Saturday, July 3, 2004

Widget Gives a rats ass


Woke up this morning to find a headless rat lying in the floor on the way to my study. Considering Bastian was in bed with me all night and Sharess runs from anything she finds icky, the only one it could have been was Ms. Widget who was wearing a particularly winning smirk, for a cat, when I saw her lounging in my chair. There was also a nasty mess of cat upchuck not 4 feet away, so I can sorta imagine Sharess just watching Widget do the kill and then puking in disgust when its head popped off.

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Interesting line said today in the Graves house.

Morgan fell off the couch and hit his head on the floor...He was whining about it and trying to get up when Damien jumped at him and dramatically asked. “Quick, can you remember anything?”

7 comments:

tragic_melodies said...

No interesting comments that I haven't already said. I'm stealing Damien's line for future use when my nephews' bash their heads. And..I like Widget. Can I have her? -bat lashes-

syxsyxxxy said...

Missed seeing you, Nick. You've been away from LJ for some time.

"Quick, can you remember anything?"

scribblemoose said...

I thought I was the only person in the world with a cat called Widgit. *fuzzies* Although mine is female and not very bright.

Sympathies on the rat, though. Ick.

disturbedgraves said...

Yeah I know. Part of it is laziness the other part has to do with life being very dull around the Graves house lately. What doesn’t include me being in a doctor or lawyer's office is generally spent recuperating from those visits... and that’s not so interesting to write about. Still, it was very nice to know I was missed, I will try to be a little more frequent with my updates.

disturbedgraves said...

Widget got her name from a silly place. I was reading the series Rich Dad Poor Dad(it’s a financial and investment series that teaches you how to not be a poor bum like me) and one of the secrets to success they said was to find yourself a widget, something that you have that other people want. I was having a hard time finding one of these things so she sorta became my stand in. Ironically, she has become a sort of muse for me. When I write or paint she’s always right on top of me, murmuring approvingly or glaring discontent...I actually ask her what she thinks about most things. It’s a little loopy I know...

ghostbard said...

Hi Nick! Whenever you get around to sending me stuff to proofread is fine by me. *giggles* Your Widget sounds like our Angel. Although Angel will deposit it at our feet while we're awake and look up at us like we're crazy when she freak out at the dead (if we're lucky) animal. It's a present, but it's not one that's greatly appreciated.

I love that little line by Damien. Must remember to use that next time my husband cracks his head on the cupboard. *grin*

Oh yes...Harry Potter 3 sucked. My humble opinion here...and I'm definitely looking forward to seeing Riddick. (Although I have to agree...Gary Oldman made an AWESOME Sirius Black!!!!!!)

scribblemoose said...

My widget started out life called 'thingie' because I couldn't think of what to call her. (I'm notoriously bad at cat names.) Then there were ads on TV for these little choc chip cookies called 'widgits' and I discovered a widgit in engineering terminology was a component that had no specific name - and it just fitted. (She's a tortie, so she has choc chip colouring.) she's the quietest of my three cats, she mostly hangs out looking pretty and going squeak - never quite got the hang of the miaow.

[/cat rant. oops. sorry!]