{"id":1573,"date":"2011-01-28T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2011-02-04T12:36:52","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T17:36:52","slug":"i-got-into-a-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/i-got-into-a-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"I Got Into a Fight\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late Tuesday afternoon, I was lounging in my kitchen on my sideways couch.\u00a0 I had already been outside for a run around, and was contemplating how I was going to spend my Tuesday evening.\u00a0 Such thinking makes me sleepy, so I was sluggishly drifting off to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Without warning the back door opened.\u00a0 The humans are often coming and going, so that sound didn&#8217;t startle me and I decided that I wasn&#8217;t going to look up.\u00a0 I listened as I heard a human come into my kitchen and close the door behind them.\u00a0 I counted the seconds, awaiting the inevitable scratch behind my ears.\u00a0 (NO ONE walks by the sideways couch without petting me.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like a rule.)\u00a0 But no human touch came.\u00a0 A few more seconds passed, and I decided to lift my head up and look around.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t like who I saw.\u00a0 Or rather, what I saw.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zoomImg\" href=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/vacuum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1574\" title=\"The evil vacuum\" src=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/vacuum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The vacuum clearer is the most irritating appliance that I&#8217;ve ever come across.\u00a0 It&#8217;s sneaky and has a total disregard for anyone and everyone around it.\u00a0 The vacuum can sneak into your personal space almost without a sound, sitting quietly until it suddenly erupts with noise and rolls around the house screeching at the top of it&#8217;s lungs. The humans seem to tolerate this noise, but clearly they don&#8217;t trust the vacuum, since one of them always follows the vac around the house closely when it&#8217;s being loud.\u00a0 Unfortunately the humans don&#8217;t do anything to stop the vacuum from making it&#8217;s rounds.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I, on the other hand, handle things differently.<\/p>\n<p>We had tangled before, the vacuum cleaner and I, always to a standstill.\u00a0 This time would be different, I thought.\u00a0 This time I&#8217;ll show the vacuum who&#8217;s boss.<\/p>\n<p>While I lay there daydreaming, the vacuum cleaner sprung to life.\u00a0 It unleashed it&#8217;s screech, snapping me out of la la land and into action. I pressed record on my camera and attacked.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"460\" height=\"370\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/E3OR6X7Eiso?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Zeuss-fighting2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1587\" title=\"Zeuss-fighting\" src=\"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Zeuss-fighting2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>It was over quick.\u00a0 The vacuum couldn&#8217;t take my continuous attack, and finally gave up.\u00a0 It quieted down and retreated, giving me a very satisfying victory.\u00a0 I climbed back up into my loft to get some much needed rest.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a few days, but I haven&#8217;t seen or heard from the vacuum cleaner.\u00a0 I hope he&#8217;s gone for good this time, but I doubt it.\u00a0 And when he does come back I&#8217;ll be ready for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Tuesday afternoon, I was lounging in my kitchen on my sideways couch.\u00a0 I had already been outside for a run around, and was contemplating how I was going to spend my Tuesday evening.\u00a0 Such thinking makes me sleepy, so I was sluggishly drifting off to sleep. 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