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[cleolinda]

Meko (the red pomeranian) is on my bed washing her face, a trick she has picked up from the cat. (You think that's funny, you should see my English cocker spaniel do it.) She's on my bed because we're having bad thunderstorms (one power outage this morning already, dammit), and the critters tend to come hide in my room when there are loud noises (like 24 on TV). Except that this actually puts her closer to the thunder, so... I don't know. The storm's let up now, so she's grinning and bathing and having herself a fine time.

Back to work.

I am trying any wacky thing at this point to boost my productivity--aromatherapy (tangerine! white ginger! green tea!), gem therapy (amethyst bracelets!), music (desk-dancing to guitars!), chocolate (mmmhazelnuts), exercise (uh... let's try the walk later, when it's not raining)... Vladimir suggested just enough booze to get me giddy, but drinking generally just makes me sleepy. This is counterproductive at best. I suppose I could always go out and score some coke like the big writers, but that hardly seems worth the effort. All of this is ignoring, of course, the fact that eventually you just have to roll up your sleeves and get down to slogging through it whether you feel "productive" or not.

P.S. Now I dead from cute.

Comments

[sapphires13.livejournal.com]

Newborn hamsters are scary little alien-looking things. Pink, hairless, blind (like they have these scary things for eyes), tiny little aliens. And they come in groups of about 11.
But then they get a little bigger, and oh-so-cute. And they're hilarious when they try to run on the wheel.

[chorusgirl.livejournal.com]

Got a spare body I can use, seeing as I just died from cuteness?

[dietcokebreak.livejournal.com]

Contradictions of emotions...

"EEEK!! RODENT!!!" is losing out to "Awww, sweet bundle of fur!" :D

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Isn't that icon from Truly, Madly, Deeply? If so, yay. :-D

And AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW on the hamster. Severely adorable.

[adoresixtyfour.livejournal.com]

My older cat, Ms. Christopher (don't ask--that's the name she came to me with) has always been frightened of thunder and hides under one of the loveseats in my livingroom until she's sure it's done. The loud sounds on "24," like whenever Jack is torturing someone for information (which is, like, every other episode this season), don't phase her in the least. I. Don't. Get. It.

[kittenscurious.livejournal.com]

you like putting things that kill you with cuteness, huh? first it was kitten a day and now baby hamster. what next?? a round ball of fluff that some might call a puppy!

i love it!

[prncssaurora.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm totally friending that community, it looks hilarious.

Does anyone have a spare head? 'cause mine just exploded from the cuteness.

Hee!

[yarha.livejournal.com]

Looks like a furred twinky with legs. My cats would love it. :)

*helpfully cracks whip for Cleo* Work! *SNAP* Hush, you muskies! *SNAP*

Yarha, Taskmaster Supreme

[yarha.livejournal.com]

Wait, wait! I'm inspired:
In ev'ry job that must be done
There is an element of fun
you find the fun and snap!
The job's a game

And ev'ry task you undertake
Becomes a piece of cake
A lark! A spree!
It's very clear to me

That a...
Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
The medicine go down-wown
The medicine go down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way

Yarha, Nodding and Smiling

[taea-dol.livejournal.com]

how about alternating one alcoholic drink with one caffeinated one? that way you'll be giddy, but you'll also be awake...

[yarha.livejournal.com]

Btw, caffeine with booze makes one vibrate at sixty cycles per second. Not a good thing.

Yarha, Fricked Up in the Caput in la Via Magnus*
*Trans: Messed up in the head in a major way

[queeniexb.livejournal.com]

Oh God, are you anywhere near a Panera Bread (http://www.panerabread.com/default.aspx)? They have the most awesome chocolate hazelnut bagel. I had one for breakfast yesterday and nearly died from sheer bliss.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I keep trying to get hold of a chocolate chip muffin over there, but they're always out. They do currently make my favorite sandwich, however. : )

[distant-cord.livejournal.com]

P.S. Now I dead from cute.

Being dead will definitely hurt your productivity.

[sialater.livejournal.com]

Heya, Cleo, you ever find a cure for that lack of productivity (besides the eminently logical applying butt to seat, fingers to keyboard) please let me know. I've visited your site for the 50th time today procrastinating on my own novel. *sigh*

[sialater.livejournal.com]

Oh, and don't feel like your dogs are too wierd, my oldest labrador retriver cleans her face and feet like a cat. The other dogs have picked up on it. You think a little dog is funny, cleaning itself, try a 100# Labrador! ;)

[casapazzo.livejournal.com]

The best "have a drink but avoid the sleepiness" drink I know of is rasberry vodka with Mountain Dew. SO GOOD.

[state-champion.livejournal.com]

I'll go with the cliched vodka and Red Bull. But that really isn't too good for you, you know?

[cpip.livejournal.com]

I've been working with the birds too long.

All I did looking at the baby was compute, "Oh, about 30g. Probably mouse-equivalent. Probably could give it to a barn owl."

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

OMGWTFHAMSTER!

[state-champion.livejournal.com]

oooh! Hamster!
Do you have a wishlist for Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, perchance?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah--and like everyone else's, it's about a million miles long. : )

Seriously, though--there are at least 500 blends in the reviews section of their forums, and some of them sound so similar, just from the descriptions, that I honestly can't figure out how to prioritize them. I ordered Neo-Tokyo, Tamora, Titania, Jezebel, Siren, and Persephone because I like fruit and light florals (can't wear heavy musk), but... that describes half the stuff on the site. I wish they had scratch-and-sniff samplers. : )

[schmooie730.livejournal.com]

*is also dead from cute*

I'm sending good productive vibes your way!

If you think that's funny...

[erica-roo.livejournal.com]

You should see a dalmation do it. I grew up thinking dogs bathed themselves just like cats... and was thrown for quite a loop when I came to the realization that that just isn't so. I find it amusing that cats are so influential.

Re: If you think that's funny...

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

You should see a dalmation do it.

Taking that quote out of context, is that where the Brits get spotted dick?

[emerybored.livejournal.com]

I've found that particular picture retains its cuteness factor no matter how many times you look at it. I'm glad you're still enjoying today. =)

[thespianlizling.livejournal.com]

Squee! That is too, too, too, cute. I'm going to go with popular opinion here and announce that I, too, am dead from cute.
I wish I could provide helpful advice re: productivity, but unfortunately I am struggling to get started on a ten-page paper that needs to me done OMGRIGHTNOW. My usual m.o. is to get so strung out on caffiene and sleep deprivation that any idea that comes to me seems like a good one.
My dog is also afraid of the thunder. He goes into my closet, flips over and has little convulsions on the floor. If I didn't love the little bastard so much, it'd be hilarious.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee! Bless.

[vampychick.livejournal.com]

That picture makes me want to run out and buy a hamster. I've been five years without one, I am due some hamster-y adorableness!

Then my cats start trying to kill each other again and I remember the hamster would last approximately 3.5 seconds in this apartment.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh. My sister was like, WHERE DO WE BUY ONE?

[morganwolf.livejournal.com]

One of my two dogs also washes his face. He's 50 lbs. and he's one of those sandy-colored hairy terrier mutts with the warm brown eyes, perky ears, and dainty white paws, so it's extremely cute when he does it. He also likes to clean his ear with his paw, then sniff his toes and lick them. This is a little less cute. The other dog just whines a lot.

The kids I babysit have hamsters, and the girl's past two were both very young when she got them. Way tiny, too cute for words. The boy's last hamster was this incredibly big, fat, golden-colored hamster that literally waddled when it walked. The little hamster-house he had in the cage was too small for it. Its name was Cookie. One time, I was cooking myself a frozen chicken cordon bleu in their microwave. It was this golden breaded lump that oozed cheese and ham-juice while it cooked. The boy came by and asked me what I was cooking. "Cookie," I answered. He looked at me suspiciously for a few seconds, peered at the roughly Cookie-colored, Cookie-sized lump bubbling away in the microwave and said, "That's not Cookie. You wouldn't cook my hamster." "Oh, yes, I would," I replied, grinning wickedly. "Hamsters are delicious." He ran to his room. "I know that's not Cookie because Cookie's right here!" He yelled down the stairs. "You're wrong," I shouted back, "that's not Cookie. Cookie's in the microwave, and what you're holding is a chicken cordon bleu." Tiernan gave me dirty looks for days after that.

[lyrainverse.livejournal.com]

I'd give you some advice on being productive but a) I'm the least productive person on the planet, as evidenced by the more than 3 unfinished novels on my computer and b) I'm too stoned off teh cute. Heeheeee. Puuuuppy. Fuzzy! Mmmsnuggly!

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

AAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!

That was the exact sound that came out of my mouth.

Thank you for my dose of happy for the day. :-D

[princessstarr.livejournal.com]

*lurker but...* SQUEE! Hamster cuteness!

Man, I cannot wait to get home and see mine own ball of fluff. Puppy...^^

[tess0927.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the lack of productivity - I am also a grad student and currently reading your blog instead of working on a nearly overdue final paper.
And, I too am dead from teh cute. So much for my final.

As for pets and weather, my two mutts are terrified of all loud noises, especially thunder. We are having similar weather here, so, one dog is in my lap, while the other furiously attempts to climb onto my head. Pets sure are weird sometimes.

Good luck on the work - back the academic grind for me...