Digi-Snow

[susandennis]

Thanks to joyofmacs and estis and their webcams, I am getting a little snow and maybe will even get a blizzard this afternoon! Ha. I feel like I should put a hat and mittens on my monitor. (Right now I'm getting Joy in her adorable flannel Christmas nightgown... She looks so comfy and cozy.)

I'm back on the list. There's a couple who live downstairs. Two women who have been together since the Hoover administration, I think. One is a pain in the ass and the other one is the partner of a pain in the ass. They moved in to this building minutes before I did ten years ago. Every single Christmas they get these big muffins at Costco and wrap them in really pretty red cellophane and they get pet toys and cards. On Christmas morning they leave an appropriate number of muffins for the humans and an appropriate number of pet toys for the pets at the front door of about half of the people who live here.

Last year I fell off the list. no muffin, no toys. I had to go downstairs to Sherry and Lee's (cat sitters) to feed their cats early in the morning and it was funny to note who was on the list and who was off. I have not spoken to either of these muffin ladies this year other than to say high in the hallway. But, somehow I got back on their list. Two cat toys and one muffin at my door.

I just went down to Sherry and Lee's (they always go to LA to Sherry's sister's) and again it was funny to see who is 'in' this year and who has fallen off the list. A little Christmas tradition.

Sherry made a tent of a sheet and some funiture in their living room. She left me a note saying it was for the kitties to play in while they were gone. It cracked me up. They are much better kitty parents than I am. But Jake and Betty don't know that and you'd better not tell them.

Off in a bit to see Hugh Grant. I don't care if the movie sucks. Two hours with Hugh is a pretty excellent way to spend Christmas in my book.

Comments

[pinkfish.livejournal.com]

They are much better kitty parents than I am

. . . but do they brush their cats' teeth?

[susandennis]

Sadly, they probably do. I do know when I come home after they have been cat sitting, I'm never met at the door by two cats saying 'yeahhh! she's home!!!'. They generally look like they've been robbed and I should send back the cat sitters.

Good thing I never wanted kids.

[susandennis]

I'll take the foppish hair, the accent, the droll humor, the whole package. And most of his movies. I've always fought a small obsession with him but I'm no longer fighting it. When Two Weeks comes out on DVD and PiLL is off somewhere, rent it. You won't be disappointed.

So where did the snow go...

[estis.livejournal.com]

Well it is 4 PM here now and no sign of a blizzard...bummer indeed

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[susandennis]

I see that and I'm getting a little concerned that we'll run out of daylight before I get my snow! Can't you call somebody??

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[estis.livejournal.com]

well did my best...snowing again but not heavily...of course will be too dark to see in a few minutes

Re: So where did the snow go...

[susandennis]

I see it! I'm going to get a little in before the light goes. Thanks!!!

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[melodysk.livejournal.com]

So where are the webcams?

:)

It is warm in UK ....thats a wicked affront to ALL good people and Hugh Grant devotees too!

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[susandennis]

I was thinking about you today... Among all his other fabulously melting qualities, Hugh has that wonderful British accent. Men with a British accent have such a better chance of getting laid over here. I'm guessing the accent probably doesn't go so far over there... right?

Webcams...

Joyofmacs who lives a little north of Boston and Estis who lives outside of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania.

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[melodysk.livejournal.com]

Hugh has A British accent ..an uncommon one as it is the one used by the upper middle classes more than most others :) As in USA there are loads of local accents ..Im not sure if that comes across on US TV or not? THE strongest English accents I s'pose are Yorkshire , Birmingham , Manchester , Devonian , London ....but every area has its own. And then there is the *public school* accent that Hugh has (which is delicious) but not *that* common probably

Cheers for the webcams ..I am off to look :)

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[susandennis]

Yeahbutt, ALL British accents sound so classey to our stupid ears. I did have some visitors last year and she was originally from Yorkshire. I had to have him (London) translate for me. It was pretty funny.

And thanks for the tidbit about Hugh's *public school* accent! I finally get it. I hear the term *public school* on Parky now and again and it never ever makes sense to me. Here, of course, it means pretty nearly the opposite.

Rich people with class and breading go to private schools. The masses go to public schools. Speaking in broad, unfair generalities, of course.

well ...

[henare.livejournal.com]

i'm making muffins later today ... i can send you some. it won't be exactly the same thing, but it'll be a close approximation ...

Re: well ...

[susandennis]

Oh very nice... I think I can make do with muffin thots... thanks!