Wherein Biko rules the roost

How I came into my names.

People often think I am named after a famous person, but I am in fact named after a character from an anime and manga series. Mommy says the famous person people think I am named after is Steve Biko, the late South African nonviolent anti-apartheid activist.

My first person was a soft lady that listened to gospel music and called me Dusty. I don't remember her very much but when I went to live at Operation Kindess, the people there knew the name she called me.

After I met Daddy and chose him to give me a a home, he named me Biko after the character B-ko (Biko Daitokuji) from Project A-ko and gave me the middle name Mira because he liked the sound of it.

I have some traits in common with the character B-ko: I am thoroughly spoiled, calm and poised in public, and have a tremendous temper. I do not think think I am arrogant and I do not have an obsession with gaining someone's affection, although I am bonded with my Daddy. (Daddy says it's an obsession.) Grandpa says I have a superiority complex, but he's a dog person. Hmph. He's just jealous because I peed on his leather jacket the first time I met him.

Daddy's kitten [daughter] quickly nicknamed me Psycho Cat and Crackhead, but nobody calls me those names since Daddy's kitten moved away. Before Daddy's old kitten left, he brought a Mommy and her human kitten into our house. I had to teach Mommy's kitten how to play nice because she kept wanting to get right in my face, but now La-kitten is housebroken, likes to play with me and calls me "Biko Biko Sweetie".

I told Mommy I was fierce like a tsunami, so Mommy calls me "Tsunami Mami" and sometimes "Kitty Loaf" when I am taking up all the space on her chair.

Daddy calls me lots of things depending on his mood: "Stinkerbelle", "Kitty Meatloaf", "Furry Meatball", "Furbag", "Hairball", "Firbolg", and some things in Cat that Mommy doesn't know how to type.