Thursday, August 18, 2005
(12:18 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
Thursday Cat-Blogging (With Words)
I don't have a digital camera, so there will be no photos. I apologize in advance for any cuteness deficit that occurs because of my failure to keep up with technological advances.In my reading of the patristic literature, I always take special note of passages dealing with animals. I underline, then write "animals" on the top of the page. The reason for this was not clear to me until just recently: I spend virtually every working day at home alone in a house full of animals. There are three cats, two ferrets, and a guinea pig. I enjoy having the animals around, in general, even taking into account the fact that my feet are something of a divining rod for fresh cat puke.
Maizie, sometimes called here the "Slutty Cat," seems to me to embody everything that is right with the world. For a while, it was annoying that she would go into heat every two weeks and become very whiny and needy, but when Anthony and Hayley finally got her spayed, I was really worried that her personality would change, because on a given day, she is easily the creature I have most interaction with. Luckily, after a couple days of healing, she bounced back and is totally back to normal. In some respects, I prefer her post-spaying personality -- she's not as jumpy, and her default place to hang out is now in the office rather than under Anthony and Hayley's bed. She likes to lay down in the corner where all the cords are -- she never had done that before, but the very day she got back from the vet, she camped out there. I this is going to be a controversial claim, but Maizie is the cat than which no cuter can be thought.
The other cats are just as fascinating, but now I feel like I should do something other than write about cats.
