Cats should pay rent.
Today was ok. I was very tired for some reason. My first class was canceled because the headmaster ended up lecturing the kids for about 30 minutes. The rest of the day was fine.
Tonite was Toby's birthday and for some reason, Rumi decided to throw him surprise bday party. I asked her, "Are you sure he is reliable enuff to show up at your place at 930pm? I mean, he did go on a vacation without bothering to tell you. How do you know he just won't go elsewhere tonite on his own?" She said she would make sure. Whatever.
Around 7pm, Nick and Amy both said that Toby was calling around asking for people to go out drinking with tonite. They would meet at 9pm and head out. ....... So I called up Rumi. "You know, Toby is calling around to get people to go out at 9pm."
-Oh.....he is? I will call him and see what he's doing.
Yes, make it more obvious that you are doing something.
When time finally came around, Toby didn't show up at 930pm like he was supposed to. He showed up about 1015pm with Sean and Suzannah. And of course, no one in this country knows how to throw a surprise party. They were all talking loud and turning off the TV while he was knocking on the door. And people were whispering around constantly. Then it took Rumi about 5 minutes before she turned out the lights and opened the door. Around 2.5 minutes, Toby started playing his guitar, "Open the door, and let me in".
She finally did and a couple people blew off those confetti canons.
Why wasn't she ready. Oh well.
Toby was wearing the same shirt that I bought in Lijiang. Only he got his for 100RMB, i got mine for 40RMB. giggle.
At one point near the end of the nite, I came out into the living room when the first thing I heard was Toby saying this, "Yes! Cats should pay rent too." I immediately turned around and went elsewhere.
I dunno how the conversation started but I think it arose from someone mentioning Animal Rights on the TV news. Toby said, "If people want to give aniimals rights, then maybe animals should be required to do the same things as people. Animals should pay rent and stuff like that."
A story about the Pope came on and how he was in deteriorating health. Toby said, "Good ridance [followed by incoherent babbling]." This sent Sean and Suzannah up and they were trying to argue with him and it was useless. Toby then said, "If I could, I would vote a cat to be the pope if he paid his rent." - you don't vote for popes - "Oh yeah, there is like a cardinal convoy that does so or something [more incoherent babbling]."
I headed home around 1130 since I have to do some stupid dance practice for the school tomorrow.