andreeainjapan has this amazing collection of feral cat photos on Flickr.
It reminds of how lucky I am to have friends who I can count on :)

from andreeainjapan's flickr page:

IF YOU RESCUE ME
(CHANSON DES CHATS)

If you rescue me
I’ll be your friend forever
Let me in your bed
I’ll keep you warm in winter

All the kittens are playing
they’re having such fun
I wish it could happen to me
But if you rescue me
I’ll never have to be alone again

All the cars drive do fast
And the people are mean
And sometimes it’s hard to find food
Let me into your world
I’ll keep you warm and amused
All the things we can do in the rain

If you rescue me
I’ll be your friend forever
Let me in your bed
I’ll keep you warm in winter
Oh someday I know
Someone will look into my eyes
And say: hello, you’re a very special kitten

So if you rescue me
I’ll never have to be alone again
I’ll never have to be alone again
I’ll never have to be alone again

[Sung by Gael Garcia Bernal & Co. on the soundtrack of the movie "The Science of Sleep/La Science des Rêves" (2006). Thanks to a fellow flickr member who shared the lyrics.]

You can listen to the song here: www.myspace.com/scienceofsleepsong

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I'm sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I just don't have the time. Today is the last actual day off I will have in a long time, and I'm suffering from extreme insomnia right now (started this post at 4:26 am). I also tweaked my back last night while cleaning the kitchen and it's pissing me off.
I will be starting the Spring 2008 semester in 9 days, while still working 2 jobs. *sigh* Right now, as I type, I'm also knitting a simple Noro drop-stitch scarf, working on a HatsforAlex WIP, and having a cup of tea.
I have also been wary of splogging (spam blogging) and pirated blogsites that I'm reading about and it makes me angry. Example - there's this really cool knitter on Ravelry who is having her blog copied by some nutjob who is also trying to hack into her Google AdSense revenue. Whatever!

I am also - whew - trying to take a cue from Cristi and not have any serious stuff on my blog. I get enough emails/text msgs/voicemails about people checking to see if I'm dead yet and yes, eventually I do return them so I try to update about the serious stuff during those one-on-one conversations LOL

I hope everyone is having a fun & inspiring New Year. It's January 14th already, and 2008 calendars at Borders have been marked down to $4 hahahaha

That's all for now - I still have little bits and pieces of things and piccies I want to post. Please put a comment here just to say hi, or drop me an email/text. It makes me smile in the little pauses of the day :)

Just for fun:

Your name in Japanese

See you soon.
~A

¶ 6:07 AM