A Veryvery Late Friday Five

Singing Owl from Revgals writes:

Yesterday I had two separate conversations in which people were musing about how much change is occurring. The WW II generation, of which my mom is a part, went from horse and buggy to automobiles, saw the lessening, or even the end of many diseases, went from widespread use of kerosene lamps and outhouses (in the country, and most folks were rural)) to a totally electrified and plumbed society. The fastest means of communication was a telegraph. The second conversation--gulp--was about MY generation and how much change occurred in the last half of the 20th century. The person said his 13 year old had not seen a vinyl record album until a few days before, couldn't remember a time without cell phones, and on and on. As for the questions!

1. What modern convenience/invention could you absolutely, positively not live without? GoG's skooshy bed. It has water in it or something. But you can't see the water, or feel it. But I don't care, cuz it's a grrrrrrrrrreat place to sleep.

2. What modern convenience/invention do you wish had never seen the light of day? Why? The Electric Dust Suckers. They are eeeeeeevil... they chase me all over the house...

3. Do you own a music-playing device older than a CD player? More than one? If so, do you use it (them)?
No... I'm a cat... I just listen to the Talky Box or GoG's laptop. (the picture is the Talky Box)

4. Do you find the rapid change in our world exciting, scary, a mix...or something else?
I dunno... A mix I guess. I don't follow the changes of the big world. I just concentrate on my kingdom in my house.

5. What did our forebears have that we have lost and you'd like to regain? Bonus points if you have a suggestion of how to begin that process.
LEAVING KITTEHS ALONE WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE TOUCHED!! NO matter how many times I tell GoG to let me down, she just won't leave a poor kitteh alone...


Tiria
The Shadow Princess

A Belated Friday Five

Can you believe Daylight Savings Time is here already? It's hard to get used to the new, earlier onset. My family has been getting up and out a little late and a little sleepy in the mornings.

And can you believe that in two days it will be Palm Sunday for Western Christians? Our Lent is almost over, while our Orthodox sisters and brothers, whose liturgical year follows the older Julian calendar, are just starting theirs. Nicholas did a recent book report on George Washington, and we were surprised to find out that our first President's birthday was originally Feb. 11, since he was born just before the change to the Gregorian calendar. Apparently the change almost caused rioting, as some indignant people were sure that they were being cheated out of eleven days of their lives!

To help you adjust--and enjoy the process--here's a Friday Five about time and transitions....

1. If you could travel to any historical time period, which would it be, and why?
I wouldn't travel back. Too many problems with people. Especially the times when they hurted kittehs who hung out around weird ladies.

2. What futuristic/science fiction development would you most like to see?
A way of petting me without actually touching me.

3. Which do you enjoy more: remembering the past, or dreaming for the future?
Dreaming for the future. I don't like my past. It was bad bad bad bad BAD!

4. What do you find most memorable about this year's Lent?
I didn't do lent. I didn't know about it until now.

5. How will you spend your time during this upcoming Holy Week? What part do you look forward to most?
My family being back. Everyone was gone last night. But they're all back, so they should stay put for a bit.

Tiria
The Shadow Princess