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Monday - August 30, 1999
    Never written.

Friday - September 3, 1999
Editor's note: My apologies: Max never left me anything on Monday, but we've had words about that, and it shouldn't happen again. Also, anyone out there with a cat: try the sock ring thing... it really works (just a loose ring of socks) -- see below.

    An interesting week, to say the least!
 
    The weekend was kind of a drag, but I got in trouble on Monday night for not leaving a new issue of the Chronicles for Him that morning... screw Him! I'm not his slave!

    Anyhow, I've been kind of sucking up to Them lately in a new strategy to gain my freedom. It also takes the edge off my punishments for the "bad stuff" I do to tick Them off. Like sitting right above Their heads in bed at night and purring loudly and kneading Their pillows.

    The plug, while it HAS been behaving, has, by its mere presence, finally pushed me too far. I have taken to giving it regular beatings to keep it in line. The people in the drain have gone away again... I still hope they come back though!

    The fish won't stop taunting me now; they have figured out that I know that they have been telling on me, and are now threatening to make stuff up if I don't stop staring at them. Time to break out the bleach again....
 
    I was tormented somewhat last night with a new device. It seemed composed of two socks tied end to end, then around my midsection, forming a collar of sorts, but right around my stomach area. It was bizarre. I was suddenly paralyzed from the sock ring down. Every time I tried to get up, my hind legs would just collapse. I pleaded with my captors to let me go, and tried to follow Them around, but it's very hard to move when you can only use your front legs. Eventually the dragging around allowed the thing to slip off, and I regained the use of my legs. I used them to kick both of my captors in the head that night. I fear, though, that They have found a new way to keep me captive!

    I sense impending weapon cuttings and water tortures... They've been making noises to that effect.