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Last Weekend we had a Halloween party at the house. We dressed as the Addams family. I was Cousin Itt. Very sexy...

Kandinsky Sunday - I'm just more evolved

In the photo above you can see my eating routine. I lay down in front of the food bowl, pull some food on the floor with my paw and eat it. Now some people may think that that makes me lazy. Why don't I stand up to eat like all the other cats? Well, I am not like all the other cats. I'm more evolved than all the other felines. Think about it. Do you humans like to eat standing up? I don't think so. You sit down, right? Well, I am one step ahead of all you mortals. I lay down. How else do you think I have achieved this beautiful physique?

I changed my wallpaper

I changed my conputer's wallpaper today. I know. That is not very blogworthy. I promise I will post every time I change my computer's wallpaper. It is just that every time i look at it it makes me smile so I have decided to spread the love. I got it here. The website is the portfolio of a watercolor artist and all of the paintings in her gallery are available as wallpaper. Check it out.

And so it starts....

This is the begining of the end. My last semester in school. These are my classes:

Chemistry. Yes, Chemistry. What was I thinking? I needed a science to graduate and there wasn't any other science that would fit in my schedule unless I wanted to go to school on Saturday. Plus it is online so that means I don't need to go to school. I don't know if taking it online is a good thing or a bad thing. We'll see...

All I know is that yesterday I stayed up late doing Chemistry problems and I'm waking up today to finish them. And it is only the first week of school! I'm not going to let Chemistry bet me. I'm going to be the master of Chemistry! I'm going to kick some Chemistry butt this semester! Or so I hope...

Everything happens for a reason...

When I was 15 years old, I was diagnosed with scoliosis, a curvature of the spine. That is one of the reasons I am so short. My spine is shaped like an "S". Short parents had something to do with it too. I had surgery to prevent my spine from bending any further. I have rods in my spine.

When you are 15 and have to put your life on hold and have mayor surgery, you ask yourself "Why did this have to happen?"

Well, that question was answered four years later when I had a major car accident an suffered a spinal cord injury. The injury was incomplete. My spinal cord was not completely severed and I gain a lot of movement back after years physical therapy. The doctors said that if I hadn't had those rods in my spine, the injury would have been a lot worst.

So after a week in coma, five months in the hospital, two surgeries and years of physical therapy, I asked myself again "Why did this have to happen?". It turns out that the injury affected mostly the left side of my brain. The right side of my brain stepped up. I became more artistically inclined. After graduating college with a management degree, I did the obvious thing. I became a happy full-time artist. Question answered again.

Fast-forward to now. About a year ago, I moved to Maryland to be with my family because I'm having problems with my hip and probably need surgery. I'm not having the best time. It's been hard to meet people living in the suburbs working from home and not begin able to drive (or lately walk much). I know I would be having a much better (and funner) time back in Paducah where all my friends are. So I asked myself that same stupid question.

Last night I was chatting with my friend Donna Maria. She lives in Paducah but was raised in Maryland. I was telling her about my health issues and asked her if she knew any neurologists in the area.

DM: Not of the top of my head. I'll let you know if I think of someone.
ME: Ok
DM: Wait, wasn't Christopher Reeve's doctor in Baltimore?
ME: Didn't he live in NY?
DM: I'm pretty sure he was in Baltimore.
ME: I don't know but let me see what I can find out.
(5 seconds later)
DM: Look at this website...

Donna Maria was right. Christopher Reeve's doctor is here. Not only him but the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury is here! Can't believe that with all the doctors I have seen here, no one told me about that. I sent them an email at midnight last night and called them first thing in the morning today. They had seen my email and had already sent me an information packet. They even take my health insurance.

I got a good feeling about this. So the question has been answered one more time. Why did I move to Maryland where I'm not having such a great time when I could be in Paducah with my friends? This is why.

Kandinsky Sunday - I'm sick

Even though they do not let me be an outdoor cat here, I manage to get out quite a bit. Sometimes I get caught in the rain but it is a small price to pay because it is so much more fun out there. The other day I woke up with a very sexy voice. Everyone said it was a scary voice but I know better. Artemis was giving me that special look. After a while my thought started to hurt and the mortal took me to the vet. The vet said I had Laryngitis. I'm special. How many cats you know that had had Laryngitis? She poked me and touched me all over. I wasn't really scared especially with the dogs barking outside the door. I am a brave grown up cat and I didn't even meowed once. Not even when I was in the car with Aynex driving! Ok, maybe a little.

I'm getting my regular voice back. Time to escape again as soon as they open that door.

New Web Design

I just finished the website James Hearts Kari. They are a couple that is getting married in Frederick soon. They wanted a site similar to their wedding invitation. Visit the site here.

Kandinsky Sunday - Planet of the Cats

The other day we were watching the original Planet of the Apes.

Which got me thinking...

What if...


Oh, that is a planet I want to live in!