I am going to do absolutely NOTHING tonight. No stripping paint, no cleaning, NOTHING. (Of course that's a bit of a lie already because I bagged some leaves when I got home, but starting now? NOTHING.)

I got a free bag of Lotus cat food a couple of weeks ago and I've been letting the girls sample it. Since they seem to really like it I started looking for some info and came across this.

When the owners of the Lotus Cat Food Company, who manufacture an exotic, high-priced type of kitty chow, run short of cash, they find themselves in big trouble with their suppliers. The two disreputable partners soon turn to a new and plentiful source for product--fresh cadavers! Grave robbing and unreported murders soon provide plenty of raw material for "the food cats crave," but there's only one problem--cats all over town have begun attacking and killing their human owners, filled with a newly-found taste for human flesh! Laboratory tests prove nothing and the police are baffled, but when a resourceful doctor and his pretty nurse become suspicious of the cat food factory, they team up with a curious and determined government agent and attempts to bring the grisly scheme to a gory end. Experience maverick director Ted V. Mikels' independent terror classic in a brand-new transfer that will give you chills you never knew you had in you! For God's sake, don't watch it with your cat!

Bizarre!

I just did my routine dump alcohol and vinegar mix in my ears (preventative against swimmer's ear) and I must've got a lot of water in there, though I couldn't feel it, because WOOODIZZY!

aurelia, that's too funny! Is it a tie-in, or a shout-out?

I think Loki can read. He just bit me on the ass.

(He gets nippy when seeking attention/blissed out. Not skin breaking, but unnerving.)

Ooh, how does that work? I started wondering about swimmers ear. Also, I routinely am dizzy when I come out of the water. Is that normal? I wondered if it was the lake currents, or just me?
 
I had a busy day. Business meeting first, then lots of communication, then haircut! and now I have more work to do, plus individual rehearsal.

I went to the new Target after work, which I probably shouldn't have done since I think I have a fever (and the only prescription is more cowbell?), but whatever. I picked up a cordless drill so I can finally install a new bi-fold door, and almost made it out with only that item. Until I went to the food section, where I also got Kona, some olive oil, and a jar of Vindaloo sauce.

Could've been worse.

I think it's good you're taking a break tonight, sarameg. As someone who has RSI, I've been worried about how much handwork you're doing while stripping and how much you hurt after doing it.

Is it a tie-in, or a shout-out?

I'm guessing it's a shout out. The movie is from the '70s and I think the actual pet food company is around 10 yrs old.

Liese, it's just half rubbing alcohol, half white vinegar. Works really well to get the water out and so far so good on not getting an ear infection of any sort or weird ear irritations (I'm prone to both.)

I think anyone unused to the sort of work I'm doing on the stairs would hurt as much as I do after. I'm usually good in a day or two if I do nothing.

Dude, the doll-furniture-making detective from the Wire is on Waking the Dead.