LJ Idol Season 10 Introduction

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   First you hear a buzzing. The buzzing of bees among the tall straight gum trees. Then some startled roos burst from the underbrush, dart across a meadow like a panicked school of fish, and funnel across a small wooden bridge over a small creek. Presently, Kris emerges from the forest, with a very large cat on his shoulder.


But pretend its the forest behind me

   Oh hi. I've been sadly sadly neglecting livejournal as late. Fortunately LJ Idol usually motivates me to actually post. It'll be hard though, I'm busier than ever ::carefully removes a bee that has landed on the cat::

   I'm in Victoria now, the very most southern part of mainland Australia (further south than South Australia!), though I think I was already here as of last season? It's always so cold here. So cold. ::shivers::
   I'm not Australian though; I can still be heard loudly declaiming that eggs don't belong on hamburgers and sausages should be put in buns, not flaccid slices of bread. Do I want a beer in any size smaller than a pint? No, that is un-American!!

   When not writing for LJ Idol my livejournal is mostly travelogues. I never got around to writing about Kyrgyzstan last April so I might try to shoehorn that into the first few entries if the topic remotely suits. If you're curious about any of the places I've been, see the index at the top of my livejournal.

   Alright, back to work. ::returns into the forest, narrowly avoiding being killed by a dropbear. Shortly all you hear is the chirping of birds and especially the buzzing of bees.


   And I don't often appear in video, but when I do... well here's a video I recently made with a friend for a lesson I had to give on bee disease identification which I'm posting just so you can visualize the forest I intended to portray in this entry; the forest in which I work.

   And for more of what I know you're really after, more pictures of that gorgeous cat, see my instagram.

Comments

[adoptedwriter.livejournal.com]

That kitty is lovely! We used to have a Maine Coon. They're so elegant!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Oh he is my faavorite. Haha if you look at my instagram its like half pictures of him (: (: :3

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

That is such an impressive cat. Did you wind up "borrowing" him to take to Victoria with you? Think how he would miss you!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Well Victoria is where I currently live and work but he is on the farm and doesn't come home with me at the end of the day. But he knows my schedule and is waiting for me every day when I pull in around 8 (:

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

That's right-- I knew you'd moved, but I forgot that it was elsewhere in the same general area.

Now, if it were at a different location altogether... would you have borrowed the kitty then? ;)

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Haha it would be teeempting but I couldn't. I'm secretly not so secretly hoping one day boss-man says "I see you have a real connection with the cat, you may consider him yours." Maybe as a present when the company makes its first million? ;D

[murielle.livejournal.com]

You're back! You're really back! Yes! I'm so looking forward to reading your entries.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks (:

[eternal-ot.livejournal.com]

Good to see you back :) I am really looking forward to your adventures. Cheers!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (:

[xlovebecomesher.livejournal.com]

Such a pretty cat! Looking forward to your entries!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (:

[rayaso.livejournal.com]

You're back! That is a huge cat. We had a large cat once (22 lbs.), but yours looks much larger. I love your travel writing.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

I don't know how much he weighs exactly but he IS big. It used to make my neck ache when he'd sit on my shoulder but I think I've gotten used to it (:

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! I look forward to many interesting stories from your life and travels. Fascinating stuff! Yay!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (:

[jake67jake]

I have an unhealthy fascination with bees (like trying to pick them up as a child). Most recently I supported the FlowHive from a family downunder. I know that bees are our present AND future, and we (collectively as the human race) are killing them at an alarming rate.

Good luck--not just in Idol!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks (:

[lilmissmagic71.livejournal.com]

WOW kitty. :) I'm glad you're here this season! Looking forward to reading you! :)

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (:

[sonarvampress.livejournal.com]

That is one pretty kitty. Its good to see you're still here.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (:

[banana-galaxy.livejournal.com]

That really is a very big cat!

Your accent is starting to sound Australian. I like it. XD

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Oh nooooooer! Say it ain't so mate! :D I'm American as!

[my-name-is-jenn.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful cat!

I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to bees, so they scare me.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Cato used to be scared of bees but I think he's learned they'll get tangled in his hair and I'll pluck them out.

[majesticarky.livejournal.com]

What a giant cat! I always look forward to hearing about your adventures :D

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

He is the cat of cats!

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

That is a big cat. Is it a trick of perspective, or is that cat actually huge? :)

I believe I require moar cat pictures. :)

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Haha see my instagram for more cat pictures (:

And I think the phone camera does do a bit of a fish eye effect when self-facing, but the cat is pretty big!

[wolfden.livejournal.com]

What a gorgeous cat!

Glad to see you back.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (: