A Day Of Cats & Medieval Torture (No Animals Were Harmed In The Making Of This Blog Entry)

Skipping ahead, through the time/space continuum, leaving Monday morning's classes and schoolwork in it's wake, we find ourselves in the midst of Monday afternoon. Needing to go deposit this month's rent check, Robert and Chris decided to tag along, in hopes that the bank would once again provide them with coloring material. We left the apartment, and after disposing of our pumpkins, but before making it more than five feet from our door, we are greeted by our across-the-way neighbor, who has something to inquire of us: He wants to know if we would be interested in adopting a kitten, who has apparently been wandering around the apartment complex for the last four days. Unfortunately, none of us thought it was the best idea, but that didn't stop us from playing with it for a little bit, and ultimately attempting to guilt trip Robert into adopting it (That wasn't really our goal, but it made for a few hours of amusement). JM said that he might be interested in adopting it next year, if we did decide to take it in until then, but if that doesn't end up being the case, then perhaps we'll try to make sure he at least ends up in happy home on the Island of Wayward Kitties. Time will tell...

Upon arrival at the bank, we discovered that the coloring books that my roommates had been looking so forward to were unavailable. This aggravated them to a point, but as Muffin Monday/Castle night drew more near, they eventually forgot about it. JM, Ryan Kelly, and Caitlin arrived just in time for Castle. After this week's enthralling new episode had concluded, we all gathered around the kitchen table for Muffin Monday. That is, all of us except for Ryan Kelly, who was sound asleep. We gently persuaded him to awaken... that is to say we pelted him, from across the room, with no less than 40 tootsie-rolls, until he finally got up to join us. This led us into our topic of discussion, for the week: "Ancient Forms of Torture, Brought Back In Modern Times, But In A Slightly More Comical Fashion." Utilizing candy in lough of rocks, as a form of stoning, was only the tip of the morbid but still somewhat entertaining iceberg. Other highlights included actual hangman, in which you had a chance to save yourself, depending on whether or not you were able to guess the obscure hidden message laid out before you, as well as a new spin on water torture, taking a form resembling bobbing for apples, in which, as your captor dunks you, if you manage to somehow retrieve all of the apples, they'd consider sparing your life, but then chalk your victory up to you being a witch anyways, and that'd be the end of you. Sorry, you really don't know what to expect with angry mobs...

Herete, (That's a Greek salutation, this time)
-Nick, Robert, & Chris