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[erinaceina]

Well, Ivy has managed to knock a tooth out.

[erinaceina]

So, last night when I was giving the cats their treats, I noticed Ivy was being really tentative trying to get them, rather than snatching like a hobgoblin as per usual. I tried to have a look but, being a cat, she didn’t exactly cooperate so I thought I’d leave it and see what happened.

Again, this morning, she was picking gingerly at her breakfast rather than shovelling it in (you’d think that she was the one who had been a stray, given the way she eats).

After breakfast, she settled down on my bed. She was trying to wash her ear, but every time it got to the point where she should have licked her paw she kind of stopped with her tongue partway out and clearly didn’t want to put her tongue out so she’d go back to rubbing her unlicked paw over her ear and then the same thing would happen again.

So, I decided I really did need to get a good look at her mouth. I could see that her bottom right canine was at a weird angle just before she flung herself free. More cat-wrangling and by the time I had her gently squished on my bedroom windowsill (as per vet instructions for gently handling cats) the tooth was entirely gone. There wasn’t any blood or anything so it must have been really hanging on by a thread.

I’ve no idea how she managed to knock it loose in the first place. When she had her annual checkup a couple of months ago, they said her teeth were in excellent condition with no dental disease. But she does like to stick her head in places where it shouldn’t be (like licking the olive oil bottle) and she and Ruby roughhouse a fair amount. I think she’s also caught it on a blanket (tried to get up while she was sucking the blanket).

Anyway, we’ve got an appointment at the vet tomorrow.

[erinaceina]

She’s still willing to fight me for cheesecake mochi, apparently.

[marril96]

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[erinaceina]

Well, Ivy has managed to knock a tooth out.

[erinaceina]

So, last night when I was giving the cats their treats, I noticed Ivy was being really tentative trying to get them, rather than snatching like a hobgoblin as per usual. I tried to have a look but, being a cat, she didn’t exactly cooperate so I thought I’d leave it and see what happened.

Again, this morning, she was picking gingerly at her breakfast rather than shovelling it in (you’d think that she was the one who had been a stray, given the way she eats).

After breakfast, she settled down on my bed. She was trying to wash her ear, but every time it got to the point where she should have licked her paw she kind of stopped with her tongue partway out and clearly didn’t want to put her tongue out so she’d go back to rubbing her unlicked paw over her ear and then the same thing would happen again.

So, I decided I really did need to get a good look at her mouth. I could see that her bottom right canine was at a weird angle just before she flung herself free. More cat-wrangling and by the time I had her gently squished on my bedroom windowsill (as per vet instructions for gently handling cats) the tooth was entirely gone. There wasn’t any blood or anything so it must have been really hanging on by a thread.

I’ve no idea how she managed to knock it loose in the first place. When she had her annual checkup a couple of months ago, they said her teeth were in excellent condition with no dental disease. But she does like to stick her head in places where it shouldn’t be (like licking the olive oil bottle) and she and Ruby roughhouse a fair amount. I think she’s also caught it on a blanket (tried to get up while she was sucking the blanket).

Anyway, we’ve got an appointment at the vet tomorrow.

[werewolf-transgenderism]

like genuinely don't piss me off I know what I'm talking about and I can and WILL pull sources. your idea of a homogeneous white European past is simply a white supremacist fantasy and not a historical reality

[erinaceina]

Well, Ivy has managed to knock a tooth out.

[penandinkprincess]

truly few things instantly put me in a bad mood more than humidity

WHY is the fucking AIR out here TOUCHING ME

get OFF

[wouldyoueatthisfood]

Would you eat this?

I would eat this

I would not eat this

I have eaten this (positive)

I have eaten this (negative)

Remaining time: 5 days 13 hours

Food: Korean tteokbokki

Ingredients: Korean rice cakes, fish cakes, green onions, anchovy stock, gochujang, gochugaru, soy sauce, garlic, brown sugar, honey, sesame oil, sesame seeds, eggs

[meanbuddhist]

*turns my attention inwards* mmmmm. no *turns my attention back outwards* oh god

[homunculus-argument]

If you want to learn how to turn pigeons into people, but you're too scared of making practice specimen because getting them cognitively on a human level is so hard and there isn't any ethical way to get rid of them, I have a solution for you:

Just set them loose in an airport. So many people there already behave like it's their first day in human society, nobody will be able to tell. Even the people working there can't tell which ones are real people and which ones have never had hands before.

[bviralmedia]

Curious Tiger Chews on Cardboard Tube in His Outdoor Enclosure

[albva]

[yujateaandpi]

Was driving with my grandmother and in broken English she says “no eyes… no nose… no face. Don’t trust.” To which I looked around wildly in search of this omen of ill portend.

Cybertruck. It was a cybertruck.

[perequiste]

things will work out + it’s still early + not everything is lost + trees

[theskydoesgreatthingsnow]

LOTR abridged

[starsnot]

have you ever seen a cow in real life

i see cows every day

i see cows very often

i only see cows occasionally, but often enough that it isnt unusual

i have only seen cows a few times

i have seen cows once

i have seen cows but only at a Place To See Animals

i have never seen a cow

Remaining time: 3 days 10 hours

if you used to see cows consistently but you dont anymore, answer according to how often you did at cow time!

[pitviperofdoom]

I try not to fall into the "I never liked their work anyway" ditch when an artist/creator reveals themself to be a terrible person

BUT

a feeling I do have and will stand by is "While I enjoyed their work overall I did have some gripes that I overlooked out of affection and whimsy, but now that my loyalty is gone and my affection tainted there is nothing holding me back from enumerating my many grievances, to which the revelations of the creator's shittiness may or may not provide a new and infuriating context."

[phantom-september]

Elfbruary Day 8: Arwen the Smith

I noticed in my recent reread that the banner Arwen makes isn't described as embroidered or woven. It's described as "made" and "wrought." Words Tolkien uses for things made through smithcraft. And the materials mentioned for the banner are metals, not any specific cloth.

And then I remembered both the brooch she left for Aragorn in Lothlorien and that it isn't mentioned who reforged Narsil. Arwen is associated with smithcraft, so why not her? :)

[what-even-is-thiss]

It will get cold again eventually. The summer will not last forever. I’m not doomed to live in this unbearable heat for all eternity. <- said while gripping the countertop so hard that the tile is starting to crack

[hyliantomatoes]

wait now i’m curious what’s everyone’s go-to pair of shoes