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Seth&Bell

Seth&Bell

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Rare cycle today. I was for sure she'd be in the yellows or pinks at PMBG. I did a little pattern hunting on ye ol' SS - 5/27 was the only one that jumped out with a (barely) green preshot that went up midcycle and came back down at the next shot time. That one she coasted in the blues and then eventually bounced. A zenith cycle? This dose is really good.

Bell is doing well today. She had a big zoomie in the morning: dove under the rug, stumbled/climbed up the wall shelves, sprinted up her cat tree, and the promptly fell asleep.

Learned today my work is "retiring" our flexible work schedule (we were able to work 9 days of 80 hours and then take every other Friday off). So another day of this back and forth nonsense for me :banghead:
 
You can tell which one is Blair because she is upside down 😂 . I guess Bell is too.
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Ohhhh...I'm so sorry you lost your Fridays off :confused: We have them each Friday, if you teach at night (college classes). And the college is closed on Fridays in the summer. I treasure them. I wish our country would move to a three day weekend across the board. Let's all move to Iceland!!

Bell is rockin the fiver dose!! You go little girl. Looks like she's breaking that bounce. I hope you get some sleep tonight 🤞🤞Blair, while you're in your trance, be sure to cast some goodies for your sissy and dad.
 
Thank you!

Mary, I didn’t know you were a professor! If you are comfortable sharing, what do you teach? I would guess something related to literature based on your cats’ names

If I didn’t have the Bell situation, it would be an annoyance, but I really relied on an additional stress-free day every couple weeks. Oh well, out of my control…
 
Ugh sorry about the work schedule change 😔

I’m excited to see Bell surfing on the beach so nicely! And it always brightens my day to see Bell and Blair’s playful antics 🥰
 
Seth&Bell said:
Thank you!

Mary, I didn’t know you were a professor! If you are comfortable sharing, what do you teach? I would guess something related to literature based on your cats’ names

If I didn’t have the Bell situation, it would be an annoyance, but I really relied on an additional stress-free day every couple weeks. Oh well, out of my control…
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I'm an English professor; I teach composition and American literature (the first half, up to 1865). And yes, I named the kittens after literary figures (while John Lewis was mainly a politician and activist, he did author six books, more than Zelda and Harper Lee, and I was one of his biggest fans). I was trying (desperately) to rehome them, so I thought I'd try a marketing strategy and name them after southern authors, specifically Alabama authors (since that's where we are from). None of that worked ☹️ and I remain a cliche: a woman with oodles of cats. But at least my heart was in the right place.
 
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Mary & Jude said:
I'm an English professor; I teach composition and American literature (the first half, up to 1865). And yes, I named the kittens after literary figures (while John Lewis was mainly a politician and activist, he did author six books, more than Zelda and Harper Lee, and I was one of his biggest fans). I was trying (desperately) to rehome them, so I thought I'd try a marketing strategy and name them after southern authors, specifically Alabama authors (since that's where I and they are from). None of that worked ☹️ and I remain a cliche: a woman with oodles of cats. But at least my heart was in the right place.
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I once read an article about how Enya lives in a castle with oodles of cats, and that’s been my dream ever since. So you’re living the dream as far as I’m concerned :)

I figured you might be a literature buff from the kitties’ names but it’s really cool that you’re a professor and subject matter expert in this topic!
 
I am curious to see what the next test is. I tend to look at patterns of more than one cycle. To me, I see two cycles of green, then green to blue drifting down at end of cycle, then .... TBD. Not a lot of comparisons out there.
Connie & Moonie said:
I once read an article about how Enya lives in a castle with oodles of cats
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I must tell my hubby, he loves her music. And cats.
 
Mary & Jude said:
I'm an English professor; I teach composition and American literature (the first half, up to 1865). And yes, I named the kittens after literary figures (while John Lewis was mainly a politician and activist, he did author six books, more than Zelda and Harper Lee, and I was one of his biggest fans). I was trying (desperately) to rehome them, so I thought I'd try a marketing strategy and name them after southern authors, specifically Alabama authors (since that's where I and they are from). None of that worked ☹️ and I remain a cliche: a woman with oodles of cats. But at least my heart was in the right place.
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You are a saint, Mary!

You get to teach Moby Dick!! I may pick your brain on some 19th century literature recommendations! I'm a film/lit nerd who took the coward's way out with an engineering degree. But one of the perks of not sleeping with Bell is that I have a lot more time for reading (and dozing off while reading). This year for American novels I've worked my way through a lot of Steinbeck, Marilynne Robinson, Willa Cather, reread a bunch of McCarthy, and finally got to Their Eyes Were Watching God. One hidden gem that blew me away was Little, Big by John Crowley. I'm going to annoy you so much now I know you teach lit. And are a Springsteen fan. :p The Ghost of Tom Joad!
 
Wendy&Neko said:
I am curious to see what the next test is. I tend to look at patterns of more than one cycle. To me, I see two cycles of green, then green to blue drifting down at end of cycle, then .... TBD. Not a lot of comparisons out there.

I must tell my hubby, he loves her music. And cats.
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Poking her soon and will update. Would you like to flex your soothsaying muscles?
 
Seth&Bell said:
You are a saint, Mary!

You get to teach Moby Dick!! I may pick your brain on some 19th century literature recommendations! I'm a film/lit nerd who took the coward's way out with an engineering degree. But one of the perks of not sleeping with Bell is that I have a lot more time for reading (and dozing off while reading). This year for American novels I've worked my way through a lot of Steinbeck, Marilynne Robinson, Willa Cather, reread a bunch of McCarthy, and finally got to Their Eyes Were Watching God. One hidden gem that blew me away was Little, Big by John Crowley. I'm going to annoy you so much now I know you teach lit. And are a Springsteen fan. :p The Ghost of Tom Joad!
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I don’t teach Moby Dick, or any other novels for that matter, because I find it a betrayal to the author to cut a work into bite sized pieces and not teach it in it’s entirety, and it’s impossible to teach a novel in its entirety in a survey class. The good news about what I teach is that my course covers the discovery literature of the Americas, and I absolutely love to watch students awaken to an understanding of how awful colonialism has been and how their understanding of history has often been misrepresented. I don’t need to try to convince anyone of the atrocities of cultural imposition and exploitation when they read the original texts of folks who witnessed it. Students almost always display a sense of betrayal in their own educational experience, and I find that deeply satisfying, because they should feel that way. There is nothing like the truth of eye witnesses to convince someone they’ve received a skewed history lesson. And, listen, you sell yourself far too short in saying an engineering degree is in any way cowardly. Goodness me. The math you folks are required to master makes an English professor nervous. I’m just thrilled to hear that you READ! So many people don’t read anymore. Reading the classics was my gateway drug to becoming an English professor. Oh, and the kittens’ mother—feral as can be—is Willa.
 
Mary & Jude said:
I don’t teach Moby Dick, or any other novels for that matter, because I find it a betrayal to the author to cut a work into bite sized pieces and not teach it in it’s entirety, and it’s impossible to teach a novel in its entirety in a survey class. The good news about what I teach is that my course covers the discovery literature of the Americas, and I absolutely love to watch students awaken to an understanding of how awful colonialism has been and how their understanding of history has often been misrepresented. I don’t need to try to convince anyone of the atrocities of cultural imposition and exploitation when they read the original texts of folks who witnessed it. Students almost always display a sense of betrayal in their own educational experience, and I find that deeply satisfying, because they should feel that way. There is nothing like the truth of eye witnesses to convince someone they’ve received a skewed history lesson. And, listen, you sell yourself far too short in saying an engineering degree is in any way cowardly. Goodness me. The math you folks are required to master makes an English professor nervous. I’m just thrilled to hear that you READ! So many people don’t read anymore. Reading the classics was my gateway drug to becoming an English professor. Oh, and the kittens’ mother—feral as can be—is Willa.
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This makes me so happy, Mary! You’re doing such important work especially in this moment. It is heartening to hear that is the reaction of your students to the material. I totally agree it is next to impossible to read something like Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass and not question the uncritical narrative of colonialism a lot of us are taught.

Willa!!!
 
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