I'm a slayer, ask me how.

Apollo made the mistake of walking by while I was trying to take my selfie so I tackled him! This is his “why me?” face. #cats #selfie



Wanted to be fair and get Starbuck in the picture but she was not having it. She ran away, jumped in this box and then, even as I gave her scratches, she turned her face away from the camera! #cats #selfie



Just started this book a few nights ago, only 30 pages in an it is already got me! Creepy sci-fi! #books #selfie



Thought it would be fun to take today’s selfie with my favorite youtube show outsidexboxofficial but I feel like mikecuk28 and farrantula heard me... #monthofselfies



Only TWO more selfies left and then it is JULY! I can still take a few more photo requests/questions/whatever for July.

Saturday we went to see the Free-For-All production of 'Twelfth Night' at the Shakespeare Theatre in D.C. I invited along andy_wolverton and his wife Cindy since neither of them had seen any live Shakespeare before (I know!). What a production! I had seen this production staged the year before and I think I might have preferred this cast (shhh!). They were spot on with every scene.

Honestly, if you have any free time in the coming weeks and want to go hang out in DC for a day, I suggest you try go get tickets. It's totally free, you just have to stand in line early, then you go and wander around the museums in the area and come back for the show later.

Sadly, Sunday was not as fun. Poor Apollo had to go to the vet because we suspected he was peeing on clothes. When I Googled the issue, all signs said to take him to the doctor. Luckily, Banfield had an opening. Turns out he was having all kinds of trouble, but a trouble that is apparently very common among boy cats, especially neurotic ones like Apollo who worry about EVERYTHING. The Vet had to squeeze him until he peed. She told us to keep him on his own for the next two weeks an monitor him. We have a VERY exciting week ahead of us. (the only plus side I could think of was I could finally get revenge on those people on FB who post their child's bowel movements as status updates...)

BUT the good news is that today seems to have been a good day for Apollo. Even though he's been in solitary confinement, the litter box has been used, which means no emergency room visit. Still, gotta keep 'im separated for the rest of the week, doctor's orders. Starbuck isn't too happy with the situation either since we gave Apollo the bedroom and she likes to sleep with us. She will have to just chill for a week though.

I tried to go to Target today and return stuff after having buyers remorse over some Toy Story impulse purchaes ($13 for Evil Doctor Porkchop was a bit much). But I made the mistake of going back to the toy aisle before I left and ended up spending all the money I had gotten back (though I also bought some cat food in that purchase so really I only spent about half of the return money on more toys...). Scored a Snowbunny Padme for myself and jellibean, plus the Galactic Heroes Replublic Commandos (because that game rocked) and the new Clone Wars Yoda figure because, HELLO it's YODA (though I need to compare him to the other one I have...if he's exactly the same except for the packaging, I'll take him back since I'm an opener).

OH and I'm thinking of being totally NUTS and applying for a 20-hr/week position with Ask Us Now, the online reference service. They need an Assistant Operations Manager and I can do about 90% of the stuff on the resume and 10% I have lots of confidence I can learn. It would be ridiculous but fun, it's mostly managing online resources which you all KNOW I can handle.

But now I am tired. Two glasses of wine and a full tummy and I'm totally zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Apollo just gave us a scare. We went to Giant and came back and couldn't find him. We figure he either fell off the porch and we didn't notice (or he was hiding behind the plant and we didn't know he was out there) or he ran out the door while we were trying to chase out a bee from the apartment.

After searching the apartment frantically for 20 minutes, AD looked at the bottom of the stairs. He found Apollo hiding in the corner. He's all filthy and clearly upset (he won't eat the big pile of cat treats I just dumped on the floor for him) but he doesn't seem to be hurt or anything. Poor baby. Don't think he'll be going out on the porch any time soon.

Apollo and Starbuck have successfully found my desk and my BSG mini-mates have taken a hit. The worst part is that now that they have been knocked out of place I can see how DUSTY my desk is...now I must wipe it down. Not sure if I should re-locate the figures until they are done exploring my desktop or what.

Starbuck and Apollo are officially home now. They have been playing for about an hour. We've got them in the bedroom with one of those child-safety gates keeping them from the rest of the apartment. Don't want to overwhelm them. Plus, we need to figure out a way to hide some of the wires so they don't chew on anything and get zapped.

They found the two Harry Potter wands my uncle made me that fell behind my dresser. And they are enjoying hiding under the bed and trying to grab the other one. They are both adorable.

As soon as they hold still, I'll try to get some pictures. Right now I just get a little dark blur or a little light blur when I try to snap a photo haha. They are very quick. I figure they will need a power nap eventually!

I will need to make a kitty icon for these posts...