#maresdotes

I'd say watch The Mandolorian, but if only for soft!Dad feels -- mando'ade keeps his helmet on for all but one scene. I realize that this isn't smutty, but if you ever need "bad decisions man reluctantly becomes good parent" material for writing reference, you could do worse.

That instrument is freaking awesome. I'm going to have to look up more of her stuff because I love that kind of organic electronica sound.

my personal favorites are the live recordings - Quadraphonic and the 1975 concerts especially but even like, a random youtube video will have some great stuff

she also did a collab with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, who imo really expertly carries the torch of ‘emotive modular bleep music that happily wanders into new-age territory’

This is... a tough one.

For one, when all is said and done we’re going to be out at least $500 to have the cats vetted, get their shots up to date, get them fixed, plus all the associated costs -- litter, food, etc. That’s assuming we don’t find a health or behavioral problem that they haven’t disclosed to us for fear we won’t take them.

We can afford it, but I’m not going to say it won’t pinch.  All our cats (including Maggie) are seniors, meaning they require expensive bloodwork every year.  Two of them are on special, very costly diets.  We love them, and we will jump through hoops to make sure they have what they need to be healthy and comfortable, but an extra $500 is still an extra $500.

On one hand, my inclination is to do whatever is necessary to make sure these cats are taken care of, because the alternative -- I’m positive -- is that they either dump them at the shelter or open the door and say, “Well, they’re cats, they’ll figure it out,” because that is what A LOT of people do. Especially ignorant people who take the “I’ve got a family to think about” approach to excusing their personal irresponsibility.

On the other hand, this is a really, really dangerous mindset to encourage by throwing money at it.

When we lived at the old house I used to volunteer twice a week to do the night shift at a local adoption center.  Simple work, just come in, let the cats out to run around, scrub the cages, food and water, back in for bedtime.  If anyone came by to inquire about a cat I took their info, chatted about the process, etc. 

I was also sometimes called to the front in order to answer phone calls from people calling for the adoption center.  Mostly these were people looking for a place to dump cats they didn’t want / could no longer take care of.

One time I had a guy whose intact female had just had a litter of kittens.  I knew the lady who ran the place had a soft spot for kittens, so I said she might be able to take them once they were fully weaned.

He’s like, “Okay, so how much will you give me for them?”

“Sorry?”

“I see people charging like twenty, thirty bucks a kitten on Craigslist.  There’s five kittens, so can you give me like $150 for them?”

“We don’t buy kittens. This is a rescue.”

“Yeah, but I’ve seen your adoption prices.  You charge like $100 for people to adopt a cat.  What kind of racket are you running?  You should buy my kittens.”

A real conversation I had with a real person, who could not fathom why his complete disregard for an animal that he was tasked with caring for shouldn’t net him a profit.

I wonder if they'll give him a route now. Wasn't he auto-ranked like Sae was? It would be interesting, sad but interesting, if hitting particular confidant levels is what resulted in saving him. I say sad because that also means you could blow him off and still end up with the same result as P5.

Yep, he has a manual route! (Cezaria has provided consistent translations and information about P5 and P5-related canon content.)

I was thinking that as well, as that would be similar to Shinjiro in P3P, but my major thought against it is Shinjiro’s reprieve came in the form of a coma which still removed him from the game for most of it, and he didn’t have too big of a role to play in the plot. However, Goro seems to know something’s really wrong with the late game events. He can’t not be there.

Considering I now work for a vet that specifically focuses on house calls, I can assure you that you are absolutely not alone.

What I’ve noticed is that one of two things can happen with home visits.

One, the cat is still equally as scared, but now knows ALL of the hiding spots that they’re used to, and can easily access them, because they’re in their element.

Two, they feel more at east and far less stressed because they weren’t just in a carrier, they weren’t being transported, and their anxiety wasn’t working against their sedative the entire time.

And unfortunately, the only real way to find out is to give it a try. A lot of times for housecalls, the vet will recommend confining the cat the a room so they can easily get the cat. They really don’t have the time to help you fish your cat out from their hiding spot under your bed, so typically I recommend a bathroom or a wash room.

My cat Sif doesn’t like being in a carrier. So the act of getting her to the vet is just as stressful as the visit itself. So we have the vet come out and she’s absolutely fine the entire time. And you’d never think that this was the same cat that fear-sprayed every time she gets put in a carrier. My other cat Simcoe does NOT want to go in the carrier, but once she’s inside, she curls up and makes herself small. She’s not violent and doesn’t bite, and by the time we get to the vet’s office, she typically just curls up in the vet tech’s arms and lets them do what they need and goes back into her carrier when they’re done. 

Typically, the very aggressively scared do better in the home. But that’s a general observation. Even though they still have the less than optimal visit to deal with, there’s no issue of transportation, which is stressful no matter how short it is. 

Y'know, coming to terms with queer as an applicable term and a label has been mighty freeing, especially when there is -- as you point out -- an ebb and flow, no fixed definitive, and just in general it's a broader (more comfortable?) term to deal with. It's more personalize-able -- I always feel like I'm butting against the "ideal" definition of bi or straight because how does ace come in to play with those?

right!!! queer’s great because it’s a catchall that can also be adjusted for the individual person as needed! other labels stressed me out because i never felt like i fit into any one of them properly.

and saying a word salad like, “i’m bisexual with a preference for women or feminine-presenting people but that doesn’t mean i can’t and won’t be attracted to ppl of other genders and i have such a low sex drive/little to no sexual interest unless in extremely emotionally safe and loving situations but i’m not asexual because i do experience that attraction” is just........ exhausting and nonsensical lmao

okay!

I hate when the doppelgangers take over your various feeds...