Writer's Block: Raining cats or dogs?
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I don't prefer cats, contrary to the evidence. I have 3 cats (an accident, I assure you, I think 3 is excessive, but the boys had to come as a unit) but I only have cats in preference to dogs because I was (up to the moment that Steeles dumped me) working - and I don't think it's fair to leave a dog alone all day. We always had dogs (and cats) when I was growing up, but my dad was on shift work and my mother was a teacher so the dogs were never left for more than about three hours at a time. It's that "animals comfort first" I got from my parents I suppose.
I would dearly love a dog - it would make me more active for a start, but while I'm not working I simply can't afford it, and I may return to work at any time, and then I couldn't leave it at home. Somewhere that would allow me to take a dog into work would be ideal, but sadly that's not going to happen.
If I had the space time and money I'd have a dalmatian, a basset (ALWAYS wanted a basset) several dachshunds some ferrets and a parrot. And cats, obviously.
As for the second question - no, definitely not. No anti-cat lodger would want to move in with the freedom the cats have (no door is closed to them, no chair, bed or patch of sunlight is out of bounds) and I wouldn't tolerate a partner who wasn't VERY pet friendly.
I don't prefer cats, contrary to the evidence. I have 3 cats (an accident, I assure you, I think 3 is excessive, but the boys had to come as a unit) but I only have cats in preference to dogs because I was (up to the moment that Steeles dumped me) working - and I don't think it's fair to leave a dog alone all day. We always had dogs (and cats) when I was growing up, but my dad was on shift work and my mother was a teacher so the dogs were never left for more than about three hours at a time. It's that "animals comfort first" I got from my parents I suppose.
I would dearly love a dog - it would make me more active for a start, but while I'm not working I simply can't afford it, and I may return to work at any time, and then I couldn't leave it at home. Somewhere that would allow me to take a dog into work would be ideal, but sadly that's not going to happen.
If I had the space time and money I'd have a dalmatian, a basset (ALWAYS wanted a basset) several dachshunds some ferrets and a parrot. And cats, obviously.
As for the second question - no, definitely not. No anti-cat lodger would want to move in with the freedom the cats have (no door is closed to them, no chair, bed or patch of sunlight is out of bounds) and I wouldn't tolerate a partner who wasn't VERY pet friendly.
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Date: 2010-03-06 02:51 pm (UTC)I hope you get on alright with the job hunting, I'm doing that at the moment. Cash crisis D: So much for my idea of writing and becoming rich that way - kidding! I've read some of your posts on that subject. At least you are published, and I've read Standish which I loved. So they knew about that at work? And yet I thought the biggest claim to fame was someone being the... I dunno, cousin or something of one of them from Busted or McFly or whatever. Pah!