Confused Puchiguso's Journal

Ugh, my feet are so cold. But I don't want to turn on the heater.

I should have cooked something warmer for lunch too, but I couldn't resist making this after finding all the stuff I needed at the Chinese market.

( Today's lunch is soba )

I have a terrible addiction.

http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Rim-Gourmet-Calbee-Crisps/dp/B0001DMSX8

I can never buy one of these bags, and not finish the damn thing in a day. Why? T___T Why is it so tasty?

I think I have a 5th of the bag left. I am not going to touch it. I'm not. >__________<

A few weeks ago I tried learning to bake brownies, so I could share them for the holidays with my family. That didn't go very well. At all. But I'll try again with something else soon enough. The strange thing is that lately I have been cooking a lot more, mostly out of necessity with it just being cheaper and me being the only one that had any idea how to burn meat. I know I'm eating my words when I said I hated cooking last year. I think it's that I hate staying in one place for a long time when I want to do other things. If I can save time and afford to eat out, I will. But cooking right now at least makes me feel useful.

( I've been more adventurous lately. )

I'm hoping this won't turn out like my baking adventure or there will be much cussing and dumping of food.

Ugh... This is upsetting because we used to feed Maggie this. Not that I think it had anything to do with her tumor, but she didn't need to be having sub quality food on top of that. -_-

Originally posted by

boosette at WARNING: Purina pet food has started making pets ill

Originally posted by

issendai at WARNING: Purina pet food has started making pets ill

My coworker John told me that his cat was seriously ill--throwing up, lethargic, refusing food, dropping weight. The previously healthy 6-year-old, 15-pound cat had lost a third of her body weight over the last few months. The vet couldn't find anything wrong with her. Blood tests were clean, and she didn't have any known illnesses. Yet she was a few days from organ failure.

That was a week ago. She's fine now. The solution was... to stop feeding her Purina cat food.

When John told me that, and said that friends of his had the same problem with their cats and Purina cat food, I looked into it. Holy shit. Take a look at the consumer complaints about Purina cat and dog food. This exact same problem has been an issue with Purina pet foods since 2007, but since this summer, the rate of complaints has picked up drastically. People who previously had to problems with Purina are reporting issues. Comment after comment sounds the same:

I've been feeding my three cats Fancy Feast canned food Chopped Grill Feast for many years. They have always devoured their meal and licked the plates clean. Last week, I noticed they did not want to eat much and went from plate to plate, ate a little. Next day, none of them would eat it. I kept trying new cans. What they did eat made them vomit and one cat was lethargic for days. I refuse to buy any more of this food. It's very scary. I don't know what is wrong with the food, but I fear it has toxins in it. I switched to another brand and the cats are fine now. Did anyone else experience this?

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My dogs have been eating Purina Dog Chow (green bag) for about four years. They used to eat only Iams, but due to financial issues, we had to go with a cheaper brand. The last bag I purchased was about a week and a half ago. My 14 years old Labrador has vomited about 5-6 times and my German Shepherd has vomited about 4 times. Something is wrong with this food! The food has a kind of metallic smell to it. It just does not smell right. I'm taking it back to the pet store. I am changing my dogs' food, it's just not worth taking the chance to save a few dollars.

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We purchased a large bag of Purina One Salmon dry cat food to give to a needy pet owner. She emailed us a couple of days later ,to say that there were maggots, lots of them with what looked to be like strands or webs with more dead gnats or flies, pieces of web in the food and "shells" of gnats or flies in the bag. Cats would not eat much of the food and, fortunately, they did not get sick. The store had noticed this problem in other bags and was willing to swap out.

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I purchased a 34 lb bag of Purina One Smartblend dog food every three to four weeks for my two Labradors. The last bag I purchased seemed fine until I noticed a new infestation of little black bugs. Upon further inspection through the contents of the bag, I noticed clusters of white "eggs" adhered to quite a bit of the food. Some of these clusters contained larvae in the process of hatching. I immediately threw out the remaining contents of the bag but did save samples for my vet.
We went out of town last weekend and had friends dog sit for us. We originally attributed their lethargy and random vomiting to separation anxiety. Although they are doing better, I am still concerned and will be watching them closely. As stated, I saved samples of the infested dog food for our vet in the event that anything results from this issue.
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I recently switched to the Friskies Poultry Variety pack (32 cans) that says it must be used by August 2013 (12281789 09:31 lo61237) sku (050000454242). I have 5 cats and feeding them this food, I noticed some of them throwing up. There's nothing in it but liquids, no hair ball, no food, nothing. My cats range from 8 weeks to 13 years old.

I switched my own cats to Purina a couple of months ago, and their coats look so much better than they did on the old brand of cat food... but Buffy has started vomiting stomach liquids. Purina and Fancy Feast are off the menu. Permanently.

I have no idea why this isn't news. But if you're feeding your pets any Purina brand, please don't wait for media confirmation that something is going on. Stop feeding your pets Purina immediately.

Been watching Wild Arms TV after so many years, and I forgot how much I enjoyed it. I mean, yeah it's pretty episodic, but still fun! Mirabelle is my favorite, because she turns into that awkwardly cute fat little bat to get away from trouble. XD

Well, time to go cook something. Almost dinner time.

I bought some manga at half price books about a month ago, but it was in a bundle and I only wanted a few volumes out of it. I had no idea what I was getting in the grab bag, so I'm seeing if I can find a good home for what's left of it. 50 cents a piece! They're all in nearly mint condition, too.

( Tenchi, Mobius Klein, Nadesico, Call me Princess, Saint Tail )

I'm such a sap. :| The lyrics to this song make me cry.

I hope my friends had a good Thanksgiving. It was kinda blah around here because

sandkarasu had to work, and my usual gathering with family was spent in the hospital with my grandma, although the food there was actually pretty good. I'm thankful that she will probably get out next week, if the biopsy on her kidneys goes well. It was this morning, so I'll probably call her this afternoon.

Job hunting still goes the same as usual, so whatever.

About the only thing that I'm looking forward to right now is yoga on Sunday with

rubyredrose and ot-atma, and the RPs I'm writing with

sandkarasu. If I can just somehow catch up on everything that I owe by the end of the year I would be happy, but I'm constantly running out of money just paying for insurance. I owe Dad, I owe Kirs, I owe Dad what I owe Kirs for the refrigerator (since it'd be his money that she owes him in the end), and I would like to get my family things for Christmas but that's not gonna happen.

Excuse me, I'm bitter over the competition for positions and the shit pay out there that is less than my unemployment check.

Back from the con, where I stayed with Angelyn and Dice, and Rebecca and Kyle, and it was a lot of fun, but I'm exhausted. I want to write a con report, and I got a ton of video, but there are things to do first today. I do want to get back into the swing of that though. I miss having things to post and share after cons, especially music videos.

Got to catch up on RP and cook and clean today first. And though I could care less for Twilight,

sandkarasu and I are going to go watch the last movie for laughs. I really can't stand the way that series portrays vampires, but the trailer at least seemed... it had my curiosity piqued. Morbid curiosity, since I've heard how the series ends. I'm probably going to be grossed out, but oh well. XD I get in free in any case, since Julie works at a theater.

Still no job for me. :/ I had 3 interviews last week and none of them panned out. I just hope that I can find enough things to apply for this week when most companies will have their attention on getting through the holiday instead of posting job openings. I really hate the contact minimum weekly requirement for unemployment benefits. It's not like I'm not looking. -_-

I haven't done it in a while, but I want to send out Christmas cards this year again. Also, holiday cards for those of my friends who celebrate anything else!

If you'd like me to send you one, please leave your name and address here! Comments will be screened!

( today's haul )

Didn't come out with what I was looking for, but did get some things that I needed my own copies of for a long time now. Orphen was CHEAP. Maybe for once I'll actually finish these books, too.

The interview yesterday... I guess it went okay, but there was a math test about discounts and percentages that didn't allow a calculator. ._. To say I failed that part is being optimistic, but we'll see.

Had a job interview today for a receptionist insurance thing that had me pretty nervous at first, but I got a good vibe from the place. It didn't take long at all to interview, and they gave me a diet pepsi on the way out. I like them.

In other news, aside from our new furniture I haven't been up to much. Just RP and nearly completing Trails in the Sky, making it one of the few RPGs I ever got so far in. When my unemployment check arrives, I'm going to buy a ton of hangers and organize my whole closet, because right now ALL of the laundry that used to clutter the hall is now in clean piles in my room, making IT nearly unnavigable instead. The first step to cleaning it and my closet is buying something to do that with.

I will have a clean house eventually. I'm tired of how people see me when they look at my mess.

But for now, there's little I can do with it, so instead I'm going to try to solve this damn riddle Bleu Blanc has left me to find a book. -_-

I want to connect to our network with my PSP, and download a game from PSN. Is this possible or do I need to use a PS3 to do it? I have a connection, an old one, set up from when togabitoion lived here, but I don't know how she did it. I changed the network name, anyway. I think the way we have our network set up is that we add devices to it, instead of having a password that each outside computer needs in order to sign in. My PSP SHOULD be on the network, last I checked. But my PSP doesn't see it. :/

Scratch that. I found out I didn't turn wlan on. c_c

I need to write about something happy.

I started watching Legend of Galactic Heroes yesterday. I'm already on episode 13. It took 3 episodes to hook me, but I'm so hooked now. D:

Comment to this post, and I will list five things I associate with you. They might make sense or they might be random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your LJ (or just add a reply back at me).

Oh, I forgot to add the list I got from

mippa!
Lost Universe/Slayers
Video Games
Cosplay
Digimon
Puppy dogs

I'm pretty proud of this, actually. XD