Of cats and computers
Nov. 9th, 2008 10:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwynWarning: This is just me whinging. I in no way expect people to offer me solutions (you're certainly welcome to, of course), but I'm not asking for help -- it's just, sometimes ya gotta vent.
Two things that are getting me down. (They are nothing compared to my larger problems, or other people's problems, but they are really getting me down the past few days.)
1. Blues is becoming incredibly aggressive toward Olive and their fighting is getting more intense. And I don't know what to do about it. I've spent so much money on Feliway and toys and things to try to keep them happy and occupied, but it just doesn't matter. He used to swat at her sometimes, or try to play with her, or just sniff her, and since she hated him, she'd get all pissed and violent at him. But now, that's not enough -- he's being a complete and utter teenage boy and attacking her, chasing her off of the perch (which she never gets to sit in now for longer than a few minutes, and I wish I could afford another one, but I can't), chasing her off chairs, the bed, you name it. He jumps on her with all fours, hits her, and she hits back, and it turns into a rolling catfight. Tonight they were so bad on the back porch that their fighting threw the door open when Olive got knocked into it.
I am at my wit's end. I don't know what to do to make some peace. The only time they will get within a few feet of each other is when I'm sleeping in between them, and even then, that's rare that they're both on the bed at the same time. If they eat, their heads are close together, but after a few minutes Olive will bolt away from him, and if she's not super hungry, she won't eat at all with him nearby. He takes every toy away from her, tries to steal her treats... I just hate it. And the rest of the time, he's super sweet and gentle (except to my furniture), and you would never guess he's getting so aggressive. I know he may grow out of it, but... right now, my head is going to explode. Also, it means i have to vacuum the fur all the time.
2. My internet started getting really slow a while ago, and it's just so freaking annoying to be spending so much more for the faster speed DSL and getting a slower load than I got with the old speed. It's almost dial up slow. I've tried all kinds of things, and I can't figure out what it is. Doesn't matter what browser I use, either. It makes LJ hopping really hard -- just reading comments to posts takes well over a minute to load, and forget about vid stuff. And dealing with this stuff... you always get the finger pointing (It's the ISP. No, it's the provider. No, it's your computer. Rinse, repeat). It's fortunate that i don't have to work online like that anymore, but... I'm so frustrated at spending money for something that is sucking time out of my life -- I spent the extra money to have more free time because things would get done on the interwebs faster.
But at least I had a good weekend --![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mlyn and I drove down to Portland yesterday and I did my little volunteer shift at Wordstock, met some nice people, and we had a lovely dinner after a visit to Powell's before heading back to Seattle. We didn't even have to pay for all-day parking and were able to take the Max to the convention center for free, and it just made me feel so frustrated with Seattle. Why can't we do that? What is wrong with this town? I was bummed that we didn't have time to see some of the parks so M'lyn could take some pictures, but I plan to go down more often, I think, because I remembered how much I love that town and I don't know why I haven't been back there for so long.
Two things that are getting me down. (They are nothing compared to my larger problems, or other people's problems, but they are really getting me down the past few days.)
1. Blues is becoming incredibly aggressive toward Olive and their fighting is getting more intense. And I don't know what to do about it. I've spent so much money on Feliway and toys and things to try to keep them happy and occupied, but it just doesn't matter. He used to swat at her sometimes, or try to play with her, or just sniff her, and since she hated him, she'd get all pissed and violent at him. But now, that's not enough -- he's being a complete and utter teenage boy and attacking her, chasing her off of the perch (which she never gets to sit in now for longer than a few minutes, and I wish I could afford another one, but I can't), chasing her off chairs, the bed, you name it. He jumps on her with all fours, hits her, and she hits back, and it turns into a rolling catfight. Tonight they were so bad on the back porch that their fighting threw the door open when Olive got knocked into it.
I am at my wit's end. I don't know what to do to make some peace. The only time they will get within a few feet of each other is when I'm sleeping in between them, and even then, that's rare that they're both on the bed at the same time. If they eat, their heads are close together, but after a few minutes Olive will bolt away from him, and if she's not super hungry, she won't eat at all with him nearby. He takes every toy away from her, tries to steal her treats... I just hate it. And the rest of the time, he's super sweet and gentle (except to my furniture), and you would never guess he's getting so aggressive. I know he may grow out of it, but... right now, my head is going to explode. Also, it means i have to vacuum the fur all the time.
2. My internet started getting really slow a while ago, and it's just so freaking annoying to be spending so much more for the faster speed DSL and getting a slower load than I got with the old speed. It's almost dial up slow. I've tried all kinds of things, and I can't figure out what it is. Doesn't matter what browser I use, either. It makes LJ hopping really hard -- just reading comments to posts takes well over a minute to load, and forget about vid stuff. And dealing with this stuff... you always get the finger pointing (It's the ISP. No, it's the provider. No, it's your computer. Rinse, repeat). It's fortunate that i don't have to work online like that anymore, but... I'm so frustrated at spending money for something that is sucking time out of my life -- I spent the extra money to have more free time because things would get done on the interwebs faster.
But at least I had a good weekend --
mlyn and I drove down to Portland yesterday and I did my little volunteer shift at Wordstock, met some nice people, and we had a lovely dinner after a visit to Powell's before heading back to Seattle. We didn't even have to pay for all-day parking and were able to take the Max to the convention center for free, and it just made me feel so frustrated with Seattle. Why can't we do that? What is wrong with this town? I was bummed that we didn't have time to see some of the parks so M'lyn could take some pictures, but I plan to go down more often, I think, because I remembered how much I love that town and I don't know why I haven't been back there for so long.
