Posts made by Auspice

Hard to say. I think it'd come down to personalities, really. Which ones resonate the most or seem like they'd be most suitable for the older cat?

@Admiral said in The Cat Thread:

Mine's not so bad. The medical stuff is less than 500 dollars, and the identity theft seems to be purely vehicular? I'm not sure. I keep getting parking ticket and speeding ticket notifications for other states I've never been to.

And the vehicular stuff is less than 250 bucks total.

I'll give a little more if you still need the money next month, but this month my budget is tapped out.

Oh, dude, srsly, you've donated. That's amazing. There is no need to donate more. I'm at nearly $200 and that is way over anything I 'expected' out of this. That's half the pet rent deposit, for example.

Truly, all of you who have spread the word / donated.

I, too, play Dystopia. Haven't met Samir yet tho. But if you raid trashcans... We may not cross paths.

@Admiral said in The Cat Thread:

I donated. I would have given more but I'm tapped out right now with a lot of medical/vehicle bills of my own. Also some identity theft issues.

To those on here who are on the fence about giving? 10-20 dollars goes a long way, and if everyone pitches in a little bit I'm sure we can knock it out.

Identity theft is
So are medical bills. Between Jan & March this year, I had 3 surgeries. Only 1 was planned. I've been slowly chipping at a pile myself.

I went off on a collector a couple days ago. "Can you even pay $50?" "Not if I want to eat this week." "Well, doesn't your HUSBAND work? CAN'T HE PAY?"

...I went off on her at that point (I am very much single).

@Jaded said in The Cat Thread:

I tossed your gofundme page on my Facebook account. And my brother shared it with his Cat Magic Friendship forum. Hopefully you see an increase in donations.

=O

Thank you!

Before Chip showed up, our street had a mole problem.

For about a month, we had 1-2 moles on our doorstep every day.
He often brought half-dead mice into the house.
He brought a large garden snake home once.
A bluejay another time.

That cat was a hunting fool.

@Apu said in The Cat Thread:

We too had a cat-dog, as we referred to our mostly-outdoor cat, Chipper. He'd walk with us everywhere he could, up to a certain point, escorting us half-way to the store (or all the way, in a few cases - I thought he was going to walk into the store with us one day when we were still in Maryland) and he was very protective of the boys, staying with them when they were young and playing in the backyard. He was also very protective of the kittens when they'd accidentally get out. There was one time all four of them - Peanut, Red, Patches and Eamon - got out and were tooling around the yard. Chipper went between where they were and the front door where he meowed until I came out to see what was up. He then led me to the backyard where the naughty bebes were playing and then followed behind me when I herded them back in. I miss him.

When I was a teenager and still living in MD, we had a stray 'adopt' us. Named him Chip. He was super loving and cuddly. He taught two kittens we got how to hunt.

I love cats with dog-like behavior.

Ike will play fetch. Never had a dog that would, but damn my little 8lb cat does.

I also love when feral cats 'adopt' someone. They know. They can totally sense who a good catmom/dad will be.

@Cupcake said in The Cat Thread:

You might also want to get pricing from pet shipping/transport services. They really are out there, and many will give you updates on your pet en route.

The last time I looked, most services that do this would be roughly $500... Which is what I'm estimating for my ticket + hers already, based on plane ticket cost trends. So I might as well include the visit to see family and be there with her myself.

If they were less, I'd be considering that route.

As a note for folks...

I play Elizabeth. Even if I'm idle, feel free to page me if you want to RP. I sometimes just space out at Pub chan and chill.

@VulgarKitten said in The Cat Thread:

This may or may not be helpful in your situation, but if you can't manage to raise the full amount by November most of the bigger airlines allow pets to travel unaccompanied, as long as they have their vet certificates in order. You just need someone to check them in, and then someone to pick them up at the other end.

Yeah. I just get anxious about that sort of method. That's a long trip in which I'll have no idea what the status is of the cat.

@somasatori said in The Cat Thread:

I don't have much ATM, but I hope that helps!

As mentioned, every little bit helps! Where I'm at now covers / almost covers how much the add-on to fly her back in the cabin with me will cost. (I've been told round-trip runs about $150 at most generally, so I'm estimating about $75 for that part!)

@Arkandel said in Fanbase entitlement:

I don't know if it can get much stupider than this.

Probably the same people who have sent the spouse/partner of actors death threats because they wanted said actor to be gay.

Since, y'know... being gay isn't a choice UNLESS it validates your shitty fanfic.

So the devious purpose of this thread is to share my GoFundMe. Some of you may have seen in the RL threads that I'm working on saving up money to get my cat out to me. And while I'm looking into the emotional support animal certification in case it can off-set some costs, I am not relying on it. Thus I'm trying to save up the total cost I estimate needing (about $1k). And I need that by the end of November, which isn't long for someone like me who has just a bit more than 'making ends meet' money.

This is definitely an 'every little bit helps' situation and any money left over will go to stuff the cat needs once she's here (like food, toys, litter box, registration, etc.).

If you can chip in: https://www.gofundme.com/bringikehome

So! To keep this from just being a begging type thread... I thought we could share pics.

Here's my two cats. Ashes (the grey and white one) and Ike (the black one). Ashes is too old to move cross-country (upstate SC to Seattle region) and my mother adores her, so I know she's being very well cared for (I get many photos of her lounging in windows and cuddling in blankets).

Ashes:

Ike:

@Cupcake said in RL things I love:

@Auspice said in RL things I love:

I've been told I'm intimidating, too.

I honestly don't understand why.

Ever see/read Pride and Prejudice? You know the part where Darcy tells Elizabeth that he didn't think Jane's feelings for Bingley were the same because she wasn't obvious in her expression and Lizzie's like, "SHE'S SHY!"?

That.

Well... see, I think I'm VERY expressive, so I try to tone it back actively.

Oops. >.>

Also, for an RL thing I love...
Between moving, trying to save up to be able to get my cat, etc... I don't really have spare money. I've been yearning for the last few upgrades my desktop (gaming) computer needs. It's been on only 8GB RAM, but... the DDR3 stuff isn't cheap.

Today, while hauling things to the dumpster, I saw a mostly-gutted computer tower. Decided to check it out.

I now have another 8GB RAM in my machine.

I've been told I'm intimidating, too.

I honestly don't understand why.

Their pet policy in general is 2 pets, $400 deposit, $25 monthly. But they seemed pretty lax when it came up in the lease signing. Sort of a 'just let us know sometime after you have your cat.' And the link Cupcake provided earlier, re: WA housing... That's the state I'm in. So it looks like they may have to waive fees.

I'm still planning for said deposit, just in case. But once I have paperwork in hand, I'll approach them.

So, I knew of this girl. She was sort of part of a group of friends, but 'joined' them after I'd moved away.

She self-published a book and all of our mutual friends (and friends of hers) were giving it 5 stars and glowing reviews on Amazon. So I went, alright. I'll check it out.

Didn't even make it through the first chapter, it was so painfully bad. And last I looked (like, 4 years ago mind you)... those 5 star reviews were the only ones. Everything else was 1-2 stars with the rare 3.

I'd dig it up now, but I honestly only talk to one person in that crowd anymore and I don't remember her name.

I feel like I should photograph my cards... But they're almost all standard playing cards of various designs/styles.

I utilize Yelp when I'm unfamiliar with the restaurants in an area. However, I also go through the reviews.

Because 9 times out of 10, that 1 star review is some sort of bullshit like, 'I forgot my phone and when I went back there they didn't have it waiting for me!' or 'I requested they make my meal gluten free and they said they couldn't!'