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<title>Musings from an Aussie Kitty</title>
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<description>Catster diary for the cat Samson T. Hunter</description>
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<copyright>Copyright 2013 by Samson T. Hunter &amp; Catster</copyright>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:16:28 PDT</pubDate>
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		<title>Tagged by Dashy</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:21:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I have been tagged fur this kewl game by my furiend Dashy. I must answer these questions and then ta ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have been tagged fur this kewl game by my furiend Dashy. I must answer these questions and then tag five of my friends to play too. So...

1. Describe one thing your pet pawrent does that you think is REALLY CUTE.
Hm... I like it when Meowmy lets me curl up on her lap and she scritches behind my ears and rubs my belly, if I let her reach it.

2. Describe one thing your pet pawrent does that you think is REALLY LAME.
What?? Just ONE thing?!? I hate the way Meowmy tries to dress me up and take pictures of me. (Christmas hats are itchy.)

I am tagging these friends:
rookie detective Indy (Catster #242020)
the gorgeous Reanan (Catster #675562)
Mietzi Katze with the kewl name ;) (Catster #937054)
Marley the doggie dandy (Dogster #927634)
and Zander the... dog (Dogster #1155291) ;)

Have fun, my furiends! Hope everyfur had a great Easter and is having a great week!


Purrs,

=^..^=  Samson T. Hunter - the Aussie Kitty  =^..^=]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Off to see the Wizard, or at least the Land of Oz!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/819156</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:13:25 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Meowmy's off to see the world! Or, at least Adelaide. ;) She's going from where we live in Bendigo,  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Meowmy's off to see the world! Or, at least Adelaide. ;) She's going from where we live in Bendigo, Victoria, to Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, and she's taking pictures fur us!

Go check out my blog at <a id="img0481670134"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.thejollyoutback.blogspot.com.au/" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img0481670134');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://www.thejollyoutback.blogspot.com.', 'au/', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">www.TheJollyOutback.blogspot.com</a> to see the latest pics and read what she's been seeing. There is some interesting info about the gold mining in Victoria and even the discovery of El Dorado in South America.

I'll be updating as often as Meowmy will let me. ;) Let me know what you think in the comments on the blog. Hope to see you there!


Purrs,

Samson T. Hunter - The Aussie Kitty]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What? I can take the hat off now??</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/814709</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 2 Feb 2013 23:08:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Christmas and New Year's are ofur already, and Australia Day has come and gone! I have nothing left  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Christmas and New Year's are ofur already, and Australia Day has come and gone! I have nothing left to celebrate. *sigh* Well, I went and updated my blog. That's good. And we are safe furom the fires that have been rampaging around Australia - that's good as well. And Meowmy's finally getting into this next music vid, so that's really good.

Fur those who don't know, I have started a blog called - pawlease don't laugh - "The Jolly Outback". (Okay, maybe you can chuckle a LITTLE!) ;) That's www.TheJollyOutback.blogspot.com.au - pawlease check it out if you haven't done so already (or even if you have - I love to get comments!)

Just fur fun, I have also given some of you a link to the national Lambnesia quiz. That's at www.Lambnesia.com.au and youjust look at the pictures and decide whether that picture is Australian or UnAustralian. You get a score at the end to tell how Australian you are. (Meowmy is 48% UnAustralian) I would love to find out how Australian you all are. :)

Our weather here leaves a lot to be desired. It is hot and muggy most of the time. It's too hot to cook that much so there's a lot of roasts in the slow cooker or pre-roasted chicken from Woolies supermarket. They're predicting 30 degree temperatures fur this week.

Hope you're all having a great weekend! Meowmy's hoping to get a lot more photos fur my blog and of course do some more work on the music vid. She's also thinking she'll have to take pics of some Aussie recipes she makes here in our corner of the Jolly Outback... :))

Keep warm this winter, to my American buddies, and make sure to chill out to my Aussie mates!

Purrs,

Sammo]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Jolly Outback</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/810382</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:58:35 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I decided to share some of my outback home with you poor Americans huddled in front of your firepawl ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I decided to share some of my outback home with you poor Americans huddled in front of your firepawlaces waiting fur winter to end. (Admittedly, right now that's looking better than the weather here, but you didn't hear that furom me, alright?^) My solution - (besides the obvious answer of my Catster Diary) I decided to start a blog like some of my furiends have. On there, Meowmy and I will have lots of fun sharing pictures of our lovely weather and the flora and fauna (we might even find a Kangarooster fur you!) and Goldie has agreed to share pictures taken on her walks, infrequent though those are. Here is a link to my brand-new blog:

http://thejollyoutback.blogspot.com.au/

I'm still getting it set up, but you're welcome to stop by, read my latest adventures and peruse Meowmy's pictures, and maybe drop me a line in the comments box to let me know what you think. :D

Hope you all had a furtastic Chrissymas and are looking furward to the New Years!


Purrs,
Samson]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's CHRISSYMAS!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/809916</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 01:11:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>*does Happy Dance* Meowmy says she doesn't like Christmas because there's a lot of hustle and bustle ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ *does Happy Dance* Meowmy says she doesn't like Christmas because there's a lot of hustle and bustle and noise and lots of stuff Meowmy doesn't like, but I like this Christmas because I got FANCY FEAST! Meowmy got a tin of FF just fur me! She also got a tin fur Yogi and Booboo (most of you know who they are), and she got a packet of Schmackos fur Mikey and Goldie. Fur the non-Aussies, Schmackos are dog treats that dogs love. Both dogs love it. :D

<a id="img2480181667"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPfshtIirR8" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img2480181667');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/LPfshtIirR8&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/LPfshtIirR8&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Dogs Go Wacko for Schmackos!</a>

Knowing how much Meowmy likes cats, somebody got her a board game of Monopoly, only it's a cat fursion - it's called "Cat-Opoly". Kewl, huh? Meowmy was actually looking at it on an online shop thinking she'd like that, but she didn't say anything to anyone, yet they knew she'd like it! She's pawlayed it already with some furiends and won the first game. :D

How was your Christmasses, my furiends? What did your pawrents do? Did you get anything? All Meowmy's been doing much is sitting near the A/C. It's so hot here!

Anyways, Meowmy doesn't have much time right now, so furom the whole furmily, we wish you a very Mewwy Christmas and a Yappy New Year!


Purrs and Woofs,
Samson T. and the Gang Down Under]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Start Your Day the Aussie Way!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/807497</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:38:25 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>G'day my good, long-suffering pals!

First, thank you all fur celebrating my DDP today and DOTD a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ G'day my good, long-suffering pals!

First, thank you all fur celebrating my DDP today and DOTD a few days ago. It's really great to have furiends to make things that little bit more special. :D

Now, Some furs have asked me about some Aussie slang terms I sometimes use without really realising. So, pawtly because of that and pawtly because I find the subject fun and interesting, I thought I'd put together a guide fur you on How to Be Aussie. Here goes...

First, you need an Aussie name. Any name will do really, but to make it sound Aussie, you should abbreviate the snot out of it. Barry becomes Bazza, Baz, Baz-Baz, "The Bazster". Sharon is Shazza or Shaz. Sheila is a good Aussie name, as it is also slang fur a girl or woman. You can also put an O on the end of most words and names - just ask any Thommo, Dicko, or Harry. :)

To enhance the authenticity of their Aussie purrfurmance, your human should wear a singlet (sleeveless top), shorts, and thongs (flip-flops) or volleyball shoes. Fafurite Aussie foods include rissoles, sausage rolls, meat pies, snaggers (sausages) and good old Vegemite. :D

And then we get to the small matter of talking like an Aussie. I suggest you see the YouTube video I posted in my last diary entry with the smorgasbord of Aussie slang. Just rememfur a few things: *You can add an O to the end of most words. ("Good-o", "Right-o", and of course "Cheerio" [meaning "goodbye"]) *End sentences frequently with the word "but". A British purrson once observed that they can tell the difference between Aussie and Kiwi accents (which, incidentally, sound nothing alike to an Aussie or a New Zealander!) because Aussies tend to end sentences with the word but. We don't do it intentionally, but. I nefur noticed how often Meowmy does it until I heard that, but. It's not really that annoying but. Is it? :D

Make sure you pronounce your words right. Say after me: or-e-GARN-o (NOT "o-REG-a-no"), and al-yoo-MIN-ee-um (NOT "al-OO-min-um"). Do a YouTube search on Aussie accents. There are a few good videos fur that.

When Aussies say they are "pissed", they mean they are drunk, not mad. Thongs are flip-flop sandals, and a jumper is a warm sweater, not a sleeveless dress. Mozzies are those annoying little insects called mosquitoes and they are killed by handy little plug-in diffusers called "mozzie zappers". If someone invites you fur a barbie, you're likely to be having snaggers (or bangers - named thus fur fairly obvious reasons!). And if someone offers you a chokkie or a bikkie (or better yet, a chokkie bikkie), say yes! And make sure you brush your ivories (or pearly-whites) well after drinking Lollywater (better known as soft drink!).


Blimey, I hope you're not too nackered after that long list I gave you! I can do more entries with more Aussie slang and facts, as I find linguistic subjects fascinating, especially as regards slang and cultural differences. Tell me, do you have interesting slang terms where you live? When you go to the beach, do you wear bathers or swimsuits? Do you eat morning tea or Elevenses? Give me a bell to let me know! Beauty, mate!


Purrs,
Your Ripper Aussie Mate,
Sammo :D (See, I got an Aussie name!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/807373</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 20:35:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I know how most of you liked Meowmy's Aussie variations of the Christmas carols, so I thought I'd po ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I know how most of you liked Meowmy's Aussie variations of the Christmas carols, so I thought I'd post a link to another really funny Aussie Christmas Song.

<a id="img8542231634"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnJ8jsw4BSo" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img8542231634');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/OnJ8jsw4BSo&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/OnJ8jsw4BSo&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Aussie Jingle Bells with Colin Buchanan (Bucko) and Greg Champion (Champs)</a>

And while we're at it, you might enjoy this video:

<a id="img7996373561"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cDFT-r4Fu8" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img7996373561');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/1cDFT-r4Fu8&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/1cDFT-r4Fu8&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Aussie Slang</a>

And I'll supply you with another of Meowmy's adaptations:

***

<b>Jingle Bikes</b>
<i>(adapted from Jingle Bells)</i>

Jingle Bikes! Jingle Bikes!
Jingles on the wheels!
We’ll go riding far and near
Through all the open fields! HEY!
Jingle Bikes! Jingle Bikes!
Jingles through the night!
Oh what fun to ride and sing
On a one-bell mountain bike!

Dashing through the grass
On a bell-clad mountain bike.
There’s the fence at last!
Thought we’d be out all night!
Bells on bike wheels ring,
Making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing
On a one-bell mountain bike! OH!

Jingle Bikes! Jingle Bikes!
Jingles on the wheels!
We’ll go riding far and near
Through all the open fields! HEY!
Jingle Bikes! Jingle Bikes!
Jingles through the night!
Oh what fun to ride and sing
On a one-bell mountain bike!

***

Anyways, how's the weather like with the rest of you? Our weather has cooled considerably, although that might just be the cold Meowmy has. (in summer!) Meowmy's started doing some Christmas shopping, but fur the most pawt, she's keeping to the tradition of leaving prezzie-shopping till the last minute. :D 

Hope you all have a great week, and until next time...
<a id="img1092541350"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRbs7nzJkh0" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img1092541350');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/dRbs7nzJkh0&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/dRbs7nzJkh0&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">We Wish You a Ripper Christmas!</a>
(Don't you just love these songs? So Aussie!)

Purrs,
Your Aussie Mate,
Sammo (I'll explain later!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Meowza! I'm so honoured!</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:14:43 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I'm DIARY OF THE DAY today!! Wow, I'm so proud I could bust!! I've been DDP 3 times, but now I'm the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm DIARY OF THE DAY today!! Wow, I'm so proud I could bust!! I've been DDP 3 times, but now I'm the Diary of the Day! How KEWL is that?!! Thank you to all my wonderfur furiends who helped me celebrate this special day!!

Since you all liked Meowmy's "Hot Christmas" song, here's another adaptation she did. It's an Aussie version of "The Night Before Christmas". It may make this entry a little long, but here goes:

***

‘Twas the night before Christmas with all fast asleep
And the schoolwork piled up on the desks for next week.
The rooms were all messy with toys everywhere
And the couch seemed to be made out of cat and dog hair.
 
The kids were sprawled out on their beds near the fan,
With cool summer clothes on their bodies burnt tan.
The windows were open and the breezes blew in,
So we heard the owl’s hoots and the frogs’ noisy din.
 
When suddenly, outside, the dog rose to bark
So I got up to quiet him out there in the dark.
I tripped to the door and fell over something
Then I heard, in a daze, the front door-bell ring.
 
I stumbled downstairs and flung open the door
And I heard the ‘cough-splut’ of a motor-bike roar.
Its rider was fat with black twinkling eyes.
He looked at me and who he was I realised.
 
He got off the bike and he un-strapped his sack
Then he marched right inside without looking back.
“Took a while tryin’ to get here,” I heard him complain.
“Since when does Australia have such Summer rain?”
 

“You talk of the heat? I feel numb in my toes!
And everything’s on the wrong side of the roads!”
He worked while he talked, to my great relief,
And he even reached up to straighten our wreath.

He looked at the tree, which would never stand straight,
Which we’d nailed to the wall for pure safety’s sake.
He went to the stockings, all hung on the wall,
And filled them with presents, both big ones and small.
 
He looked at the milk, curdled from all the heat,
And the biscuits which looked not a bit good to eat.
He sighed and he rubbed his big lump of fat,
Then he turned around quickly and tripped on the cat.

He went to the pantry, found a sticky date pudd,
he scarfed it then went back to look for more food.
He found not a crumb so, heaving a sigh,
He picked up his sack and he bid me good-bye.
 
He got on his bike, which he revved with a roar,
Then he drove out of sight and I saw him no more.
I went back to bed in a kind of day-dream
And found part of the window that looked kind of clean.
 
I looked at the stars above in the sky
And I thought that I heard a loud voice yell nearby.
“Happy Christmas and… WOOOAAAHH!” St Nicholas cried
Then there came a loud crash and his motor-bike died.

***

How's that one? Meowmy's been told it's really funny. She just likes writing poems, even silly little ones.

Our weather here is furry hot, but thankfully we haven't had any more storms yet. Sometimes, when it gets REALLY hot, Meowmy takes pity on the dogs and lets them inside fur a while. Really, I mean this is MY house!!


Hope you all have a great weekend and don't break too many Christmas decorations! :D


Purrs,
Samson T.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Christmas is coming!!</title>
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				<pubdate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:37:48 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>It&acirc;s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Everywhere I go!
With the wreath up upon the door
 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <i>It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Everywhere I go!
With the wreath up upon the door
And the tree falling on the floor,
And it’s so hot!!</i>

Furgive me if I got the tune wrong, but that’s a poetic version of my sentiments. We’ve got the Christmas decorations up everywhere and we got a new tree and kept the old one as well, so now we’ve got TWO trees! It’s fun to sit on the table underneath one of the trees and pawlay with the ornaments. Meowmy’s pawlanning Christmas purresents to get fur everyone and I even heard her mention getting some Fancy Feast fur us fur Christmas. :D We don’t get a lot of wet food.

On the down side of things, we had the first summer thunderstorm come through yesterday. I’m not usually scared of thunder, but this one was LOUD and SCARY!! Meowmy had to drag me out furom under the car; I was so scared I just sat stiffly in her arms as she carried me inside. I now officially do NOT like thunder!!

I’ve told you befur that Meowmy was working on a music video of me and my furiends. Well, she finished it, but she has NOT been able to get Catster to upload it propurrly. It says it’s loaded 100%, then it has that darned “an error occurred” message. Grrr! Meowmy’s decided she’ll try uploading the video to Photobucket then posting it on my page as a HTML code. That might work. 

In the meantime, I have to endure endless Christmas CD’s and Meowmy’s singing. She says it’s not really that bad, but I beg to differ. That is why I spend so much time outside. Meowmy just does NOT understand why I don’t like her singing?? Often I can hear “Jingle Bells” blaring out of the CD pawlayer in the living room, “Felize Navidad” on the computer, and Meowmy singing “Adeste Fidelis” in the bedroom!  :-0  But as well as singing songs, Meowmy also likes to re-write the. She’s adapted a lot of Christmas carols and silly songs ofur time. Here’s one she adapted furom White Christmas. It’s her Aussie version she calls “Hot Christmas”. Quite appropriately!

<i>I’m dreaming of a hot Christmas
Just like the ones we always knew!
With the rain clouds dying
And us all frying.
With melted ice-cream for me and you.
I’m dreaming of a sunny Christmas
With not a stormy cloud in view!
And the days all sunny and hot
(Just the Christmas weather we always got)!
*interlude*
(last verse: ) I’m dreaming of a sunny Christmas
Just like the ones that we all know!
May your days be cloudy and cool
So you won’t have to open presents in the pool!</i>

And there’s pawlenty more where that came furom! Shall I burn the box or publish it?

Hope the rest of you are having good weather so far and are looking forward to the festive season! And maybe you’d like to share some of my Christmas weather?  ;-)

Purrs,
Samson T. “I’m Melting” Hunter

EDIT: Meowmy FINALLY got the music video uploaded. It's on my pet page - "Mahna Mahna". Enjoy!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Latest furom the Mighty Hunter</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/804277</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 14:06:50 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Spring has sprung, and so has the grass! And the growing of the grass heralds the return of Meowmy's ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Spring has sprung, and so has the grass! And the growing of the grass heralds the return of Meowmy's hayfefur. Nasty human illnesses! All it means is Meomwy goes through a lot of tissues and hates it when I rub my floofy tail in her face. :?

Anyway, in between sneezing and taking pills that don't seem to be doing anything useful, Meowmy has been working on a music video of me and my hometown furiends, Mikey and Goldie the dogs (who are in my furmily) and Yogi and Booboo (who are in Meowmy's sifur's furmily). She says she is having lots of fun making it and that it is almost finished, although judging by the number of death-threats she addresses to her computer daily, I don't think it's coming that easily. :| Stand by fur more news on that!

Also, on the more infuresting furont, a pair of Welcome Swallows have decided to make a nest in the beams of the carport roof. It's a little bark nest with three yummy chicks inside, but they've got the nest nicely wedged in a small, inaccessible place, so it will require some creative thinking to get to the tasty little snackies inside. :D I would rather show you a picture of me eating the little suckers (just to make you jealous!) but Meowmy says I should show you some pictures of my LIVE purrey. So here it is: (Sorry about the size of the pics; Photobucket's got a new look and I'm still tryin' to find my way around!)

<a id="img5757883404"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg540/SamsonCatster/swallowsnest02.jpg" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img5757883404');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg54', '0/SamsonCatster/swallowsnest02.jpg', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">the swallows' nest</a>

<a id="img2410448331"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg540/SamsonCatster/swallowsnest03.jpg" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img2410448331');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg54', '0/SamsonCatster/swallowsnest03.jpg', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">the chicks (tasty, aren't they?)</a>

<a id="img1581671822"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg540/SamsonCatster/welcomeswallow.jpg" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img1581671822');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg54', '0/SamsonCatster/welcomeswallow.jpg', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">this isn't actually the parent, but at least you can see what the adult looks like</a>

I hope all of you are having a great Autumn, my furiends! As our weather gets nicer and our temperatures start rising, I'll be thinking of you all dusting out your firepawlaces and finding the electric blankies!

Have a great day, my furiends!

Purrs,
Samson]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm a Cool Cat on the Feisty Scale!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/803713</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 19:25:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/803713</guid>
		<description>Here is a fun game I found in one of my furiend's diaries. How feisty are you??


Charlie Chocola ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Here is a fun game I found in one of my furiend's diaries. How feisty are you??


Charlie Chocolate Paws Scales of Feistiness

1. Do you make demands of your human? (If you answered Yes, give yourself 1 point.)
[Sure do! 1 to me.]

2. If you make demands by doing any of the following, give yourself 1 point for each:
Persistent meowing [Definitely 1 more point.]
Biting 0 [I only bite the other annoying cats.]
Smacky Paws 0 
Relentless staring 0 [That's more <a id="img8771739121"  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.catster.com/cats/1251836" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img8771739121');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://www.catster.com/cats/1251836', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Booboo</a>'s tactic.]
Inappropriate behaviors (i.e., chewing on furniture, electrical cords, the oven) Getting on the counters and table. [MOL! Another 1 point.]

3. If you make demands by doing any of the following, subtract 1 point:
Headbonking 0
Rubbing and purring on your human -1 [Is this getting good or bad??]

4. If you let your humans rub your belly, subtract 2 points. 
[The biggest NO-NO with me! 0]
5. If you let anyone kiss your belly, subtract 5 points. [0 If you try, you are taking your life into your hands!]

6. Are you Head of your Household (HOH)? (1 point if you consider yourself HOH) [1 Of course!]

7. If you have kitty (or other animal) siblings, do you:
(Give yourself 1 point for each Yes)
Eat their food? [1 - When no-one's around to stop me!]
Demand that they groom you? 0 [Most certainly not!]
Chase them? [1 Of course! What other entertainment IS there besides hunting and eating? And, of course, sleeping.]
Stare at them relentlessly? [0 Why would I want to?]
Stalk them? 0
Pounce on them? [1 But of course.]
Make them meow? [0 Wish I could!]
Steal their (well, *your*) toys? [0 Toys? What toys? Meowmy hides the laser light and all our other toys are broken!]
Make them growl? 0
Make their ears go backwards? [1 - But not on purrpose!]
Pretend to be grooming (or staring at the wall, ceiling, etc.) while actually stalking them? 0

8. Have you ever destroyed household items?
(1 point for each yes)
Furniture? 0 
Clothing or shoes? 1 [if you count cat collars!]
Kitty Toys? 1 [Oh, yes! I should give myself a couple of points fur this one! MOL!]

9. Please list any other crazy things you do that are ridiculously feisty (1 point per).
[Hm. I can't really think of any!]

Total Score (Place your score/name in your Diary Title):


My Score is 8 or 9 [depending on whether you count those collars or not!] I'm a COOL CAT!

0-5 LAIDBACK LOVEBUG: You are a lovebug. You are sweet (and probably floofy) and you go with the flow. Nothing *really* bothers you and you like everybody. You don’t even mind having a feisty sibling! You are a laidback lovebug!

6-15 COOL CAT: You are one cool cat. Smooth with a touch of mischief. You’ve got a bit of feisty in you and a bit of lovebug. Balance is good; you know how to have a good time by chasing and pouncing AND you know how to have a good time by being a mellow kitty and just hanging out. You are a cool cat!

16+ CRAZY FEISTY: You are a nut. A cheeky little monkey! Crazy, feisty, the talk of the town! Chasing kitty sisters, demanding your human feed you NOW, eating your mom’s favorite pair of shoes, turning on the oven with your freakishly strong teeth just because you can! The world is your playground and you’ll try anything once (or twice). If your human can handle the shenanigans of a CRAZY FEISTY kitty cat, all is good! If your human cannot handle the shenanigans, wait until she leaves for work to get crazy and then blame it on your sistercat when your human comes home! You are crazy feisty (and a whole lot of mischievous fun!)!

Any kitty that wants to play is invited! Feel free to tag friends to find out just how feisty your friends are!


So, you've seen how feisty I am, what about you furs? Post in your diary and/or in the comments below to let the world know how feisty you are!

Happy Novemfur!

Purrs,
Samson T. Hunter]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Moar of my fafurite kitty vids!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/801578</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:57:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/801578</guid>
		<description>Guess what I've been doing again?? I just LUV watching these funny kitty vids and I thought you migh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Guess what I've been doing again?? I just LUV watching these funny kitty vids and I thought you might enjoy if I shared some more with you. Did you read that <a id="img2579240724"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.dogster.com/the-scoop/japanese-study-cute-things-smarter?utm_source=Sters+Newsletter+Subscribers&utm_campaign=34622c9a7d-10092012_Dogster_newsletter&utm_medium=email" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img2579240724');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://www.dogster.com/the-scoop/japanes', 'e-study-cute-things-smarter?utm_source=S', 'ters', p, 'Newsletter', p, 'Subscribers&utm_campaign=34622c9a7d-1009', '2012_Dogster_newsletter&utm_medium=email', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Dogster article</a> that proves the kewt pet pics are good fur people?

It's a <a id="img1806584566"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGTE_QrgWVs" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img1806584566');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/GGTE_QrgWVs&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/GGTE_QrgWVs&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Scary, Scary World</a> out there, as testified by Gibson.

<a id="img8710195790"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NHFLJXAjNE" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img8710195790');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/9NHFLJXAjNE&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/9NHFLJXAjNE&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Sylvester the talking cat</a> in one his episodes, in which the landlord comes around!

<a id="img0246336471"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxjFQbpcess" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img0246336471');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/hxjFQbpcess&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/hxjFQbpcess&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Sylvester</a> digs his hole deeper when he tries to sell the dog after a house move that traumatizes his feline companion.

The list goes on, but these are some of the funnier ones. I think they're all by the same guy, too! Happy viewing efurryone!


Purrs,
Samson the LOLcat addict]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>More videos!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/801124</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:54:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/801124</guid>
		<description>Only this time, they're about ME!! Well, &quot;us&quot;. My dog-bro Mikey has a new vid on his page that a cou ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Only this time, they're about ME!! Well, "us". My dog-bro Mikey has a new vid on his page that a couple of girls took when they were trying to train Mikey.. furry unsuccessfully! It's only a minute long, but it's funny.

Meowmy has also been reviewing all the videos she has taken of me and her sisfur's cats <a id="img4070589697"  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.catster.com/cats/1252292" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img4070589697');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://www.catster.com/cats/1252292', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Yogi</a> and <a id="img3820706836"  class=bodyTextRev target=site href="http://www.catster.com/cats/1251836" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img3820706836');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://www.catster.com/cats/1251836', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Booboo</a>. She says she's gonna try making one big video of all our kewtest moments, so I'm keeping an eye out fur her camera ofur the next few days!

It's been furry cold here lately. They says it's Spring... I say "Pah!" It's doesn't feel like spring to me! I reckon it'd be warmer if I moved in with one of my American pals in the middle of Fall!

Not much has been happening here, I'm afraid, so there's not really much to report. Meowmy has discofured that I've started stealing furom the compost bin. She saw me yesterday jump in the big improvised "bin" and steal some food out of there and start eating it. I'm gonna have to be sneakier furom now.

I'll sign off now, as I can't really think of any other news-worthy reports, but I'll give you a link to an article on the <a id="img0900054729"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://cattime.com/top-8-health-benefits-of-having-a-pet.html?utm_campaign=website&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img0900054729');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'img src=', a, 'http://cattime.com/top-8-health-benefits', '-of-having-a-pet.html?utm_campaign=websi', 'te&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=em', 'ail', a, ' /', r, l, 'BR /', r));">health benefits</a> of owning a pet. SUPERPETS TO THE RESCUE!! MOL`


Have a great weekend everyfurry!

Purrs,
Samson]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Moar mews and vids!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/800368</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 7 Oct 2012 00:37:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/800368</guid>
		<description>First, da mews - Uncle Felix is Kewlest Catster Kitties' new Cat of the Week! So kewl! I was KCK COT ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ First, da mews - Uncle Felix is Kewlest Catster Kitties' new Cat of the Week! So kewl! I was KCK COTW on da 10th of da 6th 2012, and now Uncle Felix is KCK COTW on da 6th of da 10th, 2012. Coincidence or what??

Now, da vids:
These are so funny, I couldn't resist posting these ones too!

<a id="img6204974674"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf_IIbT8HGk" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img6204974674');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/wf_IIbT8HGk&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/wf_IIbT8HGk&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Super Cats 1</a>

<a id="img1422967785"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRAMO0_6g-M" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img1422967785');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/tRAMO0_6g-M&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/tRAMO0_6g-M&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Super Cats 2</a>

<a id="img8403727318"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOKsUDL3q_o" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img8403727318');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/UOKsUDL3q_o&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/UOKsUDL3q_o&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Super Cats 3</a>

<a id="img7895480291"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAX7af8CZwQ" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img7895480291');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/OAX7af8CZwQ&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/OAX7af8CZwQ&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Funny Crazy Cats ;-)</a>

Hope you enjoy! =;

Purrs,
Samson T. Hunter]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Funny Animal Vids</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/800242</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 6 Oct 2012 04:31:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>G'day, my furiends! I been lookin' at some funny vids on YouTube lately, and I just thought I'd shar ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ G'day, my furiends! I been lookin' at some funny vids on YouTube lately, and I just thought I'd share some of my fafurite ones:

*A <a id="img7597619272"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdryccHXNUc" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img7597619272');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/DdryccHXNUc&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/DdryccHXNUc&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">manakin bird</a> does a moonwalk!

*A <a id="img6905223707"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68IDuqCz2jA" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img6905223707');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/68IDuqCz2jA&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/68IDuqCz2jA&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Bengal cat</a> goes skitzo on his owner in bed!

*<a id="img5776391851"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-Kt_kuYVtU" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img5776391851');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/f-Kt_kuYVtU&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/f-Kt_kuYVtU&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Funny Talking Animals</a> - the Best Of!

*The <a id="img3029496790"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGN_xO9BkVk" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img3029496790');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/yGN_xO9BkVk&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/yGN_xO9BkVk&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">lyrebird</a>'s natural mimicry skills (or is it dubbed?)

And last but not least...
*These <a id="img2021674156"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IytNBm8WA1c" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img2021674156');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/IytNBm8WA1c&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/IytNBm8WA1c&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">Funny Cats</a>!


Hope you all have a furtastic weekend!

Purrs,
Samson]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Catster to Samson, Report!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/799320</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 1 Oct 2012 02:43:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Okay, so I haven't been around much lately. Sorry about that. Not much has been going on around here ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Okay, so I haven't been around much lately. Sorry about that. Not much has been going on around here furom my point of view, although Meowmy has found sufficient excuses to keep busy. Firstly, there's yet more diseases circulating through Bendigo. Some of our furiends have got chicken pox, so we're looking out fur unaccountable spots. Not good. There is also another of those nefur-ending colds affecting a few people, including Meowmy. She seems to be always catching whatefur's going around! People are too generous. Especially with diseases.

“There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age.” -Benjamin Spock

On the other paw, things aren't so bad after all. It is my dog bro Mikey's birthday today. (Meowmy actually furgot until Dogster reminded her! Chah! Furget her own head next!) It is also Meowmy's birthday tomorrow. (And can you actually believe she furgot that as well?!!)

Lately Meowmy has started reading a Joe Grey mystery story by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. Have any fur of you read them? This one's called "Cat Telling Tales". It's kinda interesting so far, Meowmy says. She's about two-thirds of the way through it already, so it must be good!

I'll sign off now so Meowmy can go fulfill some more excuses, but I'll try and get around to all my fafurite groups soon.


Ciao and Meow!
Purrs,
Cap'n Samson T. Hunter]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ahoy, Mateys!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/796305</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 9 Sep 2012 03:32:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/796305</guid>
		<description>Avast ye, Mateys! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th, so hoist yer Jolly R ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Avast ye, Mateys! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th, so hoist yer Jolly Roger an' polish yer doubloons cos we be all Pirate Kitties now! Arr!

I'z be gone to http://gangstaname.com/names/pirate to receive my fury own Pirate Name (which I suspect will be the same as that given to efury other "Samson" on Catster! MOL` My new Pirate Name is "SHARKBAIT" HUBERT BONES. Weird, huh? But there ye arr! Fur this month, you may call me "Sharkbait" - but I'll make ye walk the plank if ye keep it up to long!

Uncle Felix would like me to thank the furs who rememfured his Rainbow Bridge Day on the 1st o' this month. We are both thankful to have such good furiends here on Catster.

I would also like to apologise to anyfur who had a special day or honour lately that I have not acknowledged. I blame me empty Catster purrse, arr! When I earn me some more doubloons an' pieces of eight I can treat you all like you so nobly deserve!

But I'm not one fur the small talk, so I'll be gettin' back to me swashbucklin' an' lead-swingin'. Ahaarrrr!


Purrs,
Samson "Sharkbait" Hunter]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Going Schizo!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/794128</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:40:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/794128</guid>
		<description>Meowmy's wondering if I've found some drugs or catnip somewhere - I'm going ballistic!! I was racing ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Meowmy's wondering if I've found some drugs or catnip somewhere - I'm going ballistic!! I was racing around, chasing things that Meowmy SAYS aren't there (though I'm sure they are!) and I'm trying to get in all the cupboards and I'm running and jumping around. It's lots of fun and it's annoying Meowmy, so I think I'll keep doing it fur a while!

While browsing one of the groups I'm in earlier, Meowmy got to thinking about Vegemite. Now she's got a craving fur it (I don't understand that - I guess it's just not a kitty food!) and she's found the Vegemite song on YouTube and has got it "stuck in her head". (You can find it <a id="img2135526650"  class=bodyTextRev target=site  onClick="alert(\'Catster Alert: You are about to visit an outside link that was submitted by this pet owner.\');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yA98MujNeM" onmouseover="var el = $j('#img2135526650');var c=String.fromCharCode;var q=c(34);var l=c(60);var r=c(62);var a=c(39);var p=c(43); el[0].onmouseover = null; var n=$j(document.createElement('div')); n.insertBefore(el); n.html(''.concat(l, 'object type=', a, 'application/x-shockwave-flash', a, ' width=', a, '425', a, ' height=', a, '344', a, ' data=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/0yA98MujNeM&hl=', 'en', a, r, l, 'param name=', a, 'movie', a, ' value=', a, 'http://www.youtube.com/v/0yA98MujNeM&hl=', 'en', a, ' /', r, l, '/object', r, l, 'BR /', r));">HERE</a>, in case you're interested.) With Meowmy going around the house singing all the time, it's a good thing I can get to sleep easily!

On the canine side of things, Goldie seems to have sprained her ankle or something. She is favouring her off-fore foot lately and yelps whenefur anyone touches it. Meowmy's hoping it's just a sprain that will heal itself.

Have you seen my latest picture? :D Meowmy caught me with the TV remote and her bottle of ginger beer! :r Next time I'll have to be more sneaky...

Now, I'm all tired out furom my Attack of the Zoomies, so I'm gonna beg fur some more dinner then go take a nap. And some catnip tea! =;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>DDP AGAIN!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/791203</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 1 Aug 2012 01:56:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/791203</guid>
		<description>This is my 3rd time as Daily Diary Pick! I didn't realise my writing was that good! :D  Of course, m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This is my 3rd time as Daily Diary Pick! I didn't realise my writing was that good! :D  Of course, my furiend Nikita is Diary Pick as well. I've lost count of how many times SHE'S been DDP - it seems like efurry day! MOL` Nikita must be a furry good writer!

And there's more excitement! Some of the groups I'm in are having fun stuff coming up. Let's see, KCK had a pawty recently (which, incidentally, I missed!), Fancypants Cafe is having a Pool Pawty tomorrow, and last, but CERTAINLY not least, The Cat & Dog Plaza is having an Olympics! How KEWL is that! Mikey, Goldie and I are each hosting a game. It's gonna be so much fun!! I'm working on building up my new Catster Life group, but it's kinda fun, seeing what's going on in the diffurent groups, and reading furs' diaries and so on. If you want to join my group, here's a link:

http://www.catster.com/group/Catster_life-19021


Anyway, I have events to pawlan, birds to hunt, and sleep to catch up on! ;)


Purrs,
Samson The Mighty Hunter

P.S. Meowmy's working on a new pic fur me! Is that good or bad??]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Under Cover... Literally</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/791033</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:40:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/791033</guid>
		<description>The grandpawrents may have gone, but the fun's not ofur yet. (I still don't know if that's a good th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The grandpawrents may have gone, but the fun's not ofur yet. (I still don't know if that's a good thing or bad?)

Meowmy got up this morning (that's GOOD) and she went fur her potty break (I think that's good!) and she tried to flush (DEFINITELY good!) but it wouldn't (REALLY BAD!!). So the plumbers came round. Now, I don't like most visitors anyway, but it's worse when tradespeople come, because we're not meant to be in the house AT ALL! Well, we're allowed in the laundry at night, but not anywhere else in the house. So you know what Meowmy did? She threw me outside... literally! I mean physically THREW me! (FURRY bad!!) So you know what I did? I ran back inside! So you know what Meowmy did? She picked me up and threw me outside again when the plumbers weren't looking. So you know what I did? Yep. The next chance I got.. ZIP! Those plumbers nefur knew what streaked past them. I guess they thought it was a white streak of lighting... floor level. And you know what Meowmy did? This time she got fed up with me and decided to just leave me alone and hope the plumbers didn't see me and don't say anything to the real estate. *paws crossed* And I got to sleep under the bed fur the rest of the morning.

And now I'm off to my various duties, including plotting and planning with the admins at the C&D Plaza, hunting down criminals at SDA, and tending to my new Catster Life group. As well as picking up Meowmy's slack as far as sleep is concerned, hiding under beds from plumbers, and keeping the back yard free of pesky birds. A busy life indeed!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fashion Show</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/790249</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:19:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/790249</guid>
		<description>Yes, Meowmy has been playing around on the puter again and this time she's dressed me up in a Genera ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yes, Meowmy has been playing around on the puter again and this time she's dressed me up in a General's hat (I think it's an Indonesian police general's hat or something - Meowmy looked at a lot of pics so she can't remember now!) and she's taken me out on the battle-field. See the big tank behind me? I wish I could drive one of those! Meowmy has titled the picture "General Ignorance" (in reference to my general's hat and as a recycled joke from somewhere else.) :(

I would also like to say thank you to the furs who have shared their thoughts about a Catster magazine of my own. I think I will do it, though I will be glad of any suggestions and help. The trouble is, I would like to have it as a group of its own, but Catster is having fleas BIG TIME at the moment and I can't create any groups. (Hisss!!) I do, howefur, have a group of my own already called "The Aussie Cats' Club". It was intended fur Aussie kitties and pups to hang out and play games, but it hasn't had much action. Maybe I could recycle that group, like change the name and delete the current threads and start new ones, etc. It will only be a little bit of stuffing around and it will save bugging HQ. Again.

What do you think? I think I will change my Aussie group to house Catster Life, but I don't want to act rashly or upset my furiends. (I'm good enough at that already!)

Purrs,

Amateur Journalist and Master of Mischeif, Samson (aka "General Ignorance")]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Whassup?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/789927</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 03:08:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/789927</guid>
		<description>Whassup?? WHASSUP?!? *I'LL* tell you WHASSUP! We have VISITORS. And not just *any* visitors, these a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Whassup?? WHASSUP?!? *I'LL* tell you WHASSUP! We have VISITORS. And not just *any* visitors, these are GRANDPAWRENT visitors!! Tuna cakes and kitty litter! Grandpaw's alright, he just ignores me fur the most part, but GRANDMEW *LIKES* me! She STROKED me! And she tried to PINCH MY CHEEK!! (See, Spice E, you're not alone there!) Thanks Goodness they're GOING soon! I don't like strangers normally, but CHEEK-PINCHING ones are even WORSE!!

New thought... I've been thinking. (Please don't worry yet!) I like Catster. (Stay calm...) And Meowmy likes writing, especially magazines. (Take deep breaths...) So MEOWMY was thinking (NOW you can worry!) of doing a magazine about Catster and the fun stuff, great groups, and furtastic furs on Catster. (Did I say "worry"? *look of innocence*) She was thinking of calling it "Catster Life", unless anyfur can think of a better title. She made a forum thread about it so furs can tell me what they think there.

http://www.catster.com/forums/Cat_Movies_Books_and_Entertainment/thread/750643

She's still thinking about EXACTLY what to put in it, but it would have stuff like Catster's featured group (on the groups page), the latest Mews and MOLs (in the Magazine tab), a Catster in the Spotlight (hand-picked by the editors and maybe voted fur by Catster kitties), and featured stories/poems, articles, pictures, videos and what-nots submitted by furs and/or sourced on various websites by the editors. If you're interested in helping out with the magazine and want to be an editor, PAWLEASE let me know! Any help, tips, or purrs anyfur wants to give me would be much appreciated. I was thinking the magazine could come out quarterly (September through November, then December through January, etc.). What do you think, furs?


Purrs,

Rookie Detective and Amateur Journalist Samson T. Hunter]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Here's your host... SAMSON!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/789681</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 21 Jul 2012 02:37:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/789681</guid>
		<description>Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood evening!! (Or if you go by Catster time, it's half-past  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood evening!! (Or if you go by Catster time, it's half-past 2 in the morning -- so GOOOOD MORNING!)

I haven't written much in my diary, mainly because I haven't had much to write. What have I been doing? Ummmm, well. On Caster I've been managing a trivia game in We Love Contests, helping out at SDA, planning secrets at the Cat & Dog Plaza, and generally enjoying myself with my furiends.

At home, howefur, I turned nasty. I decided to scare Meowmy last night by staying outside ALL NIGHT and not coming when she called. Well, I kept MY end of the bargain and hid away, but do you know what Meowmy did? SHE WENT TO BED!! She IGNORED me! And when she let me inside this morning, she just gave me breakfast and left me alone! No "Where have you been?!". No "You gave me such a fright!". No extra treats. Of all the meowmies I could have chosen to be mine, I HAD to choose one who is NOT SOPPY!! How typical is that?? Hiss!

BTW, has anyfur else had problems with the groups they're in not showing on their page sometimes? I mean, sometimes I'll look at my page and it will list the groups I'm in (yes, ALL of them -- I'm not going to count them now, I'll get a headache!) and other times I'll look at my page and it's not showing any of my group list. *???*

I've also added some new pictures to my Catster page. There's one picture at the bottom of the page of me curled up on a yellow baby blanket. (I got chucked off it immediately the photo-shoot was ofur!) There's also a new picture at the top of my page of me on a police car. Kewl, huh? And before you ask, I DID NOT intentionally misspell "Police". It's a clip-art picture of a SWEDISH police car. I don't yet know if that's good or bad.

PC (Police Cat) Samson reporting fur duty... and lodging a request fur a transfer to Tuna Land.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ace Detective Samson T Hunter!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/788580</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:41:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Hey, guess what, everyfur? I'm an ACE DETECTIVE now! Know why? I SOLVED A COLD CASE AT SAMOA'S DETEC ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hey, guess what, everyfur? I'm an ACE DETECTIVE now! Know why? I SOLVED A COLD CASE AT SAMOA'S DETECTIVE AGENCY! I just joined not long ago and I was looking through the cold cases and I got three suspects in mind fur two of the cases. I pmailed two suspects fur the first case and another suspect fur the second case. The first suspect replied - WRONG! The second suspect replied - WRONGO AGAIN! Furry dispirited, I waited fur the third suspect to reply. And just now I checked my pmails and there it was - "Yes you are correct". WHAAT?? I actually got it RIGHT?!? But there it was in black-and-white! Oh, I'z so proud of myself!! I think I EARNED my detective badge now! Any other ARGs out there want to let me find them??

Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrss,

Ace Detective and Master Crab-cake Eater Samson T Hunter]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Oh My Catness!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/788368</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:15:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Barely had I finished writing my last diary entry when Meowmy checked her inbox and found she had an ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Barely had I finished writing my last diary entry when Meowmy checked her inbox and found she had an email from Catster HQ - "Concats, Samson has been chosen fur Cat of the Day". MeWOWza! I couldn't believe it, but Meowmy said it was true. Wow! Me, Cat of the Day! Holy Mackerel!! July is now officially my FAVOUITE MONTH - it just keeps getting BETTER AND BETTER!!

I will try to be the model Cat of the Day and set a Good Example to all aspiring COTD's. *reaches over and steals catnip cookie out of jar*

And Catster, if you want to keep the honours coming, that's FINE WITH ME!!

Now if you will excuse me, I shall recover from this surprise. *faints from shock*

UPDATE: I revived long enough to find out that I'M DDP AS WELL!! Oh my Gosh! *faints again*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New Gadgets!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/788354</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:04:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Yessir, am I ever havin' fun! A few days ago, Meowmy got me a Shoutbox fur my Catster page! Here my  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yessir, am I ever havin' fun! A few days ago, Meowmy got me a Shoutbox fur my Catster page! Here my furiends can leave me a "shout" to give me a message or suggestion (or a clue to a mystery at Samoa's Detective Agency!).

Another kewl gadget Meowmy got me is the sticky-note clock below the shoutin' box. It shows the time at our place (a few seconds slow, I'll admit, but that doesn't matter!), so when you're on Catster you can just look at my page to see whether I'm likely to be online or not. Time differences are a nuisance, aren't they? At the moment it's 5:00 our time, and Meowmy's on the puter, but it's midnight Catster time so most of my furiends are asleep! :( And when my furiends are online, Meowmy's busy! If she gets on the puter at 9:00 am, that's... um, 4:00 Catster time, so I only have a few hours to pawlay with my furiends. Curse time differences! Maybe I should move to Ameowica??

Another addition to my page is the kewl picture Luigi made me of me with a kangaroo. I hope it's a gentle one! I've seen some of the damage kangaroos can do to cars, and apparently they can kill a man with one blow of their tail! *turns to look at his own fluffy tail* I wonder...

CyberKitty and Professional Tail-Wrestler Samson T Hunter]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The latest on C-A-T News!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/788040</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 8 Jul 2012 18:15:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Well, the most exciting of our latest Mews is that Uncle Felix now has his wings! Aren't they purrty ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well, the most exciting of our latest Mews is that Uncle Felix now has his wings! Aren't they purrty? I almost wish I was an angel so's I could have wings like that! Uncle Felix purrs a BIG thank-mew to Muffin and da gang from the Over the Rainbow group fur his wonnerful wings.

I would also like to thank all of my furiends who sent Gotcha Day wishes and prezzies. I don't think I have room to name them all here, so I'll just say one big THANK MEW!! (Mew know who mew are, my furiends!)

"Furiends are the furmily we choose fur ourselves."
I furget who said that, but it's a grreat quote!

Have a pawsome day, my furiends! And big purrs to you all!


Gotcha-Day Boy Samson "Over"
Dept. of "The Moon"

(P.S. Fur those who don't get it, the joke in the signature is "Over the Moon". The one in my last entry was "Happy Happy, Joy Joy". :))]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WHOOPEE!!</title>
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				<pubdate>Sat, 7 Jul 2012 19:39:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Oh! I'z so 'cited! I'z so 'cited my grammar is going!

Firstly, tomorrow iz my Gotcha Day! Meowmy  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh! I'z so 'cited! I'z so 'cited my grammar is going!

Firstly, tomorrow iz my Gotcha Day! Meowmy sez I gets a special treat! *rubs paws in eager anticipation* I also gots rosies and pics frum my furiends. TANK MEW ALL! (Mew know who mew are!)

Seconds, I'z a detective now! Ooh, I'z gonna have fun! The group iz full of detectives who investigate anonymous rosies to find out who sents them. Which would be more fun I wonder - being the detective or the ARG? (Anonymous Rosette Giver)

Thirds - PAWTIES ABOUND! Da Cat's Meow group is having a Summerfest Pawty and I've been invited as an admin! (If I could put emoticons in diary entries, I would have a whole row of da dancing smilies!) This is gonna be fun, I can play da pawty games and maybe even do one myself. :D

I'll write more when I has more to write. Thanks mew fur reading!

Rookie Detective and Pawty Fanatic Samson "Happy, Happy"
Dept. of "Joy, Joy"]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Another honour!</title>
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				<pubdate>Mon, 2 Jul 2012 03:13:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Yipee! I'm a DDP! My furiend Booboo has been a DDP before and her brother Yogi was DDP twice! But no ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yipee! I'm a DDP! My furiend Booboo has been a DDP before and her brother Yogi was DDP twice! But now it's MY turn! WHOO HOO!! This is a furtastic month! I'm making lots of furiends and joining kewl new groups and my furiend Felix has joined Catster, and I'm the Meow's Rockstar of the Month, and now I'm a DDP! Now if I can just get Diary of the Day or even Cat of the Day, THAT would be BRILLIANT!! (Missed it by *|that much!|* )

Catster says they're working on fixing the group messages and group creates. (*taps foot impatiently*)

Happy Monday, furs!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Felix Joins Catster!</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 1 Jul 2012 03:08:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>My angel furiend Felix has joined Catster now! He's an Exotic Shorthair kitty with a black smoke col ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My angel furiend Felix has joined Catster now! He's an Exotic Shorthair kitty with a black smoke colour. He was one of the sweetest cats when he was alive and he's one of the gentlest kitties at the Bridge. He'd be glad fur you to stop in and say hi and make him feel welcome!

http://www.catster.com/cats/1256507

As some of you know, Meowmy helps at a website called FelineFrenzies.com and she's been working on that today. She looked at some of the stuff on there and realised just how far behind she is! This could take a while! But there's a lot of good stuff on Feline Frenzies.

Mikey's Ugly Dog Day photo comp seems to have gone down well. Maybe he'll do another one next year after all. I'm having fun helping as admin at the Cat & Dog Plaza and at We Love Contests. Trivia's my cup of tea. (or perhaps, "saucer of milk" would be a better expression?)

Purrs to all!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A furry special honour!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/786773</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:14:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I've been made the Rockstar of the Month at Da Cat's Meow! WHOOPEE!! Dante made the kewl pic that is ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I've been made the Rockstar of the Month at Da Cat's Meow! WHOOPEE!! Dante made the kewl pic that is on my page. He's clever at that! I was also the Cat of the Week at Kewlest Catster Kitties a while ago. Rex made the KCK Cat of the Week pic on my page. It's really good as well, isn't it?

I've been having so much fun on the different groups that a few days ago, I decided to start my own group fur Aussie kitties. But something's wrong with Catster - effury time I try to create the group, Catster says there's a problem that will be resolved within 12 hours. That was about 5 days ago I started trying and I've got the message EFFURY TIME!! Grrr.

Mikey did an Ugliest Dog Day Photo Competition on the Cat & Dog Plaza, but not many furs entered. Maybe next year he can do it again, giving more notice to photo-wielding furs and promoting it better. Meowmy's wondering if she can get a 4th of July type photo of one of us to enter in Domino's photo contest on said Plaza, but living in Aussie it's hard to come by Independence Day type props! Thinking, thinking...

Hope you all have a furtastic weekend!

Purrs, Sammyson]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New Toys</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/786015</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:33:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Greetings, loyal furiends and Readers! I went bird hunting today and you'll never guess JUST HOW CLO ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Greetings, loyal furiends and Readers! I went bird hunting today and you'll never guess JUST HOW CLOSE that bird came to being caught! Darn! Still, maybe I'll have better luck next time. Meowmy's always saying how she wonders how a bright white kitty like me manages to catch birds and broad daylight in open country!

Meowmy bought a new pen the other day. It's a fun pen - It's got a laser light in it! Playing with the laser light is fun, but my buddy Booboo loves it even more than I do! Booboo's meowmy took a video of Booboo playing with the laser light and she's going to try and put it on Booboo's page.

Speaking of video's, I'm not sure if I explained in a previous entry about the video that's on my page. Meowmy put it together to help furs like me who are having trouble posting pictures in group threads. With some help from some furry helpful furs, I've figured it out and helped Meowmy do the video to help other furs. Although some still cannot figure it out (you know who you are!) and I found a forum thread about that ( http://www.catster.com/forums/Tips_Tricks_and_Help_On_Dogstercom/thread/496025/1 ) but I don't know if it helps any more than my vid does. :)

Um, that's about all that I've been doing lately. See you around, furs and furiends!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A very boring time</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/784089</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:16:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi furs! Not much has been happening here, but I felt I've been neglecting my diary. I finally figur ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi furs! Not much has been happening here, but I felt I've been neglecting my diary. I finally figured out, thanks to Reanan, how to post pictures in the group threads on Catster, and for those of you who don't know how to do it, my meowmy's done up a video about it which you can find on my page.

Here's something interesting Meowmy found on the internet today about a "Dr. Zoe D. Katze Ph.D., C.Ht., DAPA". She found it on Comedy.co.uk and it's about the panel show QI, hosted by Stephen Fry.



You should not consult Dr. Zoe D. Katze Ph.D., C.Ht., DAPA because she is a cat with bogus qualifications including hypnotherapy. Academic Steve Eichel wanted to prove just how easy it was to get qualifications over the internet. Once you get one then you can use the others to parlay until you get a whole list of them. Zoe has a doctorate in counselling psychology from a mail-order university, she has a C.Ht. meaning she is a certified hypnotherapist, she is in the National Guild of Hypnotists, and is a Diplomat of the American Psychotherapy Association. Zoe also has qualifications that allow her to be an energy therapist, a past-life regression therapist and an alien abduction therapist. There are "diploma mills" and "degree mills" which give either fake diplomas from a real university or a real diploma from a fake university. Stephen then gives the panel a fake diploma each in "Advanced Banter". The whole business of fake degrees is called "pseudo-credentialing".



How's that? Maybe I should become an "Alien Abduction Therapist". MOL!

Anyway, when I next have something interesting to report, I'll let you know! Thanks for reading!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New &quot;Mews&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/783114</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 04:10:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Smiley Cassanova has invited me and my Dogster &quot;siblings&quot; to become Administrators at the Cat &amp; Dog  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Smiley Cassanova has invited me and my Dogster "siblings" to become Administrators at the Cat & Dog Plaza. So kewl! Thanks, Smiley! I'm having a ton of fun on Catster, especially at the Cat & Dog Plaza and at Da Cat's Meow. Thanks, effuryone, for being such grreat furiends and playing with me!

Let's see, what else have I been doing? Umm... I've been playing da Cat Breed Photo Game. My Mummy is purrty good at knowing da different breeds. Booboo and Yogi are having fun on Catster, too, and Mikey and Goldie are making so many pals on Dogster!

I'm trying to add some more photos to my page. I think I'm going to run out of room soon! I'd best go now. Thanks for reading! See you around, furs!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Goldie Joins Dogster</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/782798</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 2 Jun 2012 22:44:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I live in rule over two dogs - Mikey and Goldie. You may have seen Mikey around on Dogster, but now  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I live in rule over two dogs - Mikey and Goldie. You may have seen Mikey around on Dogster, but now Goldie has joined as well! Now we can all have fun together! My cat friend Booboo has recently joined Catster and she's convincing her pal Yogi to join as well. :) We're gonna have a blast!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Welcome to My Diary</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/1248879/diary/Musings_from_an_aussie_kitty/782646</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 2 Jun 2012 02:38:59 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Samson T. Hunter ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi furs! I just thought I'd tell you a little about myself and my life. I was born in Tasmania, Aust ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi furs! I just thought I'd tell you a little about myself and my life. I was born in Tasmania, Australia, in a litter from a Ragdoll queen and a local tomcat. My original name was Snowflake (how girlie is that?!), but my new Mum, understanding my predicament, changed my name to Samson, after the long-haired worrier, I mean warrior, in the Bible. I think this name suits me a lot better, don't you? My siblings all went to new homes around Tasmania, except for my sister Lily, who stayed with our feline mum until she was killed by a car. Before that tragic event, though, she had another litter of kittens from which came another little kitty who looked exactly like me! His name was Jaffa, because he was the colour of Jaffa chocolates. As far as I know he is still with Lily and her owners.

My family moved from Tasmania to Victoria, Australia, in December 2010. It was a big change, but there's a lot more room to roam here and a lot less cats, which is good in that there's more rabbits for me to hunt, but it also means that I have fewer cats to boss around. :( We live in a big house with a big backyard and we're surrounded by big sheep paddocks filled with rabbits, hares, birds of all sorts... and, unfortunately, snakes. Luckily, though, I haven't been bitten by a snake yet. My favourite activity is hunting birds, but my Mummy always wonders how I manage to catch so many birds considering that I'm bright white...? Just call it "skill".

I have a furiend who lives with me called Booboo and she's recently joined Catster, too, after I told her how fun it is. Booboo's mummy is my mummy's sister. Is it just me, or does "Boo-Boo" seem to be a common girl cat name? Booboo's profile page is at: http://www.catster.com/cats/1251836 .

Well, so long furs and thanks for reading!]]></content:encoded>
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