i want to adopt a cat immediately
― catbus otm (gbx), Sunday, 23 September 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
tho i'm certain that's illegal in mn on sundays
i've always been curious about the provenance of one of the two cats we got from a shelter a couple of years ago. she has a really distinctive look and i finally got around to looking at descriptions of various breeds to see if she fit the criteria. i'm now 99% certain she's a Turkish Van - she has the markings and her personality is eerily, freakily similar to the breed description.
i'd always thought her many endearing quirks and eccentricities were unique to her alone. kinda weird to find that she's so close to the typical personality of this particular breed. it's a bit like finding out phrenology is legit or something. anyone got any experience in the oddball world of cat breeding?
anyway, she's still the best cat ever. here she is chillin in her bed on the radiator:
http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg622/bizarrogazzara/242554_10150275789620638_812679_o_zpse462891e.jpg
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 24 September 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
(ps good luck with the kitty, mookie)
They are energetic; they play hard and sleep hard.
― johnny crunch, Monday, 24 September 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, that looks like one of my cats! She definitely has the fascination with water trait.
― quincie, Monday, 24 September 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
someone beat me to that cat : /
she is a girl (and momma); i was considering (re-)naming her estela
― mookieproof, Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
Awww, sorry mookie.
― emil.y, Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
There is another cat for you.
― carl agatha, Saturday, 29 September 2012 04:01 (twelve years ago) link
yah, i know
i just don't want to compare it unfavorably to lyle
― mookieproof, Saturday, 29 September 2012 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
emil.y why are you catless
― mookieproof, Saturday, 29 September 2012 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
my cat cries when i am gone. i can hear her when i'm on my way in. i hope she isn't annoying the neighbors :(
― horribl ecreature (harbl), Saturday, 29 September 2012 12:14 (twelve years ago) link
harbly, whatever the scenario your cat always sounds rotten.
mookie, i'm sorry you didn't get that cat and i hope you find your one true cat soon.
― estela, Saturday, 29 September 2012 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
also i like that you considered calling that cat estela, though i was struck by how much she looked like my friend mike.
― estela, Saturday, 29 September 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
i love my cat!
― horribl ecreature (harbl), Saturday, 29 September 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
but it is like how people love their kids and they are rotten
i love rotten pets.
― estela, Saturday, 29 September 2012 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
harbl, maybe she hasn't been crying the whole time but just hears your approach?
― clouds, Saturday, 29 September 2012 13:06 (twelve years ago) link
i was thinking that. it is possible.
― horribl ecreature (harbl), Saturday, 29 September 2012 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
― mookieproof, Saturday, September 29, 2012 5:20 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Small flat, lack of money. Also need to ask the landlord's permission, and we're not that likely to get it.
― emil.y, Saturday, 29 September 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
We adopted a new cat in June. She's about 18 months, but still has that supersoft wispy coat that kittens have but usually grow out of. Funky coloring too. We've had cats all our lives, but this one reaches heights of laziness I've never seen before -- she spends about 22 hours a day asleep on the ottoman in the living room. (Plus one hour eating/drinking/crapping, and one hour staring intently at the gerbil tank in Sarah's room.)
― Death Grits 2 (WmC), Saturday, 29 September 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
harbl, maybe she is trying to make you feel guilty. She is probably asleep for most of the time you are gone.
― tokyo rosemary, Saturday, 29 September 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
Good luck with your ongoing cat search, mookie.
― tokyo rosemary, Saturday, 29 September 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
now my cat is crying because a house centipede is crawling along the very top of the wall by the ceiling. she has climbed as high as she can, but the ceilings are like 11 ft high so i tried to tell her it's useless. telling her it's useless is useless!
― horribl ecreature (harbl), Monday, 1 October 2012 10:43 (twelve years ago) link
I guess you'll just have to duct-tape the cat to the end of a mop handle and lift her up so she can do whatever she needs to with the centipede. It's tough being a cat owner :(
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 1 October 2012 10:45 (twelve years ago) link
I would do that to get rid of a centipede without having to touch it or think about it wriggling around my house.
― carl agatha, Monday, 1 October 2012 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
ilxor's in the nyc area, is anybody interested in taking on a cat? posting for a friend
― barthes simpson, Saturday, 6 October 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
Catpig?!?!!!?
― carl agatha, Saturday, 6 October 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
nah! for another friend.
here is an album of 4 pictures
http://imgur.com/a/klUC8
― barthes simpson, Saturday, 6 October 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
Aw, cute! What a scamp.
― carl agatha, Saturday, 6 October 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
That last one is too cute.
― tokyo rosemary, Saturday, 6 October 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
yeah! if youre interested webmail me w/ your email and I will forward the descrip.
― barthes simpson, Saturday, 6 October 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
bump for nyc ilxors who are considering a cat
― 乒乓, Thursday, 11 October 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
i love when i am sitting on the couch and cat makes herself as tiny as possible to sit in the 4 inch space between me and the armrest
― horribl ecreature (harbl), Saturday, 13 October 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
i got her a catnip taxicab
― horribl ecreature (harbl), Monday, 15 October 2012 01:33 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.cfa.org/photogallery/photogallery_26072012085652PM4.jpg
― (╯︵╰,) RIP (am0n), Monday, 15 October 2012 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.cfa.org/photogallery/photogallery_26072012085425PM9.jpg
― (╯︵╰,) RIP (am0n), Monday, 15 October 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.cfa.org/photogallery/photogallery_26072012085900PM3.jpg
http://www.cfa.org/photogallery/photogallery_26072012085652PM3.jpg
― (╯︵╰,) RIP (am0n), Monday, 15 October 2012 04:20 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sure Sphinx cats are lovely once you get to know them but I find it disconcerting to see the musculature behind a cat's weirdo facial expression.
― carl agatha, Monday, 15 October 2012 12:29 (eleven years ago) link
It's the Sphinxes' unfortunate resemblance to scrotums that I have the most trouble with.
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 15 October 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
Scrotes with grumpy faces.
― carl agatha, Monday, 15 October 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
Testy testes.
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 15 October 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
that cat looks like ruth bader ginsburg
― horribl ecreature (harbl), Monday, 15 October 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.cfa.org/photogallery/photogallery_26072012090102PM4.jpg
marcus wtf?
― (╯︵╰,) RIP (am0n), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
my cat is such a weirdo; she keeps trying to eat the hair i pull off her with the furminator
― toto coolio (clouds), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
time for cats to sleep on the radiator
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
I was cleaning a closet last night and I found the little pillow that one of my cats thinks is her mother! It was such a joyous reunion.
― trebek sajak iii (cwkiii), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
my cat put her catnip taxi on a shelf in the bathroom
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
myrrha won't stop attacking my bf as he walks around the apt. she'll even block doorways and yowl and swipe at him if he tries to pass. it's bad.
― resplendent quetzal spokil (clouds), Monday, 19 November 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
my cat swipes at me in the morning sometimes. she hides under the bed. she doesn't use her claws though, it's just a game. that sounds different.
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Monday, 19 November 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link