My cat keeps biting.
I love my cat, of course. She's six months old, and her name is Turkey. (And how cliche is it that I'm talking about my cat on livejournal?) She's playful, and energetic and relatively well behaved. She always, always poops and pees in her litter box or the other cat's box and never claws up the furniture.
Yet she keeps biting people--well, me and Joe specifically. Strangers she either lets them pet her or she runs and hides from. When she first wakes up, she'll let us pet her, or when we're waking up (which is weird), she'll purr and rub against us. But any other time, she shuns contact and will bite if you try to pet her for more than three seconds.
We've never been mean to her. We try hard to emphasize our hands are not for playing, but she still likes to attack them unprovoked. We've managed to train her for other things with the spray bottle--she no longer goes after people food, for example.
Everything has been done to try to discourage her biting. All the home remedies--hold down her tongue, make hissing noises when she does it, tell her 'no' in a loud, firm voice. It's gotten only slightly better.
Right now I'm just hoping she'll grow out of it. She's still very high energy and kittenish, so perhaps as she ages she'll mellow out.
- It's for the birds
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gertie_flirty- January 4th, 16:48
thoughtful
- Once more into the breach
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- gertie_flirty
- January 2nd, 23:13
Haha, not breaking my New Year's Resolution! But, basically, I'm getting carried away making Sherlock gifs. Which is time consuming because I am a rookie at graphics. Sometimes they turn out great, sometimes they are complete dickbutt.
Another resolution of mine was to call more things dickbutt. Mission accomplished.
- Reveal, Resolutions, and a Meme
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- gertie_flirty
- January 1st, 23:46
artistic
- The MacGuffin Virus
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- gertie_flirty
- December 20th, 2011
Title: The MacGuffin Virus
Bygertie_flirty
Fandom: Big Bang Theory
Rating:Teen for language
Word Count:2574
Pairing: Sheldon/Penny
Summary: A dropped petri dish leads to a long situation. Written forarilover10 for Paradox's A Very Merry Saturnalia exchange. Prompt was "Amy, Sheldon and Penny all attend a science conference. Sheldon and Penny end up having to sleep in the same hotel room." I took some . . . liberties.
( You've heard about this virus? )
- Yuletide Greetings
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- gertie_flirty
- November 16th, 2011
To my flist: skip over this if you don't want to read my Yuletide letter.
Dear Yuletide Author,
Firstly, thank you so much for bearing with me and my requests. You are an amazing, awesome person and I greatly anticipate the big reveal. Of course, I know optional details are optional, and I definitely want you to write something you enjoy! But at the same time, I know I wasn't too terribly detailed on the sign-up form, so here I'll give some more details.
Firstly, How I Met Your Mother: This a fandom near and dear to my heart. I would love gen of them having some big wack adventure that ties in all the mysteries of the show. And while I cherish the canon ships, I'd love to see some Robin/Marshall. The thing is, I'm kind of finicky. I apologize for this in advance. I'm not really into infidelity, so I'd rather not see Marshall cheat on Lily. I'm also not big into Die For Our Ship stuff either. So maybe AU? Alternate timeline? However, if the first two options can't be avoided, I'm sure I'll be happy with it anyway. Even if not pairing stuff, just Marshall and Robin interacting on a friendship level would make me more than happy. :)
Secondly, the 2011 Emmy Opening Sketch: if this is our shared fandom, you probably already know what it is. If not, then here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7C50iY04M8, or alternatively, this is my preferred sketch, the Office crossover one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDJpTSQc6 wc. Basically, I'd like giant crossover gen with everyone living and working together, with The Office, Psych, Parks and Rec, Big Bang Theory, Breaking Bad, Castle, etc. all taking place in the same universe. I understand this is pretty ambitious and I wouldn't blame you for not doing it.
Thirdly, Portal. If this is our shared fandom, huzzah! I love the game, and would be happy with nearly anything you would write, but I'd prefer gen--specifically introspective Chell gen filling in gaps of canon. But I really would be happy with anything for this fandom.
And lastly, Sky High. I was always bummed they didn't make a sequel for this about Warren Peace's dad breaking out of prison and the teen superheroes had to band together to fight him. So a good adventure story with any ship you wanted in it would be great. Or just gen of the kids in school, facing superhero teenager problems. I love things like that!
Things I don't like: I really don't like graphic porn in any fandom. Smut in general is just not my cup of tea. I'm also looking for fluffier things, but angst is all right as long as it is in character or plot necessary. I find things like self-mutilation extremely triggering.
Things I like or love: Plotty, humorous gen. The amount of shipping can be great or little, depending on your preference. I love clever prank wars, well researched stories, and friendly friends being friendly. I'm a huge fan of friend!shipping in practically any fandom. I like schmoop if it's not too heavy handed (aah, that's so vague, I'm sorry). Don't worry about spoiling me for anything, not like my fandom have a lot of things to spoil, lol. I also like well done AUs of any kind, from high school AU to "They all go to Hogwarts!" type stuff. I like character focus. There are actually a lot more things that I like than that I don't like, so go all out!
Mostly, I'd just like to read something fun. So thank you, Yuletide author, I'm sure I'll love whatever you end up writing for me.
Love,
Shaunna :)
- Planning Should Be Essential
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- gertie_flirty
- October 31st, 2011
determined
I made the last minute decision to sign up for NaNoWriMo. . . I have nothing prepared. I'm really just going on a whim here.
And I've never been more excited! :D Perhaps you will be seeing me post my writings here. I hope so. I hope I don't get too busy or procrastinate too much. Hmmm . . . wish me luck!
- Ink Spots Master Post
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- gertie_flirty
- September 21st, 2011
- Ink Spots, Part Seven
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- gertie_flirty
- September 19th, 2011
Title: Ink Spots
Author:gertie_flirty
Artist:kymericl
Pairing(s):Sheldon/Penny
Fandom:Big Bang Theory
Rating: T for Teen
Warnings: Warnings for violence and discussion of World War II and surrounding subject matter, including sexism, racism, the Holocaust, and nuclear war.
Word Count: 15,534
Summary: Alternate Universe set in the mid to late 1940s. Penny is still a failed actress who works as a waitress, and Sheldon is still a stand-offish theoretical physicist, but nearly everything else is different. Their lives have been changed by the war, and there is also a murder to solve. At times depressing, at others more jovial.
( Part Seven )
- Ink Spots, Part Six
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- gertie_flirty
- September 19th, 2011
Title: Ink Spots
Author:gertie_flirty
Artist:kymericl
Pairing(s):Sheldon/Penny
Fandom:Big Bang Theory
Rating: T for Teen
Warnings: Warnings for violence and discussion of World War II and surrounding subject matter, including sexism, racism, the Holocaust, and nuclear war.
Word Count: 15,534
Summary: Alternate Universe set in the mid to late 1940s. Penny is still a failed actress who works as a waitress, and Sheldon is still a stand-offish theoretical physicist, but nearly everything else is different. Their lives have been changed by the war, and there is also a murder to solve. At times depressing, at others more jovial.
( Part Six )
- Ink Spots, Part Five
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- gertie_flirty
- September 19th, 2011
Title: Ink Spots
Author:gertie_flirty
Artist:kymericl
Pairing(s):Sheldon/Penny
Fandom:Big Bang Theory
Rating: T for Teen
Warnings: Warnings for violence and discussion of World War II and surrounding subject matter, including sexism, racism, the Holocaust, and nuclear war.
Word Count: 15,534
Summary: Alternate Universe set in the mid to late 1940s. Penny is still a failed actress who works as a waitress, and Sheldon is still a stand-offish theoretical physicist, but nearly everything else is different. Their lives have been changed by the war, and there is also a murder to solve. At times depressing, at others more jovial.
( Part Five )
