tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121569532011-12-14T21:43:05.153-05:00I am Bastya, a handsome, adorable, smart syrian hamster. I live in a cage in a house with Tall Things, who remember to feed me, but never let me tear apart anything fun. I have a brother named Vincent. He's a Russian Dwarf.Bastya and Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16590113302941783763noreply@blogger.comBlogger901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12156953.post-1157573038073052932006-09-06T15:53:00.000-04:002006-09-06T16:03:58.126-04:00

Power can be held in the smallest of things... Fate Has Chosen Him. A Ball Will Protect Him. Giants Will Hunt and Pet Him. It is in hamsters that we must place our hope.

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We got tagged by Puff and Mrs. Sniffles!Here are the rules... The player of this game starts with "5 weird things/habits about yourself." In the end you need to choose 5 creatures (humans too!) to be tagged and list their names. The creatures who get tagged need to write a blog about their 5 weird things/habits, as well as state this rule clearly, then tag 5 more victims. Don't forget to leave

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Oof. It's been hard to post regularly. The silly flat computer is having problems, and then the other computer was having problems, but Other Tall Thing ordered a Brand New Compy! and now we are back for reals! hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!

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She finally got her degree! It's finally over! Finally we can use the computer again!!!We've missed everyone! But we're back!

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We are getting a chance to post (FINALLY!) while Tall Thing takes a break from her work to plant things. We're not sure what she's planting, but she said something about a pansy (I think that's an insult) and Basil (I think that's a name). Also something about something red and juicy, which sounds sorta good, I guess. I wonder if we will get anything out of this? We also heard lots of bad words

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Kissy noise big thing says that I am being lazy because I do not run on my wheel as much. Doesn't she know I run on it when she sleeps? Silly Kissy noise big thing. She also says I am weird because I built my nest underneath my water bottle and I don't sleep in the bed she bought for me anymore. But that way, when I wake up, I can just reach up and get a drink! She likes to squeeze the bottle so

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Tall Thing went to visit her "old college roomies," whatever that means. She was gone for FIVE WHOLE DAYS and it wasn't even for a "residency." And she took the flat computer with her! Why do you need the flat computer when you aren't going to a residency, Tall Thing? Why? I mean...er....um...we missed Tall Thing too. And Other Tall Thing did an admirable job serving us our food, changing our

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Magnificent Manuscript?Try Malicious Manuscript!I knew Tall Thing was full of it! It's taking forever!!!!!

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Kissie Noise Big Thing says that's a pile of my fluff that I shed. But I don't shed...-Vincent

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I have a brave relative in Japan. -vCheck it out.

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Welcome Back, Tall Thing!We're so glad the Terrible Thesis is over.But now, amidst fortune cookies and an abundances of tummy kisses and flank pets, she tells us that the Magnificent Manuscript is next.O Doots.She ensures us, however, that the Magnificent Manuscript will not require as much flat computer time, but will instead involve her sitting on the floor in a pile of papers making difficult

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Tall Thing has gone to a "residency" for "school"....AGAIN!What the crap? It's not fair that she's going to be gone for TEN WHOLE DAYS!!!I guess Other Tall Thing can handle Treat Time. But what about my magical ball?

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Happy Holidays everyone!We got our Secret Paws gifts! Thanks to William, Eddie, Olivia and Caroline!!!!! We finally got the stuff we ordered for our Secret Paw, and we sent it out. It should arrive soon. Sorry for the wait, Secret Paw!!!And now, since it's the holidays, it's time for our holiday montage...

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Only one more day of the terrible thesis! Tall Thing promised...she's mailing it tomorrow. Soon the madness will be over, and life can get back to normal around here...whatever normal is around here. In other news, we have joined Secret Paws. Woo hoo! -B

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Stop freaking kissing us!!!! Especially me. Especially after you kiss that shedding furball terror's butt. I do not want sloppy seconds after a fuzzy butt kiss. I know this is just your way of procrastinating so we'll never get the computer back. I know this, and I don't appreciate it. A kiss once in a while will be tolerated, but this...this is ridiculous. The belly kisses were one thing,

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Simone's Mama's Meme Done by Bastya and Vincent's Tall Thing Yes, we're letting her post. If only to convince her to do something ELSE on the computer besides the dumb thesis. -B 10 Favorites: Favorite Season: AutumnFavorite Sport: Soccer Favorite Time: Nighttime Favorite Month: October Favorite Actor: Hugh Laurie Favorite Actress: Meryl Streep, Audrey

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I almost made it to the typing thing. Now she wants her earrings back...and all the other stuff we're holding hostage to get to blog. NOt fair!!!!!! I'm going to eat that...what's it called again, Bastya?Thesis.Yea, thee-s, thee- well, I'm going to eat it.If you eat it, she'll have to start over and we'll never get the flat computer.Oh.

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Lookie! We went to visit Tall Thing's tall things, and I got to play the piano!They even let me on the kitchen table! I ate shell pasta. Yum!-BThey didn't let me on the table!-vThat's because you shed. -BDo not!-v

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It's Thanksgiving, so Tall Thing took a wee break and let us out and on the computer! Woohoo! We're still in the process of scanning in some pictures of me, but here's a shot of Vincent we took with the digital. Here he is sitting on top of one of Tall Thing's friend's hats. He looks sort of evil, I think. But, if I know Vincent, he's probably just thinking, "Uh oh."-BAm not!-v

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This darn thesis, I swear. It's making me crazy. She promises that soon we will have the computer back, but we're getting terribly impatient. We have pictures to post, Tall Thing! We have friends to talk to! I miss my blog friends! -BMe too! -v

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Yipes we've been away a while! Tall Thing has really been working on that darn thesis like there's no tomorrow, and here we are not getting to blog! It's been so long I didn't realize how long it had been! Anyway, I've got some new pictures to scan, so we'll get on that soon. Maybe if Vincent calms down long enough he can help me work the scanner. Hmm. Like that's going to happen. -BI'm calm.-

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Tall Thing's birthday was on Sunday. And with all the festivities, we forgot to blog. Whoops.Happy Birthday Tall Thing!!!!-Band me too! -v

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Are you after my food?-v

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Tall Thing and her thesis have taken over the flat computer. She's working feverishly at something she wants to "post on Friday," evidently. And then, just when you'd think, that on Friday, I would get the computer back, she's headed off to do a workshop somewhere in the woods, and she will probably be taking the flat computer with her all weekend! I, Bastya the Magnificent, see in Tall Thing's

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So...The tall things are sick. They make all these nasty hacking sounds, and they're not letting us out. And they feed us and change our water and scoop our litter while wearing gloves and masks. They look like aliens. The worst part is, I'm not getting any ball time! Tall Thing let us out briefly to blog (after disinfecting the computer) but then we're going right back in. I miss my magical ball

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Master Vincent, my spastic little brother, seen here falling asleep on one of my cookies....awwww.....(that "awww" was sarcastic, by the way, I'm master of THIS house!)Tall Thing said she named him that because he has a notch in his ear. I don't know what she's talking about...you can't even see it in the picture. But all the tall things that meet him agree his ear has a notch in it. I'm not

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These are the ten questions James Lipton asks his guests on "Inside the Actors Studio" which Tall Thing has seen once or twice. She found these for me on the internet to make up for hogging the computer so much. Thanks, Tall Thing! So now I shall take you....Inside the Hamsters Studio! 1. What is your favorite word? Me: Treat My unnamed Dwarf Brother(Spazz): Run 2. What is your

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Name That Dwarf! Simone pointed out that my new brother has no name. I think his name is Crack Head, but tall things don't always share my opinion. Here's a picture of him shamelessly posing for the camera in one of those rare moments he actually decides to hold still.The tall things were going to wait for him to "tell" them his name, like I did (because I'm so smart, I told them immediately,

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Tall Thing got me a brother! And Max, he reminds me so much of your descriptions of Buddah. He's up all night running like a madman on his teeny wheel. How could Tall Thing bring a dwarf in my domain? How, I ask you?He's smaller than a fortune cookie! Speaking of which....is he eating my cookies?Tall Thing thinks it's cute when he eats pumpkin seeds......But she thinks everything is cute. Humph.-B

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I defintely smell something here. Definitely. There's something new in the Casa de tall things, and they're not telling what it is. I bet those jerks got me a sibling. If there is ANY decrease in my treats or flank pets, I will REVOLT, Tall Thing!-B

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Tall Thing has got animal fever. She's driving me nuts. I hear her talking about bunnies and hedgehogs and hamsters (oh my!) and trying to convince Other Tall Thing of something. Probably trying to convince him to get me a sibling. Aren't I enough for you, Tall Thing?-B

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Now I KNOW she's up to something. Tall Thing has been talking a lot lately about hamsters and rats. And she mentioned something about a "brother" or "sister." I hope she's talking about her own brother or sister, because I'm king of this castle, and I don't need any siblings! If there isn't a hidden hamster or rat here, I bet there will be one soon. Tall Thing even had the nerve to ask me to post

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Tall Thing has been working on her "thesis" so I hardly ever get to post. It's not fair! Maybe I have a thesis, too, that I'd like to work on. Okay, well, I don't. But I could! In other news, Tall Thing got a new female betta and named it Josephine. She's very pretty. Tall Thing says she's "a little piggy." I'm just glad she's not calling me a little piggy! Having a good appetite is nothing to be

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You are not going to believe this, my furred, feathered and scaled friends:Tall Thing and Other Tall Thing went on a trip without me and left me with a sitter! He's one of Tall Thing's friends, and he loves animals, and I've played with him before, but what the heck! Maybe I want to go on a vacation! I guess this is kind of like my vacation...I'm in a different place, and there is this guinea pig

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Or practical? I am a very practical hamster. I say, if you're interested in having a bite to eat at some point during your slumber-filled day, move your dish closer to your sleeping quarters. Or, if your dish is ATTACHED TO THE WALL, (thanks a lot, Tall Thing!) move your sleep house closer to your dish. That's not being lazy, that's being practical. According to Other Tall Thing, while I was "

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As you can see, I am perfectly capable of getting to and using a water bottle on my own. But lately, (and I think this has something to do with the sneaky water medicine), Tall Thing takes the water bottle off of the side of my cage, brings it inside, and holds it in my face for me to drink at every given opportunity. Sometimes, I'm in my sleep house, minding my own business, and there she is

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I'm a little ticked off.First of all, I swear I smell another hamster. Now I know "Auntie" was supposed to be getting one, but the smell lingers...maybe it's just my imagination. It better be. Then, in addition to the sneaky water medicine, Tall Thing tells me she's supposed to give me high protein parrot food! Do I look like a parrot to you, Tall Thing? I don't have a beak! I have no feathers!

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Tall Thing told me we were going to the VET. So I bit her. Then her face got all wet.So we went to the vet, which means I had to get in the small dark travel thingie. It's not so bad in there, but there's not much room. When we waited for the VET...grr...a little kitten was trapped in his travel thingie and he yowled a whole lot. The room we went in after that was pretty warm, so I didn't mind

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Today we bid adieu to one of our tank-dwelling friends, Tall Thing's prize betta, Jubei.The pictures aren't the best quality, as Tall Thing has not mastered the art of fish tank photography, but here is a small montage to our dear departed finned-friend.Good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to the big fish tank in the sky.Tall Thing is sad, so I need to go do cute things now...

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Nice weather today! I think I'll nap all day......-B

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I do! I do! Perhaps I'll come out of hiding for just a minute....

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While Tall Thing was gone, I still got some time in my ball. Thanks Other Tall Thing! I'm glad she's back, though...even though the kissy noises and tummy kisses have returned with a vengeance.

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Tall Thing comes home tomorrow! She comes home tomorrow! Clean box! new treats! hooray!!!!!Hooray for clean box and new treats! (Oh, and Tall Thing too!)-B

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Only three more days until the return of Tall Thing! Hurry home, Tall Thing! My litter box stinks and Other Tall Thing isn't too keen on properly scooping it. Oh, and I miss you or whatever.-B

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Other Tall Thing turned the AC on, which kept me quite happy for the rest of the day! And now, like magic, it is not hot anymore, even without the AC! Strange weather! I wish I could make longer posts, but Other Tall Thing has to go to work soon. Apparantly Tall Thing calls every day to make sure he's taking care of me...er...us. I forgot the fish, because we all know she misses me best. :) Hmmm.

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It is way too freaking hot. Way too hot. Other Tall Thing...air conditioner, please?Sigh.....-B

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Other Tall Thing cooks stinky food. Yuck. But he is rather nice. When Tall Thing isn't around, he's much more...how do you say..."pet friendly"? He even talks to me and pets me! Tall Thing would be astonished! -B

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Day One without Tall Thing is going well. She called to say she misses me and that she has seen lots of cows and sheep. She goes to weird places. Other Tall Thing is doing a fairly decent job remembering to feed me. I don't miss the kissy noises, but well...I kind of have to admit that I miss Tall Thing. Sigh....Hopefully I'll have time to blog while she is gone though! I miss my daily updates

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Whew! Long time no post. Tall Thing has been busy busy busy, and the internet's been crappy crappy crappy. She still should have found a way for me to blog, but nobody's perfect. She blames the weather, saying it could have messed with the wireless connection. I blame the classic tall thing laziness. But like I said, no one is perfect. Things have been fairly quiet around here...but soon Tall

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It is very rude to take a picture of someone when his pouches are full. I'm just trying to carry my dinner back to my house, and Tall Thing snatches me up for a photo op! This picture makes me look fat!I suppose it does show off my packing capacity. I can fit half my body weight in my cheeks. But I look like a chipmunk!

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I love peas. Especially frozen ones. They are so nice when it's warm out.

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Tall Thing finally came to her senses. It took some master hamster powers of persuasion, but Other Tall Thing and I finally convinced her we should buy an air conditioner. I would do a happy dance, but I'm busy taking a nice, cool nap.

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In honour of sweet Puggy.

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Good grief. Yesterday it was so hot and humid I slept in my litter box. -B

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The Meal:Here is my special birthday dinner: fresh noodles, yogurt treats, banana and peas. In the back is my new Garden Medley meal, which Tall Thing seeped in hot water like soup, then cooled, drained, and put it in my special dish. Yum!The Gifts:Here are my birthday gifts: A sand bath for my digging sand, and a brand new blogging computer, just my size! Tall Thing says I can still use the flat

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Today is my birthday! I am two years old! Tall Thing thought it would be a nice idea to put up a picture of me in my old cage from when I first came to live with her. I agreed. Here I am having a drink. I am very young here. My cage is much bigger now, because I'm all grown up. I got some papaya treats for breakfast this morning, and Tall Thing said that she would let me sleep all day because

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Crazy day today. Tall Thing had some friends over, and by friends I mean a tall thing and, get this, a guinea pig! I had met him before (that's what Tall Thing says, and I have some vague memory of this) but he was in my tall things' house! And get this, she put him in my playpen! She said it was too hot for him to stay in his travel box and she was sure I wouldn't mind since I was sleeping

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Introducing.....Tall Thing! Everyone's probably sick of these by now, but Tall Thing wanted in on this before it passed over completely. I told her to get her own blog. Then she gave me some yogurt treats. So....here it is. But don’t make a habit of this blog-borrowing, Tall Thing! Everything you never wanted to know about the elusive TT:1. What time did you get up this morning? Define “up.”

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Nothing like a good paper towel roll to pass the time.

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I saw this over at Pratt's blog and thought I'd give it a try.1. What time did you get up this morning? 4pm. I'm nocturnal, thank you very much. I would have slept another five hours or so, but Tall Thing woke me up to tell me we had company. Rude.2. Diamonds or pearls? Neither. I prefer banana.3. What was the last film you saw at the movies? If "at the movies" means "on the couch" it was some

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Those tall things are always doing something weird. Here I am climbing up to investigate. So many strange noises and smells out there.

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Tall Thing reccomends this Web site for anyone who wants to know more about my slimy new roommates. If anyone finds anything on it that will make Tall Thing ignore them and give me more vegetables, let me know.-B

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I think I found the snails! They aren't crawling around free, or even in the fish tank. They have their own funny-looking tank. I don't think they have names yet, despite Tall Thing's "X-Men" research. I tried communicating, but they just ignored me and slid up and down their invisible wall. Punks. An up-close shot of the big ones...And the other two....Smug little runts.

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Tall Thing has been hogging the flat computer waaay too much. Way too much. Not that I have much new to report, but still. I like to check things out online. And to think, I ordered her a t-shirt! Hmph. Well, at least I got yogurt treats. But computer hogging is rude. She's been going on about something called a "manuscript." I think she needs to stop making up reasons to stay up all night.More

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I got to peek out the window and look at what I saw! I think it's a big berry. I wonder how I can get to it. Mmmm berry.

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She is so weird. I don't know what she's talking about. I could swear I just heard her say: "There, done! Now I can look up names of X-men characters to name the snails!"I'm guessing that means she's done with the paper, but X-men? Huh?I think I'm living with some kind of dork.And what are snails? What is she talking about? Are there new pets here? Are they cuter than me? (Oh wait, not possible).

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If I want to eat a carrot while sitting in my litter box that is my business.

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She's up all night again....and she's driving me crazy.I've been shredding all the papers I can find, but she's still writing one. Maybe it's her last one because I shredded the others for her. I'm thinking she'd get this writing stuff done much faster if she spent less time staring at me. I was busy in my cage this evening, doing some spring cleaning, some redecorating, and a whole lot of

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Tall Thing muttered something about having to write papers forever. If she'd let me eat them, we wouldn't have this problem. I do try to help, she just doesn't know it. I wonder if this means she is going to be up all night again?She also told me that Auntie's hamster died. What's an auntie? She says she is not my real auntie, but an auntie nonetheless. Is she imaginary? Did Tall Thing make her

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Hehehe...look what I did to the couch blanket. I am so mischievous.

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Strawberries are good.

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Thanks everyone! You were right! I got a little worried there for a while, but just like everyone said, Tall Thing came back, and she brought treats!Of course, the first thing she did when she came in the door was wake me up with kissy noises.Sigh. It's a mixed blessing.-B

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So it seems Tall Thing is going away for a couple of days. Without ME! Hmph. The nerve. Other Tall Thing will see to my needs, of course, but it means less attention! Apparently she is going because of something called "Mothers Day," which seems to mean "Abandon Your Hamster Day." And worse, she is taking the flat computer with her! So even if I manage to escape my cage while she's gone, I can't

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Apparently today (well, yesterday) was "Cinco de Mayo" which means the Tall Things make noise in the kitchen and the house smells like beans. Oh, and Tall Thing makes a pitcher of frozen margaritas and then drinks it too fast. Then she gives me some lettuce, and lays down on the couch whining about being full from all the beans and having brain freeze from drinking frozen margaritas. Wait a

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There is. No. God.

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I don't care what anyone says, this is not funny, cute or anything else! I am not amused! I am not a dog! The internet's been crappy lately, so not only do I not get to use the computer that much, but Tall Thing is less entertained and is now using ME for entertainment! There should be a law!

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I found another hamster blog!Holy crap! I was starting to think I was the only one here!Sigh. I guess I'm not the smartest hamster in the world. So apparently there are other Tall Things out there with British friends who smoke. Tall Thing's friend wanted to name me something dumb, like, Fluffybutt, or something like that. I'm glad that didn't happen.-B

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Listen, Tall Thing: Go to Bed. Go to bed! Now! I don't know what a thesis is, but it can't be so important that you have to make yourself all grumpy! Think of the hamster! Go to sleep! And stop procrastinating by reading this and this. Go to bed! Or if you're going to procrastinate, go to pet Web sites and buy me treats!In other news, I have a new bunny friend! He lives in a cage like me, and is

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This is a picture of one of the fish that lives in a tank in our house. The picture is a little blurry, but isn't it pretty? Tall Thing jokes that she and Other Tall Thing would adopt a cat if not for all the "kitty snacks" that live here. Personally, I don't think that's very funny. I'm not a kitty snack! Maybe the fish are, but I'm much bigger than them! How do they live in all that water,

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I'm amazed I got a chance to post! I was roused from my nap by a tasty noodle appearing in front of me! Yum! Then Tall Thing let me out for just a little bit, saying she wouldn't have time to play tonight. She's been working, busy busy busy on the flat computer all day long! (At least she's been pretty quiet, only making clicky-clack typing sounds on the flat computer.) So I'm taking my chance to

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Mmmmm......treats......

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Tall Thing is simply never satisfied with my new cage. She claims it is my fault, but I know she just likes to fuss. She even took out my fun slide! She says it is because I am a "daredevil." Instead of climbing down the slide when I am at the very top, I prefer to leap all the way down to my sleeping house. She thinks it is dangerous, but I am only being clever. I think she worries too much. "

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This is a picture of me as a baby, in my old cage. But it gives you an idea of how much she spies on me.

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She is up All Night.All freaking Night.What is she doing? She says she's working on a paper, but I know better. She's spying on me! Can't a guy get a little privacy? I'm going to have to talk to Other Tall Thing about this. That might be hard though, since he usually doesn't have any idea what I'm talking about.-B

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Check out my wheels!

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I got a new cage today! Tall Thing was making TONS of noise. I wanted so see what was up, so I made a racket chewing on the bars. She let me out and put me in the magical ball. Not exactly what I meant, but at least I can run around and sniff things while I am inside it. I'm running around and I see she's messing with my cage. Cleaning it. humph. Just when I get things just the way I like them,

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The kissy noises again. Always with the kissy noises. Sometimes Tall Thing has the gall to come up to my cage in the middle of the day and start talking to me...WHILE I'M ASLEEP. What is up with that?! I'm curled up in a perfect comfy ball on my nice pile of shredded toilet paper (which I have to shred all by myself, thank you very much) and I've drifted off into a nice, pleasant slumber, and

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All right, when I signed up for this, there was an understanding. The Tall Things go away during the day, and I get to sleep. Then they come home, I wake up, they feed me, let me out to sniff things, and put me back when they go to bed. Then I can run in my wheel for hours and crunch things in peace. But then the female decided to "freelance," (which I think means "stay home,") and "go back to

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Grooming with treats. Leave me be.

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Hello,I am Bastya, a syrian hamster with immense intelligence, boundless energy, excellent grooming habits, a decent-enough home, and now, with the resources to communicate! The stupid Tall Things that keep me in my cage can't understand a word I'm saying, and what must be the female just makes kissy-noises at me. I think the Other Tall Thing sympathizes, but seems powerless to intervene and save

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