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Word of the Day:隘路

あいろ・a narrow path; bottleneck; obstacle that restricts progress

By Kayla McIntoshPublished about 6 hours ago 3 min read
Word of the Day:隘路
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I am already a day ahead so, I actually can afford to run errands finally.

That is sort of amazing at this point. I am mostly a cat, but if I were a dog, I'd be a lone wolf... though I guess whether you're a cat or dog, you eventually find your kind again.

Speaking of cat, the cat hasn't showed up again. I made some little dishes for it in case it comes back.

Since it is human food, if it doesn't, I can eat it. That is sort of the benefit of feeding animals human food. When you buy dog or cat food, first off, it is really bad for them. Secondly, that is like the worst survival food ever.

People living out in the wilderness feed their animals from their plate ( usually the scraps but still ), if it isn't something that a person eats, an animal shouldn't either.

Also it sort of checks, I noticed animals that are fed " pet food " usually don't live as long. I know like... 7 examples of this.

Sure, you're saving money on food but, you're spending more in medical bills.

Easier to just make food for them and save you the trouble.

Also outside cats hunt so, you're just supplementing their diet at that point.

She showed me another apartment of someone who is friendly to her, but unfortunately it is in a different building than me so, I am not going to start any turf wars with anyone.

The spirits of my father's bloodline say this is false, she doesn't belong to him. I also heard them call the cat bad, I don't know... is it the spirit or the body? Obviously the body is wounded. I am not going to think more about it.

My only job is to entertain the guests I receive. If I can't facilitate that, I get no visitors.

I am wild and feral, but not unkind.

I was taught to treat guests well: it is the old way of killing the best animal and making the best food for your guests.

You only treat people who mean you ill will or break faith with you poorly.

This is why the Lei of Yonec spoke of a horrible Lord who was so miserly, he tried to turn even his wedding into a way to make profit; not entertaining any of his guests, and had no flower gardens, only vegetables.

His wife never loved him and found a fae lover instead.

Yea, I paid for steaks for my family without even eating a piece. I will go hungry to feed a guest.

But I do not welcome guests who steal from me what I do not give.

I am very ready to go but none of the places I need to go to are open yet. I will leave as soon as the first one opens.

I have a free scratch paper, I could feasibly draw something now, but I actually kinda need weed to facilitate that. I might get some today. I don't think I should eat any until I know for a fact I have like... ah maybe the weekend or something. I probably should avoid the week days.

That is kinda how I did it when I went to school. I think anyone with a proper schedule is like this.

Those energy drinks are really saving me, I finally have energy to do stuff. I do love tea but the amount of tea I have to drink to get the energy from an energy drink is like 5x the amount and I don't have time to be drinking that much all day.

Plus I pee all the time.

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Kayla McIntosh

Personal tell-all pieces: Word of the Day and Jail Journal. Secret poet on the side. ( I don't use Ai to write any posts, everything is done manually. )

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