Life, or something like it...
Jan. 12th, 2006 08:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annwfynSo, I'm back from sunny Porthcawl, where pierot and I have been for the past couple of days. Jez's parents were very lovely, and his mother fed us both lots. And lots. Relentlessly. Endlessly. I put on weight just sitting in the living room! But the food tasted good, so I guess that is what matters.
Now I'm back, and heading off to see my supervisor this morning, having skived off work in order to do so. I'm beginning to sense that I'm not going to get a great report from Cancer Research UK to my temp agency when I leave. I think other temp agencies will be needed. I think I resent, on some level, being screwed for just having other commitments that I was always very honest about having, but c'est la vie.
In cat related news, my kittens are really growing up. Increasingly these days they don't look like kittens - they are cats. I'm due to have them neutered soon and they eat more and more every day.
I'm also pondering the question of "should cats be allowed outside". A while ago I mentioned my cats and their tentative entrance to the world outside the house, and was mildly surprised by some of the responses I got. I was raised, you see, believing that cats mostly need some access to the outdoor world, and it's cruel to keep them penned up inside. All the cats my family ever had were primarily outdoors cats, with my grandfather keeping cats on his farm exclusively out in the farmyard and barns. They kept the mice and rats down, he fed them, but he never let them in the house. They always seemed incredibly happy and bouncy cats. When I got my TauCat, I always felt guilty for keeping him in as much as I did, especially when he ran to the window in summer and would stare out at the sunshine or try and climb out on the windowsil.
However, the response I got from a couple of people (specifically Americans, which was interesting) was that it was slightly irresponsible to let one's cats outdoors, and they should be kept inside. Interestingly, an American book on Cornish Rex cats very much says the same thing, whereas the UK breeders I've met have rather the opposite idea. Is this a transatlantic thing? Is it more of a town/country divide? What do you guys (specifically, you cat owners or ex cat owners) think?
pierot and I have been for the past couple of days. Jez's parents were very lovely, and his mother fed us both lots. And lots. Relentlessly. Endlessly. I put on weight just sitting in the living room! But the food tasted good, so I guess that is what matters. Now I'm back, and heading off to see my supervisor this morning, having skived off work in order to do so. I'm beginning to sense that I'm not going to get a great report from Cancer Research UK to my temp agency when I leave. I think other temp agencies will be needed. I think I resent, on some level, being screwed for just having other commitments that I was always very honest about having, but c'est la vie.
In cat related news, my kittens are really growing up. Increasingly these days they don't look like kittens - they are cats. I'm due to have them neutered soon and they eat more and more every day.
I'm also pondering the question of "should cats be allowed outside". A while ago I mentioned my cats and their tentative entrance to the world outside the house, and was mildly surprised by some of the responses I got. I was raised, you see, believing that cats mostly need some access to the outdoor world, and it's cruel to keep them penned up inside. All the cats my family ever had were primarily outdoors cats, with my grandfather keeping cats on his farm exclusively out in the farmyard and barns. They kept the mice and rats down, he fed them, but he never let them in the house. They always seemed incredibly happy and bouncy cats. When I got my TauCat, I always felt guilty for keeping him in as much as I did, especially when he ran to the window in summer and would stare out at the sunshine or try and climb out on the windowsil.
However, the response I got from a couple of people (specifically Americans, which was interesting) was that it was slightly irresponsible to let one's cats outdoors, and they should be kept inside. Interestingly, an American book on Cornish Rex cats very much says the same thing, whereas the UK breeders I've met have rather the opposite idea. Is this a transatlantic thing? Is it more of a town/country divide? What do you guys (specifically, you cat owners or ex cat owners) think?
