Goodbye Tiny. You were the best mouse in the world.

Goodbye, little friend.

Tiny is dying.

She was pretty listless today, because of the heat I thought. I moved her into the bathroom where it was coolest. When Andrew came home from work I went to check on her and noticed blood in her wheel. She was underneath her wheel, in the corner.

I thought it might be old blood, because she's been worrying her tumour a lot, but then I realised she was bleeding. I yelled for Andrew and he came in and shooed me out. I'm not sure if it was to protect me, or to make sure I didn't get in the way.

There was blood all over her cage. I called the vet and they said to put pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding, put a bit of iodine on and then maybe something around the wound to stop her from chewing it. They suggested bringing her in to "see if [we] wanted to take that next step", which is vet-speak for putting her to sleep.

Sarah has been wonderful, telling us to give her fluids and food and let her rest. I don't know if Tiny will survive tonight, but if she does it will be because Sarah has given us advice on how to keep her alive.

I want Tiny to close her eyes and go to sleep and not wake up, and not feel any pain. She's in a little house made of a Vita Wheats box, cotton balls and gauze. Sometimes she gets up to eat a little banana bread and drink some of the juice we've put in her water bottle. Most of the time she just lies on her bed and breathes.

If breathing is too hard for you Tiny, it's okay to stop. I love you.

(... just a little bit)

Everything here is lovely and peaceful and slow.

I have a new blog! let me know if you would like to read it and I will send you a link. It is going to be a little different - mostly just about things that I love and think should be shared with the world. This one will shortly be going the way of the buffalo.

<3

So!

There are these places called cinema complexes and they show 'movies'.  I'd not mind seeing a few in the coming months.  Who is interested in joining me and for what?  (All are being shown at Dendy Newtown, unless otherwise specified, and I get cheap tickets there!)

Avatar - I want to see this at the Imax in 3D.  I want to see it primarily for the special effects.  I think it'd be nice to see it before the end of 2009.  Who's with me?

Paranormal Activity - I think Cassie wants to see this with me.  She likes being scared by ghost stories and having a big strong man^TM to look after her.

Antichrist - I saw a few things recently from the director and would like to see it, but I can wait for it on DVD and it might not be playing much longer.

Nowhere Boy (opens December 26) - Haven't heard much about it at all . . . but John Lennon!

Sherlock Holmes (opens December 26) - Shiny detective fanfic.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (opens January 1) - I like Anderson and despite the good reviews I'm only vaguely interested.

Bran Nue Dae (opens January 14) - Musicals!

In The Loop (opens January 21) - *shrugs* Sounds fun?

Register your interest and availability below!

New pants!

I am all packed. I can hear Sarah and Sal laughing and talking in Sal's room. Beth fell asleep with her bedroom door open, her arms surrounding a sprawled and very content cat. I know Milla is going to be in good hands when I go home. I am ready to go home. I am going home with good news and an easy heart. Next year is almost here, finally. I get my fresh start. Things are different this time.

Goodbye Squash.

To anyone who hasn't heard yet, Sydney Buses are on strike tomorrow!

This is terribly inconvenient for me, having to get to my university which is far from any train station, and meeting up with hippies who, similarly, do not have a car.

And my bike is in pieces!

Hope the Sydney Buses employees get what they want, though.  I think they do a great job!

The woman in front of me today, when hearing about the strike, thought it was the most awful thing anyone could do.  She shook her head constantly for the five minutes before I got off the bus, and muttered to herself.  Heaven forfend someone take action against perceived unfair conditions!

So I figured I'd pimp my art.
I just created a zazzle store that has prints* of some of my art. The two Starr** pictures from EAST are there too, and all proceeds from them will benefit Art Garden.

My husband Bob has a store too, check it out!

They're running a free shipping special all day today too. The coupon code for that is zazzleground.

( Explaining the *s )

And the winner is: business, as usual.

Mateus Verdelho by Didio

by John Gress

Pinks by daemon-spyder.deviantart.com