El Gato Gordo Part Deuce

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Sunday, March 13 2005
10:00 a.m. – Wake up and eat a croissant. Knit while watching college basketball
11:00 a.m. – Jason wakes up and looks at me confusedly as I am watching college basketball
12:00 p.m. – Jake, Jason, and I watch Freaks and Geeks episode that begins with drumalong to Rush song.
2:00 p.m. – Leave Jason’s, drive up to Kenosha.
3:30 p.m. – Meet woman who is offering up her cat. Sit around for an hour and a half as she tells stories about cat. Daughter is at the age where she’s experimenting with humor. She refers to their basement as three things: dirty, dirty, and dirty. Watch 1 year old wrench cat’s tail around and pull lots of hair out. Become convinced that I must take cat with me. Woman refers to cat as Katrina, Trina, Treeny, and Mon Chi Chi. Contemplate changing a 13-year-old cat’s name.
5:00 p.m. – Thank God. Finally leave with cat in carrier, water and food dispensers, litter box, and rabies papers. Even if the cat kicks it tomorrow, will have saved $100 in pet accoutrement
5:40 p.m. – After mewing in a 4/4 rhythm for the duration car ride, cat and I return to Casa Waukegan. I put out food, water, and litter box, and orient cat to new setup.
7:00 p.m. – Having called Allison and Alena to brag about fluffy kitty, I settled down to watch Simpsons and Arrested Development and knit.
8:30 p.m. – Switch over to crap detective program, and become enthralled with knitting.
8:40 p.m. – The cat is watching TV. Hm.
10:30 p.m. – Cat begins mewing in 4/4 time again, and decide that cat is telling me to shut off lights and go to bed.
11:00 p.m. – Shut off lights and read "The Tipping Point" in bed.
11:03 p.m. – Cat begins meowing in 6/8 time.
Monday,
March 14 2005
7:50 a.m. – Decide that I should get up,
and perhaps it will stop the meowing.
8:00 a.m. – Can hear cat mewing through door while showering.
8:15 a.m. – Eat oatmeal next to deck window,
cat sits quietly next to me.
8:20 a.m. – Leave for work. Can hear cat meowing, perhaps in 2/4, as I leave building.

Oh, by the by, the reason I was reminded that I really wanted a cat was because I was watching a TV show, and there were some awesome cat on it. Oddly, I found a mention of the show <a href=http://www.nerve.com/regulars/scanner/03_08_05/>here, on Nerve's Scanner</a>. The "Crush of the Week" is the host of the show that is responsible for the past twenty four hours of my life.