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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>eloise.rip</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/" rel="alternate"/><link href="https://eloise.rip/feeds/all.atom.xml" rel="self"/><id>https://eloise.rip/</id><updated>2026-03-23T00:00:00+00:00</updated><subtitle>wintertime goblin hole 🕳❄</subtitle><entry><title>double pole day</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/double-pole-day.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-23T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-23T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-23:/blog/double-pole-day.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;L3 and heels&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/breakdancer-figurehead-shoulder-dismount-blunce.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="media/images/break-dancer.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I forgot to invite Catgirl to L3 😿 I bungled the scheduling and went to class myself and missed her. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We did a breakdown of tick tock legs in heels class but I didn't get a video.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I did deadlifts with ben the dat before and gonna workout again tomorrow. It's tiring, but it's nice having a body to feel tired in too.&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/></entry><entry><title>Illuminated Groof</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/illuminated-groof.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-23T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-23T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-23:/blog/illuminated-groof.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;mid swoop&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/media/images/illuminated-groof.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;❤️&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/></entry><entry><title>Crows</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/crows.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-19T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-19:/blog/crows.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;good crows&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/gb-lb-feeder-line.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/longlegs-stuffed-beak.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/timid-groof.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;GB/LB are much less chaotic than Boogie at the feeder. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Longlegs stuffing their beak and spilling treats!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Groof is scared of the treat container, very Groof&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="crows"/><category term="Green Bandit"/><category term="lil bandit"/><category term="longlegs"/><category term="Groof"/></entry><entry><title>At the Blood Rave</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/at-the-blood-rave.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-18T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-18:/blog/at-the-blood-rave.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;New catgirl and goblin comic! And selfies&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class="carousel-gallery" role="group" aria-label="At the Blood Rave Gallery"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;6 images&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It was sposed to be cold and possibly snowy so there was a possibility of bailing and staying cozy at home, but we made it! We did some molly and horse drugs and had a really good time. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It was my first time at Massive in years but seemed just as I remembered. Some good gogo dancer babes too. Im proud of how hot we look together 😈&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I got to meet some of Catgirl's pin friends before at raygun, they seem cool and I hope to play them sometime. I had known for a while she would get pin attention from being really good and hot. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My favorite part about the comic is that I was literally snuggling in while Catgirl was playing pokopia in that exact pose when I read it. I guess it's not that much of a coincidence.&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Art"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Boogie frees feeder</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/boogie-frees-feeder.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-18T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-18:/blog/boogie-frees-feeder.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Why???&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/boogie-attacking-feeder.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/feeder-aftermath.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think they just like making messes. I need a better way to detach the feeder so I can clean it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I also put in a water dish (pb lid) and found they took it out and dumped it too.&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="boogie"/></entry><entry><title>Bungle Babes</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/bungle-babes.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-17:/blog/bungle-babes.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;duo choreo with catgirl&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/bungle-babes-duo-choreo.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We're both so proud of what we can do 🥰. It's pretty cool dating a pole dancer 😈😈.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It felt perfectly challenging, like if we had slightly less conditioning or practice it might have been too hard. It was still tricky to remember everything and stay in time but I like having a foundation to develop. We need to get a video of the surfboard pose too.&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Crow Balcony Feeder</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/crow-balcony-feeder.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-16T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-16T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-16:/blog/crow-balcony-feeder.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;It's a pretty lazy construction&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/balcony-feeder-1.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/balcony-feeder-2.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I used a sewing needle to run a piece of thread through a container of metmarket cashews, and tied it around my balcony railing. I liked seeing LB try to take it 😸. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It took them almost a week, but today I saw the container had less food in it. I need to remember to clean it out though! I think it will work better if I put a different container inside the secured one that I can remove and wash. I also want a way to provide water for sippies and dippies&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now I won't create a huge mess underneath from sloppy crow friends. I saw boogie get some snacks too, they were still quite timid though. GB let me get so close 🥹&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Green Bandit"/></entry><entry><title>Rainy day crows</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/rainy-day-crows.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-11T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-11T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-11:/blog/rainy-day-crows.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;All their food is nice and moist at least&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/boogie-in-rain.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-at-scooter.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Boogie was making chatters for a while but i didn't notice until I saw them. They kept getting bonked by raindrops. Groof had a nice meal on a scooter. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I really wanna make a cardboard perch for my balcony. Maybe after my current sewing project?&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="crows"/><category term="boogie"/><category term="Groof"/></entry><entry><title>Threads lol</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/threads-lol.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-11T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-11T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-11:/blog/threads-lol.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Threads randomly decided to show my selfies to like 400000 people&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;div class="carousel-gallery" role="group" aria-label="Threads lol Gallery"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This was my pin fit on Monday. Catgirl was subbing for Bad Cats so I decided to sub for the flips and try to get more points than her. She had a problem with a creep though, I hope it didn't ruin her night. I'm pretty anxious about how she's doing rn.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We both posted "Off to drain some balls". It's not the first time, but Threads showed my post to way more people than it usually does. I wonder if it's because it cropped the pics in the app, which might compel people to open it?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I got mostly gross boys and some incredibly putrid boys. Catgirl deleted her post which made me worried something happened, but she didn't mention anything specific yet. I'm gonna make her some gruel and a pole video now because idk what else to do ☹️&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.threads.com/@eloise_normal_name/post/DVsCJgYjUO-?xmt=AQF0oQDkID2kqhgRcSpqlkqDnGxc48cMqDGRc2epoLd-pg"&gt;threads post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Self"/><category term="Threads"/></entry><entry><title>Distraction game</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/distraction-game.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-09T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-09T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-09:/blog/distraction-game.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Groof is too cute&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-distraction.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Groofriend was so timid but was able to open the package of nuts while Groof was acting all cute. Such precious friends 😻&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Groof"/><category term="Groofriend"/></entry><entry><title>Flying angle 📐</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/flying-angle.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-09T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-09T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-09:/blog/flying-angle.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Made some progress!&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/pole-flying-angel.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I got my legs slightly up and mostly straight and feets pointed! This is a toughy because I can't practice at home. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Catgirl mentioned doing open pole sessions which sounds enticing. I should make a list of stuff we could practice on our own. Would be fun to bring heels and do a normal combo too.&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Flying Angel"/></entry><entry><title>Pidgey and Crow</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/pidgey-and-crow.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-05T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-05T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-05:/blog/pidgey-and-crow.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Smart crows!&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I think this was Merp? They get a cheer (from Berp?) when they finish! I love seeing how they prefer to figure out the package puzzle before just eating the treats that are already available.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/merp-opens-package.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a different crow. I like seeing them tumble stuff around. I worry that pecking the packaging hurts or frustrates them so I don't let them go at it for too long, and open the container more.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/crow-tumbles-treats.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Poor pidgey can't understand the clear packaging. They eventually started bullying other crow friend 👿 I got upset and chased them around a bit.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/pidgey-cant-open.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="crows"/><category term="pidgey"/><category term="Merp"/></entry><entry><title>Chatter and Egg Dippies</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/chatter-and-egg-dippies.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-04T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-04:/blog/chatter-and-egg-dippies.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Lots of hungry crows today&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;There were three on Western ave and all really hungry. I ran into Merp (?) earlier who took a ton of peanuts and stashed them all and I didn't have much for everyone else. I like seeing them stash though.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/chatter-crow.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/crow-egg-dippies.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Egg"/><category term="Chatter"/></entry><entry><title>L3 is hard</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/l3-is-hard.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-03-03:/blog/l3-is-hard.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;just a vid and a goof&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/30031259-FBA5-46B1-9CD4-BEA43AB4776C.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Feeling strong 💪! Been sick recently though so I was surprised I did so much. Warmups are literally stuff I used to struggle with in L2: chopper climbs and butterflies are just baseline now&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/></entry><entry><title>Eggplant</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/eggplant.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-02-28:/blog/eggplant.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;🍆&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Eggplant" src="/media/images/eggplant.png"&gt;
I forgot how to use blender's compositor but it's coming back to me&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Art"/><category term="Eggplant"/><category term="Blender"/></entry><entry><title>Goblin Sling</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/goblin-sling.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-02-26T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-02-26T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-02-26:/blog/goblin-sling.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Busted my shoulder but did a sling with Catgirl&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Last week I tripped in my kitchen and dropped a mug full of hot choco and hurt my bad shoulder 😢. I actually got pretty distraught about it and had to skip L3 pole and had already missed trap due to it being an off week between sessions. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Catgirl cheered me up and dragged me to sling class with her though! I had fun and despite being L1 it was really difficult.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/goblin-sling.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;del&gt;Boner&lt;/del&gt; Bonus Content&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Catgirl sent me a very impressive home choreo video 😍 so I tried to make one for her too. I really struggled and couldn't do any tricks but I tried my best.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/pole-home-show-shoulder-injury.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Self"/><category term="Sling"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Boogie &amp; Woogie</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/boogie-woogie.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-02-19:/blog/boogie-woogie.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Catgirl came up with the names&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Boogie is big and round! Woogie likes to get up in their business. They're both so silly and hungry! They visit a lot and stare at me when I'm naked. Or maybe they're just looking at their reflections. Woogie makes chatter sounds a lot.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/boogie-and-woogie.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Boogie"/><category term="Woogie"/></entry><entry><title>V-mas at Ladyballs</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/v-mas-at-ladyballs.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-02-19:/blog/v-mas-at-ladyballs.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;got clobbered but made cards&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;We all had vday baggies like I guess we did in elementary school. I got a lot! I was surprised. I had a hard time coming up with cards myself. My favorite one I made just said "pinball" in the corner. I also boggled Catgirl with one I wrote in different handwriting 😈.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I got so many that I felt like I should have made more. Still have a ton of candy left though. Diane and Catgirl and I got a group pose during the tournament photo, but we won't see it until next month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I also tried giving Liberty a card (made by Catgirl) because she seems grumpy a lot and maybe it would make her happier.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Cards I got" src="/media/images/ladyballs-vday.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pinball"/><category term="Catgirl"/><category term="Diane"/></entry><entry><title>Jade Pizza Slice</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/jade-pizza-slice.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-02-11T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-02-11T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-02-11:/blog/jade-pizza-slice.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;🍕&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I like casting into a sit a lot. I think I can get it better, it's sort of similar to beats in trap.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/jade-pizza-slice.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Jade"/></entry><entry><title>Voice Recorder Page</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/voice-recorder-page.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-02-11T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-02-11T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-02-11:/blog/voice-recorder-page.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;making a voice recorder app&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I added a voice recorder app &lt;a href="../voice-recorder.html"&gt;Voice Recorder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It's browser-only, nothing gets uploaded anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ask for mic permission&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;record audio&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;draw a little waveform while it’s recording&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;let you play it back locally&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Saving might be broken&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Eventually I want the visualizer to look more interesting and also have pitch bands&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have other silly app ideas too, feel free to message or dm about them if you want to collab or have suggestions&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Self"/><category term="Voice"/></entry><entry><title>Nut Tricks</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/nut-tricks.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-02-04T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-02-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-02-04:/blog/nut-tricks.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I need to make a nutt compilation&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Just some cute crow vids recently! Crows do all sorts of neat stuff with their beaks and nuts.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/nut-spit.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/nut-pop.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Catgirl has named the balcony friends Boogie and Woogie. They're very silly together.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/boogie-and-woogie.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/eat-off-scooter.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I just can't get over how cute Groof is
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/cute-groof.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/egg-fumble-but-saved.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Nut"/><category term="BoogieWoogie"/><category term="Groof"/></entry><entry><title>Second L3</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/second-l3.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-01-27T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-01-27T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-01-27:/blog/second-l3.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;No Catgirl 😿 also I need to fix the cropping maybe&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Catgirl was going to be away but cancelled her flight due to weather, and couldn't get into the class I had signed up for.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It was my second L3 class, and my first with Jana. She checked that I was new in the beginning of class and had a dancey warmup and her sillyness quickly put me at ease, and I feel like I was able to do a lot more than if I were feeling too anxious. I didn't really think about that until the end. I missed having Catgirl to look at though. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My legs are pretty bruised but I really like L3, and how it feels challenging and rewarding.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/layback-handstand-sit.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/></entry><entry><title>Silly Crow Loses an Egg</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/silly-crow-loses-an-egg.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-01-27T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-01-27T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-01-27:/blog/silly-crow-loses-an-egg.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Too curious about what might be in the wrapper&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Maybe they were waiting for their friend to take it? I love how they walk off at the end, as if they weren't keeping the egg for later. Or maybe they weren't, and they wanted to share it. But the way the other crow snatches it away seems like they thought they were being sneaky.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/crow-egg-snack-steal-distracted.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Egg"/></entry><entry><title>Groof Time</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/groof-time.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-01-22T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-01-22T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-01-22:/blog/groof-time.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Groof hangouts are so fun&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Pretty Groof
&lt;img alt="Crow" src="/media/images/groof-close-up.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Groof and Groofriend bungling an egg
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-groofriend-egg-bungle.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groofriend-egg-bungle.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Groof tripping on a brick ahhhhhh
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-trip.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Groof"/></entry><entry><title>RIP 2025</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/rip-2025.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-01-11T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-01-11T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-01-11:/blog/rip-2025.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Trying to organize for the new year&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;h2&gt;Previously,&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I lost my old 2025 intentions unfortunately but I think I did well? I feel a lot better about cooking and have had a lot of fun cooking with Catgirl, which I was super nervous about at first. I managed to get into L3 pole which wasn't even a goal. I didn't run as much as I wanted, but came pretty close to 1000 miles, and that was a pretty artificial goal anyway. I got surgery, a tattoo, and new holes. 1 out 1 to 2025.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;2026 🍔&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I still want to keep doing my regular stuff like running and pole and trap. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make a video game&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sew regularly&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make some 3D art&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Drag Catgirl to more pinball tournaments so I can see her be hot&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Write a crow guide&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make a personal and maybe duo pole choreo&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make a good breakfast burrito&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Figure out and maybe acquire new tattoo&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Drink more water 🙃&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Terror of Mecha Godzillo&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Get more Wonka scores&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Keep in touch with friends better&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Clean old junk in apartment and maybe look up new one&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Do more drug tolerance breaks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improve blog design&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make a plan for getting these things done&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2025 was a surprisingly good year for me, if a bit tiring, so I'm not looking to make revolutionary changes to things. I might update this as I remember more intentions.&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Self"/></entry><entry><title>Some Comics</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/some-comics.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-01-04T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-01-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2026-01-04:/blog/some-comics.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Geoff (hard) made a comic of Catgirl blowing up our farm!&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I love these so much they're so precious ♥&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="alt text" src="/media/images/comics/catgirl-blows-up-farm.avif"&gt; 
&lt;img alt="alt text" src="/media/images/comics/catgirl-cooking.avif"&gt; 
&lt;img alt="alt text" src="/media/images/comics/catgirl-gaming.avif"&gt; 
&lt;img alt="alt text" src="/media/images/comics/catgirl-goblin-back-hug.avif"&gt; 
&lt;img alt="alt text" src="/media/images/comics/catgirl-goblin-dumpster-smooch.avif"&gt; 
&lt;img alt="alt text" src="/media/images/comics/catgirl-pounce.avif"&gt; 
&lt;img alt="alt text" src="/media/images/comics/catgirl-sketchpad.avif"&gt; 
&lt;img alt="alt text" src="/media/images/comics/catgirl-sling.avif"&gt; 
&lt;img alt="alt text" src="/media/images/comics/goblin-gaming.avif"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Art"/><category term="Catgirl"/><category term="Geoff"/><category term="Comics"/></entry><entry><title>Cathat</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/cathat.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-12-28T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-28T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-12-28:/blog/cathat.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Panther catsitting is over, here's some extremely good Panther content 😺&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Catgirl and I were both blessed with a cathat!!!
&lt;img alt="Eloise cathat" src="/media/images/panther-cathat.avif"&gt;
&lt;img alt="Catgirl cathat" src="/media/images/catgirl-panther-cathat.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Even taking out the garbage is fun. Making mundane choores into something to look forward to with a friend is so special.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/panther-garbage.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Merp and Berp shared a breakfast and Panther approved of crow treats
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/panther-balcony-crows.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was so worried about him being lonely or sick in the beginning of the catsitting, but by the end he settled in so well. He had a great appetite too. He still seemed to miss mommy and his friends, understandably, but most of his meows seemed to be for more treats. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We went on patrols every day and made so many precious new silly memories, this time with Catgirl 😻😻😻. I honestly thought that I had already had my last Panther vacation but he still has so much more love to share with everyone apparently.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class="carousel-gallery" role="group" aria-label="Extras"&gt;
  &lt;div class="carousel-scroller" tabindex="0"&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/panther-wifi.avif" alt="wifi cat" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;wifi cat&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/panther-hold.avif" alt="He&amp;#x27;s a baby" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;He&amp;#x27;s a baby&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/panther-silly-ears.avif" alt="So silly!" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;So silly!&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/panther-stare-from-bed.avif" alt="He dandered up my bed a lot, I still need to wash the sheets" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;He dandered up my bed a lot, I still need to wash the sheets&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/panther-with-bungle-bee.avif" alt="I gave him some friends but they mostly got in his way" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;I gave him some friends but they mostly got in his way&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/catgirl-panther-me-selfie.avif" alt="Me and Catgirl and Panther ❤" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Me and Catgirl and Panther ❤&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;6 images&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Cats"/><category term="Catgirl"/><category term="Panther"/><category term="Cathat"/><category term="Merp"/><category term="Berp"/></entry><entry><title>Sexy Choreo</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/sexy-choreo.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-12-27T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-27T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-12-27:/blog/sexy-choreo.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;It's just the name of the class, but I did try to make it sexy.&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Catgirl and I did a sexy choreo class at SPD. We were both nervous, especially about the possiblity of having to do an improv in front of the class which happens sometimes at SPD. I really liked it though, and the warmups did a good job of hypnotizing us into sexy gooey mode.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Looking at the video, I definitely thought I was moving more fluidly and slowly. The bits on the floor especially felt more exaggreated than they look, so I really want to practice the froggy-grinds. I'm really proud of us 😺.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/pole-sexy-choreo.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Panther Time, One More Time</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/panther-time-one-more-time.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-12-21T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-21T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-12-21:/blog/panther-time-one-more-time.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;He's so old and confused and in pain, but still so so pretty and charming and I love him so much&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="loafing on my pillow" src="/media/images/panther-loaf-on-pillow.avif"&gt;
I'm catsitting Big P for a week while Diane does xmus in Portland. I think this is the first time he's been over since he lost his hearing. It seems to have a big effect on him. He mustn't be able to know who's around and doesn't know when he'll get to see mommy or the kittens again. Every time I see him he's a bit slower and sicker looking and now he meows a LOT and probably can't even hear himself and it shreds my heart into a horrible miserable pulp. I want him to feel safe and comfy so badly and I feel so helpless and explode into tears constantly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="pear cat" src="/media/images/panther-pear.avif"&gt;
I know he's lived a good cat life, one of the best probably. He's friends with everyone and such a comfort and deserves so much himself. He still has strong paws for grabbing treats from me and remembered how to get to my apartment from the elevator. Despite everything, he's still chugging along and expanding my capacity for love and appreciation of cute moments.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We got visited by Merp and Berp (?) briefly on my balcony, but couldn't get Panther's attention since he can't hear them. They were only around for a moment and I didn't want to startle them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/panther-meow.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tysm to Catgirl for helping out a ton and offering so much necessary love and comfort.&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Cats"/><category term="Panther"/></entry><entry><title>Very Silly Crows</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/very-silly-crows.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-12-18T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-12-18:/blog/very-silly-crows.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Groof and Longlegs hamming it up&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;h3&gt;The Great Egg Bamboozle&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is one of my new favorites. I just turned around and Groof's egg was gone! And then I turned around again and suddenly Groof is right there. They're so swift and quiet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-egg-bamboozle.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Groof also has a very cute tube trot
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-tube-trot.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Longlegs Gets Bapped&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Longlegs likes putting eggs in puddles for some reason. I think they're just used to putting food in water to make it easier to eat. Their friend Fussy disagrees and baps them in the head! I looks like a friendly bap at least. 
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/longlegs-puddle-egg-bungle.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I also tried putting treats on a bike seat to see what would happen, but Fussy couldn't hold on very well. I didn't get a video, but Longlegs also was sliding down some parking gizmo due to the rain.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/fussy-bike-seat-slide.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Groof"/><category term="Groofriend"/><category term="Longlegs"/><category term="Fussy"/></entry><entry><title>Pole High Five</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/pole-high-five.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-12-17T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-17T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-12-17:/blog/pole-high-five.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;High Fived Diane at L2&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I think my side superhero is doing alright? We also did flying angels which I did not feel comfortable getting a video of. My home pole doesn't really have enough space for it 😢.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/pole-high-five.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Side Superhero"/></entry><entry><title>Catgirl/Goblin pics and art</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/catgirlgoblin-pics-and-art.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-12-15:/blog/catgirlgoblin-pics-and-art.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Recent cute pics I like ❤&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;From a ladyballs tournament and from tripping a few weeks ago.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="carousel-gallery" role="group" aria-label="Photo set"&gt;
  &lt;div class="carousel-scroller" tabindex="0"&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/catgirl-goblin-piggieback.avif" alt="SHE&amp;#x27;S SO CUTE!" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;SHE&amp;#x27;S SO CUTE!&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/catgirl-goblin-mirror-smooch.avif" alt="😘" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;😘&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/catgirl-goblin-upset-tummy.avif" alt="Catgirl had an upset tummy while tripping 😿" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Catgirl had an upset tummy while tripping 😿&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/catgirl-goblin-night-hug.avif" alt="sweet nighttime hug" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;sweet nighttime hug&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</content><category term="Art"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Poorly Framed Heels Flow</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/poorly-framed-heels-flow.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-12-15:/blog/poorly-framed-heels-flow.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I like how my legs look though&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I'm feeling pretty good about heels movement from all the heels technique classes. I'd like to do more choreo so I can put the techniques together more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/heels-badly-framed.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bonus background Catgirl!
&lt;img alt="sneaky catgirl" src="/media/images/heels-background-catgirl.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Heels"/><category term="Legs"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Lost Stash in Leaves</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/lost-stash-in-leaves.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-12-08T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-08T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-12-08:/blog/lost-stash-in-leaves.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I forget where I put stuff too :(&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;This was outside Rubenstein's while I was eating a bagel.
I had stashed a bunch of treats for 3 nearby crows who
were all very excited and very very hungry. They restashed
a bunch of the treats, and this one either couldn't remember
where they stashed them, or was just hoping to get lucky maybe.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/crow-stash-in-leaves.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/crow-turning-over-leaves.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/crow-searching-leaves-curb.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/crow-digging-at-curb.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/></entry><entry><title>First L3 Pole</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/first-l3-pole.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-12-05T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-05T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-12-05:/blog/first-l3-pole.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Catgirl and I went to our first L3 with Naoko&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;The class was fun and encouraging but also painful and difficult.
We ended up at the front of the class for some reason despite being
early. This meant I got to see an exciting mini show from Naoko
before class as she tried some combo someone else was talking to
her about. It's such an exciting bonus to class. Also holey moley
there's some baddies in class. I guess all the levels have that,
but they're new baddies and considerably more conditioned. It's
difficult to imagine L4/5.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It turns out Naoko's L3 alternates between spin and static? At least I think that's what the situation is. Being a spin class made it more
difficult but I needed the refresher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;L2 seemed to be focused a lot on invertaing and L3 seems like
that will be replaced with aerial inverts. There's an intermediate
inversions class that might help. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I look pretty weird from it being after xgiving, and also because I
forgot to bring my shorts (❓❓❓) so I panic bought some red ones
from the store. I don't really like them and regret not just
using my underpants, though that might have been a bungle too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/pole-bungled-archer.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/pole-archer-broken-pegasus.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/pole-spin-archer-broken-pegasus.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I want to practice these some more, but also I really jammed my
right foot.
I think I'm not orienting it properly from the videos.&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Catgirl"/><category term="Organ Keeper"/><category term="Archer"/><category term="Broken Pegasus"/></entry><entry><title>Xgiving Gooning Comic</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/xgiving-gooning-comic.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-12-03T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-03T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-12-03:/blog/xgiving-gooning-comic.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Scene from Xgiving.&lt;br/&gt;Erin is peeping at us 👀&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="alt text" src="/media/images/xgiving-gooning-nook.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Art"/><category term="Catgirl"/><category term="Gooning"/><category term="Comic"/></entry><entry><title>Messy Fussy</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/messy-fussy.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-30T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-30T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-30:/blog/messy-fussy.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Fussy eats an egg, fussily&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Fussy is Longleg's friend. Longlegs is more of a stasher,
Fussy likes to make big messes and only eats their favorite treats&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/fussy-egg-mess.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Fussy"/></entry><entry><title>Xgiving</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/xgiving.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-30T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-30T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-30:/blog/xgiving.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Clobbered by kids, cuddles with kitties&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;h1&gt;X-day&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Catgirl and I went to the Phair Castle, along with Diane,
Laura, Brianna, and I think that's it?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I got super stressed about getting ready, but Catgirl was very
accomodating. I was originally going to workout with Ben, but
I didn't have enough time and abandoned that idea. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It turned out that everyone was running late anyway, which is
what I think happens every year but I always forget. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Self Checkout" src="/media/images/xgiving-catgirl-goblin-self-checkout.avif"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;At the Phair castle&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I got super drained of battery from being around kids. Julia
started tackling me which was fun and cute but exhausting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It was Catgirl's first time meeting Pixel, and it went as expected.
Pixel was friendly for a bit and then got swipey. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;⚠ Caught Gooning&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Phair Castle has a nice little nook in Ben's office that we
snuck into. We thought it was private because there's curtains to
cover the entrance and the door to the room was closed. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, there was a window looking right into it from the
balcony and Erin was peeping at us for an unknown amount of time.
It remains a mystery as to how much she saw, but there was a decent
amout to see imo. I think Catgirl was mostly amused but was a
little self-conscious 😟.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;XX-day&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On Friday, Catgirl and I visited Diane's with Eggy Jeff, Dirty Jeff,
and Landy. I didn't take photos of them, but I got a bunch of Panther.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class="carousel-gallery" role="group" aria-label="Selfies with Panther and Catgirl"&gt;
  &lt;div class="carousel-scroller" tabindex="0"&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/xgiving-looking-at-catgirl.avif" alt="Looking at Catgirl" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Looking at Catgirl&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/xgiving-gobbo-food.avif" alt="Food time" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Food time&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/xgiving-goblin-panther-catgirl.avif" alt="With Panther and Catgirl" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;With Panther and Catgirl&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;3 images&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Catgirl drew a little cat face on his collar, which had been blank
for too long.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We also gave Panther a bath! He obviously didn't like it and 
eventually let out a sad yowl 😿. Dirty Jeff used soap instead of
baby shampoo, so I hope his fur is okay. Catgirl and I used the
blowdryer on him after, and he seemed to like it. He got into a very
satisfied looking cat-pear pose 🍐.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class="carousel-gallery" role="group" aria-label="Panther at xgiving"&gt;
  &lt;div class="carousel-scroller" tabindex="0"&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/xgiving-panther-with-collar.avif" alt="So handsome!" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;So handsome!&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/xgiving-panther-cuddle.avif" alt="Cuddle time" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Cuddle time&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/xgiving-panther-fireplace.avif" alt="Toasty kitty" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Toasty kitty&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;3 images&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Pole Practice&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I got to do a few shapes at Diane's house. I kicked a cushion
in the second video.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/xgiving-pole-leg-hang.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/xgiving-pole-spins.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;I don't remember this context but it's cute&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We must have been moseying around in the moist for a bit?
&lt;img alt="Catgirl trying to share a brella" src="/media/images/xgiving-comic.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Self"/><category term="Catgirl"/><category term="Panther"/><category term="Gooning"/></entry><entry><title>Balcony Visitor</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/balcony-visitor.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-25T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-25T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-25:/blog/balcony-visitor.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Merp(?) I think came by for some peanuts!&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I heard a &lt;em&gt;plink&lt;/em&gt; and saw them grabbing peanuts, and dropping a few too.
I had seen them earlier outside my building, but didn't have many
treats with me because Long Legs and Fussy and Groof were very hungry crows.
I hope they come again 😸&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/crow-balcony-visit.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Merp"/></entry><entry><title>Catamari</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/catamari.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-24T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-24T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-24:/blog/catamari.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Catgirl and I visit Panther and Diane to get big&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Everyone loves Panther so much! He meowed a bunch to go on a patrol, but
we needed to wait for Catgirl and Diane to finish the Katamari level,
or else he wouldn't leave the doorway.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class="carousel-gallery" role="group" aria-label="Panther Friend"&gt;
  &lt;div class="carousel-scroller" tabindex="0"&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/panther-catgirl-catlady.avif" alt="I love kitties so much" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;I love kitties so much&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/eloise-panther-couch-1.avif" alt="Me and Panther" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Me and Panther&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/eloise-panther-couch-2.avif" alt="Me and Panther 😺" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Me and Panther 😺&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;3 images&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Poor Panther has lost his hearing it seems. I'm so glad he still seems
like a happy cat. Maybe his hearing loss is related to him wanting to
hang out with everyone, so he could be alterted to any sort of interesting events
that he otherwise might not hear.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Katamari looks really fun but I didn't play too much. Catgirl got me real loopy,
and I had trouble reading the text on the screen, and also got very distracted by Panther.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Diane later commented on how skinny Panther looks in the photos and how she misses her sack of
potatoes which made me pretty sad, but I'm glad he's still hanging out with us and being dopey.
I think it's important to be dopey. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Kitten Kartwheel&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At the end, we were visited by the kittens who were happy to display their acrobatics.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/kitten-cartwheel.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Cats"/><category term="Catgirl"/><category term="Panther"/><category term="Diane"/></entry><entry><title>Wavey Heels</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/wavey-heels.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-24T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-24T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-24:/blog/wavey-heels.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiggled around for heels class.&lt;br/&gt;I really like the butt move at the end.&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Butt move needs a lot of practice though.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/heels-wavey.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Heels"/></entry><entry><title>The Groof Toll</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/the-groof-toll.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-17T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-17T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-17:/blog/the-groof-toll.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Took a wrong turn and Groof wanted more treats&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Groof's mouth is already full of treats! I had walked up a little to
leave treats on the ramp, but both Groof and Groofriend landed so that
I would have to pass them on the way back down. Groof does some good
flappy hops.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-toll.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Groof"/><category term="Groofriend"/></entry><entry><title>Passed L3 Pole Test</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/passed-l3-pole-test.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-16T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-16T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-16:/blog/passed-l3-pole-test.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I bamboozled Catgirl into testing too&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Aileen, our instructor, seemed unimpressed but sympathetic to how tired we were.
I bungled my crucifix, partially because I haven't been practicing my left side
like a bozo. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I had been wanting to take the L3 test before the end of 2025. Now I need
to muster the courage to actually go to an L3 class. It seems scary and
I mostly wanted to take the test just to know I could pass it. L2 still feels
really difficult at times. I want to work towards L2 choreo or heels next, I think.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The leg hangs feel pretty okay now... I almost typed "easy" but they're not easy yet.
The first time I tried an inside leg hang, it hurt so much. There's a lot of pole
moves like that I suppose.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some flailing I did today:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/chopper-outside-leg-hang-thigh-hold-butterfly-thigh-hang.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/outside-inside-leg-hang-genie.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/flatline.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Butterfly"/><category term="Flatline"/><category term="Leg Hang"/><category term="Thigh Hold"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Purple Groof</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/purple-groof.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-10T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-10T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-10:/blog/purple-groof.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Look how pretty they are! Wowowow&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what causes them to look like this, I think the angle of the sun?
Maybe I should look up the time of day I took it and try again. It adds to
my suspicion that crows see UV light and is maybe part of how they tell each other apart.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-purple.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Groof"/></entry><entry><title>Some Pole Moves</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/some-pole-moves.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-10T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-10T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-10:/blog/some-pole-moves.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Handstand was tuff&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Feeling better with all of these! Handstand is still scarey, but I feel like my figurehead
is improving. Catgirl is looking good too, but having trouble getting her long beautiful legs
over for the reiko 😍. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh, I also need to remember to look to the outside for chair spins, it seemed to help a lot and it
looks pretty. I feel like I might try to test into L3 soon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/pole-reiko-figurehead.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/pole-handstand-cupid.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Reiko"/><category term="Cupid"/><category term="Figurehead"/><category term="Handstand"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Won a (tiny) Pin Tournament</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/won-a-tiny-pin-tournament.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-10T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-10T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-10:/blog/won-a-tiny-pin-tournament.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Only 8 people, but my first win in a long time!&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Matchplay results" height="350px" src="/media/images/shortys-34-tournament-win.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was walking into Shorty's and I got bamboozled by Dwayne telling me
it was 7 people and just about to start. I lost my first match to a complete
n00b which was worrysome, and second to Sergey.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don't know how I got ranked so highly, I think it's an artifact of not competing
very often. Sergey is definitely a level above me. You can just tell when someone's average
scores are beating your top scores. I got kinda lucky in my match against him, but that's
how it goes.&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pinball"/></entry><entry><title>Big Baby Panther</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/big-baby-panther.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-07T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-07T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-07:/blog/big-baby-panther.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;One of my favorite Panther videos&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;h2&gt;The Babby Hold&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I had been catsitting Panther, and he kept trying to find a spot to
hang out while I was working. He kept sitting in weird corners on
top of cables, and didn't want to sit on cushions for some reason.
I thought maybe he would sit in my lap if I had pillow and awkwardly hoisted
him up, and it was an accident that he ended up in this position. I didn't
even have my phone on me, so this was actually taken with an ipad(?) 
I had lying around.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/panther-baby-hold.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Cats"/><category term="Panther"/></entry><entry><title>Some Plushies</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/some-plushies.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-07T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-07T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-07:/blog/some-plushies.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Random Plushie projects&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Friends" src="/media/images/plush-piggie-and-friends.jpg"&gt;
I made these a while ago, and just saw the sushi friend again. I gave it to my friend's kid at some point.
They're missing the seaweed wrap ☹ but was assured it exists somewhere in their massive pile of stuffies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also here's an eyeball I made for a 3yo's birthday. It's supposed to be &lt;a href="https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Dianoga"&gt;dianoga&lt;/a&gt;
but I didn't make the tentacle part. You can stuff it in your sleeve and use it like a puppet though. 
I made it super quickly and it's not the best quality but am proud of how fast it came out.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/plush-eyeball.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Art"/><category term="Plushie"/></entry><entry><title>Bio Page</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/bio-page.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-05T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-05T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-05:/blog/bio-page.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I added a bio page (the about link). It's fun to make, and doesn't really explain why I'm making this blog or anything but maybe I'll add that too.&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="../about.html"&gt;It's here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Self"/></entry><entry><title>PSO Day</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/pso-day.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-11-05T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-05T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-11-05:/blog/pso-day.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;We saw the L5 drama / entertainment / championship categories this last weekend&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;h2&gt;Pole for the Hole&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="The PSO stage" src="/media/images/pso-stage.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A bunch of our instructors were performing which was so cool to see. 
It's like we only get little clues about how they might look when performing
from their classes. I was too shy to talk to any of them though.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Us in the audience" src="/media/images/pole-babes.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We were way far back which made it a little difficult to see. Eventually 
Catgirl and I moved up a single row which felt surprisingly better.
It was funny overhearing Dirty Jeff talk about all the judging rules with Diane.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I'm really glad I went again and that I got to bring Catgirl and that she liked
it too. It's so inspiring to see all the babes being so extra and trying their
hardest to be expressive. I think it's difficult to feel like yourself, and also
difficult to figure out what you're even supposed to feel like, and pole
has been a really great environment for exploring that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;New Fit&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I also got a new pole fit that Diane complimented how it shaped my boobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="New pole fit" src="/media/images/new-pole-fit.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then we did superheroes in class and now my thighs are sore and gnarly looking 😿.&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Catgirl Blows Up the Farm</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/catgirl-blows-up-the-farm.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-31T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-31T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-31:/blog/catgirl-blows-up-the-farm.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Catgirl terrorist&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;She had just been talking about how she might blow it up when I least expect.
I was looking at a chest and she noticed and knew I wouldn't expect it immedately after mentioning it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/catgirl-blowing-up-the-farm.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;She's visible through the menu, and a big red orb appears and she scurries away 😼&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Self"/><category term="Catgirl"/><category term="Stardew"/></entry><entry><title>Crow Butt</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/crow-butt.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-28T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-28T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-28:/blog/crow-butt.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;What a cutie! They were pretty scared of the bag and kept peeping in.&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Such pretty tail feathers too&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Crow Butt" src="/media/images/crow-butt.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/></entry><entry><title>Egg</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/egg.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-28T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-28T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-28:/blog/egg.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Longlegs can't grab the whole egg.&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I think they can't hold it down due to their foot?
I smooshed the egg up for them a little, and then they were able to fly off with it.
They had already stashed a bunch of peanuts too. Longlegs is happy to receive a lot of treats it seems.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/longlegs-cant-grab-egg.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Longlegs"/><category term="Egg"/></entry><entry><title>Egg Teacher</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/egg-teacher.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-23T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-23T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-23:/blog/egg-teacher.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;One crow teaching another how to do egg&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I think this might be Groof's honker? Really hard to say. I thought they were Groof
at first because they recognized me, but they're super scared of the egg and tube
and Groof just went at the tube yesterday. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After they peck the egg, they walk off to the side and give me a sad crow look pretty
similar to what Groof does 😿
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/scaredy-crow.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A different crow, maybe Groof? comes and helps them with chatters of encouragement.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/crow-encouragement.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/egg-tube-extract.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Part of why I think they're a juvenile is how excited their lil' trots are.
Egg Drop is one of my favorite special crow moves. I need to make a list of them all.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/egg-drop.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Groof"/><category term="Egg Drop"/></entry><entry><title>Catgirl Art</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/catgirl-art.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-22T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-22T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-22:/blog/catgirl-art.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I think it's in progress? I don't know. Might as well post.&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class="carousel-gallery" role="group" aria-label="Catgirl and Goblin photo set"&gt;
  &lt;div class="carousel-scroller" tabindex="0"&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/goblin-pole-butterfly.avif" alt="I wanna learn more shapes that Catgirl can draw of me 🦋" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;I wanna learn more shapes that Catgirl can draw of me 🦋&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/catgirl-goblin-bathroom-selfie.avif" alt="from life 🐴 can&amp;#x27;t remember where tho" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;from life 🐴 can&amp;#x27;t remember where tho&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/catgirl-behind.avif" alt="Cat pose 💦" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Cat pose 💦&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/catgirl-goblin-bed-flop.avif" alt="I love Catgirl ball. Her big bed is great to flop in." loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;I love Catgirl ball. Her big bed is great to flop in.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/catgirl-panties-touching.avif" alt="😈" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;😈&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;5 images&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Art"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Catgirl &amp; Goblin at Time Warp</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/catgirl-goblin-at-time-warp.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-22T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-22T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-22:/blog/catgirl-goblin-at-time-warp.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Catgirl clobbered me! She's so good!&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I won on BK:SOW like once and then it was all over. Then we gooned at the kitty loft.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class="carousel-gallery" role="group" aria-label="Catgirl and Goblin photo set"&gt;
  &lt;div class="carousel-scroller" tabindex="0"&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/tw-catgirl-and-goblin%20%281%29.avif" alt="we horsin&amp;#x27; around 🐴" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;we horsin&amp;#x27; around 🐴&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/tw-catgirl-and-goblin%20%282%29.avif" alt="😈♥😺" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;😈♥😺&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/tw-catgirl-and-goblin%20%283%29.avif" alt="👀" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;👀&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/tw-catgirl-and-goblin%20%284%29.avif" alt="Smooch!!! 😮" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Smooch!!! 😮&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/tw-catgirl-and-goblin%20%285%29.avif" alt="the end." loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;the end.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;5 images&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pinball"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Power Pecks</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/power-pecks.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-22T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-22T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-22:/blog/power-pecks.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Groof pecks a tube&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I just sit down on a bench, and Groof shows up!
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/wait-for-groof.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the first time I've seen Groof pierce the tube.
I like seeing them use their feet manipulate stuff. They got a ton of treats today.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-power-pecks.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maybe they get peck practice in when they take the tubes to the Groof roof.&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Groof"/></entry><entry><title>Groofy morning</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/groofy-morning.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-21T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-21T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-21:/blog/groofy-morning.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Groof/friend get a tube and an egg&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Some dork passed by which was funny
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-ped-dont-see-everyday.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Groof pecking at the tube. Do they just like pecking? It does look satisfying. Good pecks.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-peck-at-tube.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-tube-heist.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Groof leaves with egg while Groofriend distracts me.
Looking back at the video, it was kind of obvious that Groof was about
to knock the egg off.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-egg-heist.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Groof"/><category term="Groofriend"/></entry><entry><title>Panther wakes up</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/panther-wakes-up.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-20T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-20T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-20:/blog/panther-wakes-up.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;One of my favorite videos of him&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;A long time ago when I was catsitting.
The sound when he shakes his head is amazing. 
It takes him a while to find the kibbles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/panther-wake-up-to-kibbles.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Cats"/><category term="Panther"/></entry><entry><title>#2 on Stranger Things 💩</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/2-on-stranger-things.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-18T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-18:/blog/2-on-stranger-things.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Got this a few days ago. Check out the big bonus 🍆🍆🍆&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I got total isolation #2 which I'm not sure I've ever done before.
Also felt pretty close to getting 11 drawings.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/stranger-things-elo.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I keep telling Catgirl how important the rollovers are.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/stranger-things-bonus.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pinball"/><category term="Stranger Things"/></entry><entry><title>Heels Combo</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/heels-combo.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-18T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-18:/blog/heels-combo.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;From a few months ago&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;It's short, but I like the movements. I should practice this at home some again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/smile-heels.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Heels"/></entry><entry><title>Squirrel Attack!</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/squirrel-attack.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-18T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-18:/blog/squirrel-attack.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;What an asshole&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I was at the kitty loft waiting for her to come home from surg and
went out to visit her crow friends. They ate all the peanuts I had!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I saw the squirrel to the side and was thinking they were dangerous but they
still got me off guard. Sometimes I see them on reddit getting along with crows,
but now I know they're a hazard. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Afterwards I went back to the kitty loft and got more treats for them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/squirrel-attack.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Squirrel"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>It's Green Bandit</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/its-green-bandit.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-15T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-15T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-15:/blog/its-green-bandit.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I only see them maybe once a month? Glad too see they're doing well 😊&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;This is Green Bandit, who I assume is research crow from UW. 
They seem pretty friendly. I've seen crows with the green bands maybe a dozen times now,
but not sure if they're all the same crow.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/green-bandit-greeting.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Green Bandit can carry two peanuts, but not three, so they call their friend for help.
They can caw with their beak full of peanuts apparently! But honkers need to use their whole body to honk.
Also it seems like pigeons have started sensing that I have food, but they probably can't open peanuts or eggs.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/green-bandit-calls-for-assistance.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Their friend heisted the egg away. Maybe they've had a gobbo egg before?
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/friend-of-green-bandit-egg-heist.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Green Bandit"/><category term="Egg"/></entry><entry><title>Catgirl &amp; Goblin at the Aquarium</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/catgirl-goblin-at-the-aquarium.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-14T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-14T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-14:/blog/catgirl-goblin-at-the-aquarium.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;🍄&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;We got loopy at the aquarium but didn't take a photo,
so Catgirl made these. It was an incredibly lovely day.
Played pin and ate hotdogs and did L2 pole and watched anime
and drank hot chocolate and other things too probably.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Catgirl and Goblin staring at fishes" src="/media/images/comic-aquarium-back.jpg" title="Catgirl and Goblin staring at fishes"&gt;
&lt;img alt="Catgirl and Goblin losing their minds" src="/media/images/comic-aquarium-front.jpg" title="Catgirl and Goblin losing their minds"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Art"/><category term="Comic"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>Random selfies</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/random-selfies.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-14T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-14T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-14:/blog/random-selfies.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;😈&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class="carousel-gallery" role="group" aria-label="Gobbo photo set"&gt;
  &lt;div class="carousel-scroller" tabindex="0"&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/goofy-gobbo.avif" alt="Not the most flattering but maybe the most me" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Not the most flattering but maybe the most me&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/frizzy-gobbo.avif" alt="Shortly after Collin styled my hair, idk what I did to fuck it up" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Shortly after Collin styled my hair, idk what I did to fuck it up&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/gamer-gobbo.avif" alt="Farming 🐮" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Farming 🐮&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/gobbo-splits.avif" alt="Still trying!" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;Still trying!&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/goth-gobbo.avif" alt="I crashed out before actually being able to party with Catgirl 😭 Still so sad about this" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;I crashed out before actually being able to party with Catgirl 😭 Still so sad about this&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
    &lt;figure class="carousel-item"&gt;
      &lt;img src="/media/images/normal-gobbo.avif" alt="😈" loading="lazy"&gt;
      &lt;figcaption&gt;😈&lt;/figcaption&gt;
    &lt;/figure&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;6 images&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Self"/></entry><entry><title>Magic Trick</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/magic-trick.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-13T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-13T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-13:/blog/magic-trick.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Deleted by IG for being too cool and mind blowing&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/nipple-magic.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Self"/></entry><entry><title>Wiggly Compass</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/wiggly-compass.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-13T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-13T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-13:/blog/wiggly-compass.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Did a compass shape at L2&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I was running late so I didn't wear a matching outfit which is why it's b&amp;amp;w. 
I was toast at this point, we had done a lot of leg hang switches and the instructor was like
"a lot of you are looking at your legs sadly so let's do something different". It did feel pretty good
but I was low on arm strength. Also I have a bruise on my hip that's making hangs get into my pocket
kind of tough.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/wiggly-compass.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Compass"/></entry><entry><title>Swooped by Longlegs</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/swooped-by-longlegs.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-10T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-10T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-10:/blog/swooped-by-longlegs.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Longlegs being pretty and saying hi&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I didn't they were Longlegs until Catgirl pointed out their injured foot.
It felt like it had been a while since I had seen them, but I think I just
wasn't identifying them. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They're so friendly! So exciting when they get close. I reacted too slowly to
catch the swoop by my head on video.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/longlegs-swoop.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/longlegs-approach.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/longlegs-hop.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Longlegs"/><category term="Swoop"/><category term="Catgirl"/></entry><entry><title>1.2B on GZ &amp; Planet X Qualified</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/12b-on-gz-planet-x-qualified.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-08T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-08T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-08:/blog/12b-on-gz-planet-x-qualified.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;also got a temp GC 🍕&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I saw a tech messing with it a few weeks ago due to a switch being stuck down causing 
scores to go up continually, so I assume they reset it. 1.2B is good for me but won't last.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I beat Titanosaurous, Gigan, and Ghidorah I think, but didn't get much on the Ghidora fight.
Then Monster Zero started before Planet X, which I don't actually know how to start.
Pretty nice to feel like it's close though. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;117M Carnage was pretty good too 😈&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/gz-gc-shortys.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Pinball"/></entry><entry><title>Cat Coin Purse</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/cat-coin-purse.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-07T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-07T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-07:/blog/cat-coin-purse.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I made a coin purse for Catgirl&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Catgirl printed out Cat's face onto stablizer for me so I used it to make a coin purse.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;th&gt;&lt;img alt="Cat's Cafe with my purse" src="/media/images/cat-purse-with-book.jpg"&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;img alt="bottom of purse with zipper" src="/media/images/cat-purse-bottom.jpg"&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Demo opening the zipper
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/cat-purse-demo.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I used blender to create the sewing pattern
&lt;img alt="Design in blender" src="/media/images/cat-purse-blender.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Art"/><category term="Sewing"/><category term="Catgirl"/><category term="Pinball"/></entry><entry><title>The Merp-Dump</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/the-merp-dump.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-06T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-06T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-06:/blog/the-merp-dump.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;One of Merp's special moves&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Merp likes to shake all the treats out of bags. It's one of the ways I identify them! They are looking very pretty today. Berp was also around to pick up stray treats.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/merp-dump.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Merp"/><category term="Merp-Dump"/><category term="Berp"/></entry><entry><title>The Three Peanut Problem</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/the-three-peanut-problem.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-06T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-06T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-06:/blog/the-three-peanut-problem.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;How to carry away 3 peanuts at once?&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;They couldn't do it 😢&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/three-peanut-problem.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/></entry><entry><title>Leg Hang Workshop</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/leg-hang-workshop.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-04T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-04:/blog/leg-hang-workshop.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Did my first leg hang switch&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;My inside leg hangs are feeling much better now. Maybe even better than outside.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Things to remember:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Go in the hip pocko&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Remove inside arm first(?)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Do a goblin squat for insides, don't do full invert&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Switches go: inside -&amp;gt; pike -&amp;gt; outside -&amp;gt; pike etc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Push outside leg into pole&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Open chest, use this to hold back into position correctly&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/leg-hang-switch.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Catgirl took this video of me ♥
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/leg-hang-switch-gwen-pov_hq.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Pole Dance"/><category term="Leg Hang"/></entry><entry><title>Grabby Groof</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/grabby-groof.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-01T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-01T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-01:/blog/grabby-groof.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Groof grabbing treat bag from Groofriend&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;h3&gt;Groof and Groofriend vying for treats&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Groof is the slightly larger one with a rounder beak, and the instigator.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;th&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-grab.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-caw-at-groofriend.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groofriend-snips-at-groof.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;Groof wants more&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I love the cute groof look.
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-wants-more.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Groof"/><category term="Groofriend"/></entry><entry><title>Groof Greeting</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/groof-greeting.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-10-01T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-10-01T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-10-01:/blog/groof-greeting.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Groof lands in front of me&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Groof took another tube to the Groof roof after.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/groof-greeting.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Groof"/><category term="Groof Roof"/></entry><entry><title>Hop hop hop</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/hop-hop-hop.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-09-30T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-09-30T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-09-30:/blog/hop-hop-hop.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;silly crows&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I think the hoppy one is Longlegs, and the other is Fussy?
The peanut crow was never able to pick up 3 peanuts at once.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/hop-hop-hop.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Crows"/><category term="Longlegs"/><category term="Fussy"/></entry><entry><title>Thresher</title><link href="https://eloise.rip/blog/thresher.html" rel="alternate"/><published>2025-09-30T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-09-30T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name/></author><id>tag:eloise.rip,2025-09-30:/blog/thresher.html</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Caught thresher shark on Jaws&lt;/p&gt;</summary><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Finally caught thresher shark on Jaws. On to whatever the last one is, and great white.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Thresher shark caught on Jaws" src="/media/images/thresher-shark-achievement.avif"&gt;
&lt;img alt="Thresher shark caught on Jaws" src="/media/images/jaws-2.avif"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="/media/video/jaws-hs.jpg" alt="Video" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;</content><category term="Pinball"/></entry></feed>