Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Shad Shad the social pooping cat
Exercise: 160 crunches (yep, I've upped the stakes again), 50 leg lifts, and 30 squats.
Any of you out there who are SNL junkies and used to watch the show about 15 years ago might remember a skit called Toonsis The Driving Cat. As the title suggests, it involved a cat who could drive a car although in the end he would wreck and you typically saw a flash to footage of a car tumbling down a cliff. Now our little Grey Guy is gifted - not quite to the degree that Toonsis is (and even if he was, he wouldn't be allowed to have the keys) but he's got some talent. I have come to the conclusion that because of the praise he has received over his talents, he believes his shit "don't stank" and that everyone needs to be present for the blessed event. To put it quite simply, the cat appears to have this need to seek out "his people" before visiting the "sandbox".
Some of you might be saying, "Oh come on, you just happen to be by the box when he needs to go." Obviously there are times when this is true but not always. We have two kitty dump sites at our house - one upstairs, the other down. In the morning after I get ready for work, I go from the master bath to the small bath upstairs to feed the little monsters then go downstairs to put on my shoes and get my lunch ready. Sure as anything if the little grey hairball decides to eat breakfast, he will sprint downstairs to poo in the box in the bathroom down there where I am rather than stopping at the one upstairs as he passes by on his way down. Yep, he's a total social dumper and how the air quality drops once he's made himself known. Forget about Toonsis, this is more along the lines of Something Smells Good In Stinkville...."Oh just hand me the damn cat's ass!"
And now for something completely different.....
As I was coming to work today, I was passed by a semitruck owned by a company whom someone from my past worked for (and may still - it's been years since we last talked). Now the superstitious people out there would say it's a sign. Those who aren't into that stuff probably would just dismiss it and not think anything of it. Then there's the idea that if we see something that we some how can relate to, we are more likely to pick up on it. I suppose that could be considered true but I don't think that played much into this. I don't really consider myself to be superstitious but I do think it's interesting how coincidences do arise when things like this come along. For whatever reason, I had a thought of this person come into my head right before I saw the truck. I've noticed that from time to time I will have dreams involving things which actually come to pass to. Very strange. So back to the truck...if it were to be considered a sign, I wonder what it's a sign of. Hopefully the future will tell because I'm like the cat when it comes to curiosity and yes, I swear it probably will kill me one day.
Ok, that's it for me today.
Til next time....
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