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This cat! Can you believe this cat! Have a picture of him under the cut. Butter would not melt in his little mouth.

Geoffrey

This is ginger Geoffrey, who gave himself to us for Christmas by becoming lost and unwell under our house on Christmas Day. He's slightly older than this now, about seven months, but this is a picture I have handy.

Geoffrey enjoys mischief and snuggles in equal measure... it's just that the mischief makes a lot more noise. He likes to tear around the house sliding on the smooth floor or any newspapers left lying about; he skids and slams into doorways and hares up and down the furniture. He is adorable and at times an absolute horror, and he loves living at our house very much, despite disapproval of his antics from the older cats.

His latest awful behaviour I've only just puzzled out. I kept finding these icky things on the kitchen floor - sort of long and cylindrical, brownish and stuck to the floor. Were they poo, I wondered, and poo of what? What was creeping around in my house leaving these on the floor? But it turns out it's Geoff doing it; I spotted him earlier playing with a large earthworm which he must have carried in from somewhere outside. What sort of cat hunts and catches worms to play with? Honestly. He's under the dining table with another worm right now.

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On non-cat-related subjects: I've been really busy at work, but this week I'm having some time off and working on finishing another post about Blake's 7. Trying to post about each episode as I watch doesn't really work when I don't have the brainpower to form sentences; I ended up not watching at all because I didn't want to get behind. This episode: Avon and the Liberator!

I had a phone call today from a man with a Scots accent, asking for Mrs MacKenzie. I suppose it's not nice to suspect him of being a prank caller - Scotsmen are allowed to know people by the name of MacKenzie without necessarily being the punchline to a joke. He was very cheerfully determined that I did know him and would put him through to his friend as soon as I got around to it.

My partner taught himself to solder yesterday from a Youtube video. I was surprised that he didn't already know how to solder, being such a circuit-board type of person. He's just as surprised that I don't already know; I think we both assumed that soldering is something all grown-ups can do. I certainly watched both my parents soldering things enough times as a kid. Now to find out if I can put the observation into practice.

Date: 2013-06-18 01:03 pm (UTC)
megaptera: Megaptera novaeangliae (Default)
From: [personal profile] megaptera
CATMONSTER. He's a cutie. What kind of cat hunts worms? A tiny cat, I would think. Careful, he may move to leaving bigger things under your table later.

Date: 2013-06-18 08:02 pm (UTC)
jekesta: Houlihan with her hat and mask. (Default)
From: [personal profile] jekesta
Oh! He's really gorgeous. I am totally missing having a cat at the moment.

And hurrah for more Blakes 7 watching:):) Better to watch b7 and not post than deny yourself b7.

Date: 2013-06-18 06:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vjezkova.livejournal.com
I had to laugh over your lovely and mischievous cat!!! Your Geoffrey is really very handsom and I can see that you will never get bored with him:-)
Our cats drug many things in the house but never any kind of worms:-) - at least he doesn´t bring snails, huh!:-)
I hope you are enjoying your time off - and I look forward to your B7 story (any story actually).
About MacKenzie - he should have invited you for a wee dram!:-):-)
Edited Date: 2013-06-18 06:21 pm (UTC)

Date: 2013-06-18 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] entropy-house.livejournal.com
Geoffrey has the heart of a hunter. :^)

Date: 2013-06-18 11:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] entropy-house.livejournal.com
He's probably working his way up to SNAKES. :^)

Date: 2013-06-18 10:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lolabobs.livejournal.com
Geoffrey is gorgeous (and has the most fabulous name!) - not so fond of his earthworm habit though!

Date: 2013-06-19 09:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com
What a dear little cat! He must have been tiny when he presented himself to you. Jasmin does the slide-on-floor-slam-into-things for the sheer hell of it too. Our lot have never brought in worms; with them it's lizards. We rescue them with cardboard tubes and release them outside, but all the same we find a lot of deceased ones under mats. Sigh.

Date: 2013-06-22 05:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com
Well done, you, for saving a tiny life! I'm sure he knows it too.

Two out of my three are rescues from the Lonely Miaow, but the had good foster homes before I got them. My first two were personal rescues (one hungry and abused kitten, one sick kitten from a bankrupt pet shop which was going to kill her) and they were the most loving cats I've known--and my existing ones are sweeties.

Date: 2013-06-25 11:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dr-sponge.livejournal.com
Nice cat! :)

I'm sure I should learn more about soldering - I seem to do an okay job, but I'm sure I could do better. I need to replace the tip of my current one.

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