On the topic that ate LJ today

No matter what you thought of the man personally (and I've seen plenty of people today both imply and state outright that "he got what he deserved" *twitch*), as dewhitton says: "He made people care about the animals, even the ugly ones. He saved patches of bush, even the useless stuff like rainforests and swamps. He got everyone thinking about the world we should be caring for." I think on the whole the world is a poorer place without him in it.

What I did on the first non-holiday day of my week-long vacation

Saw "Invincible" last night; not a serious fan of football in general or the Eagles in particular, but I liked it quite a lot. Proceeded to stay up puttering on LJ and then reading some George Pelecanos until 3:30 AM. Overslept by half an hour, then rounded up the cat and dumped him in the carrier with Chris' help. Realized that crap, I made a vet appointment for 10 AM in Leesburg on one of the worst possible traffic days, and it's raining; I should've left at 9, not 9:17. Went to the cardiologist, got Gateway's ultrasound done for the year and a refill prescription for his atenolol, didn't fall over in shock at the bill (but it was difficult), bought the cat a grilled chicken sandwich on the way home to make amends for for putting him in the carrier and letting strange people mess with the fuzzy kitty belly, and am now trying to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my day.

I'm toying with the idea of trekking in for tonight's BR presentation to catch up with the lovely and talented presenters, since I'll actually be able to head downtown at a reasonable hour.

Psst. boadiccea.

The Vita Ruins will be playing at DCist's shindig, Unbuckled on the 14th.