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Had a dreary day, the grey skies and chilly drizzle matched my mood. Our cat died a few years ago and though both my husband and I wanted to adopt another, we decided to devote all of our attention to our dog. And she passed away last weekend...

So I've been in a "got to do stuff to keep busy" mood all week. I'm obsessive-compulsive to an annoying degree, and when I get on a roll I can be a real terror. I've dusted, cleaned the bathroom, cleaned my closets, sewed buttons on things, filed, organized, you name it. And I've looked at cats and kittens on the internet.

It started out as an "I wonder if..." curiousity and has turned into an obsession. It turns out you actually can search for all sorts of pets on the internet, there are thousands of photos and descriptions to look at, and that's just on homeless & rescue pets. Nothing against breeders, etc., we'll probably have to end up getting another dog from one, but at least for cats, there are plenty that need a loving home. So I've been looking at hundreds of photos, which isn't easy because they're ALL cute. My husband and I agree we want another black cat, he wants a male, so I'll concede that point. He had a bad experience with a female tortoiseshell (someone gave it to him as a present, never give live animals unsolicited, please?), so he's against tortoiseshells, calicos and female cats. I've known many sweet female cats that fit that description, but he says no.

Then, with my usual bad luck, I've fallen in love with a black cat that has medium to long hair. So he freaked out about that, too much shedding, etc. But we had still decided to go and visit him and some other kitties today and then when I woke up this morning he decided he didn't want to go. Why? Because he wants to declaw the cat and he's spent too much money this week (on my garage door opened, which he uses, and his car stereo). So I just went back to sleep after our brief argument. And dreamed about looking at cats, no rest even in sleep.

Got up, mindlessly sat and watched the Osbournes on TV, for some reason their dysfunctional family is really growing on me. Read for awhile, them got really sleepy again. I had to search the house for caffeine, I've done such an efficient job at eliminating it from my diet. Cops wasn't on tonight (damn, I just realized we missed the clips special that was on a few days ago), football on Fox instead so we watched the last episode of Charmed we had taped. After dinner I finally got the incentive up to turn on my computer, I've been having email problems with my internet service the last few days, so there hasn't been much to read.

A collector friend of my husband's sent him an email about a 16mm film that's up for auction on eBay, he hasn't been buying many films lately, he's trying to cut back on a hobby which tends to rot and turn color as it ages. But he decided he really wants to get this one... It's starting price is $300 and he says he'd be willing to pay much more. He'll show it once at a party and probably never watch it again. Granted, it's a very good film (which he has on DVD), but I can't help wandering why he'd pay twice as much for a film as he would on a pet... Hence the title of this entry.

1/13 Update - my husband backed out on buying the film, and cursed himself because it only went for like $330. Easy come, easy go...

Posted by Morticia at January 11, 2003 11:30 PM | TrackBack