On Friday, December 28th, 2012, at 4:40 pm MST, Dakota the Cat passed away. He was one of the most sweetest, gentlest and mild-tempered cats I have ever known. He never met a person he did not love. There are more photos on this Facebook page...
I shared this on Twitter, but thought it was worth a post: I call it ‘writer’s block’. You can see Shadow the Cat sitting on the desk BETWEEN me and my laptop. Sigh. This is a usual occurrence. He comes downstairs, crying, I...
Me: *walks up the stairs. As my foot comes down on the landing, Shadow the cat races up from the bottom step and shoots between my feet to get there first* Shadow the cat: *spins and stares* Me: …ok. *walks up the 2nd set of stairs. As my...
Shadow the Cat: HEY! WHERE ARE YOU?! Me: I’m in here. Shadow: *scratch-scratch* WHY IS THIS DOOR CLOSED? Me: I’m busy. Shadow: LET ME IN! Me: No. I’m in the bathroom. Shadow: *scratch-scratch* COME ON! LET ME IN! Me: No! Go...
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...
*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...
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...
“…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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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