LJ Feeds

For all of those that subscribe to io9feed, apparently the feed has been dead since the 11th. I suddenly noticed once I finally realized that my friends list page was much shorter than usual. Skip=180, rather than skip=300 or more. The ones for slashfilm and whedonesque are having issues, too--nothing’s been included on the slashfilm feed since the 12th. Does anyone know what’s wrong with the feeds?

LJ Feeds

For all of those that subscribe to io9feed, apparently the feed has been dead since the 11th. I suddenly noticed once I finally realized that my friends list page was much shorter than usual. Skip=180, rather than skip=300 or more. The ones for slashfilm and whedonesque are having issues, too--nothing’s been included on the slashfilm feed since the 12th. Does anyone know what’s wrong with the feeds?

Cat Update

Apparently, there were two types of tests they could have done to check the cat’s heart. One was just doing the X-ray to see. The other was something that would have hurt her, and cost $1800. Dad refused to do the one that would have hurt her, and I have no idea what that test even was—but the X-ray was easier on her, and got the same result.

Dad was doing some reading online, and found a mention of a liquid called NHV Hearty Heart For Cat Heart Disease. Apparently, it’s a sort of natural medicine that helps them, as an alternative to any drugs. Dad just wondered if it actually worked. Anyone on my friends list know?

And now to something freaky—it would appear that Toby (neighbor’s dog—he and my cat are very close) is somehow linked to my cat. Starting on Sunday, he became hysterical. Howling, and pulling at his leash as hard as he could, as though he wanted to get to her for some reason. At the time, we didn’t know she was sick yet. Dad brought the cat over, and he was immediately calm. They sat there and stared at each other, and she meowed once before leaving. Monday, we went to see him—he wasn’t acting right. He did a strange yelping, and kept trying to go in the direction of our house, and—for the first time ever—whimpered for five minutes straight.

When I asked if he wanted to see the cat, he started howling. Yesterday, the second he saw us he became even more hysterical. He tugged at my shoes, and did this very strange mumbling/whining. Then jumped on me and tugged at my shirt. Then ran in circles, and kept crying. Rhonda (his owner) came outside at that point, and at each point when we said the cat was sick, he started howling. It took the three of us rubbing him to get him even vaguely calmed down, but only for a moment.

Also on Sunday, Rhonda says she let him off the leash. Normally, he immediately jumps the fence just to mess with everyone. Instead, he ran to the gate and watched our house with this sad look. So...we're guessing he can sense something is wrong with her, the same way he can sense when a storm is coming.

In regards to how the cat is doing at this moment, her breathing was worse right before she went out to the garage for the night. This morning, however, she seems a little more alert, her breathing is better (more than yesterday, at least—she still does the labored breathing, though) and she actually ate a little tuna. Mom was worried yesterday, because she didn’t use the litter box—with the water pill, she should. She’s okay on that front, though—during the night, she used it more than once, for two things. And she drank her water.

Cat Update

Apparently, there were two types of tests they could have done to check the cat’s heart. One was just doing the X-ray to see. The other was something that would have hurt her, and cost $1800. Dad refused to do the one that would have hurt her, and I have no idea what that test even was—but the X-ray was easier on her, and got the same result.

Dad was doing some reading online, and found a mention of a liquid called NHV Hearty Heart For Cat Heart Disease. Apparently, it’s a sort of natural medicine that helps them, as an alternative to any drugs. Dad just wondered if it actually worked. Anyone on my friends list know?

And now to something freaky—it would appear that Toby (neighbor’s dog—he and my cat are very close) is somehow linked to my cat. Starting on Sunday, he became hysterical. Howling, and pulling at his leash as hard as he could, as though he wanted to get to her for some reason. At the time, we didn’t know she was sick yet. Dad brought the cat over, and he was immediately calm. They sat there and stared at each other, and she meowed once before leaving. Monday, we went to see him—he wasn’t acting right. He did a strange yelping, and kept trying to go in the direction of our house, and—for the first time ever—whimpered for five minutes straight.

When I asked if he wanted to see the cat, he started howling. Yesterday, the second he saw us he became even more hysterical. He tugged at my shoes, and did this very strange mumbling/whining. Then jumped on me and tugged at my shirt. Then ran in circles, and kept crying. Rhonda (his owner) came outside at that point, and at each point when we said the cat was sick, he started howling. It took the three of us rubbing him to get him even vaguely calmed down, but only for a moment.

Also on Sunday, Rhonda says she let him off the leash. Normally, he immediately jumps the fence just to mess with everyone. Instead, he ran to the gate and watched our house with this sad look. So...we're guessing he can sense something is wrong with her, the same way he can sense when a storm is coming.

In regards to how the cat is doing at this moment, her breathing was worse right before she went out to the garage for the night. This morning, however, she seems a little more alert, her breathing is better (more than yesterday, at least—she still does the labored breathing, though) and she actually ate a little tuna. Mom was worried yesterday, because she didn’t use the litter box—with the water pill, she should. She’s okay on that front, though—during the night, she used it more than once, for two things. And she drank her water.

Fic: Picnic Perils

Title: Picnic Perils
Author: calliopes_pen
Rating: G
Fandom: Doctor Who
Word Count: 398 words
Author’s Notes: This was written for wendymr, as an incentive drabble for the Support Stacie Auction—thanks to seandc for a quick beta read of it. The prompt: “Ten/Rose/Jack, prompt life-saving.” It veered off into humor. Yes, the picnic basket is bigger on the inside. I’m working on the drabble for yamx right now.

( Click here to read it. )

Fannish Items of Interest

In honor of Patrick Swayze, the results show of Dancing With The Stars (on the 23rd) will apparently perform a special dance tribute. Oh, and thanks to mst3k, I also found a clip of A Patrick Swayze Christmas—a skit that MST3K did. You can watch it here.

Battleship—yes, the game—is being made into a movie. And the comments in yendi’s post about it are simply priceless.

I just received my creature prompt and two secret prompts (you take inspiration from two covers of pulp novels this round) for the spook_me ficathon. I’ll be writing something in the Doctor Who fandom. The creature prompt is Mad Scientist. The two secret prompts are Death Watch and Donovan’s Brain. With that second one, it keeps saying Forbidden when you click on it. However, if you cut off the url after /sf/, and then click on sfmisc, and from there click on bantam_819.jpg, you should see it.

stunt_muppet is hosting the Doctor Who Bite-Sized Comment Ficathon. Stories should be no longer than 40 words, and are posted in the comments.

I'll post the drabble for yamx either tomorrow or Friday.

Fannish Items of Interest

In honor of Patrick Swayze, the results show of Dancing With The Stars (on the 23rd) will apparently perform a special dance tribute. Oh, and thanks to mst3k, I also found a clip of A Patrick Swayze Christmas—a skit that MST3K did. You can watch it here.

Battleship—yes, the game—is being made into a movie. And the comments in yendi’s post about it are simply priceless.

I just received my creature prompt and two secret prompts (you take inspiration from two covers of pulp novels this round) for the spook_me ficathon. I’ll be writing something in the Doctor Who fandom. The creature prompt is Mad Scientist. The two secret prompts are Death Watch and Donovan’s Brain. With that second one, it keeps saying Forbidden when you click on it. However, if you cut off the url after /sf/, and then click on sfmisc, and from there click on bantam_819.jpg, you should see it.

stunt_muppet is hosting the Doctor Who Bite-Sized Comment Ficathon. Stories should be no longer than 40 words, and are posted in the comments.

I'll post the drabble for yamx either tomorrow or Friday.