nuckin futs (stuff that shouldn’t be funny but is)

We won’t even discuss how nuckin futs I am, for still being up at 1:17am, when I’ve been awake since about 5am, and actively up and about since about quarter after 6.

In anycase. First the cats. They are driving me batshit insane. As soon as one of them no longer is in heat, the other starts back up again. And if you’ve never had the considerable pleasure of living in a house with even ONE cat in heat, consider yourself very very very lucky. Mitzi’s cries sound like baby cries, which is seriously triggering my mothering instinct. I pick her up and cradle her like a baby, and stroke her head, and shush her, and she quiets some but still whimpers. There’s nothing I can do for her, and it’s so heartbreaking.

She’s also got this habit now though, of digging her claws into absolutely everything. When I’m cradling her, that means my shoulder. Now if I hold her just the right way, i can avoid said claws, but godforbid I want to put her down. so if I want to set her down, first I have to sit (or lay) down, so that she can crawl off herself. This afternoon, I was in my parents room, and went to lay down on the bed with her, and then all of a sudden out of absolute nowhwere Kali sprang across the bed and next thing i know, I don’t see any cats. They’re both gone. WTF. Then I hear hissing (on the complete opposite side of the room that they apparently both just flew to) and Kali is attempting to mount Mitzi.

Like I said, stuff that shouldn’t be funny, but is.

American Idol. *shakes my head* enough said. Seriously, where do they get these people from?? I can’t get over the one girl who went into a little spiel about “I am not a singer. And that is exactly why I can be the next American Idol.” Say what?? That would be an absolute insult to anyone with any kind of talent or vocal training, neither of which you have, honey. Get over yourself.

The more I think about it though, the more I worry about trying out for Idol next year. I don’t want to be one of those people that’s delusional about their talent (or lack thereof). I keep saying that I’ll take it well no matter what is said to me, but that’s not entirely true. After having been in choirs off and on for 10 years, and auditioned choirs for 7 of those years… I know what a good pitch sounds like, and what a bad pitch sounds like. I know what’s offkey and what’s in tune. I know that solo singing is completely different from choir singing. I know that my chances of even making it to hollywood, let alone being the next american idol are very slim. I know I’m not the best singer in america. But if I’m told that I’m tone-deaf… god, I’ll lose it.

I want to delete that paragraph now. But I won’t.