where every cat has a webpage
Not much was happening around here, so I spent the better part of the morning making a webpage for my cat. First there was Friendster. Now we’ve got not only Catster but Dogster too. Is there no end in sight to the phantasy worlds at our phingertips? Even a cat can have an online persona, a journal too if he or she is so inclined. And what do their owners get? I got the vicarious thrill of imagining my cat's social network expanding exponentially -- and some good recommendations for hotels in Greece. The personal never ceases to blend with the political. Maybe we can change the world, one cat at a time.
Pirated photo of a cat named Abuela, aka Microbutt
posted by soap at 1:12 pm
8 Comments:
In my opinion, cats don't "request" anything: they take it.
http://www.infinitecat.com/
perhaps you can add your cat here?
Το'λεγα εγώ. Κάποια στιγμή ο κόσμος θα καταλάβει την αξία μας.
Εκ μέρους όλων των γατιών του κόσμου, μπορώ επιτέλους να χουρχουρίσω ικανοποιημένη!
Well, I’m glad there’s sb out there who appreciated the post with all the seriousness with which it was intended. I don’t know what the long-term implications will be, but so far I’ve found the catster experience intensely, insanely rewarding – the cat’s hits are up, and I won’t embarrass myself by comparing his fan mail with mine. In any case, it is funny to see all the differing levels of devotion (let’s call it that) expressed in each “cat’s” webpage. My cat, unfortunately, is illiterate (he admits it himself) and won’t be expanding his any further, but for the time being, I am willing to maintain correspondence(s) on his behalf. I am seriously considering adding his pic to the infinite cat project (thanks, diafanos) but my guy is not one to assume any position on demand.
This blog is not color-blind, rest assured. Και μπορεί 13 να μην είχα(με) ταυτόχρονα, πάντως το μερτικό μας το κάν(ουμε), σίγουρα. Και σκουπιδοτενεκέδες αναποδογυρίζουμε, και στο διάζωμα της λεωφόρου φρενάρουμε και ψάχνουμε στα χόρτα, και μπιμπερό χειριζόμαστε όταν χρειάζεται. Οπότε, don't u worry: εδώ οι γάτες είναι πριγκήπισες.
vt, thanks for the dose of real seriousness you infused into the commentary. I don't think we have to best each other with sad stories to know that animals in general are not treated with the dignity they deserve in this country. It's also no great leap to melodrama to say that the way sb treats a cat shows sth about the way he behaves toward people.
It is either a loving and forgiving nature that is revealed in such cases of unrequited (rather, unexpressed) love or a foolishly unfounded hope that one day the cat will settle down, the kids will grow up, the kitchen will get cleaned, the presidency will change hands, things will get better – if we just persevere.
Whenever I say sth about my cat(astrophe) to a certain family member, her invariable reply is, “Oh, you’ve still got him?” What can we do but love (forgive) and hope? Boiling isn’t really an option, unless you’re Jerry Falwell's father. And in that case, you've got worse problems.
Another poor humble opinion:
Cats have a character of their own, so not all of them scratch, nag, bite for the same reasons. I've noticed that my cats will 'attack' me either because:
1) They want to play,
2) I've done something unforgivable that they won't forget in all their cat lives.
They sleep in the basement, or outside when it is summer, they are proud hunters bringing home mice, birds, grasshoppers and basically anything else that moves, and they protect their area to a level of stupidity (i.e. attacking the neighbour's big dog). Actually, to calrify, there is a clear division of labour in what they do.
They rarely fight amongst themselves, they both listen when I call though one ignores me constantly, they can recognise my mom's car from meters away, they take me to the bus stop, they recognise the click of the tin can opening... Oh, and they do talk to me, otherwise at least one of the two would have lost all lives (now only has 2/7 left) and the other would have starved to death...
Wish I had photos to post on Catster...
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