Living with a cat since my arrival in Switzerland, has been quite a learning experience since I never had any sort of a pet before. But of course I’m still very much clueless and inexperienced about many things.
This evening as I was taking a bath, I suddenly heard the cat wailing loudly and in a sharp tone that I had never heard before. I don’t know exactly how I jumped out of the bath, got into a towel and got myself to the cat who was laying on the ground in front of the balcony door, screaming in pain and salivating. He was shaking, his breathing was laboured and he seemed pretty scared also. The following 10 minutes consisted of Oliv somehow finding a vet who was still in the office on the evening of December 26th, me somehow keeping the cat calm, getting dressed, putting the cat in his basket and running out of the door all in full panic.
By the time we got to the vet’s office the cat was much calmer. The doctor had a good long look at everything and told us that basically there was nothing wrong, other than a mild sore throat. He explained to us a number of possibilities none of which were anything serious, gave us some tips, and suggested that we should have the cat’s blood tested [tomorrow] just to be sure.
So now we’re back home and all is well, and the cat is back at eating up to his eyes and demanding petting every 10 seconds. But the time between when I heard the cat’s screams and when the doctor told us that all is fine, I experienced a scare and panic that I’ve perhaps experienced only 2-3 times in my entire life. It was an absolute nightmare. =(
“Hello old friend. And here we are, you and me, on the last page.”
*sniff*
*sigh*
Well, that was quite a sad and terribly abrupt end to the Pond story. Left me with teary eyes. =/ The story itself was pretty great of course. But still, I have a feeling that the end was a bit… “blah”. More could have been said/done with the Ponds’ final appearance. Not the saddest goodbye in the Who universe so far [that one was Rose’s… always… at least for me…], but still pretty tragic. Why did they have to end up entirely out of reach anyway?
I can hardly believe this… one of my favourite actors. I loved his acting in every role I had seen him in, from “The Green Mile” [which still breaks my heart every time I watch it] to his latest role in “The Finder” series. May he rest in peace.
Earlier tonight, I received an email from the wife of a very dear, very special friend, Jack D. Logan, informing us [his friends] that Jack has passed away. I’m still in shock. I thought he was pretty much through his health problems and well on his way to recovery… I have no idea how this happened. All I know is that I’m sad, and shocked, and cold, and….. *sob*
My heartfelt condolences go to his family and friends, and everyone who was lucky enough to know him.
On a bit of a personal direction… Gosh, this thread of me losing friends has to stop. 2011 has been gloomy in this way thus far… first a childhood friend of mine passed away, almost at the same time someone I thought of as a friend turned out to be anything but, then another friend passed away and now this….. *sight*…. =(
Jack will be sorely missed. I will most of all miss the music he shared with me….
I have no idea how I didn’t already know about this. It’s horrible… bad bad bad bad news for the world of music. =((( No more E.S. Posthumus… that’s a real pain. Franz Vonlichten of E.S. Posthumus passed away last May. Today I was looking to see if there’s any new albums from them, and I landed on this note written by Helmut Vonlichten, announcing the passing of his brother. =””(( It does not mention what happened though…
Gosh… it’s not as if good music is easy [heck, or even possible!!] to come by nowadays. E.S. Posthumus was a real gem, and definitely one of my favourite bands of the current era. I really love their music so much… *sigh*… what a talent… *siiiiigh*… this is a real tragedy… *snifff*….
Now I only hope that at some point we will hear something new from Helmut Vonlichten…. *sigh*…..
I know, I’ve been quiet lately. I know you folks have been expecting to hear/read quite a bit more about how things are developing here. Well, truth is I recently lost someone of weight in my life under rather strange circumstances. As a result, I’ve fallen back a bit from all forms of online communications, while I’m trying to deal with this. But I’m still here and I do read all that you write.
This is quite difficult, I’m completely heart-broken and to all honesty it couldn’t have come at a more complicated point in my life. Nonetheless, I’ll get past it soon. I’ll survive… always do.
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P.S.: As far as music therapy goes, I came across this track a few days ago quite accidentally on MTV DE. And I totally fell in love with the band.
Oh nooooooo! My favourite sea creature has just passed away! =(( I wanted to adopt him! Awwwwwwhhhh…. too bad!
“Management and staff at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre were devastated to discover that oracle octopus Paul, who achieved global renown during the recent World Cup, had passed away overnight. “Paul amazed the world by correctly predicting the winners of all Germany’s World Cup clashes, and then of the final,” said Sea Life Centre Manager Stefan Porwoll.”
Sadness, shock, and disbelief. An era in the history of music is over. Rest in peace Michael Jackson, I hope you find the peace now that you never seemed to have found in your lifetime.
Hey, I'm Aasemoon, and this is my blog which has been around since 1998. Childhood toy project that ended up growing up with me.
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Zorbas is my kitten. You can see some pictures of him below. =)
Oh nooooooo! My favourite sea creature has just passed away! =(( I wanted to adopt him! Awwwwwwhhhh…. too bad! 
