Mmph--Now with Kitty goodness.

[pen_grunt]

Okay, major meltdown diverted (notice: not averted) until another day. Maybe. I always feel utterly ridiculous whenever I end up crying (I really don't do it terribly often just in general--and the most common cause is pure frustration...hmm...somehow my frustration chemicals are wired to leak directly from my eye sockets).

So, to summarize--what I learned yesterday:
1. Do not cry in front of the boss. Well, not the one that you don't like, anyway.
2. Do not tell said boss that you don't trust him and that generally he doesn't know what he's talking about. This does not make things better.
3. Likewise, do not tell said boss that he is "micromanaging" just because you know that word is a particular hot button of his. (Even though, really, micromanaging is an UNDERSTATEMENT when it comes to his management style.)
4. Having multiple additional duties and multiple new, huge responsibilities does not mean you're ever going to get that promised raise (1 1/2 years and counting now...)

Oh, I'm working tonight too. Blah.


Now, the kitties. I've finally caught them in their weird water scheme. sarcasma blogged previously about the water preferences of cats (http://sarcasma.livejournal.com/220903.html#cutid1). My cats have always had strange predilections--including trying to drink soap-water out of the soap dish in the shower, trying to drink out of the toilet, and being generally...gross.

I've been wondering for a while why there always seems to be a single piece of food floating in the kittys' water dish--rendering the water useless for cat drinkage. Today I caught Smokey carefully removing a piece of food from his food dish, carrying it over to the water dish with his paw, then placing it delicately in the dish of water. He'll then stare up at me and meow--"Change my friggin' water already, it's dirty."

So I dump the water out. Does he want new, fresh, clean water? No. What he really wants is to drink his old water out of the sink. He immediately hops in the sink and starts lapping at the old water. He'll ignore the new water until it's time to sully it with another strategically placed piece of cat food and repeat the sink-drinking process. What a weener.

And now there's a...a...a...script due tomorrow.
*Feigned Panicked Fainting Gestures*

Comments

[liquid-siftings.livejournal.com]

Beckett's a toilet drinker, himself.

Yes, I love you, kitty. No, please don't kiss me.

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Dude, DUDE, I watched Pepper do almost the exact same goddamn thing last night at midnight snack time. She's CONSTANTLY whining about water and sucking desperately at the tub faucet and otherwise trying to make me feel like I'm trying to do her in via dehydration. Last night I watched her pick up two pieces of kibble and dump them straight into her (freshly washed and refilled) water dish. Then she looked up at me all "Whatcha gonna do 'bout it?" Um, nothing, is what I'm gonna do 'bout it. Argh.

[llythefaerye.livejournal.com]

LOL. Cats rule, Boss's drool . . .