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You are here: Home / Diary / Diary – December 2005

Diary – December 2005

January 4, 2006 By: Sparkle Cat1 Comment

Ho-Hum Holiday

Glamour lighting

It really is tough being a supermodel. My human kept me busy with photo sessions for a while. First I had to pose for the inevitable holiday eCard. That was okay since the prop was a cool toy mouse.

I pose nice when there's something cool to pose with

Obviously she doesn't know how to count in cat yearsThe only problem is my human didn’t want me to keep it. After she was done taking pictures she took it away! That was thoroughly rotten of her. She said I could play with it “later.” Later turned out to be a few weeks. Does she realize how long that is in a cat’s life?

The other photo session wasn’t as much fun — she had some “festive” holiday charm bracelet that she expected me to wear as a collar.

Tacky piece o'crap

I couldn’t even complain, really — I am over 3 years old, so according to the label I am old enough to wear it.

Said it right on the label At least I can count in human years

My human decided to get all arty with the lighting and shadows. It was an awful lot of effort for a cheap piece of costume jewelry that she got at Big Lots, of all places.

This necklace is embarrassing. Don't look at me Are we done yet?

We wanted her to carry a little piece of us with her After all this, I was kind of relieved that she and her boyfriend left town for a week. Apparently, he was doing some “gigs.” My human called it a “working vacation” for her, so she packed up her laptop. The carrying case, however, was completely covered in cat fur. I wonder why.

It was a good place to practice my posing skills Boodie thought it made a nice bathing area

She used a whole bunch of layers of that cat hair roller thing to clean it up, and acted like it was all my fault! Ahem — there are two other cats here, you know.

Also disappointed you don't want my fur on your laptop case

And they were busy — Binga decided it would be fun to see which sweaters were going to be packed.

Hoping that they contrast with her dark fur

Boodie, meanwhile, decided to take her cat fur into my human’s boyfriend’s suitcase.

Instead of trying to figure out what's being packed, just add fur to what they'll be packed in

But soon enough the fun was over and they were gone. When they came back, I was happy until my human pulled this thing out of her bag. She acted like it was all special and she had been lucky to find it on eBay. She was so excited, in fact that she had it shipped to the place she was visiting!

It's a sham Bogus

Now, if you ask me, I don’t think that thing looks like a Somali cat at all. Naturally that didn’t stop my human from forcing me to pose with it.

You expect me to pose with THAT? I feel like an idiot

Can't wait to get at that tree!Fortunately the novelty wore off quickly because it was time for my human to put up the fake tree. She got a new, bigger one this time — all the better to hang her dozens upon dozens of ornaments, none of which we cats are allowed to play with.

That didn’t stop Binga from playing with the tree parts.

She thought the branches were nice and chewy Plus they were fun to kill

Boodie wanted to join in the fun, but Binga insisted that messing up the tree skirt was her job alone.

This tree skirt is MINE so I will ignore you Don't forget, I own this

Eventually the tree was decorated and presents started appearing under it. And cats.

What a gorgeous cat toy - and we're not supposed to touch it. Tragedy Binga was napping

I helped my human wrap some of the presents. I noticed a familiar face on one of the gifts.

Each bow needed a taste test It was like looking in a mirror

Nope, a cat tree wouldn't fit into either of theseI was beginning to wonder where the cat gifts were, but I didn’t see them until Christmas morning. They were stuffed into a couple of stockings. Obviously I wasn’t getting a second cat tree this year.

The stockings, I discovered, held an array of cheap cat toys. At least I got the mouse back.

On a scale of one to 10, I give this toy a 2 This one gets a 3.5
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Giving me a photo prop as a gift - how cheap can you get?

There was also a very potent bag of catnip from somewhere up north called Safe Haven for Cats. You can guess who commandeered that.

It's that really powerful stuff from up north Why do you think they call it dope?

The stupidest gift of all was a little plastic Hello Kitty that talked, lit up and danced. Even though my human claimed that she found it at the pet store, I don’t really think it’s a cat toy.

Cats don't like plastic toys Not even if they light up and dance

Boodie was the only one (other than my human) who was interested in it. I wasn’t having anything to do with it.

I think she was still stoned from the catnip Definitely under the influence

Binga, meanwhile, decided she was more interested in the human gifts under the tree.

And the paper they were wrapped in

Boodie was happy with all the toys, but I felt it was a pretty lame Christmas.

Like I said, it was the catnip talking Any clear-headed cat would be disgruntled

And then I noticed something just beyond my reach….

And it wasn't some lame store-bought cat toy My favorite!

It was the best cat toy ever!

Except for a new cat tree, of course Action pose!

»January 2006

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