Pictures of things in my life right now

[my_daroga]

The store keeps not having Annie's Mac and Cheese (the regular kind, in the purple box so I have to eat the Arthur-shaped ones. I don't really like Arthur, but I like to pretend I'm eating little Radiohead bears.







A few weeks ago, we discovered a rat in the window birdfeeder. Yeah, I know that's bad and stuff, but they haven't got in yet and we're not refilling it. I just keep forgetting to take it down. Because they're kind of cute. And they come in pairs and freak out the dog. He just jumps up and down in front of the window all night. It's hilarious. But also annoying. The cat has figured out she's never gonna get that, and doesn't take much notice.

In fact, the first night one of them came, the animals didn't notice it at all.










One night Mr. Darcy was so annoying I had to get up and close the blinds. But first I looked at the rat. It was a different one, not the injured one here. Instead of running away, he looked right at me. I touched the glass, and he put his nose where my finger was. I moved my finger and he followed me.

I think I have a friend.

It's really hard to think of them as pests.

Comments

[lulurenegade.livejournal.com]

That poor little mouse has a sore on its side. I'm confused: Is the mouse trapped or can he get in and out (it is hard to tell from the picture)? I hope he doesn't get infected. :(

[my_daroga]

I should explain; it's open on the outside, so the bird/rat/whatever can get out. It just suckers onto the window so you can watch the birds.

I don't think they're mice.

And I think he's okay; the wound (when I looked at it really close) didn't look *open*, you know what I mean?

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

yeah, rats and mice can be cute:)

[my_daroga]

I used to have rats as pets, so the "wild" ones just seem cute.

[misfitina.livejournal.com]

wait- you don't like ARTHUR???

[my_daroga]

It turns me off that he has a pet dog; I don't understand the hierarchy of animals in that world. There's a book where he has a puppy at home eating off the floor, and also goes to a diner where there's a dog in a hat and clothes eating like a person.

I mean, come on.

[misfitina.livejournal.com]

The Goofy vs Pluto distinction?

interesting. ;)

[my_daroga]

Exactly.

[lawgrrl-23.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's a shame, because I love Arthur. I'll still watch the show if I catch it on PBS, and it's my goal to buy the books for my roommate's baby :)

[my_daroga]

I didn't mean to come down on anyone's love of Arthur. I just got annoyed when I read one where there was a pet dog eating off the floor and another dog in clothes eating at a table in a restaurant.

[lawgrrl-23.livejournal.com]

Ha! True, I'd never thought of that. It's weird in animal cartoons where the animals have pets. It's like, Mickey Mouse's pet was Pluto, who couldn't talk and walked on all fours, but he's friends with Goofy, who's also a dog but walks on two legs. Weird.

[my_daroga]

Yup! Maybe if I'd been exposed to Arthur when I was little, I'd like it better.

[lawgrrl-23.livejournal.com]

Perhaps. That's how it was with me. Arthur's New Glasses is one of the first books I can remember being introduced to in my elementary school's library. It's always held a nostalgic pull for me since.

[my_daroga]

I encountered them after the picturebook stage, I think. It's funny, now, to get a bunch of them together and see how he's gotten way more "human" looking over the years; the first ones have completely different character designs.