Wicked as in “cool”, that is. This little gal was named Nightshade by the wonderful staff at the San Francisco SPCA, and we’ve decided to call her Nightshade Jenny, Jenny as in Pirate Jenny from Threepenny Opera.
She’ll need time to get acclimated and has a quiet room to do so, always with one of us in it with her, she’s a shy little thing that one. Hopefully, the pictures will do her justice, she is absolutely gorgeous. But then as Leonardo Da Vinci said, the smallest feline is a masterpiece.
Everyone does it. It’s only a problem when you actually do it on purpose, and a sickness when you work at making it into a language.
Baby talk. Whether with infants or pets. Maybe it starts with the ‘shorthand’ people develop when they live as a couple for a while, sharing an ever increasing frame of reference. I was reminded of this while watching “date night” with Tina Fey and Steve Carell, a pretty funny and fresh take on marriage.
Here, in the realm of jellybeansofdoom, Tito and Maz Whang do it in their own way: the cooing, meowing, purring and other vocalizations.
And I’ll confess we imitate them, only to have them both look at us as though we speak in a heavily accented version of cat. Silly humans and their funny walk…
For having led such a sheltered life (by comparison), Maz speaks in harsh tones (unless he’s cold, in which case he whimpers ‘sotto voce’). His language is positively Klingon and I’m certain I heard him more than once calling Tito a p’tahk, whatever that means.
But where it gets really questionable is when I find myself (this is hard to admit, gimme credit) pulling the covers away from Maz’ sleepy head and whispering…. Buh-ghee! Buh-ghee! Ghoo! Ghoo-ghee..?
No, I don’t even know what it means but it does make us both feel good. I think.
Oh and speaking of Kajagoogoo, this guy wouldn’t last a minute around cats with this hairdo, and that’s before he put beads in. Hey, you know, I guess I do remember the ‘80s after all…
The rain is making a comeback and the City always looks best when shrouded in fog or damp with rain. It’s just that kind of lazy afternoon, perfect for cuddling with the cats…
Add a few minutes of Miles Davis…
Made you look. Okay, what was with the switchblade waved by Julien Doré in his video “les limites” posted here previously.
Glad you asked, because thanks to some hardcore detective work (okay: reading comments on youtube), we knew the video was inspired by an old Serge Gainsbourg song, back when they were called ‘clips’. Question was: which one? After hours of research fueled by coffee and aspirin, we found it in Gainsbourg’s song “les yé-yés”.
More can be found about the yé-yés here.
Now, Gainsbourg was always a better songwriter than singer and had a hit in 1965 with “laisse tomber les filles” sung by France Gall, then 17. This song might sound familiar as Quentin Tarantino used it in “Kill Bill”:
Now you know. Let’s bask again in a bit of retro-cool with another version of Doré’s song: it’s got dogs, a rooster, a pony!
This is a bit of a tour de force: Rhudha-an carved the pumpkin, set up the background, lured Kitsy to pose and shopped the photos in a short afternoon:
Of course, Tito appears as his favorite Halloween character:
As some of you know, we’re huge fans of the Mighty Boosh here. Watching the series episodes again, it was amazing to see how many unique ideas for Halloween costumes they provided. Thrown in for good measure in position number two is a music vid from Kasabian with Noel Fielding from the Boosh as Vlad the impaler. Enjoy.
Mighty Boosh (Noel Fielding Julian Barratt) “blackfrost” from the “Tundra” episode:
“Vlad the Impaler” by Kasabian with Noel Fielding (Mighty Boosh):
Mighty Boosh “super magic men”:
Mighty Boosh “Nannageddon”:
It started with another bright idea from Kit “Maz” Whang as he played in the bathtub…
With Halloween almost upon us, he told Tito they should disguise as pirates of Penzance. Unfortunately, because of Maz’ thick accent, Tito thought he meant to disguise as “parrots of pendants”.
With perfect timing, we received these wonderful pendants from Flumpytail yesterday, and all was right in the world:
Swashbuckling in the bathroom…
And for more zaniness, enjoy “les limites” by French singer Julien Doré, great-great-great nephew of illustrator Gustave Doré:
Late edition tonight, with a rare photo of Kitsy “Maz” Whang’s homeworld…
The cat who fell to Earth…
Earthly brother Tito…
And now, the fate of the masturbating bear…
Time to shine for the boyz again… And highlight the madness which courses through their veins, turning them into dashing blurs racing around the apartment.
First, we have Tito doing his “monkey boy” routine in the cat tower…
Then lazy Mazuzu “Maz” Whang? stirs and photobombs….
Now, the house I grew up in had tiled floors, and in the summer, cat racing was huge… Just to spice things up, we’d spread talcum powder on the floor to get more “action”. This video captures the sport very well…
Time again for the boys to bask in the limelight, with other creatures added to the mix…
And now, more of Eldritch’s Stigmatas, known to the locals as Mapaches!
The elusive Elvis Pike in a grainy FBI surveillance photo…
And finally, an older video of a heroic dog. Can be difficult to watch but uplifting, still…
Time again for the boys to shine, and share the spotlight with the wildlife I work with at night. And I am talking wild life.
But first, Kitsy showing off his magnificent wrinkles:
Then, Tito contorting himself in pleasure while sleeping…
Now, a couple of nights ago, while at work, I had to go break up a fight. Usually things are pretty calm, even if a bit weird.
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