Friday Cat Blogging: It's not paranoia - it's just a heightened sense of self awareness.

Is that a pill bottle? Get that thing away from me! I don't care if you take pills too, I know the sound and you're not getting anywhere near me with a pill!

Firefly Quiz

Too busy writing to blog, but here's a quick Firefly quiz. No surprises here, except that I thought I'd score higher as Kayley. Of course, it's been so long that I think it's spelled sects, so maybe not so much.

You scored as Simon, the Doctor. Simon, the Doctor 100% Inara, the "Companion" 81% Captain Malcolm Reynolds 56% RiVER 50% First Mate Zoe 44% Kaylee, the Mechanic 38% Wash, the Pilot 19% Jayne Cobb, resident bad-ass 13% Shepherd Book 13% FiREFLY QUIZ created with QuizFarm.com

Friday Cat Blogging: You Lookin' At Me?

Are you lookin' at me?

I said.. Are YOU lookin' at ME?!

Well good. You should be. I'm very attractive.

You may go now, but leave kitty treats.

Love, Hobbes

Friday Cat Blogging: You see what I have to endure?

Piper views the collection of junk surrounding the couch with obvious disgust.

"You see what I have to put up with? This place is a disaster area! And the only warm, sunny spot is in the study upstairs, and there are two printers between me and it. Two! I have to jump on the copier/laser printer to get to the window sill, and it's always beeping at me and trying to do things.

Honestly, humans!

If only I had opposeable thumbs I'd do a thing or two about this place, I can tell you that!

Serenity tonight!

Squeeeeeeeeee! I'm trying very hard to concentrate on work, but my mind wants to be in the theater in Chicago tonight!

Dracula Blogged

I've long felt that blogging is to our time what diaries were to ages past -- a daily record of informal life, stored against the erosion of time. Through these reminiscences we can look into the hearts and minds of the past and the present. Because the point of view is necessarily restricted, you get a more intimate picture of the events surrounding the diarist. Mind you, not necessarily an accurate view -- but more interesting for it, I believe.

Related to the journal or diary is a literary form known as the epistolary novel, where the story is built of diary entries, letters, even newspaper articles. The story unfolds indirectly, the reader deductively filling in the gaps. Bridget Jones's Diary is a recent successful example of the form.

Bram Stoker's Dracula is such a novel ... and is now re-invented as Dracula Blogged. I'm looking forward to reading the installments as they are posted on the dates equivalent to those in the novel. If you've never read Dracula, or if it's been a while, this is an excellent way to experience it!