Stories from an ordinary life

Fuzzy situations

We're having a bunny incident at my apartment tonight. This adorable little creature likes to hop around my building at night which confuses and/or frustrates my cats. Champ ran out the door one night and chased it into some bushes before I caught him, so I thought maybe it would be scared off. No such luck. Tonight Jazzie spotted it from the balcony and decided that jumping from the second story to chase it sounded like a good idea. She whined and looked for a good place to gracefully fall, but I pulled out all the stops and mentioned the magic word -- "treat" -- just before her front paws left the wood. So, disaster, or a broken kitty leg, was narrowly averted. She keeps wanting to go outside and keep on eye out for it, however.

The incident reminded me of another interesting bunny problem Champ once had. When he was about 8 weeks old I took him to visit my aunt while she was babysitting for five young kids. They had a huge lop-eared bunny and the little girls wanted to see it play with the kitten. Well apparently this large male bunny thought Champ was a little girl bunny and defiled my poor baby. The children were mostly confused, Champ was mostly terrified and my aunt was laughing so hard she could barely breathe and her face was bright red. It was amusing and disturbing all at the same time.

Anyhow, tomorrow night is the big night. Season premiere of "Alias." One of the guys at work and I have been freaking out about it for weeks; hoping that the show won't be ruined with J. Gar's pregnancy. BTW, she accidentally revealed on Leno that it's a girl. Look how fabulous she looked! She got a standing ovation when she walked on stage. I mean really, she's not the world's best actress, but who doesn't want to root for someone who looks so glowing and happy? (Despite the fact that she's carrying the progeny of Ben Affleck.) My co-worker Kyle has decided I have a girl crush on her. I, on the other hand, am trying to convert him to an "Alias" fan so he'll understand why I've gotten so revved up about the show and why I envy the girl so much. I like her for the same reason I love Angelina Jolie, they're sexy and they kick some serious ass. It may be cheesy, but I love strong female role models. They don't make me want to kill somebody or myself like Tara Reid or Paris Hilton does. (I promise after the season gets underway I'll chill a bit on the "Alias" talk.)

posted by This one time . . . @ 2:47 AM