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Likes: me, my lap, the sun, afghans, oriental rugs, sleeping, looking out the window, catnip, philosophizing, belly rubs, kneading, being told she's a good girl, waking me up and smelling my morning breath (weird, I know!)
Pet-Peeves: vacuum cleaners, lawnmowers, firecrackers, thunder, missing the window ledge when she jumps, hearing the word 'no', not having me around all the time
Favorite Toy: feathers, dangerous toy mice, tin foil balls, cork tied to a string, anything I wave in front of her
Favorite Nap Spot: my lap, my bed, anywhere on the floor where the sun hits
Favorite Food: salmon and tuna juice (the only human food this mean mom will feed her)
Skills: it's probably not a unique skill, but my little girl knows how to steal my heart every single day
Dwells:
indoors
Arrival Story: I first noticed Kazumi Joy hanging around the neighbourhood about two months before my other cat, Adrian Mole, passed away. She appeared out of nowhere, and was the skinniest and most frightened cat I had ever seen. I left food out for her, and would crouch down low while talking to her in friendly tones, but she always ran away. This continued after my cat had died, and while I was still grieving.
One day I called out to her as usual, and to my surprise, she ran over and rubbed up against me. I stroked her and she rewarded me with loud purring. It was at that point that I realized how emaciated she really was. All her bones were sticking out, and all I could feel while petting her were ridges. Before I realized what I was doing, I picked her up and took her inside. She proceeded to eat three bowls of food, and I proceeded to fall in love. The funny thing is that I had decided I wanted two longhaired male kittens, and ended up with a shorthaired female adult.
Kazumi was so weak from starvation that she almost kept losing her balance whenever she walked. All she did for weeks was eat and sleep, and it broke my heart. She was extremely frightened, and was startled by any sudden movement or noise. I also noticed that she never slept with her eyes completely closed, and acted as if she always had to be on the alert. In fact, when she did finally sleep with her eyes completely shut, I cried because I realized she finally felt safe.
I like to think that Kazumi Joy's predecessor would approve of this cat. And that somehow it was no accident that she crossed my threshold two months to the day that Adrian Mole died. I also relearned the important lesson that if you're open to possibility, what you get may be far better than what you had hoped for.
Bio: Kitty Kazoo has come a long way. At 12+ pounds, no one can accuse her of being skinny, and while she initially didn't always like to be touched, she now enjoys her belly rubs (but only by her mom!), and isn't afraid of human contact. She's also stopped following me around wherever I go, and now feels secure enough to stay put when I leave. I love Kazumi Joy with all my heart, and can't believe that someone would abandon her. She is the sweetest and gentlest cat I've ever met, and definitely lives up to her middle name!
One thing that I am sad about is the fact that when I tried to get another cat so that she could have more company, she became very scared and skittish, and I had to let the other cat go back to her original home. I'm hopeful though that one day Kazumi will welcome a sibling. I love to watch two cats getting along!
Lives Remaining: 1 of 9
Forums Motto: The Feline Philosopher
The Groups I'm In: *Stop Animal Testing*, 3S2F, ban declawing, Beautiful cat eyes, Blue Bloods, Canadian Catsters, End Animal Testing, Gray is GREAT!!!!!!, I Knead You, Love 'em? Fix 'em., Monkey Business, Mouseworks, The (Endless) Summer of Scooter, VEGAN/VEGETARIAN
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Main Philosophy: One can learn more from a stationary cat, than from an industrious person.
So not having been on Catster for a little while we decided to see what our friends were up to by clicking on the main page. You can imagine mom’s surprise then when she saw ME up in the corner! Specifically, I am modeling the virtues of catnip, snort. Oh, we tried putting up a link to the pic here to save you the trouble of going to the main page, but it seems that catnip may have invaded mom's system as well since she can't for the life of her get any of the image codes to work, double snort.
On a sad note though, we saw that our friend Louis is in trouble again and will be having surgery tomorrow. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers!
Stupid computers. Mom says they're a necessary evil, although I think she's being way too kind. At any rate, after all the trouble recently (see December 23rd entry), we've installed Firefox as well (which is much quicker AND has a built-in spellchecker, woohoo!), so now we're bouncing back and forth between IE and Mozilla and just using whatever browser is willing to load the page. Soooo, let's see if we can hand out some overdue Rosettes!
As for resolutions, nah. I'm practically perfect (mom agrees), so they're not necessary for me, although I do think the-one-who-feeds-me could benefit from implementing a few of them, snort.
Hope you all had a good New Year's! And may 2010 bring everything you desire.
♪ ♪ Joy to the World, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing. ♪ ♪
or
♪ ♪ Joy to the world
All the boys and girls
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me ♪ ♪
Either way, may there be joy today. Joy in the world, joy in heaven, joy in the heart of every boy and girl, joy to the fishies, kitties, doggies and each one of nature’s amazing creatures, and joy to both you and me.
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