and also, quizzes about your cats

Will Smith

Leading Man

A fresh prince in the pursuit of happiness, Tigernan is megastar Will Smith!

Putting the jazz back in jazzy, Tigernan is always moving and grooving to the beat of his own internal drum. Not one to settle for second best, Tigernan only takes on projects that are sure to draw attention and improve his pawpularity in the pack. Tigernan's broad appeal across breed, age and gender lines means that his actions often lead to his being named best in show. Smooth, suave and debonair... he's the perfect pet to take home to Mommy. Not lacking in the looks department, Tigernan‘s toothy grin would send even the most furrocious group of alien invaders spinning helplessly back into space.

Mr. Hunky

Sherringham is none other than superhunk George Clooney!

Turning heads everywhere he rolls, Sherringham is a huge hit with both googly-eyed babes and older, wiser fans. Admirers will paddle across no less than eleven oceans just to get a glimpse of this A-List heartthrob in the fur. Sherringham isn't in a big rush to settle down, so is often seen out on the town with the cutest members of the pack. Not just a looker, Sherringham's activism knows no limits—enerpetically involved in the campaign to save Dogfur, Sherringham is always looking for a worthy cause that he can sink his teeth into

American Queen

Come on, let's just face it: We are living in a material world, and Haley is a material girl. So go ahead and thank your lucky stars—Haley is the one and only Madonna!

Always desperately seeking attention, Haley is multi-talented and savvy, not afraid to get her paws dirty and experiment with new methods of getting into the groove in order to reach her peeps. She commands respect everywhere she goes, a sophisticated traveler who insists upon the best—and more often than not, she gets what she wants. Appearance is everything for your true-blue diva and while her look may change as often as the Pellegrino in her water bowl does, her commitment to exercise is unwavering. Haley's in tip-top shape, which makes her age in pet years a non-issue. Despite the hard fur and the no-nonsense approach, she's a softy when it comes to her devoted owner. It's fair to say that Haley is, yes, crazy for you.

the secret of menz

Comedian Steve Harvey has a book out about men (for women), and it's in high demand right now. Here are some bits I like (lifted from the Oprah site.)

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When a man approaches a woman, Steve says, he already knows what we wants from her, but he doesn't know what it will cost. "How much time do you want from me? What your standards? What are your requirements? Because we'll rise to the occasion no matter how high you set the bar if we want to," he says. "The problem is, women have stopped setting the bar high."

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Without ironclad standards, Steve says you'll always end up back in the dating pool. "You've got to quit lowering your standards," he says. "Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business."

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[On the topic of waiting 90 days before having sex--just like the 90 day probation period of a job.]
So what if you don't want to wait 90 days? Steve says if you change the probation period, you do so at your own risk. "You all keep changing the rules. And men are aware of the fact that you are changing the rules. We're aware of the fact that you act desperate. We're aware of the fact that you think there's a good shortage of good men out there," he says.

"We play on all of that. … We created the term 'gold digger' so you won't ask us for nothing. We created the term 'nagging' so you can quit badgering us. These are terms that we created so you can require less of us."

The Story of Me: In Quizzes

No year is complete without taking a personality quiz or two...

(Of course, this doesn't express reality so much as my perception of myself.)

Oscar Clothes

I didn't watch the Oscars, cause I haven't seen any of the movies, but I always check out the clothes after. My fave was definitely Miley Cyrus. What a gown. I was going to post some of the other Oscar dresses I liked, but nothing else wowed me. (Except Mickey Rourke's pendant: A pic of his recently departed pooch.)

Instead, here are other gowns by this designer, Lebanese Zuhair Murad. A lot of it is definitely Art Nouveau inspired, which is one of my FAVE costume art periods (see the header pics on all my blogs!)

When I worked at a smaller store, my coworkers and I played Oscar Wear Game which consists of two questions. (1) What would you wear to the Oscars if it had to come from your current wardrobe? (2) What would you wear to the Oscars if you could go buy something, but on a limited budget (that is to say... working at a mall bookstore.)

Cats do love their exercise equipment

For awhile Nombly's been spraying the cardboard covering the treadmill. Of course, once the smell was there, it kept attracting him to spray it again. We finally threw it out, and I covered the tread with a thick sheet. And now he's gone back to what he used to do, back in the day... lounge on it.

So now I suspect that the peeing campaign was just to make me get rid of the cardboard and give him back his lounging spot. Curses! Those clever cats.

I'd better get to bed

...Though I did have a nap around midnight. Still, our cold and flu level is getting high, and look at the towns closing in on us! Sherbrooke! Trois-Rivieres! Chicoutimi! Eep!

Not that I've been following the flu tracker report... I can tell from sick calls at work, status updates on facebook, and the lack of ginger ale in stores.

yay yay yay

Someone finally posted Measha Brueggergosman's interpretation of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" on youtube. Yay yay yay. I loves the youtubes. Yays.

Now I must go zamzar it, since she hasn't seen fit to release it as a single!

(If you care to see it, it's on my Tea Scone blog. It's all opera-jazz-orchestral-Mitchelly. Crayzy!)