted but they were.
So! I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year and all the other fun things and bye talk to you later!
I recently discovered that shipping to the Netherlands via Amazon is not always as expensive as I had always thought. Not that I currently have anything to buy on Amazon. It's nice to know if and when I do want something from Amazon. I even have a few Amazon gift cards for that.
I'm making a scarf. Crocheted. And I like the yarn, and I think I will like it when it's finished. The problem is that I will do a huge section, and then set it aside and forget about it for a while, so it may never be finished. Well, that's not the only problem. The other problem is that I think that I am making it too wide, and I don't want to pull it all out again and redo it. The only reason I anticipate this being a problem is that I'm worried I will run out of yarn before it's at a length I am happy with. And my momma bought the yarn, so I can't just go get more. I don't even know where she got it.
I've had a very interesting weekend. I won't go into detail other than to say it's been an interesting weekend. Amber and Ian have broken up, Amber is returning to the US (for good) on Thursday so right now she is packing up everything that she wants to keeps and setting aside everything she doesn't want so that Ian can sell it. Ian and I had a very long talk Friday night (he did most of the talking, he was in quite a talkative mood). I was making food for Saturday and he was sitting on the floor in the kitchen talking. And then Saturday was my birthday. So Tessa and Simona and Jennifer came over and we played games and ate food. That was a nice birthday.
Then, last week I had exams, and next week I have a couple more exams. I don't even know when classes start back up. I can't wait for that though, I'd rather have classes to worry about every day than exams to stress over. Actually I just checked, classes start again on January 27.
Also, yesterday instead of birthday presents, we all exchanged Christmas presents. Moon got me a really nice knife set, and Jenn got me a scent warmer (kind of like the Scentsy stuff, except it uses a tea candle instead of a lightbulb), and Tessa got me slippers. I don't know how they all knew that those were exactly the things I wanted but they were.
So! I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year and all the other fun things and bye talk to you later!
2013-12-03
Update: Tuesday 3 Dec
Hello! I'm still alive! I hope you weren't worried. I know it's been a while but I haven't had a whole lot to say and I guess I just haven't been in the mood to write. I haven't been up to much of anything lately. It's been quiet. My roommates are as annoying as always, my school work is going as well as it ever is, there's just nothing eventful to report.
That said, last Saturday my friends and I made Thanksgiving dinner. It was originally Jennifer's idea, at the beginning of the summer she suggested that we celebrate American holidays, specifically 4th of July and Thanksgiving. For the first time I organized thanksgiving myself, and my first vegetarian Thanksgiving, it went really well. We had stuffing, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, a salad, homemade dinner rolls that Jenn put together, green bean casserole that turned out really good considering I don't normally like green bean casserole, sweet potatoes that didn't cook very well but were still tasty, and baked macaroni and cheese because it sounded good and apparently that's a common thanksgiving food in some part of the US, so why not. Simona cooked a whole chicken (she didn't start early enough for a turkey) for the meat-eaters of the group (everyone but Jenn and I) and she ended up making a milk-based chicken gravy to go with it, and Tessa made us a delicious apple pie. We were only going to have regular (non-alcoholic) drinks but Jenn's father was joining us and wanted to make it nice so he ran to the store and bought some wine, and some Bailey's for dessert. We had pooled money, 7 euros apiece, to pay for the meal, and there was a little left over, so a couple people ran to the store for ice cream to go with our pie. Vanilla ice cream and cinnamon ice cream. I don't remember ever having seen cinnamon ice cream in the US and that's a shame because it was really good. So several hours after dinner we had apple pie, ice cream and Nespresso cappuccinos with Bailey's and whipped cream, and we sat around and played Tick for a while. We planned to have dinner ready at around 6 and ended up sitting down at the table around 7, which seems pretty good to me. It was a nice Thanksgiving.
Now I have Christmas to look forward to. I have about a week and a half of classes remaining, and then less than a week before I leave for the US for Christmas. To see my mommy and daddy and sister and brother and… my cat and puppy. I didn't realize it was so close, I guess I had better start packing. I have so many things to do before I leave, agh.
Well, I have to go figure out what's for dinner. I will try not to take so long to write next time...
2013-10-25
Update: Friday 25 Oct
Hi! I'm writing an essay. Tomorrow I will be writing an essay, and yesterday I was writing an essay. It has to be 4000 words, so I am going to try to squeeze out 1000 words per day and have it done Sunday. Honestly, I was going to try to write it all yesterday but after about a thousand words I couldn't take it anymore.
I'm listening to Christmas music. I wish I wasn't. It's only October. I kind of love Christmas music. I'm pretty sure this is around the time I started listening to it last year too. I do what I want.
I forgot to mention to my gerber daisy here that it is autumn. It gave me a pretty flower, and there are 4 more buds coming up. Keep going, daisy plant, you can do it! It's the happiest of my plants right now. Even though, in that picture, you can clearly see the leaf that Azazel chomped on. It's full of holes.
Speaking of the monsters, Ian and Amber went to London for the weekend, so I get to feed monsters for a few days—Ian and Amber took the bus like I did, except they took the day bus. I can't imagine why anyone would want to sit on a bus during the day for 10 hours when they have the option to do that at night and not waste daylight hours. Oh well, not my vacation, not my problem.
The monsters in the flesh. I had cheese, they wanted it. These cats are notorious beggars of food. If you even take one step in the direction of the kitchen, they come running. Then they stand under foot and meow at you if you don't give them food. I blame Ian. He gives them the juice from his tuna/salmon cans, he gives them his bowls and plates to lick out when he finishes eating, he gives them unlimited dry cat food plus a giant spoonful of wet cat food daily. I don't think the dry food and wet food are a problem. If he only gave them wet food once a day and nothing else, they would only expect it once a day and they'd probably leave us alone. Instead they are constantly begging and constantly thinking they are starving. Another case where they are not my cats, not my problem. Ian can feed his cats however he pleases. But he really shouldn't be surprised when they are begging for food all day long…
I'm not sure if I already mentioned it here, I bought a new bike at the beginning of the month. My mom wanted to know about my new bike, and I don't really know what to say about it. It's a pretty simple, common bike… And while I realize that it's not nearly as common in the US as it is here, it's still not really anything special. I'm pretty sure it's what they call here an "omafiets" which means grandma bike. I don't know how to explain that, it's shaped kind of like this. It has a bell on the handlebar, but nearly every bike around here has a bell on the handlebar. I never use my bell, some people use their bells way too much in my opinion. It doesn't have hand brakes, the brakes are on the pedals—something I haven't experienced since I was very little, but again it's pretty common here. I've gotten used to it already. It also came fitted with a ring lock, which is a ring that is attached to the frame above the back tire and loops through the tire. You can open the loop to unlock it. Kind of like this. That's also common here. I have that lock and also a separate chain lock so that I can chain my bike to something instead of only locking it to itself. What else is there to know about it? It has lights, of course. The back light is battery-operated, the front light is Angie-powered. It has a little thing that rests on the tire so that when the tire rolls, it generates enough electricity for the light. My bike is nothing special. But I do love my bike. Mainly because it takes me 45 minutes to walk to school and only 15 to cycle. I'm a bike-riding pro. And no, I don't wear a helmet. Sorry Mom. And I'm not going to. Again, sorry Mom. I wouldn't even know where to buy an adult-size helmet that wasn't an overpriced racing helmet. Nobody wears helmets, so stores don't carry them.
If it's any consolation, I rarely ride where there are cars thanks to an excess of bike paths/sidewalks, and when I ride through a city center I am more of a danger to pedestrians than they are to me. I ran into someone the other day, I felt really bad, but I'll probably never see him again so I guess it doesn't matter. Something was up with my chain, I was looking at my feet while cycling instead of looking where I was going… I only hit his arm, and only with the side of the handlebar, but… Poor guy.
I think that's all I have to say. I haven't written in a while, so there you go. Nice big update.
I'm listening to Christmas music. I wish I wasn't. It's only October. I kind of love Christmas music. I'm pretty sure this is around the time I started listening to it last year too. I do what I want.
I forgot to mention to my gerber daisy here that it is autumn. It gave me a pretty flower, and there are 4 more buds coming up. Keep going, daisy plant, you can do it! It's the happiest of my plants right now. Even though, in that picture, you can clearly see the leaf that Azazel chomped on. It's full of holes.
Speaking of the monsters, Ian and Amber went to London for the weekend, so I get to feed monsters for a few days—Ian and Amber took the bus like I did, except they took the day bus. I can't imagine why anyone would want to sit on a bus during the day for 10 hours when they have the option to do that at night and not waste daylight hours. Oh well, not my vacation, not my problem.
The monsters in the flesh. I had cheese, they wanted it. These cats are notorious beggars of food. If you even take one step in the direction of the kitchen, they come running. Then they stand under foot and meow at you if you don't give them food. I blame Ian. He gives them the juice from his tuna/salmon cans, he gives them his bowls and plates to lick out when he finishes eating, he gives them unlimited dry cat food plus a giant spoonful of wet cat food daily. I don't think the dry food and wet food are a problem. If he only gave them wet food once a day and nothing else, they would only expect it once a day and they'd probably leave us alone. Instead they are constantly begging and constantly thinking they are starving. Another case where they are not my cats, not my problem. Ian can feed his cats however he pleases. But he really shouldn't be surprised when they are begging for food all day long…
I'm not sure if I already mentioned it here, I bought a new bike at the beginning of the month. My mom wanted to know about my new bike, and I don't really know what to say about it. It's a pretty simple, common bike… And while I realize that it's not nearly as common in the US as it is here, it's still not really anything special. I'm pretty sure it's what they call here an "omafiets" which means grandma bike. I don't know how to explain that, it's shaped kind of like this. It has a bell on the handlebar, but nearly every bike around here has a bell on the handlebar. I never use my bell, some people use their bells way too much in my opinion. It doesn't have hand brakes, the brakes are on the pedals—something I haven't experienced since I was very little, but again it's pretty common here. I've gotten used to it already. It also came fitted with a ring lock, which is a ring that is attached to the frame above the back tire and loops through the tire. You can open the loop to unlock it. Kind of like this. That's also common here. I have that lock and also a separate chain lock so that I can chain my bike to something instead of only locking it to itself. What else is there to know about it? It has lights, of course. The back light is battery-operated, the front light is Angie-powered. It has a little thing that rests on the tire so that when the tire rolls, it generates enough electricity for the light. My bike is nothing special. But I do love my bike. Mainly because it takes me 45 minutes to walk to school and only 15 to cycle. I'm a bike-riding pro. And no, I don't wear a helmet. Sorry Mom. And I'm not going to. Again, sorry Mom. I wouldn't even know where to buy an adult-size helmet that wasn't an overpriced racing helmet. Nobody wears helmets, so stores don't carry them.
If it's any consolation, I rarely ride where there are cars thanks to an excess of bike paths/sidewalks, and when I ride through a city center I am more of a danger to pedestrians than they are to me. I ran into someone the other day, I felt really bad, but I'll probably never see him again so I guess it doesn't matter. Something was up with my chain, I was looking at my feet while cycling instead of looking where I was going… I only hit his arm, and only with the side of the handlebar, but… Poor guy.
I think that's all I have to say. I haven't written in a while, so there you go. Nice big update.
2013-10-02
Update: Wednesday 2 Oct
Yesterday when I got home this lovely note was on the door to the living room.
So I suppose I have a new cat. I guess it was only a matter of time. Gaddafi went to Belgium to live out the rest of his cancer-ridden life with Ian's parents, but unfortunately two days after he arrived one of the construction workers building their new kitchen left a door open. Gaddafi took off and hasn't been seen since.
Ian doesn't like Theory. He doesn't like Theory because Theory is not as "perfect" as Gaddafi was. It really ticks me off. Sometimes Theory does something that is very cat-like behavior and Ian will punish him. For being a cat. What, you left your food unattended and the cat started eating it? Yes, throw him across the room then. He will definitely understand that. Ian and Amber typically give the cats their bowls to lick out when they have finished eating. If you condition the cat to like/want people food, of course he is going to eat from your bowl when you leave it unattended. The other day, Theory tried to jump on top of the dragon cage, which is where he sits all the time, and he accidentally knocked something off because it was in his way. Ian grabbed him by the neck and threw him, yelling at him that he was a stupid cat. Yes, because the cat did it on purpose and that is going to teach him to not accidentally knock things over. So naturally, since Ian doesn't like Theory and his baby is gone, he brings home a new cat.
Azazel is the cutest cat ever. He looks like he probably has some British shorthair in him. He has that shape, and the right color eyes. Even though his hair is short, it's super fluffy, which means he is very soft. He is black but when the light hits him right you can see gray stripes on his legs, neck and belly. Ian got him from a couple in Leiden who lived in a small flat and had a dog. The cat didn't get along with the dog, and they claimed he was miserable because he couldn't go outside. He has only been here for less than 24 hours and it is evident to me that this cat doesn't need to go outside to be happy, he just needs space to run around and things to play with. He was pretty frightened of us to begin with, he would arch his back and run away when we came near, but now he doesn't care. He still runs from us, but that's because he's being playful. Once we start petting him, he flicks his tail and circles around for more pets.

Theory is pretty unhappy right now. Azazel loves Theory and tries to follow him everywhere and Theory will not stand for that at all. He had it rough with Gaddafi around because in the last year or so Gaddafi got really hissy at Theory when he came around. Ian and Amber assumed it was because of the cancer—before, the two cats would sleep together and stuff. Now he's been Gaddafi-free and stress-free for a couple weeks, and then an energetic new kitten shows up. I think he's just trying to show Azazel his place, which is fine. Ian tried to smack Theory away when he was giving the new cat a warning meow for coming to close, and I told him off for it. Theory wasn't doing anything wrong, and they're cats. They know how to sort things out themselves. I can tell from the way he is meowing at the other cat that it is just a warning, and he does swat at him too but Azazel knows exactly what that means because he gives Theory a bit more space now. Ian should give the cats a little more credit, they can handle it on their own.

Anyway, when I'm on my computer I always sit in the same spot on the couch, and Theory and Gaddafi always knew where to find me. If I wasn't in my spot, they'd sit in my spot and wait for me. It seems that Azazel has already figured this out too. Right now he is sleeping beside me—he doesn't seem like much of a lap-cat like Theory and Gaddafi. That'll probably be disappointing to Ian because Gaddafi was super cuddly.
So I suppose I have a new cat. I guess it was only a matter of time. Gaddafi went to Belgium to live out the rest of his cancer-ridden life with Ian's parents, but unfortunately two days after he arrived one of the construction workers building their new kitchen left a door open. Gaddafi took off and hasn't been seen since.
Ian doesn't like Theory. He doesn't like Theory because Theory is not as "perfect" as Gaddafi was. It really ticks me off. Sometimes Theory does something that is very cat-like behavior and Ian will punish him. For being a cat. What, you left your food unattended and the cat started eating it? Yes, throw him across the room then. He will definitely understand that. Ian and Amber typically give the cats their bowls to lick out when they have finished eating. If you condition the cat to like/want people food, of course he is going to eat from your bowl when you leave it unattended. The other day, Theory tried to jump on top of the dragon cage, which is where he sits all the time, and he accidentally knocked something off because it was in his way. Ian grabbed him by the neck and threw him, yelling at him that he was a stupid cat. Yes, because the cat did it on purpose and that is going to teach him to not accidentally knock things over. So naturally, since Ian doesn't like Theory and his baby is gone, he brings home a new cat.
Azazel is the cutest cat ever. He looks like he probably has some British shorthair in him. He has that shape, and the right color eyes. Even though his hair is short, it's super fluffy, which means he is very soft. He is black but when the light hits him right you can see gray stripes on his legs, neck and belly. Ian got him from a couple in Leiden who lived in a small flat and had a dog. The cat didn't get along with the dog, and they claimed he was miserable because he couldn't go outside. He has only been here for less than 24 hours and it is evident to me that this cat doesn't need to go outside to be happy, he just needs space to run around and things to play with. He was pretty frightened of us to begin with, he would arch his back and run away when we came near, but now he doesn't care. He still runs from us, but that's because he's being playful. Once we start petting him, he flicks his tail and circles around for more pets.

Theory is pretty unhappy right now. Azazel loves Theory and tries to follow him everywhere and Theory will not stand for that at all. He had it rough with Gaddafi around because in the last year or so Gaddafi got really hissy at Theory when he came around. Ian and Amber assumed it was because of the cancer—before, the two cats would sleep together and stuff. Now he's been Gaddafi-free and stress-free for a couple weeks, and then an energetic new kitten shows up. I think he's just trying to show Azazel his place, which is fine. Ian tried to smack Theory away when he was giving the new cat a warning meow for coming to close, and I told him off for it. Theory wasn't doing anything wrong, and they're cats. They know how to sort things out themselves. I can tell from the way he is meowing at the other cat that it is just a warning, and he does swat at him too but Azazel knows exactly what that means because he gives Theory a bit more space now. Ian should give the cats a little more credit, they can handle it on their own.

Anyway, when I'm on my computer I always sit in the same spot on the couch, and Theory and Gaddafi always knew where to find me. If I wasn't in my spot, they'd sit in my spot and wait for me. It seems that Azazel has already figured this out too. Right now he is sleeping beside me—he doesn't seem like much of a lap-cat like Theory and Gaddafi. That'll probably be disappointing to Ian because Gaddafi was super cuddly.
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