Listening to: Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell
Reading: The reef Nora Roberts
Weather: high 60’s and cloudy
Trivia:Are domestic cats really descended from lions and tigers?
Domestic cats do bear similarities to their ancient jungle relations, but only because both evolved from the same ancestral stock. The relationship is similar to the way humans are descended from the same common ancestor as the ape. Though its actual origin is a mystery, most feel that the modern cat's true ancestor was the caffre cat of Egypt, a breed which was tamed and then used for hunting approximately 5000 years ago. However,
unlike the stronger, wolflike dogs, whose hunting skill could assist primitive man in capturing game, the smaller, weaker cat was not as useful. Consequently, domesticated cats were instead worshipped as deities. It wasn't until around 500 A.D. were kept
as pets in Europe.
Cool word: hello [interj. hu-LOW]
This is one of the most commonly spoken words in English. It's the salutation that begins almost every phone conversation, and it can also be an expression of surprise, especially in British English. Example: "When he uncovered a perfect trilobite fossil, Professor Bains exclaimed 'Hello! What a find!'" As you might expect for such a common word, its origins are extremely ancient. In Chaucer's time, the word was hallow, and by the time of Shakespeare it was halloo. The root may have been a cry, holla (Stop!), which probably came from Old French hola (Ho there!), a compound of ho (ho!) and la (there).
The word was not nearly as popular before the invention of the telephone. With telephones and the customary telephone greeting spread across the entire planet, it is possible that "hello" is now the most widely recognized word in any language.
Prioritizing
I decided that I should prioritize everything I need to do. Seemed efficient and productive. Problem is that everything needs to get done right away and no matter what order I place them in I’ll be in trouble with another item.
I can’t figure out what to do about this situation.
Essentially what I need to do is stop seeing kids in classes and just get paperwork and testing done. This, however, is not an option.
I can’t figure out how to handle the mess I seem to be under.
I chose today’s trivia because my cat has been on my mind. He seems to think he’s a kitten again, but that’s only when he’s not thinking he’s a person.
He has decided that it is his sacred duty to protect me from the Dreaded Blue and White Bathrobe Tie. This is a dangerous snake that follows me around whenever I wear my bathrobe, and the cat is certain that it is trying to kill me. So he feels that he must leap at the tie whenever it is even slightly within his line of sight.
He leaps, he twirls, he pounces, he hides and he ATTACKS!! I’ve been having more fun playing with him and he thinks his name should be changed to Simba.
He has also taken a liking to Romaine lettuce. I have a Caesar salad almost every night, and he’s decided he’s like one too. I was in the kitchen the other day putting the salad on a plate (hard work getting it out of the bag, you know) and he was standing on his hind legs, paws near the top of the counter, begging. I figured he could smell the chicken I’d cooked but hadn’t cut yet, and he was starting to bug me because he was in the way, so I gave him a piece of lettuce. I thought he’d turn up his nose and stalk away. Wrong. He ate it, and every night he now comes begging for lettuce.
Weird cat.
When he was a kitten he was fond of French fries. He still loves chicken, steak, swordfish, meatballs, kielbasa and asparagus. He thinks he’s a person.
Rehearsal was another huge disappointment tonight.
After all the work I did on the script they had a person read it who had all the enthusiasm of reading a phone book. It was really awful. No enthusiasm or pizzazz. I can’t stand the woman who read it, so it’s even worse as far as I’m concerned.
I keep telling myself that the show is almost over and then I can just do whatever I damn well please and not have to think about any of the crap I’ve been dealing with.
The weather has turned weird. It’s suddenly gotten very humid and it’s pouring rain. The leaves are falling off the trees in chunks. No graceful flutters, you can almost hear them klunk as they hit the ground.
I guess tomorrow it’s supposed to get quite cold.
I’m only work a half day tomorrow so I can attend Matilda’s meeting and act as her special ed advocate. I don’t have to be too nasty this time, although there are a couple of things that I know they screwed up on.
Time to go find some sort of a power suit to wear tomorrow. I need to look professionally intimidating.
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