My pet mouse died 😦

OK, maybe it wasn’t a real pet, just a random mouse that found a way into my room, but still. After 4 days I was getting attached to the little guy. He (or she) gave me something to do, listen to, and watch. Yeah, it was a little annoying when he ran around at 2 am or knocked things around on my shelf making loud startling noises, but still, he was cool.

I couldn’t see that he just wanted somewhere warm to stay, and some food to eat. Sure, I would say that “If he had come to me, I would gladly have housed him in my aquarium and fed him well”. But I couldn’t see at the time that he was, of course, scarred of me, as I was 80 ft tall in his eyes. And I kept thinking to myself, “But he could have mites, or fleas, or who knows”, but it wasn’t his fault. He was in no way in the wrong. He did nothing unmouselike, or even, it could be argued, unhumanlike. Now i see all this, but it is too late.

I had to go and be a bastard, I had to go and be a big evil bastard. I had to set a trap. And now, I have to live with the consequenses, because though he outsmarted me for 4 days, he finally succumbed to the temptation of lemon Jolly Rancher. So, at 6:20 this morning, my poor little friend passed away, due to a severely fractured skull and spine (it actually woke me up, though I didn’t realize what it was until about 3 hours later).

So, rest in peace little guy, and I am sorry. You will always be my friend, though I certainly did not act as a friend to you. I hope you can forgive me. You taught me a valuable lesson about the flaws of man, though you were only a little mouse.

So, the LiquiForce people are outside working on our sewer, so we haven’t been able to dispose of water. We can use it, we just can’t let it down the drain. Kinda sucks.

Brandon totaled his car out a few days ago on Woodside bridge (liberty? or independence? Think Independence). He hit the center median to avoid some car that cut him off, and rolled the car over the median, then slid across the oncoming lane. Pictures are not good looking. Luckily though, he is fine except a bump on head and sore neck from when he took off the seat belt and fell out of seat.

Uhm…

Not much else.

I want an iPod nano.

OK, bye.

So, I am now up to around 115 edited posts. That’s pretty impressive I think. After I have finished editing all 296 posts, I will return to work on the gallery, and try getting polls back up.

I am strongly considering changing my posting method. Rather than the “every 3rd day” that has honestly served me quite well, I am considering moving to a more willy nilly method. Instead of every 3 days, I would post as I wanted, as things happened. This means that:

1. I could post things right away, rather than up to 3 days later when they are no longer as fresh in my mind
2. When posting, I would only write on a single topic, making it easier to categorize them. If I had multiple topics, I could make multiple posts at once. This means no more reading about Apple’s new mouse to find out how my job interview went.

The downside, of course, is that I may slack off. The only reason I post sometimes is because for over 2 years, I have always just posted every 3 days. We will see I suppose. Maybe the first new poll on this site.

I noticed the old blog is at around 5700 visits. I checked in SiteMeter and it is expecting, based on the last month, another 300 or so visits this month. That means there is a chance the old blog will make it to 6000 visits before being deleted by Apple of Oct 1.

I looked up the new Triple Whopper with Cheese. Around 1500 calories, and 45 grams of fat. Add in fries and you’re maxed out for the day.

Remember the BBDB? My great idea to sort and enter all my Baseball Cards into a database? Yeah, that never happened. Just wanted to let you know.

Jenn is now sick. We had thought she got me sick, but now we think it was my Brother, then me, then my Mom, then Grandma, and now Jenn. It is odd though, because if my Brother brought it in first, my Mom and Grandma should have been sick before me, as they have weaker immune systems. Guess not. Who knows.

OK, I think that’s it for my 301st blog. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend.