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what sh*t news to start my week
Posted Aug 8, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4130510.stm
Peter Jennings died; had I been in the States, watching their corporate media as one is obliged to do if they want a visual, I would have known that he was dying since April.
For better or worse, he was the calm voice that took me through every news event that I can remember. He was my constant companion through those first terrifying days after 9/11.
As cynical as I am about American media, I *liked* Jennings. I felt like he could probably even be a real person. Since I began communicating with people overseas, when asked what sort of accent I had, invariably I would say, 'a Peter Jennings sort of accent.' I hate that he's gone, and I hate that he left when I wasn't at home. It feels wierdly isolating.
Being a fully cynical adult now, I don't think I could develop such a bond with another news anchor. Sorry, the BBC breakfast crew just doesn't cut it.
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Update on the naming process
Posted Aug 7, 2005
First, upon further inspection, it would seem we are actually dealing with a *male* kitten.
It would also seem that there is the possibility of coming to an agreement.
Njan wants to name the kitten Cinak, for, 'Cat is not a kitten.' (think Gnu, you geeks out there).
I find this hard to roll off the tongue. I suggest a host of DS9 related names, particularly favoring Sisko (Cisco) for it being doubly geeky. Njan is unimpressed.
Later I mention in passing that 'Mittens' would be cute. That way, we could have our cats with the three nicknames of 'Kits, Mits, and Twits.' 
. Njan softens slightly.
Our 6-year-old steps in at this point, with the perfect solution. Much like us, Joseph says, the cats can have more than one name. Njan and I eye each other. This could work. The cat needs a respectable legal name, for vet appointments and such, and for this 'Mittens' is the obvious choice. For his special Njan pet name, his middle name can be 'Cinak.'
Nothing finalized of course, but this may be resolved without the hiring of lawyers yet. 
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Help help
Posted Aug 4, 2005
Name urgently required for the newest addition to ur family: an 8-week-old black/brown and white female kitten.
Any ideas? It's my husband's, so ones relating to coffee, linux, star trek, and general geekdom especially desirable.
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Fun in Fife
Posted Aug 2, 2005
Errrr
Silly me, in the haze of moving house and getting ready for our trip to the States and the kids finishing up school, I didn't get around to registering them with their new primary school. Same as last year, if you don't do so, don't bother calling the council, because they will tell that there's no one to help until the *day before school starts*. I'm not annoyed so much for myself but for the teachers and administrators. I recall last year the sense of semi-panic as they tried to accommodate all the students. I felt bad because I got the sense that my two kids who were legitimately in the catchment area would be displacing kids whose parents would have, to that point, been mentally picturing how the school year would go. It seems it's going to be the same situation in this school because it's 'highly sought after.' If I could register them in the summer, at least get their names on the list of must-enrolls, it might save people some stress. Ah well. I don't remember people being able to pick and choose primary schools in the states, how and why did this become common practice over here? That said, maybe it precludes the need for fee schools if fussy parents feel that they have some control. In any case, oi.
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It's occurred to me..
Posted Aug 1, 2005
..what a boring non-risk-taker I am. I've been deliberating for much too long about cutting my hair. Hair! Like chin-length locks will potentially suddenly make everyone change their opinion of me. *sigh* I guess maybe I've still got that claim in the back of my mind that I got from some probably mostly reliable source years ago that boys actually prefer long hair on girls. That said, if Njan suddenly finds me ugh because of a hair cut, we have more problems that I thought. Also, that statistic might actually have been jumbled together in my head after reading the paper my sister wrote for her ultra-conservative christian school about how the Bible insists that a woman's hair needs to be long. Wow..now if *God* hates the Audrey Tatou look, maybe I should reconsider..*suddenly feels cheeky enough to go ahead with it* 
Neurotic enough for a Monday morning?
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