And that ate all of Thursday, including Friday Catblogging, which I do on Thursday nights. I fell in bed early with my head spinning. So, I guess I’m back to “normal” now.
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The need for thumbs
So, Arthur likes to grab Mingo’s face. And once again, tonight Mingo was begging at the table, and Arthur grabbed his face. Only this time, he held Mingo by the face, and spun him around.
Let me repeat: Spun. The cat. By his face. Dragging his body on the ground.
And no matter how many times Arthur did it, Mingo kept coming back for more. And sort of sticking his head under Arth’s hand, like he was digging the face-grab-drag thing.
And I said “You know what he’d be doing if he had thumbs?”
“What?”
“He’d be texting all his friends to tell them how cool this is.”
Arthur said “Mingo doesn’t have any friends. He just has a sister.”
I said “Nowadays, you need thumbs to have friends.”
Friday Catblogging: Come Closer…
Clo-o-o-o-o-o-ser…
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Friday Kittenblogging Revisited
I am really too tired to mess with finding photos and cropping them and all that, so here’s a reprise of one of my very favorite kittenblogging entries:
Friday Catblogging: My Mornings
Here is Mighty Mingo, waiting for me to come out of the shower so he can get in my face. Or lick up the shower water. Whatever.
Friday Catblogging: Noogies
Arthur gives Mingo noogies.
Mingo takes it.
Early Decision
Arthur has decided to apply for “Early Decision” to his chosen school. It’s a smart choice. He knows where he wants to go, and if he gets in he’s saved the hassle of applying elsewhere; we’ll know before standard application deadlines. If he doesn’t get in, we’ll have time to regroup and choose the next course of action.
About a year ago, I read an article on the trend of kids applying Early Decision or Early Action. (Early Decision means you commit to attending if you get in, Early Action you do not.) The whole thing was that it used to be just exceptional students who applied early, often for special reasons, or because they were particularly driven. Now there are so many more super-ambitious students that early decision/action has actually changed the ability of everyone to get into selective universities; so many slots are filled early that more and more students have to apply early in order to compete.
Thinking about this made me think about how the Presidential Primaries are in virtually the same sort of situation. There used to be one or two or three early primaries, but then, the states with later primaries started to feel like they were out of it, so they moved their primaries forward, which pushed other states to move theirs, which pushed New Hampshire earlier, and so on. Now we’re all suffering by this incredibly extended campaign season.
Listen, I’m from New Jersey. Our primary was in June. It’s miserable to go cast a primary vote when there are no candidates left. So I empathize with the urge to push forward. But you know we would be better off if the whole thing took less time, and earlier primaries make the campaign season longer and more grueling.
I see a relationship between these two “early push” phenomena, that speaks to how we, as a culture, are pushing further harder faster sooner now now now. It doesn’t serve us to be the least patient people on Earth. We’re pushing the boundary of “early” so hard now, that soon we’ll have to start before we start. Babies will be competing for schools in utero. And the next Primaries will begin as soon as the current election is over.
So could we all just TAKE A FUCKING BREATH?
Just saying.
Friday Catblogging: Laser beams
So I’m coming down the stairs, and I see this, and I run quietly back up, get the camera, and come back down.
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I’m sniffling and sneezing
…and I can’t think straight. I’m sorry, no trivia today.
Friday Catblogging: Begging at the Table
Yeah, Mingo’s been begging at the dinner table. Drives us crazy. We didn’t get a picture of it (yet) but he’ll stand up on his hind legs and put his little forepaws right up next to your plate.
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