Mom has been beeesy, awl day loong pretty much, in front of the thang again. And Ah have gawne into a routine where Ah am substituting mah quality time with her up 'dere naw. As opposed to the small room 'upstairs'.
So when Ah see her over there, Ah just jump up and come up close to her, demanding her attention. And she stops what she is doing and strokes mah face and top of mah head.
Sometimes? She'll just hug me all over. And we'll stay there together for a long time. Ah let her hug me with both her arms, and Ah'll just stay in place for as looong as it takes her. Ah love her that muuch.
Ah have the satisfaction of knowing that Ah can beat that thang that's taking mom's attention. Ah can compete with it, and grab her attention. And when she tales me not to walk awn it, Ah don't.
And Ah finally decided Ah was gonna mark it with mah chin, right up there on one of its corners.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
A Little Too Much Sunshine ...
Yeah... I'm afraid I've blown just a leeetle too much sunshine up Gabriel's ass...
I've just discovered this morning that Princess was actually afraid to come into my bedroom ! While he was already walking around the bedroom, she stood there outside the door, stooping, like she was a guest!
So.. this is what most of the fighting around the bedroom is about. That last video clip I posted a few weeks back, 'When Gabriel Bluffs' ? THAT'S what this was about - he was putting on a power-play, trying to get her out of the bedroom.
So, Virginia? There IS such thing as over-petting ... Too much attention has gone to this cat's head!
I've just discovered this morning that Princess was actually afraid to come into my bedroom ! While he was already walking around the bedroom, she stood there outside the door, stooping, like she was a guest!
So.. this is what most of the fighting around the bedroom is about. That last video clip I posted a few weeks back, 'When Gabriel Bluffs' ? THAT'S what this was about - he was putting on a power-play, trying to get her out of the bedroom.
So, Virginia? There IS such thing as over-petting ... Too much attention has gone to this cat's head!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Calling The Bluff
Mom came home tonight and I was getting skittish as usual. Googie was chasing me, we ran up the stairs once we got wind of her up there, and then she came out from the 'small room' to catch us in the middle of our game. We just stopped in mid-stride and stared at her, I was behind Goog while he was trying to block my entry into mom's room and that silly boy just stood there with his front legs far apart, frozen, and staring at mom like a retard. That's right, he got caught! (Well, but.. she just stared back at us and that was it.)
So, we kept on running around when she came downstairs again. I thought she was going to make that horrible scrunchy-bag noise again and I'm always ready to bolt when that happens. Then I see her sit by the thing on the table and I stopped and stared at her by the steps before I bolted down anyway.
I was pretty wound up. We are both always really excited when she comes home. But then, she comes out of the kitchen toward me while I'm reaching the first steps for "upstairs".
Well, I can tell her bluff.
She made this fake "ooohhh!!!" noise like she was gonna get me, and I stopped in my tracks while climbing the stairs while she was behind me. My body was outstretched now across three different steps while I waited. I knew I was going to get stroked - even though she was making like she was gonna 'get me'. You see, this is a game - and I know it.
So she grabbed my little shoulders and gave ME a "massage" up and down my back for a change. And I just stood there, lapping it all up. After she finished, I climbed the next step and turned around to see her. For good measure, she let me smell her hand - that's always important, you know.
... Boy, that felt good!! I can relax now.
So, we kept on running around when she came downstairs again. I thought she was going to make that horrible scrunchy-bag noise again and I'm always ready to bolt when that happens. Then I see her sit by the thing on the table and I stopped and stared at her by the steps before I bolted down anyway.
I was pretty wound up. We are both always really excited when she comes home. But then, she comes out of the kitchen toward me while I'm reaching the first steps for "upstairs".
Well, I can tell her bluff.
She made this fake "ooohhh!!!" noise like she was gonna get me, and I stopped in my tracks while climbing the stairs while she was behind me. My body was outstretched now across three different steps while I waited. I knew I was going to get stroked - even though she was making like she was gonna 'get me'. You see, this is a game - and I know it.
So she grabbed my little shoulders and gave ME a "massage" up and down my back for a change. And I just stood there, lapping it all up. After she finished, I climbed the next step and turned around to see her. For good measure, she let me smell her hand - that's always important, you know.
... Boy, that felt good!! I can relax now.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
A Piece of Mah Own
Ah was watching mom down here this evening with all these papers. She was taking papers from on top of the table and putting them awn this bag.
Paper, after paper... she kept scrunching some. Ah watched intently as she would take one and then ...rip it in two, and then put it on this uther place.
So finally, after carefully watching her, Ah made mah move. Fast and decisive.
Ah seized on one of those scrunched up pieces of papers, took it in mah mouth, and gingerly walked away with mah trophy.
Ah decided Ah waus gonna place it right bah mah food bowl. It belongs right there.
[They always imitate me in everything I do. Well, except I don't put papers around my food plate. ]
:))
Paper, after paper... she kept scrunching some. Ah watched intently as she would take one and then ...rip it in two, and then put it on this uther place.
So finally, after carefully watching her, Ah made mah move. Fast and decisive.
Ah seized on one of those scrunched up pieces of papers, took it in mah mouth, and gingerly walked away with mah trophy.
Ah decided Ah waus gonna place it right bah mah food bowl. It belongs right there.
[They always imitate me in everything I do. Well, except I don't put papers around my food plate. ]
:))
A Bedtime Ritual
Have I mentioned? Not that you all wouldn't have guessed by now, but... I've come to the point where whenever I hear mom say to me "can I get a massage??", while we're both "upstairs" in the bedroom?
I will take my cue, run up to the bed and climb up ready to step into my massage role.
My tail goes up in the air at this point, as soon as I climb on the bed. The point is, I'm involved, I'm in demand, mom is asking me to do something.
And it makes me feel really good.
:)))
[She just responds immediately to this phrase, 'can I get a massage'.. you've seen the videos, there's three or four of them anyway. This started about a year ago.]
I will take my cue, run up to the bed and climb up ready to step into my massage role.
My tail goes up in the air at this point, as soon as I climb on the bed. The point is, I'm involved, I'm in demand, mom is asking me to do something.
And it makes me feel really good.
:)))
[She just responds immediately to this phrase, 'can I get a massage'.. you've seen the videos, there's three or four of them anyway. This started about a year ago.]
Teaching Googie
Mom climbed up on the 'beddie-bye' the other day and Googie and I followed. She 'settled' in her usual spot and I walked right on over to her.
I was getting ready to give her a massage, when I saw Googie slowly approaching. So I stood there, to the side of mom's hip, watching Googie carefully.
"Can I get a massaaaage??", mom asked.
But Googie didn't really know what to do. By now, he had approached close to mom, on the other side.
"Well, Goog?? What are you going to do?", I looked at him, wondering. "She wants you to touch her with your paws, like I do.. Don't you know?"
We looked at each other for a few moments. Goog was hesitating. So we kept eyeballing each other, on each side of mom's hips. He stretched his neck toward mom's belly and put nose-to-belly for a moment.
"Ah don't know, Pipi... Ah may hurt her.. Every time Ah trah to get awn her in the mornings, she always moves mah paws from these spots on her chest. Ah trah, but it's like walking on eggshells. Ah thank Ah might hurt her, you do it best. At least, Ah've figured owt where not to walk on."
And so, Googie backed down after contemplating his new task, and I took over.
Gave mom a really good massage too.
:))
I was getting ready to give her a massage, when I saw Googie slowly approaching. So I stood there, to the side of mom's hip, watching Googie carefully.
"Can I get a massaaaage??", mom asked.
But Googie didn't really know what to do. By now, he had approached close to mom, on the other side.
"Well, Goog?? What are you going to do?", I looked at him, wondering. "She wants you to touch her with your paws, like I do.. Don't you know?"
We looked at each other for a few moments. Goog was hesitating. So we kept eyeballing each other, on each side of mom's hips. He stretched his neck toward mom's belly and put nose-to-belly for a moment.
"Ah don't know, Pipi... Ah may hurt her.. Every time Ah trah to get awn her in the mornings, she always moves mah paws from these spots on her chest. Ah trah, but it's like walking on eggshells. Ah thank Ah might hurt her, you do it best. At least, Ah've figured owt where not to walk on."
And so, Googie backed down after contemplating his new task, and I took over.
Gave mom a really good massage too.
:))
Ah Know What Ah'm Doin'
Well, Ah tale you whaaat: Ah have figured owt a way to distract mom whenever Ah see her go over to that new thang she is so much eeenterested in [the laptop on the new FIOS network].
Ah have mah ways, and Ah know what Ah'm doing. Whenever Ah see her get to that thang, bafawre Ah climb up 'dere to compete with it for her affections, Ah go to the keeetchen and start banging the cabinets down on mah level. Ah trah to open them with mah paws but Ah bang them instead... or in the process.
Ah have found that, 'dis is what gets mom up to come into the keeetchen - and then she focuses awn me.
Naw, you see... Tonaight, Ah just climbed right up 'dere to be with her. But she was firm with me this time:
"NO - don't get in my way. You just settle down right now, right there", she said.
Aw, okay then.. Ah figured Ah'll just settle right near her. Instead of doing mah usual circling around and walking awn the thang.
Ah can take a heeent.
Ah have mah ways, and Ah know what Ah'm doing. Whenever Ah see her get to that thang, bafawre Ah climb up 'dere to compete with it for her affections, Ah go to the keeetchen and start banging the cabinets down on mah level. Ah trah to open them with mah paws but Ah bang them instead... or in the process.
Ah have found that, 'dis is what gets mom up to come into the keeetchen - and then she focuses awn me.
Naw, you see... Tonaight, Ah just climbed right up 'dere to be with her. But she was firm with me this time:
"NO - don't get in my way. You just settle down right now, right there", she said.
Aw, okay then.. Ah figured Ah'll just settle right near her. Instead of doing mah usual circling around and walking awn the thang.
Ah can take a heeent.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Feature Cat Video of The Week
Okay, now: TWO cats absolutely hate Justin Bieber.
And to prove it? Here are two videos (the first two; please ignore the last two..)
In fact, in the first video, the cat is given another choice to view: Nick Jonas. The cat is okay with Nick Jonas. But then he sees Justin Bieber's photo again and just can't stand it.
Then, there is another cat, totally different setting - same thing.
Can a cat tell a man's soul by his picture???
hmmm....
:))
And to prove it? Here are two videos (the first two; please ignore the last two..)
In fact, in the first video, the cat is given another choice to view: Nick Jonas. The cat is okay with Nick Jonas. But then he sees Justin Bieber's photo again and just can't stand it.
Then, there is another cat, totally different setting - same thing.
Can a cat tell a man's soul by his picture???
hmmm....
:))
Friday, January 21, 2011
A Spill
Ah 'been feelin' a beet restless tonaight; Ah've been opening up awl the thangs in mom's "downstairs" room [the kitchen cupboards]. Ah thank it's about time Ah fand out what's in there, and so Ah ventured awl the way into those spaces. Despite mom's screaming at me.
You see, Ah really don't jump like Pipi does. Ah know mom is all bark and no bite. And so, if she ever yells at me, Ah just take it in stride. In fact, I didn't even flinch this time, Ah was way too busy inside this new space while mom kept telling me to 'get out'.
Anywah, so mom finally goes "upstairs" and Ah thought Ah would venture one moare time, this time up on thangs [up on the kitchen counter].
But somehow, awn mah way up, Ah ended up knocking a few thangs Ah didn't mean to. It made a bang and a big noise.
Ooops. Mom came down in a hurry. Ah was steel standing there looking at the thang that Ah knocked down, wondering 'how did THAT happen'?
You see, Ah don't flee or scram... Ah was sencerely concerned about what Ah knocked down, and Ah kept looking at it, even though Ah knew mom would come down. So, she picked it up and put it back in its place while Ah just watched.
Sorry. ...uhm, mom. Sorry...
You see, Ah really don't jump like Pipi does. Ah know mom is all bark and no bite. And so, if she ever yells at me, Ah just take it in stride. In fact, I didn't even flinch this time, Ah was way too busy inside this new space while mom kept telling me to 'get out'.
Anywah, so mom finally goes "upstairs" and Ah thought Ah would venture one moare time, this time up on thangs [up on the kitchen counter].
But somehow, awn mah way up, Ah ended up knocking a few thangs Ah didn't mean to. It made a bang and a big noise.
Ooops. Mom came down in a hurry. Ah was steel standing there looking at the thang that Ah knocked down, wondering 'how did THAT happen'?
You see, Ah don't flee or scram... Ah was sencerely concerned about what Ah knocked down, and Ah kept looking at it, even though Ah knew mom would come down. So, she picked it up and put it back in its place while Ah just watched.
Sorry. ...uhm, mom. Sorry...
There is Something About Mom...
Mom came down just now and sat by that thing again [the laptop].
As soon as I saw her sit down in front of it, I just ripped through the living room and ran downstairs.
Well, then again, I was by the couch sniffing around for my old pi...
[For some reason, Princess has started to associate me and the laptop with something... freightening..Literally.]
As soon as I saw her sit down in front of it, I just ripped through the living room and ran downstairs.
Well, then again, I was by the couch sniffing around for my old pi...
[For some reason, Princess has started to associate me and the laptop with something... freightening..Literally.]
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Jumpy
Tonight, I'm really not my usual self... Mom came home and now I hear a bunch of different noises i haven't heard of before and I really don't want to take my chances. I was scooting underneath the table there for a while but I just kept hearing all kinds of strange things.
Suddenly, I darted out from under the table and ran as fast as I could up the stairs. "Googie! there's somebody coming, I tell you!!"
Apparently, I left both of them behind... including Googie who was leisurely lounging right on top of the table looking at mom.
Okay, so I was wrong. I came down shortly but ran right up to mom, just to play it safe. I could still hear the noises. She extended her arm to me, said it was "okay".
[Princess is not used to a new techno CD I'm playing... especially coming out of the Bose speakers.. it's not too loud, it's just a lot of different instruments..]
Suddenly, I darted out from under the table and ran as fast as I could up the stairs. "Googie! there's somebody coming, I tell you!!"
Apparently, I left both of them behind... including Googie who was leisurely lounging right on top of the table looking at mom.
Okay, so I was wrong. I came down shortly but ran right up to mom, just to play it safe. I could still hear the noises. She extended her arm to me, said it was "okay".
[Princess is not used to a new techno CD I'm playing... especially coming out of the Bose speakers.. it's not too loud, it's just a lot of different instruments..]
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
I Take My Lumps
That would be me, the 'mom'.... I came in tonight, not too late mind you, but I was talking on the phone with a friend. And so, I had to skip the usual routine of greeting the little darlings. Although I did stroke Gabriel's back, he's the easiest to catch.
I continued to talk on the phone for the next hour and a half as I absent-mindedly tried to go through my nightly routine around the kitchen. This was apparently not appreciated.
As I finally sat down by the dining room table and ended the phone call, I noticed that they had both disappeared. I had to call them out, at which point only Princess showed up.
"Where have you BEEN?", I asked her, as she slinked around me, raising her back and swinging her tail. So she jumped up on the table and began walking around me and the laptop, including on top of the keys. Gabriel is still MIA..
They just don't appreciate seeing my attention diverted elsewhere. And they just disappear to make a point out of it, I guess.
As I write on this screen, I can tell you that Princess is standing next to me, looking at the screen intensely. She is now looking at my fingers and making the connection of what this does to the screen. She keeps studying this whole scene back and forth... Nose-to-keyboard now.. She is just totally fascinated.
:)
I continued to talk on the phone for the next hour and a half as I absent-mindedly tried to go through my nightly routine around the kitchen. This was apparently not appreciated.
As I finally sat down by the dining room table and ended the phone call, I noticed that they had both disappeared. I had to call them out, at which point only Princess showed up.
"Where have you BEEN?", I asked her, as she slinked around me, raising her back and swinging her tail. So she jumped up on the table and began walking around me and the laptop, including on top of the keys. Gabriel is still MIA..
They just don't appreciate seeing my attention diverted elsewhere. And they just disappear to make a point out of it, I guess.
As I write on this screen, I can tell you that Princess is standing next to me, looking at the screen intensely. She is now looking at my fingers and making the connection of what this does to the screen. She keeps studying this whole scene back and forth... Nose-to-keyboard now.. She is just totally fascinated.
:)
Sunday, January 16, 2011
One Moare Thang
Naw that the stranger is long gawne, Ah thought Ah'd better check thangs out right bah the entrance way there.
And so, with mom home and awl tonaight, Ah figured Ah'll go over there and play guardian of the house.
(Just don't upset me with that tinkly thang again, is awl... )
And so, with mom home and awl tonaight, Ah figured Ah'll go over there and play guardian of the house.
(Just don't upset me with that tinkly thang again, is awl... )
Busted
Mom came in just naw and Pipi and Ah did our usual routine, we ate dinner and then had a rampage around the house. You see we get really happy and full of energy when mom returns and we just like to run up and down the house and chase each other.
And then Ah had to take a break. Ah dug mah claws naice and good right there on the first step.
"Nooooo!", Ah heard mom say. Aw, dang. Ah had to move awn, as Pipi looked on. "I told you, Googie... !"
We continued to run around, and Ah really felt the need again to deeg mah claws. Ah chose a different place this time.
Then Ah stopped suddenly, in mah tracks so to speak, as Ah noticed that Pipi was standing bah my side, kinda frozen. She waws lookin' in the direction behand me.
Aw shit!.. Ah turned mah neck to see behand me and mom was right there. Ah didn't bother to wait for it again, Ah just walked awn away with a bounce.
Dang.
And then Ah had to take a break. Ah dug mah claws naice and good right there on the first step.
"Nooooo!", Ah heard mom say. Aw, dang. Ah had to move awn, as Pipi looked on. "I told you, Googie... !"
We continued to run around, and Ah really felt the need again to deeg mah claws. Ah chose a different place this time.
Then Ah stopped suddenly, in mah tracks so to speak, as Ah noticed that Pipi was standing bah my side, kinda frozen. She waws lookin' in the direction behand me.
Aw shit!.. Ah turned mah neck to see behand me and mom was right there. Ah didn't bother to wait for it again, Ah just walked awn away with a bounce.
Dang.
The Plumber
Just as Ah climbed up on mom's bed tuday, she comes up to me holding the thang up [the remote]. Ah looked at her, then looked at it, and mah eyes only went half-dilated. Ah did nawt consider it necessary to jump down and flee - any moare. Mom was tawlking to me, sayin' that "Somebody IS going to come in here, okay? But it will be okay", whale she kept the thang in her hand showing me.
Whatever. Ah just continued to lounge there. But then, Ah heard a sound [doorbell] and that didn't bode too well with me. Mom comes out of the small room and grabs that thang from the bed. Well naw, those two thangs together? Naw, Ah wausn't gonna take a chance.
Ah was already down on the floor comin' from the uther room bah now, and upon hearing the sound and then seeing the thang in mom's hands again, Ah started lowering mah belly to the floor as low as it could go. Maybe they won't see me as Ah slither across the hall like that...
"No, you don't have to do that!", mom said. "It's o-k-a-y". Not, it's nawt. Ah'll be right bah here, underneath the bed.
It seemed a little later than that when Ah sensed mom closing in near me again. Bah that time Ah was "downstairs", Ah had chosen to hide right behand mah box [carrier]. Ah thought that might be a good place, it was mah box you see. And Ah could hear that stranger right near me too.. Mom leaned down to look at me, moving mah box some ways, and Ah looked back quate unsettled, mah eyes real big naw. Ah made a run for it "upstairs" just to be safe as mah position had been exposed.
As soon as the stranger left, Ah could sense it, so Ah came down the stairs quate cautiously, eyeballing mom right in the eyes, expecting her to tale me "it's okay". Ah stayed bah her side. But then, Ah decided Ah waus gonna venture all the way to the front door, where that stranger had come from. Just to make sure.
Whatever. Ah just continued to lounge there. But then, Ah heard a sound [doorbell] and that didn't bode too well with me. Mom comes out of the small room and grabs that thang from the bed. Well naw, those two thangs together? Naw, Ah wausn't gonna take a chance.
Ah was already down on the floor comin' from the uther room bah now, and upon hearing the sound and then seeing the thang in mom's hands again, Ah started lowering mah belly to the floor as low as it could go. Maybe they won't see me as Ah slither across the hall like that...
"No, you don't have to do that!", mom said. "It's o-k-a-y". Not, it's nawt. Ah'll be right bah here, underneath the bed.
It seemed a little later than that when Ah sensed mom closing in near me again. Bah that time Ah was "downstairs", Ah had chosen to hide right behand mah box [carrier]. Ah thought that might be a good place, it was mah box you see. And Ah could hear that stranger right near me too.. Mom leaned down to look at me, moving mah box some ways, and Ah looked back quate unsettled, mah eyes real big naw. Ah made a run for it "upstairs" just to be safe as mah position had been exposed.
As soon as the stranger left, Ah could sense it, so Ah came down the stairs quate cautiously, eyeballing mom right in the eyes, expecting her to tale me "it's okay". Ah stayed bah her side. But then, Ah decided Ah waus gonna venture all the way to the front door, where that stranger had come from. Just to make sure.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Pushing the Envelope
So, well just as Ah was finally gettin' comfy - again! - bah the time mom was ready to really go 'bye-bye' "downstairs"? She comes over to mah corner.
You see, just like Pipi having found her spot "downstairs", Ah so lakewise, have found mah own. Ah like to snooze on that smaller 'beddie-bye'.
So mom comes over and for a moment there Ah didn't really know what to expect. But she reassured me and stroked mah head for a while.
And then she took this thang, this braight colored thang [hot pink], that was lying there somewhere, and plopped it raight in front of mah face, practically. It made a tinky sound, like the one the other thang makes [the remote] - which tales me immediately someone's gonna come in the house.
Mah eyes went real big. Ah stared at this new thang with the tinky-tink sound and wondered: What naw? Do Ah flee? Am Ah gonna be taken again? What in the hale??!
Mom reassured me again not to worry. Aw, okay then. Mah eyes went back to normal as Ah gazed at her with mah confidence back eeentact.
:)
You see, just like Pipi having found her spot "downstairs", Ah so lakewise, have found mah own. Ah like to snooze on that smaller 'beddie-bye'.
So mom comes over and for a moment there Ah didn't really know what to expect. But she reassured me and stroked mah head for a while.
And then she took this thang, this braight colored thang [hot pink], that was lying there somewhere, and plopped it raight in front of mah face, practically. It made a tinky sound, like the one the other thang makes [the remote] - which tales me immediately someone's gonna come in the house.
Mah eyes went real big. Ah stared at this new thang with the tinky-tink sound and wondered: What naw? Do Ah flee? Am Ah gonna be taken again? What in the hale??!
Mom reassured me again not to worry. Aw, okay then. Mah eyes went back to normal as Ah gazed at her with mah confidence back eeentact.
:)
A Violation of Mah Dignity
Ah was relaxing on mom's 'beddie-bye' just naw, knowing that she was gettin' ready to "go bye-bye". And so, Ah climbed up there with Pipi and took mah spot. It seemed like another fane morning.
Ah did hear Pipi jumping down but Ah figured, nutin' to worry about, she's going crazy again today anywah.
Then mom came over to me and Ah came to, Ah figured she's right there and Ah need to respond bah at least opening up mah eyes. She held her finger in front of mah face. Uhhh... wait a minute, her finger's got the glop awn it.
Ah didn't move, Ah just remained in mah position kinda frozen. Naw what??
She waited for me to smell it closer, and Ah tried but Ah really didn't like it. So we stood there 'playin' chicken' with each other, Ah thank they cawl it. Next thang Ah knew, she tries to force me to lick it bah pushing it close to mah mouth. Naw, naw.. Ah jerked mah face every which way.
There was a moment there when Ah felt Ah was in a real submissive position, mom looking down awn me, and me just laying there with mah face awl the way down, and the thought crossed mah mind to just pounce at her. Mah eyes were on fire for those few moments... But Ah didn't.
She made me lick it, and it waus deeesgusting. Ah jumped down from the 'beddie-bye' completely disturbed and feelin' violated. Pipi then walked over to me, stretching her neck toward me, nose-to-nose. "Are you okay, Googie?" she asked, looking right at me. Ah was embarassed, Ah mean with thangs like thees, Ah lose mah upper HAND with Pipi!! Ah just looked down awl defeated for a moment.
Ah spent the next several minutes cleaning mahself, mah paws, and everythang else.
Ah did hear Pipi jumping down but Ah figured, nutin' to worry about, she's going crazy again today anywah.
Then mom came over to me and Ah came to, Ah figured she's right there and Ah need to respond bah at least opening up mah eyes. She held her finger in front of mah face. Uhhh... wait a minute, her finger's got the glop awn it.
Ah didn't move, Ah just remained in mah position kinda frozen. Naw what??
She waited for me to smell it closer, and Ah tried but Ah really didn't like it. So we stood there 'playin' chicken' with each other, Ah thank they cawl it. Next thang Ah knew, she tries to force me to lick it bah pushing it close to mah mouth. Naw, naw.. Ah jerked mah face every which way.
There was a moment there when Ah felt Ah was in a real submissive position, mom looking down awn me, and me just laying there with mah face awl the way down, and the thought crossed mah mind to just pounce at her. Mah eyes were on fire for those few moments... But Ah didn't.
She made me lick it, and it waus deeesgusting. Ah jumped down from the 'beddie-bye' completely disturbed and feelin' violated. Pipi then walked over to me, stretching her neck toward me, nose-to-nose. "Are you okay, Googie?" she asked, looking right at me. Ah was embarassed, Ah mean with thangs like thees, Ah lose mah upper HAND with Pipi!! Ah just looked down awl defeated for a moment.
Ah spent the next several minutes cleaning mahself, mah paws, and everythang else.
Grin and Bear It (Real-Time)
Mom was getting ready to 'go bye-bye' and Googie and I took our usual spots on her bed as she was still in the small room doing things.
I was in all my snoozing glory, one paw extended and stretched out, my eyes closed and feeling as comfy as ever.
And then I slowly became aware that mom had walked over to me but I really didn't pay too much attention. I figured she just wanted to say 'bye-bye' or something, nothing seemed out of order. So I continued to snooze ...but then? Then I smelled something funny.
This made me open up my eyes for real. And what do I see right by my nose? That glop.
It was so close to my face, I practically turned crosseyed trying to look at it. I held my face frozen in this upward position, holding my chin up in defiance to mom while my eyes fixated down toward my nose - or the glop.
What do I do??? Nothing, I decided. Mom was beginning to whisper that it was 'okay' and to 'go ahead' so I just decided not to disturb my morning lounge. I just began to lick away, however distasteful it was, until it was gone.
DANG! After all was said and done, I just had to get out of that bed, anyway... And Googie didn't even bat an eye, he had no clue.
I was in all my snoozing glory, one paw extended and stretched out, my eyes closed and feeling as comfy as ever.
And then I slowly became aware that mom had walked over to me but I really didn't pay too much attention. I figured she just wanted to say 'bye-bye' or something, nothing seemed out of order. So I continued to snooze ...but then? Then I smelled something funny.
This made me open up my eyes for real. And what do I see right by my nose? That glop.
It was so close to my face, I practically turned crosseyed trying to look at it. I held my face frozen in this upward position, holding my chin up in defiance to mom while my eyes fixated down toward my nose - or the glop.
What do I do??? Nothing, I decided. Mom was beginning to whisper that it was 'okay' and to 'go ahead' so I just decided not to disturb my morning lounge. I just began to lick away, however distasteful it was, until it was gone.
DANG! After all was said and done, I just had to get out of that bed, anyway... And Googie didn't even bat an eye, he had no clue.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Claiming Ownership
Mom came in tonaight and one of the first thangs she did was to go over to mah box [carrier] and pick it up. Ah certainly didn't bother to jump or escape this time. So Ah watched her put it in a different spot and waited until she walked away from it. Ah then decided to close in on it and inspect it. Nose-to-box, smelling its corners.. Hmm.. You know, Ah just wanted to make sure mah box was intact.
So then mom served us our dinner and Pipi was right there with me. Ah told her, "Pipi? Let's just cover this thang up just to make sure nobody gets it, okay? "
And so, Ah started scratching with mah left paw at the piece of whate paper layin' underneath my dinner bowl. Bah the time Ah was done, our precious dinner was well covered up. [he covered up his food bowl with the paper towel underneath it].
And then of course, Ah went awn "upstairs", looking for mom. And there Ah found the door closed. But Ah remembered what she said, "open up the door!". And so, Ah managed to open it and get in there with her in the small room.
[He now can open a completely closed bathroom door; I have no idea how he does it from the other side... ]
So then mom served us our dinner and Pipi was right there with me. Ah told her, "Pipi? Let's just cover this thang up just to make sure nobody gets it, okay? "
And so, Ah started scratching with mah left paw at the piece of whate paper layin' underneath my dinner bowl. Bah the time Ah was done, our precious dinner was well covered up. [he covered up his food bowl with the paper towel underneath it].
And then of course, Ah went awn "upstairs", looking for mom. And there Ah found the door closed. But Ah remembered what she said, "open up the door!". And so, Ah managed to open it and get in there with her in the small room.
[He now can open a completely closed bathroom door; I have no idea how he does it from the other side... ]
Monday, January 10, 2011
Vet Aftermath
Mom did take me to "the doctor" along with Googie the other day. That much is true. Poor Googie, he really lost it and he got me kind of upset too. I mean, mom picked me up and put me in the "carrier" and I really didn't fight it. In fact, I saw it coming. You can just tell the way she'll come into the room, well.. MY room, while I was snoozing on top of my bed. I came to with a start, seeing how intent she was. I tried to hide under the bed but she convinced me to come out, that it would all be "okay". So I believed her, and I came out from under the bed on my own. And into the carrier I let her put me in.
Now, Googie... Googie was a whole other matter. I had to sit there and wait patiently, boxed in this tight little space for quite a long time, while I could hear commotion between Googie and mom. I heard screaming from Googie, all kinds of threats... It was ugly.
And then he had to face me. "Goog...what are you thinking?!! Can't you just calm down? She did say it's "going to be okay", didn't she? ", I tried to reason with him while we faced each other. But no, Googie kept on with his hysterics. He had me almost convinced that we were being taken away.
And then of course, we got to "the doctor", like mom said, and I stayed in my carrier. But you know what? I really didn't wanna have nothing to do with that entire scene. I kept my back to everybody and just stooped there as quietly as I could muster. I was intent on getting through that ordeal in my own way: quietly.
Once we got home, mom placed our carriers in this different spot. Eventually, I decided this wasn't a good place. "Googie, we need to fix this. Let's move this this way, I don't think it's a good thing for mine to be seen. I need to hide it okay?"
And so, good old Goog helped me rearrange things just my way: out of view. Hopefully, mom won't be able to find mine.
[After we came back from the vet's on Saturday, I placed both carriers under the daybed in a vertical position right by the outer edge of the bed. About a day later, I noticed that both carriers had been pushed back, near the wall. With the Princess pink carrier out of view, behind Gabriel's. ]
Now, Googie... Googie was a whole other matter. I had to sit there and wait patiently, boxed in this tight little space for quite a long time, while I could hear commotion between Googie and mom. I heard screaming from Googie, all kinds of threats... It was ugly.
And then he had to face me. "Goog...what are you thinking?!! Can't you just calm down? She did say it's "going to be okay", didn't she? ", I tried to reason with him while we faced each other. But no, Googie kept on with his hysterics. He had me almost convinced that we were being taken away.
And then of course, we got to "the doctor", like mom said, and I stayed in my carrier. But you know what? I really didn't wanna have nothing to do with that entire scene. I kept my back to everybody and just stooped there as quietly as I could muster. I was intent on getting through that ordeal in my own way: quietly.
Once we got home, mom placed our carriers in this different spot. Eventually, I decided this wasn't a good place. "Googie, we need to fix this. Let's move this this way, I don't think it's a good thing for mine to be seen. I need to hide it okay?"
And so, good old Goog helped me rearrange things just my way: out of view. Hopefully, mom won't be able to find mine.
[After we came back from the vet's on Saturday, I placed both carriers under the daybed in a vertical position right by the outer edge of the bed. About a day later, I noticed that both carriers had been pushed back, near the wall. With the Princess pink carrier out of view, behind Gabriel's. ]
Doobie
Bah naw, Ah have develawped into a rather worldly cat, Ah might say... Ah mean, especially with Pipi's help, Ah have gotten to understand every little thang mom says and awl.
Like, I know the difference between "Beby" and "My Baby". You see, when she says 'my baby', Ah don't pay much attention becoze Ah know that is reserved for Pipi. But when she says simply 'beby!', it's for me. That's when Ah turn mah head or do some other thang like walk over to her.
Naw, there is one word Ah'm not so sure about... It's kinda gotten me a little confused: "Doobie".
Ah'm not sure if that's somethang she wants me to DO, or ?? do whaaat?? Ah ain't sure... And Pipi is no help either. Ah mean, it can't be mah uther name... Becoze mah uther name is already 'beby'. And if it's supposed to be somethang Ah gotta do, wale, Ah'm not so sure what it IS Ah gotta do.
"Doobie".... It just always leaves me hanging...
:)
Like, I know the difference between "Beby" and "My Baby". You see, when she says 'my baby', Ah don't pay much attention becoze Ah know that is reserved for Pipi. But when she says simply 'beby!', it's for me. That's when Ah turn mah head or do some other thang like walk over to her.
Naw, there is one word Ah'm not so sure about... It's kinda gotten me a little confused: "Doobie".
Ah'm not sure if that's somethang she wants me to DO, or ?? do whaaat?? Ah ain't sure... And Pipi is no help either. Ah mean, it can't be mah uther name... Becoze mah uther name is already 'beby'. And if it's supposed to be somethang Ah gotta do, wale, Ah'm not so sure what it IS Ah gotta do.
"Doobie".... It just always leaves me hanging...
:)
Sunday, January 9, 2011
The Fear
Mah day started the same way as any uther day, really. Ah waited outsade by mom's door and then started scratching and asking her to open up. And after she did, Ah jumped on the bed and began to paw her here and there and putting mah face nose-to-nose to hers. Een retrospeact however, Ah do recawl naw something about the word "doctor" being said but Ah didn't pay too much mand at the time.
As mom went down to the kitchen, Ah disappeared "downstairs". And then she came down and just bah her whole demeanor, Ah could tale somethin' waws off. Ah walked on toward her hesitantly from the window, watching her all the while as she quickly went over to a place Ah didn't expect her to go. She leaned down and reached over to that box thang [the carrier] - and right then and there, Ah knew... Ah knew this was mah deesaster.
Ah tried to flee but she caught me. She trahd to put me in that thang and Ah wouldn't have any, let me tale you. A scuffle ensued... Ah just couldn't believe it, Ah was actually battling mom.. Mah claws came out, mah paws resisted her hands with awl mah might, Ah cried fowl.
She finally lost her grip on me and Ah fled "upstairs", way up there and went hidin' under the bed. Ah just knew this moment would come... After awl this time, even though everytin' waws goin' fane, Ah just KNEW the day would come when Ah would be taken... Taken out of mah home again..
She came in after me again. Aw, naw... Nawt again... She knelt down on the floor to fand me and Ah just couldn't take it any moare: Ah actually hissed at mom, and not just once either. When that didn't work, Ah resorted to cat-cursing, Ah figured Ah would attempt to inteemidate her bah mah low, low, growl voice: "STAY AWAY! AH'M WARNING YOU!", Ah threatened in no uncertain terms.
It didn't work - she brought reinforcements, this thang with a long pole to force me out. Ah then ran to uther places but the doors were awl closed. And she finally closed in on ME... Before Ah knew it, Ah was in the [carrier]. And then what do Ah see: PIPI was right across from me, in her own box. Thangs started closing in on me, Ah just felt Ah was gonna die... "Gaaww!!", Ah screamed... "It's OKAY", mom would say. "Nothing's going to happen to you, it's okay.. we're just going to the 'd-o-c-t-o-r"..
Next thang Ah knew, Ah'm in some uther place, it wasn't home. And Ah hear a man's voice, definitely nawt someone like mom, let me put it that way, he was a lot moare like me. Mom took me out of the box and Ah could see again awl around me. Ah could tale between mom and him that thangs were gonna be okay.
Huh.... Okay, this man was naice. Yeah, he waws. He was talking to mom the entire time, and Ah liked him. He stuck something in mah ear, but Ah didn't mand. He grabbed mah mouth and opened it, and even grabbed mah eyes and stretched one... and Ah steel didn't mand. Ah was barely conscious of Pipi over 'dere to mah right, who was quietly sitting still as the night.. in her own box.
Huh... So...this awl was about 'dees?? Whah when Ah went back to mah box, Ah got comfortably settled in and even trahd to do a 'belly-belly' to trah and appease mom.
As mom went down to the kitchen, Ah disappeared "downstairs". And then she came down and just bah her whole demeanor, Ah could tale somethin' waws off. Ah walked on toward her hesitantly from the window, watching her all the while as she quickly went over to a place Ah didn't expect her to go. She leaned down and reached over to that box thang [the carrier] - and right then and there, Ah knew... Ah knew this was mah deesaster.
Ah tried to flee but she caught me. She trahd to put me in that thang and Ah wouldn't have any, let me tale you. A scuffle ensued... Ah just couldn't believe it, Ah was actually battling mom.. Mah claws came out, mah paws resisted her hands with awl mah might, Ah cried fowl.
She finally lost her grip on me and Ah fled "upstairs", way up there and went hidin' under the bed. Ah just knew this moment would come... After awl this time, even though everytin' waws goin' fane, Ah just KNEW the day would come when Ah would be taken... Taken out of mah home again..
She came in after me again. Aw, naw... Nawt again... She knelt down on the floor to fand me and Ah just couldn't take it any moare: Ah actually hissed at mom, and not just once either. When that didn't work, Ah resorted to cat-cursing, Ah figured Ah would attempt to inteemidate her bah mah low, low, growl voice: "STAY AWAY! AH'M WARNING YOU!", Ah threatened in no uncertain terms.
It didn't work - she brought reinforcements, this thang with a long pole to force me out. Ah then ran to uther places but the doors were awl closed. And she finally closed in on ME... Before Ah knew it, Ah was in the [carrier]. And then what do Ah see: PIPI was right across from me, in her own box. Thangs started closing in on me, Ah just felt Ah was gonna die... "Gaaww!!", Ah screamed... "It's OKAY", mom would say. "Nothing's going to happen to you, it's okay.. we're just going to the 'd-o-c-t-o-r"..
Next thang Ah knew, Ah'm in some uther place, it wasn't home. And Ah hear a man's voice, definitely nawt someone like mom, let me put it that way, he was a lot moare like me. Mom took me out of the box and Ah could see again awl around me. Ah could tale between mom and him that thangs were gonna be okay.
Huh.... Okay, this man was naice. Yeah, he waws. He was talking to mom the entire time, and Ah liked him. He stuck something in mah ear, but Ah didn't mand. He grabbed mah mouth and opened it, and even grabbed mah eyes and stretched one... and Ah steel didn't mand. Ah was barely conscious of Pipi over 'dere to mah right, who was quietly sitting still as the night.. in her own box.
Huh... So...this awl was about 'dees?? Whah when Ah went back to mah box, Ah got comfortably settled in and even trahd to do a 'belly-belly' to trah and appease mom.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
A Bad Turn
I was in all my glory the other day, still rolling around the floor and teasing Googie. In fact, all day long I called out for some action. When it -still-didn't come, I continued to call out with all my might, outside of mom's door. In my frenzy, I had forgotten that mom was in her quiet time behind the closed door.
Come morning, I saw her get up and go down to the kitchen. I knew something was wrong, I was watching her carefully. She went right back up again. When she closed the door again, I thought this was very unusual.
"Mom, please! Can you open up ?" I meowed demandingly.
She opened, allright. Next thing I knew, something sticky came flying right at me. I certainly wasn't expecting that. I ran downstairs and then "downstairs" even after that. [it was a banana peel].
I stayed away all day, I got the message. I even stayed quiet all day. "Hey, Goog! You better stay away 'cause mom has lost it, okay? She threw something right at me." Goog heard me out and stayed away some; but he took the opportunity the next day to slink right back into mom's room when he could.
Not me. I saw them together on the bed but I wouldn't go in. I went to 'my room' [the spare bedroom] and plopped on that bed.
Later, I heard mom coming up. I jumped down quickly to get out of her sight - I mean, I don't care if this happened a year ago or one day ago, she'd never done that to me before and in my mind? It was bad.
"Okay - I'm SORRY", I heard her say. "I'm sorry, okay?", she said again. And she left.
Well... since she did say she was sorry, I decided I was gonna come out and make up. I tested the waters first in the kitchen, keeping close to Googie while I looked up at her for a reaction. "Hello, honey", she said, reaching out to me with her one finger so I could smell it. Okay, yeah - it was fine.
And so, we went past this ugly moment and resumed our comfortable lounging together up in the beddie-bye, complete with my complementary massage.
Come morning, I saw her get up and go down to the kitchen. I knew something was wrong, I was watching her carefully. She went right back up again. When she closed the door again, I thought this was very unusual.
"Mom, please! Can you open up ?" I meowed demandingly.
She opened, allright. Next thing I knew, something sticky came flying right at me. I certainly wasn't expecting that. I ran downstairs and then "downstairs" even after that. [it was a banana peel].
I stayed away all day, I got the message. I even stayed quiet all day. "Hey, Goog! You better stay away 'cause mom has lost it, okay? She threw something right at me." Goog heard me out and stayed away some; but he took the opportunity the next day to slink right back into mom's room when he could.
Not me. I saw them together on the bed but I wouldn't go in. I went to 'my room' [the spare bedroom] and plopped on that bed.
Later, I heard mom coming up. I jumped down quickly to get out of her sight - I mean, I don't care if this happened a year ago or one day ago, she'd never done that to me before and in my mind? It was bad.
"Okay - I'm SORRY", I heard her say. "I'm sorry, okay?", she said again. And she left.
Well... since she did say she was sorry, I decided I was gonna come out and make up. I tested the waters first in the kitchen, keeping close to Googie while I looked up at her for a reaction. "Hello, honey", she said, reaching out to me with her one finger so I could smell it. Okay, yeah - it was fine.
And so, we went past this ugly moment and resumed our comfortable lounging together up in the beddie-bye, complete with my complementary massage.
Caught In a Compromasin' Position
Ah waus feelin' a leetle restless tonaight. Mom was sitting in her new place, looking at the thang again [laptop] and Ah decided Ah waus gonna go into the kitchen and explore some. And then some.
Ah was in the middle of mah stride in the tightest place possible [by the sink's edge] when she came in and saw me. There was this moment when neither one of us moved. Ah looked down the floor and realized it's gonna be a hard jump. Aw, darn.
So she came over and got me down, taling me that I'm not supposed to be up there. Well, Ah went back up there again... about two more times. Same thang happened with the variation of me making that hard jump all the way down [from the counter].
The third time or thereabouts, Ah stood there kinda still. She walked on over to me and said: "What are you doing?" She was pretty much in mah face.
Naw, this is where Ah have always been the cool one: Ah looked up at the cupboards as if it was the first time I've ever seen them. "Huh.... oh wow!" I stared and acted as if there was no such thing as mom's face up close to mine or whether I was busted in this position.
"This isn't cool, and you know it." she said, as she picked me up one more time and got me down.
Ah was in the middle of mah stride in the tightest place possible [by the sink's edge] when she came in and saw me. There was this moment when neither one of us moved. Ah looked down the floor and realized it's gonna be a hard jump. Aw, darn.
So she came over and got me down, taling me that I'm not supposed to be up there. Well, Ah went back up there again... about two more times. Same thang happened with the variation of me making that hard jump all the way down [from the counter].
The third time or thereabouts, Ah stood there kinda still. She walked on over to me and said: "What are you doing?" She was pretty much in mah face.
Naw, this is where Ah have always been the cool one: Ah looked up at the cupboards as if it was the first time I've ever seen them. "Huh.... oh wow!" I stared and acted as if there was no such thing as mom's face up close to mine or whether I was busted in this position.
"This isn't cool, and you know it." she said, as she picked me up one more time and got me down.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Remembering Stevie
Happy New Year everybody. It was ten years ago this evening when we crossed over to the year 2000, and I was at home with my beloved male cat Stevie, and Princess I.
I didn't know for sure what was gonna happen those first few minutes into the year 2000, with all the talk and theories running amock and building up over the years. And just as we were approaching the midnight point, I remember 'talking to' Stevie, who was just perched close to the Christmas tree, telling him over and over that "It's the year 2000!!".
And with every phrase, he would answer me back by lifting his head in a 'nod' and a meow: "yeah! I know! I share!"
This went on for at least three or four times in a row. He was right there with me, 'answering' me back and forth. I will never forget it. He was such an exceptional cat...
I didn't know for sure what was gonna happen those first few minutes into the year 2000, with all the talk and theories running amock and building up over the years. And just as we were approaching the midnight point, I remember 'talking to' Stevie, who was just perched close to the Christmas tree, telling him over and over that "It's the year 2000!!".
And with every phrase, he would answer me back by lifting his head in a 'nod' and a meow: "yeah! I know! I share!"
This went on for at least three or four times in a row. He was right there with me, 'answering' me back and forth. I will never forget it. He was such an exceptional cat...
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