Lizards, kitties, the usual

My collared lizard got here today. She is adorable and incredibly tiny. Her name is Sihaya which means "desert spring" in Arrakeen, the language they speak on Arrakis in the book Dune. I should win some sort of nerd award.








This was a blurry accident but it's pretty cool.

Leigh got one of Sihaya's brothers. I believe she is naming him Zeke.


At this age, they still look pretty similar.



Cats sleep a lot.








Hahaha.


(Also featured: Our brand new bed.)


Justins also sleep a lot.


Vilka doing her best impression of Simon.



At some point, I'll post photos of the apartment (like I keep telling my mom I'm gonna). For now, you just get lizards and cats.

Also, school started. So far, I'm at "manageable" on the stress-o-meter but I have homework due on Monday so that could change.

Lozhka Totally Has Bat Ears

Post-Caturday Post

It's sleepy time for kitties.

Lozhka is pretty much the perfect kitty. She's energetic and playful but in a "I'm gonna chase this twisty tie around the floor" way, not a "I'm gonna tear up your stuff" way. When she gets tired, she gets very sweet and will sit in your lap and purr herself to sleep. The only problems (and when I say problems I mean annoyances) are that she tries to steal food off my plate and loves to walk all over my laptop keyboard. Usually when cats walk on your keyboard, they just type "ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff" into your address bar or something like that, but not Lozhka. She is a master computer messer-upper.

An incomplete list of things Lozhka has done while walking on my keyboard/track pad:

1. Change my input language to Chinese


2. Change my Thunderbird settings


3. Change the layout of PhotoShop


4. Bookmark websites


5. Turn the screen display upside down (not the actual physical screen, but the stuff displayed on it)

I think she might be magic.


Andrea lol'ed my cat.

Pictures of Cats Doing Cat Things

Lozhka




Vilka's turn.




This picture is so awesome I don't even care that it's out of focus.


Poor Lozhka would really like to play with Vilka but Vilka's not quite there yet.


Vilka has decided that her new favorite hang out will be way in the back of my wardrobe.


Lozhka covets your quarters. You've been warned.

Cats and Unicycles (Unfortunately Not Cats on Unicycles)

Lozhka is settling in well. As of tonight, her and Vilka seem to have completely stopped having their little hissing/clawing spats and are even playing together a little bit.


Only a cat would decide that in between the bass speaker and the power strip is a good place to sleep.


Vilka is helping us decorate the bathroom. She's a good helper.


Vilka's been quite playful lately, must be the combination of being around the new kitty and being around us all the time. Vilka is always happiest when Justin is around. (She thinks I'm okay, too.)


This is Vilka's very favorite toy, the "dirty pillow." It's full of catnip and has soaked up a really disgusting amount of kitty saliva.


Justin, unicycling into your hearts.


Sometimes unicycling makes Justin angry.


Justin has enlisted Cole to help him fall down less and do cool things more.


Cole says, "Screw pedals!"


Screw pedals, indeed.

Dudezors!

Me and Justin got a new kitty. Her name is Lozhka (spoon in Russian) to match Vilka (fork). Lozhka is adorable and really playful and energetic. She also purrs like a motorboat when you pick her up. Vilka looks like she might just learn to tolerate Lozhka. For the time being, Vilka seems content to just watch the weird new kitty spaz out about twisty ties for two hours so long as Lozhka stays an appropriate distance away which is really the best we could hope for so soon.

Also, Justin and I moved into our new apartment on Friday (this part should probably have come first but Justin's mom was demanding pictures of her "grandcat"). It should be said that our new apartment is swanky even still half filled with boxes.