o mi gawd I was very close to snatching up a little kitten I saw on the sidewalk on my way home tonight! lot's of stray unspayed cats in this neighboorhood.
I could *easily* be one of those women who have 97 cats, if I owned a house.
I could *easily* be one of those women who have 97 cats, if I owned a house.
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Re: cat lady
Thu, September 23, 2004 - 5:19 PMI think they are tragically misunderstood. -
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Thu, September 23, 2004 - 5:20 PMabsolutely. if i had a house, i'd have more than two cats. at one point, my mom had thirteen. it was fun. -
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Thu, September 23, 2004 - 6:30 PMandy warhol and his mother had an insane amount of cats - rumoured to be around 80 at one time. i can see that, although i'd want them all to vie for my attention and have nightly cat battles over who would grace my lap.
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Thu, September 23, 2004 - 8:28 PMedward gorey was a big cat freak, left his estate to his cats, I think. I heard or read an interview where he said he felt emotionally abused by the cats. I can relate.
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Fri, September 24, 2004 - 2:35 AMI'm the opposite i think, I'd only want a couple or I'd feel I wasn't giving them enough attention or something ...maybe I'm just lazy! -
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Fri, September 24, 2004 - 3:05 AMOur neighbor down the street form the place we just vacated has three cats and two dogs: he explained to me (and showed me the paperwork) that he left his house to the humane society, to care for the critters for their remaining lives....
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Re: cat lady
Fri, September 24, 2004 - 6:13 AMI hate the idea that my place might smell bad AND I hate to clean. I can't afford to pay someone else to do the cleaning there fore I won't be getting any more housemates till my income goes up considerably.
I'm very good about the litter box but there's cat hair everywhere as it is. Thankfully I am allergic so I have to kind of stay on top of it or else I sneeze a lot and can't breathe.
It is hard to give what feels like the right amount and equal amounts of attention to three cats so I don't know how those people do it. I just like that they loose control and keep picking up more animals despite what everyone who knows them must say. -
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Fri, September 24, 2004 - 9:18 AMIf it weren't for the baby and my husband's allergies, I would have even more cats (we have 3), plus dogs and horses. I've always wanted a horse but my hubby is SOOOO allergic so I have to settle for going to the State Fair once a year and petting them.
I hear you Grrl on the cleaning! We bought a new vacuum and you wouldn't believe how disgusting it was when we emptied the bag and saw all the hair. You could stuff a mattress with Prince's hair alone! I'm paranoid that our daughter will develop allergies so I try to keep "de-hairing" the house but it's hard ... -
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Fri, September 24, 2004 - 10:52 AMmy mom now has three dogs (old english sheepdogs, a.k.a. friggin huge and cuddly), five cats (all siamese or tonks) and four birds (three macaws and one medium-sized breed i can never remember the name of).
i love to visit and i really love every single on of those animals...except for the birds when they're in a mood because i don't much like the idea of losing a finger...but i don't like the fact that these animals get very little attention. when they get it, they are very much loved. the house is kept clean and they always have food and water, but my parents aren't home that much. so yeah, it's great that they've taken in all these great animals and it would break my heart if a single one of them was given away, but i think they need to...not ever adopt another lifeform again. and those birds would be a lot friendlier if they were shown more attention. if you're going to domesticate an animal, be attentive. otherwise, let it go.
my dream would be to have a big house in the country, spend my time writing and hopefully making money off of it and have a slew of indoor/outdoor cats who could do as they pleased. nowhere near my reality, though.
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Fri, September 24, 2004 - 6:57 PMI live out my Crazy Cat Lady fantasies at the Humane Society. I walk into one of the colony rooms and I'm like, haha, these are ALL MY CATS and I get to pet them! And it's all love and fun and games, until someone takes a massive poo in the litterbox in the corner and I'm like, FUCK. And then I whip out the litter scoop. Sigh. -
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Mon, September 27, 2004 - 3:30 PMI daren't even go near shelters any more. I have two babies and I could so easily cross that line. I've even seriously debated with friends how many cats you need to have before you cross over into the crazy cat lady territory. I think we fixed it on four.
But, for the quality of Peeps and Blue's lives (and mine as we live in NYC in a small one-bedroom), it will be fixed at two cats so they can both be suitably adored. -
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Mon, September 27, 2004 - 3:33 PMi came very close to having a roommate in my oakland one-bedroom a couple of months ago. i had this strange idea that his two cats and my two cats would be so great to live with. now i'm glad that didn't end up working out. i think two is just perfect for my living space.
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Mon, September 27, 2004 - 5:31 PMMoya, My therapist says its the 7th cat that tips you into insanity. The girl who I go to for waxing has 8 and seems pretty well adjusted to me but I'm probably in too deep.:) -
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Mon, September 27, 2004 - 6:38 PMErnest Hemmingway's estate is home to hundreds of cats, all sired by his cat, who had 6 toes. as a result, it has become the 6-toed cat ranch.
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Tue, October 5, 2004 - 2:26 PMI was discussing the cat-lady line with some colleagues in gender and sexuality studies last night and they thought three was the crossover. Of course, this is in NYC, and my brother has three in Surrey, UK and all is perfectly fine. One of my colleagues did, however, say that the number of cats you can safely have is one more than the number of rooms you have, but that gets you into the debate about whether the kitchen and bathroom count. I sense she's after a third.
Indeed, I could probably have 8 and seem well adjusted too (especially after ogling over those Siberians online), but then "seem" is the operative word... And, yes, there for the grace of God go I. -
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Tue, October 5, 2004 - 3:01 PMmy best friend and i have decided that when we are old, we're going to move to a small town somewhere on the east coast and live down the street from each other. she will be known to the town as "the crazy calendar lady" and i will be known as "the crazy cat lady." it is a perfect plan. much hot cocoa will be involved. -
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Tue, October 5, 2004 - 3:07 PM"much hot cocoa will be involved."
What about fist-shaking? -
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Tue, October 5, 2004 - 3:23 PMoh yes, thank you! how could i forget about the fist shaking?! silly me.
jen (my bestest friend) just reminded me that we're also only going to have two visitors: our friend dan and his boyfriend, wigand. they'll come to visit once a year (we haven't picked the holiday yet) and everyone will think they're our dates.
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Wed, October 6, 2004 - 7:23 AMMy friend Kellie and I have a similar plan. Alcohol will be involved.
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Wed, October 6, 2004 - 10:40 AMmy old rule was no more than one cat per person in the household (a lap per cat)...but that broke down when I still had my two cats when I was living on my own. I swore, I did, no more than two. Then I changed my mind.
Zot and Mymble will both sit on my lap at once (hurrah! they are pals!).
So I changed the rule: no more than one cat per hand in the household (so each cat can be stroked/scritched at the same time if they get into a simultaneous petmepetmepetme frenzy.
so, room for one more. bwahahaha.
(p.s. moya: i understand the ogling over siberians. Kitsune agrees that he is gorgeous.) -
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Wed, October 6, 2004 - 11:58 AMi fear my cat ladyship may be coming a bit sooner than i thought. there's an adorable little white and gray cat without a collar in our neighborhood. she's been around for a few months and i always assumed that she belonged to someone. every time i see her, i always hang out with her and pet her and i just love her. recently my friend dan (who is allergic, but loves animals anyway) let her follow hiim into his apartment, where she hung out for a few hours, then went back outside on her own. then jen saw signs posted in the area asking if she belonged to anyone, to be sure.
so now i'm thinking...if she doesn't belong to anyone, i don't want her to not have a home. she's fine as an indoor/outdoor cat, but i want her to have a place to call her own. so i am dangerously close to taking her to the vet, having her checked out and adopting her. ricky and frankie will hate it, of course, but we looked after a cat for a few months a couple of years ago and they eventually became friends, so it should be fine...i hope. -
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Wed, October 6, 2004 - 2:12 PMShe is so yours....it's for the greater good as you're not stelaing her or anything right...are you sure? -
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Wed, October 6, 2004 - 2:20 PMyou never fail to amaze me with your eloquence, darling brou. can i call you a "furriner," please?
well, i don't know how long to wait...i mean, i can take her in and she can still go out again, so that's not a problem. even if she is someone else's, there's obviously no harm in me giving her shelter and food and love.
what could be a problem is that i don't know if she needs shots or anything at the vet. the last time i adopted a stray, i took her in for the night (because it was raining and she was obviously looking for shelter), but the next morning i took her to the vet. she got a clean bill of health, gave me a scar on my cheek (it was an accident, or my fault if anything) and went home to live with me and my kitten, bodi (whom i still miss terribly). i just don't want to take her in only to found out she's given something to ricky and frankie. and i can't really afford a vet visit...but i want her to come leave with me so much! if only dan and jen weren't allergic, then at least she'd have a home until i get paid again. -
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Wed, October 6, 2004 - 2:27 PMOh god no I absolutely agree, don't risk the beautiful Superfrank and Ricochet. Maybe put food and warmth outside for her, and wait and see if anyone claims her a little bit longer...or until you get your wages..but I'm sure that' what you're doing anyway (says woman who ditched cat for boyfriend - eeeeevil) -
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Wed, October 6, 2004 - 2:39 PMbut stan has a home, and a good one at that.
the stray i adopted before, beebo, was left on her own again. it broke my heart, but i had nowhere to live for three months. i swear i would have kept her in my car with me if i could have, but i was also working in berkeley and had been living 30 minutes away in concord when i adopted her. i couldn't find anyone to take her in, it was awful. i just left hoping that the next people who lived in that house would do something for her. she was seriously one of the coolest cats i'd ever known. she was a huge main coon, probably about ten years old and she was smarter than most of the people i know. -
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Wed, October 6, 2004 - 3:15 PMi'll have to make it up to her by adopting thousands of strays and becoming the crazy cat lady! -
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Wed, October 6, 2004 - 3:17 PMand she returns the thread to "on-topic" discussion - what style...what pizazz...what am i rambling about..who knows -
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Wed, October 6, 2004 - 3:23 PMlook back on the length of the posts, brou. i would be zee rambler here. you're just egging me on...which is really what i love about you. *smooch*
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