Good times
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danaerisI had a lovely weekend. Elysium is now in fabulous shape, although needing some cleanup post-party.
My housewarming/birthday party went fabulously. In fact, it went long, too -- until about 3 a.m. That's a record for parties I or my sweeties have hosted in the TO area. Yay! It's length was bolstered by a record-length game of Zombies.
The only hitch in the evening was when a friend of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darkestembrace showed up not only with her boyfriend, but also with his three 'normal' friends from Newfoundland -- in spite of the invitation EXPLICITLY stating that it was NOT okay to bring people without getting permission in advance. They stood around in the kitchen/entrance, drinking absurd quantities of beer and leering at the girls in fetishy/gothy outfits. A sigh of relief was breathed when they finally left.
I wanted to thank everyone who was able to attend (and scold those who missed it; it was a really good time!). In particular, I wanted to thank my fabulous housemates,darkestembrace and technodemon, as well as my sweeties, will279802, and rbowspryte, for all the work we all did to get the apartment prepped.
This past weekend also saw the beginnings of our search for kitties for our apartment. Exciting times! And, cuteness overload. My goddess!
-The Toronto Humane Society keeps their cats in small cages. We are not allowed to touch them or take them out to play with them. They receive vaccinations and are fixed by the time they are older than a year. Adoption fee: $25, but they often have adoptathons wherein the fees are waived.
http://www.torontohumanesociety.com/
-The Annex Cat Rescue keeps their cats in foster homes. We get to go play with them in their foster home if we want to adopt them. They receive vaccinations and are fixed by the time they are SIX months (so we can get a younger cat). Adoption fee: $100 per cat, or $150 if you adopt two at the same time.
http://www.annexcatrescue.on.ca/
-The Toronto Cat Rescue keeps their cats in foster homes. We get to go play with them in their foster home if we want to adopt them. However, they don't believe in vaccinations (?), so they are only fixed at six months, and you have to pay out of pocket for the vaccinations. The positive is that if you get a kitten from them, they call you at six months and you bring the kitten back in for the spay/neuter, so you can actually get a KITTEN from them. Adoption fee: $150 per kitten, $75 per cat one year old or older (this is a special for the month of October)
http://www.torontocatrescue.ca/store/tcr_album.asp?idCategory=19
There is also an Etobicoke Humane Society, with unknown adoption fees (I'll have to call after 10 and find out... http://www.etobicokehumanesociety.com/index.cfm).
There is also a Mississauga Humane Society, which operates on a volunteer basis through foster homes, and charges $176 for kittens and $126 for adults in the range we'd be looking. (http://www.mississaugahumanesociety.com/)
City of Mississauga Animal Services charges $107-112.
City of Toronto Animal Services charges $75 for cats OR kittens, and this includes certificates for getting fixed and for vaccinations.
As someone with allergies, I'd strongly prefer to use Annex Cat Rescue... this enables us to get a younger cat (or two), and it gives us a chance to really play with the kitty. But, it is $75-100 more expensive for one cat, and $100-150 more expensive for two. I can put some money towards that, but if I leave Toronto... And to ask the housemates to put out that much more money so that I can meet the cat and see if I'm allergic, when I might leave, is also ridiculous. So, it's a little frustrating.
If we DO go with the Humane Society, I'm trying to limit us to pale, short-haired, female cats in the 1-2 year old range. Why? Female cats produce slightly less dander than male. And, one study of 321 allergy sufferers found that those with dark-haired cats were four times more likely to have severe allergy issues than those with no cats or light-haired cats. So, I'm just trying to stack the deck in our favour.
But... KITTIES!
Teh cuteness, it will kill me. Not angsty, but had to use this kitty picture for a kitty-obssessed post. :)
My housewarming/birthday party went fabulously. In fact, it went long, too -- until about 3 a.m. That's a record for parties I or my sweeties have hosted in the TO area. Yay! It's length was bolstered by a record-length game of Zombies.
The only hitch in the evening was when a friend of
darkestembrace showed up not only with her boyfriend, but also with his three 'normal' friends from Newfoundland -- in spite of the invitation EXPLICITLY stating that it was NOT okay to bring people without getting permission in advance. They stood around in the kitchen/entrance, drinking absurd quantities of beer and leering at the girls in fetishy/gothy outfits. A sigh of relief was breathed when they finally left.I wanted to thank everyone who was able to attend (and scold those who missed it; it was a really good time!). In particular, I wanted to thank my fabulous housemates,
darkestembrace and technodemon, as well as my sweeties, will279802, and rbowspryte, for all the work we all did to get the apartment prepped.This past weekend also saw the beginnings of our search for kitties for our apartment. Exciting times! And, cuteness overload. My goddess!
-The Toronto Humane Society keeps their cats in small cages. We are not allowed to touch them or take them out to play with them. They receive vaccinations and are fixed by the time they are older than a year. Adoption fee: $25, but they often have adoptathons wherein the fees are waived.
http://www.torontohumanesociety.com/
-The Annex Cat Rescue keeps their cats in foster homes. We get to go play with them in their foster home if we want to adopt them. They receive vaccinations and are fixed by the time they are SIX months (so we can get a younger cat). Adoption fee: $100 per cat, or $150 if you adopt two at the same time.
http://www.annexcatrescue.on.ca/
-The Toronto Cat Rescue keeps their cats in foster homes. We get to go play with them in their foster home if we want to adopt them. However, they don't believe in vaccinations (?), so they are only fixed at six months, and you have to pay out of pocket for the vaccinations. The positive is that if you get a kitten from them, they call you at six months and you bring the kitten back in for the spay/neuter, so you can actually get a KITTEN from them. Adoption fee: $150 per kitten, $75 per cat one year old or older (this is a special for the month of October)
http://www.torontocatrescue.ca/store/tcr_album.asp?idCategory=19
There is also an Etobicoke Humane Society, with unknown adoption fees (I'll have to call after 10 and find out... http://www.etobicokehumanesociety.com/index.cfm).
There is also a Mississauga Humane Society, which operates on a volunteer basis through foster homes, and charges $176 for kittens and $126 for adults in the range we'd be looking. (http://www.mississaugahumanesociety.com/)
City of Mississauga Animal Services charges $107-112.
City of Toronto Animal Services charges $75 for cats OR kittens, and this includes certificates for getting fixed and for vaccinations.
As someone with allergies, I'd strongly prefer to use Annex Cat Rescue... this enables us to get a younger cat (or two), and it gives us a chance to really play with the kitty. But, it is $75-100 more expensive for one cat, and $100-150 more expensive for two. I can put some money towards that, but if I leave Toronto... And to ask the housemates to put out that much more money so that I can meet the cat and see if I'm allergic, when I might leave, is also ridiculous. So, it's a little frustrating.
If we DO go with the Humane Society, I'm trying to limit us to pale, short-haired, female cats in the 1-2 year old range. Why? Female cats produce slightly less dander than male. And, one study of 321 allergy sufferers found that those with dark-haired cats were four times more likely to have severe allergy issues than those with no cats or light-haired cats. So, I'm just trying to stack the deck in our favour.
But... KITTIES!
Teh cuteness, it will kill me. Not angsty, but had to use this kitty picture for a kitty-obssessed post. :)
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Date: 2006-10-02 01:35 pm (UTC)Do the other RPG'er's J or S have an LJ?
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Date: 2006-10-03 09:11 pm (UTC)Oh crap. I did the same, not realizing it was specified in the invite that probably went to the "home" email addy I don't get to see very often anymore.
Thank you for a wonderful party however, though,