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Hot Sticks

September 21, 2006 By Jenny Ryan 16 Comments

As I believe I’ve mentioned here once or twice, we live with three cats. We love them for so many reasons, not the least of which is that they provide us with so many hours of entertainment with the wacky things they do, and then we get to say things like, “Well, it looks like the aliens are beaming messages into their brains again.” Because really, what other explanation is there for those times when they awaken from a dead sleep because, “My God, I must lick my own ass 75 times in a row RIGHT NOW!”

Additionally, having cats gives us the opportunity to refer to other creatures in the third person, as in, “The Bailey just pooed in the tub again,” or, “The Tigger just captured another lizard and is ‘playing’ with it in your office.” I have no idea why we do this. Perhaps it’s not actually the cats’ brains that the aliens are after. (Mwa-ha-ha! We’ve gotten the humans to refer to the felines in the third person. By next month they will be referring to them as, “Your Royal Highnesses, The Supreme Rulers Of The Universe”!)

But the most fun we have watching them is when, for no perceptible reason, the cats freak out and start running around like mad, turning somersaults in the air, and leaping up off the ground as if the aliens have moved from messaging them to herding them with giant, electric cattle prods. We have a friend who calls this “The Midnight Crazies”, with midnight lasting from approximately 9pm to 3am. We refer to this as, “poking them with sticks,” as in, “Dude, why are you poking the cats with sticks?” or, “Apparently the aliens are poking The Pip with very hot sticks today.”

The reason I’m mentioning this is that tomorrow I have to go to the dentist. Again. And while I really like all the people who work at my dentist’s office, I hate having to go there as a patient. Because basically, when you think about it, every experience you encounter at the dentist is the physical or emotional equivalent of Being Poked With Sticks. Sharp, pointy, drilling, gum-lancing, nerve-rending, bloodletting sticks.

So to make myself feel better I went to the bookstore today to find something light and entertaining to read after my procedures. I got a book called Bad Cat, brought to us by the people behind the awesome website My Cat Hates You dot com.

And because sometimes words can only go so far in describing what is hidden in the deep, dark, recesses of the human heart, I decided to leave you with one of the images from their site, in order to fully capture for you my feelings about tomorrow.

cat

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Filed Under: CFG And The Laws Of Purr-modynamics, Grin And Bear It Tagged With: cats are weird, going to the dentist

Comments

  1. Momish says

    September 21, 2006 at 11:19 pm

    LOL, it’s true, it does seem like they get notions beamed into their heads! Too funny. Cat’s are indeed awsome! Love the pic.

  2. CRSE says

    September 22, 2006 at 10:47 am

    THAT IS AWESOME. Cats have the most intriguing personalities. My cat hates you dot.com. That is freaking brilliant!

  3. Cheysuli says

    September 22, 2006 at 12:45 pm

    Jenny, cats ARE the aliens trying to take over your brain. I tell you this because really I quite like you. Watch out especially for Siamese. We are the head aliens. Abbysinians are also pretty high up, but this has been designated by the Meezers. Haven’t you ever heard the phrase Meezers for Total World Domination? There are you are. Except we also want your souls…

  4. Administrator says

    September 22, 2006 at 4:06 pm

    Jenny, cats ARE the aliens trying to take over your brain.

    Aha-I KNEW it! 🙂

  5. Administrator says

    September 22, 2006 at 7:39 pm

    it does seem like they get notions beamed into their heads!

    I haven’t found any other explanation yet that makes more sense than this 🙂

  6. Administrator says

    September 22, 2006 at 7:40 pm

    Cats have the most intriguing personalities.

    Intriguing, quirky, completely incomprehensible…yes!

  7. Zeus says

    September 23, 2006 at 10:21 am

    If you would like an in-depth analysis as to why felines are not aliens, Ms. Ryan, may I offer my assistance? I did a small report on the topic you may want to check out.

    I hope everything turns out alright at the dentist. I know I need to go as my teeth are definitely in need of a good cleaning, and I’m fairly sure my human pet needs to go as well. However, she has a deep-rooted fear of the dentist, and she finds all sorts of reasons for procrastinating in making an appointment.

  8. Administrator says

    September 24, 2006 at 4:31 pm

    Thank you, Zeus, for your informative report on the cats-aliens issue. Clearly this bears looking into further.

  9. Huberama says

    September 26, 2006 at 5:48 pm

    I too am a cat person – primarily for the entertainment. You should check out Kitten War (you’ll love it)… warning, though, it’s highly addictive.

    http://kittenwar.com/

  10. Administrator says

    September 26, 2006 at 7:50 pm

    Thanks. I always like finding new cat sites!

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  1. Using My Powers for Good by Jenny Ryan says:
    September 25, 2006 at 8:34 am

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    September 26, 2006 at 3:20 pm

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