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Last week, I had a bad experience with Echo (she shat under the bed), so I kicked her out of the bedroom. She’s been living downstairs ever since, and loving it. Even though Julius has been exploring his range downstairs, he still won’t enter the living room (he’s still afraid of Dusty, and she of him). Dusty accepts Echo, without actually “liking” her.

This morning, when I went downstairs to feed the cats, both girls were sitting by the living room window, watching life outside passing by. There are butterflies frequenting the giant weed bush right next to the window. Birds flit and zoom past the back deck. It’s more wildlife than she’s seen in a while, and she’s loving every minute of it.

Julius is happier too. He gets me all to himself at night. Or almost, since Max does like to pop up and visit sometimes. This morning I woke to all three boys on the bed with me. Spooky is such a rare visitor, I feel blessed.

Gasoline is in short supply here in the southeast. Gas lines are a regular event, almost a daily event. Every day, even if you don’t need gas, you have to change lanes to avoid the long lines that other people make waiting for their chance at the pumps.

Yesterday, I waited in line for a half hour before I got my chance. I pumped a whole 2.8 gallons before the pumps stopped with the message “pump stopped by the cashier". I went inside and asked why, and was told “we’re out of gas". Thank god I was on my bike, which only takes about 3.5 gallons to fill up. Otherwise, I’d have had to go across the street and wait for another 30-60 minutes for another chance to fill up.

I joined Catster this morning. Lots of folks in the forums of The Daily Kitten use that site to show off their cats.

This interesting video crossed my path this week. Lots of fun!

I joined the NGAMC last week, and went on one of their rides all day Sunday. We rode over 300 miles of roads, down some nice twisty route to Cashiers North Carolina. Eight bikes, mostly cruisers of various brands, from Harley’s to Honda Valkyries (BIG monster bikes). I had some trouble keeping up on the twisty curves, since I’ve only been riding a big bike for four months, but otherwise it was a blast. Looking forward to getting a real riding jacket though. It was cool enough to need a jacket, and the leather jacket I have isn’t meant for motorcycle riding.

I went to Anime Weekend Atlanta 14 this past Friday. Spent four hours watching anime I hadn’t seen before. Also watched the presentation of “wacky and bad Japanese Music Videos", which had me laughing. Bought a few new funny T-shirts and J-pop music CDs. It was a good day.