Zerbey's Journal: September 10th, 2004

Another week, another Hurricane. This one was called Frances. Next week, we say hello to Ivan and goodbye to my roof. I'm really, really sick of the weather right now! Frances was kind enough to cause our Uncle's ceiling to collapse so we have 10 house guests right now (4 humans, 4 dogs, 1 cat and 1 mouse). We still don't have power, but we do have a generator and my brother-in-law, who is an electrician, was kind enough to wire it directly into the mains panel. It works, but the AC draws too much juice to be useable, therefore we're sweating. We did not get so much damage this time, but the roof is severely weakened. If Ivan hits, it could be catastrophic.

The cat (and his aforementioned cousin as it happens) went to get neutered. Unfortunately, they found a rotten tooth so he got that pulled as well as his balls. He's not a very happy camper. He can now do a really good John Wayne impression, I know I'm being mean but it's cute! Our other furry child will be getting neutered as well soon. At least the vet's happy I suppose :)

We watched "The Passion of the Christ" finally. Now, I was brought up a Christian so I think I can safely say I speak with some authority on knowing what happened. I did enjoy the movie, but I thought Mel Gibson took things a little too far in places - shocking just for the sake of it, as it were. Some of the scenes were just unnecessary, the freaky baby in the devils arms for one. I don't remembe reading about that in Sunday school! Still, it was a good movie and I do recommend it even if you don't believe in that sort of thing. Just remember that the people who made it are very devout catholics and it really shows.