The light of day has shown that the cat was long since dead judging by the look of his fur.
I couldn't find a friendly hand to help me get him down and as you can see it's pretty high for me to be able to handle this on my own. So I guess it will be city services on Monday. Can't really leave him hanging there, can we? Although people don't even see it but it will start to smell... Not to say I deeply feel for the poor thing having found its end in such a strange way.

http://alavita.multiply.com/journal/item/484/That-cat-was-dead-alas...

The light of day has shown that the cat was long since dead judging by the look of his fur.
I couldn't find a friendly hand to help me get him down and as you can see it's pretty high for me to be able to handle this on my own. So I guess it will be city services on Monday. Can't really leave him hanging there, can we? Although people don't even see it but it will start to smell... Not to say I deeply feel for the poor thing having found its end in such a strange way.

http://alavita.multiply.com/journal/item/484/That_cat_was_dead_alas...

Saw a disturbing sight today:
First I thought it's asleep but it wasn't moving at all while the tail seemed to be slightly swinging in the wind and for this it has to be completely relaxed which I never saw to actually happen on cats...

If it's dead I wonder how it happened so weirdly: he seems to have his neck stuck between branches but wouldn't he be meowing non-stop for hours or days so someone would notice before starving? And if happened faster, did it freeze overnight when it was cold or could a cat break himself a neck trying to break free?..

Terrible picture anyway, especially if it's dead there on the tree, right in the middle of Odessa, in a pretty crowdy place - Tiraspolska str, right above the end stop of tram 10.

Anyway, I still have some hopes it was just asleep - cats sometimes exercise exquisite balance tricks. Will check on him tomorrow (it's near where I live, one street up the corner).

http://alavita.multiply.com/journal/item/483/Is-this-cat-dead-or-just-sleeping

Saw a disturbing sight today:
First I thought it's asleep but it wasn't moving at all while the tail seemed to be slightly swinging in the wind and for this it has to be completely relaxed which I never saw to actually happen on cats...

If it's dead I wonder how it happened so weirdly: he seems to have his neck stuck between branches but wouldn't he be meowing non-stop for hours or days so someone would notice before starving? And if happened faster, did it freeze overnight when it was cold or could a cat break himself a neck trying to break free?..

Terrible picture anyway, especially if it's dead there on the tree, right in the middle of Odessa, in a pretty crowdy place - Tiraspolska str, right above the end stop of tram 10.

Anyway, I still have some hopes it was just asleep - cats sometimes exercise exquisite balance tricks. Will check on him tomorrow (it's near where I live, one street up the corner).

http://alavita.multiply.com/journal/item/483/Is_this_cat_dead_or_just_sleeping

Yesterday while talking to a friend over the phone I suddenly remembered our movie studio holds a festival of Irish movies - IrishFest - these days and we agreed to go see one today.

32A
As the program stated, it was about young girls obsessed with their growing breasts but it was actually more interesting and kind than that.The brightest moments were with the most powerful music - something with refrain "I'm a woman" in the beginning when the main character wears her bra for the first time, and the other one very funny with western kind of music when a hero walks into a saloon full of enemies, only it was the last girl from the company walking into a shop to buy her first bra. 32A is the size.

I also particularly liked the way the main character overcame her humiliation with first attempt at dating with work in her home and caring about two younger siblings while her mom was in the hospital for a light operation, and it shows how it made her grow up internally.

They got an...

http://alavita.multiply.com/journal/item/482/13-hours-in-cinema

Yesterday while talking to a friend over the phone I suddenly remembered our movie studio holds a festival of Irish movies - IrishFest - these days and we agreed to go see one today.

32A
As the program stated, it was about young girls obsessed with their growing breasts but it was actually more interesting and kind than that.The brightest moments were with the most powerful music - something with refrain "I'm a woman" in the beginning when the main character wears her bra for the first time, and the other one very funny with western kind of music when a hero walks into a saloon full of enemies, only it was the last girl from the company walking into a shop to buy her first bra. 32A is the size.

I also particularly liked the way the main character overcame her humiliation with first attempt at dating with work in her home while her mom was in the hospital (womb scraping, they've already got 4 kids) and it shows how it made her grow up internally.

They got another movie after t...

http://alavita.multiply.com/journal/item/482/13_hours_in_cinema

"Life can turn on a dime. And in this world that constantly shifts beneath our feet the only thing we can know for certain is how we feel. The love we have, the fear we hide from, the pain we push away - give voice to them, and rewards are piece of mind and a peaceful heart."

Made me cry with tears of relief. Not real relief like anything is solved but a relief of admitting some feelings to myself, freedom to face them. I say one hell of a score for a TV-series!

http://alavita.multiply.com/journal/item/481/BeingErica-3x11-hits-the-eye-again

"Life can turn on a dime. And in this world that constantly shifts beneath our feet the only thing we can know for certain is how we feel. The love we have, the fear we hide from, the pain we push away - give voice to them, and rewards are piece of mind and a peaceful heart."

Made me cry with tears of relief. Not real relief like anything is solved but a relief of admitting some feelings to myself, freedom to face them. I say one hell of a score for a TV-series!

http://alavita.multiply.com/journal/item/481/BeingErica_3x11_hits_the_eye_again

This article appeared at scifinow.co.uk: Opinion: Atlantis fans need to stop punishing Universe paying a lot of attention, including quoting Brad Wright and SGU actors about how mean other Stargate fans were to them and how much damage they did to the present show. There are quite a few nice comments but I added my 2c, not sure if it passes moderation although by the nature of other comments, I say mine should as well, but who knows! So I'm copying it over here since I've put some time in writing it up:

Let’s face it, viewers aren’t the only ones who didn’t enjoy the new format.

Where is Robert Cooper? Don’t know but isn’t there. Of course he had no right to say such things but I bet he probably just didn’t see himself enjoying making this new totally different stuff, just like many others who prefer cheering up and not depressing TV.

Where is Martin Wood, one of my favourite series directors who did a lot of episodes in both SG-1/SGA and some other nice shows but 0 SGU? Doing Sanctuary w...

http://alavita.multiply.com/journal/item/480/A-copy-of-my-comment-on-latest-article-trying-to-blame-SGU-failure-on-earlier-SG-fans

This article appeared at scifinow.co.uk: Opinion: Atlantis fans need to stop punishing Universe paying a lot of attention, including quoting Brad Wright and SGU actors about how mean other Stargate fans were to them and how much damage they did to the present show. There are quite a few nice comments but I added my 2c, not sure if it passes moderation although by the nature of other comments, I say mine should as well, but who knows! So I'm copying it over here since I've put some time in writing it up:

Let’s face it, viewers aren’t the only ones who didn’t enjoy the new format.

Where is Robert Cooper? Don’t know but isn’t there. Of course he had no right to say such things but I bet he probably just didn’t see himself enjoying making this new totally different stuff, just like many others who prefer cheering up and not depressing TV.

Where is Martin Wood, one of my favourite series directors who did a lot of episodes in both SG-1/SGA and some other nice shows but 0 SGU? Doing Sanctuary w...

http://alavita.multiply.com/journal/item/480/A_copy_of_my_comment_on_latest_article_trying_to_blame_SGU_failure_on_earlier_SG_fans

Keep your friends close,
but enemies even closer.
Sun Tzu - 'The Art Of War'

I do continue to watch SGU, not because I like the show but for a number of other reasons, in order of importance:

1. Stargate franchise got me too involved with 10 season of SG-1 & 5 seasons of SGA, so I keep an eye on what's going on further.
2. See the epigraph.
3. Since the first half of the first season it gradually became less irritating.
4. It IS a Space Sci-Fi show and I like Space sci-fi and don't like any of the current Space-related shows.

Apparently for a sci-fi show it does not have a lot of action or events at all. I believe I already said before that drama was always the weakest part of the previous Stargate shows, but it was OK since they were action shows, yet when the creators decided to focus on their weakest spot as a base for a new show, it evoked doubt which was well confirmed when it started airing: the show was dull, uneventful and none of the characters were even likable, so there was nothing to...

http://alavita.multiply.com/journal/item/479/SGU-Not-a-lot-of-work-for-JamesBamford-huh-P