Once again, we find ourselves at the end of another year. I wish Happy Holidays to all, whatever you celebrate, surrounded by family and friends. Thanks for spending 2008 with us here at freakgirl.com. Posting will be sporadic through the New Year, although I’ll try to do a 2008 Wrapup. Now go sip some eggnog and watch out for flying reindeer!

Things are slow in the blog world right now (although this is completely and utterly FANTASTIC), so here are some photos of my favorite four-legged friends. Read the rest of this entry »

How was your weekend? Ours was COLD - brrrrrr! Friday night, our friend Liz came over for nachos, beer, cupcakes, tea and tree decorating. It was nice to catch up; we don’t get to see Liz (or Jill) as often as we’d like. On Saturday, the geekboy and I enlisted my parents to help us decorate the rest of the house. Now we’re all festive and shit. Saturday evening, we helped Susie celebrate her 40th birthday. It was lovely, with a cake from the Cupcake Cafe in NYC, which was RIDONK — lemon poppy seed. Yesterday, FreakMom and I braved the mall to do some holiday shopping, which was successful. Although I get a headache every time I go to the mall. I think it’s the perfume counter at Macy’s that does it.

Photos after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

I pulled a few videos of Long Legs off the Flip, if that’s what you’re into. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You.

Sweet Johnny goes back to the shelter today, where (fingers crossed) he’ll be adopted this weekend. This little guy has been a challenge. He’s extremely energetic and tends to bite when he gets excited. I think he’s got a touch of the crazy. Having said that, I’m going to miss him. When he’s sleepy and calm, he is the sweetest little thing you’ve ever seen. Here’s hoping he finds the right home where he’ll be allowed to run around a lot.

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If you were wondering how Sweet Johnny’s doing, he’s just fine! He was neutered last week and is feeling great. I’d give you some updated photos, but he won’t sit still long enough for me to focus the camera. He’s absolutely crazed. We’ve been letting him play in the living room at night for a while, and Long Legs is fascinated by him. LL sits on the ottoman, Johnny will jump up and try to scare him, LL will swat him in the face, Johnny will fall off, and so on and so on. It’s very cute. He will probably head back to the shelter later this week to get ready for Adoption Day.

Love, love, love, love. I may hate people, but animals can always make your heart grow bigger, you know?

Did everyone have a good weekend? We managed to pack in a lot of fun. Read on to hear all about it (with photos!). Read the rest of this entry »

Two cats, one sunbeam.

So, Sweet Johnny is doing fine. He’s on medication and the yuck is clearing up, although slowly. He’s got an ugly sore at the base of his tail from trying to clean himself, but he’s also on antibiotics so I’m not too worried about that. He also has to go get wormed again today, so that should be fun. He’s been in such good spirits that I can’t even calm him down enough anymore for a cuddle. We’ve found out that he really is a biter. In fact, I think that he might be a bad seed. You can see it in his eyes — he’s got the crazy. God help whoever ends up adopting him, that’s all I have to say. He is adorable, though. We gave him a bath over the weekend to get all the poo off, and I took a couple photos. Read the rest of this entry »

So Sweet Johnny has gotten sick over the past few days. Without getting too graphic, let’s just say there’s a lot of liquid poo going on. Okay, that was kind of graphic. The worst part of it is the cleanup; Johnny seems relatively okay, although subdued and weak and only wants to cuddle. Which is just disgusting because his back half is just…no. We try to wipe him down every hour or so but it’s out of control. I called the shelter because he needs meds and I’m afraid of dehydration. So they asked me to bring over a sample of his handiwork this morning. I ended up bringing both that and the kitten. I just wanted the ACO to take a look at him and tell me if he needed medical attention or just some pills and TLC.

She didn’t even bother looking at him; just told me to leave him there and he would go to the vet today and I can pick him up later this afternoon. So I left him. And now I feel terrible. He hissed when I put his carrier down and he was so scared. And here’s the illogical part…I feel like I’m giving up. Because I’m not going to lie — after leaving him there I felt somewhat relieved. A whole morning and afternoon where I’m not wiping kitten ass and worrying about him? Yes, please. But I feel guilty about feeling relieved! And there’s a whole other piece of me I’m trying to ignore; the part that keeps reminding me that Benny died. I know I did the right thing by sending him off to the vet, so why do I feel so sad?

Sweet Johnny is really coming around. He no longer hides from us, he’ll get into our laps by himself, and he seems interested (rather than frightened) of what we’re up to. A little video after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Sweet Johnny climbed up on my lap this morning all by himself. He has been trying unsuccessfully for the past few days to nurse off of the inside of my elbow. I have to give him credit for perseverance, though.

How was your weekend? We actually got a lot done around the house. We put up some decorations for Halloween (which mostly involved hanging a skeleton from the front tree…boo), did a bunch of chores, watched a movie, walked a few miles, finished off a DVD set and played with the kitten. Sweet Johnny is doing well — he’s not quite warmed up to us yet, but he’s improving slowly. He likes to play with the geekboy and he’ll purr if you cuddle him long enough. He still tries to hide from us when we come into his room, but that’s getting better. He eats well and he’s very good with the litterbox. If we bring him out of the bathroom, though, he completely panics from all the space around him. So we’re keeping him in there until he gets more comfortable.

Also, yesterday we spotted a hawk hanging out on our back patio! I was afraid that it was injured — it was just hopping around and at one point a squirrel chased it up a tree — but it eventually took off flying. The geekboy grabbed my camera and we snapped a few shots from the upstairs window. Read the rest of this entry »

Guess who went to the shelter today? Read the rest of this entry »

I wuv him.

How was your weekend? Mine was a festival of good food, nice wine and friends. Friday night we celebrated Bluebunny’s birthday at a fantastic wine bar while it poured rain outside. Saturday evening, we visited my friend Laura and her family, where she and the geekboy surprised me with a very early birthday gift. Those two freaks bought me a Wii! I couldn’t believe it. So the geekboy and I spent most of yesterday playing tennis and boxing and messing around. LOVE IT. Read the rest of this entry »

Meena & Long Legs

Last night, we were in bed watching the news. The geekboy nudged me and pointed at Meena. She was lying on the bed, with her full attention on the television…watching John McCain and purring contentedly. It was like the Big Bad was calling his minions home.
I KNEW she was Republican.

Don’t get in her way. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a photo of Miss Meena, sleeping. Read the rest of this entry »