Phyllis Sidheuaine

The "block party" is being "held over" due to too much success (I found out that quite a few of the guys from the talent agencies had a blast dancing at Earth, Wind and Fire's concert [disco's easy to choreograph to, I guess] and the bands along with a stereo system have been used quite a bit at the semi-private gala.) I've had a few "drop in"s from the Mabinogi-verse, too (I hope they'll return, thereby giving a not-so-subtle hint to the rest of my guests.) It's not that I don't like my guests, but...well. *shrug*

The cats have finished the last of both the Liver Lunch and the Fishy Feast (luckily one of the local pet supply stores is shipping a truckload later today.) Malcolm and Lytefoote have hit it off (she doesn't have her usually perpetual cartoon bubble with "Die" prominently displayed when she spots him [she even goes directly to him when he's spotted].) Nekoyashiki's very jealous of Malcolm right now, I guess, but it won't last long (the young shopkeeper's quite an amiable gentleman if I do say so myself. )

It's relatively quiet right now seeing that it's not-quite six am here and the neighbors are asleep as are most of my guests. I just thought you guys would like an update (something to keep you going for now. )

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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It's quiet again (for now) as all of my guests are sleeping (I guess reserving the pool today was a good idea.)

I have even more guests *another primal scream that juantoo3 can hear perfectly where he's at* and a standing order for four semis a week for deliveries (might go up, might not.) Several of the :kitty:s are making themselves even more useful than before (one has attached herself to the blind swordsman and has gotten the rest of the :kitty:s to purr when they sense him, while others are going around as therapy :kitty:s to newcomers and veterans alike [smart :kitty:s].)

I've gotten most of the guys registered for school and the like (one of the newbies has an interview at a law firm in a couple of weeks [after he takes the bar exam here so he can legally practice law {what a concept!}] while several others are taking various classes in local high schools and at the same university I attend.) I'm just hoping that their paperwork isn't looked at too closely. Ah, well.

Gotta go. A new :kitty: has arrived, and she's nesting so I'm going to have to call in a quick order for kitten food and vet service.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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YouTube - Boston - A Man I'll Never Be (audio only)

Ah, sorry. I'm introducing the gang to a new (to them) song. They seem to enjoy it (especially the meeker ones.) Poor Malcolm is beet red (several of us have caught him glancing over at Nora now and again during the song, and a few of them won't let him live that down [typical guys. ]) I think I'll rescue him later.

We found a really neat restaurant here by chance (authentic Indian food) that's only open 3 hours a day Monday through Friday. Next time, I'll go with only a tenth of the guys since we pretty much took up the entire joint. Quite a few were really intrigued by the curries (first time they've had these kinds [I make Punjabi style when I make Indian curry, and the restaurant doesn't make that particular style]) and I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll be trying other regional curry recipes later on (command "performance".) Ah, the things one learns from talking with one's cab driver...

The :kitty:s were also rather busy in their feline ways. The newest one had her litter and the veteran females have taken up defending both her and her brood. I don't know how many males have undergone "wound repair" (a "shot across their bows" with extended claws) but I'm getting more disinfectant later today.

Gotta go. Sounds like another :kitty: battle.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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Ah, the joys of school supplies for over 300 people. I'm grateful that my friends are helping me by working on getting computers for my guests to use (and teaching them how to use them properly, not like the way some students we've encountered do [computer games don't belong in class, especially important lectures].) I'm making sure they can't read the Things I Learned From My Patients thread because some of the "lessons" would make most of them "go ballistic" (not good just before or anytime after a martial arts class.)

Chii and the newest :kitty:s saw the vet today (Chii had to have her updated physical while the new :kitty:s got their baseline physicals.) It's a good thing the vet now has a "home visit" van (I don't think the DPW appreciates mechas roaming the streets for doctor visits, non-human or otherwise.) Wren volunteered to fly them, but I'd rather not cause too many traffic delays in front of my apartment complex (Wren's now working on stuff so that he can go into helicopter mode instead of only into spaceship or airplane modes [he's so thoughtful. ])

Gotta go. The twins are up to something and Wren's involved (when will they ever learn? )

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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I just got photos from Harleyfest (most of my guests made friends with quite a few of the bikers and one of the bikers took pictures of my guests riding different bikes [Sakuya, Byakuya, Kenji, Shuuhei and a few others actually got to drive a bit {the looks on their faces are priceless, if I do say so myself}].)

I :kitty:sat several ferals who were temporarily displaced (that was "fun") but Nekoyashiki took over with his companions ("You don't know how to handle them properly." ) Someday we'll be on the same page here. *sigh* Oh, well.

Everybody who signed up for classes had their first day of class this week (Kenji, Renji and Shuuhei were outclassed by Clare in the Karate IV class, much to the instructor's chagrin.) Keigo has a 10 page report due Monday (his mouth overloaded his backside, if you get my meaning) and nobody's willing to do anything other than point him to the online card catalogs and search engines ("You got yourself in this jam, you'll get yourself out of it.")

Gotta go. "Homework" is causing a ruckus with the neighbors.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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Everybody's over here (we were abruptly awaken by the smoke detectors going off at 5 due to someone cooking and "getting distracted", not getting back in for another half hour.) The thing is that we didn't get to sleep until roughly 1 this morning (I know, I know. "Get yourself to bed, young lady!") The ice spirits were a bit more "at home" outside due to the lower temperature, but even they were miserable.

Keigo's mouth wrote a check that his backside couldn't cash, so he's working on more homework (someday he'll learn. ) Ah, well. He keeps us on our toes, except for the :kitty:s (no matter how well he can defend, they are better at attacking [sneakier].) He's trying to get Nekoyashiki to call off the troops, but our onmyoujin isn't paying the kid any heed (I think he's actually egging the :kitty:s on.)

Yuki's got his little boy to sleep with Chii's help (I think he'll give the :kitty: an extra treat as a personal thank you.) He'll go out to practice with the other musicians later so he won't wake up his son (we're planning a last block party of the season for this week [yeah, they've gotten to that stage where the parties are lasting about a week with breaks for school].) Don't worry, guys. I won't participate Wednesday night to Thursday night (I'm fasting this year.) I've posted the chaperone list for that time period (along with their duties.)

Gotta go. Keigo's found out that Emda's not as "merry" as he first thought and I have to get a spear-wielder to put down the spear in a non-harmful way (aka not in someone's body.)

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The cattery's expanding (unfortunately) due to "foreclosure :kitty:s" (there are several "foreclosure dogs" that would like to be taken in, too, if anybody's interested.) Chii and several of the :kitty: delegation are getting the new :kitty:s aclimated as is Nekoyashiki (it's a good thing he doesn't seem to require sleep.) I just need to call in a new order to my :kitty: food supplier (and request another semi to help deliver.)

I've got more "guests" of the bipedal sort, too. *primal scream that I, Brian can hear without assistance* I have to find a JSL (Japanese Sign Language) interpreter for one of the recent arrivals as well as get the entire group situated somehow into either school or a job. I should be proficient in this by now.

The lawyer passed his bar exam here and is helping bring in some extra funds legally (unlike some that are just this side of yakuza [and some aren't. ]) Ah, well. Could be worse, I guess.

Oops, gotta go. One of my neighbors has ticked Nekoyashiki off, and it looks like he's going to use onmyoudou on the offender (something about attacking some of the new :kitty:s.)

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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We had fun on campus Thursday (here's one of the songs that was played [albeit done by the original group, ELO]: E L O - All Over the World - Free MP3 Stream on IMEEM Music.)

It was (to use a favorite word of my Russian Studies professor) craziness with three drummers, three basses, two (or was it three) keyboard players, six or seven electric guitars, three or four violins, a cellist, a clarinetist, a trumpet player, over 400 participants (some of them faculty and students of the university) but the campus police didn't bother us (we pretty much had built-in security with all the shinigami, "claymores", "demons"/"monsters", martial arts masters, etc.)

Some of the campus "unwanteds" tried to crash the shindig were escorted to the station (a couple were carried, one for trying to pick up the young clarinet player and several not-so-tiny/weak, very overprotective gentlemen let him know he was not wanted [a la bladepoint or heavy weaponry] and the other tried to pick up Kanou's "friend" and um, the less said about that, the better.) We left Wren in charge of the clarinetist (pulse cannons and laser cannons do too much property damage, and she was shaking.) I think he took her on an impromptu helicopter ride over Lake Michigan, avoiding commercial aircraft.

The :kitty:s stayed behind due to the size of the crowd, but they got extra attention when we finally got home. I believe they got the better of the deal here.

Oh, well. I'm heading to bed (I went to a powwow earlier today and I participated in the intertribal dance, so I'm a bit tired.)

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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I'm helping get the group ready for the Halloween "party" season around here, although the shinigami and the "demons"/"monsters" don't have to do much (Hanatarou and Mikan have been getting more candy than they know what to do with [I'm stashing 90 percent of their take-home stuff in the freezer out of sight of the adults with incurable addictions to sweets] and at least one of the adults has suffered the repercussions of attempted candy theft [they've gotten habanero-laced treats instead {yeah, I'm a "rhymes-with-witch" here}.])

The snow spirits have been getting a little more lively since the temperature's only going into the mid fifties F.(we had some snow last night, but it was gone this morning.) One of them has taken a liking to pumpkin pie ice cream while another scarfs peppermint ice cream (I swear they're insane.) The :kitty:s, on the other hand, are slowing down. Ah, well. *shrug*

Gotta go. I'm helping coordinate a combination swimming/post-Halloween party for the majority of my "guests" while the snow spirits are making arrangements to go ice skating at the Olympic skating rink (I hope they at least wear scarves as well as fall/winter clothes instead of shorts, halters and summerweight clothes. )

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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I was lucky this time: only one "newbie". He was roughed up when he arrived, plus a couple of bullet wounds. He's okay (good thing I have the doctors here, eh?) I found out his name's Yoh and some of the :kitty:s have been sneaking into his recovery room. A dilute tabby has taken a liking to him, refusing to leave the room except to use the :kitty: facilities (even eating her dinner in a discrete corner so he wouldn't accidentally step in the bowl.) He uses her to exercise his hands and as a sounding board/psychotherapist and she doesn't seem to mind, despite the fact he calls her by a different name than any she actually has (her human name is Cloud Walker, yet he calls her Softened Tiger or something like that [my Japanese is weak and my Chinese is even weaker].) Excuse me. . .

Yoh needs something? Ah, it's his dinner time. Thank you for reminding me. I wonder if he'll eat beef satay or if I should offer him buffalo stir fry. . . Perhaps I'll give him a bowl of vegetarian minestrone to stall him until I can ask him.

Ah, I'm back. The rest of the gang are off doing laundry (taking up the entire laundromat once a week, as you can imagine) or doing other chores. We're getting to be rather infamous in the neighborhood due to all of the people here, but they refuse to leave. Twenty turkeys and fifteen deer have been delivered to my friend America's mother's house (there's no bloody way I can get all that in my freezer!) and Emda's helping butcher all of the meat (we've gotta "feed the troops" over American Thanksgiving, y'know, and Emda's the best at skinning deer and butchering almost everything in our group, plus he doesn't mind being around three rather curious :kitty:s.)

Ah, gotta go. Yoh has requested something I need to ask him the recipe for, which is Cha Pao Tsu (whatever the fook that is. ) I might make red cooked buffalo ribs or something like that.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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