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The more I look up about cat breeds, the more interested I am in what I think was the breed of my former cat, Clinger: Bombay. I always swore up and down he acted more like a puppy than a cat, throughout his life. He was always cuddly and playful and surprisingly athletic, willing to jump great heights for tennis balls. I was sad we had to have him declawed due to his penchant for climbing very high walls, including the very jagged stones of our fireplace that could have really hurt him had he fallen down the wrong way. Plus, he was an affectionate attention-seeker, much like people think of dogs. He was named Clinger for the way he'd cling on my shirt as a kitten when we got him from the shelter. And he really was damn clingy. In a good way. Everything about him matches the description these experts give of Bombays, who basically describe the breed as cat-dogs:

I'm still wanting to get a cat or kitten, doesn't have to be a Bombay necessarily, and name him Mr. President. I've heard shelters have more trouble getting rid of older cats though, plus older cats might be easier for a college student like me to take care of (unless I find that other part-time job, I have more free time to look after an animal now that 2/3 of my classes are online and one only meets in-person Thursday nights). So I'm leaning towards adopting an older Bombay cat if I do get one. I want to sure I have enough money and time to care for another living thing and as much as I really want a pet, I want even more badly not to let a pet down cause of something that prevents me from giving it all it needs. I had to put Clinger down after a urinary tract infection did something to him that he couldn't walk for more than a few steps during the last days of his life. That happened even despite my parents helping out with the less costly medical options available and him having a family of four take car of him throughout his life. If I adopt an animal, I'm doing it responsibly and with their best interests in mind. 

In other news, if I do decide on an animal, I can use this website that KnightDriver pointed out to ensure I keep up with my cat duties: https://habitrpg.com/#/tasks. It's basically a to-do list in RPG form, which is perfect for me. I'm openly not impressed with most turn-based battle systems, but I do like the idea of levelling up when you work hard to achieve something, because I can apply that to real life. This website will hopefully help me do just that. I already lost foods for having a couple more cheat meals today, in the form of a chicken salad sandwich combo and some frozen yogurt. With the yogurt, I got my go-to strawberry flavor and since vanilla was having technical issues, I combined it with key lime sorbet. God, I love key lime pie. So why not have it in frozen yogurt form? Topped it with strawberries, cherries, and those little white dot things. No rainbow sprinkles though. I miss that snack food from the 90s that was just rainbow sprinkles on top of yogurt and you poured the sprinkles on the yogurt. Rainbow sprinkles just go really well texture-wise with yogurt and ice cream. But hey, I also got back on my workout schedule and it's the last week of freedom before training the new DJs starts next week, so don't judge, bro!

In gaming news, I'm still playing Arkham Origins and Grand Theft Auto III. I've sort of given up on Resident Evil 4 HD for now. Don't worry, I'll finish it eventually, it's just not holding my attention right now. I know a few of you think it's one of the best horror games around, so I'm going to make an effort to get through it. Speaking of horror games, I'd love Eternal Darkness to come to Steam. That was my favorite horror game. 

As for Origins, I can't figure out how to beat Deathstroke, or at least the whole "wait until he attacks so you can counter" thing is wearing me down. And my computer apparently. May need to make sure those settings on the game stayed where I put them last time I played. Granted, I was playing for a while. Probably tried my hand at Deathstroke four or five times and that was after figuring out I missed a door I could have gone through on Penguin's boat to get to his office through the back. So it had nothing to do with those damn hook thingies I kept trying to use in the room in front of his office. How the hell was I supposed to know "Remote Batclaw" and "Batclaw" are two different things? They both shoot to remote places. 

In Grand Theft Auto III, I keep getting killed when trying to pick up the laundromat money for Tony, can't shake the cops in Joey's bank heist mission, but I did get very close to killing 25 triads with a flamethrower for Mexican-porn-guy-stereotype-on-payphone. So that'll be the mission I retry when I load the game back up. 

I'll probably play some more Viewtiful Joe with my wired Nintendo Gamecube controller whose control stick can't move directly upwards this time instead of my off-brand wireless one that can't have both shoulder buttons working at the same time. I figure if the game ends up letting me use the D-pad, it should be fine and maybe I don't even need to use up on the control stick since there's a jump button. Spider-Man 2 will still be a pain in the ass for the foreseeable future though. 

On the job front, I get paid too much by the university already to be approved for more hours, so there goes any other student-employee on-campuys jobs. Applied to the nearby Dollar General yesterday and had to answer about 100 "logic" questions that seemed more like they were making sure I'd blame dipshit employees for anything wrong when immediate physical evidence linking them to an act was unavailable. Or maybe I was supposed to give them all the benefit of the doubt and failed that multiple-choice test miserably. 

In any case, at least I have my routine and some engergy back after working out again since Monday. That's all for now. What's up with you?