Marriage, Savannah and Cats

Okay big news! On Friday I took Stephanie to Il Pasticcio in downtown Savannah and popped the question. She accepted so we are planning to get hitched this coming October.

Really the coolest part was after dinner we sat for a while on a park bench in Chippewa square to hang around. The weather was really great and the moment made me feel really good about marrying stephanie and moving to Savannah with her.

Saturday we went shopping for Stephanie's engagement setting and stopped by the massive catholic cathedral downtown. That place is massive and ornate! They spared no cost putting the place together. Inside there are columns that extend 35 ft upward to support arched gothic celings. There is gold leafing, marble, stained glass, and hardwood everywhere. Probably some of the best architechture in Savannah. There was something erie about the place, though....you could almost make out the screams of a young boy being molested in the basement.

We also visited the old graveyard a few blocks away (I can't remember the name, but it's the really old one everyone knows). We saw lots of grave sites from the 1780's which was pretty cool. The graves were cool, but I kept having images of playing paintball amidst the grave stones. (paintballs smashing everywhere!! Karate kicking ancient headstones in half in order to kill thy enemy!!!) My destructive side is alive and well and fortunately didn't manifest itself.

Saturday night and Sunday Steph and put up panelling in our bathroom. It turned out okay and I think it will look nice after we paint some blemishes and put out some white caulk to cover my lack of carpentry skill. After finishing the work, I used the facilities to test it out. Nothing fell off the wall so I figure it should hold up to hurricane force winds.

In my last post I pretty much slammed dogs as the wretched and uncivilized beasts that they are. Out of fairness, I thought I would add a few thoughts to the whole pet topic, this time speaking of cats.

Now I could spend a few hours rationalizing why cats are so much smarter than dogs. But in reality, my experience tells me that cats aren't all that sly. While dogs have the intelligence of a retarded child, I think cats are more akin to the intelligence of a somber house plant. This fact is actually one of the cool things about cats. Instead of jumping around like a wild beast, cats are cool and standoffish. They simply aren't smart enough to require very much human stimulation. So there is very little blabbering and pandering. The cats just keep to themselves, which is really a great quality. Come to think of it, Cats' stupidity can actually be a source of comic relief. My cat, Chenzo, likes to chase after balls and I got a great idea when chenzo and I were hanging out in the loft one night. I wanted to see if Chenzo would chase after the ball if I threw it over the loft railing. Well he did, and fortunately I caught him midair before he carreened to the floor 12 feet below.

It's amazing darwin didn't do away with cats eons ago, but I think they are really great pets for people who don't care for panting, slobbering retards.