Weekendy things

Well we lost out on our first choice kitties, but that's because someone else adopted them faster so it's hard to see that as bad news. We're going to meet our second choice ones in a hour or so here so hopefully he/she/they'll be a good fit.

Odds and ends:
The Loft Literary Center has asked me to offer "Inflagranti Delicto: Writing Good Sex Scenes" again in Summer 2010 so if you wanted to take it last year and couldn't, it will once again be available. I'm currently filling out the paperwork and hoping to make it a five hour class so it feels less rushed at the end.

Send in my bio stuff for A-Kon 2010. Still in that "Really?" state of mind, both about me being invited and the sheer size of the thing. :-)

Watched the first 2 episodes of Blood Ties on Friday. Bit clumsy on the pacing and the scripting but good campy fun otherwise.

Went to a pretty awful play last night, which was disappointing. It was meant to be a reinterpretation of "Jekyll and Hyde" but they tried for slapstick and missed by several miles. :-((( Oh well. We're holding out hope for Hardcover Theater's version of She, which we'll be checking out later on this week.

Before I forget, Tuesday, Nov. 17th is Give to the Max day out at GiveMN.org. All donations to the listed nonprofits will get matched. Among the groups fundraising that day: District 202 (local queer youth center and support), Outfront MN (LGBT advocacy, help lines, etc.), several of the area shelters - domestic violence as well as homeless, food banks, arts organizations like Intermedia Arts, Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater and Minnesota Center for Book Arts. In short, all sorts of the organizations that make living here a fine and good thing. Check it out and have your donations go further. Please spread the word.

Can haz kittehs!

At least as of Thursday night - we wanted a few days to prep the house and get ready.
These beauties are listed as Egyptian Mau mixes. Guessing it was aways back since their littermate is a perfect little black and white tuxedo kitty. Their fur has a completely different texture from his though - it doesn't feel like ordinary cat fur and best of all, we sat and played with them for an hour plus and Jana didn't sneeze. Huzzah! They're cautiously friendly but quite playful, once you pass inspection.
And they come with a tale of great drama, having been found with their mother inside a tree as it was being cut down. Yay for Feline Rescue for finding them and taking them in. BTW, if you're smitten with them, their mother, Louisa, who has the same markings and personality, will be available soon too.

This is Mica (we're probably not keeping the names) in his Feline Rescue photo -



And Mica's sister, Mysty