Firstly - guinea pig update:

'm getting a two tier cage, and I'll take out the ramp and divide it into two seperate levels, for two couples! No getting rid of Laurie, just two more mouths to feed~!

So I'm getting two girls now - four piggies. ;D

So!

I moved in yesterday~

My room is becoming all homely now, despite being pretty messy because of boxes and whatnot scattered about. I really hope that Chrissie (landlady) doesn't visit today to see the mess, but I'm sure she'll understand.

I briefly met the housemates, and they all seem nice - they invited me out but I politely declined, as it was my first night and I was really tired, not to mention that I'm younger than all of them and I don't really like going out.

Sophie came over and set up my computer, then I went to her house and met Alice, and her Mum~! Her Mum is really cool, and Alice is - of course - awesome. With her magic scarf and cool shoes.

Then I got a lift back, and Sophie tried to set up my wireless internet connection - but failed. Then as soon as she left, I got it working! HAHA! I win.

Today Sophie is going to come over at 2PM so that I can go "food & stuff" shopping, in order to avoid starvation. I don't have deodorant or tooth paste or anything. D: And I need to buy some biros. Then at some point I have to inform the bank of the move and figure ouu what is going on with my online banking, aaaand I have to register at a Doctors surgery or somesuch.

And now! Some photos of my room and the corridor. (Later or tomorrow I'll take photos of the rest of the house. (Hopeully everyone/most people will be out tomorrow working, so I'll have free range with my camera.)

Forgive the clutter. XD It's not as bad as it looks, honest. They're mainly empty things that my parents need to come and pick up on friday - and I need to sort my bed out and stuff. C:

My keys and contract arrived today!

:D!!!

Ohsnap.

Saturday is soon! :0 The day of my move~!

But I'm currently busy worrying about the piggies.

As I posted on TheGuineaPigForum.co.uk:

If you followed my other thread in Behaviour, you'll know why I'm making this.

Basically.. I have two boars, Fry and Laurie - they're brothers and, to my knowledge, have always been together. I don't know how old they are. The pet shop owner made out like they had recently been born, but they were clearly full-grown adults.

They seem to get along well. They don't play or any such, but when out of the cage they go towards each other for comfort, especially in new areas or places they're not settled in. In the cage they sleep apart, but are happy to share food and such (when they do fight over food, it's far from violent - just innocent and cute!).

However, since they settled, Laurie has tried to assert his dominance by strutting, purring, rubbing against and mounting Fry. Fry clearly is not pleased by this, and he usually just runs away (Laurie will usually chase him) or jumps to get Laurie off. This happens nearly every day (most likely every day - I'm sometimes woken up by it at night.)

I just figured it was all part of the natural balance and left them to it - until I was awoken by the sound of Fry chattering his teeth. So I took Laurie out of the cage for a while to give Fry a break, placing him on my bed as I often do, stroking him and such. I eventually put him back, but he just harassed Fry again. But as Fry wasn't chattering his teeth, I went back to bed.

This was quite a while ago - but yesterday, as stated in my thread, Laurie would not leave Fry alone all day. At one point he was harassing him for two hours straight. Fry looked paranoid and wasn't his usual sleepy, napping self because every few second - Laurie was at it again. Constantly pinning him and mounting him, chasing him, purring at him. Fry ended up chattering his teeth a lot, and I think even Laurie chattered his teeth, and Fry kept raising his head in a sort of defence - but Laurie was totally oblivious to the threats and just kept overpowering him.

Even when Laurie isn't mounting Fry, he spends most of the day, when awake, purring and swaying side to side against Fry.

So, basically...

Even though they get along otherwise - I think I need to split them up. I love them both dearly and feel horrible splitting up their brotherhood, but I worry that one day I will return home from work or somesuch only to find that Fry has finally managed to fight back, and one or both may be injured, or worse. I just cannot take that risk, no matter how much I want them to stay together.

Where I'm moving, I do not have room for a second cage - unless I put one on top. But I worry, will this cast the other cage into darkness? My tiny bedroom has a skylight, so.. I don't want to put a piggy or two into darkness.

So I've been looking for someone to adopt him - there is one possible person at the moment, but he doesn't know yet if his parents will allow him to adopt one (most likely Laurie) - hopefully I'll have an answer by tonight.

It's just that if I do keep Laurie, and have two cages, one on top of another.. I'll also have to get them neutered, and get two girls, because I will not leave them by themselves whilst I work - it's unfair on them, I want them to have company.

But with the cages one on top of another, will the smells interupt relationships? Would it be bad to have two male/female couples that close?

I can't build a grid cage in the room, nor can I think of any other solution.

:C

Things aren't so super right now.

...Also.

People who comment anonymously - please stop! D:< If you're going to post like that, put who you are in the subject, or in the comment! I dislike not knowing who people are when they comment.

So, today my six boxes of the special bottled Final Fantasy Potion arrived.

After hearing reviews that it tastes disgusting (and possibly like turtles), Bas has requested that I LJ the experience.

So, I have the bottle from the one box that Mother and I opened - I have removed the pretty potion top.

I shall now remove the lighter blue Suntory bottle cap.

Well that was easy. ;D

It smells like a cross-between medicine - and something nice, like a fruity drink. Medicine and fruit.

I'm really scared to drink it now. XD BUT I SHALL BE BRAVE.

I'll just stick my finger in and lick it.

...No real description fits.

So I'll take a sip.

Or two.

Aside from choking a bit - it's like.. Like... A flowery, fruity drink with some kind of medicine-ie aftertaste.

It's really not that bad - it starts off great, but the medicine-ie aftertaste... XD

I don't know if I'm drinking a health drink or an energy drink, because it certainly seems to manage to be both at once.

All-in-all, aside from feeling like I've been downing cough medicine.. It's alright. XD I think?

I'll get someone to update for me if I die as a result of drinking this.

Posting so late!

Yes, so - I got the room~ The house is really nice, the kitchen is nice, the living room is nice, the garden is nice, the landlady is... Crazy. The room itself is tiny, yet somehow fits everything it needs. I just need to contact Chrissy with the measurements of my guinea pig cage, and hopefully she can somehow arrange the room for them and my computer to fit snugly.

I'd have more room if I had the double bed replaced with a single - but I'd fall out of a single bed. D: Also, if Sophie'd want to stay over, I'd end up injuring her in a single bed.

So, I'm moving on January 14th most likely, which means...




Oh yes!

I need to sort my bloody room out.. I also need to go clothes shopping, and I need to buy like.. Towels and stuff. And flat shoes. And basically end up spending even more money, so I'm going to end up with only £4k to support me. I've hardly bought anything - how the Hell does it keep dropping? I don't think I'm ever going to get back the £150 that Tracy owes me, and Robert owes me about £150 as well (I think that's how much I gave him? Meh, he'll tell me.) which I had better get straight away. Also, my parents owe me £90.

Oh happy day - time to stop acting as a bank.

Then I just need to sort out all of the stuff that I'm taking, and all of the stuff that I'm not.

Oh - and I must get a printer on or around Boxing Day, so that I can update my CV. That's probably the best time for me to do all of my shopping. I'll drag my parents along.

Hey kids~!

So. You're probably wondering, "Woah, dude, what? Unicorns? What?" Actually, no. You're probably wondering, "Why have I been given the link to this journal?" or, "Oh, so this is the address."

Which is fair enough!

So, let's inform you of this jazz, all FAQ stylee.


-What is this?
This is the mothership.

What is the purpose of this LJ?
Well, I created it because in mid-January I should be going to Milton Keynes, which is two hours away from my friends and family. So, I wanted to make an LJ so people can read up on how I'm doing, what's going on in my life and whatnot and comment on my posts.

Why are you moving to Milton Keynes?
A few reasons. I mean, it's really nice there, for one thing. Plus there are more job opportunities, and I don't want to end up living in a place like Harlow. I really so want to try and start fresh so that I can get my motivation in gear, living somewhere new and-.. Well, better.

But why Milton Keynes?
Five words - The Love Of My Life.

Who can comment in this LJ?
Absolutely anyone! You don't need to have an LJ - I mean, I doubt that my parents will get LJs, so they'll post as guests. But please, say who you are! Do not just post anonymously so that I have no idea who you are!
I encourage people adding me, though, if you do have an LJ.

What kind of stuff is going to be here?
All sorts of things. Whatever has happened! How I'm doing with finding a job, what the place I live in is like, how I'm getting on with people, any random occurrences, my adapting to being independent, etc.

Why not just call people?
Well, I'm lazy. I'm also crap with phones. Mainly though, it's because not only my family and local friends can read this - but my online friends from various places can read and comment as well, so it's informative for everyone.
Making one post beats repeating stuff to loads of different people over and over.

When are you moving?
Well - I'm going to see the room on saturday. If all is well, I'll be putting a deposit down on it, and then I should be moving in mid-January.

Are you going to be getting a job?
People keep asking me this! No, no I'm not - I'm going to live off of pixie dust and gnaw upon the heads of homeless people.

...Unicorns?
Do not question Unicorn Power.