I’m at work, pretending to be busy. Phone rings. It’s Phill.

Phill: Hey, how are you?

Me: Good… What’s up?

Phill: Uh, you know those little tins of tuna in the cupboard?

Me: Yeah?

Phill: Are they human food or cat food?

Me: Uh, human food. Why?

I could hear him hesitating. Immediately my mind raced over the different flavours of tuna I had carefully stacked in the cupboard – tuna with tomato, tuna with chili, tuna with onion … basically tuna with stuff that’s toxic to cats!

Me: OMG, you didn’t give her any, did you?

Phill: No, no, no. I mean, well, yeah, I opened one of the tins but I figured it looked too gourmet for cat food, so I checked the label for a “not fit for human consumption” warning but I couldn’t find one.

Me: Did it have a picture of a cat on it?

Phill: No… but the tins look identical to the cat food tins! Seriously! Why would you make people food tins look like cat food tins?

Me: What did you do with it? You didn’t throw it away, did you?

Phill: No, I wrapped it up in cling wrap and put it in the fridge. I figure you can have it for dinner when you get home from work.

Me: Oh. Thanks.

Phill: I still maintain it looks like cat food.

Me: Right. Okay. Bye.

I will give it to him that they do look similar. Here’s a photo for comparison:

Having said that, I must point out one very critical difference: there’s a fluffy white cat and ball of string on the cat food tins. Therefore, we can assume if there isn’t a cute fluffy cat on the tuna tin, then it’s fit for human consumption. Makes sense, right? Because, you know, it would be nice to not have to double-guess if the tin of tuna you’re about to crack open for dinner is for you or for your cat.

As a result of our conversation, any tuna that Phill prepares for me in the future will be very carefully inspected before consumption.

Edit to Add: Nope, I don’t keep cat food in the cupboard – that’s kept in the laundry cupboard. Seems that Phill saw the tins and assumed they were cat food accidentally put in the wrong place.

So I’m jumping on the Twilight bandwagon, albeit a little later than most people since I was very slow in actually picking up the books to give them a read. I’m currently reading Breaking Dawn (the last book) and let’s just say my opinions on the series – and the Twilight movie – keep changing. Just a heads up – there will be spoilers (movie and all books) in this post, so here is a Twilight image to distract those of you who wish to remain spoiler-free for long enough to click away, especially those reading via a feed reader, since I publish full feeds, which renders the “jump” ineffective (I think).

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Last week some work collegues were gushing over the Twilight series, claiming it was the best thing they’d ever read. I was skeptical to say the least. I’d managed to avoid the whole Twilight fuss since I was concentrating on re-reading the entire Harry Potter series instead. However, while I was shopping a few days ago, I stumbled across the Twilight book on sale, so I picked it up and flicked it open to the first chapter. I always read the first paragraph of a book before I buy it – consider it odd, but if I’m hooked within that paragraph, then I’ll get it.

Anyway, I was standing there having a bit of a read when I noticed someone was hovering around me; an employee. I figured she was going to scold me for “trying before buying”, but when I looked at her, she just gushed, “It’s such a good book. It’s amazing. Oh my God, Edward. He’s so hot. Vampires.”

Uh, what do you say to that? I smiled and backed away a little. “Uh, yeah, I haven’t read it, but I’ve heard it’s good.”

She literally gasped. “Oh, you have to read it! It’s amazing! And it’s on sale! Edward! He’s so hot!”

I nodded, popped the book in my basket and got the hell outta there. I ended up in the pet section. Not sure how I got there, but I scooped up some Temptations and headed to the check-outs (carefully avoiding the book section and crazy Edward-obsessed employee). When I got home, I started to read. I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. It’s no Harry Potter, but there is something about it that sucks you in. I’m now onto the third book and I think I’m a Twilight fan. There’s just something about Bella and Edward that’s so appealing … yet also frustrating.

Have you read the Twilight series – what did you think?

Oh, and what about the movie? Love it or hate it?

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Lest We Forget.