I feel a little rusty when it comes to the writing thing. Sentences are still comprised of nouns and verbs, correct? With some adjectives peppered in for color? Pretty soon I’ll master prepositional phrases if I can remember for what they are. (See, needs work still.)
During lunch I did some research on what’s been going on in the “blogosphere” since I’ve been gone. (Again.) It seems like I’m not the only one who went all password-protecty on the blog, as at least a half dozen of the blogs in my RSS feed were turned off. Then there were the folks who had posts that started with something akin to the phrase “I know it’s been forever since I last wrote, but I’m back for real this time!” Most of those were dated sometime in 2008 and were the most recent post.
And then there are the blogs I consider the powerhouses, the ones I aspired to, at least in comment number, that are still going, but not pulling in the double digit comments. Is everyone else as done with comments as I am? And is this the state of blogs in the new decade?
I will make no promises as to what’s going to happen here, but I’m going to try to keep in practice with the writing, and since you all gave me such a warm welcome back, I’ll try my best to entertain. Starting with this link: The Litter Kwitter. Yup, it’s a product designed for getting your cat to use the toilet! Bonus: the (NSFW at most offices) video includes footage of cats pooping, which you may or may not know is one of my biggest secret fetishes second only to watching dogs poop. I think it would be so cool to own a Litter Kwitter, and if the good people at this sanitary poop disposal system want to hook me up, I’ll live blog the training of Lucy and keep the Daily T going while slowly alienating all these good readers who kept me in their RSS feeds.
Posted by heidikins on December 28, 2009 at 9:36 pm
I love you dearly…but I will probably vomit if I try and watch a cat poop just for the hell of it. That being said, if it brings you back to the Internet, I will not protest. Can we still be friends?
xox
yeah, no probs. I fully understand that my fetishes are my own.
Posted by lizgwiz on December 29, 2009 at 9:53 am
I get the pooping dog thing, ’cause dogs just look ridiculous when they poop. The pooping cats, though? Not so much for me. Though I do LOVE it when they yawn. That crinkly face thing just gets me.
I think the thing is that most cats go unobserved while pooping, but dogs just lay it out there for everyone to see, and that’s part of what makes it so comical.
Posted by Kristabella on December 29, 2009 at 11:03 am
Oooh, I don’t like watching animals poop, but I might have to get that so I don’t have to clean a litterbox anymore!
I hear ya on the blogosphere. Honestly, I still read in my reader, but I probably don’t comment as much. And people don’t post as much. I think it is because of Twitter. We don’t have to read most people’s blogs if they Twitter, because at least we know what is going on.
That is a good point. Sadly, I feel unable to keep up with Twitter. For some reason, it just doesn’t give me the satisfaction that Facebook does.
Posted by Courtney on December 29, 2009 at 2:30 pm
My comment numbers have also dwindled down. I’m glad it’s not just me — I was worried my writing had gone downhill and that’s why no one was commenting. Perhaps Facebook and Twitter are to blame.
If you do try that Litter Kwitter, we may ask you to review it for The Greenists, if you don’t mind. It’s environmentally friendly! Just sayin’.
I totally would if they sent me one.
Posted by badger reader on December 29, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Youtube is NSFW in general, but I clicked on it anyway and was not offended by the pooping. The cr*pbox is the single most irritating thing about having a cat (followed closely by the middle of the night walkings across my throat). I love the concept. Given that Maceo is 10 and has not ever left anything outside the litterbox, I am not sure that is a boat I want to rock at this time. So awesome, in theory.
yeah, Lucy is good with the litter box, and I only have one toilet, and sometimes we both go at the same time, so I’m on the fence.
Posted by Allie on December 30, 2009 at 5:36 pm
You know, there are mornings when I’m taking the dogs out and I start laughing b/c I think, “Noelle would love this.” And then I debate sending you video footage.