in case you don't read shapely prose

[keryx]

You should read this.

Step 7: Buy a pet. Having a pet will force you to take walks, which are a form of exercise. This is true unless you make the mistake that I made, which was buying an iguana. Iguanas walk very slowly and smell strongly of turds. I really cannot dissuade you strongly enough from buying an iguana.

Good things to consider a couple of days before many people (including you & me, perhaps?) go all weird with their annual self-recrimination.

Comments

[keryx.livejournal.com]

My experience is that having a cat forces you to do a fair number of squats while cleaning up their messes, too.

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

My cat's messes tend to be on her own back end, so cleaning them up requires chasing her down and holding her under the faucet. Luckily, she's fairly cooperative (especially for a cat!) about being held under the faucet.

I am currently tragically catless, because my cat moved in with my fiancee on Sunday and I don't get to move in with her until tomorrow. I am suffering extreme kitty withdrawal right now.