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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2006Ingrates!
OK, I feed them, I groom them, I pet them, I play with them, I even scoop their poop! You'd think they could at least politely sit and listen to me sing instead of starting a mad stampede for the door as I hit my first note (OK, come close to hitting my first note - oh all right, completely missing my first note)! Singing more loudly didn't help them appreciate my talents - in fact Sammy came back into the room and bit me on my ankle before leaving again!!!  SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ Stop scaring our gods Sammy at least let you know to stop by giving you a quick bite Your are their slave do you expect them to listen to you. :-) > Stop scaring our gods > > Sammy at least let you know to stop by giving you a quick bite > > Your are their slave do you expect them to listen to you. :-) Oh, but I *love* to sing. And after watching American Idol tonight, I would argue that I'm not (quite) the worst singer in America! ;> SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ >> Stop scaring our gods >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Oh, but I *love* to sing. And after watching American Idol tonight, I > would argue that I'm not (quite) the worst singer in America! ;> RUN kitties RUN :-0 >Stop scaring our gods > >Sammy at least let you know to stop by giving you a quick bite > >Your are their slave do you expect them to listen to you. :-) Sorry, Matthew, but I have to vote with CN. I recommend that she only agree not to sing any more if all the kitties agree not to sing on the way to TED's any more. I used to feel mean whenever I gave in to the urge to pet a sleeping cat and woke it. Then I realized that cats have absolutely no compunction about waking me up when they want a little loving or attention, so I stopped feeling guilty, and now I skritch an ear or poke a soft tummy whenever I get the urge. After all, they're champion sleepers and can get back to sleep much quicker than I can. Then, I applied the same logic to my singing. Flicka was an impressive and incessant vocalist on any car trip, and Zubie eventually learned from her. Heidi yowls in the car (whenever she can take a moment from trying to tear up the carrier), and she does a fair bit of practicing each day. I figure if I have to put up with those performances, they can put up with mine. Will doesn't mind. As long as I will pause between songs to rub his tummy, he's content to hang out beside me on the bed and purr all the time I'm singing. (Although, perhaps he's not too approving of my guitar playing, since he frequently lays his tail across the strings and mutes them.) SignatureWayne M (indulged by Will and Heidi) > Stop scaring our gods > > Sammy at least let you know to stop by giving you a quick bite > > Your are their slave do you expect them to listen to you. :-) A vote each from, Snoopy and Baggy, they know hoomins can't sing propper. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >Singing more loudly didn't help them appreciate my talents - in fact Sammy >came back into the room and bit me on my ankle before leaving again!!! Maybe he thought your, err... singing... resembled the sound of a female cat in heat??? Of course all of that would still sound better than wot i does... as when I err... sing... the mental image of pregnant hippo undergoing labour pains in a mud wallow is what becomes fixated in the conciousness... Cheers, helen s -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: "CatNipped" <lcrews@houston.rr.com> >OK, I feed them, I groom them, I pet them, I play with them, I even scoop >their poop! You'd think they could at least politely sit and listen to me >sing instead of starting a mad stampede for the door as I hit my first note My late sweetheart, "Fission" was a serious music lover. She could spend hours between the stereo speakers just enjoying the tunes (especially Pink Floyd). She was also a serious music critic. Now I've played guitar in a half dozen bands since I was 14 y.o.. I've even jammed with Eddie Van Halen (talk about feeling like an amateur) and Arlo Guthrie (I lived down the road from him in the Berkshires). But EVERY time I grabbed my guitar to grace her ears with my virtuosity, she would turn to give me a dirty look and then depart the room so fast that she'd leave skid marks. She responded exactly the same way to the sight of the vacuum cleaner, BTW. I may not be one of the all time great guitarists, but I know I sound better than a vacuum cleaner. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > even jammed with Eddie Van Halen (talk about feeling > like an amateur) Oh man - my husband would give *anything* to jam with Eddie Van Halen. He claims Eddie is the best guitarist who ever lived (he also likes Joe Satriani - but don't get me started on that story, I'm still in the doghouse over it!). He *LURVES* him - he even got a tiny gleam in his eyes when he heard Valerie filed for divorce (just kidding, Ben)! > and Arlo Guthrie (I lived down the road > from him in the Berkshires). But EVERY time I grabbed [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I may not be one of the all time great guitarists, but I > know I sound better than a vacuum cleaner. LOL! At least you didn't get bitten! ;> SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: N/A [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > =7tyZ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >From: "CatNipped" <lcrews@houston.rr.com> >Oh man - my husband would give *anything* to jam with Eddie Van Halen. Didn't know your husband was a guitarist! You've done it, now. If I ever get to the Houston area, again, I've just gotta track you two down. :) It's funny...Eddie has a reputation for being somewhat of an A-hole, but the day I met him he seemed like one of the nicest and most personable people on the face of the earth. Jamming with him was certainly one of the highlights of my mediocre musical career. I was just at the right place at the right time. The story of my life, actually. That, and being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Maybe, someday, I'll tell you the story of how I did 15 minutes of "open mic" at the Comedy Workshop on New Years Eve in Houston and wound up getting hammered (and almost arrested) with Sam Kinison. > He >claims Eddie is the best guitarist who ever lived I believe Les Paul said the same thing. > (he also likes Joe >Satriani - but don't get me started on that story, I'm still in the doghouse >over it!) I can guess the story and I'll bet my wife and I would have a similar one to share. JS is a guitarists guitarist. If you don't play, you probably just DON'T appreciate his music. I can listen to him all day. The last time I was up flying aerobatics, I was doing loops and rolls to Satriani's "Why". I'll bet your husband would know immediately why that makes a good aerobatic soundtrack. :) >LOL! At least you didn't get bitten! ;> TK's the first "biter" we've had. But he saves that for demanding food and calming the occasional, um, marital disagreement. The funny thing is that he always seems to know who started the argument and nips the appropriate leg. He's become quite a little peacekeeper in the house. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Didn't know your husband was a guitarist! LOL! Well, guitarist may be overstating it a bit (ducking when Ben reads this)! > You've done it, now. If I ever get to the Houston > area, again, I've just gotta track you two down. :) Fer shur! You'd be very welcome! > It's funny...Eddie has a reputation for being somewhat > of an A-hole, but the day I met him he seemed like > one of the nicest and most personable people on > the face of the earth. Jamming with him was certainly > one of the highlights of my mediocre musical career. I think a lot of "geniuses" (in whatever category they have genius) are simply misunderstood. For most of my life I was painfully shy - but most people would have interpreted that as "stuck up" because I wouldn't talk to them. They just didn't understand that I *couldn't* talk to them. > I was just at the right place at the right time. The story > of my life, actually. That, and being at the wrong place [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > on New Years Eve in Houston and wound up getting > hammered (and almost arrested) with Sam Kinison. Oh, I would *LOVE* to hear that story, I was crazy about Sam Kinison (I can still hear him talking about the drought areas in African and screaming, "F*CKING, *MOVE* PEOPLE!"). I was heartbroken when I heard he'd died in that car crash. >> He >>claims Eddie is the best guitarist who ever lived [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > guitarist. If you don't play, you probably just DON'T > appreciate his music. I can listen to him all day. No, I would have loved to hear him play also - I really appreciate musc even if I can't carrry a tune in a bucket (it's weird, I have perfect pitch when it comes to hearing music - I just can't reproduce that pitch with my vocal equipment). What happened was we had tickets for a live performance of his in a little club in New Orleans - small, intimate, close-up, very exclusive - we had gotten there early and had great seats right next to the stage (this was about 12 or so years ago when we were still living in N.O.). But *just* before Joe Satriani was to come onstage I got so incredibly sick that we had to leave!!! DH will never forgive me for that one!!!!!! > The last time I was up flying aerobatics, I was doing > loops and rolls to Satriani's "Why". I'll bet your husband [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > and nips the appropriate leg. He's become quite > a little peacekeeper in the house. LOL! I'm afraid I'd be the one with the most scars in that situation! ;> SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: N/A [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > =IK9o > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: "CatNipped" <lcrews@houston.rr.com> >> Didn't know your husband was a guitarist! > >LOL! Well, guitarist may be overstating it a bit (ducking when Ben reads >this)! Hey, If he can tune the thing and strum a few chords without getting his fingers tangled in the strings......he's a guitarist. Beyond that, it's just icing on the cake. >> You've done it, now. If I ever get to the Houston >> area, again, I've just gotta track you two down. :) > >Fer shur! You'd be very welcome! I'll buy dinner. :) Actually, I may be moving around the general vicinity this summer. The wife and I REALLY want to get out of New England and have been talking about looking for a home down South. We've discussed moving to Georgia, Florida, Texas, or Arizona. She's been trying to get her business running on autopilot (more or less) up here so she can expand to another area. Her success at that has been somewhat slow. I told her last year I'd like to be outta here by my 50th birthday. Unless some miracle occurs in the next couple of weeks, that ain't gonna happen. :( >I think a lot of "geniuses" (in whatever category they have genius) are >simply misunderstood. For most of my life I was painfully shy - but most >people would have interpreted that as "stuck up" because I wouldn't talk to >them. They just didn't understand that I *couldn't* talk to them. I kinda took it in the other direction. Let's just say that the first time I saw the movie "Good Will Hunting", it really hit me on an emotional level. >Oh, I would *LOVE* to hear that story, I was crazy about Sam Kinison (I can >still hear him talking about the drought areas in African and screaming, >"F*CKING, *MOVE* PEOPLE!"). I was heartbroken when I heard he'd died in >that car crash. Actually, I met Sam before he was "SAM KINISON". He hadn't even begun to develop his famous routines and persona, yet. His act seemed more reminiscent of something Bob Hope might do. I will swear on stack of Bibles that I told him, that night, that he should try putting a little more of an "edge" on his presentation. The next time I saw Sam, he was on an HBO special screaming about his dick. :) That's the short story. I think I'll save the long one for dinner. >> I can guess the story and I'll bet my wife and I >> would have a similar one to share. JS is a guitarists [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >it comes to hearing music - I just can't reproduce that pitch with my vocal >equipment). >What happened was we had tickets for a live performance of his in a little >club in New Orleans - small, intimate, close-up, very exclusive - we had >gotten there early and had great seats right next to the stage (this was >about 12 or so years ago when we were still living in N.O.). But *just* >before Joe Satriani was to come onstage I got so incredibly sick that we had >to leave!!! DH will never forgive me for that one!!!!!! Oops, I guessed wrong. My wife just finds Satriani to be irritating in anything but small doses. If I'd dragged her to see JS, she probably would have pretended to be sick just to get out of there. But I tend to think that she feels music has steadily gone downhill since Patsy Cline died. I think you and I have similar vocal abilities. If we tried a duet in your house, we could probably have the cats diving through the windows. :) In junior high school music class, the teacher had the class singing and noticed that I WASN'T singing. So he called me up to the front of the class and had me sing part of the song solo (under threat of some serious detention time). So I gave it my best shot. After class, he stopped me on the way out and apologized profusely for making me get up there and sing, and promised that I'd never be expected to sing in class, again. 'Nuff said? But yet, when I play the blues on my guitar, I can bring tears to people's eyes. (I suppose my singing could do that too, but in a different way :) ) >> TK's the first "biter" we've had. But he saves that >> for demanding food and calming the occasional, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >LOL! I'm afraid I'd be the one with the most scars in that situation! ;> Luckily, his nips are pretty gentle at those times and rarely even leave a red mark. I suppose we should reprimand him for nipping, but he's just so damned cute about it. He walks over to the guilty party so "matter of fact-ly" and applies the nip with such conviction that we both start laughing. Nomen Nescio <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote: >Hey, If he can tune the thing and strum a few >chords without getting his fingers tangled in >the strings......he's a guitarist. Beyond that, it's just >icing on the cake. Well, I can do just about that much -- and when I'm listening to Chris Smither I can *not* see myself as a guitarist. :-/ SignatureWayne M. > Nomen Nescio <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Well, I can do just about that much -- and when I'm listening to > Chris Smither I can *not* see myself as a guitarist. :-/ I'll have to alert DH to this thread, he'd love talking guitars with you guys! SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > the strings......he's a guitarist. Beyond that, it's just > icing on the cake. Yeah, he can do that much - but I'm still happy that he keeps his amp unplugged! ;> >>> You've done it, now. If I ever get to the Houston >>> area, again, I've just gotta track you two down. :) [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > 50th birthday. Unless some miracle occurs in > the next couple of weeks, that ain't gonna happen. :( Well, be sure to talk to me before you move to Houston - there are some places you *DON'T* want to move to here! >>I think a lot of "geniuses" (in whatever category they have genius) are >>simply misunderstood. For most of my life I was painfully shy - but most [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > That's the short story. I think I'll save the long one for > dinner. I'd love to hear it and look forward to dinner with you and DW if/when y'all get down this way. >>> I can guess the story and I'll bet my wife and I >>> would have a similar one to share. JS is a guitarists [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > think that she feels music has steadily gone > downhill since Patsy Cline died. LOL! Then she would probably be equally unhappy to listen to another of DH's favorites, Yngwie Malmstein. I don't remember the names of individual guitarists (from hard rock to hard blues) like Ben does, but I *do* like listening to them - "Crossroads" is one of my favorite movies, have you seen it? > I think you and I have similar vocal abilities. If > we tried a duet in your house, we could probably [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > bring tears to people's eyes. (I suppose my singing > could do that too, but in a different way :) ) I'd love to hear you play - be sure to bring your guitar if you come avisiting. >>> TK's the first "biter" we've had. But he saves that >>> for demanding food and calming the occasional, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > "matter of fact-ly" and applies the nip with such conviction > that we both start laughing. He sounds adorable - but then how could he help but be, he's a cat! Hugs, CatNipped > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: N/A [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > =Sm14 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Kinda late getting back to this thread, but I'm gonna go for it, anyway. From: "CatNipped" <lcrews@houston.rr.com> >> Hey, If he can tune the thing and strum a few >> chords without getting his fingers tangled in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Yeah, he can do that much - but I'm still happy that he keeps his amp >unplugged! ;> The excuse I use with my wife is, "But I need to crank up the amp to get the right amount of sustain to the notes." Yea, I know.......but she believes it. I'll take a wild guess and say your husband plays a "Strat". I'll even go a little further out on a limb and say his "Strat" has a maple neck, red with a white pick guard, and a .009 E string. Am I even close? I used to play a "Tele". Then as I got a bit older and the fingers got a bit slower and stiffer, I got a Les Paul. I love the thing and wish I'd gotten one when I was 14. I still play the "Tele" once in a while though. But the action's just a bit too light for me, now. >> I'll buy dinner. :) >> Actually, I may be moving around the general [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Well, be sure to talk to me before you move to Houston - there are some >places you *DON'T* want to move to here! Ah, yes..............good ol' U-Turn, Texas. Is it a city ordinace that when giving directions you MUST, at least twice, use the phrase "Then make a u - turn at the light"? :) Actually, the last time I was there was over 20 yrs ago at the height of the oil boom. I really enjoyed watching the 5 pm helicopter rush hour. My wife needs someplace with a strong aerospace manufacturing base. She sets up and maintains ISO and AS quality systems for client companies. Is there much aerospace work in Houston? I really liked the Galveston area when I was there. But I'd bet that It's hard to find a place near the beach for less than a couple million, now. >> The next time I saw Sam, he was on an HBO special >> screaming about his dick. :) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I'd love to hear it and look forward to dinner with you and DW if/when y'all >get down this way. Right now, the tentative plan is for me to hit the road, alone, and scout out a few areas over a month's time. My wife would then fly down to join me to check out a few choice locations. With TK's heart problems, we wouldn't want to leave him in someone elses care for longer than several days. The trip, and the move, depends a lot on his health. Right now he doesn't act like he even knows there is a problem with his heart. But if things change...well....he's the priority. >> My wife just finds Satriani to be irritating in >> anything but small doses. If I'd dragged her [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >LOL! Then she would probably be equally unhappy to listen to another of >DH's favorites, Yngwie Malmstein. I like his taste in music. >I don't remember the names of individual >guitarists (from hard rock to hard blues) like Ben does, but I *do* like >listening to them - "Crossroads" is one of my favorite movies, have you seen >it? I never figured you for a Britany Spears fan. :) Oh, wait, you're probably talking about the OTHER "Crossroads". Walter Hill's movie based on the Robert Johnson legend. Great movie with an even greater soundtrack. The guitar duel with Ralph Macchio (actually played by Ry Cooder, I believe), and Steve Vai was awsome. The movie really captures the essence of the blues. >I'd love to hear you play - be sure to bring your guitar if you come >avisiting. I could probably throw my old Gibson acoustic in the car. It's got a lot of miles on it (It's been played on the beach in Cape Cod, Mass.....Miami Beach, Fla. ,,,,,,and Venice Beach, Calif.), has had a few cracks repaired, had the bridge re-glued, and makes Willie Nelson's guitar look brand new (slight exageration). But the thing still sounds pretty good, especially with a fresh set of strings. >> Luckily, his nips are pretty gentle at those times and >> rarely even leave a red mark. I suppose we should [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >He sounds adorable - but then how could he help but be, he's a cat! He's got a lot of personality, for sure. Actually, he's got several personalities. One minute he's a "love bug", ten seconds later he can be a demon cat. He's got "issues", I think. That's strange, I got Ben to answer the part of this post about his guitar, but it never showed up here. Oh well, I had him send it to me so I could copy and paste it here (since I know *NOTHING* about guitars. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > a while though. But the action's just a bit too > light for me, now. From Ben: "Pretty close, it's a Washburn (Strat style), red with a white pick guard, maple neck, ebony fretboard, .009 E string. You're about as close as you can get..." >>> I'll buy dinner. :) >>> Actually, I may be moving around the general [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > enjoyed watching the 5 pm helicopter rush > hour. It's gotten a thousand times worse since then! > My wife needs someplace with a strong > aerospace manufacturing base. She sets up > and maintains ISO and AS quality systems for > client companies. Is there much aerospace > work in Houston? NASA's Johnson Space Center is in Clearlake, Texas - southeast of Houston. We live north of Houston in Spring and since Houston is such a large, sprawling city Clearlake is about a 2 hour drive from us. > I really liked the Galveston area when I was there. > But I'd bet that It's hard to find a place near the > beach for less than a couple million, now. After the Rita fiasco, you might be surprised! ;> Clearlake is between Houston and Galveston - a much easier drive to Galveston than for Ben and me. >>> The next time I saw Sam, he was on an HBO special >>> screaming about his dick. :) [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > his heart. But if things change...well....he's the > priority. That's understandable. Let us know when you're coming down this way and we can arrange a visit. >>> My wife just finds Satriani to be irritating in >>> anything but small doses. If I'd dragged her [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I like his taste in music. Sounds like you two would have a lot to talk about! >>I don't remember the names of individual >>guitarists (from hard rock to hard blues) like Ben does, but I *do* like [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > by Ry Cooder, I believe), and Steve Vai was awsome. > The movie really captures the essence of the blues. Yep, the ending was *AWESOME*! >>I'd love to hear you play - be sure to bring your guitar if you come >>avisiting. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > But the thing still sounds pretty good, especially with > a fresh set of strings. Did you watch the Grammys this year? Paul McCartney was playing the same guitar he played when he was with The Beatles. Can you imagine how much that thing would bring on eBay??! ;> >>> Luckily, his nips are pretty gentle at those times and >>> rarely even leave a red mark. I suppose we should [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > a "love bug", ten seconds later he can be a > demon cat. He's got "issues", I think. Sounds like my Bandit! ;> Hugs, CatNipped > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: N/A [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > =t15V > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Maybe you shouldn't audition for American Idol. I've been watching them and some were really bad. Suz&Spicey >OK, I feed them, I groom them, I pet them, I play with them, I even scoop >their poop! You'd think they could at least politely sit and listen to me [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >talents - in fact Sammy came back into the room and bit me on my ankle >before leaving again!!! Poor Lori! For some weird reason, both my cats seem to like my singing-- *especially* *bad* singing. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War Heh, when I was studying voice, my teacher, for some reason I forget, had to make arrangements to use a friend's livingroom as her teaching studio, for a while. This friend had two cats, one of which was a big Siamese named Colonel--a definite Alpha-cat type. I am (or was) a soprano, and when I sang high notes, Colonel would express his displeasure at this by chasing the other cat and biting the poor thing on the neck. When I eventually met Colonel's human, I told him about Colonel not liking my high notes. "Oh, Colonel prefers mezzos and baritones!" was his reply. My clowder doesn't seem to mind when I warble a bit around them, though. =o) Melissa |
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