My poor red hoodie.
Most people who’ve spent any time with me are familiar with the red hoodie. I wear it pretty much constantly. Love the red hoodie. Love it.
I’m not wearing the red hoodie today.
So I went to this bbq on Saturday. As evidenced by the drunken post from 2:30 in the morning on Sunday, it was a fun bbq. There was lots of beer. Beer Good. I was quite responsible, and at about 11, cut myself off. Even had half a glass of beer left, and pawned it off on Jesse. (Well, I’d already consumed the half a beer he asked me to hold. Seriously, you don’t ask me to hold your beer, then don’t return for half an hour. What are you expecting?)
I would have been just fine, it it wasn’t for the sangria… damn sangria. Damn tasty, yummy, sweet, succulent sangria..
So at one point, I’m standing chatting with someone and an extremely drunk guy walks by. Seriously, he made me look sober. He stands next to me & my conversation partner and does a reverse clap thing, hitting my beer and dousing me with it. Conveniently, I was already tipsy, so I found it more amusing than anything else. Drenched both the red hoodie and my t-shirt.
It still reeks like beer. Damn.
The same drunken guy later nearly set the place (and himself) on fire by stumbling against a lit torch. Very amusing, albeit dangerous.
When you’re drunk, danger is irrelevant. Fire funny! Riiight. Or maybe that’s just when I’m drunk.
No rope & grope for me tonight. I get the ferrets tomorrow, so I need to re-ferret-proof my room. Pippin is so extremely laid back that ferretproofing was pretty easy. Keep motorcycle boots off ground. Put up baby gate. Uh… I think that’s about it. Honestly, the cat causes more trouble the ferret. But Nessie & Skitz… they’re a little different. Rumor has it they CLIMB BEDS. Well, shit. I’m going to have to actually keep my desk clean.
Ever noticed that female animals tend to be more high strung than males? I’ve had a lot of pets… lived with around a dozen ferrets, in total. Plus a bunch of dogs. Same thing for all of them — the girls were a little crazy, the boys were laid back and lazy.
Hmm. It doesn’t totally hold up for my roommates cats. The male is an asshole, the female is haughty. But I don’t think cats count as they’re not actually animals, but demi-demons in disguise.
So, the red hoodie. It seems that the obvious answer would be to do some freaking laundry. Well, that’ll be tonight, while I’m not at rng, and while I am cleaning my room and ferretproofing it.
Yes indeed, this is my life. Cleaning and hoodies.
Listening to: The rain. I like the rain. I just wish it wasn’t so cold. And wet. But I love the way it smells… you know, not like old beer.
Obviously you’ve never spent quality time with my psycho-cat. He’s more high strung than any female alive, the little bastard.
Are you comparing non-neutered males, or neutered ones, to females? I’d expect the testosterone-deprived ones to be more mellow than females. I don’t know what went wrong with my cat, maybe he had a third ball they don’t know about which keeps him horrid.
Ah, see previously mentioned “cats are demi-demons” statement. Cats don’t always follow the trend properly, but so far it’s been universal with dogs & ferrets (er, as puppies/kits, they’re all insane, so that doesn’t count.)
And yes, neutered & spayed makes a difference. Pongo was 3 when I got him, and unneutered. He was always more laid back than Flower, but neutering him changed his whole outlook on life. If he had opposable thumbs, you’d see him out by a lake fishing. He retired, and he retired well. :)
That said, unneutered male ferrets are really quite aggressive, and unless you’re breeding them, you *can’t* leave ferrets un-fixed. (Well, you can leave males, but they make lousy pets. Females, you can’t, they’ll die.)
Age also has something to do with it. Flower was my original crazy girl, but as she got older, the young ladies took her place — Wink & Nessie were nicknamed Thelma & Louise for the trouble they were able to get into.
Although, no matter how old she got, Flower was still a troublemaker… and an escape artist. I hope that Nessie & Skitz don’t have her ability to get out of whatever enclosure she’s in… :)