Prose/Option No. One:  Project 38 – Other Submissions

Well, last month’s prose option was a total failure. I think I got a little too? something. Anyway, this month I’m going with the same basic approach: provide you with text from another writer’s work and ask that you use it as the opening to your story. Only this time, the text will be on a much smaller scale. Also keep in mind that since this is now the prose option, it means you can write fiction or nonfiction. I’ll get around to making a reference page for what each of the options means.

This month’s starter: I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me. (Hunter S. Thompson)

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recently, i wrote about LibraryThing.  it’s a place where you can keep a catalog of your books online.  as i use it more often, i’ve found that you can subscribe to other people’s library catalogs via RSS, find other people who also own the books you do or have similar libraries, leave comments for them, and all sorts of cool stuff.

here is the link to my profile, and the link for my library.  just my Star Wars library, remember–not my cat books, Asian-American studies, Asian-American lit, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, history, etc.  yes, i’m a total geek–my books (ours, really) are arranged by genre and in alphabetical order by author.  i really should become a librarian, shouldn’t i?  well, i’m looking into it again.  maybe.

the lifetime membership is now $25.  the first time i wrote about it, it was only $10.  i knew i should have dished out the $10 last week or whenever it was.  the free account allows you to catalog up to 200 books.  in order to add more, you have to upgrade.

what i love about Blogarithm.com?  unlike NotifyList.com, you don’t have to send the e-mail update to your subscribers yourself.  like Bloglet, the updates are sent automatically.  unlike Bloglet, it actually works!  nor do you get fake subscribers.

what i especially love about Blogarithm.com?  you can subscribe to blogs that don’t have RSS feeds!  yay!

read my original post about Blogarithm.com here.

why, they are!  here on the northwest side, even.  congratulations, White Sox.

well, not entirely toothless.  we just brought Hee Seop home from the vet, and according to the doctor, his dental surgery went well.  they pulled 7 teeth, not 13, which was the worst case scenario.  the whole thing cost about $865, approximately $100 less than the estimate.  he had to have 5 dental X-rays, which added to the bill.

they sent us home with antibiotics, which fortunately, he only has to take once a day.  i made Brian promise to help me catch him because the medicated beef chews aren’t working out.  and anyway, he’s on a different antibiotic than what they prescribed pre-op.

Hopper has had 2 dentals in the past, but was never sent home with a pain patch.  Hee Seop, however, has a rectangle shaved on his side and has a morphine patch stuck there.  morphine.  it’s called a Fentanyl Patch, and has to stay on until Monday.  like Brian said, as long as Hee Seop doesn’t sell the TV and computer and stuff to get more, it’s all good.  the vet tech assured us that he won’t tear it off, but we’ll see.

one of my new favorite blogs is called Strange New Products, and today they posted an entry about a product that keeps cats from killing birds:  Cat Bibs.  maybe it could even keep them from tearing morphine patches off their bodies.  then again, why would they want to do that?

pictured here is Sophie, who looks an awful lot like Hee Seop, sporting a stylish purple Cat Bib.  thoughts?

finally, Beau the cat (and Hopper’s very good friend), who writes Beau’s Blog, has a question for readers.  he’s been doing a lot of thinking about football, and notes that players run, jump, catch, block, and do other things pets do when they play.  he wonders, then:  is football more of a cat’s game, or a dog’s?  pay him a visit and let him know what you think!  and while you’re there, vote for him in a Halloween Photo Contest–he’s the handsome devil.  heehee.  or, just vote for him here (poll closes at noon, Sunday, Oct. 30).