jemmur

i feel slightly silly posting about this, of all things, after a year of absence but hey. Fancy Rats | Home is a good place for information. definitely get at least a pair of rats! P.A.W.S.S Pet & Animal Welfare Support Service Aberdeen often has rescues needing homes. there are a couple of reputable rat breeders towards dundee and glasgow; if you buy from them, you're buying a rat that is almost guaranteed to be much healthier and longer lived. does bought from pet shops are notorious for developing mammary tumours and both sexes are more likely to struggle with respiratory problems. i can't offer much advice on the cage - i'm a diy dunce - but make sure you make it big enough. while they're young and mobile, you'll be able to get away with a tall cage (as opposed to a low one that takes up loads of floor space) if you put in shelves and hammocks so there're no long drops. sawdust is really, really bad for wee furry animals so avoid that. carefresh is a good but relatively expensive alternative. bedxcel or ecopetbed are huge bales of chopped up cardboard (marketed as horse bedding) which are cheap as chips and do the job perfectly if you can get your hands on them. biocatolet or bob martin's 100% paper cat litter are other options. you can litter train rats so you have to do a full cage clean less often. the rat nuggets pets at home sell are pretty good but the best diet you can give them is home made. it's a bit of a pain to make but if you do a lot at once, it keeps in a plastic box for ages. if you get bucks, don't let them eat orange peel or mango. does are okay with them. rats can't burp or vomit so don't let them drink any fizzy things and obviously alcohol's not good. i can't remember exactly why but caffeine is bad too. mine usually go bananas for a little chopped up boiled egg or bits of spaghetti. i don't bother buying many expensive toys any more - my rats get old cardboard things (they love tissue and egg boxes) to play with and destroy. a hammock can be as little as an old trouser leg safety pinned to the side of the cage. if you really want to buy toys, a lot of parrot things are well suited, as are the ropes with endy bits that screw on the the side of the cage. they need a lot of "free range" time too - so if you can tidy up any loose wires, close the windows and doors and make sure there're no holes in your skirting, they'll run around and explore quite happily. keep an eye on them though - i've had a few that just can't resist crawling down the back of a sofa and chewing it up from the inside. i should probably stop there.

maybe a stupid question, but why are doors so early? i don't want to spend half my day pissing around there if nothing much is happening. regina spektor then radiohead for me. and hours of megabus shaped fun.

i enjoyed it but it wasn' t as good as the first one and was too long. "that bit" at the end happened and my immediate thoughts were "fuck me, it's going to keep going". but it didn't, thankfully. also couldn't take starfish face seriously, no matter how sincere he tried to be. wasn't bad though.

after the 45 minute delay and initial sound problems, eels were top notch. regina spektor, guillemots and death cab were amazing too. sigur ros were definitely my highlight even though some cunt landed a warm "pint" on me and the surrounding punters while we were in the crowd, waiting. unnecessary. ...i saw people pissing here, there and everywhere this year - it was disgusting. maybe i just remember more of this year's festival but i even noticed someone taking a dump on the grass in the arena! i managed to find clean portaloos without difficulty, except on monday morning on the the campsite - why other people struggled so much is beyond me.

8o note to self: don't piss off pogofish. it looks good on the news to see a policeman talking a reporter through all the types of knife that've been handed in but i'm also skeptical that it'll do a great deal to reduce knife attacks. i thought it'd been established that the majority of weapons handed in during an amnesty are from people who are less likely to use them on other people? i suppose even then' date=' as pogofish said, its beneficial in that the less knives out there, the better. Surely the people more deeply embroiled in knife carrying culture (i didn't really want to say "with a more flippant attitude to stabbing people" but...) will hang on to theirs though? i could be wrong though - it has been known to happen. also. [i']'kin hell at the CCTV footage of the two NEDs recently attacking the two other guys.

well, i have no shame and have been caught singing and dancing to i'm not okaaay-eee-aaay-eee-ayy more than once. it is meaningless fun and that's not always a bad thing. i'm actually very tempted but for the fact that i'm taking a few days off in july and palehorse are playing on the 23rd in aberdeen. seeing all three would also involve more megabus-ing than any sane person could handle. dilemma!

'kin hell, muse. the 23rd just not good enough? i can justify two days off for radiohead. four days off for radiohead then muse? not so much. haha' date=' really? they're not [i']as bad as everyone makes out unless you're a musical snob. nice and cheesy.

realised when i got home that i probably should've asked if you were going or not. i missed it too though - fell asleep after my pizza. utter plank. gogs' post makes me die a little inside.

female - not a fan.

i quite like the gulls. the only time i've had food stolen by one was in largs and, to be fair, i was waving my poke of chips about like an eejit anyway. plus, they're a welcome distraction when you're waiting on your own at the rain station. a random actually sat next to me there once and explained the plight of the aberdonian seagull... people who whinge constantly, especially when i'm feeling particularly happy. hello? go and find someone equally as miserable as yourself if you want to complain - don't spoil my good mood! that the key to my block of flats and the key to my front door are so similar. nobody wants to faff around with too many keys when it's raining and you're trying not to drop any of your shopping. its ALWAYS the wrong one you try first and both cease to work after a night out.

i can't be the only person in the world who only has positive things to say about dundee, surely?! there is (was?) that boat thing. the music scene appeals to me. my nights out there have been dogged by neds no more so than my nights out in aberdeen. the difference is a big lot of "meh" as far as i'm concerned. nearer glasgow for gigs'n stuff though, innit.

my cheshire cat face was on full display last night. i got distracted during pvh and somehow managed to miss those wee leather jackets! really enjoyed dj scotch egg despite my eardrums quivering and threatening not only to burst but to liquify themselves. lightning bolt were amazing. i couldn't see much but i fully expected that so can't really complain - my cowardice/sense of self preservation prevented me from venturing too near the front of the crowd. still, yay!

slander! ...or something. i'll have you know there are three reasons for the god-awful photo - it was raining, i was desperately trying not to laugh and the photographer was ENTIRELY inept. the latter obviously shoulders the largest portion of blame. i don't think you'd have much trouble getting the granite city guide linked, given the rest of the stuff on there. would be a good addition, i reckon.