We called the Cat Clinic of Seattle and they said "bring him in ASAP," so we did. Actually, Justin's the hero of this story, as I had a hair appointment that I would have gladly given up, but he was out of class today regardless. Anyway, Rupert's spending the night at the Cat Clinic but we'll fetch him tomorrow. Then it's a special diet for him (ironically, this problem is partially the fault of the holistic food we've been feeding him in lieu of Science Diet. Stupid hippie cat food.) and some medicine for a while. He's pretty pissed and scared right now, but I think he'll bounce back fast, being as he wasn't even behaving but a little abnormally (still very social and happy) when we took him in. Poor baby.
We went to a Mariners Game tonight and suffered a fast and embarrasing loss to the Rockies team. The tickets were courtesy of Justin's old work and sat us 14 rows back from home plate. As a result, I got some phenomenal photos, which I will try to post before I'm off to Amsterdam next Wednesday. We've got company in town from Eugene and I've got a four day weekend. Hoorah!
For now, enjoy the pics I took last weekend backpack/camping at Surprise Lake in the Alpine Lake Wilderness...
Posted on June 30, 2006 @ 10:28 PM | 6 comments
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what tent is that?
By 
007ben, at
11:15 PM, June 30, 2006
It's a Hubba Hubba by MSR. Fantastic tent.
By 
, at
1:32 AM, July 01, 2006
Pooooor Rupert - I hated having Wednesday in the hospital. Our kitty had similar symptoms after we had been feeding her "better" cat foods for a while. Hers was a stomach problem though - she suddenly started barfing, so to remedy that problem she decided not to eat anymore. Then she was put on Hills Feline i/d, but she wouldn't eat it after a few days -- BLAND. Now she eats hills science diet... "Sensitive Stomach" formula.
Good luck with poor Rupert.
By Lazy Lightning, at
9:15 PM, July 01, 2006
Aww, poor Poopert. I hope he is back to normal soon.
Have fun in Amsterdam! Say hi to Aunt Julie and the girls for me. We'll have to get together when we are both in the states to share photos and stuff.
love love love!
By , at
6:36 AM, July 03, 2006
I hope duperty-doo is feeling better. Give him my love. And have a safe flight blah blah blah. I'll come by evetually to pick up good ol' fran. Thanks! Love you!
By Titania, at
7:56 AM, July 04, 2006
Science Diet is like crack in cat food form, srsly.
By Rachel, at
11:25 AM, July 04, 2006
Mine's all wrapped up in his studying, from week one of intensive nursing classes, so I doubt there will be any snogging for us. Instead, I'm getting my second wind on Consumating (link to my profile), a Web 2.0-ey social site. Fun times, good distraction.
I'm listening to jazz and there's a lotus flower floating in a bowl of water next to me. I'm watching the last of the light fade from the sky after sitting out on the balcony until sunset while the cat frolicked in the hall. The little Japanese girls next door came over today to visit him and he was a champ. Though he doesn't normally like strangers and has no idea what to think of kids, he was curious and eventually tolerated their approaches. I think he's just happy that someone has boundless energy they'd gladly dedicate to playing with him.
In other news, Justin and I are planning to camp out this weekend, probably somewhere in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness or Glacier Peak area. Annnnd... my work just relocated to a new, bigger, swankier office. Yet I'm not *in* it until Monday because that's the earliest Qwest can switch on our damn ports. We were going with Comcast as usual but there's no dedicated cable to our building and we'll have to build out from the hub in the street. Bah. Anyhow, life is good, even if the details seem more complicated than they should be.
Two weeks until I go to Amsterdam! Oh, and I have a new review in the Seattle Weekly today-- Alice Childress's Wine in the Wilderness. Check it out!
Posted on June 21, 2006 @ 9:37 PM | 3 comments
Comments:
Hi -- I stumbled onto your blog after reading your comments over at Not So Simple.
The whole "staying in the moment" thing is a definite struggle (according to my therapist the fact that so many of us can't these days is somewhat of a "cultural neurosis"). I'll check out the book you recommended.
And I can definitely relate to the whole anxiety/meds thing... I recently decided to go back on meds myself and they're made all the difference.
I checked out Consumating. Not sure I completely "get" it yet... Anyway, ramble over.
By Ashley, at
9:27 PM, June 22, 2006
Hi Ashley, welcome!
Yeah, staying in the moment is a huge problem. I think it's linked inextricably to information overload syndrome, which more and more people who work in the average office setting suffer from. I know it made/makes me a nutcase. I've been on citalopram (Celexa/generic Lexapro) for a few months now, and so far so good. I'm trimming back appointments with my counselor as the summer is an easy time for me to let myself relax, but I know she's there when I need her.
As for The Power of Now- it's an excellent book but do take it with a grain of salt. I'd tell you to skip the intro, but doing that will guarantee you'll read it! Anyway, the intro is a bit heavy-handed and turns a lot of people off (myself included) but if you can get past it, it's a great read with good exercises.
There's really no point to Consumating, I suppose. It's just social networking with a bunch of geek toys. Hard to stop once you get the ball rolling on your popularity tho!
By Kat, at
12:01 AM, June 23, 2006
Thanks for the tips about the book. I'll keep them in mind!
Re: meds... Citolopram sounds like a good combo. I was on Lexapro for a while and it helped, but I think my current med is better for me. It's a newer one called Cymbalta that is very similar to the drugs in the SSRI category.
I have some major anxiety. For a while I was determined to handle it through stress management techniques like meditation etc, but I finally came around to the idea that I needed something just to help me "get out of the starting gate" so to speak.
As for therapy, for me it's really feeling like I need it to stay sane, but I'm truly fascinated by the whole process of growth and self-discovery. I resent the "stigma" that sometimes gets attached to it. But I'll get off the soapbox! ;)
By Ashley, at
4:13 PM, June 23, 2006
This Wednesday, June 21st, is the first day of summer! To celebrate in style, we attended the Fremont Solstice Parade, a celebrated seattle hippie tradition (though we missed the pageant afterwards, alas). The parade made me deeply nostalgic for Eugene, especially the Oregon Country Fair, which I will be missing this year for my Amsterdam trip. I can't complain. Check out the photo gallery for some fun and kooky shots from the parade, tho be warned that there is some nudity, mostly covered with body paint.
I'm being kept busy with work-- we're moving to a new office on Monday!-- and the Weekly-- I've got to compose another review this weekend. I feel I should note, though this will probably be the last status update on my anxiety, that I'm feeling 200% better. I've have only positive things to say about the effects of the medication I'm taking, even though I was really wary at first. I feel relieved to have some confirmation that it's not just my attitude or circumstances causing the problem, and that I might actually be countering a lifelong chemical imbalance. I feel so happy and so functional! I've learned some good coping skills from my therapist and I'm working on some life changes to aid me in the long run, but for now I am pacing myself nicely and enjoying life for the first time in a long while.
Happy (early) Solstice, everyone!
Posted on June 17, 2006 @ 11:41 PM | 4 comments
Comments:
So glad to hear that you are feeling better!
love you.
By , at
10:14 AM, June 18, 2006
That festival looked like a lot of good, random, nekkid fun.
Next time bring me!!
By , at
10:19 AM, June 18, 2006
I may be going to the country fair this year (for boob painting and all) with my friend Shanti. I hope it's ultra crazy! The freemont parade looks pretty awesome. :-)
By Titania, at
2:16 PM, June 19, 2006
Glad you're doing well, Kat. Chemical imbalances are real, for which reason a wise man once said, "Medication is Good."
By Abhilash, at
3:00 PM, June 19, 2006
Now we're back and back to the grind. Hurrah.
Posted on June 12, 2006 @ 1:18 PM | 7 comments
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HAWT!!
By Lazy Lightning, at
2:33 PM, June 12, 2006
uhhh... why aren't you a model, again?
By , at
5:21 PM, June 14, 2006
That's hot
By , at
1:05 PM, June 16, 2006
i'ma jump you and take your hat.
serrrrriously.
By , at
2:24 PM, June 16, 2006
Kat has done some modeling in the past. Probably not a lot of opportunities in Seattle though.
By , at
3:08 PM, June 16, 2006
Yeah, I've done a little bit, but it's not my thing. I freeze up in front of the camera, which usually leads to an awkward facial expression. And they'd want me to lose at least another 10-15lbs for most major modeling jobs, which I am not ready, willing, or able to do easily.
By Kat, at
3:13 PM, June 16, 2006
what a fun picture!
- meegan
notsosimple.net
By , at
6:55 PM, June 19, 2006
Justin and I are in Spokane for the weekend to attend the wedding of his longtime college friend (and my acquaintance) Jaye. In the spirit of things, I finished post-processing my cousin's wedding photos and you can enjoy them on pages 2-4 of Emily's Wedding Gallery, starting with the picture Beachwalk II.
Emily's photographer posted his proofs today-- if you're one of the folks who'd like to see more pictures from the ceremony or contrast shots, check them out. :)
And yes, I will be shooting semi-officially at this wedding too, per the request of the bride! :D
Posted on June 10, 2006 @ 12:06 AM | 1 comments
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KAT! if/when i get married you're totally hirred to take my pictures.
these are beautiful!!!! you're amazing.
By , at
9:56 AM, June 12, 2006
This Tuesday, I leave for a client conference in Dallas... the kind of get-picked-up-at-the-airport-by-a-limo and stay-at-the-Four-Seasons conference that businesspeople are sometimes privvy to enjoy. As this is my first of the sort, I am quite excited and eager to make a bunch of new acquantances. As it is Dallas in the thick of June, I'll be bringing my bikini to tide me over in the heat.
Today I got my tickets for my July trip to Amsterdam where the weather still looks like it does here. I'm visiting for The Next Web Conference as a representative of my project, The Web 2.0 Awards as the conference is only a day long and the ticket is paid, I'm taking a little over a week's vacation at the end to visit my aunt who lives in the city. I'm there from July 5th through the 16th, so maybe I'll be ballsy enough to take a soujourn to France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, or the UK... though I admit that cross-continental solo travel does intimidate me.
Any suggestions on where to go or what to do? I've got a month to plan! :)
Posted on June 02, 2006 @ 11:01 PM | 6 comments
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take me with you, then you won't have to travel solo ;)
By , at
4:27 PM, June 03, 2006
beings as I front the local chapter of the Dutch Mafia and you ARE going to the homeland of my people, you should take me with you for protection. this will garentee you safe travel throughout the land of holland.
make sure you take pictures of the Canals. everyone talks about Venice and it's canals but fails to realize the AWESOMENESS that is AMSTERDAM.
<3 you krumpet
By , at
8:24 PM, June 04, 2006
yeah I'll help out in the solo traveling department too if you like. :D. (erm, too bad I can't afford to travel...) Say hi to julie for me!
By Titania, at
4:20 PM, June 05, 2006
Take me !! Remember - I worked for a Dutch company for 5 years while in NJ and filled one passport with AMSTERDAM in-n-out stamps... hey Kat - I'll be sending you some tips, places and info soon !! luv the Dutch but they can take some time to warm up to you. ok - a few other places in Europe to vist also will be arriving soon.
groet!
Jeff
By , at
8:50 PM, June 08, 2006
dude, post bikini pix.
By , at
1:21 PM, June 09, 2006
Anon: You first.
(Why would I take pictures of myself in a bikini?)
By Kat, at
1:28 PM, June 09, 2006
