In celebration...

.... that our country has gotten to a point where one of the nominees for president is a black man.

Good job, America.

Ideas for how do deal with annoying people

1. Pretend they're not talking to you
2. Trick them into getting on a plane with a one-way ticket to Azerbaijan
3. Every time they start talking, play your xylophone
4. Every time they start talking, do cartwheels repeatedly
5. If they are being rude and brash, remain extra calm. My mom always called this "killing them with kindness." It really pisses people off. Thanks mom.
6. Ask Annoying Person to play hide and seek with you.... and then don't seek them
7. Meditate and pray
8. Move away

Profile #8: Ricky Martin Van Buren Raden

Name: Ricky Martin Van Buren Raden


Age: 2 years


Relationship to me: First cat of my own ownership!

Where he lived previously: In some lame-o home where the owner had health problems and couldn't take care of him. So his previous family gave him up to the Humane Society

How I found him: So I've wanted a pet ever since I moved to college but I didn't want to get one until I knew I could take good care of it. Lately I've felt like I reached that milestone in life. So, I started talking to my friends about what pet I should get a few weeks ago.

I was pretty sure I wanted a dog. A smallish dog like a Bichon Frise or a Havanese. But I found out they would be pretty complicated to take care of, and so my mom encouraged me to get a cat. I didn't really want a cat.

If I did get a cat, I wanted to get a female cat. But I didn't really want a cat.

So I went to the Humane Society and Ricky meowed and I got a male cat.

Fame: Ricky was the KAFE 104.3 Pet of the Week the week before I adopted him! He was on the radio! HE IS FAMOUS!

Likes:

• Water in cups
• Tipping cups that have water in them over
• Super-snugging (snugging that involves pushing his fuzzy face up against your face and purring loudly, and then plopping his 13 pound cat body down on your chest and continuing the face snug)
• Sitting in small, enclosed spaces
• Being in my room and not in the laundry room
• Pounce! Kitty Treats
• Kitty hugs
• Being brushed
• Tummy rubs
• Pooping 16 times a day
• Being my pet

Dislikes

• Being outside
• Being in the laundry room
• Not being with people
• Getting neutered
• The size of his current litter box (it is too small and he pulls the plastic liner off EVERY DAY)

Summary: Ricky MBV Raden is the best cat ever.

Busy busy busy

I am as busy as a bumblebee.

Things I'm going to buy now that I'm a cat owner

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  A new cat necklace to don so people know when I am not WITH Ricky that I have a cat.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• A shirt to go with my cat necklace, just in case people aren't standing close enough to me to realize that my necklace has three cats hanging off of it. They will be able to see my awesome tye-dye t-shirt from further away.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  While at home, it is useful to have a place to put my glasses that displays them AND makes a statement about what I love - cats.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And finally, I thought it would be best to display this on my front door.

In celebration of RICKY DAY... Here are some orange cats!

Announcement

Hello Kitty is now an official tourism ambassador of Japan.

Redonk.

Also, check out the guy in the middle. How much does he love Hello Kitty? Answer: Too much.

Something special I made for tomorrow

Redonkulously tired

I am redonkulously tired. I am so tired I could fall asleep in a garbage can, if someone offered me a garbage can to sleep in. I had a fun night of baby-sitting fantasmicism, but it was a late one. So now I'm tired.

I am sippling on a coffee, so that should help at least a tad.

Please leave some ideas as to how I can wake myself up.

Reasons I (and my blog) rule over Kelly

1. My blog is more pleasing to the eye
2. I am smarter, faster, and stronger
   
3. I am an Americorps and Kelly is not - i.e. I am serving AMERICA, and Kelly is not.
   
4. My handwriting is bigger.
5. I am older
6. I have a stuffed bear that could beat up her stuffed panther
7. My blog received 10 out of 10 stars on a recent poll
   
8. I am more humble
9. I have gone on more blind dates than Kelly has
10. My family has been on national television, and their reality show episode was NUMBER ONE.
    
11. My cat is cuter than her cat
    

And there you have it. Undeniable proof that I rule over Kelly.