Danger, Will Robinson

It has come to my attention that I have a hot button that not all of my friends know exists. It's probably a good idea to mention it.

If anyone -- and I mean anyone -- brings up the topic of indoor vs. outdoor cats in more than a discussion of simple logistics, or mention of what they do with their own pets (not why), it is the fastest way to get me dizzy with fury. I am aware of this, and I will leave a discussion politely if it turns to the philosophical angle, but do not ever try to tell me what I (or people in general) "should" do with their own pets.

It is not productive to have this button. I am not cultivating it. Yet every time it comes up, it seems like an avenue by which people can preach freely and impose their own views with the confidence of self-righteousness, rather than a weighing of real-life factors. It's happened so often that I'm not rational about it anymore.

No further discussion, please.

No complaints

Today was... ( surprisingly normal. )

That was worth waiting for

There are two men on this earth who know exactly how to please me. They aren't always spot-on, but when they get it, they delight me like no one else.

I know them only as The Crystal Method.

Having finally gotten a stereo worth the effort, I cracked the wrapper on Community Service II. It is, in a word, interesting. Not as good as the first one, but nowhere near boring, either.

Track four is exquisite. Full stop.
They remixed "Keep Hope Alive". It's the closest thing I have to a signature song... but sadly, I think the original is better.
Track ten: hey, guys, your Aphex Twin is showing.

And what can I say about Bizarre Love Triangle? Somehow, I don't know how, they managed to remix a song and made it even more authentic than the original. Of all the New Order I've ever liked, I love that song most, even without the memories... I was laughing helplessly in astonished delight at their treatment of it.

New music = happy me.