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<title>Coopurr 360</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:33:32 PDT</pubDate>
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		<title>I'm Featured on that Other Coop's Website!!!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/774962</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:40:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Yes, I know, it has been far too long since I've been around.  We'll be back soon.  Meowm's just had ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yes, I know, it has been far too long since I've been around.  We'll be back soon.  Meowm's just had some important things going on outside of Catster.

BUT...we do want to share some FUN NEWS!

I was featured on Anderson Cooper's Website!!!!!!  Meowm actually got to go to the taping of his pet show and everything!  

Here it is...

http://www.andersoncooper.com/videos/0_fhvpk0dj

Purrrrrrrrrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Does she really think I'm S-T-U-P-I-D?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/713420</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 2 Mar 2011 10:00:05 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>You'd think that after TWO Russian Blues, the Meowther would no longer underestimate the intelligenc ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ You'd think that after TWO Russian Blues, the Meowther would no longer underestimate the intelligence of my breed.  But no.  She still thinks I don't know how to S-P-E-L-L.  In particular, the word V-E-T.

Yeah, I heard her discussing it yesterday.  Appurrently, she's taking me back there on Monday for S-H-O-T-S!  

Furs, let's be real here...I **KNOW** all about S-H-O-T-S.  I just had some a couple of weeks ago for that lung stuff!  

I don't know what these S-H-O-T-S are for.  And I just don't understand why she has to torture me by shoivng me in that bag with the zipper and allowing these people to poke and prod at me while they discuss every last little blue fur on my body.  

I'm a good kitty.  I don't deserve such atrocities.  And I just don't know why she keeps dragging me back to that awful place!

I shall post of my traumas on Monday.  Til then...send purrs...

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Post-Valentine's Day and Thank Mews</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/711577</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:23:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi, Everyfur!!!

Furst of all, I want to thank everyone for the well wishes while I was sick.  Meo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi, Everyfur!!!

Furst of all, I want to thank everyone for the well wishes while I was sick.  Meowmmy was so scared that it was something really horrible, and we appurrciated the comforting thoughts.  

HOWEVER...that doesn't eliminate the fact that my chest is still BARE.  In the middle of the COLDEST WINTER EVER KNOWN TO CATKIND! 

When I find out whose brilliant idea it was to shave me, I'm gonna go all Brooklyn on their butt!  The only problem is that I think Meowm had a hand in that decision, and if I go all Brooklyn on HER butt, then she might stop opening cans for me.  Or worse yet...she might hide Ro!!!

Now...Valentine's Day!!!  I'm not allowed to date, so I just let Meowm be my Valentine.  And she got me some cool stuff.  I got a Wubba...and a little catnip puppy...and CATNIP BUBBLES.  I got a ton of extra treats, too.  

Also, we celebrated a year with Ro last night!!! Yes, it was my furst anniversary with my beloved Ro toy!  Oh, the memories...like when I lost her and cried, and Meowm had to go buy me another one.  And all of the times I've carried her into Meowmmy's bed and lost her in the covers...oh, Ro...!  Sighhhh...

Purrs, Furs!
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I hads a Liddle Health Scare</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/709594</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 1 Feb 2011 10:28:19 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>So I was couging.  At furst, Meowmmy thought it was a furball.  But she called the vet, and the tech ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So I was couging.  At furst, Meowmmy thought it was a furball.  But she called the vet, and the tech told her to wait it out.

Meowm waited it out for about an hour until I started going into FITS of coughing.  Dr. B agreed with Meowmmy -- it was no hairball.

As per USUAL...NO ONE bothered to consult with ME.  And so she scooped me up and shoved me in the carrier and the next thing I knew...I was on the scale on that cold silver table at the vet's office!!!!

Meowm said she knew I was pretty sick because I was BEHAVING.  Even when Dr. B CHOKED me.  Yes, he did.  HOw would you like that, furs?  Some dude putting this cold medallian thingie on your chest and squeezing the furballs outta you?  Not.  Nice.

They took pictures of me, and Meowm was crying and pacing.  I wasn't sure why.  She doesn't cry and pace when she takes pics of me at home.

Oh, and they stuck me with needles, too!!!!  FOUR of them!!!

The pictures told The Choker that I have a slightly large heart.  And they wanted to check me for Cardiomyopathy.

The Choker did tell Meowm that my heart might be a little big because I'm a big kitty.  But Meowm said all along that it's just a little big because there's so much love in it.

I did stop coughing -- I think he choked it out of me.  Or maybe it was those needles in my butt...

But she took me back again YESTERDAY...and you are NOT going to BELIEVE what horrors they inflicted upon me...

Furs...they SHAVED MY CHEST and GAVE ME A NIP-SLIP!!!!

And then they covered me in GOOP, and took a video of me!

I was just MORTIFIED...and all I wanted to do was CLEAN MYSELF when I got home.  It was pretty horrible.

BUT...Meowm said there was some good news.  Yesterday, The Choker said that my lungs weren't naerly as congested as they were on Saturday, and that the medicine in those needle thingies worked.  

Today, the Cardiologist said that I do NOT have cardiomyopathy.  THey're all in agreement that it's a lower respiratory infection.  And Meowm has to monitor me for coughing.  If that starts again...I have to go back ALL OVer AGAIN and get some kind of tracheal wash.  It doesn't sound good.

But I am feeling so much better.  And Meowm was right all along.  I just have a big heart because there's so much love in it!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm on Stuff On My Cat...and I'm not Happy</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/707027</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:54:38 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Sooooo...WHILE I WAS SLEEPING...the Meowmmy did something HORRIBLE.  She put STUFF on ME.  And then  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Sooooo...WHILE I WAS SLEEPING...the Meowmmy did something HORRIBLE.  She put STUFF on ME.  And then she took a PICTURE of ME.  And then she SENT IT to STUFF ON MY CAT!

And they must have thought it was so funny that THEY POSTED IT TODAY!

THIS IS HUMILIATING.  She thinks it's a major award.  All of my Aunties think it's adorable.  But I'm just MORTIFIED.

Look what she did.  And then tell me, furs, if this isn't the most embarassing thing EVERRRRRRRR.

http://www.stuffonmycat.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8879&Itemid=1

AND..........THEY SPELLED MY NAME WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No purrs today!
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>So I was causin' trouble again...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/706671</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 9 Jan 2011 10:16:36 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>But it wasn't my fault!

My Aunt Lori came to visit.  I like it when she stays with us.  She loves ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ But it wasn't my fault!

My Aunt Lori came to visit.  I like it when she stays with us.  She loves kitties and has three of her own!

However, last night...Aunt Lori forgot that I like to play in the toilet.  And she kinda left the lid up...

You see where this is going, right?

I woke Aunt Lori up, sloshing. Then Meowmmy cuaght me -- blue paws in the blue water.  And I had already splashed it all over the floor!  MOL!

They were actually laughing about it this morning.  Aunt Lori agrees -- Roto Rooter, here I come!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>'Twas the Day Before Christmas...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/704622</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:08:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>...and I was snuggled on the couch.
I was taking a snooze...
AND THEN MEOWM CAME IN SMELLIN LIKE A ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ ...and I was snuggled on the couch.
I was taking a snooze...
AND THEN MEOWM CAME IN SMELLIN LIKE A GIANT CATNIP MOUSE!

I've been extra good,
Not just now, but all year.
I gave kisses upon request
And I conquered my fears.

See, I was a shy little kitty,
When Meowm brought me home.
Until I figured that humans give chin rubs
So I decided to roam.

Now I'm my sweet little self
When people come here
And I give them kisses
And spread lots of cheer.

I did get into SOME mischief,
Like breaking my litter box.
And I gnawed on the head
of the great Silver Fox

But a cat shall be a cat!
To that I stand true
After all, my fur-riends...REALLY...
WHO can resist a RUSSIAN BLUE?

So tonight, Meowm says,
That Santa Paws will come
With a big stocking of toys 
And treats to fill my tum!

But that doesn't explain 
That while I was napping
My stocking disappeared
And I could hear Meowm wrapping!

When she came back into the room,
I was quite wide awake
And she smelled all like CATNIP
For Heaven's sake!

I wanted to bite her!
Tear in with my claws...
But for sure if I did...
There would be no Santa Paws!

So now I here I sit...
...and I wait and I wait.
And I'm hoping that Santa
Won't be a moment late!

Today, I wish all my fur-riends
Both far and near
A HAPPY HAPPY HOLIDAY...
And a FURTASTIC NEW YEAR!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dear Santa Paws...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/702783</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:28:00 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Dear Santa Paws,

This year hasn't been so good for anyfur I know.  As Meowm says, &quot;It was just PA ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Dear Santa Paws,

This year hasn't been so good for anyfur I know.  As Meowm says, "It was just PAWFUL."  So furst and furmost, I wish EVERYFUR a happier 2011.

Now, Mr. Paws, PURR-REASE...PURR-REASE...I want TT and BK...and even myself...to be a little less picky with our food.  We purr-romise to try.  Not just cuz it's Christmas.  But becuase it makes our Meowms all upset.  And Happy Meowms equal Happy Cats.  RIGHT?  And we've all been furry good this year.

Second, I don't want to hear the following phrases: herpes, sneezing, coughing, icky eyes, pancreatitis, asthma, allergies, attacks, random puking and diarrhea and SURGERY.  No shots, except for the ones that we have to get.  And NO meds.  

Instead, Mister P...I would prefer the word HEALTHY. 

Also...pretty purrrrrr-rease with catnip on top...no more NOISE for the World's Coolest Ishtar.  Tell them to take their soccer/footbal games and celebrate in that Evil Purris Place that Meowmmy left me alone to visit!

And one more, if you will...no more VET VISITS for Skippy and Riley!  We just want them to feel good because they are the sweetest little fur-buds on earth!  

I know that's a pretty big list.  And Meowm says I should always say what I'm THANKFUL for...and not so much what I WANT.  

SO here it goes:  I'm thankful for my LYSINE.  It keeps that herpes stuff at bay, and it prevents me from having eye surgery.  

And...OK...I'll admit it.  I'm actually kinda thankful for Dr. B.  Even though I hate him because he picks and pokes at me, he does keep my health in check.  And he sent me to the wonderful Dr. Welser who saved my eye with a contact lens.  Yeah, I guess he's a good guy.  He DID tell Meowm, "I LOVE a happy ending..." when I had my well-baby visit.  

And I am thankful MOST for my aunties -- Joyce, Julie, Lori, Paula and Teddy.  (I put them in alphabetical order because they're all equal in my little furry heart.)  They put up with all of my silliness and shyness and sickies.  (Aunt Lori acutally cleaned my puke off the bathroom rug!)  They lend an ear and a shoulder to Meowm.  And they share some laughs and tears along the way.  

BTW, my Aunt Teddy is a BOY.  I don't know why he's an "auntie," but he is, and I love him. He even came to see me in the shelter with Meowm!  

OH...and I am so very most reverently and blessedly thankful for RO!!!!!!!  She -- all five of her -- never ceases to amuse, comfort, and entertain.  I love her so much that I could just bite her head off, but she's stitched so well that I can't seem to decapitate her.  

And...ummm...yeah...I'm thankful for Meowmmy.  Even though she takes me to the VET to have my toenails trimmed...and sometimes...she just doesn't know what FOOD I want to eat...(HELLOOOOO!  Can't you read my mind, Lady???)...and she LAUGHS at me when I'm creating toilet paper and paper towel art...she DOES make sure I have everything I need and then some.  And she never leaves the house in the morning without saying, "Eat your breakfast.  Be good today.  And...I LOOOOOOOOOVE YOUUUUUUUUUU!"  

Yeah, shut up.  I'm a Meommy's Boy and I kinda love her, too.  Most of the time.

So purr-rease, Mr. Santa.  I'm not trying to convince you that I've been a good boy.  I mean...yeah, I know I fell in with a bad crowd...that Carter dude that sometimes comes over...and he's done some bad stuff -- like breaking my litter box!  And I know I took my Meowmmy's picture of my Baby Daddy -- ANDERSON COOPER -- and I bit his head off.

But LOOK AT THE CUTE...don't LOOK AT THE MESS!  And don't look at that hole in Baby Daddy's head.

So I wish...I WISH...a happy holiday, CHristmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, New Year, Russian Christmas and anything I'm forgetting here...to EVERY FUR!  And PURRS that the sick and old and shy kitties in shelters find a FUREVER home this holiday season.

Purrs to EVERY fur...
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thank you, and Meowmmy's Little Helpurr</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/702153</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 5 Dec 2010 12:38:04 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi, Furs!  

First off, I want to thank everyone for sharing in my DDP on Friday!  Meowmmy -- who  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi, Furs!  

First off, I want to thank everyone for sharing in my DDP on Friday!  Meowmmy -- who is not just a big, fat LIAR (see my winning entry!) -- is also a big old DING-BAT!  She almost missed it!

It did make me feel justified -- Meowmmies shouldn't lie to their kitty-children by telling them that TURKEY is CHICKEN.

Now, today, fur-riends...I got to play Meowmmy's Little Helpurr.  She was wrapping presents for my baby cousin (she's human, not a fur!), and I had to inspect everything.  I even held the wrapping paper for her!  Yep.  I stood right on it.  

I could swear, though, that I smelled Catnip in that bag.  In fact, I KNOW I did!

Again, furs, thank mew all so much for sharing my day!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>They're gonna LIE to me...On THANKSGIVING...?????</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/700923</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:17:41 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>So Meowm's sitting here with my Aunt T.  And I'm sitting RIGHT IN BETWEEN THEM on the couch watching ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So Meowm's sitting here with my Aunt T.  And I'm sitting RIGHT IN BETWEEN THEM on the couch watching these floating cartoon-character thingies on TV.  Meowm said it's a parade???

(I don't even want to begin to ponder what THAT's all about.  But I see these things...and I hear lots of music...and these two are LUCKY I'm gracing them with my glorious presence right now...)

Anyway...do you know what Meowm and Aunt T are talking about?  The fact that I've been snubbing my turkey food, and that I'll only eat chicken.  

Now, apparently, THEY're having that turkey stuff today...and Meowm and Aunt T have systematically decided that they should just LIE to me when they give me some of THEIR turkey...and to tell me that it's CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are SO STUPID.  If I can tell the differnce with my cat food, don't they think I'll be able to tell the difference with THEIR food????

They're gonna LIE to me on a major HOLIDAY???????  And try to POISON ME with TURKEY on top of that?????????

Dudes, I better -- BETTER -- get extra treats for this.  How DARE THEY???

Happy Thanksgiving, my fur-riends,
Purrrrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>SHE.  JUST.  LEFT.  MEEEEEEEE...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/697189</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:56:30 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>OK, my loyal fur-riends.  It's taken me a couple of days before I could dictate my thoughts...but... ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OK, my loyal fur-riends.  It's taken me a couple of days before I could dictate my thoughts...but...THE MEOWMMY LEFT ME.  ALONE.  IN THIS HOUSE.  So that SHE could traipse off to Purris to go see some stupid, meowin' rock concert!!!!

I'm OK now.  And don't get me wrong.  I wasn't EXACTLY alone, purr se.  My Aunt Joyce who lives upstairs kept coming down to fill the bowls, scoop the poop and yell, "COOOOOPIEEEEE...where are YOU?????"  

And while I was hiding under the couch, I could hear her talking to Meowm on the phone in that Purris place.  Apparently, Meowm had to tell her where to find the extra chicken food because I was having NOTHING to do with that turkey.  

I did manage to cause some trouble while she was gone.  Meowm strategically placed one of the big Halloween animatrons right by the entrance to where I can jump behind the entertainment center.

Now...I didn't realize this...but Meowm told Aunt Joyce to check and make sure that the decoration wasn't "disturbed."  Becuase that meant that I climbed behind there.

Well...Aunt JOyce went and ratted me OUT.  WHILE SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MEOWMMY IN PURRIS!!!  And then she proceded to wedge that stupid witch in so that there was NO WAY I could sneak behind the TV.  What NERVE...

OH...and I got really bored because Meowm wasn't here to turn the red dot on for me.  So I carefully DUMPED OVER my TOY BOX and strategically tossed ALL OF MY TOYS around the dining room!  MOL!

But then Meowm came home.  She was all tired because she had a lot of Merlot and screamed and danced and CRIED at the stupid Eddy Mitchell concert in Purris...and she flew through what she calls, "Switzer-friggin-land" just to get to Purris.    

And the FURRY FURST thing she did was pull out the bag from the pet store that was right around the corner from her hotel.  She told me that the French dude in the store even asked her if she was buying a gift for her kitty...and then he SPRAYED THE BAG with CATNIP.  Meowm said he pronounced it, "CAHT-NEEP."  And that he was really nice.  And really French.  Whatever that means...

And I was happy...and I kissed her...and I loved her...and I followed her to the potty...and back...and then we had REAL chicken...and I kissed her...and I loved her...and I followed her back to the potty...and I have been stuck to her butt ever since SUNDAY.

OK.  Just shuddup.  I'm a MEOWMMA'S BOY!  There!  I admitted it.  

And do you know what she said???  "Maybe I should go away more OFTEN!!!"  

Got some really cool toys, though.  From Purris.  And tons of treats.  

Stupid Purris.  Stupid Eddy Mitchell.  I don't care if he has a zoo of cats and every one of his songs has a kitty reference!  HE and PURRIS took my MEOWMMY AWAY.  But I got toys...and kisses...and treats...

I'm just fur-klempt.

Purrs, dudes, because I just can't write any more...
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Such a Busy Time!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/695700</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:19:00 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Wow...I'm just sitting here thinking...and it's really been a busy month.  

Furst and Furmost...i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wow...I'm just sitting here thinking...and it's really been a busy month.  

Furst and Furmost...it was MY BIRFDAY.  I know, I know...Meowm says the Gotcha Day is more important...but birfdays are fun, too!  Meowm and I are both only children, so she understands that it's the one whole day out of the year that's all about YOU.

And speaking of birfdays...Meowm's was yesterday.  We're a week apart!  And I still remember Meowm laughing when our adoption counselor told her my birth date.  Meowm said, "This could be perfect harmony, or it could get really ugly with TWO libras in the house!"  MOL  (Note: Usually, it's a little of both!)

We spent a lot of time snugglin', which she said is the bestest gift she could receive.  (Because I'm sooooo CUTE, you know!)

Oh, and then we had company.  LOTS of it.  Everyone likes to come over in October -- to celebrate our birfdays and to see the Halloween decorations.  

Auntie Heather brought my baby cousin Alex over.  I spent the entire time under the couch because that baby Alex just scares me.  But do you know what her favorite word is?  CAT.  EVERYTHING is a CAT. Meowm swears that one day we shall play in harmony.  We'll see about that...

And then Auntie Lori came for a visit.  Siiiggghhh...Auntie Lori is my FAVORITE.  She's one of Meowm's bestest friends from college...and she's the ONLY person I will come out for.  And that's because she smells like THREE kitties!  

Meowm was SO PROUD of me for playing with Auntie Lori and giving her kisses.  She said it was a huge breakthrough for this shy kitty.  

And now...there's something strange that's supposed to happen this week.  Apparently, the Meowm is going somewhere called...Purris?  

I guess this Purris place is kinda far away because Meowm keeps threatening me, saying, "You BETTER be good for Auntie Joyce while I'm gone..."  I guess she's going to be out of the house for a few days because Auntie Joyce only babysits when Meowm isn't here to feed me.

Meowm's putting all kindsa stuff in bags today.  And I guess she needs a ticket and a little blue book to get there.  She swears it's just a long weekend, but does she realize how LONG a weekend actually is for a CAT?  I better get extra lovin's when she comes home...that's all this cat has to say...

So anyway, furs, it's been a busy time here at our house.  I just hope you're having as much fun as we are this Halloween season!  It's our favorite time of the year...

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A furry sad day...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/694766</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 9 Oct 2010 18:05:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Meowmmy and I are both furry sad.  One of our dearest Catster buds, Teddy McLovin, went to the Bridg ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Meowmmy and I are both furry sad.  One of our dearest Catster buds, Teddy McLovin, went to the Bridge today.

Meowm said she was so lucky to have met Teddy.  She said he was shy like me, but that he mustered his courage and came out to let her pet him.  She said he gave really good head-butts, too.

Everyfur, please purr not just for Teddy, but for his brother BK and his mom.  

Purrrrrrrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Brifday Thank Mews!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/694723</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 9 Oct 2010 13:56:33 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi, Everyfur --

I just wanted to thank everyfur who sent me gifties for my birfday!  I don't want ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi, Everyfur --

I just wanted to thank everyfur who sent me gifties for my birfday!  I don't want to name names because I'm afraid I'll miss someone, but I loved everything!  And thanks for taking the time to make my day so special!

I had a nice day.  I got a ton of toys -- a Nanner, a catnip lamb, a pheasant, a duckie with real feathers and a bunch of other stuff!  I even got extra treats!  YUMMM.

Oh, and my Auntie Julie got me a heated bed!  It's so nice and toasty.  I could just nap all day in it.  (And I have been!  MOL!)

Now...Meowm's birfday is next...and then...MEOWLOWEEN!!!!  YAAAY!

Purrrrrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Here we go AGAIN...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/688109</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:23:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/688109</guid>
		<description>OK, fur-riends.  Let me just preface this by saying...I really do love my Meowmmy.  

BUT SHE'S CR ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OK, fur-riends.  Let me just preface this by saying...I really do love my Meowmmy.  

BUT SHE'S CRAZY!  BAT-MEOWIN' CRAYZEE!!!!

Last year, I was still a baby kitten.  Everything was new to me.  And honestly...in my babiness...I just didn't know any better.

This year...I'm a big boy.  Almost two whole years.  And I KNOW my birfday is in October.  Which comes about three weeks before Halloween.  And October is still a LONG WAY OFF.  Especially in CAT TIME.

Sooooo...HELLOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!  WHY IS SHE PUTTING UP THE HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS???

She says she has two weeks off so she's getting it out of the way.  She can just be quiet, because I know the TRUTH.  She did the same thing LAST YEAR.  She just loves Halloween!

The twinkle lights do look nice.  All.  Seven.  Strands.  Of.  Them. (And she said she's not done yet???)  

Purrsonally, I can't wait until she pulls out the tap-water coffin fogger.  That water tasted really good last year.  Even made me puke!  

Ummm...OK...so maybe I kinda like Halloween, too.  Just a little.  I even kissed her Chuckie Doll last year!  She thought that was funny.  I was just being affectionate!

Do your Pawrents decorate for Halloween?  Are they as crazy as my Meowm?  I kinda hope so...it's actually -- shhhhhh... -- kinda fun!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coopurr 360:  A Furry Special Episode...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/685672</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 9 Aug 2010 08:29:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/685672</guid>
		<description>Good Evening, Everyfur. Tonight, we bring you a furry special -- and furry serious -- epsiode of Coo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Good Evening, Everyfur. Tonight, we bring you a furry special -- and furry serious -- epsiode of Coopurr 360. Tonight, dear fur-riends, we will talk about GROUNDINGS.

Allow me to give you some background. Last Saturday, I was unjustifiably grounded because I didn't want to go to the V-E-T. For three hours, the Meowther chased me all over the house, moved furniture around and made me claw her up and down and sideways. 

Oh...and we were so late to the appointment that the Meowther had to call and tell them what was goind on. Uhhh...who CARES?

She said I ruined a shirt...but for that afternoon...she ruined a life. A sweet, little life. MY life.

If that wasn't bad enough, she grounded me from Catster then hijacked my diary and told ALL OF MY FUR-RIENDS that I wasn't allowed to play for a week.

My dear fur-riend, fellow Blue and Mentor, The Great Pharoah Loki, immediately went to his diary and took to my defense, begging everyfur out there to FREE COOPURR.

And thus...he was unjustifiably grounded -- exiled, if you will -- by HIS Meowther for sticking up for me.

Tonight, I am so pleased to welcome the Pharoah Loki to the 360 Studio to talk about...GROUNDINGS. 

COOP: Loki, my good fur-riend, thank you so furry much for agreeing to come on the show and discuss this...harrowing experience for both of us.

Now...you came through for a fellow Blue like the bestest of mentors. You jumped right on your diary the second you found out that I got (unjustifiably) GROUNDED from Catster. You were doing what you always do, and just trying to help a fur-riend. AND THEN YOU GOT (unjustifiably) GROUNDED. How did that make you feel?

PHAROAH: It was worth it my friend! I was of course furious, after all I am Pharaoh! I command all! I was only coming to the aid of my fellow blue and friend..and I was punished! Exiled!
She said I was inciting a riot! Hmmmph...

COOP: Disturbing, Loki...sad and disturbing. You know, while I was grounded, Meowmmy kept telling me to *think* really hard about what I did wrong. So I thought about it. And I thought about my three-hour struggle, fighting her and hiding from her to stave off a vet visit. And I concluded that I DID NOTHING WRONG. What did you think about while you were grounded? And what did you learn from the experience?

PHAROAH: What did I think about? REVENGE! A lot of revenge! So much revenge I will need another century to enact it all!
I learned I will enact revenge First before getting grounded..I will write a book on Groundings and How to Enact Revenge Before Punishment! I will sign the first copy and dedicate it to you Coop, my inspiration.

COOP: No, Loki -- you are MY inspiration. Just there to help a bud, and to do what's right when a pal gets (unjustifiably) grounded! But...did you do anything special while you were in exile? I basically did the same thing I do every day -- nap and watch the birdies through the window. But I was sooooo BORED without Catster! How did you occupy your time?

PHAROAH: I called down plagues of water bugs to infest Mammas bathroom..Worked on my Book Of revenge of unfair groundings..I called down more plagues of June bugs to infest her room and make her scream! I planned my next riot too! I also yakked up many gooey hairballs for her to discover in the night! You Do Not want to know what I left in her shower! MOL

COOP: Um...no...Loki...I don't think I want to know what you left in the shower!

Now...when Meowmmy finally got me to the vet's office, she said something evil. Something so evil that I don't think I will forgive her. Even after she pays for my tuition at Me-Yale when I go to college. 

SHE SAID to the office manager at the vet's office, "FREE TO A GOOD HOME," when we walked in!!! Obviously, they knew she was kidding because they know what a Psycho Cat Meowm she is and that she really does love me above everything. And she kept me. She grounded me. But she kept me. But what's your take on THAT?

PHAROAH: How dast she joke about giving you away! You are a Royal Blue and one cool cat! You need to explain to her you are The Cat and no matter how you act or what you do, you are always right! 

** background noises, throat clearing** 

I am NOT trying to incite another riot Mamma!

COOP: Yeah, buddy. We are TWO KEWL KATS. Aren't we? However, I think the big question here is actually...would you do what you did to get grounded again? I certainly would! I would even do what you so selflessly did -- helpin' out a fur -- if it meant getting grounded. Loki?

PHAROAH: Would I do this again? By Bastet's Silvery Whiskers I would! I delight in inciting riots, er, I MEAN, coming to the aid of friends in need!

Plus I have all these leftover bugs from plagues I need to dispose of..Infesting a small home is a bit different from infesting a small country..

COOP: Loki, I know this was difficult for you to discuss, as it was for me. But it's so important to get the message out there that V-E-T visits are HORRIBLE and that GROUNDINGS are inhumane. I want to thank you again from the bottom of my furry, blue heart for agreeing to be here to discuss these tragic events.

PHAROAH: I am honored, my friend Coopurr, that you chose me to interview tonight. I am Blessed by your friendship. Thank you. Now I must go. Too much of My Royal Cat Self may cause sensory overload you know.

COOP: Catnip cookies purrpared by CHEF ROOSTER (exclusively for 360) for EVERY FUR in the audience! (*MAJOR SPONSOR PLUG*) I SAID...CATNIP COOKIES BY CHEF ROOSTER!!! (Aside: Is this the Coop or is it Oprah here?)

We'll be back again soon with a new episode of Coopurr 360. BASTET'S BLESSING TO EVERYFUR WHO GETS GROUNDED!!!!! Thank you, Loki! Good night, everyfur! 

*WAVES* 

*Exits*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ungrounded...and FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/684431</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 7 Aug 2010 12:59:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!  I AM FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Ummm...we had a little scuffle la ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!  I AM FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Ummm...we had a little scuffle last Saturday.  See what the Meowther wrote below.

Do you know what that Meowther of mine had the evil NERVE to say when we got to the vet's office?  DO YOU KNOW?

She looked at Chris, the office manager who (of course!) LOVES me.  (HELLO...I'm CUUUUUUUUTE.)  And she said, "FREE TO A GOOD HOME..."

If that wasn't PAWFUL enough...

Then she goes and grounds me from Catster and HIJACKS MY DIARY!!!!!!!!!!!  MY DIARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (Aside:  Anyfur know how to change the password on this thing?)

Then...then...then...THEN...if my grounding wasn't bad enough...my loyal fur-riend and mentor, The Pharoah Loki, took to my defense and started a Free Coopurr Campaign.  AND HIS MOM GROUNDED HIM, TOO!

Not to worry, my fur-riends.  We have a furry, furry special episode of Coopurr 360 coming at you tomorrow.  In the studio will be my fellow Blue, The Pharoah Loki.  And we'll be disgussing this harrowing experience.

Right now, though, I want to thank everyfur who joined the FREE COOPURR campaign.  Groundings stink!  Ground your MEOWMMIES!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coopurr's Grounded.  Period.</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/684388</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:59:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/684388</guid>
		<description>Hi, Everyfur!

Coop's Mom here.  And Coop was a very bad boy today.  

You furs know...Coop is u ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi, Everyfur!

Coop's Mom here.  And Coop was a very bad boy today.  

You furs know...Coop is usually a little lovie.  Sweet, affectionate, kissy little boy.  He's everything and more than his Meowmmy ever wanted.  

However, today...when it came time to get in the carrier and go to the Vet...Coopurr Anderson Hays Vanderbilt the Furst decided to turn on his "only child" inner-brat.  

Yes, I know...you're all squirming and taking his side.  And I know you don't believe us humans when we tell you that we only do it because we love you so much...but that's what it meant when we signed your adoption papers -- that we would love you and CARE for you at all costs...  

...which INCLUDES taking you to the vet to make sure your paw is OK after you jumped in the bathroom sink and got your claw stuck in the faucet.  

Today...Coop decided to take a three-hour hissy, clawing temper tantrum when I tried to get him in the carrier.  Making us late.  An hour late.  

Don't worry -- he'll still get his extra treats for going.  I do not take back my promises.  

And he did get a nice long chin rub when we got home.  Like everyone else...I do fall victim to his cuteness...and wow -- can he turn on the cutes!  Especially after he's done something wrong.  

My wounds -- literally and emotionally -- will heal.  I'll buy a new shirt to replace the one he destroyed during today's fit.  And he's already back to his little lovie-self.

But he's grounded from Catster for the next week.  

Yeah...I know...I'm mean.  But we do believe in Freedom of Speech, so please do post your FREE COOPURR comments below.  

Sincerely -- and I mean SINCERELY...
Coop's Mom]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tag!  You're it!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/683470</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:21:30 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/683470</guid>
		<description>Hi, Everyfur!  Hope you guys had a pawesome weekend!

I've been tagged by my buddy Skippy.  Please ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi, Everyfur!  Hope you guys had a pawesome weekend!

I've been tagged by my buddy Skippy.  Please consider yourself tagged and play along in your diary...

1. Do you ever wake your parent up in the night?

Sometimes -- usually for a snuggle!

2. Do you ever tear up things?

I used to love to create what Meowm called "Toilet Paper Art" when I was a kitten.  I moved on to bigger things after that -- "Paper Towel Art."  But I've kinda given all that up now that I'm a big boy.

3. What is your favorite treat?

I LOVE Punce Tuna treats for many reasons, but I'm not allowed to have them very often.  Mewom says they're bad for me.  But I like them because she used to bring me Pounce when I was sick and she'd visit me in the shelter.  And I like them because they're TUNA!

4. Can you fetch something when asked to do so?

Oh, yes, I can!  And guess what my favorite toy is to fetch?  RO!

5. Have you ever lived any place other than where you live now?

I was born on the streets of Brooklyn, and my foster mother found me and gave me a home.  Then I went to the shelter to live while I recouperated with my eye.  And then Meowm adopted me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>&quot;Gimme a kiss...&quot; is SO NOT a &quot;Trick&quot;!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/683026</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:52:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/683026</guid>
		<description>The Meowm needs to get something straight here.

If she tosses out Ro, and I bring her back...THAT ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Meowm needs to get something straight here.

If she tosses out Ro, and I bring her back...THAT's a trick.  

Yeah, I do that.  Woot.  Woot.  Who CARES?  So I'm gong for President of MENSA for Felines.  Didn't Madonna do that? I am CERTAINLY smarter than MADONNA!

(Aside:  My Uncle Greg likes to pick on Meowm about my MENSA meetings -- and she gets ALL defensive.  It meowlarious!)

However, the Feline -- unlike the canine -- does not exist to please the Can Opener.  

Don't get me wrong.  There is love in this feline heart for the Meowm.  She rescued me and nursed my eye.  She feeds me.  She nurtures me.  She's even tried to clothe me.  (NOT having THAT!)  She even takes me to get my tootsies trimmed.  And even though I hate her for it momentarily...it's so nice after it's all done.

And she is the ONLY person I will sit next to on the couch while sucking my thumb.

HOWEVER...there's a big difference between tricks and kisses.  (Meowm said that sounds really bad, but I don't know what she means.   Keep TYPING, Lady!  I'm on a philosophical roll here!)

Tricks are soemthing that I do when I'm bored or feel the need to suck up or have some extra energy to exude or want more cookies.  

Kisses are a WHOLE NOTHER THING.  

Kisses are reserved for our quiet time in the morning...or when I'm sucking my thumb on the couch.  Kisses are for when I'm lounging on the dining room floor, and Meowm passes through, and she bends down to rub my belly, and I'm so happy that I just lick her.

Yes, on many occasions, I've given a few kisses on command.  Meowm puckers up...I pucker up...and we "ugga-mugga" right on the lips.  

But don't you be EXPECTING one every time you smooch up and bend down.  

Like...DUH...I *KNOW* what "Gimme a kiss..." means.  But I ain't gonna give one every time.  Just when I feel like it, OK?

Now...if you're reading this...go give your Meowmma a KISS.
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Moewmmies!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/682362</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:30:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/682362</guid>
		<description>So there I was in the living room tonight...giving Ro a MAJOR round of Whoop-butt, running with her  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So there I was in the living room tonight...giving Ro a MAJOR round of Whoop-butt, running with her in my teeth, batting her in the air, then sliding into home for my kill...

And what does Meowmmy say as I'm emulating my jungle cat ancestors?  

"Awwwwwww...COOPIE...you're sooooooooo CUUUUUUUUTE!  Who's the cutest little boy in the world?  Who is?  Awwwww..."

So much for being a tough guy...

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Awwww...shucks!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/679443</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:29:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/679443</guid>
		<description>Meowm just found out that I&quot;m a DDP today!  Treats!  Treats!  Treats!  I can't wait til she gets hom ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Meowm just found out that I"m a DDP today!  Treats!  Treats!  Treats!  I can't wait til she gets home!!!

And BTW, it's still June, which means it's still ADOPT A SHELTER CAT month!!!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>He did it again!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/678624</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:32:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/678624</guid>
		<description>Now, just because *I* did it the other day practically right in front of Meowmmy does NOT mean that  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Now, just because *I* did it the other day practically right in front of Meowmmy does NOT mean that I did it again today while she was at work.

That bad kitty Carter was here today.  And he went in my box -- MY SCOOP FREE BIG BOY POTTY -- and he ripped the lid right off the poopie container!  He did -- I SWEAR.

And now Meowm doesn't believe me.  She said that I'M the one who digs to France and keeps setting off the sensor, provoking me to come back for reasons she doesn't understand and dig some more.  

And she said that just because I knocked the poopie container lid off the other day...that I AM the one who knocked the lid off again today and dumped half the litter on the floor.  Not my fault that the lid isn't stable.  RIGHT?

Why doesn't she believe me about the bad kitty Carter?  And why does she say that the one bad thing I learned in the shelter was telling an occasional lie?

I'm a good kitty.  *WINK*

Wait a minute...that wink wasn't on purpose.  It was the scar from my ulcer that made me wink!  I SWEAR.

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I have been tagged...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/676926</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:21:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/676926</guid>
		<description>...by my Mentor in (Blue) Mischief, The Pharoah Loki.


1. What time do you go to to bed? 
Usual ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ ...by my Mentor in (Blue) Mischief, The Pharoah Loki.


1. What time do you go to to bed? 
Usually around 11 when Meowm goes to bed

2. What is your favorite gift you have recieved and why?
RO -- she was a Valentine's Gift from Meowmmy

3. Whats your favourite way to wake up and whats the first thing you do? 
I like to wake up to Meowm petting me, and then I close my eyes again and streeeettttchhhh.

4.What would you call yourself if you could choose your own name? 
I think Coopurr kinda fits.  Everyone says I look like a Coopurr

5. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldnt of ? 
A piece of masking tape off of the new air conditioner box.  I frowed it up, though...

6.What are you afraid of? 
Pretty much everything.

7.Do you have brothers and sisters? 
Nope!  I'm an only child.

8.What is your motto in life? 
Live free -- be nekkid!

9. Would you like to be famous? Why or why not?
Nah.  I just like being me.

10. What cartoon or comic book character best describes you? 
Meowmmy says that if Dot Warner from Animaniacs was a boy, that would be me...because I'M CUTE.

11. What super-power would you most like to have, and why?
The ability to wake the Meowm up whenever I choose.  Even on the weekend.

12. If you could play sports, what you you play and why?
Football!!!  I'm really good at tackling Ro!

Please consider yourself tagged if you read this, and post these questions in your diary!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I just might have to start HISSING over this new site</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/674294</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 29 May 2010 11:10:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/674294</guid>
		<description>OK.  Meowm and I haven't been around too much this week because Meowm had a trade show.

But serio ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OK.  Meowm and I haven't been around too much this week because Meowm had a trade show.

But seriously...WTM????  (That's cat cursing for WHAT THE MEEE-YOWWWW?)

Now, I'll admit, I like to hunt and seek.  But this crap's just for the BIRDS!  (Can I say "crap" in my diary?  Meowm refrained me from using stronger language here.)  

It takes furever to find anything -- p-mail, our group pages, our group mail.  Then -- ha! -- try to get back from where you started?  That's a whole 'nother ten-minute saga.

It's too confusing.  Too cluttered.  And is there any indication on the home page that you can actually set up personal pages for your cats and make fur-riends with kitties across the globe?  

The sense of "community" has completely been destroyed by illiterate and (often) inaccurate "advice" posts and ADVERTISING on the homepage. 

Honestly, did you read some of that stuff?  Like ten signs you should take your cat to the vet????  If you actually wait until your cat is suffering through those signs of distress, you should just make plans for the Bridge!  I don't mean to be that harsh, but really -- who's writing this stuff?

But they HAD to put all of that garbage out there and bury the groups...bury the forums...bury the communities...and HIDE YOUR FUR-RIENDS!

What's next?  Are they going to start selling all of MY paw-sonal inforamtion to every vet supplier in the universe a la Facebook?

We're meowin' stinkin' MAD.

BUT here's a little treat for my dear fur-riends who read my diary:  Anyfur who actually FINDS this diary entry gets a hot dog from me!  

Purrs to all who can still find me.
Coop (And Meowmmy, since she has to do all of the navigating!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>He's BACK!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/672948</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:46:00 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/672948</guid>
		<description>You know that bad kitty -- Carter?  Guess WHAT?  He stole my Ro's!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well...not ALL of  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ You know that bad kitty -- Carter?  Guess WHAT?  He stole my Ro's!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well...not ALL of them.  I do have five.  But he took two of them...and I think he hid them in the bedroom!  As a matter of fact, I KNOW he hid them in the bedroom!  Because I took them in for Meowmmy the other morning, and now...they're just GONE!

And now Meowmmy said I can't have any other Ro's until we find the first two!  This is not cool on many levels.  

First of all -- I was ROBBED of my RO's!!!!  She acts like I hid them!  Second...how could you deny this little face?  Go ahead...take a second.  Look at my picture.  Hum-dee-dee-humdee-da...did you take a good look?  Would YOU deny this cute little face anything?  Let alone my favorite toys????

This bad kitty Carter has got to go.  He's ruining my life!  And he's a big Ro-Stealer!  

Right now, I need to go and dig under the bed.  I'm SURE that's where he hid them.  I'm soooo sure...

Purrs, everyfur!  And Purr-ease purray for RO!
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coop Sez/Meowm Sez:  Meeting My Namesake</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/671866</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 15 May 2010 07:27:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/671866</guid>
		<description>So we're back with another episode of Coop Sez/Meowm Sez.  And today, we have a very special guest i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So we're back with another episode of Coop Sez/Meowm Sez.  And today, we have a very special guest in the studio with us...MY FAVORITE AUNT BUKKIT!!!!!!!  YAY, give it up for Aunt Bukkit!!!!

Coop Sez:  Welcome to my favorite Auntie!  

Aunt Bukkit:  Thanks, Coop!

Coop Sez: And welcome back, Meowmmy!  Now...first question.  Why are you my Aunt Bukkit?

Aunt Bukkit:  It's a long story, Coop.  It goes back to the beginnings of I Can Has Cheezburger.  We'll just leave it at that.

Coop Sez:  Now, the real reason Aunt Bukkit is here...is to discuss meeting my namesake, ANderson Cooper.  Mewom, tell us about that.

Meowm Sez:  CNN is doing a new show with the Coop -- the human one, not the feline one.  And the show is set with a live audience.  We just got lucky and got the tickets.

Coop Sez:  So tell us about the experience.

Aunt Bukkit:  Your Meowmmy -- who is NEVER at a loss for words -- was actually flustered.

Meowm Sez:  Aunt Bukkit...

Aunt Bukkit:  No, it was actually really funny.  The second he walked out, she was tongue-tied.  And we were sitting in his direct sightline for most of the show.  He was even standing next to us at one point...

Meowm Sez:  (Out of the corner of her mouth)  Ix-Nay on the Utt-bay...this si a "kittie" show!

Aunt Bukkit:  Yeah, she was checking it.  Not much to see...

Meowm Sez:  Yeah, not much at all...anyhooooo, Coop.  Aunt Bukkit did something very special.

Coop Sez:  And what's that?  Will you tell us?

Aunt Bukkit:  Meowmmy was so overwhelmed with his Vanderbiltness, that she was refusing to talk when he came over to chat with the audience.  And like a good Auntie, I thought it was important that he knows about you!

Meowm Sez:  No, no, no...you just wanted to talk to the Coop!

Aunt Bukkit:  OK...so I wanted to talk to the Coop.  But I got his attention, and he came right over to us.  And I just said, "She's going to kill me for this, but she named her cat after you!"

Coop Sez:  Awwwww...

Meowm Sez:  Awwwww...

Coop/Meowm/Bukkit:  Awwwww... 

Coop Sez:  What did he say?  What did he say?  Was he happy?  Will he pay child support?  Will he buy my Revolution?  (that stuff's expensive!)

Meowm Sez:  We didn't ask him for child support, Coop.  But he did say that he wasn't surprised because there are many other little furry Coops out there who are named after him...

Coop Sez:  ANOTHER COOPURR.  NO.  WAY.  NEVER.

Meowm Sez:  Coopie, he did say he was flattered.  And I did tell him that he spells his name wrong.

Coop Sez:  Well, at least you had the sense to do that!

Aunt Bukkit:  Then he also told us about a doggy that's named Coop.  And he said that the dog's mommy sent him a pic...and when he opened it...it was a picture of a Tsitzu with a big red bow in its hair!

Coop Sez:  Oh, that's APPALLING!  I mean...at least there's a family resemblance here.  We're both all gray!

Aunt Bukkit:  Yes, that's true...there's a resemblance.

Meowm Sez:  And you're both rather petite.

Coop Sez:  I'm a big MANCAT.  I'm not petite!

Meowm Sez:  Yes, you are.  You have a very fine, elegant bone structure...

Aunt Bukkit:  (Giggling)  And so does HE!

Mewom Sez:  He does!  

Aunt Bukkit:  And no Utt-bay.

Meowm Sez:  I don't even know how he keeps those fine Armani trousers up!  All sagging...

Coop Sez:  Hey, hey, HEY!  Who's show is this?  The only furry gray butt we discuss here is MINE.

Aunt Bukkit:  Hey, we said Utt-bay.  Meowmmy said you're not allowed to swear until you're three.

Coop Sez:  Man, I SWEAR...you two...you were supposed to go to see him to discuss my parentage!  And what were you doing?  Lookin' at his dupah!

Meowm Sez:  He's allowed to say "dupah."  That's Polish for Utt-bay.

Coop Sez:  This is a furr-mily show! We gotta keep it clean here....no talkin' 'bout Anderson Cooper's bum-bum!  

Aunt Bukkit:  There's really nothing to say about his bum-bum!

Meowm Sez:  Nope -- Nothing at ALL.

Coop Sez:  OK.  We're done here.  No child support.  Butts!  What has come to this show????  Aunt Bukkit, thanks for being here.  Meowm, you m issed a BIG opportunity. Everyfur...we'll be back soon with another episode of Coop Sez/Meowm Sez.  

Have a pawesome weekend, everyfur!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Meowmmy is going to see DADDY!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/671107</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 10 May 2010 16:28:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/671107</guid>
		<description>Yep.  She is...but I'm not allowed to reveal any more details yet.

More to come...

Purrs,
Coo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yep.  She is...but I'm not allowed to reveal any more details yet.

More to come...

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coopurr 360:  A Very Special Mother's Day Episode</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/670539</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 7 May 2010 17:09:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/670539</guid>
		<description>So, in honor of Meowther's Day Weekend, I'm going to do a special interview with...MEOWMMY!

Coop  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So, in honor of Meowther's Day Weekend, I'm going to do a special interview with...MEOWMMY!

Coop Sez:  Welcome, Meowmmy!

Mewom Sez:  It's good to be here, Coop.

Coop Sez:  So I thought that today -- in honor of Meowther's Day -- that we could get to know you a little better.  

Mewom Sez:  I'm honored, little one.

Coop Sez:  So...you like Russian Blues?

Meowm Sez:  I ADORE Russian Blues.  But only the mixes!  We adopt -- we don't buy.

Coop Sez:  So...like...on a scale of 1 paw to 10 paws....how close am I to being a true Blue?

Meowm Sez:  Oh, you're a 9.  You're affectionate.  You're too smart for your own good.  You run from company because you jsut want your Meowmmy.  And...you're just soooooo cute that when I think about your little face....I just go SPLORK!

Coop Sez:  Yeah...I am cute.  I'm REALLY cute.  And I know how to use it with my smarts.  But moving on....do you like Salmon or tuna better?

Mewom Sez:  I like them both.  Sometimes, I ---

Coop Sez:  YES, I love them both, too!  But tuna wins.  Hands down.  Now....would you rather play with the blue mousie or Ro?

Mewom Sez:  Wellllllllll...I guess Ro because you love her so much.  Occasionally, it is fun to play with the blue mousie just to switch things ---

Coop Sez:  Yeah, yeah, yeah.  RO is the QUEEN!  WHY would you really want to play with anything else?  I mean...she's just PAWESOME.  TEN PAWS.  LOVE HER MORE THAN YOU SOMETIMES.  But I have a couple more questions here.  

If you could play in any litter box...which one would you play in -- the regular one with clumping litter or the Scoop Free?

Meowm Sez:  That's a good question.  And while I wouldn't choose to play in either one, I do like the Scoop Free.

Coop Sez:  Because you can CHASE THE RAKE!  OH, that is the BESTEST thingie of modern technology that you've bought me yet.  Next to the laser light.  Now, we've got to move along because we only have a few seconds left here....

Meowm Sez:  Ummmm...this interview wwas all about YOU....!

Coop Sez:  Nuh-uhhhhhhhhhhhh.  Now...one more...whos' the cutest, smartest, handsomest, bestest, funniest, laziest, adorablest, savviest, gorgeousest, ornreyest, affectionatest cat in the WORLD?  Quick....

Meowm Sez (Looking at Coopurr Sternly):  Coopurr Anderson Hays Vanderbilt....!

Coop Sez: I KNEW IT!  YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!  I ROCK!  And so does Meowm.  

(Outro music begins softly...)

Meowm Sez:  And YOU ARE SPOILED!

(Outro music intensifies....)

Coop Sez:  That's all we have time for.  Good night everyfur!  Pawesome weekend to y'all.  (Outro music intensifies again...)  Give your meowmma a dead mouse for Meowmmy's Day!  A DEAD FLY WILL DO!  Show her some real CAT LOVE....See ya next week!  Copies of my book are available at...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thank Mew ALL!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/669639</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 2 May 2010 11:25:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/669639</guid>
		<description>You know, I really do have the bestest fur-riends in the world.  I just want to take a minute to tha ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ You know, I really do have the bestest fur-riends in the world.  I just want to take a minute to thank EVERYONE for making my Gotcha Day extra purrfect.

Meowmmy and I both agree that out of all of the holidays, Gotcha Days are the most special.  And even though I meow and complain about how she takes me to the vet all the time...and gives me yucky meds...and does't get out of bed when I want her to get up on the weekends...I'm so happy that I found my furever home!

Big purrs to everfur!
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A note to Coopurr from Meowmmy</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/669199</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:51:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/669199</guid>
		<description>My Sweet Little Boy...

April 30 holds such a special place in my heart because that's the day our ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My Sweet Little Boy...

April 30 holds such a special place in my heart because that's the day our little family finally became one.  

Looking back now, it seems like it was only yesterday that I brought you home, and I can still remember every single moment of that day.  I remember seeing the hang tag on your kennel, "I'm waiting for my family to take me to my forever home."  And I remember asking for your kennel tag that I still have.

I remember the girls taking you out of the kennel for the very last time.  And I remember setting you loose on the floor  to say good-bye to all the kitties who kept you company before I brought you home.

It seemed like everyone came in for one last fuss over you.  You were their special little guy, but they were all so happy that you finally found a Mommy.  Looking at you now, I can't believe that they named you "Teeny Tiny."  But everyone played along and called you by your new name for the very first time -- Coopurr.

You were so good in the taxi ride from Manhattan back to Brooklyn where you were actually born.  And I watched you the entire way, occasionally catching a peak of an eye or a twitch of that dark gray nose.  

When I finally opened your carrier in the living room, you took a very quick look around and hopped right out.  I knew at that moment that YOU knew you were finally home.

You sniffed and snooped and found your way to the bathroom -- even back then you were entranced by that room.  You sniffed my shoes, then sat in your litter box, right on top of the clean, fresh sand.  

But it was such a long road until we finally made it to that evening.  Your older brother went to the Bridge only a month before...and two days later I spotted you on the shelter's website.  I waited a week before I called, and I had my mind made up:  If you were still there...I was going to meet you to find out if we were a match.

You were still there, and I couldn't figure out why.  You were the cutest kitten -- a Russian Blue mix, nonetheless -- and yet no one had taken you home.  I came to find out that night that you were on medical hold for some serious eye ulcers.  But that didn't deter me one bit.

You were this tiny, chubby kitten with a winky-eye.  And you had the skinniest tail I've ever seen.  You were so tough, enduring so much pain, but you were also a fragile little baby who just wanted love.

That very first night, I fell for you -- even before you fell asleep on my foot.  I was lost when our adoption counselor carried you from the kennel room to the private meeting area, and you burrowed your head in her shoulder when the dogs started to bark.  I just wanted to hold you and tell you that everything was really going to be fine...

By the time our adoption counselor came back  with the paperwork, you had nestled your little self in my arms.  Ahem...little did I know THEN that you really hated to be held...

The month that followed brought me so much sadness -- grieving Felix, and listening to a million different opinions on whether I should actually sign the papers to make you mine.  "Don't bring that herpes cat home!"  "He's going to be nothing but one big medical bill!"  "You just got done caring for a sick cat -- why would you do it again?"

Yet I kept going in to see you after work while we waited for some kind of progress on your eye.  Healing wouldn't come until later...but you sealed the deal that one night when I put you back in your kennel, and stuck your paw through the cage.  I said, "I'll be back soon..." and you wrapped your little paw around my index finger.

Little boy...you know how to wrap someone around your little paw.  Literally!!!  And it makes me laugh how you -- even as a little baby boy -- lobbied to win me over!

Finally, frustration just came to a head on everyone's behalf.  The shelter just didn't have the resources to care for your eye, and they were talking about removing it.  Our family vet advised that they not remove the eye until he had a chance to see you. 

I was a wreck -- missing you every single second of the day.  And looking at all of the brand-new cat layette that I bought you didn't help.  It was like leaving a premie in the hospital and waiting for the second that the doctor gave the final OK.

And you knew you were meant to go home.  You knew me when I came to visit, and you cried when I had to leave.  

But on April 30, everything finally came together, and you came HOME.

You have helped me in more ways than your little self can even imagine.  Having you here eased my tears over Felix, and helped me channel my grief into something positive.  

Your little winky-eye even seemed to look better just a week after you were home.  All you needed -- aside from a ton of meds and a contact lens -- was some peace, quiet...and lots of love.

You make me laugh like crazy with all of your little antics...from pulling the curtains down to destroying rolls of toilet paper to dragging a dripping Ro (covered with your kitty spit) into my bed with you every single night.  And while it drives me nuts, you even make me smile when you chase the rake in your litter box.

And you make me just giggle when you park yourself in front of the television, cross your chubby paws and just engross yourself in Dancing with the Stars...silly boy!

Your intelligence continues to amaze me.  I love how you have to figure everything out -- right down to your curiosity over that red dot on your laser light.  You can't just chase it.  You have to inspect my hand and try to figure out where that red thing is coming from.  And while that fascination with the automatic litter box drives me nuts, it also makes me laugh because I know you're trying to figure that out, too.

And I'll never forgot the night -- after weeks of my tossing and treating -- that you learned how to play fetch.  I'm still so proud of you, Coop.

You just  turn this stone-cold, weathered heart to a pile of mush every night when you jump on the couch, get into your little comfy position on your favorite blanket and suck that thumb.

But even more, I love those sandpapery kisses that you give whenever I ask for one.

I love you more than words can even express...and I love watching you grow and grow up every single day.  You still have a way to go with the shyness, but I'm patient, and I have faith that you'll manage that.  

I'm just so thankful that I have you in my life...and I'm so damn proud to be your Meowmmy.

Happy Gotcha Day, Stinker-Winker.  I LOVE YOU!!!!
Forever,
Meowm]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Heeeeyyyyy...!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/667954</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:22:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/667954</guid>
		<description>Somecat hi-jacked my diary!  Says his name was Carter.  I don't know no cat named Carter.  Such a po ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Somecat hi-jacked my diary!  Says his name was Carter.  I don't know no cat named Carter.  Such a poseur.

And I'm a GOOD kitty.  Except when Meowm takes me to the V-E-T.  Or asks those techie people to trim my nails.  Or tries to give me liquid medication.  I'm Meowmmy's little ANGEL.

Evil Carter.  I don't know who he is yet...but when I find him...he's gonna get the Blue Paw to his wet nose!  POW!  Right in the kisser!  

You better watch yourself, Carter.  I'm on alert.  And I'm comin' for you...

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A note from Carter</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/667356</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:39:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/667356</guid>
		<description>Hi, Catsters --

My name is Carter.  And I know you all love to read the ramblings of that little  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi, Catsters --

My name is Carter.  And I know you all love to read the ramblings of that little Coopurr dude.  So I thought I'd hi-jack his account and introduce myself.

You see, Coopurr and I are sort of one in the same.  Coopurr is that sweet little boy with the wimpy meow who kisses his mommy and plays fetch with that Ro Dent thing.

I am the Evil Cat who embodies Coopurr in both catitude and deed when that Mommy Lady tries to do things like...oh...trim Coopurr's nails or GIVE HIM that drippy, smelly MEDICATION FOR HIS COLD.  

I'm not around very often, but when I am, it's just all about angst.  Real.  Cat.  Angst.

I have them all believing that it's just Coopurr being really bad when I take over.  No one has seemed to catch on to my wicked ways yet.  

And I want to thank everyone for cheering Coopurr on for that lone hiss that he expelled at the Vet's office.  That was actually ME.  Carter.

And that Mommy Lady.  She thinks it's so cute when "Coopurr" rips into that Ro Dent thingie.  Do you know who's REALLY doing the "bunny kicks"?  And does she even realize what the true purpose of those cute little "bunny kicks" is???

Hey, this was fun.  I might have to hi-jack Coopurr's diary again!

So long...for now...
Carter]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from the Vet:  I've found my Voice</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/666955</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:37:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/666955</guid>
		<description>So the Meowm was tricky this morning.  She had her coffee...and then we just played with Ro, over an ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So the Meowm was tricky this morning.  She had her coffee...and then we just played with Ro, over and over and over...and then, do you know what that Lady did to me?  Sneaky-Sneaky pic ked me up, covered my eyes and stuffed me into the carrier with RO!!!!

Evil.  She is EVIL INCARNATE.

Not too happy right now.  There were lots of those barking thingies in the V-E-T's office this  morning.  The Coop does not like those barking thingies.  They were in the next room at the shelter and scared me and kept me up all night.

Meowm was also crying alittle bit because there was a lady there who had to send her kitty to the Bridge.  That was very sad.  

But eventually, they took me in.  And guess what?  I actually AM still growing. D our ounces since last month!

And it was all kinda OK til Dr. B pushed on my nose.  They were all kinda laughing at me because I guess I made a silly face.  Meowm said she wished she had a camera.  Eveil Lady.

But Dr. B said that everything seemed fine.  Just a teensy-tiny bit of congestion in the one nostril. He thinks it's allergies, but he gave her an antibiotic just in case it's the very beginning of an Upper Respiratory.  Dr. B didn't want to give me allergy meds because he said they might make me too groggy and stuff.  (And Meowm is a firm believer in not over-medicating.)

And all was actually fine after the humiliation of the nose-pressing.  Until...until...that evil Lady had to go and say, "While we're here, can you TRIM his NAILS?"

Well, GUESS WHAT, my fur-riends?  I gave Meowm an extra special treat.  At first, she couldn't even believe her ears...but she heard it AND the Vet Tech heard it...

Coopurr Anderson Hays Vanderbilt HISSED for the FURRY FURST TIME today!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Me!  Go Me!  Have a party!  Go me, go me, GO ME!

Meowm didn't think I actually had it in me.  MOL MOL MOL!

Now, I just have find out what this new medication thing is and find a way around it.  I think it's watery.  This could be tricky -- even for this slick cat.

Y'all have a pawesome weekend while I nap.  It's been a long day already...

Purrs...and hisses...Oh, I LOVE TO HISS!
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Gots the Sniffies...back to the vet...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/666805</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:58:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/666805</guid>
		<description>I'm very upset.  I've been sneezing, and tomorrow...tomorrow...she's threateneing to take me back to ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm very upset.  I've been sneezing, and tomorrow...tomorrow...she's threateneing to take me back to the V-E-T at 9:15 a.m.!!!  

I thought I wasn't supposed to go for another whole YEAR!  I thought I was good to go!  But nope!  

Meowm says that it's probably jsut something called Allergies.  She's been sneezing, too.  But she said she just wants to make sure it's not something more serious.  She said she has to worry about colds, too, since I'm a Herpes kitty.

I hate to go ANYWHERE.  I jsut want to stay here, all snuggied up next to Meowm, on my soft blankies.  

One cool thing, though...the last couple of days, she's been giving me extra Lysine cookies!  Oh, those are SOOOOOO delish!!!  

But I don't wanna go to the vet.  Why?  Oh...WHYYYYY?

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A wurd to the Muh-thurrrr:  CHEATER</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/665766</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:07:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/665766</guid>
		<description>So, you all know that Meowm is my secretary.  She helps me spell big words,  responds to my p-mails  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So, you all know that Meowm is my secretary.  She helps me spell big words,  responds to my p-mails and takes dictation on things like...oh...this DIARY...

And this month, we just totally ran outta Zealies.  So, I decided that it would be a good thing for her to earn me some more by playing the breed game.  I even allowed her to start at the basic level just to get her feet wet.  

Now, I ask you -- how many jobs TELL you that it's OK to play GAMES while you're working?  I try not to make this too rough on her.  After all, someone does need to toss Ro when I fetch and open those pesky cans for me twice daily.

First of all, took her THREE WEEKS just to get me 25 Zealies.  THREE WEEKS?  

She actually told me that it was something she only did during commercials of her favorite shows and tossing Ro out as the first pitch!  Can you believe that lady???

Then last night...she pulled the ultimate bad employee trick.  She said, "Coopie, you know these breeds, come help me cheat!"  CHEAT!  She wanted my inate knowledge as a member of the Feline species to help HER earn MY Zealies!!!!!

The nerve of that lady!  CHEATER!  CHEATER!  CHEATER!

Makes me wanna go to her Facebook page and click "DO NOT LIKE" on every one of her posts.  (Can I do that?)  

And she calls me lazy because I love a few good naps!  You know, it's not like I can fire her or anything.  I mean...she IS my Meowther.  Who else would I bring soggy, wet Ro's to in the morning when she's trying to catch a few last minutes of sleep?

Well, CONCATULATIONS, lady.  You just won me 25 Zealies.  And Meowm, if you had a Catster page, I wouldn't give you ANY!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coop Sez/Meowm Sez:  Ix-nay all of THAT</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/665162</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:03:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/665162</guid>
		<description>It's that time again...are you ready for a new episode of &quot;Coop Sez/Meowm Sez&quot;?

Let's delve into  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's that time again...are you ready for a new episode of "Coop Sez/Meowm Sez"?

Let's delve into the Question of the Week...
If you could have your cat be consistently good about one thing, what would it be?
* Staying off the counter 
* Quit yowling at night 
* Stop scratching furniture 
* Playing nice with others 
* Other (Leave a comment) 

Meowm Sez: SCRATCH ALL OF THAT!

Coop Sez:  Really?  So I don't do anything that's, ahem...bad?

Meowm Sez:  Oh, no, little boy.  You don't jump the counters...anymore. You don't yowl...you don't ruin my furniture...and you have no others to play nice with....

Coop Sez:  So, I'm Meowmmy's Little Angel...

Meowm Sez:  Until you get to that BOX!

Coop Sez:  Hey...whoah, Meowther...a cat's gotta poop --

Mewom Sez:  A cat's gotta POOP.  But a cat don't need to be digging to France in search of Napolean's ARM.  You get in that box, and you dig...and dig...and dig...and DIIIIIIG...and then you DIIIIIG SOME MORE...

Coop Sez:  And then...I --

Mewom Sez:  AND THEN...you leave a TRAIL of blue crystals behind you all over the floor and play it like, "I'm sooooo cooooooooool..." and walk away...AND THEN...you chill like the little Prince I've created...and then...you hear the rake, scraping gently across the crytals...and YOU GO BACK TO THE BOX...and you watch it...and then you just JUMP BACK IN...and SCRATCH AND DIG AND SCRATCH AND DIG AND SCRATH AND DIG...and then...YOU SET THE SENSOR OFF AGAIN...and you keep replayign this scenario for hours...and NOTHING STOPS YOU.  Not.  Even. RO.  And the litter on the floor just keeps accumulating because I can't keep up with the sweeper...IN SPITE OF THE FACT that there is a HOOD that I paid thirty bucks for on that BOX...And I cannot -- CANNOT -- discourage you from going potty in the box...so I wait, daily, for you to just grow out of this obsession...but for now it's a neverending cycle that I am growing ever-impatient to end...and I WORRY that you are going to hurt yourself on that RAKE!

Coop Sez:  Um...wow.  OK.  But that's the ONLY THING that I do???  Good luck with that.  Next caller?

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Say WUUUUUUUT...?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/664636</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 4 Apr 2010 08:26:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/664636</guid>
		<description>OK.  The Secretary (AKA Meowmmy) just checked her e-mail.  And lo and behold...I'm a DIARY PICK AGAI ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OK.  The Secretary (AKA Meowmmy) just checked her e-mail.  And lo and behold...I'm a DIARY PICK AGAIN!

I think it was the Plumber entry.  A Plumber.  That's what I want to be when I grow up!

So...let's have some fun with this.

What do MEW want to be when MEW grow up?

Post your dreams in the comments.

Happy Easter and PURRRRRS,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>When I Grow Up...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/664538</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:04:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/664538</guid>
		<description>...I want to be a plumber.

Yes, a Plumber.  

I just...the toilet...I can't get enough.  It's t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ ...I want to be a plumber.

Yes, a Plumber.  

I just...the toilet...I can't get enough.  It's turned into an obsession.  Meowm actually waits for me to come to the bathroom now before she flushes.  If I don't realize she's in there, she calls for me.

I love to watch it flush.  And one day, when I'm a Big Boy, I'm gonna be allowed to put my paws in it and chase it all down the drain.

And if that's not enough...I LOVE my automatic litter box!  I have to watch that, too.  

Now, when I go potty, I scratch and scratch.  (Meowm says at the rate that I dig, I'll be in France in no time!)

But then...about twenty minutes after I leave the box, it starts making noises...noises that lure a cat back to watch.

And I have to go investigate!

And do you know what?  Just like the with the toilet, everything just magically disappears!  I'm tellin' ya...it's entrancing!  Meowm thinks I go in there all the time just to scratch and make the rake move so that I can wtch it!

Add my fascination with dripping water and the shower...ROTO-ROOTER, I AM YOUR BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pawesome Fur-riends</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/664389</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 3 Apr 2010 06:16:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/664389</guid>
		<description>I just want to say that I'm one lucky duck to have such PAWESOME fur-riends on Catster.  And I want  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I just want to say that I'm one lucky duck to have such PAWESOME fur-riends on Catster.  And I want to thank each and every one of you for the comments, the treats and the good wishes.

I wish all of that back to each and every one of you.  I was so suprised to see how many furs actually read my silly ramblings, and Meowm and I were both so touched by the outpouring of concats yesterday.

And we really ap-purr-eciate all of the kind words that everyone sent along for my brofur, Felix.  We know he's not alone at the Bridge.  (Plus, we're pretty sure that Granner visits him quite a bit there....)  

We also want to give a special shout out to my "only children" group, "I'm No Longer Alone."  We're a small group, but a tight bunch of kitten-cats.  You guys never ever miss a birthday or holiday...and you're always there when things aren't so happy.  And we have some really fun MOLs along the way.  I heart you guys!

For now, though, stay tuned.  We'll be back with a new episode of "Coop Sez/Meowm Sez."  I think it's time to explore the Question of the Week again.

HAPPY EASTER and HAPPY SPRING!
Purrs,
Coop and Meowmmy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WOW, WOW, HOLY COW!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/664214</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:04:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/664214</guid>
		<description>I'm DIARY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do have ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm DIARY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do have to thank Meowm for taking my dictation.  I'd be nowhere without her.

But...wow.  Wow.  WOW.  What a SURPRISE for this wonderful spring weekend!

And since I have your attention today...I"m going to encourage everyone to ADOPT A SHELTER PET!

We can do all the same sorts of wonderful things that those cats from the pet store can do...even things like winning DIARY OF THE DAY!

Purrs, and thanks to everyone!
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thank Mew, Anonymous...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/664099</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 1 Apr 2010 16:37:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/664099</guid>
		<description>...for the lovely Easter egg!

You have a nice nap in your basket, too!

Happy Easter!
Purrs,
 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ ...for the lovely Easter egg!

You have a nice nap in your basket, too!

Happy Easter!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A tribute...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/663632</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:22:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/663632</guid>
		<description>Meowmmy has a big sad today...and I'm just being Coop and trying to cheer her up as best as I can.
 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Meowmmy has a big sad today...and I'm just being Coop and trying to cheer her up as best as I can.

A year ago today, my big brofur, Felix, went to the Bridge.  

Meowm doesn't really realize that he talks to me, and tries to lead me...well...sometimes he leads me in the right direction.  And other times, he's the Big Brofur that I never had, teasing me into what Meowm calls trouble.

Meowm says Felix was a strong, sturdy cat.  He was A BIG KITTY -- fourteen pounds for most of his life!

And he wasn't afraid to ask for fine dining.  Unlike me, he LOVED food.  Meowm -- and my granner when she was alive -- always said that he'd eat anything as long as it was chicken flavored or had sauce on it!  

ANd Meowm said he knew exactly which humans to work...particularly my Auntie Joyce.  He'd put his paws on her leg and beg for whatever she was eating.  He didn't care -- whatever it was must have been good because he trusted Aut Joyce and whatever treats she was giving it to him.

He was also one smart dude.  Once, when Auntie Joyce was at Meowmmy's house, he was crying for his food.  Aunt Joyce told him, "Mommy will be home in ONE.  HOUR.  You'll get your dinner as soon as she's home!"  And Felix looked up at the clock.  Then back at my Aunt Joyce.  And she said the look on his face was like, "That's SOOOOO LOOOONG!"

And once when my Meowm went away on business, my Auntie Heather was watching him.  As she was feeding him, she was yakkin' with Meowm. She looked down and said, "Mommy's on the phone..." 

And he headbutted her.  Meowm told her to put the phone by his ear and he LISTENED to every SINGLE WORD.  Apparently, Aunt Heather freaked that time...but she never freaked again when he bestwoed his intellect upon her.

And Felix does speak to me.  He tells me the best nap spots and the best places to explore.  Sometimes, when Meowm catches me doing something that Felix did...she gets all freaked...and then she looks up and says, "WHAT are you TELLING him to do NOW?"  

Meowm said she sees a lot of Felix in me -- the smarts, the affection...oh...and the CUTES...!!!

She says there's some differences, too.  She said I'm more of a rough and tumble little boy, while Felix always just loved to sit and listen to Patti Lupone CDs.  And I defeinitely don't like food the way Felix did.  But she said we both "suck up" to her when she plays Duran Duran or Eddy Mitchell.  (Hey -- Felix taught me THAT!)

But today...let's just give it up for my big brofur.  Mewom said he was rescued from the Rainbow Bridge right away because my granny just took him into her arms.  Moewm thinks they're both sitting up there on that cloud...laughing at both of us down here...

For you, my Big Brofur...I take my paw and salute you.  I'm glad I have you to guide me, and I'm glad that Meowm is so happy that I've come into my own.

You are mourned...you are missed...but you are LOVED.  And just knowing that, I'm so happy that I came to Meowmmy to help her with her grief...and...welll...to give her NEW GRIEF!

Paws up to you, Big Bro.  You were a freakin' PAWESOME Russian Blue.

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A DDP?  Really?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/663411</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:41:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/663411</guid>
		<description>Wow, we just found out that I'm a diary pick today!  Woo-hooo!  Can't wait til Meowm gets home becau ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wow, we just found out that I'm a diary pick today!  Woo-hooo!  Can't wait til Meowm gets home because that always means extra-special treats!  

While you're here, let me direct your eyes below.  Play along with us -- What do Mew Want the Easter Bunny to put in your Easter Basket?

Thanks, Catster dudes!  And more importantly -- thanks to everyone who reads my diary!!!!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What do MEW want from the Easter Bunny?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/663280</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:55:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/663280</guid>
		<description>So last year on this Easter thing, apparently the Meowm was pretty upset.  

She had met me a coup ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So last year on this Easter thing, apparently the Meowm was pretty upset.  

She had met me a couple of weeks before the holiday.  Meowm had signed, sealed and delivered all the documentation and adoption papers.  Bought all kindsa stuff for me.  Kitten-proofed the house .  BUT...she couldn't bring me home because of those stupid eye ulcers.

Meowm swears that this Easter is gonna be better for both of us.  

Now, I'm still new at this holiday thing...but I do know that special holidays bring lots of gifts.  And apparently, this has some kind of basket thing involved.  

I think I know what the basket is.  It's this round thingie with a handle.  Kinda looks like a bowl, but a LOT bigger.  I caught a quick peak at it when she brought it home hte other night.  

Now, supposedly, there's a bunny that comes to your house to fill up the basket.  I think he might be in cahoots with that Santa-Paws dude who visited a few months back.  

She's even been asking me what I want this bunny dude to bring me for Easter...heck, I don't know.  SHRIMPIE treats!  Love thems!  And a hundred million Ro's to fill up the whole house.  

I'll become a Ro Hoarder!

So tell me, my fine furry fur-riends...What do MEW want in YOUR Easter basket?  Be gluttons here.  Tell me your ultimate Easter basket Fantasy.  (Why not?  Meowm and her girlfriends talk about what they're gonna do when they win the lottery!  And for the record, she promised me my OWN bedroom!  I heard her!)

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Baffroom</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/662990</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:39:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/662990</guid>
		<description>Meowm wanted to do a Coop Sez/Meowm Sez on this one, but alas...I had to tell her NOOOOO.

I may h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Meowm wanted to do a Coop Sez/Meowm Sez on this one, but alas...I had to tell her NOOOOO.

I may have blogged about this before, but I just LOVE the bathroom.  It's just...the *quintissential* spot to spark a kitten's curiosity.  There are just so many mesmorizing things in there!  The toilet paper...running water...the shower thingie...THE TOILET...

OMC, OMC, OMC....I just get so excited thinking about all of it.  

First, there's the toilet paper.  Now, I used to really dig creating toilet paper art.  I even got a roll all for myself for Christmas!  It had little tiny leaves of catnip embedded into it...and that took some time on Meowm's part, which was greatly appreciated.  But I got bored, and one day while the Meowm was at that work place....I discovered PAPER TOWELS.

And that was all fine and dandy, but then tonight....the calling came back.  And I had to create...so back into the bathroom I went and tore up the toilet paper.  Meowm says that I can get big bucks on e-bay for my work.  I think tomorrow, I'm going to try to design a portrait of Anna Nicole Smith and Michael Jackson.  That will be cool.  

But getting back...the bathroom is filled with so much more than just an inspiration for the next Claude Meownet.  There's that shower thingie.  Every single morning, I have-have-HAVE to go in when she turns on those spray thingies, put my paws up on the tub and just watch...and watch...and watch...until Meowm shoos me away so that she can get into that tub thingie.  Then I just wait in the corner and listen...and listen...and listen...

Meowm said that if she put me in there, my fascination would end.  I'm not sure why.  But I'd like to try it.  At least once.

There's also that sink thingie.  Oh, it's SO comfortable and coooooool against the fine Blue fur.  I just LOVE lounging in there...til Meowm ges out the camera.  HELLO, MOTHER.  I'm half-blind in my one eye.  How would YOU like it if I flashed that thing in your face when you're relaxing?  Meowms...I SWEAR!

And then...then....we have the toilet.  Where do I even BEGIN?

Dudes, and dudettes....have you ever watched that thing?  Oh, that blue water is just soooo much fun to watch.  It's BLUE.  Like ME.  Once I had to have my hands washed with special kitty shampoo because I stuck my paws in there and swished that blue wet stuff around.  

It was her fault for leaving that lid thingie open!  Unfortunately, I have not found it open since.  In fact, there's a lock on it.  I couldn't lift it if my twelve pounds really tried!  But I am Coop, and I shall find a way.  

Now, though, Meowm allows me to watch the paper swirl and swirl and swim down into the hole.  It makes a loud noise, but it doesn't scare me.  And she does permit me to watch, so I can't complain too much.

Sometimes, she even lets me put my paws down on the lid.  But the best view is from the sink.  Meowm calls that the "penthouse view."  I can lounge in the sink, and just watch...it's SOOOOO much fun!

But again...the Meowm doesn't understand what the fascination is.  It's about the movements and the sounds....the hunt and the chase.

I just wish she'd let me do a little more hunting and chasing.  

Anyone else love the bathroom?  

Purrs, and have a PAWESOME WEEKEND!
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Old Pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/662530</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:24:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/662530</guid>
		<description>So my Gotcha Day is coming up in a little more than a month, and I have a feeling that it's going to ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So my Gotcha Day is coming up in a little more than a month, and I have a feeling that it's going to be a big celebration.  

Right now, Meowm is kinda thinking back to last year at this time, when my older brofur was sick and passed away.  I never met him, but I wish I had.  He seemed like one cool cat.  

But Meowm says that I've been such a good thing for her grief.  And now, she's getting a little melancholy with the two anniversaries so close together.  

My shelter sent Meowm a couple of old pics of me, back when I was but a wee baby with eye ulcers.  Meowm says she hardly recognizes that kitty now, having gotten used to seeing me all healed and grown up.  

She posted them in my photo album because she said she never wants to forget that sick kitty she met a year ago.  That sick kitty who kissed her and fell asleep on her ankle and wrapped his paw -- literally -- around her finger through the kennel door.  

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coop Sez/Meowm Sez:  Just look into my eyes...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/661648</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:19:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/661648</guid>
		<description>That time again!  In this episode, Meowm and I shall discuss COMMUNICATION and the Question of the W ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ That time again!  In this episode, Meowm and I shall discuss COMMUNICATION and the Question of the Week:
How does your cat best communicate with you?
 *Those expressive eyes! 
 *Ears and tail! 
 *Head-bonks galore. 
 *My cat is very vocal. 
 *Other (leave a comment 


Coop Sez:  It's the eyes, isn't it???

Meowm Sez:  Well, partly...but it's a little more than that...

Coop Sez:  What do you mean?

Meowm Sez:  Well, for instance...this MORNING...on Mommy's VACATION DAY...you jumped on the bed with Ro -- three times -- and what did you do?

Coop Sez:  Ohhhh, yeah...the headbonks!  I just wanted you to toss her to me...a few hundred times...

Meowm Sez:  Well, it's a little difficult to toss Ro when Meowmmy is SLEEPING, Coop.  

Coop Sez:  But you had no business sleeping when I wanted to play!  And doncha love it when I dump a slobbery, chewed up Ro on your face at seven in the morning?

Meowm Sez:  Oh YEAH...Love it.  Little boys...Little Boys...

Coop Sez:  Getting back...it's my soulful gaze...I know it is...

Meowm Sez:  That's your guilt plea.  

Coop Sez:  Well, you know, you spent a lot of money on these sparkling emerald winkers...I might as well USE them to my advantage, right?

Meowm Sez:  Coopie, you use EVERYTHING to your advantage.  Except your voice.  And that's what REALLY gets Meowm.

Coop Sez:  Because I churp?

Meowm Sez:  And because you use that only in the most dire situations -- like going to the vet and getting your nails trimmed...or getting your Advantage treatment.  Kinda makes me cry...

Coop Sez:  GOOD -- I've played my cards correctly.  See all of the wonderful things I've learned from Loki?

Meowm Sez:  I see, I see...

Coop Sez:  Loki also told me to...(*covers mouth with paw*)  Moerowroroweowsahrowrah...but I'll save that one for LATER when I really need it!

Meowm Sez:  I have no doubt that you will!  But you do have one mode of communication that's not even mentioned there...those sweet little sandpapery kisses...

Coop Sez:  Oh, the sweet little licks that provoke you to say, "My Grandmother the germaphobe is rolling in her grave, screaming, 'Don't let that herpes cat lick you!'"

Meowm Sez:  Now, Coopie!

Coop Sez:  You do say that...

Meowm Sez:  Because she was a crazy germaphobe and...nevermind.  Moving on.

Coop Sez:  Ears and tail...

Meowm Sez:  You really only have two modes of ears and tail communication -- that would be the "Happy/Content" mode and the "Hunter" mode.  You're just not a moody kitty.

Coop Sez:  No, I'm really not.  I've never even HISSED!  But did you have to go and tell Dr. B that I'm the happiest cat you've ever seen?  Totally blew my Ferocious Beast cover!  And they said I meow like a girl!!!!  Now they're really going to think I'm a wuss at the vet!

Meowm Sez:  Coopie, wouldn't you rather be the one kitty that all vets remember as sitting patiently while your contact lens is being changed...or be forgotten amongst all of the others who claw and fight?

Coop Sez:  Awww, that was all cool when I was a baby kitten with a skinny tail.  But now, I'm twelve poundages of BIG BOY, and I'm not even done growing yet!  Now I want to be a ManCat.  See my ManCat tail?  Hmmm...maybe I should learn to thump it.  

Meowm Sez:  Well, no matter how much bigger you get...or how much you weigh...or how much your tail fills in...you'll always be my precious baby boy...

Coop Sez:  Aw, Meowm!  My friends read this!  I don't want to be putting that out there!  And is now the appropriate time for me to ask if I can start dating?

Meowm Sez:  Coopurr Anderson Hays Vanderbilt...we'll discuss that offline.

Coop Sez:  Yeah, yeah, yeah...can we play with Ro now?  I'm bored.

Meowm Sez:  Gooooo FETCH!

Have a PAWESOME weekend, everyfur!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Spoy...yulld.</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/661257</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:03:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>So we had another disappearance in the life of Ro.  Yeah...she's gone again...Meowm thinks behind th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So we had another disappearance in the life of Ro.  Yeah...she's gone again...Meowm thinks behind the bookshelf in the bedroom or just lodged somewhere under the bed.  

Meowm says I need to remember where I drop her, but that's not the case at all.  

You see...Ro is so afraid of my ferocious beast persona that she sneaks away and goes into hiding...then comes out to tease and toy with me...and that's when I bite into her head and walk around the house like Studly Man of the Lion King Tribe with her dangling from my mandibles.  

Well, Ro has been hiding in a pretty good place this time.  And Meowm got so frustrated that she stopped at PetCo last night on the way home from work and bought me THREE MORE!  (Oooopsie...I think I was only supposed to know about the one that she pulled outta the bag and gave to me last night.  But I saw two more in there when I snooped!)

Meown has also discussed putting an alarm on Ro the II.  She said this is getting a little bit crazy, all the time we spend looking for Ro.  Actually, I kinda think it's fun.  The hunt is, after all, part of the game...

I betcha I'm gonna lose all three of my new Ro's.  I betcha we're gonna end up with HUNDREDS of Ro's by the time I'm done.  Or maybe I'll just move on to something else...

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coopurr and the Ten O'clock Crazies</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/661025</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:26:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Meowm says I'm not adusting well to this time change thing.  I, however, think it must be SHE who's  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Meowm says I'm not adusting well to this time change thing.  I, however, think it must be SHE who's having trouble.

Every night at nine, I suck my thumb and take a nap.  At ten, I get up, and run around the house like a crazy man.

Sooooo...when Meowmmy went to bed last night at eleven (read:  ten), I had a little fit of the crazies...

Well...actually...that fit kinda went on for an hour and a half.  I'd jump on the bed.  Then off the bed.  Then on Meowm.  Then OVER Meowm.  Burrow in the corner under the covers.  Burrow under the pillow beneath Meowm's head.  

And then...I had to bring Ro to bed with us!  

Yeah, Meowm said she loves having a soggy, wet rat-like creature dropped by her head at midnight.  Don't all Meowms love that?

Meowm said that I had ezxhausted her so well that by the time she feel asleep...she REALLY fell asleep.

I think Meowm really needs to adjust to this time thing -- for her sake and for MINE.

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Comment on Catster News: How to Choose a Kitten</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/660547</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:10:50 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>A year ago, I was brought by my foster mom, who rescued me from the mean New York City streets with  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ A year ago, I was brought by my foster mom, who rescued me from the mean New York City streets with my twin sister, to a shelter.  Now, please...don't get me wrong.  The shelter was a wonderful place to be for a hopeful five-month-old tiger...but not ideal.  

Ideal is a furever home.

And I had some problems.  Herpes.  Eye ulcers.  All kindsa junk.  But I went to the shelter, and they took good care of me.  WONDERFUL care of me.  All that was missing was...a HOME.

My twin was adopted WITHOUT me.  And Meowm still wishes she could have taken home BOTH of us...but she still thinks I'm the best.  *WINK*

Having been a sick shelter kitten, just one  year ago, I feel I have some advice to impart..  

You're thinking of adopting a kitten, and you envision that purrrrfect little furball in your mind.  That affectionate, happy little baby who knows how to use his litter box and knows how to give kisses.

But then you see or hear something that match doesn't match your idea of purrrfection.  Maybe  a sneeze.  Maybe a cough.  Maybe a winky eye.  

He's still cute.  He's still affectionate.  But he just needs someone to take him home and get him the help he needs to beome the purrrrfect CAT.

Maybe that sneezy kitten might need a few vet visits.  Maybe he might even -- *wink-WINK* -- need to go the eye doctor.  But he'll still go in his box, and behave like a gentleman, and give you more afection that you anticipated!  He'll play like a crazy-lion with his catnip, but eat treats right out of your hand.  And he'll take his meds and supplements in stride...

Maybe that needy kitten is just what YOU need.  That little bit of extra lovin' never hurt anyone.  Maybe...I'm just sayin'...

And maybe if you're really lucky...he'll even kiss on command and...PLAY FETCH.

*WINKWINKWINK*  (Wow, that's weird now that I've healed!)

Just think about it every-fur....
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coop Sez/Meowm Sez:  What's the Big Deal About Fetch?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/660418</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:52:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>In this episode of &quot;Coop Sez/Meowm Sez,&quot; we shall explore this new thing I've learned called &quot;Fetch. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ In this episode of "Coop Sez/Meowm Sez," we shall explore this new thing I've learned called "Fetch."

Meowm Sez:  Coopie, I am SO PROUD of you -- you've learned a trick!

Coop Sez:  What trick?

Meowm Sez:  You've learned to FETCH!

Coop Sez:  Yeah, yeah, yeah...what's the big deal?  It only took me a few months to realize that if I actually bring the toy back to you, I'll get treats.  

Meowm Sez:  Nooooo, lovie, this is BIG!  People claim only dogs can learn how to fetch.  But you...even with your absent-kitten-mindedness...you've learned!

Coop Sez:  (*Covers mouth with paw*) You only taught me because you're LAY-ZEEE...

Meowm Sez:  What?

Coop Sez:  Oh, nothing, Meowmmy Dearest.  (*Covers mouth with paw again*)  You just don't want to get off your butt and get the toy, so you BRIBED me to do it.

Meowm Sez:  Excuse me, Sir?

Coop Sez:  Well, it's the truth!

Meowm Sez:  No, it isn't!  It's a time for us to play together...to interact...to BOND!

Coop Sez:  What she said.  Yeah...

Meowm Sez:  And you underestimate your own intelligence...

Coop Sez:  Oh, no, Meowmmy.  I'm quite clear on how smart I am.  If you only KNEW half the stuff I know how to do...

Meowm Sez:  Ummm...maybe I don't want to know...

Coop Sez:  No, you probably don't.

Meowm Sez:  Well, aren't you proud of yourself?  You learned a new trick!

Coop Sez:  Whatevs!  Right now...YEOWAN...after all that fetching...I needs a nappie!

Have a pawesome weekend, everyfur!  This kitten-cat is off to bed!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Day in the Life Tag!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/659782</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:32:05 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I was just tagged by my good buddy, Tasha.  

If you're reading this, consider yourself TAGGED!  P ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was just tagged by my good buddy, Tasha.  

If you're reading this, consider yourself TAGGED!  Play along by describing your day...

Morning:  

Meowm is not a morning person.  If it's a weekday, she hits SNOOZE a million times.  I don't really like the sound of that stupid buzzer, so I just wait until she finally gets up.  As soon as I hear her turn the shower on, I RUN to the bathroom, and I put my paws up on the tub to watch the water.  Meowm lets me watch for a minute, and then she gets in and closes the door.

I usually retreat to the living room for a little play while Meowmmy gets dressed.  Like I said...she's grumpybefore noon, so I just leave her alone.  

When she's all dressed, she comes into the dining room and we paly for a few minutes.  Then she cleans my bowls and feeds me.  Sometimes I eat, but sometimes, I just feel like playing.

When Meowmmy leaves, she says the SAME thing every time:  "I love you, Coopie.  BE GOOD today!  Love you..."

Afternoon:
Usually, I play in the morning, take a snooze, and then sit in the window for a while.  By lunchtime, I'm sooooo tired that I need a nap!  So that's when I begin my afternoon snooze in my bed.  

Sometimes, though, when I wake up, I have so much energy that I like to do things like exploring the countertops and breaking glasses...or ripping up toilet paper!  On three occasions, I had so much energy that I pulled the Roman Shades down!  MOL!

Evening:
By the time evening rolls around, I know that it's time for Meowm to come home.  I wait in the dining room.  And Ialways know she's home because as soon as I ehar the key in the lock, she calls out, "Coopie!  Coopie!  Meowm's home!"

I roll on my back and wait for my belly rub.  And Meowm feeds me right away.  

Usually, she goes in to the living room and waits for me on the couch.  And as soon as I come inot the living room, she holds up my bag of Lysine treats and says, "You want your cookies, Cookie Monster?"

Usually, in the evenings, we play.  Meowm likes to try to make new games with the laser light.  That's FUN!  And meowm switches my toys out so that I don't get bored.  One night, we'll play with my feather cat dancer.  Another night, we'll play with my fishies.  

Lately, she's been trying to teach me to fetch.  We're almost there, she said.  I just have to remember to bring the toy with me when I return to her!

Around nine, we usually have our snuggles on the couch and I suck my thumb and take a little nap.

Late Evening:
When Meowm goes to bed, she always invites me.  I get a kiss or two or five good ngiht, and she tells me that I can come with her.

Usually, I go in and jump on her bed after she's all snuggled under the covers.  Sometimes I jump on top of her.  Sometimes, I just lay beside her, or on her head.  But I only stay a few minutes.

LATER...like at four in the morning...I do just what I've been doing since I was a tiny baby.  I jump on her and I lay on her tummy.  And I SUCK MY THUMB!

But lookit this face....look at it good...would YOU kick ME out of YOUR bed at four a.m.????

That's the story of my day!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost...and FOUND FOUND FOUND!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/659576</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 19:29:31 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>OH, I AM SO HAPPY!!!!

I don't know if the Cat Toy Thief snuck back in and placed her in my line o ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OH, I AM SO HAPPY!!!!

I don't know if the Cat Toy Thief snuck back in and placed her in my line of vision or what...BUT I FOUND RO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meowm was watching the Bachelor.  And on a commercial break, she gave me my Revolution.  Ick.  Do.  Not.  Like.  But that's another blog for another day...

Naturally, I leaped off the couch, and went to lick it and scratch it off...and just as I was getting in a really good scratch...out of the corner of my bad eye...I saw something there...off in the distance.  Something familiar...

It was foggy because my vision's not so great in my right eye...but I know Ro when I see Ro...

So I positioned myself...wiggled my little butt...and dove in for the kill and batted her all the way back into the living room just as those two blubbering idiots on TV were telling each other that until divorce they do part!

Meowm was so happy that she actually didn't care about the rest of that stupid show.  She hopped right down on the floor and together, we played with Ro!!!!

Oh, I'm so happy she's back!  I missed her so much!

Now, I just hope that Cat Toy Thief doesn't come back and take her again.  I LOVE MY ROW!!!!!!!

BIG PURRS,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I has a big sad</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/659482</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:02:53 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I am so very sad today.  Ro -- my very favorite toy...you know, Ro Dent...the one I have clenched be ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am so very sad today.  Ro -- my very favorite toy...you know, Ro Dent...the one I have clenched between my teeth all the time...the one that Meowm took a picture of me gripping her between my shiny, white tiger teeth...the one who went to the V-E-T with me to comfort me on Saturday?

She's GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gone...GONE...GONNNNNNNNNNNNNNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am sad beyond words.  

I lost her last week, and I started crying.  I kept looking around, and luckily Meowm ralized that I just wanted Ro.  So she helped me find her.

But last night, I started crying again.  And Meowm tore the whole house apart looking for Ro.  She even moved the couch!  Now I know I complain...but THAT is a Meowm.  A GOOD MEOWM.

Meowm tried to comfort me.  She gave me one of my binky rings to play with because I can carry them around easily.  But that just didn't do the trick.  

I WANT MY RO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  WAILLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I WANT MY RO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meowm said she's going to see if the store still has them on her way home.  She said she's going to buy two and put an alarm on it. 

I hope she can find her -- I MISS MY RO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sads,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>They CUT me...then they SHOT me...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/659150</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:27:21 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>...and I'm one peowed off little Camper right now.

Today is one of those days on which I shall no ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ ...and I'm one peowed off little Camper right now.

Today is one of those days on which I shall not refer to the primary can-opener as "Meowmmy."  Instead, I shall call her, "That Evil Woman Who Adopted Me."

Nice Saturday morning.  We had our snuggle.  She opened the can.  I came back for some more snuggles...she ventured into the living room.  I snoozed a bit in my favorite chair...and then...in the middle of a good mini-nap...she SCOOPED ME UP AND SHOVED ME INTO THE CARRIER.

Insipid Evil Woman Who Adopted Me zipped it up, then left the room to collect her purse and my rather large medical file.  Take NOTE: Zippers are SOOOO easy to unfasten!  

Gone.  Under the couch.  And then...the SPRAY BOTTLE.  Back and forth for 20 minutes.  Until I decided to pull a fast one and ducked into the kiten and hid under the table.  Now, I never do that...unless I have to.

And the silly insipid Evil Woman Who Adopted Me continued her search under the couch.  But, my fur-riends...I put up a good fight.  Took the Evil Woman Who Adopted Me TEN minutes to figure that out. 

And when seh found me, I did fight hard...but who KNEW she was sooooo good at CATCHING a CAT almost MID-AIR as I attempted to dive from the kitchen chair???

So I had to ride in a taxi to get to the V-E-T's office.  And they took us right way, which was good for that ugly chihuaua that was eye me up in the waiting room.

And do you know what they did?  THEY CUT MY NAILS!  Now, I thought this Vet Techie chick was kinda nice til she pulled out those clippers.  And since the Evil Woman Who Adopted Me was standing there, I thought that maybe it would be a good idea to fuss a bit.  Just for good measure. 

And the Vet Techie told me that I have a GIRLIE MEOW!  "It's just a sweet little mew...oh, it's so girlie.  You little Girlie-Man!"  GIRLIE?  I am a FEROCIOUS BEAST!  HOW DARE SHE????

She also stuck me on this thing called a scale.  Evil Woman Who Adopted Me seemed concerned about that, but they assured her that I am at a perfect weight of 12 poundages for my size.  When will Evil Woman Who Adopted Me realize that I AM the PURRFECT feline specimen?

But do you know what the Vet Techie did?  Even though she insulted my meow but complemented my girth....when she was done, she PICKED ME UP, SMOTHERED MY HEAD with KISSES and said, "I wish they were all Coopurr..."  Awwwwwww...kisses -- KISSES -- at the V-E-T's!  That was nice.

Then...then...cue up spookie music here...the V-E-T himSELF came in.  And he just had to go pokin' at my eye!!!  He said it looks good, then said, "I can't believe they were going to remove it!"  

He checked me all out.  And that wasn't so bad...until he SHOT ME UP!  TWO of THEM.  Owwwwwch!  But I did not flinch.  A lesser cat would have been hissing and screaming like the nasty cat in the examinging room next door.  But I simply just sat and took the pain.

Then Evil Woman Who Adopted Me had to drag it out and ask a hundred questions...all leading up to the V-E-T telling her how well she's done with me and how happy he was that everything turned out OK in the end!

Oh, and by the way...I'm healthy.  Totally healthy.  And Evil Woman Who Adopted Me told him that I was the happiest cat she's ever seen.  

HA!  If this is happy...if THIS is happy...wait til I have a nap in my snuggly-bed with my favorite toy Ro Dent and maybe...just maybe have a few yummy freez-dried shrimp treats...that the Evil..I mean...Meowm bought me...

Oh, it's...yawwwwwn...been a looonnnnng...YAWN...day...
Seepy Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>St. Paddy's Tag</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/658331</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:59:18 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>OK...just got St. Paddy's tagged by Pigeon.  Please consider yourself &quot;tagged&quot; if you're reading my  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OK...just got St. Paddy's tagged by Pigeon.  Please consider yourself "tagged" if you're reading my diary.  Directions are below.

Q.-Are you Irish?
A.-I'm BLUE.  Russian.  Blue.

Q.-Do you and /or your family celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
A.-I'm not quite sure what it is -- another first for me!  Wait...is that the holiday where everyone wears green and drinks a lot of beer?  Yeah...Meowm will celebrate it.  

Q.- How?
A. -By wearing green and drinking lots of beer.  Meowm likes the color green.  And Meowm likes lots of beer! 

(MEOWMMY SEZ:  Coooopurrrrrrr....that's not nice!)

Q.-Will you wear Green? 
A.-Nope.  I don't *wear* anything.  (See diary entry on bein' nekkid!)

Q.- What will you wear? 
A.- Nuttin'

Q.-Do you like Corned Beef and Cabbage?
A.-Unless it's made of seafood...no.

Q.-Do you believe in leprechauns?
A. Wut dat?

Q.-Why?
A.-I don't know what it is, so how can I believe in it?

Q.-What would you like to find at the end of the rainbow?
A.-Whiskas choice cuts, Ro, my laser light and Meowmmy.

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For anybody who may be reading this who has not been tagged /yet... consider yourself Tagged by me! :)

**Here is what you have to do now. You need to copy & paste this entry into your diary. Delete my answers and Tag furiends names and add yours. Be sure to mention or thank the furiend who Tagged you ! You need to send a message off to the furiend/s you would like to Tag. You may copy and paste my original Paw Mail/ message I sent to you. You may also send your message in a Zealie. That's it! You may want to read your furiends Diary entries afterwards and thank them for playing. Have fun!


May the Luck of the Irish be yours, my furiend! Happy St. Paddys Day! :)

Feel free to leave your own Irish Blessing.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>QOTW TIME!:  Coop Sez/Meowm Sez</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/657500</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:59:31 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Oh, I've been waiting for this for a couple of days...we have a brand-new QUESTION OF THE WEEK.  
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh, I've been waiting for this for a couple of days...we have a brand-new QUESTION OF THE WEEK.  

So, I'm sittin here, chillaxin with the Meowm...pondering what frightens me.

 Getting a bath 
 Being alone 
 Alpha cats 
 Nothing! 
 Other (leave a comment) 

Meowm:  So, Coopie...what scares you?

Coop:  I've never had a bath.

Meowm:  Being alone?

Coop:  Nah.  Kinda enjoy those exploratory hours while you go out into the snow and cold and forage for my food and treats...

Meowm:  And you're an only child...so "Alpha Cats" really don't apply here...but nothing?  Nothing???  The vaccum cleaner?

Coop:  Not so much.  

Meowm:  Oh, I've got one!  Your CARRIER...

Coop:  YES!  I agree.  Because every time we go through the presentation of the carrier...it only leads to a vet visit...or...or...

Meowm:  Or what?

Coop:  Oh...MEW KNOW!

Meowm:  What, sweetie?  What scares you most?

Coop: NAIL TRIMMINS!!!!!!!!!!  

Meowm:  Coop, now you just need to start being a big boy about those.

Coop:  No.

Meowm:  Coop, you'll get stuck on everything if we stop trimming your nails.  This has gone from the subline to the rediculous...

Coop:  Rediculous?  REDICULOUS?  Are you KITTIN' ME?

Meowm:  It's for your own health and welfare.  And the welfare of every linen in this house...including the Roman shades you pulled down when you were stuck.

Coop:  Do you really think I care about your curtains?  Take 'em down!  I like to look outside!

Meowm:  I just don't understand...and we've tried everything...regular clippers...

Coop: No.

Meowm:  ...super-duper clippers...

Coop:  NO. NO.

Meowm:  Pedipaws...come ON, Coop -- there's not even a sharp edge on those!

Coop:  No.  No.  No.  NO. NO. NO. NO.

Meowm:  Well, that's why we have to go to the vet to have them done.

Coop:  Look, Meowther Dearest...I like you.  I actually kinda like you a lot.  And you do lots of nice things for me...like giving me treats...and getting down ont eh floor and playing with me...and doling out the nip..but just because MEW like to go and have YOUR nails trimmed and filed and painted and all that crap...DOES NOT MEAN that COOP enjoys it.  It's scarey.  It makes a noise when the nail is cut...and it impairs my generally happy CAT LIFE because I have NO MEANS by which to claw the couch or the matress or your stupid Roman Shades.  It makes me miserable just thinking about it...and it makes me more miserable while it's being done...and so help this Cat...I shall fight you on it for the rest of my furry little life, and I PROMISE YOU that, Meowther Dearest.

Meowm:  Um...are you finished?

Coop:  Yeah.  Can we go sit on the couch so I can suck my thumb now?

Meowm:  C'mawn, little one...follow me...

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Feline Dental Month:  KTHXBYE!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/657069</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:50:04 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Thank you sooooo very much, both Catster and Dr. B. for the lovely post card to remind the Meowther  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Thank you sooooo very much, both Catster and Dr. B. for the lovely post card to remind the Meowther that it is the month of the toofers.  I don't want you to touch...

GEH-ET URR -INGER OWWCHA MUH  MOWE-OWTH!  -UHHT AWR -OOU -OOOING?  -UHHT DUH MEOWOW-OOO -OOOOOO FINK -UUUUUR -OOO-INNNNG???

Meow-OH-DEO!  Get your MEOWIN FINGER outta MAH MEOWTH! Sppppt.  Ew.  Nail polish!  

She said she's ignoring the post card because A)  I'm going to see the V-E-T person a week from Sturday...and B)  The stupid V-E-T person hired a KITTY DENTIST and "he'll just have his way with that gunky mouth" when they see me on the 6th of March!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Evil.  There is evil in this household tonight.  March 6...March 6....that's the moewin' IDES OF MARCH.  Right?????????

The Meowther is shaking her head and smiling at me.  Well, heck...no WONDER I have some gunky gum spots.  No, Meowm...it's not from the Herps!  It's from you sticking your stupid finger in my MEOWTH and ME gagging on your stupid nail polish!

CLUE.  Here it is.  I'm holding it in my paw.  And I'm handing it to you, Meowmmy Dearest.  Don't.  Ever.  Touch.  My.  Teeth.  Again.

No purrs,
Coop
PS  SHOTS?  Noooooooooooooooo.  Not those, TOOOOOOOOOOOOO.  Evil is here.  Feel it.  It's all evil.
PPS  Don't you EVER call my meowth GUNKY again...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Big Boy Potty</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/656482</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:07:00 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>So I guess I'm growing up now.  Today, Meowmmy took money that her Uncle Sam gave to her, and she bo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So I guess I'm growing up now.  Today, Meowmmy took money that her Uncle Sam gave to her, and she bought me a Big Boy Potty!

It's a Scoop Free automatic litter box with pretty crystals for me to play in...I mean...poop in.  I feel so grown up...and I love watching that green light flash.  This, my fur-riends, could be fun!

Meowm was really happy that as soon as she set it up and poured the litter in, I went pee-pee right away.  She kept telling me what a good boy I am and how proud she was of me for using it so quickly.

Ummmm...DUH...Meowther...it's a litter box.  I might still be a baby, but I know what to do with it!

Then we sat together and watched the box for twenty minutes.  I wasn't sure what we were waiting for, but I plunked down next to Meowm on the floor anyway.

And then...you know what it did?  It raked my litter!  Now, that's five-star service!

But I'm happy.  And she's happy.  And that was so nice of Uncle Sam to give her money to buy it for me...whoever Uncle Sam is.  I just hope he doesn't come to visit!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What's in a name?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/656322</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:35:35 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Well...I'll tell ya what's in a name!

Anyone else out there named after someone on TV?  Well, I'v ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well...I'll tell ya what's in a name!

Anyone else out there named after someone on TV?  Well, I've got a real paw-blem here.  

There's this dude on CNN.  His name is Anderson Coo-PER. 

Now, apparently, the Meowm has admired him since long before he put on that red rain slicker and told off some governor or someone like that in New Orleans.  

Anyway, Meowm digs his messages.  She understands his "paw politics."  And she thinks he's kinda cute.  

And...since he has gray hair...Meowm thought it would be awfully cute to name me after him.  

However, as I said...I gots me a little paw-blem with that.  Not that he always sticks up for the downtrodden.  Not that he's an advocate for wildlife.  That's all good stuffs.  

BUT...dude spells his name WRONG.  

Meowm says that technically, I -- underscore that -- am the gray beast who is wrong here.  

She claims she had a couple of names picked out before she adopted me.  "Eddy" was her first choice...after her favorite French rock dude.  Nah...

"Stewie" was another.  After the "Family Guy" Stewie.  But after that one time when she put me back in my kennel at the shelter...and I stuck my paw out...and she put her finger up...and I wrapped said paw around her finger...wellllll...she didn't think I was remotely capable of matricide.

So that apparently brought us to Cooper...only...she realized that there was this combination of her COO-ing and me PURR-ing...and...that's how it all came about.  

Now...I ain't gonna argue the chicken before the egg thing.  Really...if a tree falls in the forest...who CARES anymore?  

But when I hear "Anderson Cooper" on TV...um...it gets kinda confusing!!!!

Now, I KNOW my name is Coopurr Anderson Hays Vanderbilt.  But I only get that when I'm getting into things I'm not really supposed to get into.  Usually, it's followed by the presentation of the water bottle, at which point I run for cover.

Like...not only can't the dude SPELL...but he mixed up the names!  

And don't even get me started on those Vet people.  Do you know that the receptionist at my eye doctor called me COUPON?  COUPON?  Meowm said, "I don't have a coupon!"  And the chick said, "Noooooo...your CAT'S NAME..."  

Oh, yeah.  Even my regular vet girls can't seem to get it right.  They call and say, "Coo.  Purr.  Hasanappointmenttomorrowatnoon..."

Meowm sez it's like Rick Springfield and Bruce Springsteen...and I don't know what she's talking about so I'm not even going there. 

WOW...I'm tired.  It's time for cookies.  I gotta go snack and nap.  I'm already a half hour late on that!

Have a pawsome weekend, everyfur!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tonight on 360...a NEW segment!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/656161</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:51:56 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>So tonight we're going to start something new on &quot;Coopurr 360.&quot;  When I feel like it -- READ, my  fu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So tonight we're going to start something new on "Coopurr 360."  When I feel like it -- READ, my  fur-riends -- when I have something to comment on...I shall explore the Catster Question of the Week in depth.  

This will be (at least for this post) a Coop Sez/Meowm Sez segment.  

So...we begin...

"If your kitty could choose to be a famous fictional cat, who would s/he be?"
* Garfield 
* Hello Kitty 
* The Cheshire Cat 
* Felix the Cat 
* Other 

Meowm Sez:  This was sort of a difficult one to choose....

Coop Sez:  Sooooo...which one did you pick for ME???? 

Meowm Sez:  I actually had to choose CHESHIRE CAT.

Coop Sez:  Say WUUUUUT?

Meowm Sez:  Wellllllllll...by default...and due to the cuteness of your breed...you SMILE.  Just naturally.  All the time.  

Coop Sez:  (*turns head to side, questioning)  You sayin' I'm...weird or something?

Meowm Sez:  OH, NO!  I mean...you ARE weird about certain things...like...you'll ONLY eat seafood...and you're very particualr about when and where you suck your thumb...but...

Coop Sez:  Buuuuuuuut...?

Meowm Sez:  But you're a happpy cat.  Um, like...abnormally happy.  Like...I've never witnessed a cat so...happy.  And sometimes...just when you're about to do something you KNOW you're not supposed to do...your sweet little smile looks like a devious grin...

Coop Sez:  Hmmmm...good point!  I like devious...

Meowm Sez:  Would you preferred that I'd chosen "Hello Kitty"?

Coop Sez:  Hell-NOOOO, Kitty.

Meowm Sez:  Um...Coopurr Anderson Hays Vanderbit...you're not allowed to swear until you're 4!  

Coop Sez:  OK.  Good-BYE, Kitty.  But what about Garfield?

Meowm Sez:  Nah.  He's the quintissential orange tabby, which was Meowm's favorite until she discovered the BLUES...

Coop Sez:  'Nuff sed.  'Nuff sed.  THE BLUES RULES!!!!!!!!!  (*Paw-ses in sadness*) And I know I'll never be a Felix.  That was my brofur...

Meowm Sez:  Actually, Felix was NOT named after Felix the Cat.  He was named after the hero in Meowmmy's favorite book/movie/musical, "Grand Hotel":  Felix Amadeus Benvenuto VonGaigern....

Coop Sez:  Yeah...I don't like musicals...and Felix liked most musicals...except for "Grand Hotel."

Meowm Sez:  He didn't like the gunshots on the CD...

Coop Sez:  (*covers mouth and mutters*):  Wusss...

Meowm Sez:  Coooooooopurrrrrrrrr...Anderson....Hays...

Coop Sez (cutting Meowm off):  So maybe I DO kinda fit into the Cheshire Cat-egory...

Meowm Sez:  And you can be a little ornery boy...which really is soooooo charming...even when you wake me up in the middle of the night...

Coop Sez (*with a look of REVELATION):  I'm kinda diggin' it now, Meowm.  Cheshire Cat...yeah...I get ya...

Meowm Sez:  Whew!  Glad we settled that!  It's one less thing you'll need to discuss with your shrink.

Coop Sez:  Shrink?  What's THAT?  Sounds like i'll have to be shoved into my carrier to visit him/her...

Meowm Sez:  Sweetheart...dearest...LOVIE of my LIFE...you were born and found on the streets of Brooklyn...taken to a shelter in Manhattan...then returned to Brooklyn in a taxi to remain in your Forever Home.  You are, little one...a NEW YORK CITY CAT...and BOUND for therapy...it's why we're soooo concerned with medical benefits here!

Coop Sez:  Yeah, well, good for us.  God bless America.  God bless New York.  And God bless YOU, Meowm, because it's gonna be a looooooong night.  

Meowm Sez:  Whaaaa...?

Coop Sez:  Let's just say that I'm in my rambunctious stage, as you like to call it -- and so does that shrink person, probably...and I LOVE staying up when you're trying to sleep.  And as YOUR favorite band, Duran (*insert paw in mouth and GAG*) Duran once said:  "I like noise...cuz I like wakin' up...the HOUSE...cannot sit down...CAN'T SHUT MY MOUTH..."  

(Coop doubles over in laughter.)

Coop Sez:  Yeah...it's the Cheshire Cat in me...yeah...CUZ WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND ME...YOU MIGHT FEEL GOOD AROUND ME NOW!  Ewww...I hate quoting Duran (*insert paw in mouth and GAG*) Duran...

This concludes another episode of COOPURR 360.  And the segment, "Coop Sez/Meowm Sez."

PURRS,
Coop
PS  Does Anderson Cooper have to SUFFER through these things with HIS Meowmmy????]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I love you, Ro!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/656063</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:26:21 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Cow Kickeroo...buh-BYE.  There's a new toy in town!

Yeah, I kinda have a new favorite toy again.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cow Kickeroo...buh-BYE.  There's a new toy in town!

Yeah, I kinda have a new favorite toy again.  Please see my photo album.  It's the last pic...and yes -- that's me with little Ro clenched in my teeth!  Isn't she pretty?  

Her name is Ro.  That's short for RoDENT.  Meowm and I aren't quite sure what kind of rodent she is specifically...so I'm just calling her Ro.

I've been going crazy with Ro, keeping Meowm up late by scooting Ro across the floors and making LOTS of noise while she's trying to watch the Olympics.  

I've even started doing some acrobatic tricks with Ro -- batting her in the air really high and jumping and turning to catch her inmy teeth.  Meowm said that would qualifity me for GYMNASTICS.  But unfortunately, that's a SUMMER game.  

Ro, I know I chew you up and spit you out and dig my little claws into you...and you already have a couple of war wounds from our playtime...but I LOVE YOU, Ro-Ro!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Kitten Fun</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/655713</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:06:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I had some fun last night...after Meowm took two Tylenol PMs and crawled into bed.  

You see...th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had some fun last night...after Meowm took two Tylenol PMs and crawled into bed.  

You see...the Meowm was all caught up in this stupid Bachelor show last night.  No, she didn't completely ignore me  -- in fact, she petted me while I sucked my thumb and napped beside her during most of that tortuous show.

What she forgot to do was run me around the living room with either one of my cat dancers or my laser light!

You know what that means...Coopurr's 9 p.m. nap was just enough to PERK HIM UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, yeah...so getting back...Meowm was in bed, trying to go to sleep.  And I was bored and wide awake.  

And OF COURSE, rather than taking my new undiscernable rodent toy to the other side of the house and gnawing on it like a good boy...I HAD to go flipping and bouncing and sliding around on the hardwood floors in the hallway right outside Meowm's open bedroom door.  (She wouldn't dare to close it -- she knows I might need her during the night!!!  Or...decide to grace her with my presence!!!!)

I think she finally went to sleep...I think I might have as well.  But I kept her awake for a good hour...

I also woke her up a second time when I jumped on top of her to suck my thumb.  (Don't laugh -- I had a bad dream, and I wanted my Meowmmy, OK?)  She never gets mad when I suck my thumb.  So I don't think she really cared.

But, my fur-riends, this should teach her a lesson.  The Coop MUST have a run every night before bedtime...otherwise...well...MOL!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Some Valentine's Business...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/655322</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:17:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Happy Meowlentines' Day, everyfur!!!!  This will be a lengthy one!

I hope you're having a wonderf ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Happy Meowlentines' Day, everyfur!!!!  This will be a lengthy one!

I hope you're having a wonderful day filled with treats and toys.  

The FURST order of business today is a BIG MEOWSAH to my two Secret Pals from my group "I'm no longer alone"  -- Ishtar (I was her SP) and Michis (she was my SP).  I just want to thank both of you special ladies for being the bestest!  A furry big hug to both of you!  

Ish, you really made it fun being your pal.  And you were always so appreciative of all my poems and rosettes.  It made this Russian Blue smile even bigger every time you wrote about how excited you were.  

And speaking of Russian Blues...Michis, you did a top notch job of keeping this kitten-cat on his toes!  I had no idea it was you...and you kept me guessing until the very end!  I love all of my gifties, and I'm so glad you got my name!

BTW, Michis...that was my very furst "Girl Kiss" that you sent me.  I never had one except for Meowm and my Aunties Jen and Joyce.  That was Pawesome!

Second order of business -- and Valentine's Day is kind of a business -- would be my prezzies from MEOWM.  

She got me another bed.  (I had two.  Ripped one to shreds in my baby-hood, and the other one must stay in the dining room.  Don't. Move.  My.  Bed!)  So Meowm thought I'd like one similar to my other bed...to place...duh! IN THE BEDROOM!  

And I got another kitty blankie to go with it.  It's TIGER-striped!!!  I just lovvvvvve blankies!

The condo was also a Valentine's gift, but she let me open that early.  

She also got me some freeze-dried shrimpie treats!  (Yummers, Yummers, Yummers!)  Some toy fishies that crinkle when you gnaw on them.  (I don't chew -- I gnaw.)

And...today's favorite toy...my rodent.  We're not sure what it is.  But it's a catnip toy that I can fit right into my mouth and carry around the living room like the Giant Tiger I aspire to be.  (See the new pic on my page.)  I'll probably go back to my cow this evening, but for now...it's a favorite.

I sooooo love small rodent toys and fisihies, and Meowm knows that.  She understands that as I clutch them in my jaws and trot around like a great jungle beast that I'm just asserting my inner-Wilds.  She also said that if a real mouse was in the house, I wouldn't have a clue what to do with it!

Anyway...I hope everyone is having a PAWESOME Valentine's Day!  And thank you all again for reading my ramblings.  

Big heart-shaped purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coop is Now a Condo-Owner...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/655079</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:55:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>HA!  And Meowmmy still rents!

Yes, I am now the purrroud owner of a kitty condo!  Wow, that thing ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ HA!  And Meowmmy still rents!

Yes, I am now the purrroud owner of a kitty condo!  Wow, that thing is cool.  It has three levels...even a toy hanging down from the top purch.  And a little tunnel.  But the "bedroom" on the bottom is just PAWESOME.

I'm still sniffing my way around it, but I figured out right away that it was indeed MY condo.  NO MEOWMS ALLOWED.  Especially in my bedroom!  That's purrivate space.  I'm a young man now!

I'm SURE Meowm will post pics soon.  She just wants me to get used to it before she starts snapping away.  

But I'm diggin' it.  Purrrretty cooooool.

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mewom is SO weird...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/654751</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:27:15 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Sometimes Meowmmy is so weird.  Like...if she likes a rosette, she'll just post it on my page and si ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Sometimes Meowmmy is so weird.  Like...if she likes a rosette, she'll just post it on my page and sign it, "Love Meowmmy."

Kinda embarassing for a young cat like me who is trying to make his way into adulthood.  You know...having your MEOWM post rosettes on your page...

This time, she just had to go and post a Fleur de Lis.  Fellow furs, let me tell you something:  Between our dinng room and living room, you wallow in those fleur de lis thingies.  

But the Meowm is a French-o-Freak or something...there's a name for people like her, but I forget what it is.  And she just thought I needed one.  ONE that specifically said, LOVE MEOWMMY.

Now, there is no one on this Earf that I love more than Meowm.  But she gets a little carried away sometimes.  And I just want everyone to know that I did not put her up to it.  She did it herself.  

But...she's still my Valentine!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Purrrrrease Purr for Pigeon!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/653163</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:27:23 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I hate when my friends aren't feeling well, and a good friend of mine is sick tonight.

My buddy - ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I hate when my friends aren't feeling well, and a good friend of mine is sick tonight.

My buddy -- and fellow Blue -- Pigeon could really use your purrs right now.  So let's start the purr chain going for him.  OK?

On the count of three...

One...

Two...

THREE...

PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...
PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...
PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...
PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...
PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...
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		<title>BRAVO, Official Catster Peeps!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/651712</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:08:05 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/651712</guid>
		<description>Oh, the lovely peeps who write the content for this wonderful website really did something super-won ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh, the lovely peeps who write the content for this wonderful website really did something super-wonderful on this week's front page.  Some intelligent creature decided that it would be helpful to post an article called, "HOW TO TRIM A CAT''S NAILS."

Are they CRAZY?  After all of my little troubles with the pawdecures...they go and post a HOW-TO???  Do they READ MY DIARY?  Do they not UNDERSTAND that the Big C just cannot have them trimmed...(unless Meowm shoves me into the carrier and takes me into the pouring rain to the vet to have them done.)

One snip too close, and it's lethal, I'm telling you.  Well...maybe not quite that bad...but bad enough.  And I don't know about you -- but I just don't trust the humans enough to do it.  

It ain't a trimmin' -- it's TRAUMA.  In the third degree!  

Now...somecat has to get off this computer and figure out how he's going to keep his Meowmmy off the computer until they take that horrible, nasty, scarey story down.  She CANNOT see it.  

Nobody tell her, OK?  And BOYCOTT NAIL TRIMMINS!!!!

Ciao-meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Valentine's Tag</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/651516</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:21:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/651516</guid>
		<description>Hi, everyfur --

My bud Kally Kat tagged me in a fun Valentine's Day game!  Answer these questions ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi, everyfur --

My bud Kally Kat tagged me in a fun Valentine's Day game!  Answer these questions then tag five others.

1. Do you have a Valentine?... If so... who? 
Nope -- unless Meowmmy counts.  I'm not allowed to date until I"m three years old. 

2. If not... do you wish you did? ... Is there anyone particular?... Or would you rather be single? ...Why?
I'm kinda still a baby.  I mean...I still suck my thumb on a nightly basis.  I think I'll enjoy the single life for now.

3. What’s your favorite Love Song?... Who sings it?
"Rock n Roll Heart" by Eric Clapton.  It's the only song I like! (Meowm plays mostly crappy 80s stuff!)

4.What would be a Perfect Valentines Day for you?
Just a nice day with Meowm...maybe get a new toy...and treats!

I'm tagging...

1 Baby Girl
2 Athena
3 Ishtar 
4 Loki
5 Michis

Happy Valentines Day! &#9829;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I kissed a girl...and it wasn't Meowmmy!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/650902</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:23:33 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/650902</guid>
		<description>Yes.

I.

Did.

OK.  So Aunt Bukkit came over yesterday.  And I was scared.  Not as scared as  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yes.

I.

Did.

OK.  So Aunt Bukkit came over yesterday.  And I was scared.  Not as scared as usual...but kinda freaked.  BUT...I did not hide in the bunker the entire time like I usually do.  I actually came out, and ran around a little bit.  You know...running to get away from Aunt Buk and Meowmmy.

As always, though, Meowmmy wanted me to just sit for a while and get used Aunt Buk.  So she held me on the couch in between them.  

Aunt Bukkit loves kitties, too!  It's starting to seem like ALL of Meowmmies friends really love animals.  Or maybe I'm just too irresistable...

Anyway...I was getting the usual chin rubs and ear rubs from Aunt Bukkit...and the next thing you know...I kissed her!

Meowm poured another glass of wine and said we had a major breakthrough on my (anti)socialization!  Do you know that I've never -- ever -- ever, ever, ever -- kissed anyone but Meowm???

Meowm's happy because I'm starting to SLOWWWWWLY come out of my shy shell.  Aunt Bukkit's happy because she got a kiss.

And I"m happy because maybe everyone will just leave me alone for a couple of days!

CIao-meow for now,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Of wine and cheese...and company...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/650558</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:46:29 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/650558</guid>
		<description>Yep.  Gettin' more company tomorrow!  My Aunt Bukkit is coming for dinner.  (Yes, sharp readers, her ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yep.  Gettin' more company tomorrow!  My Aunt Bukkit is coming for dinner.  (Yes, sharp readers, her nickname is "Bukkit" because of that silly Cheezburger site!)  

So that at least reassures me that Auntie Buk does like cats.  And Meowm reassures me that this is helping with my (anti)social skills.  I'm still confused why I can't just hide in the old bunker every time her friends come over and drink wine and eat cheese and giggle.  

That's what they do, too!

Someone really needs to clue the Meowm in that I might fare better if I got to partake in this wine and cheese thing.  

I like to smell wine.  I always go up to Meowm's glass when it's sitting there just to smell it.  I always get shooed away...not sure why.  But it smells good.

And I'm not allowed cheese either.  NO.  TABLE.  FOOD.  FOR.  COOPURR.  That's the LAW in this house.  

If I were permitted to drink wine and eat cheese...well...I might even giggle!  

But no.  Not.  Allowed.  Period.

HA!  And the Meowm even had the nerve to ask me if I would help her "pick up the house."  My toys can sit wherever they are.  If you have a kid, you have toys everywhere.  Right?

So the toys stay, and I shall bunker.  But right now...I need my handsome sleep.  Yes, readers...it takes a lot of work to look this cute.

Ciao-meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Switching it up...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/649984</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:45:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/649984</guid>
		<description>So I think I'm kinda bored with being a bad boy.  Really...it's not in my nature.  I'm too much of a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So I think I'm kinda bored with being a bad boy.  Really...it's not in my nature.  I'm too much of a mush for badness.  (But it was kinda fun for a few days!)

This morning,  just to show Meowm that I'm still the same sweet baby boy she adopted from the shelter, I jumped on top of her tummy while she was still in bed and I sucked my thumb.  

We bonded.  Meowm can't resist the thumb sucking.  And...OK...I'm not ready to give it up yet either.  I'm only 15-months old!!!

Anyway...I'm sure I'll have more antics again.  Just not right now.  I should probably try extra-extra hard to be good.

Ciao-meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bad-Boy</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/649758</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:54:22 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/649758</guid>
		<description>Yep.  The streak continues.  The Meowm found her spoonrest on the stove in two this morning. 

She ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yep.  The streak continues.  The Meowm found her spoonrest on the stove in two this morning. 

She thought she could block me with all of those pots and pans...but I wiggled my way up there.  Not tellin how.  I don't want her to block my route!

And she was pretty cheesed.  I guess this spoonrest was part of a set with a bunch of other stuff.  And I guess it was kinda expensive.  

Oh, well...

This, Meowmmy Dearest, is payback for the nail trimmin' at the vet.

Ciao-meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Agony of Defeat</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/649328</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:34:56 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/649328</guid>
		<description>Oh, it is so painful for me to admit this...and I'm actually a little embarassed to even discuss thi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh, it is so painful for me to admit this...and I'm actually a little embarassed to even discuss this on my diary...but alas, dear fur-riends, the Coop was defeated...and dragged to the V-E-T for a pawdecure.

Don't hate on me too much, OK?  Because I put up a pretty good fight.  THREE tries before she could get me into the carrier and zip it.  I even hooked my nail into her sweater -- artfully, I must say, weaving my talon into the soft red cashmere.  That took up a good two minutes, which is like...days in cat time!

But yes...eventually, the Coop was stuck, stuffed into that little windowed bag she calls a carrier, dragged out into the rain and carried into the vet's office.  

All the while, the Meowther cooed -- pardon THAT pun! -- "Oh, sweetie, it's gonna be OK.  They're not giong to pick and prod.  You're just getting a pawdecure.  Mom wishes SHE could get a pawdecure today!"

When we arrived at the vet's office, they swept me and my carrier out of the Meowther's arms and took me into a dungeon in the back.  I knew -- I KNEW -- there was no escaping the tortuous duty that was about to befall me...and I knew I had to think quickly...how can I get back at the Meowther?

And then I realizedwhat I had to do...I'll be GOOD, I thought.  I'll be Meowmmy's Bestest Little Angel EVVVV.  ERRRR.  And she'll be so embarassed that she made such a fuss and told everyone at the V-E-T's office that I fussed and cried when she tried to trim me herself.

Upon my return to the Meowther, I rather enjoyed watching the look on her face as the vet tech told her that I was a SUCH a good little boy, and just laid on my back and let him do his work.  

HA!  Take THAT, Meowmmy Dearest!  Don't you kinda feel like you just wasted money on a taxi and the vet when I didn't even flinch?  

I think she's plotting against me again, though.  I heard her say something about making an appointment for a "well baby" visit.  I also heard the dreaded S-word...you know...shhhhhots!!!!!!  I think she said March 6 was the date scheduled for my next round of torture.  But that's like...two years from now in cat time, right?

So alas, good fur-riends...I did try.  But sometimes, humans are just too big and strong to fight.  And I kinda suspected after the third try that treats would be involved, too.  So that made it OK.  Right?

Ciao-Meow for now,
No Purrs Again,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Meowther:  I KNOW what you're up to...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/649143</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:54:42 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/649143</guid>
		<description>Meowther Dearest, do you actually think that I'm stupid?

I *was* under the bed...but I can still  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Meowther Dearest, do you actually think that I'm stupid?

I *was* under the bed...but I can still **HEAR** you when you're sitting right there on the phone.  And don't forget -- what God tooketh away in eyesight, he gaveth me back in HEARING.

I heard you call the V-E-T, oh dear Meowther.  And I KNOW what a nail trimmin' is.  Sometimes you try to refer to them as "pawdecures" but don't forget, I am a Russian Blue.  And while I might be a mix, I still inherited the BIG SMART RUSSIAN BLUE BRAIN GENE.

I also know that next to shots and contact lenses, a "pawdecure" is the worst form of torture for a cat.  

And you have the NERVE to call me "Coopie" and try to entice me out from my second bunker?  (First bunker is the couch -- and that's reserved for "Company Visiting.")

Well, Meowther...Cooopie-Schmoooooopieeee-Poooooooopie THIS.  You just try to catch my furry gray butt this afternoon.  You try -- and see where it gets ya.

Ciao-Meow for now...
No purrs today,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sooo Good to be Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/648952</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:06:39 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/648952</guid>
		<description>So my bad-butted streak continues...

Meowm had a bad day yesterday.  REALLY, genuinely, psychotic ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So my bad-butted streak continues...

Meowm had a bad day yesterday.  REALLY, genuinely, psychotically bad bad day.  And she came home to my cute little furry face, just rolling all around the dining room floor...chirpin' away...REMINDING her how cute I am!

And then she turned around...saw garbage all over the floor...a glass broken in the sink...("Coopurr Anderson Hays -- a GLASS IS BROKEN...A GLASS...")

Oh, and somecat's littery paw prints were ALL OVER the kichen table!

Why does she always -- ALWAYS -- blame me?  Doesn't she know that my brofur sometimes visits from the bridge?  It's Felix, I swear!  

She said ghosts don't make pawprints, but I beg to differ!  She, too, saw that episode of "Ghost Hunters" where they put flour on the floor to trap the entity's foot prints.  Therefore, it's Felix.

Today, I can't do anything.  She put stuff all over the place to keep me away.  Empty pots on the stove.  Boxes on the counter.  Junk on the kitchen table.  

Humphhh...I'm bored.  I think I'll take a nap.
Ciao-Meow for Now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Say whaaaaaaaat?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/648350</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:58:11 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/648350</guid>
		<description>Did I just see something about national &quot;Dress Your Pet Up&quot; day?  

Are you KIDDING me?  Who made  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Did I just see something about national "Dress Your Pet Up" day?  

Are you KIDDING me?  Who made this holiday?  President Obama?  I don't think so.  He doesn't seem like the type of guy to put Bo in a fancy outfit and take picutres of him.  He's a little too busy for that.

Now, you guys know me pretty well, so it's really no secret that I believe strongly that CATS SHOULD BE NEKKID.  No collars.  No clothings.  No nothings!

We all know what happened the last time the Meowm tried to dress me up.  It did not bode well for her.  I hope for her own sake that she does not attempt to stick my paws into anything but my litter box.  

Even if she does try to dress me up, it doesn't matter.  I've wiggled out of clothes and collars and all kindsa scarey situations.  I'm sure I'll find a way to Houdini out of it if she tries to dress me again.

Stand up to your Pawrents -- don't allow them to put you into clothings!  Tell them Coopurr said so!!!

Ciao-meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I Survived Company!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/647888</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:59:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/647888</guid>
		<description>So one of Meowmmy's best friends from college was up visiting last night.  And as I mentioned before ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So one of Meowmmy's best friends from college was up visiting last night.  And as I mentioned before -- I don't like having company.  I'm very shy with people.

But Meowm's friend is a big animal lover like Meowm.  (No WONDER they're friends!)  Meowm even told me that she had three kitties of her own.

I was still afraid, though, so I immediately took shelter in my bunker under the couch.  

But Meowm's friend really wanted to see me, so Meowm dug me out, and put me on the couch between them.  

And guess what?

I stayed for a half hour!

Meowm's friend gave the bestest ear rubs.  At one point, she stopped the ear rub and was just talking to me.  But I looked up at her like, "Hey -- where's my ear rub?"  And do you know that she actually understood silent cat-speak?  And she gave me another!

I was actually so comfortable that I didn't go under the couch for the rest of the night!  And Meowm didn't lie -- her friend does have three cats!  I smelled them on her boots!

So, this people thing might not be so awful after all!

I hope everyone else is having a wonderful weekend, too.  
Ciao-Meow for now...
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Busted Again!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/647300</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 07:38:06 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/647300</guid>
		<description>I jumped on the kitchen table this morning.  I really thought Meowmmy was still sleeping.  But she c ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I jumped on the kitchen table this morning.  I really thought Meowmmy was still sleeping.  But she caught me.  Red paw-ded.  

I think it's just the thrill, knowing that I"m doing something bad.  It's so much fun to do something I'm not supposed to do...and then wait to see if she's going to catch me.  

Also, I think I'm feeling beter these days.  When I was a tiny baby, and Meowmmy first adopted me, I was sick and I had my icky eyes.

Now I can see better and I'm healthier.  So I want to jump and run and explore.

Luckily, Meowm only stays mad for like...one second.  I always turn around and show her the big green eyes.  Works every time!  She's mush in my paws.  

OK...I have to go think of some more mischief to make while she's at work!
Cia0-Meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sometimes, I'm a bad boy...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/646741</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:17:48 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/646741</guid>
		<description>I can't help myself, but it's soooo hard to be good ALL the time.

Take this weekend, for example. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I can't help myself, but it's soooo hard to be good ALL the time.

Take this weekend, for example.  I was bored.  Very bored (because the Meowm decided to clean the house top to bottom, thus IGNORING me...)  

And I kinda got busted for jumping on the stove...eeeeeek!

Meowm was not happy.  At.  All.

I also got busted because I kept going in the bathroom.  Meowm is afraid I'm going to get into something I'm not supposed to get into.  (I can climb into the sink, and she's certain that with one paw, I could open the medicine cabinet.)

Busted again!  

She says she can't understand what my fascination is with the bathroom.  I said I don't understand why I'm not allowed in there because it's the most fascinating place on EARTH.

First of all, I want to know how she manages to catch me right in the middle of being bad every single time I'm bad.  She says she has eyes in the back of her head and in every room of the house.  I'm really starting to believe her.  

Second of all...this Crissimiss thing is over.  I don't have to be good for another whole year.  That Santa Paws dude ain't gonna remember all the way back to now.  

And lastly...sometimes, a cat's just gotta be a cat, you know?

Ciao-meow for now.

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Crissmiss Day</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/644611</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:53:42 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/644611</guid>
		<description>Wow -- this really IS a magical day!

I woke Meowmmy up early, which is unusual for me.  We both l ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wow -- this really IS a magical day!

I woke Meowmmy up early, which is unusual for me.  We both like to sleep in.  But my big brofur Felix whispered to me from the Bridge that I should wake Meowm, then sit patiently under the Crissmiss tree.

Meowm made me eat breakfast first.  She's really crazy about finishing my food.  And then...she put my big velvet sock thingie under the tree and it smelled of the nip.  Ahhhh...

I was so entranced by the scent, I just didn't know what to do first!  But one by one, Meowm pulled out these thingies called presents -- and each one was wrapped in paper and CATNIP!  

I was actually allowed to tear into these present thingies, and there were toys and treats wrapped in every single package.  (And the nip was all over the carpet!)

Oh, I had so much fun that I didn't even care if Meowm took pictures of me!

Santa Paws brought me catnip fishies...and a cat dancer...and a little ball of yarn.  (I'm only allowed to play with the yarn while Meowm is right there -- she thinks I'll eat it, and she said she ain't pullin' it out, if you know what I mean...)  And a whole bunch of other stuffs...

Oh, he also got me fishie flakes...yummmm...delish!  See, Santa Paws knows what I like to eat!  Maybe Meowm should talk to him about nutrition!

AND, my fur-riends...the paw-iece de la resistance:  A roll of toilet paper, all wrapped up -- with catnip embedded in the roll.  Wow...Santa's elves must have worked really hard on that toy!

And I could not stop rolling around with my big white mouse in one paw and my fishies in the other.  So much fun!  I even get junk food for dinner tonight!

So I got everything on my list except for one live rat and one dead rat.  Maybe next year, when I'm older, Santa Paws will bring me that.  

Crissmiss sure is a nice thing.  I'm just glad I'm not in that cold cage at the shleter anymore, and that I can see better now!  That's the bestest thing about Crissmiss.  And I think it makes Meowmmy happy, too.

To all of my fur-riends out there on Catster, I hope you have a wonderful Crissmiss, too.

Purrs...and HO HO HO to all!
Coop
PS  I might even let her put the picutres up later.  Silly Meowm ran the camera battery down, and it's charging! MOL!!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Crissmiss Eve</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/644525</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:24:41 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/644525</guid>
		<description>It's almost time for me to go to bed.  Santa Paws is coming tonight!

I had a nice Crissmiss Eve.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's almost time for me to go to bed.  Santa Paws is coming tonight!

I had a nice Crissmiss Eve.  Tonight, Meowmmy let me open the presents that she got me.  (She said I have to wait for morning to open my Santa Paws presents because he's busy in Europe right now.)

Meowm got me the coolest toy!  It's a flying ladybug.  Really -- she flies, and I get to try to catch her.  I've been playing with it all night.  I even allowed Meowm to take some videos of me under the tree.  I might even let her post them!

I also learned all about how Santa Paws breaks into your house.  We watched this cartoon that explained how Santas elves drop into your living room through the fireplace.  The elves come in first to make sure everything is ready, then set up Santa's landing gear on the roof.

They even have these weird iPods that can tell if you're really asleep or just pretending.  (Why anyone would pretend to sleep and not just go for a nap is beyond me...but I guess that happens!)

Now, I understand all about how Santa Paws breaks in.  I'm glad we watched it!

Right now, I have to go curl up next to Meowm, suck my thumb, then go to sleep...MEE-YAWWWWN...I wonder...m'yawn...what the Santa Paws dude will...meyawn...bring me...
Purrrrrrrrs...
Coooooooooooooooooooooop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dear Santa...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/643883</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:57:41 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/643883</guid>
		<description>Dear Santa Paws Dude,

My Meowmmy told me that if I write you a letter and tell you what a good bo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Dear Santa Paws Dude,

My Meowmmy told me that if I write you a letter and tell you what a good boy I've been all year, you will break into our house and bring me toys this Thursday night.

I really have been a good boy all year.  OK...so maybe I did destroy a few rolls of toilet paper, pull down the Roman shades three times and drink "dirty filthy water" out of one of Meowmmy's Halloween fog machines...but a kitten's just gotta be a kitten, you know?

I never fussed when Meowm gave me my eye drops.  I was soooooo good at all of my vet appointments -- and there were many.    I give my Meowmmy kisses EVERY time she comes home from work and just about EVERY night before we got to sleeps.  (I always give kisses!)  I don't claw the furniture.  I didn't touch the Crissmiss Tree thingie.  I come when I'm called.  (OK -- maybe that's more of a skill than being good...)  And I look like a little angel when I'm napping, which is most of the time.

And...OK, OK...sometimes I don't always finish my dinner.  But Meowmmy and I had a conversation about that this morning.  I think I kinda get what she's been saying about the starving deli cats around the corner.  She said that I'm more fortunate than they are, so I should be thankful for that and eat everything in my bowl.  

So...with all that said, can you please bring me:

*Whiskas junk food
*A pack of toilet paper
*Toy fishes -- they're fun to carry in my mouth
*Treats
*Stuff with nip inside but none of those stupid pawbreakers
*Oh, and one dead rat and one live one.  Purrrease.  

Thanks, Santa!  I hope I'm not sleeping when you break in on Thursday.  I'll leave you a tuna sandwich and some catnip to hold you over until you get to the next house.  (That would be my three Evil Cousins who live two doors down!  They're MEAN!)  

Purrs,
Coop
PS  I really want that toilet paper, OK?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much to learn...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/643027</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:56:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/643027</guid>
		<description>My head is spinning with all the new stuff that Meowmmy's been teaching me about lately.

I though ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My head is spinning with all the new stuff that Meowmmy's been teaching me about lately.

I thought that Crissmiss tree thingie would be a much bigger deal than it was.  Eh -- it's a tree with Halloween lights on it.  It's pretty.  Sometimes I like to look at it.  Now, let's play laser light!

This Santa Paws dude, though...I'm STILL confused!  And the more I think about it, the more confused I get.  If you leave tuna out for him, won't it spoil?  And I still want to know why he has to break into your house?  Can't Meowmmy just make him a key?  And why does he leave your toys in a velvet sock?  Can't he just wake you up and play?

Weird...

And now...Meowmmy's talking about something called...snow?  She said I'm really gonna enjoy watching it from my perch in the window.  And she said we're getting this snow stuff this weekend.  

I hope this snow stuff isn't as boring as the Crissmiss tree or as confusing as the Santa Paws dude.  Gosh, this month is just full of surprises.  

I'm tired of learning.  I think it's time for a nap.

Ciao...meow...
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Really?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/642804</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:34:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/642804</guid>
		<description>Wow...I'm  a little speechless right now.  I'm a DDP today!

I just want to take this opportunity  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wow...I'm  a little speechless right now.  I'm a DDP today!

I just want to take this opportunity to ask everyone who might read this entry today to take the time and the effort to support your local shelters this pawliday season.  

I know first-hand how expensive it is for shelters to care for not just healthy kitties, but also those of us who have health issues.  I was very lucky to have a wonderful team of vets at my shelter looking out for me before Meowmmy adopted me.  

So even if it's only a bag of food or five dollars, please give back.  

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This Crissmiss Thingie is a Wash</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/642029</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:19:51 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/642029</guid>
		<description>Soooo...guess who did NOT have to go see the Santa Paws dude this weekend because Meowmmy thought it ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Soooo...guess who did NOT have to go see the Santa Paws dude this weekend because Meowmmy thought it was too cold outside?  Yep.  The Coop.

I was pretty happy about that.  I much preferred being inside and napping my Saturday away.  Wow...that was nice.

And now Meowm's on to something else.  She's trying to get pictures of me under the tree.  

Guess what Meowm?  I don't go UNDER the tree because SOME-MEOWM told me that I am NOT ALLOWED to go under the tree.  Now you want pictures of me under the thing?

Anyone see a conspiracy here?  Like she's out to get me somehow?

Meowm says she kinda trusts me now that I haven't destroyed either the Halloween or Christmas decorations.  But I'm a Russian Blue.  We're smart cats.  And we obey.  You can't just teach us, and then decide that we've been good, so you'll just un-teach us.  

Besides, isn't this whole Santa Paws thing about being good?

I'm being quite philosophical for a Monday morning, aren't I?

Ciao-Meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Naughty AND Nice</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/641111</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 08:35:58 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/641111</guid>
		<description>So Meowmmy said I picked a really good time to do the worstest thing I've ever done in my whole 14-m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So Meowmmy said I picked a really good time to do the worstest thing I've ever done in my whole 14-month life so far...

Yep...she caught me on the toilet seat with my paws in the blue water last night!

I thought, "Oh, she'll never find out.  This blue water will match my blue fur..."  WRONG, Coopurr!

She caught me -- literally -- with my paws in the fishbowl.

Hey, it was HER fault because SHE forgot to put the seat down and fasten the toddler lock.  Right?  

Man, she scooped me up off that seat so fast that I didn't know what happened until she sat me down on the couch to clean off my paws.  

Meowmmy also said that Santa Paws dude watches really closely this time of the year...and she said she's gonna have to tell him what I did when we go see him on Saturday!

I guess the mouser around the corner at the deli is gonna have a really nice Crissmiss with all of MY new toys...

*Paw suck*

I ain't gettin' nuthin' for Crissmiss...stupid toilet!

*Suckle*
*Sniff, Sniff*
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Meeting Santa Paws</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/640917</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:21:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/640917</guid>
		<description>OH.  ME-OWUHHH!

I heard a rumor that the Meowm is taking me to meet this Santa Paws dude this wee ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OH.  ME-OWUHHH!

I heard a rumor that the Meowm is taking me to meet this Santa Paws dude this weekend.  She wants me to sit on his lap so that she can get a picture!!!!!!!!!!

I'm afraid of people I don't know!  I'm scared!  And what if I claw him accidentally?  Does that mean he won't bring me my toys?

This sounds worse than the Halloween costume thing.  This is just downright terrifying.  And I have to leave the house to meet him!

Should I call the animal abuse hotline?

*Popping paw in mouth*
Ciao-Meow for Now...
*Sucks thumb*
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Crissmiss Tag!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/640035</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:24:48 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/640035</guid>
		<description>Hi, Everyfur!!!

My buddy Michis tagged me in a game of Crissmiss tag!  Oh, what fun!

Now, this ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi, Everyfur!!!

My buddy Michis tagged me in a game of Crissmiss tag!  Oh, what fun!

Now, this is only my furst Crissmiss, so some of these traditions are new to me.  So please forgive me if I'm a bit naive...

1. Do you believe in Santa Paws? Why? /Why not?!
Of course I believe in Santa Paws!  We're going to leave Tuna and Nip for him on Crissmass Eve.  That's when he breaks into your house and leaves you presents in a sock!

BTW, Meowmmy hung up my sock.  It's pretty big!  And it's got a gray kitty on it.  And it smells vaguely of...catnip...?

2. Have you been naughty or nice? Please explain yourself!
Well, I guess I've been nice since Meowm always calls me her "good little boy."  Meowmmy likes to joke that I've been bad, but she really knows that I'm just being a kitten still!  

Sometimes I like to make Toilet Paper Art.  And lately, I really love to chew on things...including Meowm's favorite red shoes...but really...I don't doing anything bad.  Usually, Meowm only has to tell me "No" once, and we're good to go.  

3. What would you like Santa Paws to bring you? Why?
I'm actually a pretty fortunate kitty to have been rescued from the shelter with all of my medical problems.  I have lots of toys, a loving Meowm (even when she drives me crazy!) and a warm  bed.

What I want for Christmas is that all of my friends from the shelter find furever homes just like I did.

4. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? Why?
Meowmmy and I like to listen to the Muppetts Christmas album

5. What is your favorite Christmas movie? Why?
I haven't seen many yet -- but Meowm tells me "A Christmas Story" is very good!

Post your answers and tag five other FUR-RIENDS!

I'm tagging:
Dusty
Pigeon
Kally Kat
The Pharoah Loki
TT]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How much longer do we have to wait?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/639547</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 07:31:54 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/639547</guid>
		<description>So I'm trying very hard to be VERY good for this Santa Paws dude.  

Still not clear on why he nee ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So I'm trying very hard to be VERY good for this Santa Paws dude.  

Still not clear on why he needs to break into our house, but Meowmmy says he's watching me very closely...every time I gingerly traipse over to the tree...and...just look...that's all I do...just look.

I've been eating all of my dinner.  (Meowmmy says I have to stop wasting food because there are poor mouser cats at the deli who would literally kill to have good food like I have...)  

I've even been extra affectionate with Meowmmy.  OK...so maybe she thinks that the 2 a.m. wake up call with sandpapery kisses last night was a bit much...but I want to show this Santa Paws that I'm a very good boy!

Now...how much longer do I have to keep being very good?  Is he gonna come soon?  And is it true that every time I misbehave between now and the time he visits...he'll take one of my toys away and give it to another cat?  Can't I just do what I do to Meowmmy and drop to the floor and roll around and be cute?  Certainly, Santa Paws can't resist my charms?  Right?

Ciao-Meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Crissmiss Tree:  Do I get whoot?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/638621</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:52:13 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/638621</guid>
		<description>So...I finally found out what a Crissmiss tree is!

It's a tree.  It kinda looks like the one in o ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So...I finally found out what a Crissmiss tree is!

It's a tree.  It kinda looks like the one in our neighbor's yard, but ours doesn't have pine cones on it.  And Meowmmy put those twinkly lights on it, kinda like the ones she had up for Halloween.  And I know I'm not allowed to touch those!

She also put these sparkly things all over it.  I guess those are the cat toys that my friend Tasha told me about.  They kinda dangle down from the branches.  

They're a little too high for me to reach from the ground, though.  Meowm said she hung the bottom tier of dangly thingies a little higher so that they remain out of raech of my little paws.  

Hmmmm...to find a way...

I only went over to the tree once, and Meowm told me no.  (But Felix whispered in my ear that if I'm good, she might actually let me nap under the tree...ahhhh...

But I've also got to watch myself.  Apparently, there's this dude -- Santa Paws?  And he breaks into your house on Crissmas Eve and leaves you toys in a sock.  But he only breaks into your house if you've been a good kitty all year.  

Meowmmy said she had an "online meeting" with this Santa Paws dude today.  She said she had to report on how good or bad I've been all year, and then Santa Paws would let her pick out toys for me.  

Anyone know anything about this Santa Paws dude?  And why does he break into your house?  I just don't understand...

Anyway, it's playtime, and the Meowm needs to get off this computer and get out my cat dancers!

So, as always, ciao-meow for now!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Strange Stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/638419</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:32:40 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/638419</guid>
		<description>So the Meowmmy got this new CD this week.  Now, my older brofur, Felix (he's at the Bridge) used to  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So the Meowmmy got this new CD this week.  Now, my older brofur, Felix (he's at the Bridge) used to love music.  Me?  Not so much.

Meowmmy hasn't stopped playing it since she got it on Tuesday.  And the dude on the CD sings in some kind of language that's not English and definitely not Meow-talk.  Felix sometimes whispers things in my ear, though.  He said it's French.

Felix also told me that I should sit there and act like I'm thoroughly interested because this is Meowm's favorite singer.  Eddy Mitchell?  Now, I'm only fluent in English and Meow, but "Eddy Mitchell" doesn't sound like a French name to me.

It's just weird.

Felix also said this has something to do with that Paris thing next year.  He said she's gonna leave me to go see this guy in concert.  I don't know what a concert is, but I know what Meowmmy leaving means!

SHE'S GONNA LEAVE ME FOR ANOTHER BOY!  Just like she did when she went to see my Uncle Greg for the weekend.  

Felix told me to just suck it up because this happens every year.  I guess the Meowm just upped and left Felix, too!

I hope Felix comes back today so that I can ask him more.  He was busy with my Granny that I never met yesterday for Thanksgiving.  

Too much is happening right now.  I think I need a nap.

Ciao-meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What's a...Crissmiss tree?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/637004</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:30:12 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/637004</guid>
		<description>Boy, do I have a lot of questions today!

So Meowmmy said that if she gets her act together, she m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Boy, do I have a lot of questions today!

So Meowmmy said that if she gets her act together, she may put up the Crissmiss tree this weekend.  Something about she needs it up soon so that she can get some cute seasonal pictures of me for our cards.

She's been talking about this Crissmiss tree thing since she put up the Halloween decorations!  And I'm still not quite sure what this thing is.  She seems to be worried that there will be problems.

I know what cards are.  I got a ton of those for my birthday.  They're kinda boring unless you chew on them and shred them all up.  And Meowm always takes them off of me when I try to do that!  But what do they have to do with pictures?

Meowm said that technically, this is my second Crissmiss, since I was born in October of last year.  But she said she's pretty certain that I've never experienced this Crissmiss tree thing.  

Should I be worried?  And what do I do when the Crissmiss tree is here?  Can I chew on it?  Will it fit in my mouth?  

Meowm also said that I'm in my "chewey" phase -- whatever that is!  Man, I've got a lot to learn yet about being a domesticated house cat, don't I?

Ciao-meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Getting to Know Mew!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/636609</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:07:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/636609</guid>
		<description>OK...I copied this from my friend Tasha's diary.  Consider yourself tagged if you're reading!

Ans ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ OK...I copied this from my friend Tasha's diary.  Consider yourself tagged if you're reading!

Answer 10 questions, and tell a little about yourself .

Here goes:

1. What is the color of your collar?
When I was in the shelter, I had to wear my hospital tag around my neck.  After that, I said to myself that I would never wear one again.  However, the Meowm liked the idea, so she tried to get me to wear one.  She found it a few days later behind the entertainment center!

2. What kind of food do you eat?
Purina One dry and Purina ProPlan wet.

3. What are your favorite treats?
I love my crabmeat treats and my l-Lysine treats.

4. Do you have a Valentine or a significant other?
Nope.  Mewommy sez I'm still a baby and too young for a relationship.

5. Do you get table scraps?
Nope.  Never.  And she means it.

6. What is your favorite toy?
Oh, so many to choose from...my cat dancers are always fun...my blue mouse and my white mouse...a roll of toilet paper...and...

7. When is your birthday?
October 8, 2008

8. How many times a day do you eat?
Meowmmy works kinda long hours, so I eat wet twice a day -- morning and at night when she comes home.  And I have access to dry at all times.

9. Do you have a favorite color?
Blue.

10. Do you hope all your pals put this in their diary?
Absolutely!

If you want to play- copy this into your diary.
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coop Sez/Meowm Sez:  How.  Mortally.  Embarassing!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/635344</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:24:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/635344</guid>
		<description>Time for another episode of Coop Sez/Meowm Sez.  Today we'll be discussing the latest trauma in Coop ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Time for another episode of Coop Sez/Meowm Sez.  Today we'll be discussing the latest trauma in Coopurr's otherwise joyful little world:  Catster Plus.

Meowm Sez:  Coopie, I just did something that I've been promising to do for a few weeks now...

Coop Sez:  (Soft chirp, under his whiskers) Yeah...?

Meowm Sez:  Want to guess?

Coop Sez:  Uhhhhh...make an appointment for the V-E-T to T-R-I-M my N-A-I-L-S?  (Aside:  She was threatening to do that today...wasn't she?)

Meowm Sez:  Noooo, it's too cold and rainy out to take you today.  I don't want my little chubs to get a URI...

Coop Sez:  ORDERED me a CATNIP PIZZA???

Meowm Sez:  No, sweetie.  You'll have to wait to see if Santa brings you one...

Coop Sez:  OK...um...bought me a whole big pack of toilet paper?

Meowm Sez:  No, buddy!  I signed up for Catster PLUS!  Now we can share even MORE of your darling little picutres with all of your good friends.

Coop Sez: (putting his paw into his mouth)  I can...(suckle-suckle) start doing this...(suckle-suckle) when I'm upset, too.  (suckle-suckle)  Not just when...(suckle-suckle)...I'm being...(suckle-suckle)...sweet lovie Coop...(suckle-suckle)...all snuggly...(suckle-suckle)...and...WHYYYYYYYYYYY?

Meowm Sez:  Because I love you so much, and I want to share my lovie little chubby kitten with the whole world...

Coop Sez:  Meowm-meeeeee...I HAVE FRINEDS!  And this is EMBARASSING!  OH, MEW!!! (suckle-suckle) (suckle-suckle) (suckle-suckle) (suckle-suckle) (suckle-suckle) (suckle-suckle) 

Meowm Sez:  Now, Coopie, everyone is doing Plus.  ALL of your friends have it.  You should, too!

Coop Sez:  I gotta go.  Go HIDE.  So that you can't take anymore pictures.  Or put any more clothes on me.  Ever.  Again.  I'll hide, I swear.  And I'll only come out at night when you're sleeping.  To eat.  And to play with all my toys.  I'll hide so hard you won't find me, so help MEW!

And this concludes another episode of "Coop Sez/Meowm Sez."  Tune in next time on Coopurr 360...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thankful Tag</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/634664</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:56:11 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/634664</guid>
		<description>Here's a little tag game for Thanksgiving.  Copy this into your diary, and then &quot;tag&quot; five other-fur ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Here's a little tag game for Thanksgiving.  Copy this into your diary, and then "tag" five other-furs to respond.  Let them know in a pawmail.

List the five things that you're most thankful for this year.

1.  I'm thankful to have been adopted, especially with all of my medical issues.
2.  I'm thankful that my eye has healed, and I'm no longer in pain.
3.  I'm thankful for all the love Meowmmy and I share.
4.  I'm thankful for my warm bed(s).
5.  I'm thankful for my toys and treats.

Tagging:
Tasha & TT
Pigeon
Baby Girl
Kally Kat
Athena]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Poor Coopurr...All Alone...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/634328</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:42:11 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/634328</guid>
		<description>So, she did it.  That Meowmmy of mine left me this weekend.

All.

Alone.

OK...so maybe she o ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So, she did it.  That Meowmmy of mine left me this weekend.

All.

Alone.

OK...so maybe she only left for one night.  And yeah...she did have Aunt Joyce check in on me.  Twice, to be exact.  And I hid from Aunt Joyce and got her so upset that she cried.  Literally.

But the Meowm left me!!!

The Meowm went "antique-ing" with my Uncles Greg and Paul.  And she bought herself stuff.  

Now, I'm not a greedy kitty, and I do think the Meowm deserves to buy herself a little something now and then.  And she did bring me back fresh catnip.  A WHOLE BAG.  So I guess I shouldn't complain.

And I was only mad for like...one second...and then I rolled on my belly and Meowm gave me a rub...and she told me how much she missed me...and she gave me lots of lovin's....and extra treats.  

So really...in the end...how could I be mad?

She said next we have to work on this Paris thing next year.  Anyone know how far away Paris is?  She'll just be gone for the night like she was this time, right?  And why do we have to "work on" it?  

*Scratches Ear*

*Pops Thumb into Mouth*

*Sucks Thumb*

Ciao-Meow for Now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Stuck in the Camera</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/633280</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:24:26 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/633280</guid>
		<description>Hello, Everyfur!

I was just looking at my page while Meowm's at work, and I think it could use a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hello, Everyfur!

I was just looking at my page while Meowm's at work, and I think it could use a little updating.  She has a couple of pictures of me when I was only six and seven months old posted up there!  I'm a big boy now -- I'm a whole year old!

But you know what my Meowm does?  She takes all these pictures, then leaves them in the camera for five years.  Just like that commerical!

She just took some decent pictures of me a few days ago.  And I must say that I look kinda cute.  No costumes, clothes or collars.  Just me.  I was all snuggled in my bed, just lookin' happy like I always do.  

She should really post those!  **HINTITY-HINT-HINT TO MEOWMMY***

Now, I think I better go because my inner-clock is starting to warn me that she might be home soon-ish.  And I don't want her to see me on the computer!

Ciao-Meow for Now!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Meowm's Leaving...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/632981</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:01:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/632981</guid>
		<description>My Meowmmy is leaving.  It's only for one night -- this coming Saturday.  But this is the furst time ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My Meowmmy is leaving.  It's only for one night -- this coming Saturday.  But this is the furst time since she adopted me that I will be left all alone for a whole night!

I don't know whether that makes me  happy or sad.  I mean, I can certainly play with the toilet paper while she's gone, and that will be so much fun.  But I think I might miss her.

I mean...I have all my toys and stuff.  And my Auntie Joyce is going to check in and feed me.  But Meowm's just always there.  She there to cuddle with.  She's there to pet me.  She's there to play cat dancers and laser light with me.  She's there to rub my belly and call me Chubs...

I think I has a sad, as they say on Cheezburger.  

Yes, I think I do.

Ciao-Meow for Now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Post-Meowloween</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/632322</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:05:11 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/632322</guid>
		<description>So we had a big day yesterday -- it was MEOWLOWEEN!  Meowm was very proud of me because the screamin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So we had a big day yesterday -- it was MEOWLOWEEN!  Meowm was very proud of me because the screaming animatrons didn't scare me one bit.

Not even the howling toilet paper dispenser!

In fact, I thought it was kinda cool.  So after Meowm decorated the bathroom, I jumped up on the toilet and put my little paws on the toilet paper and did some decorating of my own!

Meowm thought that howling toilet paper thingie would terrify me from doing my job.  But it just put me in the mood all the more!  And if I must say so myself, the bathroom looked lovely...til Moewm cleaned up all the toilet paper that I strung everywhere.  

Hope all of my fur-riends had a happy happy Meowloween!

Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>HAPPY MEOWLOWEEN!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/631775</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:45:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/631775</guid>
		<description>Since Meowm and I have a very big day planned for tomorrow, I'd like to take a minute today to wish  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Since Meowm and I have a very big day planned for tomorrow, I'd like to take a minute today to wish all of my Catster buds a very HAPPY and very SAFE MEOWLOWEEN!!!!!

Remember -- stand up for your rights and don't wear a costume.  And demand extra treats for the holiday!

Big purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Treats for National Cat Day</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/631559</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:46:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/631559</guid>
		<description>So Meowm tells me that she read that today is National Cat Day.

This should be a day of honor for ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So Meowm tells me that she read that today is National Cat Day.

This should be a day of honor for us feline furkids, right?

Not for Coopurr.  Meowm actually said that I've had enough treats this month!  She said I'm starting to get a little chubby belly!

OK...so it was my birfday...and then I got Diary of the Day...and then I got Cat of the Day...and this Saturday is Halloween, and the Great Pumpkin shall visit and bring MORE treats...

Treats and toys.  Treats and toys.  (And I've not played any further with that silly Turbo Track.)  The Meowm's good with that stuff.  I ALWAYS get treats and toys for special days.

Soooooo...shouldn't I still get a little something for National Cat Day?  Just a little, eensie-teensie present?  

Go lookit my picture.  Tell me that you could resist that cute little face.  No one can!  I mean the hardest of hearts couldn't tell me no!  You'd give me a treat, right?

I'll work on her when she gets home tonight.  She can't resist when I roll on my back and show her my belly for a  rub.  That should do it.

Right now...I think I need a nap.  
Ciao-Meow for Now!
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Costume Safety</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/631102</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:08:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/631102</guid>
		<description>I kinda have to laugh at all of these warnings out there about &quot;costume safety and your kitten.&quot;  I' ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I kinda have to laugh at all of these warnings out there about "costume safety and your kitten."  I've said this before, but really there's only one simple solution:  Don't wear it!

You must start right away, and you must show the pawrents that you mean business.  Struggle before they can even shove your tail in.  Claw if necessary.  

If they manage to get you into the clothes, sit for a half of a picture.  By this, I mean, as soon as you hear the flash, move and ruin the picture.  

Unite, my furry friends!  Wiggle and jiggle out of those dopey bunny and duckie and mousie costumes!  Shake those hats and wigs off your heads!  And show the humans what breakaway collars are all about!

Besides, doncha think it's rather insulting that they want to cover up our beautiful fur with...ew...clothes?

Ciao-Meow for Now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Meowless...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/630778</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:09:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/630778</guid>
		<description>Oh.  

My.

CAT!

I cannot believe that I'm actually Cat of the Day!  

A year ago, I was a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh.  

My.

CAT!

I cannot believe that I'm actually Cat of the Day!  

A year ago, I was a tiny, sick infant struggling to survive on the streets of Brooklyn, and today, I'm bestowed with such an honor.  I cannot believe it.

Thank you, everyone.  From the bottom of my furry little heart.

Big purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coop Sez/Meowm Sez:  Toilet Paper</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/630097</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:09:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/630097</guid>
		<description>So every now and then, I'm going to do a conversation with Meowmmy.  In this episode of Coopurr 360, ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So every now and then, I'm going to do a conversation with Meowmmy.  In this episode of Coopurr 360, we explore my latest fascination:  toilet paper.

Meowm Sez:  Coop, I just don't understand why you have this need to destroy roll after roll of toilet paper.

Coop Sez:  Have you ever played with toilet paper?  You're really missing out here...

Meowm Sez:  Well, you track it through the house...it's messy to clean the shreds off the floor...and quite frankly, it's wasteful.  Don't you want to leave the smallest footprint you can on the environment?

Coop Sez:  Meowm...have you seen my feets?  They're NOT the size tens that you wear!

Meowm Sez:  Well, I'm just going to ask you one more time before I have to get the squirt bottle.  Will you please stop destroying all of the toilet paper rolls in the house?

Coop Sez:  Why?

Meowm Sez:  Because...I told you...you're wasting it!  

Coop Sez:  Why?

Meowm Sez:  Because after you sink your little claws into it and shred it up, I can't use it!

Coop Sez:  Why?

Meowm Sez:  Because it's all torn to pieces and you can't use toilet paper that's all ripped up.

Coop Sez:  Why?

Meowm Sez:  Because it...Coopurr!!!

Tune in next time for another episode of Coopurr 360.

Ciao-Meow for Now!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Humoring the Human</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/629886</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:08:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/629886</guid>
		<description>So last night, as with every night, the Meowmmy got down on the floor and started playing with my Tu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So last night, as with every night, the Meowmmy got down on the floor and started playing with my Turbo Track again.

I guess I felt kinda sorry for her.  She kinda looks pathetic, sitting there on the floor, spinning the ball along the lime green tube.  Night.  After night.  After night...

She's changed the shape of the track.  She's shined my laser light on it and along it.  And she even took the time to pepper it with some catnip...

So I threw her a bone -- or should I say a mouse? -- last night.  I sat in the center of that ugly green thing, drew in a big nose-ful of nip and batted the ball around a couple of times.

PROGRESS!  She thought we made PROGRESS!!!  Oh, she was so thrilled!!!!!  

Still, I remain uninterested.

Really, if she just leaves it there for a couple of months, I might actually play with it when I get bored with all of my other toys.  

That Meowmmy of mine...she tries.  Really, she does.

Ciao-Meow for Now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Crazy Kitten Energy</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/629693</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:07:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/629693</guid>
		<description>So I might be a whole year old now, but I've still got some kitten in me.

Last night, for example ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So I might be a whole year old now, but I've still got some kitten in me.

Last night, for example, Meowmmy was sitting on the couch.  She was clearing off some junk mail and stuff from the coffee table, and placed the garbage in a plastic bag.

While Meowm was perusing a catalog, I made my move.  And before she knew it, my little head was stuck in the handle!

Before Meowm could reach down to pull the bag off my head, I ran...with the bag around my neck like a plastic cape fluttering in the breeze...scattering the garbage in the bag through the living room...into the dining room...into the kitchen...and back until I made it to safety under the couch.

At that point, Meowm was able to remove the bag from my neck.  But I think she had a little heart attack in the thirty seconds that this all happened.  She was mumbling something about "smothering" or "hanging" myself.   And she was none too happy while picking up the garbage I had strewn upon the floor.

But did I get into trouble?  NOPE!  Meowm said that my experience in itself was harrowing enough, and that she HOPED I learned something.  

I knew I was bad, though, because I stayed under the couch for quite a while, only to come out and jump up beside Meowm for a long thumb suck.  That will make her forget anything!

And so goes another day in the life of Coopurr.

Ciao Meow for Now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Vote for me, Purr-ease?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/629377</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:32:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/629377</guid>
		<description>Hi, Everyfur --

Me again.  With an eensie-teensie-tiny request.

Will you pur-rease vote for me ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi, Everyfur --

Me again.  With an eensie-teensie-tiny request.

Will you pur-rease vote for me?  I'm cute, right?  At least that's what my Meowmmy tells me.

http://www.dogster.com/show09/vote_pet.php?i=990039

Thanks everyfur!

Ciao Meow for Now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Turbo Track:  Take Ten</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/629338</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:09:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/629338</guid>
		<description>Meowello everyfur!

So the Meowmmy's back at it with that Turbo Track.  She's been trying to get m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Meowello everyfur!

So the Meowmmy's back at it with that Turbo Track.  She's been trying to get me to play with it for almost two weeks now.  And I want nothing of it.

This time, she thought she'd bait me by putting some fresh nip all along the track.

Ha-ha on YOU, Meowmmy!  I ignored it, only to lick away all of the nip while you were at work!

Mice.  I love my mice.  I love to lick them and bite them and rip their fur out of them.  And I like to play ball, catching them mid-air.  Anything with feathers -- it's mine!  And even though there's really no reward in it, the laser light amuses me.

But I just don't like that Turbo Track.  

Ciao-Meow for Now,
Big Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm a Shy Boy...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/628409</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:28:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/628409</guid>
		<description>Hey, Catster Fur-riends!

So last night was Meowm's birfday.  And my Auntie Joyce came over to spe ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hey, Catster Fur-riends!

So last night was Meowm's birfday.  And my Auntie Joyce came over to spend some time with Meowmmy because it was storming and Meowm didn't feel like going out.

And while I'm pretty chatty here on the boards, I'm actually quite shy when it comes to the human species.

My Aunt Joyce is one of meowm's oldest friends, and she lives right upstairs.  But every time she comes over, I'm afraid.  I hide under the couch.  And I just stay there.

Well, last night, Meowm said, "It's my birthday -- please spend some time with me?"  So she plunked me in her lap and made me sit there while she and Auntie Joyce yapped their human-jaws.

Like I said, I was scared.  And Meowm and Aunt Joyce thought it was so cute the way I turned my head away and buried my head in Meowm's leg.  

Meowm kept saying I was just like a shy little kid!  Ummmm...MEOWELLO, MEOWMMY.  I AM a shy little kid!

But since Meowm's trying to break me of this shyness, I just sat in her lap, and Auntie Joyce petted me.  And then...I got one of the bestest chin rubs EVER!  Made me start to wonder why I hide from Auntie Joyce all the time!

Meowm said she was very proud of me, though, for sticking it out.  She even told me again this morning what a good boy I was!

So maybe I won't be so shy anymore...maybe...

Ciao-Meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Libran Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/627949</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:16:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/627949</guid>
		<description>Meowello, my fine furry friends!  Meowm is home for five whole days to celebrate her birfday!  (We'r ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Meowello, my fine furry friends!  Meowm is home for five whole days to celebrate her birfday!  (We're both only children -- birfdays are a big deal in our house!)  Hopefully, that means I'll get extra time playing with all of my new birfday toys!

Meowm's birfday is tomorrow.  She had a really good laugh the first night she met me in the shelter when they told her that my birfday was a week before hers.  She said, "Great -- we're both Libras.  Neither one of us will be able to make a decision!"

And that is true.  Sometimes, I just don't know what toy I want to play with furst.  So I'll take TWO toys and put one in each paw.  Meowm says I'm "double-pawing" them. 

Speaking of playing, I think I'd like to do some.  I think it's time to pull my typist off this computer and get out my birdie-fish!  (One of my aunties got it for my birfday -- it's a fishie with feathers, and I so love it!)

Ciao-Meow for now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Oh, MEOW!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/627479</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:41:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/627479</guid>
		<description>WOW...I was diary pick yesterday...and Meowm and I weren't even on the computer to see it!  *Sucks h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ WOW...I was diary pick yesterday...and Meowm and I weren't even on the computer to see it!  *Sucks his thumb anxiously*

But I want to thank the members of the Academy...and all my bestest catster buds...and the entire Vanderbilt family for giving me such a fantastic namesake.  (Aside:  Take THAT, Anderson Cooper!  You might have Emmy Awards, but were you ever chosen as a Catster Diary Pick???)  

And...oh, yeah...thanks to my Meowm for her typing and spell check skills.  

I think we'll just have to have a celebration today.  *HINT! HINT*

Yeah...I think it would be totally appropriate for me to just dig into the rest of my birfday treats and have extra time with all of my feather toys.  (Meowmmy puts them high on the shelf because she said I'd destroy them all in a week if she gave me free access to them.)  

Thank you again, Catster Peeps.  You like me...you REALLY LIKE ME.

Ciao-Meow for Now,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Birfday Hangover</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/626763</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:13:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/626763</guid>
		<description>So it's the day after my birfday.  It was a very long night...

When Meowm got home, she gave me a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So it's the day after my birfday.  It was a very long night...

When Meowm got home, she gave me a can of Sheba, but I didn't like it.  I'm a very particular eater.  So I didn't eat it.  I mean...the birfday boy can do whatever he wants, right?

She also told me that one of her best friends did something very special for my special day -- she made a donation in my name to the shelter where Meowm adopted me from.  Meowm cried a little.  She said she was very touched.

After the Sheba fiasco, though, Meowm pulled out the good stuffs.  She got me a TON of new toys.  I got a feather ball, new squishy jingle balls, looney loops...and...the...greatest...rattle...mouse...ever.

I mostly hid under the couch last night during the feativities.  I'm actually rather shy around people I don't know so well.  But Meowm dragged me out to open my presents.  More toys and more Sheba that I won't eat.  I just don't like it.  

I did eventually emerge from my hiding spot after the hoomans went away.  And I kinda drove Meowm crazy all night, batting around my new rattle mouse.  But you know what?  I caught her smiling as she told me to settle down.  

I'm just glad it's Friday.  Gives me time to recoup over the weekend.  Birfdays are OK.  But I'm kinda glad they're not every day.

Have a pawesome weekened, everyfur!

Ciao-Meow for Now,
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Halloween Tag!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/626535</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:07:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi, Everyfur!  

My pal Tasha tagged me.  Please list a few of your favorite things about Hallowee ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi, Everyfur!  

My pal Tasha tagged me.  Please list a few of your favorite things about Halloween.  (And everyfur knows this is Meowmmy's favorite holiday!)  Please send a pawmail or rosette to the friends you tag.


We love:
Halloween Decorations...the scent of pumpkin pies baking in the oven...the crisp breeze...autumn sunsets...and our BIRTHDAYS!

I'm tagging:
Rocky Ann
Athena
Nemo
Michis
Playful The Empurress


Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Furst Birfday Madness</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/626516</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 06:51:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/626516</guid>
		<description>So today's my very furst birfday.  Am I supposed to feel different?  I seem to be the same old cat t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So today's my very furst birfday.  Am I supposed to feel different?  I seem to be the same old cat to me.  

Meowm starting making a big deal of it last night.  She let me open my turbo track.  She said something about me being on overload with too many toys to open today.  

Guess what?  She sat on the floor for a half hour spinning the ball along the track while I played first) in the box it came in and second) with the roll of toilet paper I confiscated from the bathroom. 

I pretty much TP'd the dining room floor! MOL!

Back to today...am I supposed to be more mature now?  Does this mean I have to stop sucking my thumb?  Does this mean that I can no longer pull the "cute" act out when I do sometihng I shouldn't do?  Does this mean I can't sleep with Meowmmy any more?

Right now, I've just finished up my breakfast.  Meowmmy said that I could have "McDonald's" today since it's my birfday.  That's what she calls kitty junk food.  

I think I'll just take an extra long nap...meeeeyowwwsah!  Now that's the way to spend a birfday!

Ciao-meow for now!
Purrs,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Furst Hairball...just in time for my Furst Birfday</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/626021</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 07:44:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/626021</guid>
		<description>Hello, furry readers!  

So I've reached another milestone.  Today, just two days before my very f ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hello, furry readers!  

So I've reached another milestone.  Today, just two days before my very furst birfday, I barfed up my first hairball.  

Now, let's not confuse this with the time I barfed-barfed a couple of weeks ago.  This was -- according to Meowmmy -- a legitimate hairball.  

After close examination, she said to me, "Coopie, you had your first hairball!"  I wasn't sure if it was a good thing...a bad thing...or just a cat thing.  

But I do know that it was kinda-sorta gross.  

Meowm was pretty excited, though, I think.  I was wondering if she planned to save it and put it in my scrapbook or something.  Hey, she's kinda weird.  You never know!

All I have to say is...is it my birfday yet?

Ciao-Meow for Now,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coop Sez/Meowmmy Sez:  Halloween Costumes</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/625587</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 4 Oct 2009 09:01:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/625587</guid>
		<description>Welcome to the furst edition of &quot;Coop Sez/Meowmmy Sez.&quot;  We're going to try to make this a regular f ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Welcome to the furst edition of "Coop Sez/Meowmmy Sez."  We're going to try to make this a regular feature on the diary.  This week, we'll address the Halloween Photo Shoot.

Coop Sez:  That Meowther of mine is nuts.  I love her -- really I do.  But this Halloween thing has gone from the sublime to the rediculous!

Meowm Sez:  Halloween is a big holiday in our house, and since Coop was invited to enter a Halloween contest in one of his groups, it's only appropriate that he dresses accordingly.

Coop Sez:  Yeah, yeah, yeah.  Coop sez...Coop sez...Coop SEZ that no respectable kitty should be tortured by being forced to wear CLOTHES.  You wanna play dress up, get a goggie.  No...wait...don't do that.  I don't like goggies.

Meowm Sez:  But you look like such a cutie-wootie-bootie-patootie in your little collars.  And no, don't worry -- we're not getting a dog.

Coop Sez:  Why don't you just humiliate me fur-ther and dress me as a goggie next time?  

Meowm Sez:  Because you won't sit still long enough for me to put a full costume on you.

Coop Sez:  Do you see kitties running around the jungles of the world wearing cute collars and bells and witch hats?  Once and FUR ALL, Meowther...a cat is meant to be NEKKID.  Nekkid, I tell you.  And if you post any of those mortifying pictures of me on Catster...I'll go suck my thumb ALONE in the corner tonight!

Stay tuned for another episode of "Coop Sez/Meowmmy Sez."]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hiya, Everycat!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/625383</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:19:23 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Coopurr ~ writing at catster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.catster.com/cats/990039/diary/Coopurr_360/625383</guid>
		<description>Well, this is my first entry.  And let me first explain the title of my diary.  It's COOPURR 360.  S ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well, this is my first entry.  And let me first explain the title of my diary.  It's COOPURR 360.  Since I'm named After Anderson Cooper...and his show is called AC 360...mew can do the math, my fur-buds.

It's shaping up to be an exciting month in my little life.  My very furst birfday is coming up this week.  Mewommy doesn't think that I know what she got me...but I can sniff through closet doors.  It's giong to be a pawsome day!

Had a little bit of trauma, though.  Meowmmy's very big on Halloween.  And she'd love to take pictures of me in a Halloween costume.

Meowm just doesn't seem to understand one tiny detail:  I DON'T LIKE CLOTHES.

I'm not outright opposed to clothes.  They're fine for people and most people should actually keep them on.  However, a kitten's a kitten.  And clothes do not make the cat, mew know?

I had a terrorizing moment last night when she tried to put that Halloween collar on me.  Jingle bells are meant for toys -- not for the cat's neck.  And I don't care if it looked cute and glowed in the dark.  

It was the worst twenty seconds of my entire furst year.  Next to going to the eye doctor, that is.

Today, she tried to arrange the Halloween decorations around me and take pictures.  Why she loves to capture me in my most unflattering moments, I just don't understand.  

I also heard her saying something about trying the costume on after my nap.  Talk to the tail because the ears ain't listenin'!

Well, I'm overdue for a snooze, so I'm going to sign off for now.

This is Coopurr with 360.  We look at all the angles of my furry little life.
Ciao-Meow for now,
Coop]]></content:encoded>
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