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I got a new cat about two months ago and it's been really interesting learning his habits and personality--he's about ten years old and was in the shelter for 30 days before I took him home so a lot of his life happened before I met him. It became clear very quickly that he was not accustomed to windows with a view or being allowed on furniture, and unsurprising that he took to lying on top of the armchair in front of the window while the afternoon sun streams in with great ease.

One day I put on cat TV once just out of curiosity; my other cat has only a passing interest in this genre except for pigeons, specifically (he's a city kid). But the first time I put on a video of a trail cam with jays and corvids and sparrows raiding the stash of peanuts that was left for them, he almost knocked over the TV. But once he realized that the birds are stuck in there, he became content to watch for hours at a time. And THEN my partner was watching a knitting vlog that showed a crow in the vlogger's yard and he came running to see that. And to look for the birds in the Zelda ambiance videos I was watching. And to see what was happening on this week's episode of The Pitt. And now I fear he may just be a TV kid.

But the weather is warm enough that we'll be able to open the sunroom soon, and then hopefully he will be a sunroom kid. In the meantime he has like, so many opinions on the Langdon and Santos situation.

What are your pets up to??? 

In the midst of the latest tumblr kerfuffle I was influenced by a pal (hi, Yarrow!) to actually find a blogging alternative instead of just posting a bunch of links about how to build a neocities site from scratch. Which is not to say that I will never build a neocities site from scratch! But in the meantime, I like it here. It's cozy. It feels less ephemeral than tumblr in multiple ways, so that's something. 

SO in the spirit of long-form blogging, here is what I am doing!! 

Reading: I finally started Katabasis by R.F. Kuang and was instantly hooked, adding it to the list of badass magical college books alongside Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House series and The Incandescent by Emily Tesh. Fic-wise I am fullyyyyyy hooked on At Pinpoint by chaentics, the Heated Rivalry/Hollanov piercing fic of my dreams. 

Writing: I am 13k words into my Heated Rivalry Pacific Rim AU! If you want to read a snippet or speculate about drift compatibility let me know in the comments and I'll share there! 

Watching: At the pub where I had dinner the other day Forged In Fire was on the TV and I got sucked in immediately. So many different types of guys and none of them you would ever want to meet in real life. I watched an episode today where the safety coordinator had to tell one of the forgers "please do not stand on that wooden box while you grind your blade" and then he went home and almost cut his finger off while he was making butterfly swords. Anyone can be a blacksmith! 

Gaming: I got to Act 3 of Baldur's Gate 3 and then got sad when I found out you can only level up to 12. My incentives.... I am already trying to figure out what I want to play next so if you have suggestions please let me know!!