Beta Stories

[geminigirl]

Since it's been a while since we had Beta stories, here are a couple of his latest tricks...

The heat and high humidity has made the smoke alarm in my apartment hypersensitive-it goes off sometimes when I'm showering. Beta doesn't like the noise...so he'll crouch on the floor, directly underneath the smoke alarm, and look up at it and hiss. I'd never heard him hiss before this. It's kind of cute, the way he flattens himself out.

I was in the bathroom the other day, applying some talcum powder. Beta happened to get underneath, when it was in transit from my hand to my body, and got bits of powder splattered on him. He slunk off, doing a sort of belly-crawl type thing, as if he were underneat something. Very silly.

Yesterday, as I was coming in, Beta slipped out the door. Once in a while, he does this, and usually I see him when he does and chase him back inside. (He'll frequently meet me at the door in the evenings when I come home from work. It's a very uncatlike thing to do, but it is rather charming.) I didn't see him slip out, and let the door close, and called him. I walked into the apartment, put my things down, and looked around. I heard pitiful mewling from outside my door, opened it and there, slunk down about as low as he could be, and obviously scared, was Beta. This entire ordeal took less than two minutes, and there was no one out in the hall. I opened the door, he came back into the house, and hid under my skirt. And refused to come out from underneath it until I took it off, and picked him up. Poor kitty.

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[rdhdsnippet.livejournal.com]

My cats greet me at the door. Seb did too. I don't think it's all that unusual actually.

[geminigirl]

He's the first cat I've ever lived with that makes it a daily thing. I've asked aquariumgirl if he does it to her when she gets to my place before I do, and she said no. (I wondered if he runs to the door when anyone comes up the stairs and I'm not home or what.) I chalked it up to his being an indoor cat...my cats growing up were always indoor/outdoor and far less human-centric than either of the two beasties I live with now.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

My cat is a greeter, too.

He does the same thing every time he gets outside of the apartment for more than a few seconds. He desperately wants out of the house...until he's actually outside. Then he is freaked out and wants to tell mom all about his big adventure. This cat was a mostly outdoor cat for the first 10 years of his little life and now can't stand to be in the hallway for more than 30 seconds.

[geminigirl]

Beta's always been an indoor cat. I'm not used to cats greeting humans that way. He doesn't race to the door when I'm not home, and according to aquariumgirl he doesn't race to meet her if she gets there before I do. And he loves her...I think she's his favorite cat-sitter and human next to me. I chalk the human-centricness up to being an indoor cat, instead of interacting with the outside world.

By the way, can you find my perfect wedding shoes for me, since you seem to be good at it?

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

Check out the Jezebell shoes from chinese laundry. I think the heel is low enough that you could dance the night away in these. If you are looking for something different (not open toe or strappy) tell me and I can take a swing at it.

[geminigirl]

I saw that one and thought it was cute. Haven't decided if I want open toes or not yet. I fell in love with the glittery silver flats that Steven Kojowhateverskihisnameis had on the Today show a couple of weeks ago.

I'm kinda dykey when it comes to my shoes. I wear birkenstocks and doc martens most of the time. My dream shoe would be doc martens under my dress, but I think my Mom would kill me. I did however find the white ones, with the light colored soles, just in case I decide to do that.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

Chinese laundry have a lot of silver shoes.

My first thought is that if you want to wear doc martins, then wear doc martins.

If you still want to look, tell me the parameters. I'm in love with certain heel styles -- most of my heels are square or rectangular stilleto heels. If you are not partial to either of these, you should indicate a heel style that you enjoy.

[geminigirl]

Doc martens=no heel. I'm not sure I don't want some kind of a heel.

I like the heel on the one you pointed me at earlier...if I'm going to be on my feet all day in it, I want a not too high, solid heel. The one you pointed at earlier was just about perfect.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I realized a day standing in heels for someone not used to wearing heels is like pure hell. That's why I suggested going for the docs.

How about these shoes? They come in both white and silver. I love sling backs. It's too bad these shoes only come in black.

[geminigirl]

It's not that I never spend the day in heels, it's just that if I'm picking out my shoes for the day, I'm likely to grab docs or birks rather than heels. I have some heels that I absolutely love. I'm kicking myself for not buying them in brown and in bone when I bought them in navy and in black.

It's finding the right heel.

The second shoes are cute; I own a pair that's similar-they've got black beading. It's too bad they only come in black.

I suspect there will be a rather frustrating quest and many prayers to the shopping gods when it comes to finding the wedding shoes.