Excitements

[azurelunatic]

1. Necessary, good: the marriage of one of my partner's friends, and the politely riotous celebration thereof. There was cake. There were mini cupcakes in all the flavors. The bridal figurines were screaming and flailing in the grasp of large tentacles.
   
2. Unsurprising, bad: Mosquitoes crashed the party when the sun set. I am slathering myself in lidocaine aloe and regretting my life choices.
   
3. Unexpected, good: when Yellface and Murderface got out accidentally the other night, they didn't brawl.
   
4. Inevitable: Belovedest has been poking the software on a somewhat battered Galaxy Note 8 tablet. I volunteered to try figuring out how to mount it in the kitchen. Fucking magnets: this is one of the models that shuts off its screen in the presence of a magnet (so a magnetic cover will make its screen turn off). Thus idea #1 with the Sugru was a non-starter, unless... I presented my research to the household council, complete with crude MS Paint diagram. "But will it fit in a commercial case with the screen bubbling?" asked Belovedest, who had a good point. They fetched my spudger, at which point we found out what a swollen Samsung tablet battery looks like. It's sitting in the garage in the casserole dish of shame, powered down and nowhere near a power adapter.
   
5. Inevitable and loud: Since the ladies had recently come face to face and nothing overtly bad happened, I suggested a supervised same-room adventure. Alex suggested closing doors. Then I released Yellface from the basement. Murderface was relaxed. Yellface casually strolled out. They caught sight of each other. A few things happened at once. There was a savage growl-roar. The cats merged. The cats rolled out of the living room, through the kitchen, around the corner into the foyer. About 5 seconds later, I caught up. There was a tumbling blob of angry fur and extremities. I reached in and extracted Murderface, who added to my collection of cat-related bruises. Alex appeared with a laundry basket. I handed Murderface off. She was not pleased. Yellface, despite having contributed most of the clumps of fluff floating around the foyer, looked undamaged but indignant. Alex carried Murderface off the scene. Belovedest located the guilt-minnows and started hand-feeding Yellface.

Comments

[siliconshaman]

Mounting a tablet on a vertical surface isn't too hard actually. You need four adhesive hooks. Two mounted vertical [i.e like normal] parallel to each other and slightly less than the width of the tablet apart... and other two hooks mounted at 90 degrees [sideways] and slightly less than the height of the tablet above the previous two, so that they form a cradle for the tablet, holding the sides when the tablet is resting on the bottom two hooks.

That is, assuming you replace the tablet's battery and make it functional.

[vass]

2. Ugh. My profound sympathies.
4. I'm intrigued about the software-poking. Have they found anything interesting?
5. Sounds like a dramatic face-off between the two Faces. I'm glad there was no damage.

The very best wedding decoration

[jesse_the_k]

The bridal figurines were screaming and flailing in the grasp of large tentacles.

[cynthia1960]

Cat fights are intense. I’m glad that I only have to deal with occasional hissing and talk to the paw bops.

[alatefeline]

Your nicknames for those cats are spot on.

And I have such admiration for all the household and your patience with these terrible furbeasts.

*pet pet pet*

[konsectatrix]

They fetched my spudger, at which point we found out what a swollen Samsung tablet battery looks like.

Yikes. I have a fair number of Samsung devices; thankfully I've not had this experience yet.

5. OH CATS. D: I hope the complicated political situation calms down eventually.

[roadrunnertwice]

found out what a swollen Samsung tablet battery looks like

yoooooooo 🔥