So becuase I’m living in an appartment building and have no yard into which I may release Charlie when his little doggy bladder fills up, I end up walking him at strange hours of the night in all manner of weather, becuase I love him.
So tonight it’s single-digits and snowing, and while we’re walking back, I see a big gray tabby curled up with it’s back to us on the porch of one of the houses that’s not yet occupied. It doesn’t look up at us when we pass by, or when charlie doubles back and starts climbing the stairs to sniff it.
Understandably worried that someone’s pet is lose or that one of the ferals is goign to be a kitty popsicle, I hurry home, collect the cat carrier and go back to the porch to bring kitty in from the cold. Since I will probably need both hands to carry it back and there’s enough ambient light, I don’t take a flashlight.
Kitty must be very asleep becuase it doesn’t look up when I put the crate down, or when I walk up to it, but the *second* I touch just one of its little kitty fluffs, It’s head pops up with the loudest, deepest “brrp?” cat start-up noise ever.
…and I realize by the large tufted ears and buff shoulder muscles that the thing I am attempting to pick up is not an unusually large tabby.
It’s the fucking Bobcat.
Fortunately, instead of maiming me, like my idiot ass deserves, it lets out a demonic YEEEAAUGH and flings itself off the porch, fleeing into the night, and I sit there waiting for my heart to start beating again, presumably to tell it’s bobcat buddies all about it’s attempted alien abduction.
A.F. Vandevorst installation for Arnhem Mode Biennale 2011
“A girl sleeping in a hospital bed in her A.F. Vandevorst dress. But here, the girl as well as the mattress and pillow are made out of candle wax. Once lit, what starts as a perfect image will slowly melt and perish during the biennale.”
Got something you need to do at a certain time every day (e.g., take meds)? Start giving your cat a treat right before you do it. You may have trouble remembering, but your cat absolutely will not.
Minor Potential Problem: If you’ve got an exceptionally smart and or gluttonous animal, they WILL begin lying to you about what time it is in order to get treats more often*, so it maybe don’t do this with things that have to be done at a certain time or medications that you could potentially overdose on.
However: this is great for activities that aren’t time-specific but you should definitely be doing more often, like drinking water, getting up and stretching, flossing, doing the dishes etc. Put your pet’s gluttony to work on your self care routine!
*Charlie’s barely smarter than a brick of ramen and DEFINITELY lies to me about how often he’s been fed or let outside.
This is NOT okay, do ya`ll see how small and brittle the new nibs are?? I usually only draw in weekends (I don`t press hard either) and now I have to change them every 3 weeks.
Complain. Tell them this isn`t okay. Don`t let big companies rob artists because they have the most reliable products.
How do they expect people to be able to afford that? This is ridiculous.
Don’t just reblog this!!
Comment on their instagram!! Message them!!
By doing this, wacom makes digital artists spend almost 50 dollars every year compared to MAX 4 dollars every year on NIBS. This is so wasteful and not something everyone can afford. Wacom is just getting away with this and giving absolute bullshit excuses.
If you all wacom users want change, you gotta do something about it.
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