Me: *goes to bed* Shadow the Cat: *hops up onto the bed, walks to the far corner, meows. Walks up the side of the bed to the other corner, digs around a little, meows, sits down.* Me: *rolls over* Shadow: *Walks to the foot of the bed, meows, hops over my feet, stares at...
*jingle-jingle* Shadow the Cat: Um. What the fuck is this? Me: That would be a bell on your collar. Right. But, WHY is there a bell on my collar? Grandma thought it was cute. Grandma. *jingle* Again. *jingle* I’m telling you, *jingle* she *jingle* has *jingle* to *jingle* OH MY GOD GET THIS OFF...
Shadow the Cat: OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD! Me: What? What is it? IT WENT AWAY BUT NOW IT’S BACK! What’s back? I REMEMBER IT BUT IT WASN’T SO SHINY AS IT IS NOW! I am so lost here. SHINY SPARKLIE PRETTY I WANT TO EAT IT AND CLIMB IT AND MAYBE DO BAD THINGS TO...
“…my name…is…UNICRON!” Okay, his name is NOT Unicron. It’s Dakota. I tend to call him ‘Bud’. It took me several tries to get this shot, because I really wanted the red-eye effect. What I got was an orangey-eye effect and a cat that was ready for me to stop shoving the camera in his...
Shadow the Cat: I can’t get into the closet. Me: I know. How do you know? Cuz I fixed it so you can’t get into the closet anymore. What?! WHY?! What did I eevr do to you? You got into the closet and climbed my suit to get up on the shelf. One time!...
Cats have one major weakness: The Sunbeam. Nothing like a morning cat face, am I right? I joke about how he wakes me up every morning, which he does. But his motivation is always to get me out of the bed so he can have it to himself. Along with the sunbeam… ~P Make...
Shadow the Cat: We never talk anymore. Me: We talk all the time! It doesn’t feel like it. I mean, I talk, but do you listen? To be fair, I’m usually asleep. You’re awake now. Yes, but I don’t want to be. It’s 3 am. Again?! Every night. Same time. Sheesh. It’s like you’re...
Me: “So.” Shadow the Cat: “So.” Uh… this- Yeah. Yeah. I mean, as ideas go- Oh, I know. I get it now. Awkward. In a word. I can’t believe you- Hey! Spur of the moment idea! It sounded good in my head. Yeah. Yeah. So. I’ll be going. I’d appreciate it. If it makes...
The adventures of Shadow, Dakota and their poor human Patrick continue in 'Conversations with My Cat'...
Shadow the cat: Where have you been? Work. I go to work five days a week at the same time every day. You know this! So you say – how do I know you aren’t off playing with some other cat, huh? There are no other cats in my life. Well, except Dakota of...
About Patrick:
Patrick Hester is an author, blogger and podcasting dude who lives in Colorado with two cats, Dakota and Shadow, who make sure he gets little sleep and always remembers who is really in charge. He writes science fiction and fantasy (mostly)...[click to read more]
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