A Poem by Macy

Hello everykitteh!

Fank you all for your input about the Craigslist post. Some love dat site and others don't like it, all for good reasons. There were many valuable points brought up in your responses.

And now, on a lighter note, Macy has written a poem for us about bugs!

"Bugs"
By Macy

Gossamer buggies
that I like to eatses
Full of more nummies
than cat food or treatses.
I puts dem in my mouf
from whence dey goes souf
down through my tummy
and into my feetses!

Some have hard & crunchy legs,
and some melt-in-your-mouth wings.
But dey all have juicy, slimy insides
and dose ALL make up my fav'rite fings!

Dey say dat buggies bite you,
but I return the favor;
on my tongue, betwixt my fangers,
bug flavor is what I savor!

So open your windows
and open your hatches!
I will enjoy every buggy
dat my curly claws catches!
From mornin' to night, dusk til dawn,
a hearty dose of buggy juise is what I'll be on!

Buggies for lunch ::clap clap:: Buggies for tea ::clap clap::
Buggies for you and buggies for me ::clap clap::

HOORAY FOR BUGGIES!
Whoo!

Adopting kitties & puppies

Hey everyone,

First of all, lemme give some well-deserved credit to animal shelters and their workers and volunteers who help kitties and puppies have healthy lives and find wonderful furrever homes.These people are angels who help animals live in a clean environment where they recieve as much love and care as the shelter workers can give.

But I'd like to bring up an alternate adoption option: Craigslist.com. Many of you probably already know about this site. Under your local Craigslist, you can find many cats, dogs and other animals up for adoption under the "pets" category.

Many pets up for adoption on this site are beloved family pets and are treated well. Often, the owners are very sad that they must let go of their pet, but there are reasons which are forcing them into that situation. Many foster parents and shelters also use Craigslist to help find forever homes for the fur-babies in their care.

However, there are also many pets up for adoption on Craigslist who are not being treated well.

While some owners will interview potential adopting families and ask for reasonable adoption fees (to make sure the owner is willing to make a commitment), others will ask for outrageous adoption fees (Craigslist prohibits selling but allows adoption fees) or will not care much about where the animals go.

So if you or anyone you know is looking for a new addition to the family, I wanted to bring up Craigslist.com as an option. We got Macy, Leah and Sadie from Craigslist; while we certainly don't want to make any assumptions about their previous families, Macy and Leah really needed months of TLC to show their true loving selves once they got here (and I'm not just talking about re-adjusting to a new place). Sadie, on the other hand, came from an angel of a young woman who can't stand to see animals suffer and who was acting as a foster parent.

And, of course, be aware of scams that awful people might be posting on Craigslist.

Okay, dat's my lecture for the day. :) Fanks for reading.

WHOOO!

Kilroy: My human just got laid off. The boss had to call her on her day off to say that there were big money problems so she and everyone else there is being laid off, effectively immediately. She doesn't even need to come into work tomorrow.

Tracy (the human): I've got my suspicions about what's REALLY going on, but this is WAY BETTER - so who cares? I've got two words to say here: unemployment benefits!

That is, until I get a better job.

Kilroy: Mommy can skritches me more!


Kilroy: And she can relax and have fun and finish some of her books while she's lookin' for dat new job. Her first book is a how-to guide and it's gettin' published any day now, but her life's work is Sci-Fi... and agents don't seem to get really excited about that. If she knew how to market 'em, she'd just print them herself through one of these online publishing companies!

She's also an artist, as her digital stuff can be found here: http://www.damnpixie.com/digital.htm. She was thinking about trying to market those as well, but doesn't know where to start. Does anyone have any advice?

Anyway, FREEDOM! :::Deep sigh of relief::: ...Well, that is... until the next job, but hopefully it'll be a good job!

Anyone ever use this stuff?

Time for flea and tick season to get in gear, so mommy bought all the furry things living here some flea 'n tick meds. Has anyone tried the below product? It's Sentry: Natural Defense and it supposedly works with 100% natural ingredients. If you have, has it worked well for you?


If this product is for cats & kittens, why is there some kind of marmot posing with a human on the cover?

So mommy put the stuff on me and I was all CRANK-A-DANK (that's her slang for "super cranky") because I then smelled very strongly of mint and lemongrass oil. It took me a while to forgive her - ESPECIALLY because I would try to clean myself and then I would taste that icky stuff..... but yes mommy, you're right... at least it's not poison!

Mommy still uses the poison back-of-the-neck stuff on the doggies (because they don't clean their furs like we do) but sometimes it just doesn't seem to work.

4 Notes

These are slightly belated...

1.

Our hearts go out to the friends and especially the family of dear Bonnie Underfoot.

2.

Happy Birthday, ML! You're such a sweetie!

3. Big ol' furry HUGS to everyone!

4. I should announce that my Thursday Photoshoot is all photoshopped. No, I'm not talking about how smooth my fur looks or the size of my leisure pouch, but the "mancatkini" that I was supposedly wearing is a fake. Mommy's friend Melody called her and said she was scarred at the idea that mommy put lingerie on a cat. No, I had nothin' on... I was nekkid, so mommy just used Corel Photopain to paint on a fake mancatkini. I know this will disappoint my fans, but I don't want anyone to be disgusted or scarred. :)

(Special thanks to Zoolatry for the lovely images)

Application for a PlayPuss photoshoot

Dear PlayCat,

I'm an avid reader of the sultry magazine that you publish for us lusty mancats, PlayTom. I'll forever be a bachelor because of all the byootiful girl cats who grace the pages of your monthly publication (well, that and I'm neutered).

Not only am I a faithful subscriber to PlayTom, but I feel as though I would be an excellent model for the magazine you publish for ladycats, PlayPuss. I have a sexah belleh!

I have enclosed several photos of myself wearing a see-thru red ManCatKini, which, as you well know, is made to hide the "leisure pouch" and other private areas of a sexy mancat such as myself. (I think some cats call their lesiure pouch a "furchin.") To show off our poobic furs is not modest, and I know that your magazine likes to keep a level of class.


The photo shown above is your average side shot of me which shows off my massive leisure pouch. No matter what they say, I know that size does matter to the ladycats, and my belleh fits the bill! From this side shot you can see how my ManCatKini supports my ample pouch by wrapping around my tail and going between my legs like a thong. Here I am also wearing the sexah matching collar for this ManCatKini.

Here's a frontal view I'm sure the ladycats will meow wildly for! It's an action shot that shows off my belleh AND my leisure pouch, and nope - there's no toy mousie stuffed in there! It's all mancat, baby!

Here's another shot that shows off my wild side. Grrr. Rowr. Purrrr. You like that, ladycats? Oh yeah, let Kilroy show you why he's called the Love Beastie.

I thought I'd just throw in this photo for kicks, especially for any vampire-luvin' kittens out there. Yes ladies, those fangers are just as real as my leisure pouch. Oh, are you worried I might scratch ya? Don't worry, I only do that to squares. I'll use nuthin' but the pads on you, baby.

And finally, I decided I'd include a back shot just to drive the ladies wild. You can see the ManCatKini going under my tail. Now, my looks say "Chartreux" breed, but my faint stripes say "Mixed" breed... and you know how the ladies like those bad boys who don't conform to society!

So PlayPuss, lemme know when I can come by for my photoshoot. I'll bring lots of extra outfits to pose in. I'd like to do it while my mommy is at work, since she doesn't approve of sexist objectification of living beings. Be sure to give me lots of advance notice... for transportation I can strap a saddle on one of the dogs, but they'll definitely get lost a few times on the way there.

Thanks a squillion!

Kilroy L. Beastie
(cuz "Love" is my middle name, baby!)

(edit: Please excuse the last shot- I realized that it shows every flaw in the bedroom. We live in an old house from 1939 and are fixing it up as we go.)

Mommy's Trip + Sadie's Meme

Mommy just got back from Asheville, NC and Pigeon Forge + Gatlinburg, TN. They're all close together and all a LOT of fun. She'll try to post pictures later.

Meanwhile, she's got some spare time at work but has no pictures to share! So I'm gonna have Sadie, the Crazy One, fill out the meme that I did.

The rules are as follows:
The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Okay Kilwoy, I did dat!
Each player answers the questions about themselves.
At the end of the post, the player then tags 4 or 5 people and post their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog. I won't do dat, since sooo many other aminals already have answered dis meme.
Let the person who tagged you know when you have posted your answer. Okay Kilwoy, I posted my answer!!!!! Wead it!!! Wead it!!!!

1.What was I doing 10 years ago? - I am five monfs olds, so I coulda been doing anyfing in a previous life! Mommy sez I coulda been a Kamikaze cuz I'm CWAZY and I wun into everyfing HEADFURST or MUDDY PAWS FURST (although I'm careless, I don't so much have the deathwish part tho).

2.What are the 5 things on my to do list for today - 1. Dig holes in the backyard just cuz I CAN. 2. Nip at big sister Wee-ah (Leah) when we pway-fight or get jealous over mommy and daddy's attentions! 3. Whine at Kilwoy or Macy to pway wif me!! I wanna slobber all over dem cuz dat's how we woofers show wuvs!! 4. Cuddle in mommy's lap and give the bitey to the furbrush while she tries to grooms me. 5. Nip at daddy (wif wuv) cuz he likes to jump out and scare us, so I give him the nippy to let him know dat I've got my eye on him!

3. Snacks I enjoy - Poop (even tho mommy and daddy fweak out when I even TRY to eat it), anyfing daddy gives me in the kitchen, and BusyBones.

4. Things I would do if I were a billionaire - Wow, you could buy a lotta stuff wif dat much money! Of course, I'd do stuff to help other woofies and furball kitties. But I'd also buy lotsa BusyBones.

5. Three of my bad habits - What are "bad habits"? I guess it's when mommy and daddy yell at me, right? Like when I jump on the couch wif muddy paws... or pway REALLY rough with Wee-ah INSIDE the house... or I nip mommy and daddy for attentions (cuz I'm da baby! I supposed to gets all the wuvs, right?)

6. Five places I have lived - 1. The Pound, 2. Jessica's house (Jessica is this REALLY nice lady who saw me and knew she couldn't keep me, but she adopted me anyway so that she and her boyfriend/husband [not sure] Joe could pay all my vet bills to get me healthy [my brother died from Parvo and I almost got it!] just so they could adopt me out to a loving home. Mommy gave them some money to help re-imburse them, but she's trying to think if there's any other way to show Jessica her appreciation. Any suggestions? We're gonna invite Joe and Jessica to a BBQ at our house this summer. When mommy's book/script sells and she becomes the next George Lucas [crossing paws! heh], she'll buy Jessica her own shelter cuz dat would be Jessica's dream job). 3. Of course, I now wiv at mommy and daddy's house.

7. Five jobs I have had - 1. Youngest and Cutest Baby Girl Woofie (although I got some competitions.... Wee-ah's pretty cute too!), 2. Kitty-chaser, 3. Lap-warmer, 4. CRAZY in-your-face booga-booga monster!, 5. Little sister to Wee-ah.

(Note: I know I'm not consistent when it comes to the baby talk, but I'm also trying to keep everything readable for someone like myself) :)