Ptorchwood Ptales & Ptimely Pthoughts

Yeah, I got one prompt filled for Love Bingo (and another one in progress) so I thought it would be a genius idea to sign up for another Bingo! The is Torchwood Fest Bingo and I like these prompts a lot. I asked for general prompts and these are very doable. I especially appreciate getting, 'crack' as one of them. No, please, please don't make me write crack, LOL.

I'm leaving for Belgium and The Netherlands tomorrow and will be gone for two weeks. There will not be any posting - I have a smart phone, but its not usable for any writing or posting beyond a few word comment to an entry. So if your entries get very short comments - its because its hard to type much on it.

B	I	N	G	O
Timeline	January	Kiss	Tech	Freebie
Research	White	Freebie	Dreams	Unit
Freebie	Illness	Ghosts	Animal Control	Foot Rub
Stillness	Buckle	Stars With	Freebie	Crack
Music	Freebie	Road Trip	Backstory	Meditation

There might be a story or two posted before I go, so I'd best get writing!

This was inspired by the silly LJ Writers Block about who your pets would invite to a birthday party and what they would serve.
  http://aviv-b.livejournal.com/50199.html

In the interest of full disclosure - here is a picture of Ida & Teddy's gefilthy fish cake with tuna filling BEFORE I put the candle on it. Yummy looking isn't it?



They both got new fuzzy beds that Teddy LOVED (the ones that Teddy won't use now - Ida was never crazy about them).



and a new scratching post - that's used almost exclusively by Ida (Teddy would much rather trash my carpeting).



And here's another picture of each of them at the party. Ida has her favorite catnip toy and Teddy is all ready for the Cubs game.

    

Personal Stuff

I got home from Istanbul  yesterday afternoon. What an amazing city. We stayed in the Old City within walking distance of many of the most famous mosques, churches and museums. Lots of cats in the old city! Took lots of cat pictures.  Saw lots of Teddy's cousins but only one cat that looked like Ida.  Oh yeah, I also took a zillion other photos.  I'll be sorting them through over the next weeks - I create a 30-40 minutes slide show (with captions and music for each of my trips) so I see a lot of photoshopping in my future. I'll put a few pics up here at some point.

My new camera is amazing. I've never seen a camera perform so well under so many conditions (interestingly the IA (intelligent auto) setting often took better pictures than the individual modes especially for night photography).

The kitties are certainly glad to see me - I currently have both of them sitting on my lap.  Even after their weight loss that's still 25+ lbs of furry friends.  I was able to sleep on the plane back so I was pretty well rested when I got home. I made myself stay up to 10 PM so I would sleep through the night - and I did. In fact, I would have slept a bit longer but at 6 am two little furrballs decided that I had to get up.

Today has been very productive - all unpacked, mail sorted, petted cats, laundry done, vacuumed, picked up some groceries, petted cats, catching up on LJ stuff, posted chapter of IJ at FF and Teaspoon (we're only up to Chapter 51), finished exchanging winter and summer closets, took a nap, petted cats.

LJ Stuff

I'll be posting the next chapter of IJ tonight/tomorrow but I want to read it through one more time and make a stab at the next chapter before I do.

Thank you to everyone who commented on Treachery - so many great ideas! Now I have to decide what to actually write.

I'm slowly catching up on everyone's stories - it may take me a few days as I don't want to rush through them just to get the job done. I like to savour the angst, adventure, suspense, romance, and oh yeah the smut!!

Before I left I put up a Chicago Theater Review-Speed Edition which included a reviews of Timeline Theater's production of The Farnsworth Invention and Chicago Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.  http://aviv-b.livejournal.com/50065.html

 Apparently the Wall St. Journal liked them as well. Take that NY! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704852004575258343200996532.html

                                         

Aviv_b

Despite some unfortunate inconsistency in the canon (I know, you're shocked, right), Ianto's birthday is generally recognized to be August 19th.

Ianto deserves a birthday party and some gifts! And some nice cards too.  And cake, and Jack jumping out of a cake, and sparkly unicorns with rainbows.  Not to mention ponies!

So stop by if you have a moment and leave your birthday wishes/presents for Ianto.  Cause he really needs them this year.


Here's some cake to get the party started. 


Add your greetings/presents by leaving a comment.  Cause comments are love, particularly for Ianto's birhtday!