cats!

as i mentioned in my last post, we have 3 stray cats that live in our area. i started leaving food out a while ago and now they're pretty much regulars. we've named them and managed to take pictures of all of them as well. they're fun to watch and help me not miss my own little fluff ball back home. (note: we haven't managed to get close enough to determine if any of these are male or female so they all have gender neutral names)

this is spooky.  spooky was the first to come hang out at our house and now stops by just about every afternoon when we get out of class. spooky is also the bravest of the cats. the first time he came by, i had the back door open while i was in the kitchen filling up the bowl with water and he took a few steps inside! he'll also let us sit in front of the door and watch him eat. he probably thinks we're insane. spooky is my favorite because he reminds me of my old kitty, ebony. he also has a bite out of the top of his left ear, probably from a fight, so i just want to keep the little bugger so he can have a safe home.

this is our latest addition, teenie (alternatively called tiny). we first saw him near another house down the street from us and he looked like a little kitten. now that we've gotten a closer look at him, he's definitely not as tiny as we first thought. he's not as brave as spooky is. he'll let us get close but you have to be really sneaky about it. if he does get scared and run off, he'll come back a few minutes later. we also think he may be the offspring of the next cat.

 roly-poly is the largest and the most skittish of the 3 cats. that's why this picture is so bad. this is the closest we could manage to get to him. he also only shows up to eat later at night and will run off if you use flash. he will bolt if he so much as suspects that you might be looking at him. i think he may have been a  house cat at one point but was probably abused. he likes to sleep behind the house that's next to us so you can sometimes see him when you're coming back from class if you're quiet enough.

our last visitor is not a cat. robin hood is a fox who has been by twice. apparently foxes also like to eat cat food. we haven't managed to get a picture of him yet but i'll post it as soon as we do.

this one's for heather

i feel like i should write something but there hasn't been much going on to write about. life has basically been filled with tests, tests, cats, and, oh yes, more tests. i guess i can talk about the cats. BUT FIRST i need to talk about heather.

heather is a whiney little brat my bcff which, if you recall stands for "best chemistry friend forever." she kindly informed me that there is a severe lack of mentions of her in this blog. so here it is. AN ENTIRE POST DEDICATED TO YOU. congratulations. you are the first person to have one of my blog posts dedicated to her. you even beat out my mom to that privilege.

most of you are probably wondering "who the crap is this heather person?" i will tell you.

name: heather marie (last name omitted so that anyone who sees her awesomeness will have a harder time stalking her. although you can email me if you really, really want to stalk her and i'll give you her address)

date of birth: may 31

astrological sign: gemini

chinese zodiac sign: ox

origins: utah

religion: eh, no thanks

occupation: does stuff with xrays, MRIs and other imaging stuff from doctors.

major: double major, thank you very much. biology and anthropology

guilty pleasure: katy perry

likes: coffee, me, gourmandise, trashy celeb magazines

dislikes: chemistry, rhianna, our quant analysis TA, CHEMISTRY

significant other: well, me but she's filling the gaping whole i left with some guy named jesse. whatever.

favorite color: i actually don't know. if i had to guess, i'd say green.

favorite ice cream: i got her ben & jerry's one time...i think it was the coffee heath bar crunch. i could be wrong, though.

hobbies: visiting coffee shops with me and critiquing them (based on the quality of coffee/hot chocolate, quality of other patrons, supply of trashy celeb magazines, music playing)

obviously, this is not everything there is to know about heather. just the stuff i can think of right now. so there you go. i hope your day has been brightened.