Previously, on This Is My Life:
Posted may 30th 2007
regardless…
Whether I exist in anyone else’s minds,
or not…
I am still here. In my own time, in this space I take up: these atoms, this energy, however expended,
or not…
if I hoped that others collided with me now or ever did, doesn’t matter.
I smile. The time moves, regardless.
posted May 11th 2007
CAT RECENTLY IN DIRE SITUATION
THIS IS STILL NOT A RESCUE REQUEST
For those of you who know us, The Crew (of Moochings, Purusha, Loki, Pimna and Boo Boo…), our love of our littlest friend Bastet (as well as those folx that feed us, well, they love Cats too…) is surpassed by little else (‘cept maybe tuna… or catnip…). Please hear our prayer…
Since our humans returned from Chicago, our youngest, Bastet, star of the Occult Bookstore Ads, was discovered to be deathly ill.
After nearly a week of continuous round the clock care, attempting to treat her, she developed frightening syptoms that fell out of the scope of our (Or the humans) ability to make any headway with, and was taken to the vet early the morning of April 16th.
While the 5 days of antibiotics, and supplements dramatically improved her overall health by almost 25%, the hard masses that had swelled her lip and cheek area that had not changed have turned out to be hardened abcesses that she obtained sometime while we were out of town. Due to the death of the tissue and nerves in this area, which only became apparent after the skin cracked and began to separate from her face that morning (Though we all have to admit the moment that it happened we caught it happening, she was happy and playful literally minutes before….) it became obvious that it was a life or death situation.
Upon the vet’s inspection mere minutes later, they determined that the abcesses that had formed in her upper cheeks had gone beyond any possible help. She had to have immediate surgery to remove the necrotic tissue and repair as much of the damage to the surrounding living tissue as possible. Finding the news we immediately pooled our bill monies, food monies, and still had to make several phone calls to find someone willing to loan the money to us to cover the rest. Hours later she was returned to the same vet.
That evening, while still fighting the raging infection that was coursing through her system, she lost the entire area her whiskers mount in on the left side of her face, and required repairative work in and on the right upper lip. Due to her unbearably weak condition, they were unable to give her anything but a gas anesthesia in the hope that it was mild enough for her body at the time, and were told “…if all goes well, she will be back recouperating with [us] sometime later the next day.”
This surgery was not inexpensive. The follow up care will require additional fees. We have already covered as much of it as we can afford, and then some.
Please help us make sure this sweet adoring kitten has the best future possible in her new home, with her elderly female (and oddly japanese, and lucky to boot) catmate, and her new adoring and loving humans, who were kind enough to see past this gorgeous kitten’s unfortunate exposed teeth (One of our humans insists upon calling her a Snaggle-Puss… We think its kinda cute….)
We ALL thank you from the bottom of our hearts; both those of you who have helped send love and energy to help her through this time, and those of you who might be able to afford even the smallest of somethings to help the lot of us out with this situation.
Purrs and Katnips;
The Crew (And their loving humans)
[ if you are interested in seeing the pre-op and post-op photos to get a better idea of what had happened, out of respect for those easily squeamish, we have posted them at a seperate location which you can find HERE. ]
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Donations for the surgery
and follow-ups can be made
to the Bastet Relief Fund
by clicking the link below: which is not here. See Myspace for original, still need help…
www.myspace.com/laurelnoelle
make donation or not
bastet
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Bastet
The saucers wide filled with light and wonders,
worshipped reverent through all ages, eons,
your serendipitous arrival was my good fortune-
divining rod of drive is but to look upon you.
Tail curved over delicate feet tucked tight defiance.
A Nuit, an idol meant for adoring stars near and far,
moonbeams cast shadows through your coat of fur.
A million miles, minutes passed between us;
from the days of milk and honey to the wars
of oil and greed, and yet you purr still
blessed feline goddess incarnate always.
A nuzzled neck leans further for the hand,
the passing current wracked with energy.
If fleeting moments never sat in silence
you could hear her from the distance:
a pitter patter, plaintive miaowling
as need equates to love demands respect.
Above all comfort sought amidst the twilight,
deepens as the moon should waxing fill…
…my soul vibrates thrumming time in no space
full with memories of now to bring you home.
16 April 2007 – laurelnoelle
posted May 1st 2007
kitten has gone to new home
and should be happy. she’s doing much better though we still need to recoup our losses. more to come on that in the day tomorrow.
anyone going to lightning in a bottle this next weekend?
just wondering…
posted May 1st 2007
To all of my friends out there, we have $750 a month plus Utilities ($100-125) we can put in…
It’s Bowen and me, 5 cats (that are well trained – meaning they are even leash and harness trained and do tricks on command), a snake (sweet and caged, mind you), and my son when he’s here (which is summer and christmas, he’s 11).
I have a washer and dryer “in storage” and we have a nice fridge and a microwave, along with the workings of a gourmet kitchen, and I cook like crazy…
We use a cable modem (roadrunner high speed – yes it really is that good) and get HD cable along with a DVR, and would split that bill, cuz we aren’t getting rid of it…
Would anyone be interested in going in with us to get a nice big loft, or a house big enough to each have our own rooms, a room for computers and music, and a hook up for my handy dandy washer and dryer (that means no more laundrymats, or 2$ a load). Maybe we get lucky and even get a dishwasher?
If you are interested (one of you or a couple, or best friends that already live together, no dogs, not too many cats ) please let me know. Or, if you know interested people (with OK credit, cuz ours sux, but we have a co-signer) send them my way. We don’t want to get stuck in our place which isn’t big enough forever.
So essentially we’re talking about something you or more than one of you, puts in at least what we are…in the LA/Hollywood area, close to Bus/Metro…
Spread the word.
Seriously.
Laurel (and Bowen)
Mini Survey…
Current mood: enthralled
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Ok.
So what I want to know, from all my blog reading friends out there, is this:
How many of you are totally addicted to watching Heroes?
no really, I wanna know. So comment.
And we’ll have some fun discussion!
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posted April 30th 2007
up late and laughing my ass off
Current mood: amused
carlos mencia is funny. and honest. Can I just say that’s my kind of people…
anybody who knows me, but missed tonights’ episodes that were on, should find them and watch them. Why?
Because when I hear that someone thinks I am too blunt, or say innappropriate things, carlos pointed out that white people have limited their own freedom of speech. It’s true. Think about it.
I just say what others won’t. But don’t think I don’t care about people. I do. I care enough to not censor myself.
Love it or hate it.
Just BE.
posted April 27th 2007
Survey (Stolen from Cathy- Stolen From Michelle- stolen from Evan Monster)
“Truly Original Survey”
Would you do this?
1. Join the Military or the Mob?
The mob.
2. Turn a close friend in if they committed a serious offense ex. murder?
It depends on the situation.
3. Make one porno if it meant never having to work again?
Yes.
4. Cheat on your bf/gf with your biggest crush if there was no possibility that they would EVER find out?
I have done, a long time ago, no he never did find out, and no you don’t know him.
5. Eat spoiled food from the garbage or go hungry?
Are you kidding, I already had to at one point.
What if…
1. In your relationship you find out you are going to have a baby but one of you doesn’t want it. Who has the right to choose?
The woman does. But that doesn’t make it easy or ultimately the right decision either.
2. Your partner had to work overseas for a year, would you consider playing around?
I’d go with them. -I agree with this, If I can’t go, neither should they.
3. You find out before having sex for the first time with your partner that they have a highly contagious STD, would you still have sex with them?
No. Very not cool.
4. You are in a serious accident in the middle of nowhere and your only chance of survival is to cut off your own arm, would you do it?
I’d hope I had the right tools to do it.
5. You had to kill a member of your family if it meant you would save thousands of lives, would you?
Depends.
Yes or No
1. Have you had cyber-sex?
Yes. It can be fun with the right person.
2. Would you masturbate in front of your partner?
All the time!
3. Would you tell your partner (who you really love) that they are bad in bed?
That’s really mean. Cathy’s got the right idea, you focus on what does work while helping them past what isn’t.
4. While having sex, have you ever thought about someone else to keep you turned on?
Yes. Who hasn’t? I mean really people…
5. Have you ever looked at a family member and felt sexually attracted to them?
ummmmmmmmmm…
What do you think?
1. Gay marriage is wrong?
No.
2. The night of your best-friend’s wedding their fiance comes on to you, should you tell your best-friend?
no, but that fiance is getting read the riot act.
3. You catch one of your parents having a one-night-stand, should you tell the other parent?
It did, and eventually I did because their relationship was suffering and I kept ending up in the middle.
4. Your partner wants to go to a “swingers” club, would you go to keep your partner happy?
LOL. I think this question is funny. It makes me laugh a little.- Swingers club? Doesn’t everyone just do this anyway? Or just everybody I know?
5. You are about to tell your spouse that you want a divorce but they just found out that a close family member is dying, do you still tell them?
Yes. When you are that unhappy, you can’t do that to yourself, no matter the circumstance surrounding it.
Finale!
1. Would you/Have you ever faked illness to get attention?
In elementary school maybe.
2. You are the first to arrive at the scene of an accident but it turns out that the person hurt is your worst enemy, do you help or walk away?
Help.
3. You have a non life threatening sexual disease, would you have a one night stand without telling the person?
Not a chance.
4. Do you think it is important to tell the truth or spare someone’s feelings?
I used to think spare some one’s feelings, but I found that ultimately, they aren’t spared anyway. Now I believe far more in truth, it may just take me a moment to be ready to say it. – Honesty is always the best policy.
5. Do you think this survey was truly original?
More than most.
posted April 25th 2007
If you have Time Warner, you know what I am talking about…not that their internet connection is bad, but their service and the actual TV and DVR we have, signal and the actual box, sux. I think we should start a petition, and send it to the better business bureau. Who’s with me?!!!!!
It’s no great rant, but I’m tired and I have a migraine, and this fucking shit should just work already…man on the moon, atomic bomb, iPods…Whatever.
posted April 24th 2007
Got an ear for musik?
Current mood: anxious
Category: Music
Go check out OoahMu$ik.
If you dare.
We like him ’round here.
4:54 PM
Oops.
Current mood: blah
I made my honey sick too. But the kitten is doing much better.
thus concludes the first edition of previous posts, now heading into future tense, due to the posting of said articles in reverse chronilogical order.
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