Been calling her "Baby Girl" as her finders did, it works. Not sure how well that will when she's grown.

I thought Ashley was The Name before I got her, but it just doesn't work once I saw her. The only name that I haven't yet rejected is "Eli" (pronounced "Ellie") after the girl ("I'm not a girl, Oskar...") vampire in Let the Right One In (and that totally works for Maggie's current feelings, and her fierce predator instincts for those who've managed to sit through the whole films of her now documented violence) but I don't think I want to carry the vampire theme forward forever. Good memories, though.

She'll probably just end up being "Baby". Don't know why I have a naming block going on...

Or, at least proof that I do have most of a kitten's head, if you're some kind of pedantic pedant.

Video: http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2009/07/05/cup.day2.high.final.nascar/index.html

Even TOCKITEW was yelling "YES! YES! YES!" over that finish.

DAYTONA is so fucking awesome.

Maggie just ran up the stairs to tell me this. She's been in denial about it until now.

...buying new cat toys for your new kitten?

I. Think. Not.

She'll be here tomorrow!

I was told that this photo makes her look FAR bigger than she actually is. Still haven't seen her myself yet.

Audrey
Baby
Beegee
Buckette (or Maggette, heh)
Eden
Frankie
FU
Harley (Quinn, not bike)
Heikki
Lois (runs very far away)
Nellie
Nitro
Romana
Serenity
Slaughter
Stiffy (as in Byng, going Wodehousian should add Bobbie ("With Miss Wickham, sir?" "There's no reason to say it like that...") and Dahlia)
Tony
Varla

At least that's what Maggie is running around singing. It took her many years but (this isn't bad news) she's finally the only cat in the house. The woman who found Gianni (one of two Greatest. Cats. Ever.) and The Countess of Evil, Kimi Katt the Evil, The Evil Head Vampire now has a third gray (of course) kitten to give away. Terry didn't want a kitten with four old cats but offered to take Miki if I took the kitten. So that sounded fine by me. Miki is back with her friend Stewie and the others. Little kitten is little, I might get her in a week or so.

Now I need a list of potential names. The "-ee" naming standard might have run its course after 10 cats, but the finders are currently calling the cutest little kitten ever "B.G." (for Baby Girl). Baby might work, named after the greatest female film villain, of course. But I'm not yet sold. Plus I'll need to see her to know what works.

Suggest something!

I don't seem to have a good photo of THE TREE, one that shows just how big and mighty he is (this photo is from over 150 feet away). I will have to get some good photos of him before he's removed (or has collapsed in a storm). He's largely hollow now, eaten alive by fucking insects. Until now I never even knew I had a favorite plant (and can't possibly think of a second favorite plant, even if you paid me to come up with one).

He is older than The Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Hope I don't get lost there tonight...

I have to take Miki to the vet in the morning. Widespread hair loss. Could be anything from trivial to cancer, according to the web.

Joy.

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She's suffering, suffering!, from Excessive Grooming.

Female cats are supposed to be hairy, stop with the excessive grooming everyone.

...but that can't stop Unnecessary Unbridled Feline Fury (UUFF) from Maggie:





( do not click, said FEROCIOUS cat pictured within )

...but it's all over. Over.

...and it's 20 years later.

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