Black Doggerel

Love you all.

I am too tired to write anything much. Spoon Event Horizon is ongoing. I just wanted my top entry to be something less angstridden, and also to quote and link you to slave2tehtink's particularly fine feminism rant.

I want a feminism in which women, cis and
trans, white women and women of color, poor women and wealthy women,
able-bodied women and disabled women, we can all stand shoulder to shoulder
and get each other's backs. I want to a movement that asks women "What do
you need? How can I help you get it?" and then listens to and trusts the
answer; trusts women to know how feminism could help them.

ME TOO, PETUNIA, ME TOO. WHAT SHE SAID. And a pony plz.
If you read anything today, click over and read the entire thing. While I'm here, I also want to quote and link her equally fine Social Justice 101: I'm Going to Disneyland.

You want beautiful silk scarves, painstakingly hand-dyed by the world's finest redhead, right? And you also want to help feral cats and kittens get a better start in life?

YOU KNOW YOU DO. CLICK HERE IF YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES. OR IF YOU DON'T.

Live within 200 miles of Fredericksburg, Virginia?

Have room for a beloved, spoiled, cat in your life?

Today may be your lucky day. You should click through even if you're not in the market for a kitten at this time, because there are more adorable kitten photos and my friend slave2tehtink probably brings good fortune to all who rub against her blog.

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.

THIS IS THE BEST SQUISH PIC EVER. slave2tehtink took it.

slave2tehtink was here and this time she brought her fiance who is adorable. Spike and Squish approve of him thoroughly. Here you see Spike approving at close range.

there are more pics, including the Best Squish Pic Evar but they're on Petunia's camera, so you'll have to wait till she gets home.

good day XD

(8:53:04 PM) slave2tehtink: Have been keeping up w/news of Spike's surgery. 1) those dogs look HAPPY so yeah. and 2) This opens up so much scope to learn to do papier mache and make him a selection of prosthetic noses. Like with a rhinoceros horn on one. Because what the world needs is Spike with a pointy horn on his face.
(8:53:43 PM) lizblackdog: ...lol you
(8:53:50 PM) lizblackdog: that's a kind of awesome idea
(8:54:01 PM) lizblackdog: like I could make him a selection of different ones
(9:05:16 PM) slave2tehtink: A big red clown nose
(9:05:27 PM) lizblackdog: noooo I fear clowns
(9:05:45 PM) slave2tehtink: I really think Spike needs weaponry on his face though
(9:06:12 PM) lizblackdog: I agree ENTIRELY.

It's the first really cold day of the season and I am sitting at my desk wearing a hand-knitted black and maroon mobius snood.

I LOVE IT.

In other news, ( cats are obnoxious bitches. )

WATCH THIS. NO REALLY, WATCH THIS NOW.

This is slave2tehtink's fault, by the way.

Videos of dog walk with Petunia:

One. Please note my dogs are not usually all with the barky like that when i take them out, they were just WAYYY more excited than usual.
Includes bonus neighbours and Shih Tzu Crew!

Two. A minute of Spike.

Three. With bonus neighbour kiddies!

We were not, slave2tehtink and I, very riotous in the end. She'd just had this long flight and had a lot of heavy London touristy stuff planned, I'd been stressing and cleaning and am a lazy bitch anyway, and although we'd vaguely floated a few Bournemouth touristy things we might do, in the end we just lounged around and chilled and played with dogs a lot. Which was just what we both felt like and I loved every minute.

She left at silly o'clock this morning to catch the London train, and I miss her already. I loved having her here and I wish it had lasted longer.

Petunia my heart, if/when you read this - and I KNOW you'll find a chance to get online soon enough - I forgot to get your temporary mobile phone number 'cause I'm a moron. Call or email and lemme know how it's going?
Thanks to Petunia's grace and generosity, I has some of the famous Om Shanti Tink's Tea Tree Lavender Salve, which is WONDERFUL. I've been rubbing it on various less-than-wonderful bits of my own skin and Spike's calloused elbow bald patch.

I also have a whole bagful of tiny assorted fantastic-smelling BPAL things. And a fullsize bottle of Anne Bonny:
"Named in honor of the most notorious female pirate to ever set sail. Wicked, cruel, beautiful, intelligent, resourceful and dangerous: a true role model. A blend of Indonesian red patchouli, red sandalwood, and frankincense."


Not only that, but catnip spray, a bag of chicken jerky dog/cat treats that smell nearly as good as the perfume, my cunning hat and Mobius snood (stashed away safely for the winter) a fridgeful of leftover Chinese food (omg devil chicken: best dish EVER) and a bad case of the happy warm fuzzies.

Come back soon please :D

"Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?"