vovat | Kittens in the Hall

Beth and I saw two Kids in the Hall earlier this month, and both of them made fun of the other. Kevin McDonald did a stand-up set at the New York Comedy Club on Monday the 5th. He mostly told stories, some of which I'd heard before. According to him, most stories comedians tell have details changed, so they're like making lemonade, while his are just lemons. On Saturday, we went with Beth's Uncle John to the City Winery in Philadelphia, where Scott Thompson did several Buddy Cole monologues, including some new ones that Amazon considered inappropriate for the new episodes they did last year. There was one about drag queen story hours, and how those were two things that didn't go together. I've wondered myself how that concept came about; I have no problem with it, but it does seem to come out of left field. He did one apologizing to aliens, and mentioned the anal probing jokes from KITH, and said that were all by Kevin and Dave Foley, not him. I was curious as to how many people realized that his bit about Ra masturbating out the other gods was a genuine Egyptian creation myth. Probably more than I thought, but I was still kind of proud to have noticed that. The thing about cereal magnate John Harvey Kellogg being fervently opposed to masturbation is also true, and kind of seems like it shouldn't be. On the other hand, "Kubla Khan" was not written by Omar Khayyam. After that show, we ate at a Chinese restaurant, after trying two that were closed. It WAS the New Year, I guess. The one where we ended up going had a robotic podium with a cat face that the staff used. I wanted to get a picture of it, but didn't. I do have a picture of a cotton candy machine from the same place.

I drove into Philadelphia in a borrowed car, because mine was getting repairs. They needed some kind of tool to remove some bolts in the engine, and it must have been really difficult to get, as it took a few weeks. It's probably one more issue with having an old car, although it's difficult for me to think of 2009 as old. I finally got my car back last week.

I started on Mounjaro recently, and it causes me to have much less of an appetite. That's probably good for blood sugar, and for money because I tend to buy a lot of snacks. But when you're used to eating a certain amount and you no longer can, it feels like a waste. I've been trying to adjust somewhat.

We're considering getting another cat to keep Nellie company, but so far it hasn't happened. We visited a cat cafe and a shelter, and were supposed to bring her to see some other cats last weekend (the email called it a "meet and greet," which makes it sound like these cats are celebrities), but they both caught a cold. Nellie tries to play with everything, so a playmate would probably be a good idea, but who knows how she'd get along with another cat? I wonder what she thinks of me. She does sometimes lie next to me in bed and purr, so I suppose that's a good sign. She's not as talkative as Wally and Reagan were, at least as of yet.