Photo Booth

I hope everyone had a great long weekend! I have been eating lots of chocolate (something Kitten is NOT allowed to try) and catching up on some cleaning that got neglected during exams!

A few posts ago I asked my faithful blog readers to vote for who they thought Kitten most resembled. Well the votes are in and this is what the majority voted for:

I can't say I disagree, though I think my favourite was the Grinch... You can see the results for yourself on the Old Poll Results page.

I also have a quick update about Kitten's regularity issues (see here). Shortly after switching the dry food and starting with some wet food, Kitten had what you might call a "reversal" of his previous problem. I'm not going to get into this one, but it seems to be back to normal now. 

Today I thought I would share with you some photos that Boyfriend and I took a while back with my laptop. They were taken with the Photo Booth program and I think you will enjoy them!

I apologize. Kitten isn't as good at making faces as Boyfriend and I.

I think I was trying to make it look like I was eating Kitten. It didn't really work.

Clearly, we were pretending to be sucked into Kitten.

I can't decide if I like Kitten or Boyfriend's face better in this one.

I personally like the droopy hairs above Kitten's eyes in this one.

I think this perfectly captures how Kitten was feeling at the time.

Boyfriend is attempting to make Kitten into a Cyclops.

Boyfriend realizes he doesn't want to be in the pictures without me.

We all look pretty normal in this one.

The end!

After going through all of these pictures, I realized that they might only be funny to Boyfriend and I, in which case I apologize for the lame Kitten blog entry. Bare with me, I am still recovering my brain from school. Keep checking in, and I promise Kitten will get his groove back!

Look-A-Like

Exams are finally over, which means I can get back to regular Kitten blogging! When I sat down to do my first post-exam blog, I wasn't sure where to start. I've had so may ideas floating around in my head the past few weeks and Kitten has also been up to so many crazy things. After much thought, I finally decided on a look-a-like post. 

Over the break, Erica sent me a picture of a baby ewok that looked just like Kitten in a picture from the post Sandwich Fail. This was definitely not the first time that I had thought Kitten looked like an ewok. When he was little, Boyfriend and I used to call him our little ewok. But an ewok isn't the only thing that Kitten has had a striking resemblance to. When I showed Boyfriend the ewok picture, he said that I should do a look-a-like blog, and have people vote for who they think Kitten looks most like. And viola; today's blog!

Below are what I feel to be the best Kitten matches. I have set up a poll on the left side of the blog for you to vote for who you think Kitten looks most like. Enjoy!

 Ewok

Gizmo

The Grinch

 Zuul (from Ghostbusters)

Don't forget to vote!

Re: Custody of Kitten

The polls have closed and the verdict is in...

In the event that Boyfriend and I were to break-up, I should get custody of Kitten. It's not like I would give Boyfriend a choice in the matter anyway; but it is nice to know that I would have some support. 

I would just like to say that for those of you who said Kitten would fare better in the streets of Toronto, I am ashamed at you. If you had read this post, you would know that Kitten is completely incapable of caring for himself. I am assuming that you voted this way because you would hope the be able to swoop in and claim Kitten for yourself.

I am also assuming that for those five of you that voted for Boyfriend, you only voted that way because you felt sorry for the poor schlub. I understand your feelings of sympathy, but do you really think that was the right choice? You voted to put the life of a little furry, helpless being into the hands of this:

Lord Kitten of the Flies

Before I start today's Kitten post, I wanted to remind everyone that if you would like to vote for who would be a better solo-Kitten-owner (obviously me), that you have until approximately 2:00am to do so. Let me say that Boyfriend was quite shocked that he had received 5 votes. I can only assume that these  were all pity votes. 

And now for the post... Enjoy!

Sometimes, Boyfriend and I wil be watching TV or studying and we will see Kitten sitting on the chair or filing cabinet staring at the wall or ceiling with unwavering interest. At first we assumed he had completely lost it. Then we realized that Kitten had spotted a bug. It turns out that Kitten has a knack for spotting bugs. Once spotted, he will sit and stare at it for incredible periods of time. I am often surprised at the attention span that Kitten has for bug watching. 

Kitten's interest in bugs resembles his interest in pigeon's (see The Day the Pigeon Came), except he doesn't make the weird grottal noises during bug watching. 

Most of the time, the bug is a ladybug or something similar. In the picture below, I am pretty sure it was a ladybug. If you follow Kitten's gaze, you can see it at the top of the photo. 

Now, about a year and a half ago, Boyfriend and I had a wee bit of a cockroach infestation in our apartment. However, as soon as I mentioned it to the landlord, they did something that fixed the problem almost instantly and I haven't seen any since. 

Kitten, did not share in my ecstasy when they disappeared so quickly. He had made friends with them and/or wanted to eat them. The cockroaches would generally only come out at night and they seemed to be getting in from the holes by the piping under our sink. Each night, Kitten would wait by the sink for them to emerge. He would sit patiently, and when one came out, he would catch it. 

You would think that it would be a good thing to have a "Roach Hunter" hanging around your apartment. Unfortunately, catching one in his paws was only phase one of Kitten's plan; phase two involved lifting his paws to look at it, at which point his prey/friend (which was clearly on a higher intellectual level than Kitten) would escape. 

While Kitten no longer has his 'roach buddies to keep him company, he does still manage to find bugs to watch. Below is a video of Kitten looking out the window very intently at something, which I can only assume was a bug. There was no pigeon on the balcony and he was looking straight up at the bottom of the balcony above us. Maybe this time he really had just gone crazy. You can watch the video and be the judge. 

Custody of Kitten

The other day, after a heated debate in Property class about the discrepancies of property rights between married and common law couples, Mike asked me who would get Kitten if Boyfriend and I ever broke-up. 

This is an excellent question and one that Boyfriend and I have discussed many times. Not because we plan on breaking-up, but because Kitten is our most valued possession and it is important to have these things sorted out. 

As I mentioned in my very first blog post, In The Beginning..., Kitten was a Christmas present from Boyfriend to me. I am pretty sure that this solves any actual debate about who would get to keep Kitten. However, this was not the end to our discussion. 

First we argued about who Kitten likes more. I said Kitten likes me more because I am nicer to him; I chase him less and he seems much less anxious around me. Boyfriend said Kitten likes him more because Boyfriend has cheese parties with Kitten and Kitten likes to cuddle with Boyfriend in the mornings. I countered this by pointing out that I too could have cheese parties with Kitten, I just don't eat as much cheese, and that the only reason Kitten cuddles with Boyfriend in the mornings is because Boyfriend is lazy and stays in bed while I get up to do things. We decided that since Kitten has yet to learn English, it would be impossible to figure out who he likes more.

We moved on to trying to figure out who would take better care of Kitten. Boyfriend said he would because he is the one who brushes him. I agreed that this is true, however, a few months ago Boyfriend lapsed in his brushing duties and Kitten became a matted beast. We had to cut all of his mats out and now he looks like he has mange and/or scurvy. I then said that I would take better care of Kitten because Boyfriend has never changed his litter once and I am also the one who feeds Kitten and cleans and fills his water bowl. Boyfriend countered this by saying that he would feed him if I didn't (a lie because once I was away visting family for three days and Kitten had no food when I came back), he doesn't need clean water in his bowl because he likes toilet-water better (true), and I was right, the litter wouldn't get changed. We both agreed that it takes two people to bathe Kitten and to cut his nails.   

Finally we argued about who needs Kitten the most. I said that I did because I loved him more and he was my gift. Boyfriend countered this by saying that he loved him more and that Kitten was his only friend (true) and he would't have anyone but Kitten if we broke-up (true). 

Our Kitten tug-of-war debate has never been resolved... 

So who do you think should get Kitten if Boyfriend and I ever break up? You can vote on the left side of the page.