Category Archives: Cats

In California

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I’m in my homeland with my parents for a couple days before I head to the depths of Hell southern California.Â? Currently, my parents’ network hates my laptop, so I’m hijacking the network computer to post.Â? 🙂

The drive was LONG.Â? Two days of 12+ hours on the road including bathroom breaks and such.Â? Reno was a nightmare — my first CITY driving in for-freaking-ever and the sun was in my eyes so I was almost completely blind.Â? I mostly read and let Jon drive though I did do about 3 hours of driving on Sunday and about 5 yesterday.Â? (Astigmatism is a pain when you have to drive at night.)Â? I also think Nevada is the only state that makes North Dakota look remotely interesting — I saw hints of green in Nevada.Â? No such luck in ND last year!!!!!!!!!!!

I have three cats at my disposal at the moment,., all of whom are out killing things.Â? I did have a tabby this morning at 5 am… after I shanghai’ed him from the hall, put him on the bed, and told him to sit down/shut up/purr.Â? He did and his motor skills are spectacular.Â? His brother is a big gray tummy who also went nose-to-nose with me last night.Â? HIS MAJESTY is chill with me and gave me a tour of his yard before settling down and letting me pet him.Â? (He has an owie on his head — apparently, he had an abcess and had to have it drained, so part of the top of his head is shaved and my parents have to pill him twice a day.Â? He purred for me and it sounded like a jet engine taking off.

I’ll probably do the Santa Cruz thing tomorrow and this afternoon, I’m shaving my head.Â? 🙂

My First Pouncing Experience

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I just killed my first mouse.Â? I’m having serious karmic issues with this.

You see… my cats were refusing to listen to my shrieks of “KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT!!!!!!!!” and I had to take matters into my own hands.Â? (It distresses me muchly when they play with their food.)Â? I got a yogurt container, trapped the varmint under it, put the top on, took it outside, and stomped on it.Â? When I looked inside, the creature was breathing heavily.Â? I think it probably hemmorhaged to death.

I am feeling extreme guilt over the taking of another creature’s life, even if said creature would have spread bubonic plague or Hanta virus throughout my house.Â? I think this is why I couldn’t hunt and why I should really be a vegetarian…

Heavy Sigh

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I was having a wonderful dream where I was getting to experience one of those exclusive things celebrities come up with (in this case, fudge that was cat-friendly and something else that had special scents but was all-natural or something) and Andrea Bocelli was singing.Â? I reached out and held his hand and was enjoying it when all of a sudden…

BREEEEEEEEEEEEEHCH!Â? BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHCH!

I woke up and Finian was spitting up his breakfast.Â? I had to leave Andrea and the cat-friendly fudge and clean up the cat vomit before Freya decided to eat it!

CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clearing Something Up

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***Note: I am not a DVM — I’m just a cat person.Â? This means that I’m not responsible if your cat gets sick.***

The most popular search string on my site is neosporin cats so… I thought I’d clear something up.

YOU CAN PUT NEOSPORIN ON SUPERFICIAL CAT WOUNDS.

Obviously, you don’t want to glob it on or put it in a place where your fluffball will lick it.Â? (Keep the cat’s tongue away from the area for about 5 minutes — it’s sufficient time for the area to dry.)

If your cat does have a wound and the area gets tender or swells or the cat is acting more lethargic than usual (you’ll have to judge this one for yourself), get thee and thy feline to a vet!!!! Â? This is also what you should do if said swelled-up spot ruptures because you don’t want your kitty to get more infected.

OK… I have cleared this up.Â? Now stop googling me!!!

More Super Bowl Blogging Schtuff

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[+] I got a really nice email back from the dude who does the Blog Watch for the RiverCities e-zine. (I had emailed him to tell him how tickled I was that the $tarbuck$ bet made the blog-watch.) I checked out their “About” page and it turns out that this is kind of a grassroots publication to promote their area because previously those promoting the area weren’t from the tri-state area. Very cool in my humble opinion.

[+] I spoke with my mother-in-law and apparently her cats are rooting for the Steelers because they sleep on terrible towels. Traitors!!!!!!

[+] NPR has a great meditation on the confusion that Seahawks fans are facing right now. They pose a good question: what kind of coffee do you serve at a Super Bowl party?

[+] Dreama has a list of alternative TV schtuff for those who aren’t interested in watching the Seahawks make the Steelers weep into their terrible towels.