Happy Camper

So... Who came up with the phrase "happy camper?" Have they ever even been camping? Have they seen the bathrooms on campsites infested with an assortment of ticks and centipedes? Have they ever had to set up their own tent? Have they ever gotten the spot inside the tent that is placed right on top of what is probably the hardest rock on the site? Have they ever left the flap open to get the breeze inside the tent because it was kinda hot, only to have it start raining [and i mean RAINING] at 2 in the morning? Have they ever left their shoes outside and woken up to find them completely soaked, because of the dew? Have they ever been to a campsite that does not include a shower? [those actually aren't so bad, cuz the showers there are totally disgusting] For some reason I highly doubt that the person who decided that phrase sounded grand has ever even seen a tent of any sort.

Nnnuueeiiiooo

That is the sound my cat makes. Very loud and in your face. She definitely makes it known when she wants something. But she is the cutest little thing. Black & white, not spotted, more of a marble effect. When she watches birds from the window, she chirps at them. Almost like she is saying to them, "Hey! I'm a bird too! You can come play with me!" I'm not sure what is so fascinating about the birds, but she loves them, and so I will let her watch them. However she will never be allowed outside. I have heard stories about cats in our neighborhood getting caught in traps intended for rabbits or getting into fights with strays. She was spade, so we don't have to worry about that, but I definitely don't want her to get hurt! She is probably one of my favorite things in the world. She is one of the most playful little animals ever. The only thing that really has her beat is a squirrel, but when she was a kitten she could have given them a run for their money. I remember she used to do flying leaps at door frames and make it more than halfway up and then slide down back to the floor. Now she takes more notice of the dog, and does not appreciate her. Every time the dog is in what she considers her "territory" she whacks the dog. I'm sure it doesn't hurt the dog, but it is very cute.

Today, though, the dog's tongue was bleeding. I have no idea why. [no, it's not from the cat, she's de-clawed] But yeah, and it wasn't just a little bit of blood, it was like some serious bleeding. It was getting all over her paws and legs. I had to get a wet cloth to wipe it off her fur and the I had to coax her into drinking from a bowl of water and just pray that it would fix the problem. Luckily it did, and she's been ok for the rest of the day. It was scary more than anything. Poor doggie is just getting old... When strange occurrences like that happen we all kinda freak out a little. Because we aren't sure what it means. We don't know if it's a sign that her life is reaching it's end or if it's something that is basically normal. We can only hope that it's basically normal. Because no matter how annoying and needy the dog is, we still love her.

Not Going to Lie

So. I have a bit of an addiction to Guild Wars. No joke. I may even be a little bit obsessed. o.O Anyway. For those poor people out there who don't know, GW is an RPG, you get quests and do missions. For some quests you get these coin things. And if you collect enough of these coin things you can trade them for this special key. Once you have the special key you can go into this one room and open up this ginormous chest and get super rare items. I am like obsessed with that chest. And have only opened it three times. But I am somehow still obsessed. I was looking the coins up on the wiki [to see how many copper it took to get a silver and how many silver to get a gold] and to see stuff about the coins I had to look at the traders individually. Wanna know what I found out? Each of them is named after a player. Isn't that cool? The coins are a fourth year anniversary add in, so I'm guessing that the developers follow the game rather closely and saw these characters that they kinda liked and decided that they wanted to commemorate them. I wonder if the people who got their names jacked know this? I wonder if they have naming conventions for all of their characters? I have eight characters. [i know, i'm crazy] And I definitely have a naming convention. My nightfall campaign characters are all named after my cat. My prophecy campaign characters are all named after my pen name. And my faction campaign characters are all named after my future daughter. I'm so organized. I think that I have a character for every profession in the game now... I'll have to take inventory and double check. I know I have a necro, an elementalist, a monk, an assassin, a ritualist, and a warrior... And two others. I must not play the other two very often. Or they're doubles. That would mean I don't have all the professions... Oh! I have a dervish too! But I don't have a paragon. Never had one of those. I know I used to have a ranger and a mesmer... I don't know which I still have? It gets hard to keep track. You know that? You know how they call these types of games role playing games? Does that mean that I'm supposed to pretend to be my character? Or do people think that they are their character? That's crazy.